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A lot of repetitions in the story, depression and disability not explored enough
As someone who has watched quite a few time-travel K-dramas, comparisons were bound to happen. And honestly? This drama started off so strong that I thought it was going to become one of my favorites.
The first episode completely hooked me. What stood out most was its focus on disability and depression right from the starting scene. It's even rarer to see a disabled female lead, so watching Sol navigate life with a disability felt emotionally impactful. Her struggles felt real, and it gave the story a unique perspective.
Which is exactly why I was disappointed when the drama seemed to forget about it.
Don't get me wrong, I was happy that Sol eventually changed her fate. But her disability wasn't just a minor obstacle—it was the foundation of her character arc and the reason she reached such a dark place at the beginning of the story.
The same thing happened with Sun-jae. The drama introduces him as someone struggling with depression, but never really digs deeper. Because he was lonely? Because fame wasn't making him happy? We never get enough insight into his thoughts to understand him beyond "the guy who's in love with Sol." For a character carrying so much emotional weight in the story, he felt oddly underdeveloped.
That's my biggest issue with this drama: it introduces serious topics but rarely explores them beyond the surface. I know it’s a Romcom but why start the drama with such serious topics?? And Instead of using the different timelines to show how the characters grow and change, both Sol and Sun-jae often feel like the same people over and over again.
As for the time travel itself, it was genuinely fun during the high school episodes. Watching Sol try to change the future while dealing with teenage chaos made for some entertaining and emotional moments. But after that, the story started running in circles. By the third trip to the past, I was asking myself, "We're doing this again?" The plot wasn't evolving much, and the event Sol desperately wanted to prevent kept happening anyway, making the repeated time travel feel more like a plot extension than a necessity.
And Sol... girl, please.
For someone who had multiple chances to fix things, she somehow managed to make new problems every single time. Instead of becoming wiser with each timeline, she often felt just as impulsive and clueless as before. Her constant attempts to avoid Sun-jae were especially frustrating because she never really communicated her reasons, making her come across as unnecessarily mean rather than self-sacrificing.
Sun-jae wasn't much better in that regard. As much as I liked him, his entire existence seemed to revolve around Sol. Give this man a hobby. A dream. A personality trait that doesn't begin and end with her name.
By episode 10, the drama started losing steam, and the ending became fairly predictable. Still, I can't say I hated it. The soundtrack was fantastic, the comedy landed more often than not, and the chemistry between the leads was undeniably charming.
I enjoyed watching 1st half of it, but I also couldn't stop thinking about how much better it could have been in the 2nd half.
The first episode completely hooked me. What stood out most was its focus on disability and depression right from the starting scene. It's even rarer to see a disabled female lead, so watching Sol navigate life with a disability felt emotionally impactful. Her struggles felt real, and it gave the story a unique perspective.
Which is exactly why I was disappointed when the drama seemed to forget about it.
Don't get me wrong, I was happy that Sol eventually changed her fate. But her disability wasn't just a minor obstacle—it was the foundation of her character arc and the reason she reached such a dark place at the beginning of the story.
The same thing happened with Sun-jae. The drama introduces him as someone struggling with depression, but never really digs deeper. Because he was lonely? Because fame wasn't making him happy? We never get enough insight into his thoughts to understand him beyond "the guy who's in love with Sol." For a character carrying so much emotional weight in the story, he felt oddly underdeveloped.
That's my biggest issue with this drama: it introduces serious topics but rarely explores them beyond the surface. I know it’s a Romcom but why start the drama with such serious topics?? And Instead of using the different timelines to show how the characters grow and change, both Sol and Sun-jae often feel like the same people over and over again.
As for the time travel itself, it was genuinely fun during the high school episodes. Watching Sol try to change the future while dealing with teenage chaos made for some entertaining and emotional moments. But after that, the story started running in circles. By the third trip to the past, I was asking myself, "We're doing this again?" The plot wasn't evolving much, and the event Sol desperately wanted to prevent kept happening anyway, making the repeated time travel feel more like a plot extension than a necessity.
And Sol... girl, please.
For someone who had multiple chances to fix things, she somehow managed to make new problems every single time. Instead of becoming wiser with each timeline, she often felt just as impulsive and clueless as before. Her constant attempts to avoid Sun-jae were especially frustrating because she never really communicated her reasons, making her come across as unnecessarily mean rather than self-sacrificing.
Sun-jae wasn't much better in that regard. As much as I liked him, his entire existence seemed to revolve around Sol. Give this man a hobby. A dream. A personality trait that doesn't begin and end with her name.
By episode 10, the drama started losing steam, and the ending became fairly predictable. Still, I can't say I hated it. The soundtrack was fantastic, the comedy landed more often than not, and the chemistry between the leads was undeniably charming.
I enjoyed watching 1st half of it, but I also couldn't stop thinking about how much better it could have been in the 2nd half.
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