I've always looked forward to watching Dried Flower: Our Room in July ever since the cast and plot (Yuuri's songs as basis? Count me in!) were announced, and the drama delivered.

In three episodes, the drama was able to show the beginning and sadly, the end of a relationship. It made quick work of how Kaoru and Yurika met, their relationship developing offscreen, then showing how they decided to go with co-habitation. Their displays of love for each other are simple and endearing that watching their carefully-crafted safe haven slowly fall apart is devastating.

This isn't to say that their feelings aren't valid, though. I understand Kaoru's intentions of wanting Yurika to be happy, and how he felt cut-off with her suddenly leaving, but I understand Yurika as well, with her internal conflict and struggle with how Kaoru doesn't understand her. Both sides have their fault in that they haven't communicated entirely well with the other - communication is a two-way process, after all, but both of their feelings are valid.

Bando and Kana did well in showing the different shades of Kaoru and Yurika - curiosity and enchantment at the first meeting, love and fondness at the peak of their relationship, and the despair and pain at the slow unravelling at the end. Bando and Kana have a really cute chemistry as well that made me see how Kaoru and Yurika fell in love with each other, and tbh after watching this, I want to see more of Bando in romance genres haha.

Yuuri's songs at the end were a nice touch, I've always liked his voice and his songs and I like how they were incorporated into the series. I would like to say that I wanted more, but the length of the drama is just right - no draggy moments, each frame and each event adds to the story.

All in all, like what the title of this review says, Dried Flower: Our Room in July portrays a love story as beautiful as a bouquet of fresh flowers, but like all plants uprooted from the earth, it is similarly as short-lived.