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Wolfblood (2012)
Good Writing Marred by Cast Issues
The writing and direction of this show is wonderful. The production team did a good job of writing a relatively mature plot while still making the show family-friendly. The acting is ok as well, considering the actors' relative inexperience. The only complaint about the production value is the low CGI quality.
However, the show had constant cast changes as the actors of main characters left the show one season after another, and the writers didn't have enough of a warning to properly write them off. I would've given it a 10/10 if the four main characters of the original series didn't quit the show early.
Hotel Del Luna (2019)
Extremely Forced Romance, Mediocre Plot, Terrible Character Development
I've seen a few dozen K-Dramas, and most of them have forced romance stories, but this one takes the cake. The female lead basically enslaves the male lead, then goes out of her way to put him in danger, only to change her mind at the last moment, to swoop in and "save the day." The male lead seems to have the attention span of a mosquito as he eats it up and falls for the female lead. This is less 'Romance' and more 'Stockholm Syndrome.'
Moreover, the plot of this drama is mediocre at best, since there doesn't seem to be any overarching plot, just episodic subplots.
There's also a lack of juxtaposition and contrast between the supernatural world and the normal world. It's this sort of contrast that makes these types of shows relatable for the audience, but it's absent in this series. 90% of this show is set in the supernatural world, with supernatural problems, and the remaining 10% of the plot that's set in the normal world only serves as a foundation for the plot that takes place in the supernatural world. So the characters and subplots aren't really relatable at all.
Overall, this probably is in my list of top 3 worst K-Dramas I've seen. Though to be fair, I usually don't watch any K-Dramas that receive a bad rating, so I'm sure that there are many K-dramas that are much worse than this one, I just haven't seen them.