It’s even more buyable that this organisation is under-staffed and under-funded. You become acquainted with the rules that are conveyed to you without heavy exposition, to the point that you are certain that there are Grim Reapers roaming around Seoul, dressed in black. What makes Tomorrow even more believable is that it convinces its audience that this world actually exists. Wounds are somewhat healed by the end of the show, but not quite-and the show comes to a bittersweet and satisfying conclusion after the initial clunkiness. In a painful climactic scene, Ryeon breaks the rules she almost reverses the good she has been doing for so long and there is an entire Board discussion on whether she will be sent back to hell. He remembers later and he even learns the reason why Ryeon became a Reaper in the first place. The director explains that while it takes one reincarnation for past memories to fade away, Joon-gil’s wounds were far more deep and he still carries them around with him - even if he cannot remember Ryeon. It’s a tragic story of love and aching bitterness that hasn’t quite soothed over the years, despite numerous reincarnations. However, the real story lies in Joon-gil and Koo-ryeon’s intertwined and tragic pasts. The episodes then follow their adventures and how they rescue people from their own demons. Koo-ryeon has to claim responsibility for him and signs him on contract. Rowoon’s Jun-woong is thrown into this world quite by accident - he had no intention of committing suicide, but after a hilarious mix-up with the grim reapers, he ends up in a coma. It’s a far cry from the melancholic emotions of Guardian but you know that she will mellow down with time. She walks in on a suicide pact and employs some rather dubious means to knock sense into them. But as established in the opening scene, she marches in, with coloured hair and swishing coat and doesn’t waste words. Koo-ryeon is entrusted with the task of saving suicidal humans and showing them how precious life really is. There is a ‘Board’ too and if you break the rules, you are at risk of being fired, which means you go to hell. There is a solid structure and there are proper official positions for reaper-ing, including an assistant manager and a director who ensures the grim work is carried out efficiently. She works with Park Joong-gil (Lee Soo-hyuk), the leader of this team who acts as a guide to the dead in Jumadeung. The action takes place in a hellish world called the Jumadeung, and Kim See-hun’s Koo-ryeon, an edgy femme fatale, heads the Crisis Management team. It’s like watching a supernatural thriller that has elements of an office drama. In the recently concluded K-drama Tomorrow, the Grim Reaper work structure is more elaborate and detailed. Lee Dong-wook’s Wang Yeo gets into constant fights with his roommate, Gong Yoo, a goblin, who has been cursed for years. Of course, the Grim Reapers seem more human than humans themselves, as they have to deal with problems of rent and groceries.
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