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If you like slice of life you are in for a treat, it hits you right on your face and somehow makes you gladly take those punches.

That movie/book left such a long lasting impression on me, thank you for the quote.

Ae-sun was truly homeless yet gwan-shik gave her a home, they become each other's home. He was willing to take on the world with her, support and let her realize her dreams but life hardly goes as wish. Both of them were restricted by their circumstances yet still managed to make the best of the hand they were dealt with.
Me too, I can never relate to that kind of love story, they were so loyal, so loving and so unconditional, unfortunately that only ends well in fiction...
But it wasn't just about a love story between a man and a woman. Trials of familial love, resilience in front of up and downs of life, parental love and the different perspectives.
This was a slice of life through and through. All of us are trying to get through life one way or another, if you can't relate to that struggle I don't know what to say really.

p.s. you almost sound like that rich girl from geumyoung's university friend group.

Spoiled that one with youtube before even I've seen a single episode of this drama, made me cry in that short 3 minutes. I knew what was coming yet when I saw the whole episode it still made me cry. The whole drama made me cry constantly, period.

I wish I've never seen this, not in a way so that I can watch it again but in a way that this broke my heart with no way of repair.
I never cried so much while watching a drama, period. I freaking cried in every episode for at least 20 minutes. Watching last 2 episodes back to back was a mistake too, my head is hurting from constant crying.
For those who is yet to see this, go ahead and watch it if your life has enough happiness to counter the sadness of this drama.
I love this drama to bits but... ugh, this is killing me.
My heart goes all the moms out there, may spring come for you as well.

I can't believe this novel is made into a drama, omg. Btw my bewilderment stems from the fact that I didn't think this novel was that good, like it was fine but was it good enough to warrant a drama that I don't know.
I'm in Chinese drama drought right now, should I give this one a go?

Thanks for the detailed reply, it was such a bittersweet moment. I'm usually on the fence with open endings but this was done so beautifully that I can deal with it.

I think so but I hope not. We can't even refer this to the novel either as everything is so different from the novel and better actually. Unfortunately the novel version is a cookie cutter style rebirth story.

And sometimes there is no need for a great male lead character to exist at all, this drama is one of them. Power couples are fun but a proper female lead is much more so. There are too many dramas with female centric that end up being reliant on male leads with no rhyme or reason.
Btw, this drama had a great male character though, her father was an ordinary yet a great villain through and through, which was so realistic and on point. His slimy nature and fake tears made me watch all the annoying scenes. His ordinary evilness stemmed from his selfishness was beautifully represented by the actor.

nope, his presence is at most a long cameo

The main focus is on women so I'm actually glad that Yunxi wasn't like Duke Su, Hanyan was the main star and she shined brilliantly.

Seo Kang Joon was who came to my mind.

So Yunxi was dead at the time of the festival, right?

Yushan on that horse riding away in the city, was simply beautiful and refreshing to see. Although she kind of had her redemption point I'm still angry at her for that horse incident. If not for that she'd be such an awesome comeback character, she was conditioned to see her father as her sky and pleasing men was all she ever learned from her mother yet she was still such a hot headed fierce person which I loved. Breaking those chains in your mind is often the hardest and I'm sorry that she could do that only after truly heartbreaking situation.
I can't believe how every women character on this show fleshed out even with so little screen time. Love them all.

I've finished it finally and this was so good, I love Hanyan, she was so consistent from start to finish. Not overly kind and stupid yet not ruthless and heartless either. If I were her I could never be that generous but I'm glad that she was.
This could've been a wonderful girl love story too cause Hanyan's chemistry with Chai Jing was over the roof. Male lead Yunxi was truly a secondary character and I'm glad that Hanyan's decisions weren't all revolving Yunxi, I hate when the female lead's all convictions and belief system based upon the male lead.
Anyways, as allies they had good chemistry but I couldn't care less about their romantic partnership which is so refreshing to see. I love that about this drama.

Btw, did anyone notice where Yunxi stood at that firework scene, that scene broke my heart into pieces. Also even though OSTs were limited they were so good at conveying the feelings of the scenes, lyrics and melody sync was gold.

I knew that Mr. He was such a trash, men and their useless self importance never cease to amaze me. They read all the books there is, praised by the world yet all of them are selfish and heartless. Born from a mother yet they think they are above women. I wish all of them hell.

Yushan is truly her father's daughter, selfish and spoiled to the core. She has no worry but to get a man who gives no sh-t about her and keeps whining about her situation when she has everything with no struggle. She is so hateful and annoying enough to make my skin crawl. Han Yan is too forgiving and generous towards such a foolish yet evil person like her.
If I were Han Yan I'd be killing people left and right, some ideas are the poison of this earth and whomever speaks and advocates them should be silenced along. I despise their hypocrisy and self serving kindness. She really should burn that city to ground as it has not a single human that deserves living, it is filled with beasts and vermins.

I really hate her father, no he is not her father at all, a beast in human skin, I curse all men like Zhuang Shi Yang.

I want to tear her father into pieces, he is a vermin, leech and a parasite. The worst part is most men are like him, air is wasted on them.

This has a very nice pace, nothing amazing from plot and acting wise but a solid drama nonetheless.

This is fun and unrealistic yet also pretty realistic, idk, it has a delicate balance. In real life such a relationship is bound to break which is also true for the drama but since this is fiction at the end I want these two weirdos to last.