Kill Me, Heal Me (2015)

One of the best dramas I have seen. I loved the same two actors in "Secret" (a drama about the depths of tragedy, injustice, and personal suffering). Absolutely amazing to see the same actors bring their fantastic chemistry to this show, creating an award-worthy cast of characters yet again, while showing their great versatility. Proof of the two lead actors' immense range of acting skills.

I agree especially with the first, very detailed reviews here. Others have said it so well. I really enjoyed KMHM and will watch it again in the future. It is the kind I like to see more than once. Lots of heart, lots of laughs. I think it will become a classic!

How perfectly Ji Sung created each "personality"! Each "person" came to life so vividly onscreen!

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Amazing, heartwarming, hilarious drama!
I loved everything about this show! all of cha do hyun's other personalities are hilarious and he did an awesome job in portraying all of them. it feels like a totally different person (awesome acting from jisung!)
The other actors did a good job with their roles, Rijin can be a bit overwhelming at times with her loud crying, but it fits her character well, so thumbs up!

There were points where i was really wondering what would happen, and the writers really surprised me at times! amazing plot and not too predictable.

The feeling i have after just finishing this right now, is like i lost my good friend and lover. I got so indulged in this drama that i felt like it was my own life. But, i guess that's what you get for watching it for several days straight ;) I'm gonna miss Cha Do Hyun and his other personalities, i wish i could take them out of dramaland and bring them home T^T
It even got to the point where i had a dream about this show. I still can't get over the fact that i finished it

The OST's are really good! it got me into the mood of this drama and i am toatally gonna download a few (or all) of them!!

I would totally recommend anyone to watch this show. It has romance, comedy, suspense and a lot of surprises! There's something for everyone! :)

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So my friends saw this drama and they hyped it so much that we had to see it together. We marathoned watched 10 episodes and when I came home I continued on my own. Two days later I was done with all episodes. For me its very unusual to have an drama marathon and that says alot about how good it was!

The story of the drama and the acting of all of the roles is such an great match it must have been made in heaven. I can not emphasise enough on how good of an actor Ji Sung is. He manage to make 7 different characters very easy to different from each other and put all of them in one body. I have not seen his acting before so I was surprised to say I found one of my new favorite actors. I think he has so much talent and he makes the drama and his role almost creepily good. I must say he makes the drama even though the other actors of course gives him a lot of help. Especially Hwang Jung Eum as the female lead, whom also shows off great acting in this drama.

The story is well written and has so many details showing up episode after episode. I was afraid that it would be too many strings to handle but without giving any spoilers I would say the director managed it very good at the end. I think that even though you could say this is an wrong way of showing an disease it was an very good try. I think the script made it justice even though it also had a lot of humor to it. Be prepared to laugh thru most of the episodes even though it hold alot of seriousness!

I would see this drama again just to see Ji Sung’s gold worth acting and also go back to the memories with my favorite character mr.Shin!

I absolutely think you should give this drama a try, it will probably surprise you!

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I have just finished this drama and they're so many emotions running throughout my head and tears running down my face.

Story: 10/10
I don't even know what to say about the story, everything was just perfect. The writing was written to perfection and the directing was absolutely put together so well. I will say this, each episode made me laugh till my stomach hurts, cry until I couldn't cry anymore, and make me fangirl like any other fangirl would

Acting/cast: 10/10
Man oh man did the cast break my heart and put it back together again. The acting and the cast were absolutely spectacular and incredible, and can we talk about Ji Sung because for me that man is an acting genius, he made me laugh, cry, angry, and just made me feel all the feels.

Music: 10/10

The music was amazing as well, so beautiful and mesmerizing at the same time.

Rewatch value: 10/10

I am just going to say this, this drama will be in my top 15 of 2015, no doubt about it. This is no doubt in my mind that I will be watching it sooner than later.

Final thoughts:

If you're reading this drama, please oh please go watch this drama. I promise you will experience all the feels and will not regret it. This drama in my own opinion will be the best drama of 2015.

