Thirty but Seventeen was not on my watchlist. I used it as a filler while waiting for another drama to be aired. But just from the first episode it became way more than a time-kill.

The story explores an all too frequently used concept of "amnesia" and another difficult topic of a 11 year mental/physical age gap. Both these were handled and delivered wonderfully without over doing or complicating either.

The drama portrayed love, friendship, family, overcoming traumatic pasts without much pomp and pageantry and this was what won it for me. Added to this, the support roles were not cardboard characters put there for comic relief or want of distraction. Each one of them created a "perfect moment" just as the OST sings.

My only criticism is that towards the end plot relating to her aunt and uncle seemed to have been changed from what might have been originally intended. However, as I feel this may have even saved the drama from a more cliché ending, I am willing to overlook this to give Thirty but Seventeen a perfect overall score.