The Girl Who Sees Scents (2015)

Not as good as I expected

To be honest I wanted to watch this for a long time because I heard a lot of people saying that it's one of their favorite drama of all times. The story started off great and it will spark curiosity and excitement because you'll wonder how the connections of the characters will turned out given that you'd be able to figure out right away how the main characters are entangled due to the incident right from the very beginning. It took advantage of the curiosity of the viewers to the point that it's being dragged on for a long time. I just want to finish it off because what I really wanted to know is how things will turn out in the end. Usually the process should be something enjoyable to watch but for me it's very painful and frustrating to watch, I just can't wait to end it and just get over it. The plot twist became a stupid way to prolong the story instead of giving excitement I just wished it ended earlier, it just made my agony watching it longer. I really love mystery genre and also the new idea for fiction of being able to see smell so I'm putting that as a consideration but this doesn't really justify my expectations.

The casts are pretty good except that I hate that the main lead is a bit exaggerating in every way possible. The emotions that I expected for the plot are not conveyed the way I expected it to be. I didn't even cry a bit all throughout the drama even though the story of it should be something a bit tragic. I didn't even get the point of making the female male lead a comedian and the male lead as an aquarist. It just doesn't match well with the whole story.

The songs used are not notable that I haven't even remember any songs from the drama although the sound effects inserted is very effective in setting the correct mood. Like for the comedic scenes, it somehow made me laugh.

I am not expecting to watch this again in the future. My curiosity about the turn out of events has been fed so that's enough for me. I don't even remember getting any lesson from it but at least it made my mind work by wondering what will be the ending.

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This is a procedural drama with some cute romance. This pretty much sums it up, the romance is reasonably okay, but you won't be floored by the main leads' chemistry. Big positive though that there is no love triangle, or forced separations. Shin Se Kyung did well compared to some of her other works, ML? his acting wasn't very convincing.. The comedic skits for the troupe were meaningless, I did not find any of them funny.
The aspect of seeing scents is a bit interesting, but the CGI showing mini leaf etc. symbols floating around is just dumb, it should've been some random shapes & colors, because this is just unacceptable even with drama logic.
The majority of the time is spent on the procedural police stuff and honestly some of it is really boring, some of it is really stupid, the side characters at the station were not that interesting either. One notable example is that moment when our ML shows his genius in rotating a barcode, well newsflash drama writers, it doesn't matter how you rotate or mirror a barcode, the numeric value won't change. Police tends to be really really bad in kdramas in general, but this is a new kind of low.
Park Jinjoo is the best part of the series, I would love to see her in a main role one day..
The killer, well I didn't really care tbh, the actor did a good job, the sub par script wasn't his fault.
The OST was okay, nothing too memorable though.

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a surprise to the heart!

you can start this drama simply by wanting a silly laugh (and, trust me, you'll laugh) but much more is revealed as the story develops. it's a story about healing and hope! I absolutely loved it.

the main couple starts very unserious and not too dramatic but it ends up as the type of couple that you can see why they're together! I did find myself giggling and kicking my feet at their cute scenes!!

it's very funny but the plot for the murderers keep your attention on all the time. the plot twists are also really well done, in my opinion.

the only thing I really dislike about this drama is it's end. they could've easily finished in episode 15, so episode 16 felt totally unnecessary and kinda boring.

That's why I rate this a 9/10, I totally recomend to watch it tho!

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О главном - о сюжете. Ловля маньяка это всегда хорошо. А уж если маньяк молод, красив, да еще и повар - то это отдельное удовольствие. Бонусом идет завораживающий голос и какая-то редкая болезнь, когда человек не помнит лица и начинает воспринимать собеседника только после того, как тот с ним заговорит. Вообще, отклонений у героев дюже много, это как джокеры в колоде - как стасуется так и сыграется. И да - кто маньяк знают все, но вот поймать его надо потрудиться.
Чудесатая способность видеть запахи, как ни прикольно это не звучало, сериалу не мешает. Отдельно спасибо второстепенному касту. Сплоченная команда полицейских жизнь отдаст друг за друга, комедийный театрик самодеятельности расширит горизонты.
И тут отличная музыка.
и успокою всех - роман детектива с Еленой Васильевной Шивановой закончится сакральным "Я люблю тебя" сказанный в унисон на обоих языках.

