This series had me wondering so much especially about the female lead... How did she go from "Attorney Woo" to Singer Seo Mok-ha"? If you've seen the Korean series "Extraordinary Attorney Woo", you'll understand why I can't stop wondering. But then, it's another proof that actors are actors indeed and the good ones will always play their roles and make you think they are that way in reality.
I've been putting off this series to see it until last week and I'm silently wishing I could unsee it so I can start over again, it is that interesting and I'm a huge lover of the genres in this one... "Musical and coming of age". There's a bit of romance and comedy too.
"Castaway Diva" to me, is a lovely and even much better Korean spin-off of the popular animated movie "Tarzan" the female is stranded in an island for 15 years kinda like Tarzan who grew up in the forest. The series was released in 2023 and has only 12 episodes. You could binge watch all episodes in a day with no boring episode. A first glance at the title and image, you could bet there are no villains or scary scenes in this series but that's not the case at all.
This series reveals more about family especially the ones that are suffering domestic violence. The villains in this series are the fathers of both lead actors, it's unique to see the storyline promoting what can be done to avoid domestic violence no matter the power blood or family register has on the members of the family.
Seeing a once autistic lawyer being a singer in this series added more to the thrills I got from the start to finish, and I especially like how the storyline made sure to make her voice sound so different and lovely even to viewers just watching the series. The songs in the series are as quite addictive, I couldn't stop singing the ones I remember even after the last episode.
The storyline goes like... A bright and aspiring singer in an attempt to find her role model in music, got stranded in an island for 15 years and by the time she is rescued, the world has changed so much and her role model no longer the Diva she used to be. To bring things back to the way they were, Mok-ha makes her way through hurdles positively to stardom as a singer.
The series shows us the world of music as regards to what could affect an upcoming singer like age, scandals and past stories. With all these, Mok-ha proves to overcome them and became the best singer in her time even though she is in her early thirties.
I'm sure you get why the series has that title and where the spin-off of Tarzan came from. It is fascinating how they made sure she (Mok-ha) relate her words, music and advices to her time in the island. So many lessons to learn from her experience but not without the wonder if that's really possible in reality, for one to survive in a deserted island for that long.
I didn't mention anything about the male lead and other supporting characters but they did great in their roles especially the main villain who is the father to the male lead. I can't believe I could hate a villain character that much, even I am not so satisfied with his end in the storyline but it's way better than getting pardon or serving time in prison lol.
I'll recommend this series to anyone, it's a short one and interesting. My rating on this one would be 9/10, do check it out and let me know what you think about it.
