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I’d like to start by saying how late I am in watching this drama, especially looking at the massive hype this got, now only now in August 2025 im watching, when it had already been released back in March this year 😔👍🏻. First of all, HOW MUCH THIS MADE ME CRY IS BEYOND WORDS 😭😭. Following Ae-Sun in Volume 1 was so… special, I could say. Her mother passed away young, at 29 years old, but her face already looked so aged… I ended up researching more about the women divers of Jeju and found out that prolonged exposure to the sun caused their skin to age prematurely. I saw this as a beautiful homage to these women in the drama.

Ae-Sun is lucky,SO LUCKY, to have such an incredible husband like Gwan-Sik 😭😭. Their grief over losing their youngest son was another deeply heartbreaking moment that MADE ME SHED SO MANY TEARS 😭. Actually, even Ae-Sun’s daughter has an amazing husband too 👀. Speaking of which, Episode 11, which addressed the topic “Your child is not an extension of you,” hit me really hard, as I’ve experienced something similar before (though I won’t go into details here).

The worst moment was definitely the ending, with Gwan-Sik’s death 😔, as he was a character I grew deeply attached to throughout the series. I came to one conclusion: If life gives you tangerines, make roasted tangerines, they’re delicious 🫢.