This drama was very well written and portrayed by the actors. The story good, production - good , music -okay, story line - very good, character development - very good , romance - poor.

This was a similar feel to ode to joy where it had depth in each character and different issue like divorce, people in their 30s/40s which is not seen very much(at least from the dramas I have watched). But I have a very huge issue and the down side to this dram which is small compared to the drama overall quality but still have to raise it. There is no kissing , doki doki moments in this romance. Now it could be because of the conservative feel or they are 30s/40s but come on.

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Every time he han and tang jing the "supposed couple" would be in a romantic moment. would they kiss? NO, a peck? NO all they did, i mean to most romantic thing they did was hug. THAT IS ALL. where is moments that make me go "oooooohhhhh" and gasp. answer NOWHERE. I mean they allude to sleeping together but indirectly and in the most g rated unimportant way.

so to make up for this drama. If you have watched this but missed out in those youthful energy, passion of the youth and romance that makes you at the edge of your seat I will also cross reference you to check out. "GO GO SQUID"

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I didn't enjoy this drama like I hoped I would after reading the summary. The romance was bland and predictable. The story was okay not really gripping and characters were not noticeable or that memorable. I hated the personalities of the the side characters and that was annoying. In the early half there was not doki doki heart warming love scenes or romance plot that just grips young girls heart. I felt it was getting nowhere and each drama episode felt loooonnng, as in you know when you watch a well directed episode that is 40 - 60mins+ and only when the end credits have rolled would you realize you have finished the episode then. That's how it was for my recently finished series go go squid, but was lacking that element in this drama. Even though this dram had potential it was not my final cup of tea. I even skipped to the last episode to see if they would end up together because I was reading the reviews and they mentioned a break and she may have dated that senior classmate or whatever. I still by the end of drama couldn't tell if the teacher and her ended up together (a LOT of skipping was involved in the episode and series). but even with the skipping i should be able to tell if the ending of the dram was written and directed well.

Sorry for the rant review

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This drama was a hidden gem. I wanted to find a good quality drama like "ode to joy" in the romance/comedy genre and ended up watching this. So I finished watching "The first part of my life" which was good and "somewhere only we know" which was lacking. In SOWK the part that was lacking in the drama was to love story and how a 40min drama felt like a 2 hour drama. And the romance was too slow , lack luster and complicated( couldn't finish so relied on review) .

GO GO Squid instead was shot effortlessly, where I didn't even know when the time has passed and the episode has ended. And most of all the romance story line is one you love. the stone walled man falls in love with a quirky female lead and she opens his heart. the music, characters , story line all came together for a very solid drama. I highly recommend it.

My only critic is that the fl mom annoyed me to death, she's the type of parent that I would be feed up with and know they would be arguments if she was my mother. I really tried to skip her part. like she firmly tried to break them up trying to protect her daughter but that ended up bringing harm to her and the feelings she was trying to protect. which is why i wished the parents would stay out of the children love lives or at least be at arms length and not overly involved where it created a mess in their relationship.

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I was excited to watch this drama I thought it would have the doki doki romance moments even with the plain to see build up of the fl and ml's romance relationship. But I have got to say I was BORED. I stopped at ep 6, yell at me for giving a poor review but not even finishing the drama but I can't help but feel lack luster with the depth and story line of this show. I mean the fl is not lovable but annoying. The misunderstandings or her attitude is not cute. And the side character whatever her name is, the one that was a previous classmate but joined the fl and her best guy friends circle. I have no clue what her back story is, poor but maybe doesn't like that she is, maybe like the ml but is insecure. Whatever the problem is , she not only boring, a waste of screen time I just don't like the girls attitude and what is her role is this story.

I loved lei and jing's characters they probably is the reason I even lasted until ep6. But the fl and ml are not carrying me further in this drama. I don't get the high ratings and rave reviews of the show.

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