Review of Love of Kill

“Love of Kill” is what happens when someone wants to write a mystery romance with an adult cast but only knows how cringey, obnoxious kids act. The premise is absolutely awesome. A bounty hunter becomes the target of affection from a professional assassin. He tries to win her over by “helping” her with her work. What’s not to love about something so crazy? Now that I mentioned the good parts of the show, let me tell You ne not so good parts - everything else. Boring cast, lacklustre plot, shitty pacing and fighting scenes so badly cut You have no idea how half of things happen,you only get to see the end effect.
The plot begins slowly, which I don’t really mind, after all I’m a fan of “Gungrave” and that show isn't exactly fast paced, but the main problem is that it’s a rollercoaster. Just when the plot picks up speed You are thrusted into a useless retrospective for a whole episode and when there are only 12 of those, that’s a problem.

Now let me introduce You to the main cast:
Ryang-ha Song - an obnoxious kid trapped in a skilled assassin's body. The way he acts most of the time should get him a court restraining order or even a bullet to the groin. On top of that there is very little that could be called interesting in him. Of course he has to have a tragic, mysterious backstory because of course he has. He’s a bland OP assassin with a fixation on the bounty hunter he, seemingly, wants to woo. Cool idea, terrible execution.

Chateau Dankworth - our resident tsundere, the bounty hunter who was beaten by Song when she tried to apprehend him. She has a tragic backstory because why not? Let’s play tragic story bingo with the main cas. Now let’s not get too hyped, her backstory is only tragic because of plot conveniences and would not happen if the people in her vicinity weren't total idiots. She gives Ryang-ha the cold shoulder for the major part of the episodes only to show something that almost looks like dependency. Strong females lead my ass. She makes Sakura in the original Naruto look like a competent and well written heroine.

Now… those two boring cutouts could still work but… there is absolutely no chemistry between them. Scenes where they interact with each other are painful to watch. The dialogues between them is probably written by a 12 year old. I don’t think I ever saw a less interesting couple ever in any medium.

All in all I don’t recommend this to anyone who gives a damn about stellar writing. This show had so much potential it actually annoys me how bad it turned out. I guess if You turn it into a drinking game and take a sip everytime someone says or acts like an annoying kid You can have some fun with it.