Portrays the beauty of love languanges and how words aren't everything

Overall, its a really wonderful story between two individuals from two different worlds. We see a lot of the early struggles of their relationship, not only from their language barrier, but also how these two people are as two individuals who grew up in different settings as is with most relationships in the world. Its definitely a very good drama for anyone that loves melodramatic and slower paced dramas.

The story itself has great pacing throughout the entire show. You see the two characters take their time to fall in love, to open up to each other, while still struggling in their own daily lives. So the build up to them finally opening up and letting each other in and fitting each other into their daily lives is beautifully portrayed and a lot of emotion is carried leading to this point. Its a perfect portrayal of how having a partner, even if they aren't meant to be in your life forever, can still have such a huge impact on your life. Relationships should be cherished no matter the outcome.
The second part of their relationship is also fairly well done - we see the end of the honeymoon phase and we see the issues with the language barriers that while you put up with loving someone, they can ware you out over time. We don't see enough of the final breakdown of the relationship imo, a little more really would have hit the nail on the head in terms of feeling the emotional pain of the characters but still the message was received.
My only hitch with the story is essentially the ending - it was a classic ending that most dramas do with the idea of "time" healing wounds and such however, there were not enough scenes to show the characters CHANGING or GROWING. Their main issues were not resolved or at least we didn't see the realization they discovered of WHY their relationship failed and WHAT needed to change. Had we seen this, it would have been a perfect full circle.

Now ofc, I can say that WHY and WHAT can differ for different people in different situations so the writers may have left this a little more to our imagination which is why I'm okay with the story ending as it did - but I still think it could have been portrayed in a way that felt more satisfying - a way to see them struggle and think things through and really realize why they needed the time apart and how they could come back and be happy.

Everything else in this drama. 10/10. The music was very well done - beautiful music and played at the right times. The silent scenes were VERY effective. I felt like when something happened and it left a big impact on me - the music cut. Just like the meaning of the show, sounds aren't everything. Sometimes the most important things in life are those that we can only see and feel, but not hear. So for the few scenes where this happens in the show, it will make your heart skip a beat and you will feel the pressure of the scenes, without any sounds.

Overall a wonderful drama for a one time watch :) I personally don't think its rewatchable for me, maybe once a year or longer but definitely it must be seen!

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Great story and theme

So this review is based on someone who hasn't seen the original. I heard it was a remake but I never watched the original so I won't be comparing anything.
As a standalone, I thought the story overall was very well done - It keeps you on your toes kinda wondering where its gonna go and what happened to Koo Yeon Jun, while at the same time slowly unraveling the mystery of Min joo. Even with the time travel aspects, I felt they did a great job wrapping up the ending as well. We see a very powerful theme of mental health with Min Joo's character, while the theme of destiny and fate is heavily portrayed in the leads. For me the pacing was great, every time a loose end was wrapped up, there was another that would begin to be worked on so it kept me waiting and enjoying the happy moments inbetween.

The story was the biggest selling point for me - the actors did a great job although if I were to criticize anything, it would probably be the FL for 2 or 3 scenes. Primarily, the first time Jun hee sees "Jeon Jun" again - I felt the impact of the scene wasn't as strong as it could have been.

The romance wasn't as strong as many other dramas, but the green flag ML moments were there and they were very sweet! His character may seem a bit clingy at the start, but as the drama goes on, you understand what he was protecting and why he valued her so much.

Music was very memorable and all the characters do leaving a lasting impression so overall a very pleasant watch! Would 100% recommend to someone who enjoys a little murder mystery and happy throwbacks.

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