bubs

As someone who’s been reading Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint since 2019, I was incredibly excited for the live action. But what we got feels like a completely different story. Major characters are changed beyond recognition—Kim Dokja is shown as a bully instead of the bullied, Yoo Joonghyuk is pushed aside like a minor role when he’s literally the backbone of ORV, and Yoo Sangah is suddenly a healer with thread powers?? Why—just because she’s a woman? This adaptation misses the core of what made ORV so special. Key moments that defined the story are rewritten into irrelevant side quests, and the emotional weight of Kim Dokja’s real character arc is replaced with a generic "he cares for his mom" subplot that most longtime readers never connected with. It’s frustrating to see such a beloved story turned into something unrecognizable. I’m deeply disappointed, not because I expected perfection—but because I expected respect for the source material.