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As a Kpop stan, this drama had soooo many relatable scenes which regular viewers might miss out. Some scenes are really tiny details that fans go through everytime. So in that sense I enjoyed the drama as I found it highly relatable.

The first few episodes also highlighted the difficulty idols face with sasaengs, no privacy anxiety and other topics. The boss treats them as money making machines constantly milking without considering the artists well being.

Sena realises that the person she sees on TV is not all of Raik and that he was going through alot more. Raik slowly begins to trust her and he only has her, someone who believes him...However this trust breaks when he finds out she was a huge fan. For some they couldnt understand why he was so angry but from the beginning his impression of fans was not good so everything she did for him probably felt like a lie to him at that moment.

When Sena decided to throw all the merch away it was so painful cause she had to gather so much courage to throw everything away...in the end its not just merch its all her memories from past 10 years...

Now regarding the mystery....this was really the lackluster part. The writer shines when she writes about fandom details but when it comes to the crime portion it was not planned out well.

For many episodes they baited us with different suspects only for the actual situation to be very mediocre...so the episodes where the comedy fluff from small fan-idol interactions stopped, the drama felt dry and draggy. Even after they got together they didnt feel like they were a couple until the last episode.

I would say the drama also lacked some side characters. Maybe a secondary story with friends or another couple could have added more dynamics.

That being said I would still rewatch this show now and then~