After the series aired, many viewers said its overall polish was on par with a film, citing the production team’s attention to its visuals and storytelling.
Reaction to “100 Days of Lies” has been positive, with its cinematic production quality emerging as a major talking point.
Translated comments from Korean online communities
1. The quality is insane... The acting, directing and music are all amazing
2. It’s so good, I’m cryingㅠ
3. I’m so excited for tomorrow
4. There’s nothing to say except that it’s insane...
5. It’s crazy. It feels like watching a movie
6. The directing is so tenseㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ It’s really good...
7. I only caught it while channel surfing, but it was so tense I couldn’t do anything else and just kept watching
8. Before I knew it, I had watched the whole thing. It was so good
9. I honestly watched without even breathing
10. It’s really good. I usually scroll on my phone while watching, but I was so absorbed in this that I put my phone down
11. So good, like a movie
12. Everyone acts well, but Kim Hyun-joo (김현주) is incredible
13. It’s so good... I already want to see Episode 2ㅠ
14. It’s shot so, so, so well. Wow...
15. It’s like a film. The directing, acting and background music are all good, and I was tense the whole time
16. It’s been so long since I’ve seen a drama with this kind of subject matter. I love it!
17. High-quality and really good
The directing is amazing
18. Please keep it this good until the end
19. It’s really well made. The directing, music, acting and story are all excellent
20. It’s been a long time since I was this absorbed in a drama
21. How did the time go by so fastㅠㅠ Kim You-jung’s acting is so good
22. The directing, cinematography, music and production design are all good... and Kim Hyun-joo really stands out
23. I’ve been supporting it because of the subject matter, and I’m glad it turned out well
24. It’s seriously so tense but also so goodㅠ
25. Wow, it’s really good. The directing and music are amazing, the second half is so thrilling, and Episode 1 was made so well
26. Please, everyone, just watch it once. It’s really good
27. Kim You-jung’s acting is a little awkward
28. It’s truly an acting showcase
29. It’s so goodㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ Please keep it this good until the endㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
30. How long has it been since something felt this big? The acting, directing, setting, music and everything else are insane
31. The writer, director and actors are all good, and even the music director is amazing
32. The writer, director, actors and music are all incredible. Episode 1 was really well made
33. It’s truly a well-produced TV drama
34. Seriously, please watch itㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ It’s so good, and Kim Hyun-joo’s acting is no joke
35. I almost never watch Korean dramas, but I watched this casually while waiting for F1 and ended up finishing it. The art direction and music direction were insanely stylish, and Kam Woo-sung’s (감우성) appearance was so powerful
36. It has the feel of a masterpiece... It’s so good
37. I really hope it succeeds!!! Please give it lots of attention!!!
38. A masterpiece has arrived, everyone. I’d been looking forward to it for so long, and it exceeded my expectations
39. I hope the ratings explode too. I’m already excited
40. If it continues like this, it will become a classic
41. I hope they handle the ending well. When I saw the trailer, I thought it was a subject that couldn’t fail, and I hope this work about this era succeeds
42. The drama’s quality is insane. It’s been so long since I’ve seen a drama like this
43. Please become a masterpiece...!!!
44. The beginning was a little flat, but the tension in the second half was insane
45. The second half was seriously so tense. I was watching while waiting for the elevator and almost chewed my thumb offㅠㅠㅠㅠ
46. It’s really good. Kim Hyun-joo is so cool
47. This is insane. Let’s go all the way to masterpiece status
48. There isn’t a single unnecessary scene
49. The acting is insane, and the music is so good too
50. It’s been so long since I was this absorbed in a drama. It was tense the whole way through and so good
51. I was really looking forward to this one, so I’d been saving itㅠ I heard it was well made, so I’m excited
52. The logic behind the 5 main characters meeting is incredibly, incredibly tight. It’s insane. Writer Ryu Bo-ri (류보리) is writing like someone possessed
53. It’s really well made. Please keep going like this. I hope it becomes the drama of my lifeㅠㅠ
54. Jin Sun-kyu (진선규) completely embodied a Japanese character, wow
55. I hope Korean sellouts who say things like, “How long does Japan have to apologize?” these days — even though they never really apologized lol — definitely watch this lol
56. Everyone’s acting is so goodㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ I’ve waited so long for a drama like this! It’s only Episode 1, but please keep it upㅠㅠㅠ
57. Bringing all the main characters together at the end and building that tension was insane lol. And this was only Episode 1 lol
58. It’s so good. I’m completely hookedㅠㅠ
