Kokdu: Season of Deity

If ever a series needed editing to half the length this is it. It starts off okay with a historical star crossed lovers deaths. But then the modern present day story goes Nowhere.

Some much of it is just stuck in a rut not moving forward. Poor Kim Jun Hyung given such bad dialogue.

Im Soo Hyang has often been ridiculed for her acting. But here the story is worse than her acting. The endless back and forth between the couple is meaningless. So many words that mean zilch.

The secondary stories are not any good at all. Her brother and the friend are so uninteresting.

The story is so scatterbrained. One moment there is some dorky comedy the next moment some overacted angst.

This is a terrible series. Avoid it at all costs.

Korean Drama " Kokdu: Season of Deity " is a fantasy drama about a grim ripper god and the girl he is attracted to.

The drama has some nice premises, with Kokdu having to adapt to the modern world and learn how to not be, well, that much selfish and his over-the-top self. The doctor theme was another nice touch, as it, theoretically, would have offered some solid subplots. However, neither was used to its fullest.

Hence, the drama ended up being a dated reincarnation love story that had no pace, with random scenes and events happening and the whole story being the two main leads bickering.

The main characters, moreover, were somehow not enjoyable, and, especially, the girl was annoying and inconsistent with what she wanted.

So, overall, three out of ten.

Kokdu played by Kim Jung-Hyun is a God in the afterlife and carries out vengeance against people who evade justice in this world. He crosses paths with Han Gye-Jeol, a doctor who is played by Lim Soo-Hyang a reincarnation of someone from his past with links to why he is being punished. Over time they grow fond of each other but will it all come crashing down when she finds out he is a monster ? A reasonable plot idea and well acted with some interesting side characters but stalls a little after the first few episodes and moves slow until everything is tidied up at the end making it seem a little forced. Also even though the people he punishes are the lowest of the low it is not justice but revenge so it is difficult to like the character.

It seems to be the writing that's the problem. Among Kokdu and nine tailed and goblin and sht of this vein, I've found Kokdu to be the best.

Actors are very good. The stuff they have said about the FL is utter venom, in my opinion. Too much aegyo and disgustingly childish mannerisms that just don't suit the character? That's goblin's baby lover.

This show suffers from amateurish dialogues, sometimes they are too long or dragged out. But considering the uniqueness of the way a concept is discussed along the show, and the way actors act it out, such shortcomings become invisible.

The uniqueness has to do with the concept of conditioning: fate and freewill are discussed but alongside that, something even more important is examined: traces of things that are long gone. Things that you know mattered a lot to you once and you cannot even remember what. The trace itself becomes what matters. And in this specific case, that trace is the painful experience of yearning... Turning all existence into grudge for the one that has yearned since time immemorial. There's a valuable observation there and the epically poetic way with which how conditioning and what it means to a mortal, sapient being were conveyed... That alone was breathtaking.

This show has kind of grown on me after I finished it.

I think Kim Jung Hyun is an outstandingly talented actor (he sings a song BTW for the OST, he is great at it, he certainly puts his heart into it). There were moments where I'd thought his acting was a bit exaggerated, but then I tried to think about how else someone could act those lines and descriptions out and it was then that I realized there was a problem with the written material. They should have let the actors free and make suggestions for a more natural flow and expression. I feel the director might have been a bit strict too. Im So Hyang was a nice discovery for me and KJH, aka the king of adlibs, would have the whole show soar along with Cha Chung Hwa and Kim In Kwon, if a Mr Queen kind of chemistry could get built among all the main actors. I must say though, this show doesn't have issues with character development the way its ilk has.

Creative writing from a writer who has a long way to go when it comes to adapting things to the screen, especially for a romcom, seems to have been hindered in this one due to what I'm guessing was a lack of healthy back and forth with the director and the cast. Unfortunately, only such communication would create the environment best conducive to a wholesome show with all the parts fitting and in harmony.

Telling it like it really is... with the pharmaceutical companies and all... And a brief yet honest evaluation of capitalism in passing... That's what got this show low ratings from all these hypocrites.

There's no universe where this show could get a 6 something and yet the previously mentioned ones could score a lot more, except one where people are hypocrites.

The story is messy, so many plot holes, goodness i really cant finish watching this series. Such a waste of money for the producers. Some of the shots looks so cheap, the cgi is so much like in the year 2000's, its obviously a low budget production. The FL is so annoying, i dont know if its just the character that i hate or the actress itself, she's so dumb and shes a doctor? The ML, i think he's good but sometime hes so overacting, i just skip some of it. The only thing that i like here is the second lead couple, they are way better than the leads in terms of chemistry. So all in all this drama is such a waste of money, talent and time.