Doom at Your Service (2021)

What color is his hair?!

Honestly, that is the question that kept going through my mind the whole time I was watching the show. I thought it was a trick of the light at times, and other times it definitely looked like Doom's hair had changed color more than once. Sometimes it looked a mossy green, other times it looked a dark blue, and then would change to an almost black underneath with silver or gray mixed in. I suppose it helps emphasize his non-humanness, but I kept getting distracted by it every time I saw it.

Anyway, on to the actual review.
I'll be honest, a little over half way through the series, I took a break from it and then came back to finish it today and I tried to figure out why I needed to do that. Was I having burnout from all the dramas I've been watching? Possibly, but after coming back to it, I realized I was dragging myself to finish because I told myself I was going to watch something else after I did this one first. I think that says a lot.

I want to echo some things I read in other reviews, whereas this series has everything it should: great cast, good story, nice visuals,but a great soundtrack, but it still felt a bit flat. The cast were superb! I loved every one of them, and a special shout out to the guy that played Uncle Kevin, because he is the only foreign actor I have seen in a kdrama that isn't cringy and stiff in both his lines and acting.

I think the biggest problem with the series is the story. The premise is good and the beginning is intriguing, but where it comes up short is in the writing toward the middle to the end. The moments with the characters are good, but the rules about their situation seem unclear at times. Also, I thought the ending was very abrupt, but that's just me.

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True Love

My favorite k-drama for sure.

From the meaning of every words, to the true love in every single universe. They found each other again even after forgetting them. The true feelings coming out in front of someone destined to die. That's true love.

I was at first a bit skeptical in front of love between a human and an immortal, but the end for sure eased me.

All those parallels made me laugh a lot, their love and care made me melt and healed me, while their hardships made me cry. But overall my heart is at peace. Even if he didn't became human and came back, I would still be at peace because they love each other and they will forever watch over the other.

The support couple is whaou, they are both so beautiful to begin with (just like every single characters in this serie) and I'm glad that they opened up and communicate a bit more every time.

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MELODRAMA, tearjerker watch on your own risk!!

Story aint very original, BUT its well played.
STORY:
woman gets to know she got terminal disease. She gets drunk and make wish to falling star for DOOMSDAY, ragnarok etc.
DOOM alas something alas GOD of DEATH hears her wish and want to fullfill it.

Its how these two meet. Next goes romance between them.

Now why I give it such high score?

Simply cause chemistry between main actors made me empathize with them. Root for them.
It made me sad and happy. Actors trully managed get me hooked to this drama and move mine emotions.

overall I rate it 9.5 though as I read others rewievs many wont agree BUT many cant handle emotional roller coaster.

