Not that bad! Watchable and light-hearted.

First of all, it is my very first review on MDL, so hopefully it will be of any help for you in deciding whether to start watching this drama or to better skip it. I have watched this drama twice - once with English subtitles and then again with voice-over in my heritage language. Honestly, FMPOV English subtitles seem not to be able to fully capture the essence of the conversations as well as the expressions and to apparently convey the exact emotions therefore the drama gave me the impression of being more captivating and interesting while watching it with voice-over in my heritage language - at least I was looking forward to new episodes.

For a low cost-intensive production it has a decent outcome with several shortcomings. This drama could easily be forgotten or even dropped, since it is very ordinary with an almost insignificant plotline (it could be intended because it feels like depicting an average slice-of-life rather than an intense storytelling). It is full of clichés and (un)expected happenings, nothing new or spectacular but it was still somehow relieving and refreshing because most of the time (forced/staged) misunderstandings were solved pretty quickly and straightforward (ex-lovers' attempts were disappointing uncreative and mediocre). The implicitly visible mutual attraction of the main couple could be conveyed to the viewer noticeably. The main couple is charming, attractive and eye-catching, has relatively good chemistry and was convincing as on-screen lovers. The second and third couple's storyline was not engaging at all, but rather immature and unnecessary therefore fastforwarding/skipping was heavily practised (without losing much of the drama's content). There is a huge imbalance regarding the screen time of the main leads and supporting roles. Attempts to address specific societal issues tend to appear one-dimensional, superficial or not well thought out. All in all it is still a watchable light-hearted drama without any major conflicts. Do not expect too much in terms of plotline depth and protagonists' growth.

Cast: although with non-famous actors/actresses still quite good
Acting: the performance of the main leads was appropriate to the circumstances and convincing enough to carry the show
Editing: uneven, sometimes rough
Music: opening and ending songs conveyed an undescribable fulminant vibe
Set design: average and forgettable
Costumes: contemporary casual-chic
Colour palette: unimposing conventional but pleasing

Despite its shortcomings, the drama still served its purpose of entertaining the audience to a certain extent by being able to interestingly illustrate the rather drama-typical "unrealistic" and somewhat overly "romanticised" encounter between two strangers with apparently contrary personalities in an urban setting. In general, the ending of the drama was a bit unsatisfactory despite its touching ending scene, but the extra side story makes up for it relatively satisfactorily.

Despite all the above mentioned "issues" I still enjoyed watching the drama, the main couple's tingling interactions and teasings - quite enchanting. Taking into account all the premises, the drama should be generally rated between 7 to 7.5 but I
am rating it slighly higher (8 out of 10) because I simply quite like the pairing of LXY&ZYX.

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Surprisingly not as bad as most reviews suggest.

Out of boredom and looking for more than just romance, this drama was chosen. It is surprisingly not as bad as most reviews suggest. The main plot and core messages of the drama are rather conventionally scripted and were also very explicitly conveyed to the audience. It gives the impression of having few surprises in terms of content, as many events were predictable, yet the show is still worth watching. Relatively convincing was the illustration of the personal and professional difficulties and problems that are associated with military career paths, in particular the psycho-emotional strains being outlined in a way that was comprehensible but still somewhat lacking in terms of depth. The main leads did a relatively satisfactorily job in attempting to portray the addressed professions on a diverse and multi-dimensional level. The subplots with the corresponding characters were told in detail so that most of the substories were wrapped up sufficiently, even if they often ended sadly, painfully, less benevolently or audience-friendly. It is refreshing and positively surprising to see a production with a suboptimal ending for some substories, which was apparently intentionally not shot and realised to please the audience - it apparently intended to choose the opposite way, in order to possibly be able to show other facets cinematically, because life is, after all, rarely only rosy and you cannot always get what you want. Although there are many shortcomings in the comprehensibility of some of the storylines, it must also be emphasised that the main leads had relatively good chemistry and were also able to depict the complex character developments of their portrayed film characters with lots of efforts.

Cast: relatively well-known main leads
Acting: the performance was generally good and convincing enough according to the requirements
Editing: mostly okay, but still not seamless at times
Music: unimpressive
Set design: convincingly realistic in terms of military themes, otherwise rather ordinarily average
Costumes: mostly thematically adapted, otherwise everyday-casual
Colour palette: theme-specific unobtrusive

In summary, I would say that it was not a waste of time to have watched this show, with some fast-forwarding/skipping towards the end. It is one of those rather unconventional productions that try to address very complex criminological processes, rather little known (ECMO) or even still somewhat "controversial" (phage therapy) medical treatment processes and the divergent socio-emotional challenges, fears and struggles that go along with them. It is a commendable venture to realise all this in a drama. Considering all the aspects involved, this show should be rated between 7 to 7.5 but I would rather give it an 8 out of 10 because of the entertainment value and production efforts.

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