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I thought the plot seemed interesting at first because of DID, but after watching (and dropping) Hyde, Jekyll, and I, I wasn't sure if I had the strength to endure another show about multiple personalities. Therefore, I decided to watch Kill Me, Heal Me after waiting a little to let its rating on here level out and make sure that the high score was not just due to a fad like Hyde, Jekyll, and I which turned out to be one of the most emotionless dramas I've seen despite the Hallyu cast (I hope Hyun Bin will come out with something better next time : ( ).
Kill Me, Heal Me is almost the opposite. The actors aren't ones that many people watch because of their fame or overly-good looks but are quite talented if you give them a chance. I realized that Ji Sung is like a hidden gem after watching Protect the Boss. Although I don't see many people "fangirling" over any of these leads because they don't seem to seem to have that type of attractiveness about them (not their age or the looks I mentioned earlier because while they're not stunningly blinding, they're obviously not ugly either and people like So Ji Sub and Gong Hyo Jin are older but seem to possess this quality that I can't quite define-- perhaps "appeal" is the right word?), they have charisma. Their facial emotions and gestures are far from the emotionless ones found in Hyde, Jekyll and I. In fact, many times, I truly believed that the personalities were distinct characters, and I do have my favorite (Nana, of course). They were not only a comedic team comparable to Infinite Challenge and Running Man at times, but played more serious parts believably as well. In addition to the acting, the music was one of the better soundtracks I've heard so far. The only downfall, I'd say was in the writing. The plot was interesting and suspenseful at first, but got dragged out far too long. They abused flashbacks, and replayed them like the viewers had short term memory problems of some sort (the same clip three times in one episode is two times too many). Instead, I would have loved if they filled that time with more moments with the personalities. Thankfully the last episode was a pretty good one, though I'm not sure if the way that they handled the issue is one that I'd agree with for moral reasons. I'd recommend this drama if you like romantic comedies mixed with drama and don't mind stories that get dragged out because the acting is worthwhile.

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A masterpiece of comedy and psychological drama

On no other drama have I laughed and cried as much as here and every laugh and tear made me happy. It's not that I'm a masochist. The tears were due to the really wonderful storyline and emotional acting. Sometimes they were tears of emotion and sometimes of laughter and sometimes of I don't know what because the mood changed so fast I couldn't keep up, but I loved it.
I avoid dramas about DID and psychological problems in general because they are either too serious or too silly. "Kill me, heal me" is neither. It portrays the problem of multiple personalities in a really clever way and each of those personalities has an absolutely wonderful charm. Here, a big bow goes to Ji Sung, who rose to the acting challenge to the point where his individual personalities had their own fans. My favorite personality is Park Perry, although Ahn Yu Na provided the most laughs for me.
The problem told in "Kill Me, Heal Me" is an important and difficult one, but the creators told it in such a way that it's hard not to love the story, even though I know people who absolutely disliked the drama. For me it became one of my favorite dramas from the very first episode where the viewer got the right plot construction and the perfect balance of humor, emotion, and curiosity about what will happen next. The following episodes were only more interesting. Even the ending was beautiful.
Finally, a few words about the music. It's really excellent, although a bit exaggerated, but it perfectly reflects the character of the scenes and characters. It's one of the strongest elements creating the mood of this drama.
Is it worth watching again? Definitely YES!

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Story: This story is so good and original. I was absolutely entertained all throughout this drama. WARNING: If you watch this drama you will become addicted and won't have time for anything else but this drama until you finish.
Haha so make sure you don't have any tests or finals you need to study for while watching this drama.
I loved it. I hardly rate any drama's ten, and I rate this one a ten. This is definitely one of my favorites.

Acting/Cast: Ji Sung did an absolutely amazing job with his character. Everytime he changed his personality he really changed, I could hardly recognize him. He was also very moving, I cried so many times. He was great.
As for the rest of the cast, they did a good job too.
The only reason I give this category a 9.5 is because of Hwang Jun-eum's crying.... When you watch it you will see what I mean.

Music: Very good music

Rewatch Value: The only reason I give this a 9.5 is because I don't really rewatch dramas. But if I had to, I would probably rewatch this one.

