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Starting from the third episode, I grew quite skeptical about this series, largely because of the female lead and her temperament. The story unfolds slowly—very slowly—and so does the heroine herself. Yet toward the end, she undergoes a truly beautiful transformation: she becomes a pleasant, endearing young woman with sparkling eyes, and in many ways even outshines the actor. It seems to me that she is the one who creates the show’s unique atmosphere, and her role turns out to be far more compelling.

The actor performs ok, but I do not feel any real chemistry between him and the heroine—he seems to be giving only the bare minimum. And the initial cause of their animosity I never fully understood, nor how they eventually managed to resolve it.

The secondary couple is charming.

But the true “protagonist” of this series remains the house itself. The people who live in it, the memories it preserves, and the emotions it evokes form an entire life of their own—an authentic family home.

The brother’s narrative arc is poorly developed, marked by numerous emotional inconsistencies, and the same can be said of the family dynamics (relations with the father, mother, and so on).

And although the series does not rely on tired clichés and its premise is rather fresh, the director ultimately fails to explore and deepen certain themes, leaving us on a somewhat superficial level.