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Slow Burn Wholesome Romance
This is such a great heartwarming and healing story. No cheesy and dragging romance at all. The characters in this story are wholesome and heal each other despite their hardships. Both Seo Ri and Woo Jin are stuck in the age of 17, one because she has no choice while the other one take it as a pain. However they go together and overcome it well. I love how the production team keeps attention to detail. For example when they let Seo Ri use the same clothes because it's the only clothes she has, or the chocolate pie that remains in Woo Jin's bag. Unfortunately the praise ends there. This is just "another wholesome show", nothing extraordinary.
On the positive side, this show is a huge showcase of the casts. The casting really fits their role, full of talents! Shin Hae Sun, Yang Se Jong, Ahn Hyo Seop, even Yoon Chan Young and Park Si Eun do an outstanding perfomance here. They have successfully sucked our spirit into a journey of emotion. Shin Hae Sun must have practiced violin for this role, hasn't she? Even in my opinion, this show is the peak performance for Ahn Hyo Seop so far (it's 2025 when I write this).
The pace of the show is extremely slow. I still able to feel the warm for so long like 10 episodes. But then comes the scene when Woo Jin prevents Seo Ri to perform at the festival with no reason. I mean after all the wholesome and tidy build up phase, yet they choose to pick a shortcut for a conflict? It's kinda frustrating because it takes the same energy to fight and explain everything he knows. This even pisses me more than when Woo Jin tries to run for the second time. While the romance pace is slow that it takes almost the whole show to bloom, the pace for the side stories are extremely fast. After Chan's competition, every good things seem to happen altogether coincidentally. It's never clear why Mi Hyun sold the house "in a hurry" while she never actually uses the money from it. She must also resents Seo Ri because she's the reason why her husband died, I don't understand why her son is close with Seo Ri. Also Chan saving Min Gyu doesn't bring any impact to the story, and the story about Ri An left hanging. There is a scene where Chan is rowing alone under the heavy rain, but his hair is dry.
The soundtracks are good in this show, both the real soundtracks and the classical pieces. This show is a good healing story to rewatch, but you have to bear the slow pace though.
On the positive side, this show is a huge showcase of the casts. The casting really fits their role, full of talents! Shin Hae Sun, Yang Se Jong, Ahn Hyo Seop, even Yoon Chan Young and Park Si Eun do an outstanding perfomance here. They have successfully sucked our spirit into a journey of emotion. Shin Hae Sun must have practiced violin for this role, hasn't she? Even in my opinion, this show is the peak performance for Ahn Hyo Seop so far (it's 2025 when I write this).
The pace of the show is extremely slow. I still able to feel the warm for so long like 10 episodes. But then comes the scene when Woo Jin prevents Seo Ri to perform at the festival with no reason. I mean after all the wholesome and tidy build up phase, yet they choose to pick a shortcut for a conflict? It's kinda frustrating because it takes the same energy to fight and explain everything he knows. This even pisses me more than when Woo Jin tries to run for the second time. While the romance pace is slow that it takes almost the whole show to bloom, the pace for the side stories are extremely fast. After Chan's competition, every good things seem to happen altogether coincidentally. It's never clear why Mi Hyun sold the house "in a hurry" while she never actually uses the money from it. She must also resents Seo Ri because she's the reason why her husband died, I don't understand why her son is close with Seo Ri. Also Chan saving Min Gyu doesn't bring any impact to the story, and the story about Ri An left hanging. There is a scene where Chan is rowing alone under the heavy rain, but his hair is dry.
The soundtracks are good in this show, both the real soundtracks and the classical pieces. This show is a good healing story to rewatch, but you have to bear the slow pace though.
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