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This was 2018 rewatch -- reminded of it after trying to watch the Seven Faced Man -- and comparing the story.   I could not get Ji Sung's incredible acting and the impact it made on me emotionally when I viewed it the first time in 2015.  Watching week by week you sometimes forget the incredible scenes and storyline.  However, marathoning this drama just reminded me of why I believe this will be my all-time top K drama.    Acting - children and adults -- over the top good;   Editing -- perfect;  Music -- exceptional -- I don't buy music at my age but I downloaded the song Hallucinations to play when I'm walking.   It is one of my all-time favorites.  The best part of this drama is the creativity of the story -- not a dull moment -- a full story from beginning to end.   A story with mixed emotions - you laugh out loud -- a lot,  and you cry buckets of tears along the way.     There were so many life's lessons shared in this drama that you almost need a notepad to keep track.  I am still trying to watch Seven Faced Man -- but like most remakes of outstanding dramas they will continually be compared and the bar was set to high with Ji Sung, Hwang Jung-Eum and Park Seo-Joon casts as lead actors.  A good rewatch for the New Year's weekend.

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Just another chaebol + ordinary FL bland love story with an extra shock factor

I have had this title on my watchlist for a long time now and was excited to one day give it a try after seeing all the high ratings and good reviews, all which seemed to be solidly justified by the interesting premise of the show.
The first episode was interesting and got me hooked. Loved the main OST title ("Hallucination"), although after being overplayed at every single "dramatic" scene with flashbacks from the past (which was like 20 times per episode) it got rather lackluster. Loved the switch between personalities and was impressed with Ji Sung's acting, as this was also my first time watching one of his shows. Despite not initially liking the FL (and I don't understand exactly what it was, maybe the hairstyle, but it looked so weird to me when she was fighting with her brother and him mentioning he's older than her so she should call him oppa because to me she seemed way older than him like they were noona and dongseng), I was hoping it would get better. Oh boy, was I wrong.
The writing for this kdrama was so generic and bland, it seems the only times the screenwriters took any steps away from the traditional kdrama recipe was when the other personalities of the ML were involved, but ultimately only Shin Se Gi's actions actually had any sort of impact on the plot. The original ML personality was pretty boring and felt like he had little to no character development, along with the FL. The love story was also bland, full of tropey scenes that instead of bringing comedic relief, only managed to bring the quality of the drama even lower, once again relying on the "childhood connection trope" which is obviously enough for 2 characters with very few meaningful interactions to become soulmates (/s).
There were no real resolutions regarding the 'villains' of the drama and to be honest they were so unmemorable I already forgot their names.
Her brother was such an unecessary character I don't think he was in any meaningful scenes in the last few eps. And his storyline with being a secret writer didn't add anything to the main plot. Not even mentioning that at some point it's revealed that he's actually in love with the FL.. wtf was that? I know they're not blood related, but still, they grew up as siblings.

Overall, if I were to make a pro-cons list, it would look like this:
pros:
+ very entertaining acting from Ji Sung taking on 7 different personalities (more specifically impressed with Shin Se Gi, Perry Park and Ahn Yo Na).
+ Shin Se Gi everything
+ the main OST.
cons:
- sort of everything else.
Overall I wouldn't recommend this drama unless you're a big fan of Ji Sung or you're not necessarily interested in a good watch, just something to have on the screen when eating.

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Reading the overview & reviews I've expected that this would be a semi episodic drama where every couple of episodes an alter ego would be resolved. I thought it would be like a medical drama that that briefly touches upon some serious topics, with some romantic comedy added in, very much like what I've experienced in "It's Okay, That's Love". That's not it, the medical things are just fluff with no consequences, the FL does not do anything that a doctor should do with a mental patient. Despite this show being a fairly recent 2015 title it feels old, it's very much like a 2005 drama. It has several cliches that have been retired long ago, also at certain points in the drama I felt that it's overflowing with makjang. The second FL did not have a lot of screen time, but whenever she was on I found her character to be completely unnecessary and annoying. I like Park Sojoon as an actor, but oh my god his character was annoying me to no end, he portrayed a very oldschool second ML. The chaebol infighting wasn't interesting at all, even though this topic has been done to death, I've seen MUCH better written and more interesting iterations, both in older and newer dramas. There are also some serious problems with the pacing, there is a lot of filler in the first 17 episodes, the story becomes quite draggy in the middle. This could have been acceptable, but after all that time they only delivered a 10 minutes long happy ending & many of the story threads aren't really resolved in a satisfying way. (like what happens with mom, dad, second FL etc etc) The last 90 minutes are really rushed and I'm not entirely happy with the conclusion. I feel that there were some missed opportunities, imagine an alternate ending where Segi & Dohyon join hands to navigate both their personal & professional lives with great success. Also our villains were dealt with under a minute, it's not as bad as their entire family dying, because they get hit by a meteor, but it's a nearly as random of a conclusion to their story.

