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I had a hard time rating this show and I have mixed feelings.

I really liked the first half of the show where we see Eun Jung and Sang yeon deal with the aftermath of Moonee's death. I think it was a great representation of grief. You feel the emptiness and the denial through the screen. I felt the hollowness and even though I knew she passed away I still couldn't accept it. Eun Jung being reminded of Moonee when she met Kim Sang Hak. Her completely loosing it when Kim Sang Hak wasn't answering his phone when they went on the trip, thinking something really bad happened. Sang Yeon finding out more about the brother she thought she knew. Her watching the Chinese Odyssey, looking at his old film photos. Looking back at how quiet and kind she was after realizing what she was struggling with the whole time. Finding out that she was trans and that she had a life and a world that Sang Yeon never got to enter. The ever growing distance she felt with her mother, herself and the world around her. I think that was one of the strongest parts of the show. As someone who lost a sibling when I was younger it just felt reminiscent in a way.

I didn't quite like the messy love triangle, though I understand why they wanted to include it. It showed Sang yeon's ever growing bitterness but really it just felt out of place and a bit too much.

I'm not gonna talk much about Eun Jung and Sang yeon's relationship because thinking about it makes my head hurt sorry, I feel like other's have articulated their relationship much better than I can even try,