PROS: a heaty-fluttering love story between an office worker and a gardener 10 years her junior. it adresses the surprise from other partied, while their relationship is steady and equal. i love that he liked her because she was kind and she grew to love him for his sensitive personality. no insta-love here, just people navigating their feelings

CONS: it explores the abberrant sexism in japan, attaching value to women only depending on their marriage status, but the series never names this injustice. everyone is rude to the heroine for daring to date a younger man and they're acting as if she'll be worthless if she doesn't get married, and even though she doesn't subscribe to this mindset, she's not denouncing it either.

TL;DR: the series wants to have it both ways, encourage a less socially acceptable romance, but trap the woman in the confines of marriage without exploring its meaning