Despite all of the above this drama has some outstanding qualities. The main actors were an awesome pair, they've had good chemistry. I have liked Hwang Jongeum already and she did not disappoint. Ji Sung delivered some genuinely impressive acting, maybe the best acting I've seen in the alter ego genre thus far. If I look at the story as a romcom & ignore everything else then it is a very good romcom, there were some exceptionally funny moments. Even though many of the supporting characters were not very well written, the actors playing them were quite good, especially Kim SeulGi, it would be nice to see her as a main lead someday.
The OST is also a bit oldschool, but it's really good, especially the title track.

8/10 seems a bit too high of a rating, but I was entertained enough I suppose..

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Wow. This drama was amazing. I had been putting off watching this because I read a forum where people thought it was overrated, they couldn't have been more wrong.

First of all the story was so heart-wrenching but sweet. I loved that it seems like a comedic melodrama, they infuse the pain with humor to make it go down a bit easier. Other melodramas that I have watched have made me just miserable the whole time. But with this there was always a light in the darkness.
The first half of this was like a romantic comedy, I was laughing like a loon. But even when things get heavy theres always a glimmer of that comedy.

The acting was amazing from Ji Sung! He took on all the personas and it really felt like you were watching a completely different person. I had first seen him in Protect the Boss where he also did an amazing job but his acting here is flawless. He made me feel genuine affection for each and every alter ego and made me tear up when they finally departed. Shin Se ki was my favourite alter ego followed by Ahn Yo Na, I could seriously watch a drama based on Shin Se ki alone, his intensity was amazing.

I absolutely loved this drama. I can definitely see myself rewatching this. I'd recommend this to anyone who loves melodramas, psychological romances and even comedic romance. Just be prepared to laugh, cry and smile.

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I started watching this drama after healer, because i was suffering of the fact that it finished.
at first i wasn't impressed, because i don't really like it when the main character is a little older, but i forgot about that after the 1. episode already.
now let me tell you how awesome this drama was.

what made the drama outstanding for me were many things

- first it was a very brilliant idea to make a drama about a man with split personalitys, i personally think, it's hard to act as many people at the same time in a drama. but you really believed that the personalitys are different. of course you know it's the same actor or person, but i didn't get that feeling while watching.

- which leads to my second point: the acting. i don't know how to put it in words, how awesome i think the acting was. ji sung pulled the characters of so great and believable. you start to recognize which character is coming out, the first second he looks at the camera. I never saw a actor so awesome until now.

- the characters he portrayed were so lovable. there wasn't even one of his personalitys i disliked (well i've got to admit i didn't like se gi at first. but after a few episodes i felt so bad for him, that i started loving him)

- the plot twists are amazing and so creative, that i had to catch my breath. i expected a little things, when the hints were given, but what they made of it was so much more shocking, than what i thought of.

- i kinda suffered of second-lead-syndrome again, but in a way that made it not awful to watch. i really really loved the second lead, but i didn't want him to be together with her. it didn't made it less hurting at the end (i cried so much), but i felt relieved, that he still accepted it .

At the end i have to say this drama made me feel worse at the end, than healer did. Because i still have to look for a new drama and hate that it ended, but i really feel like i lost a good friend, the moment i watched the last minute.
Please please watch it. You definitely won't regret it, because so far it's one of the best dramas this year.

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