So this is one of my all time fave medical/forensic/procedural J-doramas and to see it getting a K-drama remake elicits conflicting feelings. On one hand more people will get to know this fantastic story but on the other hand nearly all K-drama remakes of J-doramas fail miserably. Unnatural looked like a run-of-the-mill procedural but really shone as special with the cast chemistry and very interesting episodic stories. It’s like CSI Japan but done in a fresh way. It helped that Ishihara Satomi is such a winning female lead and got a well-crafted character, and both male leads had chemistry with her with their differing styles. Keeping my optimism up for this one and if it doesn’t work I’ll always have the original.
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