Sunbath12

The themes and ideas in this drama are fairly simplistic. While timeless on the one hand - that love is the most powerful force of all and can conquer any evil - the execution of this story on the other leaves a lot to be desired. I can see the attempts to portray familial love, friendship and brotherhood and romantic love, but everything feels hackneyed and lacking in some passion and dimensionality. And so while sacrifice is undoubtedly related to love - it feels empty and unearned by the time you watch the final episode. It is hard to feel anything for characters that do not feel like living, breathing people.

The cast is certainly capable of more, but this script is the true problem of this drama. One wonders why 3 dramas were needed to portray this world (if you consider the other related dramas as well). There is simply not enough depth or breadth in building this world to fill it with over 100 episodes worth of suffering people.

Time to look onward and forward to hopefully better dramas with more to say and show than this very forgettable story.