Just see it once or once more! Excellent
This is a teen drama (so to speak), though most of the characters are actually followed from the age of 18, with plenty of flashbacks to their past and glimpses of their future. In Korea, adulthood begins at 20. Our protagonist is already 22.
👨🎓 HIM
A remarkable, composed, seemingly well-balanced young man, the son of a once-wealthy but bankrupt family, searching for his new identity — for character, love, friendship, and a career.
I liked him. He felt human, relatable — he could have been you or me. I admired his quiet strength.
But as much as I loved his personality, I disliked his cowardice. He was always there for others in their hardest moments, yet when faced with his own struggles, he often ran away.
Emotional, tender, fair — in a profession where, ironically, these virtues only became obstacles. At one point, he was asked, “What was your dream?” and he replied, “It doesn’t matter what it was, only how good I can become at what I’m doing now.” Will he change?
The role fit the talented Nam Joo-hyuk perfectly — or perhaps he made it his own, or maybe both. In the final episodes, I just wanted to hug him 😢.
👩🏻⚖️ HER
A personality you rarely encounter, a woman you hardly ever find — the amazon, the fighter, the strong one, loyal and devoted. A Phoenix rising from her ashes. She is the sun, she is joy. A wounded soul who licked her own wounds and kept fighting to survive.
A fencer since the age of 8 — first as a hobby, then in competition, later as a profession, and finally as a way of life. Orphaned of her father, raised in privilege by her iron-willed mother.
This is where you relate to her — through the struggles you may have had with your own parent. She becomes you. You see your own difficulties reflected in her. A little? A lot? Who can say?
She shines because she is the extraordinarily gifted Kim Tae-ri. She is the kind of actress who turns emotion into image, and a script into life. In Mr. Sunshine she enchanted me; here, she won me over forever.
✅ The supporting cast was excellent. The secondary couple offered a true life lesson through their story. The side plots were handled with just the right balance. For me, that’s another reason why I gave it a perfect 10.
✅ You know the ending from the very first episodes. You know what will happen. But why do you still cry?
You cry because the characters become you. Because everything that once marked you in life stands before you again, reminding you. But also because everything you’ve longed for and achieved is right there too, on your screen. It all feels like yours.
☑️ It rightfully and unquestionably earned its place in my Top 10 K-dramas.
👨🎓 HIM
A remarkable, composed, seemingly well-balanced young man, the son of a once-wealthy but bankrupt family, searching for his new identity — for character, love, friendship, and a career.
I liked him. He felt human, relatable — he could have been you or me. I admired his quiet strength.
But as much as I loved his personality, I disliked his cowardice. He was always there for others in their hardest moments, yet when faced with his own struggles, he often ran away.
Emotional, tender, fair — in a profession where, ironically, these virtues only became obstacles. At one point, he was asked, “What was your dream?” and he replied, “It doesn’t matter what it was, only how good I can become at what I’m doing now.” Will he change?
The role fit the talented Nam Joo-hyuk perfectly — or perhaps he made it his own, or maybe both. In the final episodes, I just wanted to hug him 😢.
👩🏻⚖️ HER
A personality you rarely encounter, a woman you hardly ever find — the amazon, the fighter, the strong one, loyal and devoted. A Phoenix rising from her ashes. She is the sun, she is joy. A wounded soul who licked her own wounds and kept fighting to survive.
A fencer since the age of 8 — first as a hobby, then in competition, later as a profession, and finally as a way of life. Orphaned of her father, raised in privilege by her iron-willed mother.
This is where you relate to her — through the struggles you may have had with your own parent. She becomes you. You see your own difficulties reflected in her. A little? A lot? Who can say?
She shines because she is the extraordinarily gifted Kim Tae-ri. She is the kind of actress who turns emotion into image, and a script into life. In Mr. Sunshine she enchanted me; here, she won me over forever.
✅ The supporting cast was excellent. The secondary couple offered a true life lesson through their story. The side plots were handled with just the right balance. For me, that’s another reason why I gave it a perfect 10.
✅ You know the ending from the very first episodes. You know what will happen. But why do you still cry?
You cry because the characters become you. Because everything that once marked you in life stands before you again, reminding you. But also because everything you’ve longed for and achieved is right there too, on your screen. It all feels like yours.
☑️ It rightfully and unquestionably earned its place in my Top 10 K-dramas.
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