One the Woman (2021)

Drama com un personaje femenino fuerte.

Es imposible no ver este drama y no pensar en Park Kyung Sun, el personaje que Lee Ha Nee, interpretó en The fiery Priest. Sí, el de aquella abogada encargada de investigar y acusar a los culpables de delitos penales que tenía unas ideas propias -y los bolsillos muy vacios- y que se caracterizaba por tener muy mala leche. O sea, se las pasaba gritando y mofándose de todo el mundo, o se encajaba muy bien entre el caótico del grupo encargado de castigar a los malos. Hacía buena pareja con el padre Michael.

Pues su papel ha sido copiado y con un pequeño cambio de nombre, ahora es Cho Yeon Joo, ahora se ve envuelta en un drama familiar que choca con su trágico pasado. Nuestra protagonista tiene un padre en la cárcel y pedió a su abuela por culpa de un conductor que la atropelló y se dio a la fuga. Ahora abogada del ministerio fiscal busca justicia, y lo hace a base de golpes y gritos. Ella es así.
Pero en sus investigaciones es atropellada, pierde la memoria de quién es y es confundida con Kang Mi Na, la esposa de Han Seong Woon, el hijo de la familia Han Seong cuyo patriarca posee un gran conglomerado de empresas pero que quiere aún más poder.
Resumiendo, la frenética Joo ahora es la impasible Mi Na. En su ayuda para descubrir qué hay detrás del accidente que casi le cuesta la vida, está Han Seung Wook, sobrino del jefe de la familia, que ha regresado a Korea para vengar la muerte de su padre.

Como le pasan a muchos dramas coreanos que se asientan en dicesiéis episodios algunos son muy buenos, con muchos elementos y otros son una pérdida de tiempo. Las escenas por ejemplo con las mujeres de la familia Han Seong no sirven para nada más que para dar publicidad a las empresas que apoyan la producción y para rellenar minutos, porque no hay espacio para que los personajes crezcan más allá de papel típico: madre política con aires de arpia, cuñada aprovechada, niñata rica y malcriada.

En cuanto a los personajes principales me encanta Lee Ha Nee, creo que es una de las actrices más hermosas que tiene Korea, además es super graciosa y el tener una voz más ronca de lo normal casa muy bien con los gritos que pega. El caso es que eso también puede ser un problema porque al final su personaje parece encasillado en eso, en pegar gritos y en pelear. Si en el caso de la serie del Padre peleón tenía personajes principales que mitigan esa tendencia, aquí Lee Han Nee es la gran protagonista y a veces eso sofoca todo la historia. Ni siquiera Lee Sang Yoon es su papel de Han Seung Wook consigue frenar esa locura, o al menos dar un poco de balance a los caracteres a través de su dulce romance, porque sienceramente, el aspecto amoroso está muy poco trabajado. La verdad es que no he terminado de creerme a estos dos como pareja, generalmente en sus escenas están más que separados físicamente y no existe una gran conexión entre ellos. No es una de las parejas que puedes ver en un futuro lejano teniendo una vida en común.
En cuanto a Lee Won Keun me ha encantado su papel, es el que más me ha gustado de todos, aunque Jin Seo Yun como hija de la familia Han Seong, y la malvada de toda la historia, ha sido casi perfecta. El premio que recibió ha sido más que merecido.

En términos generales ha sido una serie con altos y bajos, con momentos divertidos y también con otros aburridos, con una trama de intriga que no se enreda lo suficiente pero que se alarga en exceso y a veces da vuelta sobre sí misma durante mucho tiempo.

¿La volvería a ver? No. Creo que con una vez es suficiente.

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If your looking for something light or easy to watch, this is for you

The show was tagged RomCom, crime/mystery drama. As far as the first four or five episodes, there's not enough romance or even comedy to talk about yet. There's a lot of mystery though, and a bit of hint of a crime.

It started really really boring. I don't know what kept me from dropping the show, but I still managed to watch the whole show anyway.

There's plenty of backstory to enjoy but still not enough to explain some things in the end. Just like how our FL shared the same face with another person.

The romance part of the show is a bit scarce. But I like the comedic part and the actions scenes, I totally enjoy. Still entertaining enough to watch on your free time.

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First off, hands down to Lee Ha Nee for bringing so much life to her character. Her character Cho Yeon Joo was very similar to that of her character in Fiery Priest: both prosecutors, similar traits, and even the way they speak. But I don't have a problem with it, in fact, it was nice seeing Father(from Fiery Priest)'s cameo in one of the eps. What I like about this drama was Cho Yeon Joo's strong character. She's literally the reason why I managed to finish this one. If you're looking for a makjang-ish drama but with a feisty and crazy female lead, then this one might be for you. As for the story, I wouldn't say it was fresh or new because it isn't. Amensia, chaebol, evil mother-in law, all you ever hated in a makjang is here. The difference really layed on the female lead, which saved the drama for me. If you want a good laugh and a satisfying watch, then this one might be for you.

