This is a pretty stock reverse-isekai story, but utterly lifeless. By the end of episode 5, I’d lost all interest in the characters and their stories, a sure sign it’s time to quit.

Go Bo Gyeol is the one bright spot here, but the dreariness of everything else overwhelms her. Still, her story is the most compelling.

Kim Min Gue is capable of much better. He’s sort of stumbling his way through this for some reason. It’s a very low-energy performance. With the exception of the always great Ye Ji Won, the rest of the cast ranges from uninteresting to strangely miscast or out of place. The primary villain is less menacing than a typical schoolyard bully.

The pacing doesn’t help. The first several episodes could have easily been compressed into one or two livelier installments to kickstart the story.