While I enjoy a slow burn, I'd like the ending to be worth the wait. Some reviewers are saying there were too many episodes without character growth, and I agree. Then we get Jin Yu's ex boyfriend returning to throw a wrench in things, and when the two main characters get together, the love scene and ending aren't enough to quench this viewers thirst after the long wait. Adding to that, I watched it on Viki, and they tack the special onto the end as ep. 13. So, after watching the whole thing and being slightly disappointed, I was treated to the special, which was full of Jin Yu and his ex.
Jin Yu took too long to get his head together, and it felt contrived in order to keep the viewer in the dark about what was really going on.