Title: Battle for Happiness, Happy Battle
Episodes: 16
Genre: Melodrama, Drama, Crime, Mystery, Family, Thriller
Story: 6 out of 10
Characters: 7 out of 10
Cinematography: 8 out of 10
Korean Drama Battle for Happiness is a typical upper class melodrama
Story
Mi Ho is swept into the world of her estranged step-sister who gets murdered, leaving behind two little girls and a lot of questions unanswered.
Korean Drama Battle for Happiness is a mystery melodrama centered around five women.
The story starts off with the rich housewives of an apartment complex who also have children at the same school, and are trying to get ahead of one another in the social media arena.
However, things get more complicated when one of them gets murdered, a woman who knows a lot of secrets and she was using them to rise in power.
On that aspect, the drama is more or less like the rest of the melodramas that concern mothers battling with one another.
However, the drama gets bolder, leaving behind the old makjang tropes and focusing on the mystery, which had a lot of twists, dark scandals, twisty secrets, and many grey characters.
The friendship that bloomed between the women was, in addition, a nice note, and the endings of their individual stories were great.
Characters
Mi Ho is a woman who has focused her life on her career at a bank, having no personal life, and with her mother as her only family. She is a loner and she creates walls around her.
Lee El could have handled her emotional scenes better, as her acting surprised looked fake.
Watch Lee El in her other dramas KDrama My Liberation Notes and KDrama Dr. Brain
Jung Ah is the new queen of the group. She is a cold rich woman who is not the typical housewife, being a businesswoman, a mother, and a wife.
Jin Seo Yun gave a strong performance.
Watch Jin Seo Yun in her other works KDrama Tell Me What You Saw and KDrama One The Woman
Na Young is a fashionista who is trying to keep those in power close, often taking their side even if they are being manipulative and unfair. However, she is unhappy with her marriage.
Cha Ye Ryun had a surprisingly interesting character.
Watch Che Ye Ryun in her other drama KDrama Perfume
Ji Ye is a single mother. She appears friendly, being in the lower ranks of the group, but she has a lot of dark secrets.
Woo Jeong Won was pretty enjoyable.
Watch Woo Jeong Won’s other dramas KDrama Under The Queen’s Umbrella and KDrama Today’s Webtoon
Yu Jin is the queen of social media, presenting a perfect life, even though she hides a lot of secrets.
Park Hyo Joo gave an intense performance.
Watch Park Hyo Joo’s other works KDrama Revenant, KDrama Now, We Are Breaking Up, and KDrama Romantic Doctor, Teacher Kim Season 2
Cinematography
The drama was fast-paced and had a thrilling story.
Overall
My overall rating for the Korean Drama Battle for Happiness is 7 out of 10. The drama had a lot of typical melodrama tropes.
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