[Review] Master of Study

I usually don't watch school dramas unless there's a secondary plot that can convince me to watch them as they tend to be slice of life dramas centering around students and teachers. I actually had glimpses of the drama few years ago on KBS World but it didn't grab me back then. So when KBS World decide to reair the drama after about 6+ years, I might as well take my time to finally watch this properly.

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[Review] Through the Darkness/Those Who Read Hearts of Evil

Ever since I learned about this series being made, I've been looking forward to it. Not just because the lead was played by Kim Namgil, but also because it's a story about the first profiler in Korea. And I have to say, I really liked it. But since this drama was based on a real person and real cases, safe to say anyone watching the drama need to prepare themselves to revisit some very well known and familiar cases in which a few had already sparked other dramas like Signal. And in particular, the drama would cover some of the most notorious serial murder cases that once loomed over the people of South Korea.

And I have to say, as much as I've yet read the original book, we can already see how important criminal profiling is in solving difficult cases. Especially with the common occurrences of the use of violence to extract confessions, (which was quite a common scene in past dramas that may reference to real life situations in the past) that can lead to some innocent victims being falsely convicted and allowing the real criminal to slip away unscathed. To people who were quite curious to learn how criminal profiling started in South Korea as well about the many criminal cases that once haunted the country which includes some notorious serial murders, this drama was a good one for you to dive in. Though, as much as the drama is based on Kwon Ilyong's book, there would still be some details that may be fictionalised and dramatised to make it more interesting.

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