My Demon (2023)

SBS Takes a Page out of TvN's Book of Boring Fantasy Dramas

TBH, I'm really sad to be negative about this show since I was so excited, but I will still be fair!

*Storyline: 5/10*
To be honest, this show was too good to be true. I initially thought it was a TvN show, a s it has a very similar style of fantasy dramas that TvN has been pushing for two-ish years. An inhuman man and a human woman, check. Forced proximity and enemies/bickering partners to lovers, check. It is kind of reminscient of Tale of the Nine Tailed Fox, which if you liked that I think you won't mind this one.

The only thing is the storyline itself is quite weak. Without boring you, here's my three issues with the plot:
1. No real structure to the magical world: We learn the ML is a demon, but we are never really told how demons are made or if there are others that are stronger/weaker than the ML. We also don't know about the limitations of the ML's powers, only that his magical tattoo somehow ends up on her, and without her, he's essentially like a human. But that is sloppy because if not having the tattoo makes him human, shouldn't her HAVING the tattoo give her some unique powers or advantages?

2. Dilly-dallying: The ML and FL only tolerate each other in the beginning because they each need something from the other. But we never see the ML consistently work towards getting his powers back, nor do we see the FL consistently work towards dealing with the bad guys. They essentially just talk about their problems and do nothing, and then sprinkle in random kissing to distract us from the fact that literally nothing happens. At ALL.

3. Poorly written characters: I really think the writers just gave the main actors a single piece of paper each and told them to do their best at this point y'all. For the ML: Bad Boy Demon. For the FL: Helpless Damsel. That's it. Neither the ML or FL have any real ambitions/desires nor any tangible relationships with the people around them. For example, we know the ML has his human companions, but we never really see that he cares about them--which he must, since he keeps them around. And for the FL, she has the second male lead, and they are both apparently super close--but we never know why they're close in the first place, nor do we ever see any of their memories together. (I will say I do love the side characters though, like FL's secretary and Madam Ju, as well as ML's male butler--they are funny and cute but also very surface level.)

*Acting/Cast: 7/10*
To be honest, I always feel bad writing this section of my reviews because it really isn't the actors' fault that the script is so weak and half-baked.

For Song Kang, I've only ever seen him in Nevertheless but I didn't love the vibe of that show so TBH this is the only real show I've seen him in. He does his best in a flimsily written role--trying to make the demon character look more serious and intimidating, and yet simultaenously cute and charming in comedic and romantic scenes. His expressions are definitely a bit boring sometimes, especially in scenes when he's trying to be cute. I do know Song Kang is known for his thriller shows, so maybe he just feels a bit out of his element in a rom-com and might be 100x better showing darker emotions. Overall, it's a valiant effort, but I agree with other critics who say an older actor would've been able to sell the demon act better, at least in the beginning when he's supposed to be a bit intimidating.

For Kim You-Jung, I watched her a bit in Backstreet Rookie and Love in the Moonlight, but I didn't like the strange young-girl-and-adult-man relationships in both series, so like Song Kang, this is also the first project of her's I've seen almost to the end. If I'm not mistaken, she is a child star, and although I hate to admit it, I can feel the energy in her work in this show. Her acting is a bit jolted, not as smooth and seamless as someone who started acting later might be. I'm sure it has to do with the more immature roles she played in the past, but she's not my cup of tea. No hate of course, and I respect her efforts and her long-standing career. I would love to see her act in a more serious role in the future, though, with some smoother acting--I think she would kill it.

Music: 6.5/10
I've said this in other reviews, but I'm not a big OST person, so I don't know enough to give you a proper critique of this show's OST. That being said, I thought the background music was pleasant and easy to hear. 6.5/10.

