i forgot the actual plot

It was so beautiful at the beginning, but I don’t even know what happened later on.
Honestly, it was shaping up to be a perfect dark romance—arranged marriage, the man secretly loving the girl from the start, him arranging his own marriage, and so on. Everything was going so well until it turned into a game of cat and mouse.

For the last, what, seven episodes? It was just one of them being kidnapped, and the other searching for them. Nothing else happened. And those last two episodes… THEY WERE SO RIDICULOUS. Why did Baek Saeon run away with some nonsensical guilt and become a soldier in some imaginary country? Bro, what happened to the actual plot? I seriously couldn’t understand anymore.

Other than that, the cast and everyone else were amazing. But why did they give so little screen time to Na Yu-ri and Ji Sang-woo? Their chemistry was so good! I wish they had more scenes together. Their relationship was rushed way too much.

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when i catch you writer...

Now I understand why it's everyone's favorite.
I'm already someone who cries easily while watching dramas, and I did cry a few times while watching this one too, but especially in episode 13 and the final episode, I cried non-stop. Let's not meet the writer, if possible. 😊

I thought it would be like the usual 2016 K-dramas, but it hit me in ways I never expected. At least they could have made one couple properly happy. Even if I try to interpret the ending as happy, it doesn't work. IT WASN'T ENOUGH FOR ME, IT WASN'T ENOUGH. Especially Grim Reaper and Sunny... Was happiness really forbidden for them? Okay, they were happy in the end, but THE MAN WAITED UNTIL THE WOMAN TURNED 68 AND DIED.

Kim Shin... He was probably the real sinner here; otherwise, I can't find another explanation for why they left him alone for over 1,000 years. He literally bore all the pain. The writer probably thought even happiness was too much for him.

Is it possible that the Twenty-Five Twenty-One writer took inspiration from this drama for their "not properly reuniting" ending? Just asking...

I got really mad because I cried so much, but it was so beautiful. It felt like I was watching a 40-episode drama instead of 16. I eagerly moved on to each episode, and the acting was so good. It's been a long time since I've seen a duo cry so well (and I cried twice as much along with them).

The songs, acting, cast, story... It was perfect in every way. I will definitely watch it again and again.

P.S.: I'm going to make my mom knit that red scarf. 😸

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no other words needing:it changed my life

I’m sure I will watch this drama with the same pure emotions every time. Even if I lose my memory and watch it again, every time I watch it, it feels like the first time, and I experience every emotion anew. With those pure, sincere feelings, I rediscover each scene. But even if I forget this drama over time (which is impossible), it will always have a very special place in my heart, and every time I watch it, I return to those emotions. Each time I watch it feels like a discovery, and I feel the same magic again. Every time I watch it, I think, “I’m a person from the wrong era.” The time we’re in now feels so wrong to me.

My friends always say, “You’re rich, but your soul is poor.” I completely agree with them. I have such small, simple dreams filled with pure happiness, and I don’t have my eyes set on big things. The biggest influence on me is this drama. It has made me experience the times I didn’t live through so beautifully. Whether it’s the nostalgic feeling, or the family and friendship bonds, no one can surpass this drama.

Each scene was so heart-wrenching when it needed to be, and so warming when it needed to be. But the scene at Bo-ra’s wedding, where her father wore the shoes Bo-ra bought for him and had to put a napkin behind because they were too big, I was in tears. I remember crying until I couldn’t breathe, and then the letter her father wrote to her in the car. I’m even crying while writing this, haha.

These lives are all real. Believe me, all of us are surrounded by people and bonds like these. Maybe we are one of them too.

Our youth is so beautiful. One day, we will miss these days so much, but just like Ssangmundong, we won’t find it again. We will all go down different paths. Who knows, maybe one day we won’t even remember each other...

“When I went back in search of our neighborhood street, the street had aged so much. You could feel that the time had passed. I can’t go back to my youth, or to this street. They are both the same. Time will always flow. Everything will pass by. That might be why youth is beautiful. It shines, blindingly bright, for just an instant. But you can never go back to it. In that place, where we won’t be able to gather like that again, I regret being unable to say my final farewell. To the things that are already gone, to a time that has already passed, I want to say a belated farewell. Goodbye, my youth. Goodbye, Ssangmundong.”
– Deok-sun

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masterpiece.

If I had to choose one scene that would make me feel deeply regretful towards my mother, it would definitely be this one.

Kang-ho's distance from his mother, the fact that he stays away from her to protect her, and his decision to become a prosecutor just to make her happy throughout his life, all of these things resonate deeply and touch the heart.

When his mother seeks refuge in her son, who suddenly becomes a little child again, and when she wants to make him strong again, it evokes feelings so deep that words can't even describe...

I hope one day I can break free from the distance between my mother and me, just like Kang-ho did. The day will come when I can hug her, right?

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