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Karma review

악연

2025Netflix6 ep~53 min~5.5h total

Checked and re-read

The ratings

8.1 on MyDramaList. Written reviews rate the story a little higher, at 8.6.

MDL rating
8.1/10
15k votes on MyDramaList
Written reviews
8.6/10 story
Rewatch value 7.4/10
Episode by episode
Weaker second half, 6.2 then 5.8

MyDramaList figures checked . See it there. How we read these.

Is it worth it

Six episodes, no filler, no mercy. The multi-timeline structure is the whole point: three stories of greed and desperation collide, and nobody is redeemed. It is dark, efficient, and genuinely tragic. The brevity is a virtue: there is nothing to cut and nothing to add, which is almost unheard of in Korean drama.

A fateful accident intertwines six lives in a thrilling tale of karma and crime, where each must face their own dark truths and connections.

The feel of it
PaceBrisk
RomanceNone
Emotional loadDevastating
Comfort rewatchRarely

Slow start Episode 3, once the separate timelines start colliding and the structure becomes the point of the whole thing.

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Taken from our own list for Karma, in the order we ranked it.