This is a korean drama for men. Or maybe for women that want to watch something manly. Since I feel that most dramas are made for women, it stands indeed somehow apart from the majority. That's how I can explain the enthusiastic reviews it gets. But that doesn't mean that it is really something different, that would be for me something good or interesting. It still relays on a convoluted plot that does only a slight amount of sense, being only a pretext for a collection of cool scenes. Each character could be nice taken alone, but is clear that they are together only because so says the script. Also, as usual, there are liters of tears running down, plenty of emotional flashbacks, countless tragedies befalling the main characters and so on. That's what i find annoying about this drama: you are constantly left with the impression that what you're seeing was only thought to look good and to lure your emotions in a cheap way, without paying a minimum of attention to the internal coherence of the story. In the end is still somehow enjoyable, I liked the acting and Jo Dong Hyuk, but is not something above average.