The topic was very controversial and the writers were fully aware of it. They walked the line very carefully and were very open in discussing the matter over and over. I was 18 in my last year of the high school so basically I was an adult in the school. They were it seems also 18-19 here? Legal age in my country, still, the relationship would have been wrong and teachers committing to them would definitely have been fired.

Here it is important to note not once Na Bori was trying to seduce her student, but he was the one who swept her away. He did some wrong things though in the name of love, but that was an immature kid who grew up in the meantime. On the other hand, the teacher who loved her since she was his student? That was quite creepy. And this is not double standard, as Na Bori really wasn't thinking of her student in any but platonic way while her teacher was consciously taking photos and dreaming of her while she was his student. Well, what eventually prevailed was that he wasn't as strong character as even younger Tae-In was. I wouldn't ever want to be with a man without the spine.

Gong Yoo was amazing. Even in that early role he was great. Yes, it was obvious he was much older than a general student, but then, that would really look creepy on the screen and the romance wouldn't work. He had to look older and taller than her to be a charmer. Hyo Jin was equally mesmerising. I loved her since watching The Producers.

What amused me the most, I thought there wouldn't be any good kissing scenes, just like in The Producers, because from the way the romantic scenes were filmed I could tell Hyo Jin didn't want to be kissed, which is fair for the actors to ask, but not great for the viewers. (Do not misinterpret me - I dislike sex on screen or anything explicit and potentially embarrassing for actors. A single passionate kiss or two will do, just to show real intimacy between people in love. A light speck of the kiss or hug is just too underwhelming after so much time invested in looking at them agonizing for love together). However naughty Gong Yoo stole kisses anyway in the scenes that didn't call for them, because she looked so genuinely surprised every single time, and I don't think that was just good acting 😊 Those kisses were the best, because they seemed so sweet, and I wished them shipped together in the real life. Pity that ship sailed long ago, and considering how it was played in this series, probably there wasn't anything between them before and after.