This review is going to contain only mild spoilers. I'll try to keep it more of a synopsis rather than a retelling of the story.

This series follows a group of friends as they navigate childhood, school, friendships, loves, and losses. I am totally in love with their friendship as a group, because they are so close and never leave anyone behind. But also, most of them aren't so dependent on each other that they can't make new friends or make their own way in the world. The one who is totally dependent is Name, because of his trauma-induced disability, but Em is so patient and kind with Name, which has both good and bad results prior to Name deciding to take steps to help himself. Champ has his own dependencies to navigate and distances himself from others , stunting his own emotional growth temporarily.

Gun and Naknan have their own stories as well. Gun hides behind letters, texts, and emails, and watches his his pen-pal from afar until they finally meet. Even then, his fear of rejection causes him to keep his identity secret, but this prevents his relationship with Golf from moving forward. Naknan, on the other hand, pushes his newfound love to accept that he accepts her, even though she isn't a part of his playboy lifestyle.

The stories told in this series are good. They are slices of life, love, and family. The series has a tendency to drag in some places, but the acting is phenomenal from everyone in the series. I usually have a problem with the "adults" in a drama like this. They are usually seasoned actors, so you would think that they wouldn't be the problem, but I have found that they, for whatever reason, have the most stilted lines/acting. But in this series, the mains, the parents/adults, and the kids were all really good, and I appreciate that.

Quick rant: I have to agree with every other comment that the wigs are distracting. It is obvious that Mean was wearing a wig (and if 'we' are wrong about that, and they actually colored and styled his hair that way?? OMG horrible!). I'm not sure if Ja's hair was real or not, but it's the same style he used in 'Until We Meet Again' so, although I think it looked much more realistic than Mean's, it probably was a hairpiece as well, as it was never styled any differently than a messy ponytail. (Which, honestly, I kinda liked, but I'm all for man-buns and ponytails, so forgive me.)

I am disappointed that we never got to see Champ become involved in any type of relationship. There was a hint of a possible attraction at the end of the series, but I was really cheering for him to find someone. Champ's story, unfortunately, was part of the slower parts of the show, which does Title a discredit as an actor. He played his parts well, but there were too many instances where the audience gazed at Champ as he brooded or cried, when the writers could have used that time to create more story for him instead of leaving him disconnected from the world. I understand that that was the point...to show that he was disconnected and stuck in his head. But we got the point after the first 15 seconds or so of each of that type of scene, and it kind of made me want to shake him out of his depression and tell him to be more grateful. He was so busy working hard to live up to his grandpa's expectations that he didn't realize that his grandpa wasn't the source of those expectations, and he failed to understand his grandpa's message completely.

This was a good drama, and I'm glad to have watched it. I will admit that I had to drop it temporarily because the first few episodes were building background, and it was going too slow for me. But I'm glad I picked it up again. The friends and the families were all supportive and made this, all in all, a feel-good show, and I love to see happy endings. There is enough open-endedness for there to be another season, but I don't think that's going to happen, so we have to use our imaginations for that.