I started watching these series when I woke up in the middle of the night and couldn't sleep, and since so many people commented it was boring, I thought it would be perfect to help me. On the contrary! I ended up watching it all night and was nearly late for work in the morning. And still I couldn't bring myself to watch the last episode and was putting it off for a few days, because I expected some serious drama. Summaries that say this is two exes getting back together are wrong - it is so much more! This is not your typical K-drama where you expect a pretty female lead to act childlike while two rich and handsome men fight for her and solve all her problems. This is deep and serious, and filled with doubts and petty things and emotions we all deal with sometimes. Inferiority complex is real, feeling of failure in terms of financial success is very much girls' problem too. It's so refreshing to see a talented woman who is not obsessed with the idea of finding a rich husband and have kids for a change! She is doing her best at the very verge of physical effort. This is the first time in Korean series that I see a woman who's hair isn't perfectly styled or even washed (although she is beautiful of course). I would dare say that 3 female characters are rather feminist, because their life isn't orbiting around the idea of a family. They don't give up after failed relationships or businesses. I was especially touched by the story of origami artist. I know maybe most missed her character at all, but this is a character who has a passion in life, something that she loves and finds deep meaning in, and literally everyone around her just don't get it. This is a story of true loneliness and great love that she harbors, but it doesn't even involve another person, it is ultimate loneliness of someone who has so much to share and no one to share it with, no support. When she was making Buddha faces I almost cried. Sometimes there is nothing you can do, so you try to find support in the face of a paper god. This touched me so deeply... Girl, I FEEL YOU. Whoever wrote this, hear me - I FEEL YOU! And this vacuum of loneliness between so many people, who aren't even mean or bad to you, they just don't get you, they look at you, but just don't really see you. For all the lonely creators out there - you are not alone even though sometimes it might feel that way. Or most of the time. The main storyline is also great story of two adults that have their own insecurities, and love. The petty jealousy of the main lead is hilarious to watch but also veery relatable. The friend who cared enough to almost beat his best friend up so he would stop damaging his health is so touching too - everyone deserves a best friend like that! And they all exhaust themselves in their work, despite very different results.
This line towards a video channel "thank you for being a dear friend to me all these lonely nights when I had hard time"... I am totally quoting this wrong, but oh... Thank you all content creators that help me to not stay alone in the screaming silence of my thoughts during those sad and lonely moments. Thank you for your support and moments of shared friendship that you offer even though we will never know each other's names or even faces. This very series was exactly that for me! This story is mood! How inspiring this is to do your thing despite failure, despite the lack of support from your family, partners, friends, or anyone at all. I loved it so much it made me cry, but you know, a good cry, very touching. I will absolutely recommend to watch it to everyone, even though I know not many people will get it.
And I must confess that main male lead... he is so gorgeous he looks regal! I have a crush and I hope someone stars him in a costume fantasy drama where he would play a deeply troubled emperor, duke of someone aristocratic, but like evil with a great backside story, and of course there needs to be a great love storyline with a lot of drama too. I have so many ideas I think I should start writing it.
Thank you for this jewel of cinema everyone who made it!