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Decent drama, terrible romances
Title says it all, really. This is a good slice-of-life with good acting, good leads and a great backup cast, and a lot of interesting things going on in it. It's staged around a fake-romance trope which it subverts by not having the stock happy ending. This is believable, due to what happens to the FL, but the problem with setting up that particular trope is that viewers are led into wanting a happy ending! - and it feels disappointing when we don't get it. I came out of it feeling very sorry for the musician - and the SFL - thinking how sad it is when people unwisely invest such a lot of time in loving people who don't love them back, and how I would much rather watch something where they do. There were some heartwarming relationships in it - the 'house mother' of the children's home, the nice deaf friend - and it was well-made and had some pertinent things to say about hearing loss (if this is why you're watching, Silent does that better imo), but if you're looking for a comforting romance to watch, this probably isn't going to satisfy.
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