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So i am always looking for a good mystery drama with a crime theme,and fortunately this was one of them.overall the story was good to get u started bcz of its unique plot with special smelling sense as main theme. Pretty different ,right? Actors were good but I couldn’t find chemistry between main leads convincing. 😑. Agh what i reallyyy loved were the interactions between our female lead nd 2nd lead(nam gongshim/jae kwon). 🥳. He literally stole the show 🤗at least for me . His criminal vibe and dangerous aura made me fall in love with him . U could feel his love for her just the way he looked at her🤓I shipped them so much but u know what Its kdrama nd u will always hv second lead syndrome. 😫Ah poor me ,now i only love serial killers ,psycpaths and gangsters. Am i really fine🙄. How many of u r just like me🤔?

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Not recommended!
The story telling goes round and round and the logic and rationale of characters is frustrating.
There’s so many times you want to shake them and tell them to get a grip.

Our heroine’s characterisation is not too bad. She isn’t the best heroine, but she’s strong as a human being and I can always support a character like that.

Moo Gak
He’s ok. He’s played in a typical Yoo Chun style. I find Yoo Chun’s romance not at all my cup of tea. But his comedy is fine. He is good at the straight face delivery.

Lieutenant Yeom was one of my favourite characters and I laughed at most of the other detectives' antics.

Bad Guy
The show just loved the bad guy so much. So much gloating. At least he was handsome. And I’m glad how they finished him off.

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Just Nice

Just nice. I like the storyline. I like the acting butttt.....why do I feel like less chemistry between Park Yoo Chun and Shin Se Kyung? And for the ML, when he said he love and needs the FL, I just can't feel the love.

I know that there is some scene that is impossible and non sensible but who cares. It's just a drama. But anyway, this drama is good. If you looking for a mystery plus comedy, you can watch this.

Oh! one more thing. NamKoong Min just too hot in this drama. And in my personal opinion, he is more suitable to play the role as a psycho and a serious man than a romantic. And he is not good when he played for comedy.

The conclusion is...this drama is so so. 7.5 stars!

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Unfortunately there's a basic word count for reviews so 'Show is dumb and everyone is stupid' will probably be deemed inadequate. So I will attempt to put some more words around that overall conclusion to at least meet the minimum requirements.

Shin Se-kyung (Oh Choi-rim/Choi Eun-seol) puts in an enjoyable performances in this show about a woman who can see smells. Unfortunately she's paired up with rapist, Yoo-chun and so you should probably avoid it for that alone. His character has some kind of traumatic narcolepsy.

Even in the romance scenes, this drama is paint-by-numbers. It consists of a succession of kdrama cliches, jarring tonal shifts and the obligatory serial killer. All of this could be forgiven if the plot wasn't almost entirely driven by people being excruciatingly stupid.

Even the male lead - who starts the show as the Best Detective Ever by virtue of not being a blistering idiot - gets quickly infected with Stupid once he's finally accepted by the crack team of morons in the Investigative Unit. These detectives are played almost entirely for comic relief by a number of quality Korean actors who really deserve better.

The central conceit of the show - the female lead's synesthesia - is treated more as a supernatural power than a medical condition and her emotional journey is regularly jettisoned in favour of the male lead's. This is a common problem with kdramas and this show is one of the worst examples of it.

Show gives us a generic and poorly-drawn antagonist whose genius is regularly achieved by the other characters being exceptionally dumb. We're supposed to think this antagonist is playing Chess with the police, but really it's more like a drunken game of snakes and ladders.

In the end, show is dumb and everyone is stupid. Oh and Yoo-chun is a rapist so you probably don't want to watch this anyway.

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Slow start but COMPLETE end ❤️ ?

10/10 would recommend to watch and would definitely rewatch with my friends. This was actually such a breath of fresh air. I really liked how they ended it which is why I rated it so high if it had stayed the way that it was throughout to the end I would not have rated it high but the end is so good and so justified that I rated it high.

