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Blood [Korean]
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Type: conspiracy
Genre: medical, romance
Year: 2015-Feb-16 to 2015-Apr-21
Synopsis:
Park Ji Sang is born to parents who have been infected with a vampire virus. Despite initial self-dislike he comes to like it after having rescued a young girl, Chae Yeon.
After enemies killed his mother Ji Sang becomes a surgeon in order to travel the world and track them down. In the war riden Kochenia Republic, he finds the original source and is tipped to a cancer hospital in Korea.
He infiltrates the hospital. On his first day, he meets Yoo Ri Ta, who’s prideful of her abilities and the niece of the General Director. He becomes her superior and rival. They get into a hate relationship but as a team they have to put up with each other.
Together with his friend they try to track down the data but it’s all a trap…and the enemy is overpowering.
Critique:
Despite the title’s name suggestions it has only remotely the vampire theme in common with Blood+. The show is more similar to Iryu Team Medical Dragon, but based on “Frumoasa si Bestia”.
WARNING: Blood and violence, lots of bloody medical operations! Not as often as Iryu Team Medical Dragon, though.
Koo Hye Sun (Yoo Ri Ta/adult Chae Yeon)(veteran actress from Boys over flowers, the korean version of Hana Yori Dango
Ahn Jae Hyun (Park Ji Sang), an ikemen and as the main actor is perhaps the worst of all. Certainly, the role doesn’t allow him to act out a lot but still not enough, even though, he gets better toward the end.
Ji Jin Hee (Lee Jae Wook) plays the villain who’s like John Shea playing Lex Luther from Superman & Lois. His slyness and poker face makes him the ideal villain full of ideals yet so evil to the bone.
He starts out as a good and ambitious doctor. However, he believes the end justifies the means. In his 40 years long struggle toward his goal he has lost his perspective, and with mounting failures and “betrayals” he has become more and more ruthless.
All in all the show is not so much about the conspiracies but rather about the history, the tragedies and the relationships of the various characters. The border between good and evil is blurred.
It does take a bit of patience at first but the show starts to be “enjoyable” once things start to unfold. The show does have typical weaknesses based on tvtropes that appear more toward the end, though. They don’t have much impact at that point, though. And the villain points it out and makes the hero realize it, too.
😆 Other weaknesses or “errors” are: for example once the heroes realize they are being monitored they start to meet at home yet they still kept meeting in those monitored places in later episodes. This could be blamed on availability of sets or convenience but still couldn’t they just go somewhere else?
Another eye sore/catching feature, is that all major actresses wear bloody red lipstick turning them into vamps even those who are not vampires. Ri Ta’s story telling is most amusing. (in shows often appears when females are telling stories where their fantasy runs wild)
As for the secret character. Hint: note the shoes, pants and movements. Even though it was easy to get the characteristics and figure out the gender, for ten long episodes the show didn’t make any mistake that would have revealed it. And then the revelation of the historic connection was so far fetched it’s shocking.
Another riddle that bugged for eighteen long episodes was the fate of Chae Yeon’s parents. That was so double and triple misleading. Whoa, and look at her neck trembling! She no longer wears a veil. But when I thought it’s the last stretch the show turns up another two or three notches. So much to take in.
And just when I thought it’s truly ending it keeps going further so keep watching to the last second.
other hints: Take some note of some signs/remarks that appear once in a while in the background…
And the answer to question #100 is: Watch the show!
Verdict: 8.7
Cast: 8
Cast performance: 9
Script/Directing: 9
