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Lost review

인간실격

2021JTBC16 ep~70 min~19h total

Checked and re-read

The ratings

Lives up to its score 8.4 on MyDramaList, and written reviews agree, story at 8.4.

MDL rating
8.4/10
4.3k votes on MyDramaList
Written reviews
8.4/10 story
Rewatch value 7.0/10
Episode by episode
Stronger second half, 9.3 then 9.7

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

Is it worth it

A drama about two people who are failing at life and know it, told at the pace of actually failing at life. Jeon Do Yeon and Ryu Jun Yeol play their exhaustion as something physical rather than decorative, and the writing never offers them a shortcut. It is beautifully shot, barely plotted, and requires a tolerance for stillness that most dramas never ask for. Nothing in it gets fixed, and carrying on is the accomplishment.

A forty year old woman who feels like she has not accomplished anything in life and a twenty-seven year old man who's frightened of himself.

The feel of it
PaceGlacial
RomanceBackground
Emotional loadDevastating
Comfort rewatchNo

Slow start Episode 4, when the two leads stop circling each other and finally talk. The first three are deliberately bleak.

Where we recommend it

On 2 lists