AAAAAhhh! I can't tell you enough how much emotions this drama evoked in me! This was truly a rollercoaster ride full of harsh and realistic life elements and cute simple moments.
I should mention first, that I watched this drama two years ago, I think. And I dropped it in about episode 4, because at that time I just hated that the guy is younger than the girl. Now that I think about it - I actually don't know why this bothered me so much, that I had to drop it. Probably I was too young and immature then to understand that it's okay. Whatever your age is it's okay to be in love. And gradually this drama as the episodes go only get better. So if you stopped at around episode 4 - just give it one more chance, you'll not regret it. I'm so grateful I randomly decided to look through my ''dropped k-dramas'' list and give one more chance to this one.
I'm not going to spoil anything, just want to tell you how incredible this whole drama was.
I haven't seen such drama in a long time - main lead guy so adorable and mature, he had such a great chemistry with the main girl that the so called ''age difference'' for me didn't bother me at all. And I was more annoyed about her family and everyone else around them that didn't want to accept them as a couple and made their age gap such a big deal when it wasn't.
The main idea of the drama was that despite all the differences it's important to stand up for what you believe in and what you love - whether that be your sexist and creepy co-workers or a guy that you love, but can't because everyone says you can't. I loved that about this drama.
You can definitely see the whole progress and character development throughout the whole drama. I felt that the main lead guy was always acting mature - more mature than the main girl, so he just stayed that way throughout the drama. The biggest development was the main lead girl. She was so scared to stand up for herself in her workplace and just agreed with everything everyone said, you could even say that she didn't have a backbone and while her age said she was mature - in fact, she was acting like a little girl, who doesn't know how the world works. I guess I can say that her meeting the guy was her maturing moment. He taught her to be strong and not tolerate people who use her for their own benefit - to speak up. SO I LOVED THAT.
One thing also I want to mention - soundtrack. At first I really liked it - actually I still do, I love all the songs in this k-drama. However, I must point out that the music lyrics are very ...how should I say it - bad. They don't fit this drama at all...because, f.e. the main song - ''Stand by your man'' - is a song about a woman who says that she has to be there for the man and forgive him for everything, because he's ''just a man''. It's kind of a sexist song who really does not go with this drama's concept of a woman who is self-sufficient and self-dependent and who stands up for herself and does not rely only on her man. So this song, although the melody is nice, I hated the meaning of the lyrics. So I just had to point this out.
Maybe the ending was a bit too rushed for my liking, especially since the episodes are more than one hour long, so I wished that at least half of the last episode was meant for the great ending of this drama, not just the last 10 minutes. However, I guess for this kind of realistic and raw drama - it fits. Like in life - some things that are hard and stressful last a lifetime and short fleeting moments of happiness end in a second.
All in all - really good drama, especially for people who enjoy watching realistic dramas about real struggles of life. It's about how life is all about the little things and moments with the people we love and that age should not matter as much as your happiness. Because if you can be happy with the person you love - that's all that matters.
Is it worth watching? - YES. Is it worth rewatching - YES AND YES.