Just Between Lovers was a drama that I delved into prepared for a lot of dark and depressing times. I wanted to experience that train of emotions eventually leading to healing. A therapeutic journey. And it was!.. yet not as much as I wanted it to.

This started out perfect but unfortunately, like a lot of other dramas, halfway through cliches took over and the main focus of the plot shifted towards the romance and added up struggles that I thought were unnecessary.

I wanted the plot to pay more attention to the menatal health aspects. What they suffered and went through obviously haunted them and affected their lives to great extents. But the plot, at some point, steered in a different direction and I was left hanging with no actual healing or acknowledgement of their state of mind.

The second lead annoyed me quite a bit. I had a hard time empathizing with him. All the other characters were better devolved than he was even though he was a lead. Makes me wonder if it was just the actor that wasn't able to deliver the part.

On the other hand Kang Doo was phenomenal. Junho is slowly becoming one of my favorites. Moon Soo was also amazing. At times she was a little frail but still. I don't think I came across a similar character in Kdrama. Kinda timid and cold, yet still passionate and courageous. The actress, it was her debut drama I heard, did amazing.


The grnadma, the Noona, the inn keeper and her son. Basically anyone associated with the main lead were lovable and beyond awesome.

Other than the second lead, all the cast was amazing and the chemistry was so natural. The characters were new and none of them fell under the cliche usual characters in Kdramas.

The romance was so sweet and I found myself hungry for the times Kang Doo and Moon Soo were on screen together. Other side plots were also exciting and interesting.

The cinematography was phenomenal. That rain scene with the two leads took my breath away. The special effects when that building fell down were a little meh but whatever . The music reached to the depth of my heart and clenched it.

This drama was set to be perfect and to a lot of people it was, but I'm very critical when it came to the things I like and and I can't let things slide easily.

All in all it was definitely worthy of all my time. I don't usually rewatch dramas, especially ones with such heavy plot, but Junho is really growing on me and I find myself wanting more of him.

Hopefully we'll see more dramas like this in the future. Ones that are more realistic and really delve into dark places. And hopefully next time around they won't shy away from seeing it through till the end properly.