The Sound of Magic (2022)

Do You Believe in Magic?

What could be better than to have this mere question capturing the essence of this series? Sound of Magic, starring the all rounder Ji Changwook is one amazing masterpiece with a pinch of twists but tons of pixie dusts, that's fantasy. If you're a fantasy lover, this drama calls your name. The Sound of Magic plays with this idea constantly, combining elements of The Miracle on 34th Street, Goblin and Extracurricular, blending them together into a beautifully surreal and incredibly thought provoking series. What begins as a fantastic journey into the world of magic soon takes a dark turn as we’re left to question exactly what we’ve seen >•<
I’m being careful not to go into spoilers here but suffice to say, The Sound of Magic is a magical series; a wonderful, hedonistic ride boasting strong themes at the heart of this one that gives it a good amount of depth.
Magic tricks aside, The Sound of Magic also has a smattering of dream sequences, interesting choreography and some breath-taking shots of Korea too.
The Sound of Magic won’t be for everyone but the series does a fantastic job fleshing out all of its characters, delivering a simple but effective story and layering all of that with thought provoking and relevant themes about society and our place in the world. The rest is upon your verdict! I could go hours for how perfect this show was and how massive potentials it holds for season2!

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Two things...

kept this drama from being 10 stars.

One, I was disappointed with the ending. I know that it mostly faithfully follows the webtoon (and I think it's a great thing when TV or film adaptations do this), but I also found the ending of the webtoon a wee bit disappointing. I don't like that the magician disappears. Symbolism, and all that, but still, as a voracious eater of media, I like my endings satisfying. It's the same reason I don't watch dramas where my favorite characters die. It's just not my thing, and it's a very personal feeling.

Two, there were just a few small things that didn't add up. Who were the kids that were beating up Il Deung toward the end? He just all of a sudden started getting bullied when it had been happening to Ah Yi all show long? And then we never saw them again. This is just lazy writing, when characters appear out of nowhere to fill in the plot with no foreshadowing. And the way the murder was solved also just came off a little toooooo convenient for me. But that sometimes happen when you are literally writing with magic in your story.

Overall though, there was a lot I loved in The Sound of Magic. The length was exceptional. Often I feel dramas are too draggy with a lot of filler, and it causes me to drop them. Sidenote: I drop a lot of dramas. With the sound of magic, 6 episodes kept the plot moving at a quick pace, and it didn't feel like anything was rushed. The acting was impressive, with Ji Chang Wook blowing me away as always. The other two main actors were talented as well, and I am fast becoming a fan of Hwang In Youp.

Music and singing were blow me away fantastic, yet not inaccessible. I like that I could sing any of the songs if I wanted to because singers weren't trying to reach the highest notes or singing with too much vibrato. I've always been a fan of Wookie's voice, and I loved him here.

Special effects were well done as well. I loved the butterfly symbolism.

Spoiler Alert:

I didn't love the way Bella was treated by the writers. It's not that she died that I have a problem with (though I do feel it was entirely unnecessary and cheap), it's that Ri Eul specifically asked Ah Yi to take care of Bella while he was away, and then we never saw her again until she had passed. There was no scene of them caring for her, and I found it strange, but I know that in Korea, domesticated animals are not revered as much ad they are where I am from, so maybe that was it.

I do feel this drama is worth watching, but maybe my expectations were a little too high. It's definitely short enough to give it a watch and see how you feel.

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ok...

Tá! Esse dorama tava me instigando bastante desde que eu descobri que um dos atores que fez True Beauty tava nele. Confesso que fiquei surpresa com as escolhas no elenco. Arrasaram!
A trilha sonora é PERFEITA! Completamente apaixonada por essas canções.
Os personagens... eu gostei. Parece que todos os personagens estavam chapados o tempo todo? Sim, mas prefiro acreditar que era... a mágica da parada.
A protagonista é meio irritante em algumas partes, mas a gente releva isso, já que as pessoas não batem muito bem da cabeça nesse dorama. Acredito que essa característica desses personagens seja proposital para com eles.
O plot twist e o plot twist do plot twist foi perfeito. EU REALMENTE NÃO ESPERAVA POR AQUILO.
No geral é um dorama bom. Se você tá procurando algo rápido, bom e louco para ver, esse aqui vai atender aos seus desejos muito bem.

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Lovely Watch!

I really enjoyed this mini-series. It was 6 episodes and it was long enough for me. I know there are some negative comments about unanswered questions and so on...but I don't feel the same way. everything wrapped up nicely to me with just enough mystery left. I don't care to know where the musician is and I know that the magic isn't real, and I also get where the story was going. I loved that he swooped in and save these two teens from their miserable lives, by helping them to change their mindset. I'm a big believer and doing things that make you happy and enjoying the happy moments even while you struggle. life is too short to just follow the routines and as cliche as it sounds 'life is what you make it'.

The show does give that broadway feel to it which Wookie nailed, ofcourse. It did add a heartwarming feel to what started out as a very depressing drama. I am not sure that there is proper character development or that the writer showed the changes in the ML properly. Yes, it showed him dropping out of school and so on, but the main people were his parents.

