The story was a mess, the acting was okay at best, and main actress had zero chemistry with both leads.

I've gave this a chance due to the high ratings, and was interested for the first 20 episodes, but after that the plot became ridiculous, the writer focused way too much on pointless cameos and cutesy emperor scenes which ruined the flow and plot direction, and one of the main characters didn't even appear in the last four episodes.

I don't what happened behind the scenes, but the writing completely fell apart. The twist with the grandmother was one of the dumbest reveals in the show. And I am sick and tired of the female characters in kdramas being forced to put up "romantically" with abusive twats. All the scenes with Sunny and emperor made me want to puke. The bodyguard was a "nice guy" but the writing for the character and backstory was so one-dimensional and flat.

Personality wise, the only characters I really enjoyed was the grandmother and Sunny.

Complete waste of time, too many crazy character tropes with no proper resolution. I feel dirty after watching this.
On the bright side, the music was pretty nice.

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The acting was great, with lots of tearjerking moments. The child actors also did a good job.
I think the drama did well with the topic of bullying and how distressing it can be for the victim and their loved ones. On the negative side, this did not have to be 16 episodes long with a one-hour format. In the middle the story started to circle and got a bit tiring. The use of the main theme sound was too repetitive, I would have preferred an instrumental one.

This doesn't have a good rewatch value. For a 2nd time, you'll have to skip around to enjoy the gripping bits of the story again.

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