The K2 is one of those shows that I’ve seen around regularly since I started watching K-dramas, and while some people seemed to like it, there are few shows I’ve seen get torn apart the way this one does. Then again I mostly see it talked about in Instagram and Instagram comments suck and all but whatever.

Anyways, I decided to ignore some of the backlash and give it a shot anyways. I mean it’s got ji Chang-Wook in it, so I’d watch it just for him. But honestly, I did enjoy the show, it did have some issues, absolutely, but I don’t think the extent of the negativity this show gets is deserved.

The first episode started out pretty strong introducing us to all the main characters. I really enjoyed the sections with An-Na and the K2 or Je-Ha, and the episode left me feeling pretty disturbed, which I can totally get behind for a show like this. Unfortunately, the show doesn’t always live up to the standards the first couple episodes set for me. So while I liked it, I do get what people mean when they say it was wasted potential. It was good but it could have been better.

Choi Yoo-jin was one of my favorite characters, she was delightfully horrible to watch on screen. I loved and hated her all at the same time. Most of the other villains weren’t as well done as she was, but I liked most of them well enough.

One of the highlights of the show was some of the action scenes and intense flashbacks, oh and the music. I don’t know exactly what style it was but I thought the music added really nicely to all of the dramatic parts of the show.

I loved Ji Chang-wook’s portrayal of Ja-Ha, he’s a pretty good mix of stoic and kind of soft. Most other reviews I’ve seen liked him well enough. An-Na on the other hand, gets a lot of hate. I imagine that her character was pretty darn hard to portray and I have to give props to Im Yoon-Ah. An-Na isn’t exactly that kind of “strong independent” female protagonist that a lot of people have come to like, but I thought she was interesting in her own right.

One of the biggest complaints I’ve seen about her character is that she’s naïve, which is fair enough. But for someone who has been separated from society for most of her life, it makes sense,

As far as the romance goes, I thought it was fine, though there isn’t much of it. An-Na and Je-Ha spend much more screen time apart then they spend together, what little time was spent on their romance, I thought was cute. Theres plenty of other things to keep your interest outside of the romance though, so it was fine.

Unfortunately, on that note, there might be a little too much going on. It might just be me but there were a few times where I was a little lost, and that kind of took me out of the story a few times.

Also another kind of random note, why are so many shots so shaky? I get that it’s probably a stylistic choice or something, but it was overdone. And I get that this was somewhat of a retold fairytale, but I wasn’t a fan of the mirror. I also wish the ending had been wrapped up just a bit cleaner.

Overall I though that The K2 had it’s problems, I had a good time watching it. And since I finished all sixteen episodes I obviously liked it enough to spend my time on it. So yeah, that’s all.