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The first time I watched this drama it was rushed and I found myself moderately enjoying it. I didn't think much of it and moved on. But then I decided to watch it again a year later and paid closed attention, feeling myself glued in to every scene.
This is a story about two very depressed and emotionally repressed people who find meaning, love and a want for life because of each other.
Doom is apathetic, disillusioned, bored, depressed and wants the world to end so his role will end. Essentially, he wants to die and he knows he can't. (Which makes me wonder how many times he's tried to be so sure of this.) He finally gets a chance when he meets our FL and you can see the way he changes throughout the show, to feel, to empathise and to love someone more than you hate yourself.
Dong Kyung is someone who lives for others. She works to give her brother an allowance, to let her aunt to live abroad with her husband and in a way her profession allows her to be a sounding board/helper to the writers she edits for. She lost her parents early on in life and buries her emotions deep, always keeping a stiff upper lip and hiding her own depression with practised ease. When she gets the new about her terminal illness, she doesn't react in the way a "perfect victim" would. She laughs it off and goes on about her day as though there is nothing to worry about and that makes sense for her character. Depression takes away your ability to feel things the way you're supposed to, it dampens your emotions and you allow yourself to be swept through every day by hiding it with humour and work and the writer shows this well I think.
Their bond isn't immediate and it initially starts with a mutual curiosity. The other is strange and unique, they don't react like everyone else and it throws the two off balance and their mundane routines.
Doom finally gets his wish and Dong Kyung is stick in an impossible dilemma. Her choices will end with either the person she loves dying or the whole world dying, a real life trolley problem given to someone who has already lost so much.
She figures out a loop hole though and without thinking it through, decides to love Doom so he will be the person she loves the most and take her brother's place. He seems amused by her determination and plays along at first until their feelings spark something in the two.
You can see their stony faces and imaginary walls begin to slowly crumble the more their love grows and although some of their words are dipping into that defensive humour and bravado, they are hesitant and terrified of it. Dong Kyung's breakdown when she finally starts to allow herself to feel the grief over her death was devastating and had me in tears and it was perfect that Doom was the person she let it all out to. In that moment, he could share in that grief and it was such a heartfelt and genuine bond of love between them.
The Deity had seen all of this coming of course, her own little Pinocchio was slowly becoming a real boy but she needed to throw wrenches in there to see if this was truly an enduring love. Even with the stunts she pulled, they couldn't quite forget each other and it seemed to cement the Deity's decision to have him as a new flower in her garden once he fully bloomed.
I think this drama was perfect in showing the grieving process, I would loved to have seen how it would affect the other characters more but that's okay. These two broken people were able to mend each other and their unwavering and selfless love was beautiful to watch grow.
My only dislike of this series was the second leads storyline, it felt empty and disjointed in their lives and with how long it had been between high school and now, a bit stale. I would have loved for Ji Na and Hyun Gu to have maybe met up and discussed their first loves. The immaturity of their relationship and how they are different people now, deciding to move on from the get go. A slow build of Joo Ik and Ji Na could have equally been as beautiful if grown from a place of mutual adoration and respect instead of pity.

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1000000/10

I'm just gonna leave this short review here, because I just finished this kdrama and I really need to express my feelings about this. It's been forever since I started liking TV shows, I like brazilian soap operas, mexican soap operas, american TV shows, japanese anime, kdramas, and movies in general, meaning that in my entire life I've watched a lot of stuff. There was a time when I thought I had seen everything, I felt like everything became a giant cliche, and that nothing could impress me anymore... Until I found this kdrama. It caught my attention on the first episodes already, it was so different, magical, it felt like a dream. The acting, the OSTs, the special effects, the story, everything was perfect. The chemistry between the main couple was something from another world, so intense! I cried, I laughed, and I felt love along with all the characters, my own emotions were as intense as the chemistry between the couple, it was an awesome feeling. I wish I could forget everything so I could have the pleasure of watching it for the first time all over again. From all types of media I've consumed in my entire life, I can easily say this was the best story I've seen, and I don't think anything is gonna top it so easily. It was just perfect. 10000/10.

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amazing drama but I really wanted a wedding at the end...

Tak Dong-kyung (Park Bo-young), an editor for a web novel company, lives a fairly ordinary life until she stumbles into an unexpected fate. All in a single day, she finds out she is dying from glioblastoma and has only three months to live, learns that her boyfriend is a father-to-be and has a wife, gets scolded by her superior at work, and is spied on by a pervert before the pervert falls into a sinkhole.

Drinking her problems away, she happens to see a shooting star from her rooftop apartment and drunkenly wishes for the world to be doomed. Her wish is heard by Myul Mang (Seo In-guk), a messenger between gods and humans. He was born between dark and light: when he breathes, countries disappear; when he walks, the season's collapse; when he smiles, life is extinguished. All he has to do is exist for something to fall into ruin. This is not his intention but simply his fate. On his birthday, he gets to choose a human’s wish to fulfill. Sick of his fate, he chooses to fulfill Dong-kyung’s wish to end the world.

Dong-kyung ends up signing a hundred-day contract with Myul Mang, risking her everything.

Seo In Guk as Myul Mang

There are a lot of actors we need back on our screens and Seo In Guk is one of them.

In “Doom at your Service” Seo In Guk played the role of the male lead and deity of destruction titled Myul Mang. Fun fact; Myul Mang literally means destruction or doom in Korean.

