Is it worth watching? No but yes.

I was so excited to start this drama and finished it with a smile, overall I liked & enjoyed it but there's something that bothered me and still bothers me a few days after finishing it. It's the fact that the concept and plot had amazing potential but the execution was just decent/okay.

Story (7/10)
The story started very strong, reading the short summary of it already got me interested and my curiosity went through the roof after finishing the first episode, I thought about so many possibilities of how the story could progress and how the ending would look like. Doom as an immortal being and the female lead Tak Dong Kyung who only has three months to live eventually falling in love with each other sounds so thrilling and interesting, the concept itself has a huge amount of potential but it kinda went back and forth at half-time of the drama + they dragged it a little too much with some decisions from the characters that seemed unnecessary to me. Even though it went back and forth at some point, some scenes were so emotional and well-executed. I didn't enjoy the love triangle of the other three major characters in the story, I'll talk about that later though. However I must say that there were a lot of beautiful life lessons and messages hidden in the story. The chemistry of the main two leads was the reason I kept watching, which leads us to the amazing cast and acting in this drama that I enjoyed a lot more than the story itself.

Cast/Acting (9.5/10)
As someone who's been a fan of Park Bo Young since Strong Woman, I got so excited when I heard that she got to be the main lead in a 2021 drama. Then I realized Seo In Guk is gonna be the male lead, I haven't seen any of his dramas before but remembered his small guest role in Abyss. I've been interested in him for a long time so I thought that this drama is gonna be perfect for me and I wasn't disappointed by the two main leads of this drama. Their INSANE chemistry alone got me to continue watching this. One of my favorite female actors + one of the most talented and attractive actors I've seen in a while were the perfect match and made the drama 10x more interesting for me. Their acting was incredible as well, Park Bo Young played a more mature role this time which I haven't seen a lot from her and it was really refreshing to see, her acting was as good as ever. Seo In Guk also surprised me, even though it was the first time I've seen him as a male lead I think that his role fit him perfectly and his acting was on point. He was able to convey so many emotions through his eyes only and I enjoyed his role & acting so so much. He officially became one of my favorite actors.

On the other hand as I have already mentioned, the love triangle didn't interest me as much as the main couple. I payed attention in the first few episodes but they slowly lost my attention. It's not that I didn't like the three as actors, I just didn't get strongly invested in their conflict/story and mostly skipped all of their scenes near the end because it lost my interest. However, I liked their roles outside of that (in my opinion) kinda boring love triangle. For example Na Ji Na as Dong Kyung's best friend.

I adore our main character Tak Dong Kyung's family and there were some other supporting characters that were really interesting to me, 9.5/10 for the cast and their acting.

Music (10/10)
TXT, Ailee, Baekhyun, do I have to say more? The OST for this drama is godly. Next to the two leads, it has to be the best thing about this drama. Even our male lead Seo In Guk sang a song and I absolutely love it, even the instrumental OST is so good, my favorite one is "Doom" and I personally think it fits the mood and atmosphere perfectly. My favorite OST overall has to be Breaking Down by Ailee though, I have been listening to it since Episode 1 and haven't got sick of it. But all the other songs are really great as well and there's not one that I particularly hate or don't like, which is why the music gets a solid 10 out of 10 from me.

All in all a pretty good drama, I still got attached to it even though I personally think they could've done a lot more with the concept and plot. It had very entertaining, emotional, funny, heartwarming and breaking moments even with its downsides but the bboing couple aka. Park Bo Young and Seo In Guk carried the show a whole lot. They were adorable and I was blown away by their chemistry. It's honestly worth watching just for them, it comes with an incredible OST and a good story that has some downsides - in the end the drama still gets a 8.5/10 from me.

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