Tomorrow
2022
Original language: Korean
- drama
- sci-fi & fantasy
- action & adventure
The story
Made half-human and half-spirit by accident, a young man is employed by a company of grim reapers in the underworld to carry out special missions.
What it’s like
Dim, moody interiors and a cool, underlit palette set the tone, with the afterlife rendered as a bureaucratic, almost mundane workplace that sits uneasily against the stranger parts of the story. The mood is wry and melancholic, shifting between dark humour, quiet grief and bursts of supernatural action, with a hopeful undercurrent that keeps returning to the value of staying alive. Pacing is brisk across its episodes, with emotional scenes given room to breathe between the set pieces. Suicide, coma, and death are central subjects, so the intensity is emotionally heavy rather than gratuitous: violence is present in action sequences but not lingered on, and the weight comes from conversation, memory and loss. It suits a late evening alone or a rainy weekend when you want something sad and sincere that still finds room for warmth and absurdity. The arcs follow a young man who is lost and unwilling to be, slowly finding a reason to keep going. It is for viewers who enjoy fantasy with a human centre, who can handle grief and suicide as subject matter, and who want a story that treats despair seriously while leaning toward connection.
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