Doom at Your Service

~ She prayed for doom, but love came instead. ~

Overview:

A woman with only a short time to live and a man with the supernatural power to bring the world to an end discover the true meaning of life and love.

Created by:

Im Meari

Status:

Ended

Language:

Korean

First air date:

5/10/2021

Last air date:

6/29/2021

Key words:

love triangle
terminal illness
fate
illness
novelist
first love
unlucky
supernatural power
brain cancer

Seasons

Season 1

16 Episodes

Cast

Park Bo-young

~ as ~

Tak Dong-kyung

Seo In-guk

~ as ~

Myul Mang / Kim Sa-ram

Lee Soo-hyuk

~ as ~

Cha Joo-ik

Kang Tae-oh

~ as ~

Lee Hyun-gyu

Shin Do-hyun

~ as ~

Na Ji-na

Dawon

~ as ~

Tak Seon-kyung

Woo Hee-jin

~ as ~

Kang Soo-ja

Jung Ji-so

~ as ~

So Nyeo-shin

Lee Seung-joon

~ as ~

Jung Seung-jun / Jeong Dang-myeong

Park Tae-in

~ as ~

Park Jung-min

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Reviews (1)

ParkMin
Written 1 year(s) ago
3
I've never seen a drama that purposely go out of its way to avoid doing anything interesting with its scenario this hard. It took three full episodes just to do a basic introduction as stated in the synopsis, only then, the story somewhat started. Earlier in the second half, the drama reached a point where things were about to get interesting but it suddenly hard pressed the reset button on everything. The writer was genuinely not even trying, she worked on The Beauty Inside (2018) previously which was decent but what is she even doing here?

Subsequently, themes of death, mortality, grief and fate were poorly injected and remained half-baked. The unusual romance was justified by using a blend of these themes but it didn't make sense or click. Even then, it created a big disconnect when it reached its highest moments. However, it wasn't as bad as the secondary couple romance, which gave us a despicable characterization of the characters Joo Ik, Hyun Gyu and Ji Na. Their relationship didn't fit the story, narrative and themes. It had no thoughts put into it and adding it was a mere useless filler. Even as a standalone independent relationship outside the context of this drama, it failed for a multitude of reasons. At least the character Ji Na served as the FL's friend.