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Ha Nee rocks!

Overall, this show was a joy to watch. The cast were good-looking and the acting was good. The series has nice production values and music as well.

I especially loved the female lead played by Ha Nee. This was my first time to watch a show of hers and I was quite impressed with her portrayal of different characters. Her character as the funny and spunky prosecutor as well as an independent and strong woman, was refreshing for me since I have been used to the usual more meek female characters.

This was also my first time to watch Lee Sang Yoon and Lee Won Keun in a drama, and I found them handsome and talented as well. Hope to see more of them soon.

I loved the development of the characters and the issues as well as the plot twists. I guess my only small gripe is the last few episodes which felt hurried and a bit unsatisfying in terms of conflict resolution. I think some viewers also noticed the writing of the show somehow declined in the later part of the series. (For example, I find the scene where the male lead did not answer the question of the child romantic but disconcerting. Or maybe it was just my OCD. lol)

In any case, this is not a typical Korean drama with cutesy characters and saccharine plot. It was a breath of fresh air. Lastly, that dance scene by the cast after the epilogue in the final episode was simply cute. I hope to see more like this in other dramas. haha

Kudos to the cast, crew and production of this well-made drama. Keep it up!

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An almost perfect blend of comedy and family corruption

What i liked: Lee he nee's character as prosecutor is amazing. Her ability to play a seemingly dual character navigating between good and bad cop is almost convincing. Kudos to jin seo yun, she was able to portray your classical villain whose need to be recognized by her father turned her into a woman whose conquest for power and rulership overturned every other thing in her life even family. Story progression was steady with cliffhangers that left you anticipating the next episode.

What i dislike: the introduction of romance but ML and FL seemed to blossom out of nowhere and yet somehow the writer tried to make a connection of meeting in the past and a case of mistaken identity. Very poorly done in my opinion. There was also the lack of enough screen time for FL to play duality of her character and by episode 2 her heiress character disappeared into thin air and she reappears somewhere mid series with a new face with no self development whatsoever.

The highlight of the show was Lee ha nee's as cho yeon joo who won me over with her ability to appear to show that she was seemingly corrupt and would do anything to rise in the prosecution office and the hidden part of her reason for being a prosecutor in the first place and her comedy side.

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An over the top enjoyable show that beggars belief but leaves a good impression.

I was searching for a series to watch after a long draught of me dropping or putting quite a few shows on-hold and low & behold here comes Honey Lee! I mean she is no-holds barred, funny, smart, OTT but oh-so-infectious!! Her character is giving me 'Good Manager - Kim Sung‑ryong' vibes.

Story:
We have a case of mistaken identity where a female prosecutor (our hero) finds herself as an heiress to a conglomerate after an accident wipes out her memories. And as she unravels the quagmire that she has fallen into - with the family politics, workplace deceit and the mystery of the missing heiress - she slowly finds the truth behind her grandmother's death.

We have a fast paced story for the first 10 episodes. There's a lot of twists and turns down the road as per usual K-Drama dramatics until we reach the final climax.

Acting:
Honey Lee has done a great job bringing our FL to life. One cannot help but route for her to vanquish all her foes and triumph! The ML is cute. The side characters are pretty enjoyable. I like the comedy displayed in this drama as well as some of the quips/dialogues by the side characters.

Overall:
First half of the drama flew by fast as a breeze but second half got a lot more dramatic as per usual Kdrama style. Nonetheless, an endearing main character (I love females that are kick-ass) and thus, an enjoyable one-time watch. A 7.5/10 for me.

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Perhaps I'm burned out

It's the first time I ever write a review after watching only one episode of, actually, quite a promising looking series.

But I dropped immediately after around 40 minutes from the first episode.
Everything, as I have perceived...was a clear mess.

To be completely fair with this series, as I am aware that judging it over only the first episode does not sound like a very credible review at all, please just hear me out.
This series has every good ingredient. Good actors, good music, an averagely good story, good editing and.....nothing seems to fit together. In fact, many modern k-dramas seem to have everything on the surface, but are completely empty inside.

They are UN-HARMONIUS. None of the elemets mentioned above connect together in a harmonius manner. It's a mess.

I don't have the intelligence to use the best words to describe my experience. It is as if I already knew, by intuition, what this series was trying to do. It wanted me to use my brain to try and understand whatever the plot was trying to do, instead of giving me and laying me out the obvious. I was confused for 40 minutes, trying to figure out what was actually going on.

And because of the unharmonious elements (story, music, acting, pacing), something that on the surface looked promising (perhaps that's where the good reviews came from?), personally, I was bored out of my mind, and on top of that, the series didn't convince me to care about any of the characters at all.

It all felt like a tiring, messy and pointless dream.

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