The Judge From Hell does something new. Let Me Explain.
The show had great visuals, witty dialogue, and high stakes. But so do most shows, so what sets apart TJFH from them?
Let's begin with the gore aspect. It was a very decisive move to pick a demon that's not a man. Compare My Demon to The Judge from Hell for example. The action sequences in MD were not nearly as emotionally and physically charged as the ones in TJFH, and that's very intentional. This sort of boils down to how violence of man-on-woman crimes looks on TV, and how many shows, rightfully so, avoid showing that. MD couldn't show excessive aggression from Song Kang's character because it wouldn't bode well to have a all-powerful man beat up all characters that he has deals with (and since that included women, you can't really show that). That's why his retribution style was simple and casual, and importantly, blood-less. It adds suave to his character, because we know he's capable to getting his hands dirty but he just chooses not to.
Alternatively, Justicia's job is to get her hands bloody. Her role couldn't have been done by man, and if the role had to be played by a woman, it couldn't be something like Song Kang's character in MD because that would easily fall prey to the trope of women retaining their delicate virtues and tempers. If it's going to be bloody, and if you want to take that character seriously while also root for them, you need to have a badass woman without no remorse.
On top of that, the questions on morality were so delicious. This show gave us the classic enemies to lovers arcβhe had a crush on her until he finds out just how ugly she can get, and vows to catch her. His morals fail when injustice hits too close to home, and it was treat to see Daon finally relent on his morals for a bit. His dark side is precisely what also engaged Justiciaβit made him normal in her eyes because upto that point, she'd seen him as an adorable inconvenience.
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