Rewatch value: 4/10
Unfortunately, I just felt like this show lost its direction and was written very roughly. I think for people who regularly watch fantasy and rom-com K-dramas like myself, this one is a pass (I will still be finishing it though, since I have watched this far). For newcomers to K-dramas, it might not be too bad--or for those who just want a light show to breeze through over the holidays.
Overall: 5.5/10

*Once again, no hate to any actors/directors, just my opinion. Happy Holidays everyone! :) <3*

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Slickly produced but ultimately formulaic and empty . . .

Let's start with the good: 1) High production values, great costume design, attractive actors 2) Our immortal character is a more immature Puck/Peter Pan and loses his powers first episode - making this a more relationship of equals than other dramas.

Otherwise, this is just a bunch of ideas thrown into a script, with unfortunately little chemistry between the actors, little depth of character development or themes, and of course the ever-present serial killer storyline. There is no redemption to be found in the secondary characters or plots and the jokes/humor heavy handed.

This is a pitch or story concept with the director and writers desperately trying to stretch this out over 16 long episodes. At one point in the story, our main male lead gives a review 'boring all the way to the end.' I couldn't agree more.

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my demon - more like my goblin, my edward cullen, my succession

when you cast kim yoo jung and song kang, you hope to have a script to do them justice.

on paper, the story of a contract marriage between the devil and an heiress, sounds amazing. in this drama however, the story was lost so much, that it was held together only by song kang and kim yoo jung's chemistry. and good outfits!

the murder plot, succession plot, business plot, etc. was so stupid that you can FF through all of it. the character arcs are mostly nonexistent. the story is a pure copy paste of goblin episodes 14-16 forward.

i've seen worse and am happy that the writer managed to put her 2 brain cells together to pull together somewhat of a happy ending, but GOD. you need better scripts @ recent kdramas! casting pretty leads is just not enough!!!

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Shallow romance 101

I really didn't want to do this but I expected no less from a romance drama with Song Kang as the lead (cause I didn't like any of them so far). This drama really met my expectations
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as another bad romance drama of 2023.

And honestly , I've grown quite accustomed to it knowing that it's either me who don't like kdrama romance anymore or them who aren't able to fill the gaps of romance in their 'single' fan's hearts.

Well I kinda knew the type of romance they were going to show after watching the lack of chemistry between the leads being shoved to my face just from the trailer.
Uhm but.. I've got to give it to the visuals by the way, cause everything was just so beautiful . I mean the leads alone were breathtakingly beautiful and that's it ...or maybe I liked the comedy too but that's it..that's it nothing more.

Rest all of it looked really bleak to me. I could not feel the connection with leads, it was not gripping at all as I tried to skip through episodes. Forget the romance part but the entire plot alone was messed up by emotion lacking tropes and cliches.

All in all I think the show was really shallow to me and idk how the heck people are actually liking it, well good for them, anyway I'm not going to wait for the rest of the episodes as they are really predictable and I can't bear to see my eyes suffer. Well then I'll take my leave and hope you have a wonderful day ahead~
XOXO

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Sorry, I couldn't stand watching it anymore

Sorry.... But I dropped. It started getting cringey. tbh i don't know but sometimes dramas have that feel when it becomes more like a burden to keep watching them? i felt the same with king the land.
idk.. it might be the overhype? don't get me wrong - i love the cast, but it seems like a drama that would be enjoyed by new kdrama viewers. so yeah, sorry fandom
but it felt the same for me for king the land and destined with you. and before you come to me saying i have no taste - hold up for a bit and remember everyone's taste is different and that is completely ok!
main reason i dropped: overhype & not really my taste

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Nothing new

For some reason, this reminds me of King The Land in that we have all these beautiful people and set design yet the plot itself is the epitome of cliche. As much as Kim Yoo Jung can be considered a veteran actor (she's been acting for over a decade) I still think her performances are average. Don't get me wrong, I love her as a person but the characters she plays all seem to be on the same spectrum. Anyway, this drama, as other reviews have mentioned, brings nothing new to the table as we've been there and seen it all when it comes to K dramas about gods and demons (go watch the exceptional "Goblin"). Currently at episode 8 and I've already started fast-forwarding because this has me rolling my eyes and scoffing. I can't imagine having to go through eight more episodes.

