History YMMV / AKoreanOdyssey

* IdiotPlot: The second half of the series is only able to happen because [[spoiler:Richie]] suddenly becomes TooDumbToLive at the same time [[spoiler:her friends conveniently seem to ignore the constant attempts on her life]], long enough for the villain to get their way. It's especially notable because once the negative effects of the plot become unavoidable, everyone returns to normal and the villain is the one who tends to find themselves [[spoiler:consistently OutGambitted]].

** For that matter, the spirit guarding Asanyeo's grave. Was it really a good spirit holding back a great evil, or was it the evil spirit it initially appeared to be and it [[WardensAreEvil keeping Asanyeo imprisoned]] what [[DrivenToMadness made her evil]] to begin with?

* SpecialEffectFailure: The effects in the show are not the best and an episode was even delayed due to unfinished effects, but it generally keeps things stylistically understated to downplay the relevance of this weakness. For instance, while it's obvious that the geumganggo becomes a still image when it's placed on [[spoiler:or removed from]] O-gong's wrist, it's simple enough to not be overly distracting. However, the climactic battles between [[spoiler:O-gong and the Black Dragon]] are nearly impossible to follow. Because the effects couldn't handle them interacting with each other, their attacks are made at a distance, but the compromise of symbolic combat and receiving wounds with no visible sources makes it hard to understand who has the upper hand at any given moment.
* WhatAnIdiot:
** Richie just learned about [[spoiler:her real mother]] and gets a call from her phone from someone claiming to be taking care of her. When she follows their instructions, it turns out to be [[spoiler:a trap and she's "killed" again]]. A short time later, she is [[spoiler:called again by this phone with a similar explanation]].
*** '''You’d expect:''' She'd completely ignore the caller this time, or at least tip off any of her extremely powerful friends to at least turn the situation into her ''own'' trap.\\
'''Instead:''' She [[spoiler:follows the instructions ''again'' and goes alone and without telling anyone]].\\
'''The result:''' Her [[spoiler:body ends up being hijacked (ultimately killing her for good)]] and gives the villains the opening they need to [[spoiler:fulfill every other bad thing that happens in the series]], which includes the death of [[spoiler:several of her friends and many bystanders]].
** Richie is [[spoiler:"killed"]] right in front of Seon-mi and O-gong, causing O-gong to [[spoiler:go into UnstoppableRage]] mode, before being stopped at the last moment from [[spoiler:killing the perpetrators]] by Seon-mi.
*** '''You’d expect:''' They'd call the police on the perpetrators, keep an eye on or look into them, or at least [[spoiler:watch Richie much more closely]].\\
'''Instead:''' Everyone seems to forget it even happened in favor of [[spoiler:what happened to O-gong]].\\
'''The result:''' Richie is free to [[spoiler:fall for the exact same trap again]], leading to the results mentioned in the previous entry, including [[spoiler:Seon-mi's]] death.

* SpecialEffectFailure: The effects in the show are not the best and an episode was even delayed due to unfinished effects, but it generally keeps things stylistically understated to downplay the relevance of this weakness. For instance, while it's obvious that the geumganggo becomes a still image when it's placed on [[spoiler:or removed from]] O-gong's wrist, it's simple enough to not be overly distracting. However, the climactic battles between [[spoiler:O-gong and the Black Dragon]] are nearly impossible to follow. Because the effects couldn't handle them interacting with each other, their attacks are made at a distance and they receive wounds with no visible sources, making it hard to understand who has the upper hand at any given moment.

* WhatAnIdiot: Richie just learned about [[spoiler:her real mother]] and gets a call from her phone from someone claiming to be taking care of her. When she follows their instructions, it turns out to be [[spoiler:a trap and she's "killed" again]]. A short time later, she is [[spoiler:called again by this phone with a similar explanation]].
** '''You’d expect:''' She'd completely ignore the caller this time, or at least tip off any of her extremely powerful friends to at least turn the situation into her ''own'' trap.\\

'''The result:''' Her [[spoiler:body ends up being hijacked (ultimately killing her for good)]] and gives the villains the opening they need to [[spoiler:fulfill every other bad thing that happens in the series]], which includes the death of [[spoiler:several of her friends]].

** Was Asanyeo always a BitchInSheepsClothing who decided that anything evil was [[NeverMyFault Never Her Fault]], or was she a genuinely benevolent priestess who was so broken by being betrayed that she didn't realize she was becoming the thing she hated?
** For that matter, the spirit guarding Asanyeo's grave. Was it really a good spirit holding back a great evil, or was it the evil spirit it initially appeared to be and it [[WardensAreEvil keeping Asanyeo imprisoned]] what made her evil to begin with?