Kiss Sixth Sense

 Kiss Sixth Sense is the fantasy rom-com that had everyone talking  with a great cast consisting of Yoon Kye Sang, Seo Ji Hye and Kim Ji Suk but it ended up being… something unexpected. Here’s  review of it.

                          

I have to admit I didn’t follow Kiss Sixth Sense weekly but rather binged it and it kept me quite a good company during some not so good times. Its premise had me interested from the start and I was really looking for something old-school clichéd with a fantasy spin – Kiss Sixth Sense was exactly that. I liked the main cast as well as the not so developed supporting characters and the drama had me entertained every episode. 

Hong Ye Sool, the best account executive on Planning Team 1 at Zeu Ad is making her way up as a project manager. She has one secret: she can see the future when she kisses someone. One day, after Ye Sool’s lips accidentally meet the lips of her evil team chief Min Hoo, she sees herself in bed with him in the future. While Ye Sool is confused with her future, her ex-boyfriend Pil Yo shows up to work on a new project together and offers Yesool to go on a date with him three times. This romantic office comedy revolves around Ye Sool, whose primary focus is work.

The summary already tells you everything you need to know and it somewhat serves as a spoiler as you know immediately that Min Hoo and Ye Sool will end up being together somehow in the end (… or will they?). I have to say that I didn’t immediately understand that Ye Sool’s prophetic kisses don’t necessarily have to be actual kisses – it can be a kiss on the hand, someone’s hair touching her lips and so on which made this definitely more interesting. Kiss Sixth Sense starts off strong. The first 6 episodes of the drama (the first half) are its best. The comedy is great and at times over-the-top but the kind of over-the-top that actually works. The chemistry between the leads is very much present with their constant push and pull and the fact that you can definitely tell that Min Hoo isn’t actually the bad guy Ye Sool has you thinking he is. I liked the work dynamic as well and general atmosphere of the drama in the first half so much – sort of enemies to lovers trope had my heart sing. It had me entertained to no end and gave me all the clichéd rom-com tropes I needed but with twists of their own – the accidental fall kiss, the secret cherishing, the office romance on the one hand and a lot of blunt admissions on the other.

Yoon Kye Sang as Min Hoo and Seo Ji Hye and Ye Sool were great. The review has to focus on them the most since they’re undoubtedly the actual plot and story-drive of the drama. Ye Sool was charming in a hardworking yet whacky type of way and Min Hoo definitely sneaked his way into my heart. They balanced each other nicely and I wish so, so much that their relationship was developed better. They deserved a lot more depth and while I bought their romance I can understand those who didn’t too. I also wish Ye Sool stood up for herself more because she had all the potential to be a confident female lead. A missed opportunity. Another note is that I absolutely loved Yoon Kye Sang with his hair down and was actually sad when he got it cut and in CEO-like style. He’s handsome but Min Hoo in those first few episodes… he had me charmed to no end.

Now, as you can tell from the summary, the drama offers another typical trope and that is the love triangle which was done in a rather interesting manner. Kim Ji Suk as Pil Yo was honestly great and I loved his character. Hell, I even rooted for him at times. He tried his best to get his girl back and you can’t really hate him for it. I didn’t mind the love triangle almost at all because it wasn’t too much in my face. On the other hand, I absolutely hated the forced plot of Ji Young (sorry Lee Jooyeon) and Min Hoo. I’m always first to support women but dear Lord was this girl annoying and unnecessary for the plot. Sure, she ends up a fairly okay character in the end and once she’s physically detached from Min Hoo but I honest to God started skipping her scenes at one point.

The rest of the characters were just… there. The colleagues were fun but also sometimes a bit too much. I was weirdly into the random side story of the doctor (also Tae In Ho in a positive role? Love to see it.) although it didn’t really bring much to the main plot. Now, why the disappointing title you ask? The last two episodes were just… wow. Something for sure. Episode 11 turns into a random thriller with a sparkle of childhood soulmates and then episode 12 and the actual finale of the drama just undo everything that Kiss Sixth Sense built up to that point. I was looking at my screen like a deer caught in headlights during the last fifteen minutes of the drama in absolute disbelief. All the character development washed down the drain for a few moments of slapstick comedy. I was in actual pain and these characters deserved better.

Overall, a fun watch with the first half being fantastic and refreshing and the second one slowly decreasing in quality with quite a lackluster finale. Even though I rated it with a 7.5/10 in the end I do not regret watching it and this brought a smile upon my face during really tough times so I’m thankful. Also Yoon Kye Sang is a zaddy.