All in all, I really enjoyed it! Do I need to rewatch? Probably not.

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journey of healing in a musical

I think this is the only kdrama of its kind that’s set in musical standard. It was such a refreshing watch because I LOVE musicals.

To think JCW can still get better. The haircut in this was just on another scale of handsomeness, and his singing was so captivating.

The story is a good story. It’s not great, but the music really made it stand out. Personally, I’m not a fan of Hwang In-Yeop’s character. He did grow throughout this story, but I feel like he was useless to the plot. His plot line was kind of weird too because I wanna know what happened to him… If he wasn’t in it, the story would’ve been find.

I know it’s not a romance but there was definitely some chemistry between JCW and the main girl. Sorry, Hwang In Yeop, you had no chance. Zero sparks there.

Main girl had a wonderful voice. Angelic I might say.

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Great cast and...

First of all, I want to point out that the cast was great. Really perfect. This is a musical drama, so it should contain good music that fits the theme. And it had it all.

Magic in this drama symbolizes joy, even the small one. When we are children, we have something we dream about, but over time we stop thinking about it and we often become ordinary adults who adapt to the expectations of society and are afraid to be original. We forget about these seemingly small things that give us joy.

But each of us needs some magic in life, which will make us feel better at least for a moment. So let's keep at least a little of this childish joy in us to the end. Even if the public finds us weird, it's worth it.

This drama is really good and it covers an important topic.

I have to subtract one point, however, because especially in the first episodes the relationship between the magician and the high school student was shown in a strange way at times. And I didn't like it. Fortunately, this was changed later. But don't get me wrong, there was no romantic relationship between an adult and a student.

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RESEÑA <3

Hace tiempo, comencé a verlo, pero lo abandoné por otro drama que me apetecía ver en ese momento. Ahora mismo me arrepiento, porque la verdad, creo que será uno de mis K-dramas favoritos.
Aparte del gran elenco que tiene, porque son unos magníficos actores, la música es realmente espectacular además cantada por ellos.

Ji Chang-wook es un actor de primera, puedes darle cualquier papel que el personaje lo hará de primera. En este drama me gustó más de lo que ya me gustaba. Como actuaba,sus movimientos, el personaje en si. TODO.

También me gusta el tema que quieren dar a tratar. Adultos, niños y felicidad.

¡Contiene mucha intriga!

No pude parar de verlo, cada vez que se acababa un capitulo, deseaba que comenzara el otro. Me tuve que obligar a parar aunque se ve rápido.

Según iba fluyendo, me recordaba a mi película favorita titulada El Gran Showman, me encantó.

Lo recomiendo muchísimo, tanto por si quieres conocer a Chang-wook como actor, si es la primera vez que lo vas a ver, como por drama en si.

Le puse 10 estrellas, pero le pondría más si pudiera .

Estoy muy segura de que me lo volveré a ver muchas veces más.

¨Annarasumanara¨

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It was clearly a ten for me

I had my preservations, when I first started watching it, especially when the first song hit off. I said to myself, 'nahhh', there was no way I was going to watch a musical, so I dropped it mid half the 1st episode for about two months, I think. And then, its' time was up! I tried to rewatch it (in the meanwhile I'd forgotten all about it) and it swept me away! I was even wondering, why on earth had I dropped it then, but there's a saying 'everything has its' proper time' and I guess that series was made for that saying.
It was one of these musicals that give meaning to the songs and the songs did indeed came on the right time with the right follow up. The lyrics were on the spot, the actors were amazing as they interprete the songs with their facial expressions and emotions; and that's something one does not easily find in musicals. I applaud for the hard work of everyone.
The ML, Ji Chang Wook, I'd seen in other series and I was pleasantly surprised with his singing and dancing talent. The same goes for the FL, Choi Sung Yun.
I was afraid I was going to be disappointed as the end approached, but thank goodness, no. It was delivered with a rational explanation that did not destroy the whole essence of the story, so congrats to everybody that helped in making 'The sound of magic'.

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Boa, mas não é minha praia

Eu gostei da história e os atores são excelentes, cantam muito bem, a narrativa é interessante, o drama é leve com pitadas de loucura. A trama se desenvolve parecendo que o mágico é um lunático (o que eu acho que ele realmente seja, ponto problemático). Suportei o fato de ser um musical até o final da série pois o enredo é legal e deixa com muitas brechas para um desfecho no final, as partes musicais passaram muito bem, até aproveitei.

A protagonista é uma querida, porém sem opinião própria ela se deixa levar pelo mágico, e sua antagonista é outra chata que matou a coitada da arara, que já está em falta no Brasil, foi pra Coreia pra morrer na mão dessa mocreia, tive muito ódio.
O amigo dela dando dinheiro a ela é o cúmulo e depois permitindo aquele show de caridade com pobre, não sei nem o que dizer.

O final é legalzinho, eu gostei, mas esperava mais pois o menino virou um zé ninguém, se rebelou contra os pais que deram tudo pra ser um mágico a beira da pobreza, junto a personagem principal, não entendo esse tipo de comportamento (meu ponto de vista, devemos aproveitar a oportunidade que nossos pais nos dão, mesmo que sejam duras).

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