It appears I fall in love with JTBC dramas again and again every time we meet. Love the complexity, the layers to characters and their relationships, inner conflicts between rational mind and desire, story-telling through facial expressions. Love how they portrayed insecurities, passions, manipulation, trust, expectations, contradictions, doubts, and butterflies in the stomach.
Love how beautiful the visuals are, photography and scenes - all so lovely, enhancing the atmosphere, along with characters' feelings. Love how unconventional the characters and their stories are, but all the more real for it. They are not perfect, but ordinary extraordinary young people seeking freedom to live their best lives.

[spoiler]Would have loved if we got to learn more about Park Jae-eon's backstory / history: what hurt him, and made him hide behind the walls as he did for such a long time. Kudos to Song Kang for nailing that almost-crying-barely-holding-composure goodbye scene in episode 10. That was some superb acting, I got chills.[/spoiler]

>**A note to a younger me (and all young people out there who might be reading this): please say what you want / need to say clearly, to avoid misunderstandings and pointless suffering. Other people likely won't be able to guess what you're thinking unless you tell them. (There's little to none mind-readers out there.)

Anyhow, keep them coming, JTBC! I'm here for it.
9/10

Just from reading the synopsis it turned out to be as rancid as it sounds exactly! This feels it was made for a college group project while trying to be edgy and trendy. The standards keep getting lower nowadays.

For a romantic coming of age drama it has all the ingredients needed. Problem is, I'm more interested in the romances of the other characters, since the relationship of the main characters is pure self-inflicted.

At any point she can follow him to find out if she's just part of a harem. She can say she needs more or keep very strict boundaries. It's so much inaction and doubt - yes that perhaps fits the age group. But also character, which is the writer's choice. At that age I preferred making mistakes I could learn from than sticking with a routine. Perhaps that's why it's less relatable for me.

The constant worry about reputation is relatable as I've been brought up in a religious family, taught to care a lot about things are perceived. But it also is not pleasant to watch and the way educators warn about gossip affecting you in later life is downright nauseating.

Still, as a teen drama nagivating love versus lust - it works and may even be considered progressive for Korean standards as it does try to not be judgemental about 'just sex' relationships.