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Dissapointed ending. SPOILER ALERT!!!

Have you ever lower the score cause the happy ending? Well this exactly what happen with me & this drama. The happy ending left sour taste in my mouth, forcing me to give this drama quite low score. For you who still don't understand & feel the need to ask... Yes this has HAPPY ENDING, but for me better leave this with the sad or open ending than this happy ending. Or just leave this like Hotel Del Luna kinda ending is still better....

As usual save review first. AKA what I like about this drama.
+ The chemistry between Kim You Jung & Song Kang.
+ The growth in character Do Do Hee (DH) & Jung Koo Won (KW). Like to see them falling with each other, start to care & built their relationships. As well we also can see how KW more & more human each time he get closer to DH.
+ Although KW is demon with all the power possible, he still need the help of Park Bok Kyu to do stuff for him. Like investigation etc...
+ The cute relationship between Shin Da Jeong & Park Bok Kyu. Never expected, yet no surprise see them as a couple,
+ Jin Ga Young, Joo Seok Hoon, Joo Chun Sook. Like all these character. They being normal human that show us we each has our selfishness in doing our things, yet they not so evil that willing to sell theirselves to evil to achieve something.
+ The most interesting thing this drama give us. The sad truth face of human. There's always 2 kind of people, when devil knock on ur door. 1st is like Joo Chun Sook, turn over when see the demon herself. The other is like the last person, after make a deal with the devil, but when the devil ask us for our part of our deal, still do everything possible to avoid it, even lying through our teeth....

Overall this just another drama to fill ur days... Below is SPOILER ALERT!!! Read it with ur own risk.












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Now the sour taste in my mouth....
- They never really explained to us why Noh Suk Min want DH died. Or maybe just me missed it.... At first yeah maybe because of the inheritance, but later... WHY...? That's the point that I still don't understand.....
- Everything just end too beautifully. It's like the original plan is to close with sad ending, but someone just smash the table and scream I want HAPPY ENDING! And so here we are now... For me better close with KW still gone & the last reunion just happen in DH's dream. It's like KW said final goodbye to DH. It's more poetic & beautiful ending. Than this force, weird & ruinning happy ending.

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It is important to watch with an open-minded to enjoy the beautiful essence of the series

I have been watching many Kdramas and falling in love with many of them but this is the 1st Kdrama series that made me cry.
Perhaps I am not a critical person and not a fan of any of the casts so I could be open-minded to reap the essence and the meaning of the series.
The story blends well between Eastern Taoism traditional Korean culture and belief with the Western Christianity belief especially about Reincarnation, Karma, God/Deity, Karmic/soulmate relationships, destiny and past life. The producer skillfully presents their respects for both beliefs and even add on the beauty of Korean traditional Arts/Dance.
The love bonding relationship went through different lifetimes and how it sustains through challenges and difficulties.
Maybe I found myself having empathy with their tragic past life destined relationship. The ancient conservative social mindset about social classes, the prejudices of human being at all time, the greeds, selfishness and evil of human which sometimes are even more dangerous than a "demon" entity.
Movie soundtracks did not make a strong impression on me but It still leaves the feeling being touched.
I understand different people have different views and interests when it comes to favorite movies, to me My Demon leaves a deep feeling that I could not get rid of. Not only everyone deserves to be treated right but sometimes we need to act on what matters most to us. Human being are emotional being and we act on our own emotions which sometimes bring unbearable outcomes.
I like how they visual God/Deity in this movie that is not only familiar but thoughtful. People usually look down on homeless and beggars... It would be surprising to find out who that beggar is.... Therefore we should learn to treat others equally. I think if the God/Deity above is watching us as human being, they would compassionately shed tears because of how much human being has to suffer but the worst thing is we suffer because of our own actions.
After watching the series, I could not wait to just re-watch it and I still enjoy it the 2nd time.
Even though I am not a fan of any of the casts but I acknowledge and highly appreciate their hard work, talent and dedication to the movie. There has been news about how harsh the entertainment industry is and how strong it affects to their mental health. I just wish the actors/actresses are healthy and happy not only physically but mentally and emotionally.
So much love to them.

