I had been putting off watching this drama for a really long time — even though I knew I'd love it. And I was absolutely right. Not only is the cinematography beautiful, but the story was about so much more than a love story. In a lot of dramas, the tragic story becomes the catalyst to get the main characters together, and it falls into becoming a plot device. Just Between Lovers didn't have that issue at all, and I rarely see such a perfect balance of the themes of family, friendship, romance, and individual identity, and they all tied into the tragic event of the S Mall collapse so fully.

I already loved Junho from clips I'd seen of him, but after watching this drama in full, he's definitely become one of my facec actors. You could feel all the anxiety, the emotion, the trauma, sadness, anger...you could feel EVERYTHING that the character was feeling.

I literally sobbed through the entire last episode — getting my homework wet and everything — but it was so worth it, and I don't know if I've ever felt that much anxiety over how a drama would end.

Another thing that I appreciate so much about this drama — the disabled characters. I loved MS's best friend SO much, and I loved Sang-Man even more — he was a big reason I cried in the last episode, and he was the most adorable character. The way every character was fleshed out in some way really made it feel like I knew them all, and I became emotionally invested in everyone's stories. The only person who I might have wanted to know more about was the best friend's love interest.

This drama just felt really REALISTIC, all around, and despite it having common kdrama tropes, it didn't bother me at all and it was executed to perfection.