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Cliché trope done right!
First of all I want to say that I personally don't like the trope of 'reunion romance' but I genially think this drama portrayed it very well.
First of all our female lead is a girl who is still not over her first love, since she spent most of her youth chasing him . He left without an explanation which led her to question why he left, which she ended up blaming herself (encouraged by her trauma of her parents abandoning her). Her breakup with her ex left such a toll that her looking at her past just reminded her of him so she ended up blocking her past and forgetting memories of her high school days (memories of the male lead). I really liked her as a character and seeing her growth was very satisfying. She started of as a character who tried sorting all of her problems on her own and barely exploring her feelings. After meeting the male lead, not only did he remind her of past memories but also pursued her first.
The male lead was honestly such an adorable character who has liked the female lead for a long time. He has been living under his mother's control, since the mother holds very controlling behaviour from a response from her trauma of her ex-husband. After meeting the female lead, he falls in love deeply, since now as an adult he can pursue her. He is a very understanding character and his happiest memories of his youth was with her, the memories she can't remember.
I loved the parts where the female lead being with the male lead made her remember her memories from high school of being with him and developing a mini little crush on him, which was forgotten over time. Also the communication between the female lead and her best friend was so beautiful, when her best friend realised that the male lead liked the female lead and how the female lead has been rejecting her feelings in thought of her best friend. It truly portrays how strong the friendship was and complicated feelings can be. Plus shows a mature way of dealing with these feelings
I also enjoyed how the female lead and male lead communicated to each other, since the main reason I get put off this trope is the misunderstandings. It was refreshing not seeing a clueless female lead and male lead who resolved arguments through communicating!
The mother being involved, I thought it was definitely presented better than most other dramas, since it allowed the male lead and female lead to communicate more in the relationship and genially express each others thoughts about the relationship.
Also, reading the other reviews I was surprised how people didn't feel the chemistry between the leads because I definitely did.
First of all our female lead is a girl who is still not over her first love, since she spent most of her youth chasing him . He left without an explanation which led her to question why he left, which she ended up blaming herself (encouraged by her trauma of her parents abandoning her). Her breakup with her ex left such a toll that her looking at her past just reminded her of him so she ended up blocking her past and forgetting memories of her high school days (memories of the male lead). I really liked her as a character and seeing her growth was very satisfying. She started of as a character who tried sorting all of her problems on her own and barely exploring her feelings. After meeting the male lead, not only did he remind her of past memories but also pursued her first.
The male lead was honestly such an adorable character who has liked the female lead for a long time. He has been living under his mother's control, since the mother holds very controlling behaviour from a response from her trauma of her ex-husband. After meeting the female lead, he falls in love deeply, since now as an adult he can pursue her. He is a very understanding character and his happiest memories of his youth was with her, the memories she can't remember.
I loved the parts where the female lead being with the male lead made her remember her memories from high school of being with him and developing a mini little crush on him, which was forgotten over time. Also the communication between the female lead and her best friend was so beautiful, when her best friend realised that the male lead liked the female lead and how the female lead has been rejecting her feelings in thought of her best friend. It truly portrays how strong the friendship was and complicated feelings can be. Plus shows a mature way of dealing with these feelings
I also enjoyed how the female lead and male lead communicated to each other, since the main reason I get put off this trope is the misunderstandings. It was refreshing not seeing a clueless female lead and male lead who resolved arguments through communicating!
The mother being involved, I thought it was definitely presented better than most other dramas, since it allowed the male lead and female lead to communicate more in the relationship and genially express each others thoughts about the relationship.
Also, reading the other reviews I was surprised how people didn't feel the chemistry between the leads because I definitely did.
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