The drama wastes no time in letting us realize how much power Myul Mang has. In the drama's first scenes, we are shown just how powerful he is, with his favorite acts: manipulation, dream control, and our own personal – He being the reason for every destruction that happens and will ever occur.

This character made its way quickly to my most favorite Korean drama character.

Overall, this was my favorite drama of the year. I know that the majority of people didn’t like the second half of the drama but I loved all of it. The final episode could have given us a wedding or something more but still, that doesn’t change the fact that this drama was everything! I also loved some of the parallels with Goblin. Especially the scene where Muyl Mang disappears (I cried my eyes out).

More detailed review here: https://bookswithnatasa.home.blog/2021/08/20/should-watch-24-doom-at-your-service/

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To make it short, the show started very well and as a fan of the fantasy genre, the cinematography was really good. The ML did a good job as the cold and bad, and I liked the first six episodes. And then, little by little it gets boring cause nothing is happening, we loose the death part of the ML's character, the plot relies on pratically nothing and I struggled to continue watching, hopefully there was the second couple to root for. And finally in episode 12 and 13, it gets intersting again. And I finally finished it.
The Ost, the potential, the characters, (unless kevin, when koreans use a foreign character it's not well made in general and this is no exception) were incredible to start with, that's why I gave it a 8.5, but it could have been better with a more profound story.

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I loved all the characters chemistry with each other

So many times I wanted to drop it. But I'm a person who never drops a show, even if that show is the worst. I liked the cast chemistry with each other, whether it's a romantic relationship or friendship or sibling relationship.

Laughed when Cha Joo Ik connected that scumbag spelling of "manner".

Loved how casually Cha Joo Ik asked Tak Dong Kyung about her scumbag ex.

Kim Sa Ram was sexy with that shock reaction & the smirk he gave after hearing Tak Dong Kyung saying to live together.

Loved how casually Kim Sa Ram called Tak Seon Kyung as brother-in-law & Tak Dong Kyung as honey.

Loved how Kim Sa Ram kept on merging his house with Tak Dong Kyung like it was not a big deal.

Tak Dong Kyung searching on Google for how to love is funny.

Laugh at how Tak Dong Kyung keeps on watching Cha Joo Ik.

Tak Dong Kyung keeps on saying I can love him.

Cha Joo Ik had every answer to everything, had to win every argument.

It was sweet when Kim Sa Ram bought flowers for Tak Dong Kyung.

People around Tak Dong Kyung whether it’s her best friend or brother, are all cry baby. Their reaction was the same when they learned about Tak Dong Kyung illness.

The way Tak Dong Kyung ran from her aunty was hilarious.

Jealous Doom is cute.

Loved the scene where Ji Na said to Cha Joo Ik that he was sexy, then denied it. This scene made me watch the drama & I also thought that he was a demon.

Laughed at the scene when Tak Seon Kyung called brother-in-law & both Kim Sa Ram & Cha Joo Ik saying which one.

I loved Cha Joo Ik & Tak Dong Kyung interaction the most. I want them as a couple in a drama. I also loved the lead chemistry.

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It's worth your time

Whoa! this series makes me think what will I do if I only have 100 days to live? seriously! it really makes me ponder hahaha and this series will make you reflect to value your life and time. anyways I really loved how the story unfolds the twist and plots, the romance between the lead character plus the romance on the second lead characters caught my attention in fact I am more interested on how and who she (Na Ji Na) will choose hahaha (as the lead couple don't have a love triangle so the outcome is obvious). on top of that the humor they add to add color of the story! if your curious about the ending all I can say it has a smooth ending.

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Why is this "doom at your service" a must-watch drama?

I kept contemplating whether or not to watch this drama, as few of the reviews that I read online talked about how boring this drama was, but TBH I found this drama quite to my liking. You won't believe but I felt the same type of sadness I felt after finishing the drama that I felt when I completed watching DOTS. I really think that you should give this drama a go I mean even if you don't like this type of genre or plot, what's bad in at least trying to get to know the drama a bit first. In my opinion 16 episodes were too less for me and I wish there were more episodes but that's fine because I think now after watching this drama I have found my type of genre. Well I hope I helped you out in some or the other way. 😊

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