The first 10 episodes of this drama were gold, and it had excellent production value and great casting. This drama packed a lot of amazing, meta-mind-blowing, thought provoking questions about destiny and free will in the first half of the drama. The last couple episodes failed to wow me, as I felt they lost a bit of that anticipation and felt predictable in comparison with the first half. I was content with the end, but I will mourn what could have been.
Kang 1.0 was visibly and narratively different from Kang 2.0 in the later half. And although I found the more grounded, nuanced Kang 2.0 a more reasonable - and well- human-like version, as was intended, but there was an unarguable charm and zippy flavour to Kang 1.0 as a manwha character. I was impressed by Lee Jong-suk's ability to play two very different versions of the same character, but I was disappointed that there wasn't more inner conflict on the side of Oh Yeon-joo that persisted and shaped her relationship with Kang 2.0 over the obvious loss of the relationship with the 1.0 version.
Ultimately, I had hoped that they would have allowed Kang 2.0 to truly reclaim his own destiny and fate, and completely step outside the confines of the manwha. And I will probably always wonder what happened to Seo Do-Yoon, living in a continuing manwha without a main character, story or defined end. Is the world within W now completely free from it's own pre-determination as a story without a writer? We will never know.
This show is all about the Happy Ending!!!
Hyo-Joo and Jong-suk are such bad actors that I had to skip all emotional scenes . At some point it was unbearable and i stopped watching ..
But this is such an Interesting story that I had to complete it... The writers of the show crafted a plot that is bound to keep you on your toes and send your brain into overdrive. It’s not the most intelligent story I’ve seen. At times it's confusing and borders on being nonsensical, but it’s logical enough to make it worth watching. W is especially intriguing because of its unpredictability - even if you grow used to the plot, each new problem creates an addicting mystery. You become determined to understand exactly what will happen next.
While I enjoyed W and the anxiety its suspense caused me, this drama is not perfect. A show amazing in concept, it fails to deliver in some of the most important aspects.
One thing I found particularly problematic was the romance. Some might disagree, but I found Kang Chul and Yeon Joo’s loveline to be one of the most poorly-written in any K-drama I’ve seen. I’ll admit that there was incredible potential in their relationship. However, the writers never give you any reason to like this couple except that they just are a couple - it’s the unspoken drama rule that because they’re the main characters, they have to be together.
Is the romance necessary? Yes- to an extent. Love is the easiest way to connect the two main characters. But trust me; that romance sucks badly. In the beginning episodes, you find it cute. What’s not adorable about a cool guy who’s curious about this ditzy girl? Then, you suddenly hit the point of doubt: but…but why, though? Why are they together? How? Sadly, there is no satisfying answer to these questions
I recommend you to watch this drama, but simultaneously caution yourself against the blinding hype that it received. The end product of this show was nothing near to the perfection that I expected it to have, but it also wasn’t anything close to being bad.
To me the incredible bad acting by the cast has ruined all the fun.
Don’t expect a masterpiece. Watch it; have fun with it! This is a Thriller Drama with unpredictable story/plots for a K-Drama.
Review by ichreiBlockedParent2016-12-14T15:37:11Z— updated 2017-01-30T03:22:45Z
"One of the best dramas of the decade, one of the best I have ever watched." — ichrei, 2017.
W is all I want a drama to be, it delivers everything I can imagine.
Big words, I know.
So... everybody knows that modern TV is rather predictable and producers rarely go off the safe path in terms of what they produce and how they write their shows. It is only natural given the laws of economy. Broadcasters want to attract as many viewers as possible, a wide audience that can generate $$$!
W is no exception to that rule! What sets W from other shows apart is its non-conventional story progression, it's "almost out of this world". Guys, I don't know, maybe they had no clue that they'd strayed off the safe path and when they realized it was already too late?
Maybe this is just one big mistake?
I went into the series not really knowing much, expecting a standard love story — just to get this off my chest, I have absolutely nothing against conventional romantic stories, kyaaa~!!! — with some suspense to keep me tied to my comfy chair. I still vividly remember the moment I realized that this wasn't gonna be another boring show. I felt like I had just been thrown against a hard brick wall. W is a punishment for my things-never-change-with-TV type of thinking.
W is a fresh-esque take on modern TV, if I may say so. W really is non-conventional!
It's so not predictable! You'll quickly come to realize it's predictably unpredictable!
If you're into suspense/romance, don't even think twice and move it to your watchlist!
I would feel absolutely no shame recommending W to people who don't watch dramas. It's an awesome show!