Overall: the unique premise was engaging, though I can see my final rating being pretty different depending on the writing of the series. Adapted from the book Euthanasia: Spare Me Your Mercy by Sammon which I haven't read and am reviewing this series on its own merits. 8 episodes about 45 minutes each. Airing uncut on iQIYI https://www.iq.com/play/spare-me-your-mercy-episode-1-1e3q3w4ts14?lang=en_us and cut on One31 YouTube channel (not in Japan, Korea, Taiwan or Thailand) https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXopbKxiivxrgJk-EvQLFVdakJlFviiix&si=aaqj7i0CX2sAeIVP - the first episode cut version was about 1 minute shorter than the uncut version.

Content Warnings: there are several major ones in the first episode, but I'm keeping this review spoiler free for now

What I Liked
- unique premise
- mystery element
- countryside setting
- production value

Room For Improvement
- the first scene as a character set up/voice over exposition dump
- right now I'm confused about why a character (who I think is different from the obvious one) is drawing attention to themselves in this way