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It’s trapped. Overhyped!!!

Every social media… fans talk about only how lovely story, their chemistry, aesthetic vibe, fashion king n queen… blah blah…
I was really interesting they made fashion competition posts with MD and previous seniors thus why I dived into it.
I was not super excited about plot and story as my kdrama journey was since 2000 and I have had thousands of good experience and memory.
omg… it is not drama, but Paris fashion week with awkward outfits. 20 minutes is enough to explain 16 episodes story.
What I most regret thing is I believed MD fans recommendation abt fashion. Actors wardrobe are sponsored or forced to wear by team, I don't get it. Sometimes ML wore Ajimma style and he looked like ready to dance Idol vibe, not Demon ?‍?. Really love his all boots, it is super.
I am only one who noticed that may be, FL some dresses were super long and over size coat, not fit with her. The most sadness thing is FL made her hair-do only 3 styles the whole drama. why why???
I would like to recommend 3 fashion GOAT (my list) if you really want to taste K actress fashion devils, they slayed - from hair to toe every minute.
1. Jun Ji Hyun - my love from another star
2. Seo Yea Ji - it is ok not be ok
3. Seo Yi Jin - CLOY
(I got it now, fans have not allowed negative comments or opinions whatever at MD post. It is starting a war.) ✌️

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More like demonic revenge...

I started watching this drama with a bit of hesitation just because of the plot and some of the tags are not my usual cup of tea but since I saw quite a bit of hype on the drama and also the fact that I've never watched a Song Kang drama before (I know, long overdue) I took the dive.

For starters Song Kang is perfect, his acting is flawless, his smile is super cute - I will definitely be looking up his other dramas. Similarly YooJung is beautiful and she played her role so well. Together, they make an eye-candy sweet couple and I enjoyed seeing them together.

However, that is mostly where my pleasure ends. A drama soaked with many deaths, some tragic and sad others drawn out and for lack of a better term, long-awaited. A very sad, guilty and revenge-seething plot that was quite depressing and heavy to watch. A family torn apart by guilt and revenge that hurt everyone.

I will say I am a tad confused by the ML's ending as he got back his powers but his love story with the FL is still referred to as being too short since he will continue to be immortal whereas she will one day die like normal humans. In the middle of the drama he kind of admitted he no longer wanted to be a demon either as well...

P.S. Side note from someone who is a practicing young adult of faith. As can be expected way more than half of any of the references to religions/faith need to be taken with a very huge heaping spoonful of salt. However within the majority of that there was a small amount that held surprising amount of insight.

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I have to say that I didn't start this drama for its actor, unlike the other comments, and I watched it because of the strong script and the rating that was 8.7 at the time, and I can say that I was attracted to the series and also to its couple, which I think have a very good chemistry.
In my opinion, it was a great process until the 10th episode, and this does not mean that the next 6 episodes were not good, but it did not reach the first 10 episodes.
And its happy ending made me very happy and I hope that Song Kang and Kim Yoo Jung will really become a couple in the future.

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Stunning Lead Couple with Great Chemistry (Very light spoiler which is called out)

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I think this is a 9 rating show on the merits, which is great. But I am going to give it a 10 because we got pretty much a whole episode of happy to wrap things up! They didn’t just give us happy for 15 minutes at the end like so many dramas. Thanks to the writers and director!
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What can you say about the lead couple. They are so cute and have such great chemistry. They both did an incredible job that made this drama work. I’ll watch anything with Kim Yoo Jung in it because she is so beautiful and has such an incredible smile. And, yeah, she is an awesome actor as well :-)

The story was fun and a bit different so I enjoyed it even thought fantasy is not really my thing.

My recommendation is watch it for sure!

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