Hwarang was a very.. special drama for me. It was a drama that although I thought was boring at times, had hundreds of plot holes and a pretty unshipable main couple it still has a special place in my heart. The story wasn't the most well written honestly but it was still quite entertaining. What made me love this drama so much was the fact that the friendship between the characters was so well portrayed and played a huge role throughout the whole series. The cast was full of known faces and they all did very well, and maybe the fact that the cast seemed to be quite close in real life is what made their friendship and hardships together so believeable. The last episode definitely showed that as well and made me personally very happy. If you don't mind a drama with a not so amazing story but interesting and entertaining characters and relationships between those Hwarang is definitely one to watch. The romance wasn't really that amazing tbh, it was a nice feature but the female lead was often unnecessary and sometimes a little annoying. There was a love triangle for a few episodes but it dissolved pretty quickly. So my rating of 9.5 really is just because of my very non objective emotional opinion on this drama that made me cry, laugh and cry some more.