I was really frustrated that they had a concept of being able to see smells and they used it a limited amount of times when it could have been used all throughout and shown better. I felt like they kind of dropped the ball on thatThey only used it when it was convenient for them and I don't think it was well written for the kind of concept that I thought I was going to get. The "use" of her gift felt pretty lazy; they used it to move the story along and in some spaces when it should have been used and was necessary they did not add it. I just felt like they could have done so much better with that concept it's such an original concept.

The OST did not disappoint. The acting in some spaces felt like it could have been better executed with a couple more takes. And the production and editing didn't age well. I was expecting way better for 2015. These are the little nitpicky things that would have dropped my ratings if the ending wasn't so cute and complete.

until about episode 6 I felt like it was so slow to show you the romantic parts but then as you progressed on it actually gets so much better which is why I stuck with it. I loved how they show the mundane and how they show you the thriller part in episode 16 instead of just doing 15 and then 16 being the happy episode. IT felt well thought out and like the happy ending was not an afterthought.

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Love Crime Dramas and "magical" elements it was amazing to have the two combined

10/10 is my rating. This is a 2015 South Korean television drama with 16, ~60 minute, episodes.

As a student, Choi Eun-seol (Shin Se-kyung) is a witness to her parent's murder. The killer, who turns out to be the infamous "Barcode serial killer" attempts to kill Eun-seol who gets away but is hit by a car during her escape. The accident leaves Eun-seol in a coma with little hope of waking up or recovery. The same tie Eun-seol is admitted, Choi Moo-gak (Park Yoo-chun) goes to the hospital to see his young sister who had been in a minor traffic accident. Moo-gak is shocked and devastated to find his young sister lifeless in the hospital bed with her throat slit. Miraculously, about a half year later, Eun-seol emerges from the coma. There are three things that are different about her when she wakes up 1. One of her eyes has turned green 2. She cannot remember anything 3. She is able to visually see smells with her green eye. Moo-gak was so devastated by his sister's death that he was unable to sleep or eat and winds up fainting and being close to death for a period of 10 days, and wakes up to find he has lost his sense of pain, smell and taste. After his sister's death, Moo-gak became a police officer and aspired to be a detective. Eun-sol aspires to be a comedic actress. When the two fatefully cross paths they discover each needs something fro the other. Without senses, Moo-gak needs Eun-sol's ability to smell and use it as a tracking method and Eun-sol needs a partner for her acting skit in order to advance with the troupe she has associated with.

Spoiler 🚨 This was an amazing drama. i liked the "magical" element to it where, when she sees smell, it is all colorful and unique. I like the crime and suspense and the way the detectives grew into a great, caring and cohesive team. The romance between the leads was perfect - I could see them together in real life. It is a shame Park Yoo-chun was incarcerated as I enjoy him so much as an actor. I loved him in Roof Top Prince as well. I hope he can get help with his drug issues and is allowed to recover his career. I think as the American fan base grows there will be more forgiveness for these types of things. The title made me hesitate - how the heck can someone SEE smells? But it was "magical" and added such an interesting level to the story that I loved it. If you want a great crime, drama, romance with a unique twist - this would be the one. It ended well too!

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Weird but sweet.

Honestly, I wasn't expecting to enjoy this series as much as I did since the trailer and storyline did not give me high hopes but it was actually a pretty well put together crime show that keeps you guessing who the killer is.
It starts off intense, then slows a bit while building the characters backgrounds etc but it picks up a few episodes in and keeps you interested. The female leads powers aren't to mystical to make it seem fake so the plot line was believable and that made the scary parts even more intense.

The love story between the main leads did not take over the plot all to much, even though the moments you did see were extremely sweet and the chemistry between them is undeniable, so it doesn't distract to much from the crime storyline.

The only things I am a bit confused over the females need to become a comedian, (she doesn't seem very funny or I possibly don't understand the humor?) and the random job changes in the last two episodes which seem to not stay changed? Otherwise the series was super cute.

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