Don't let the score fool you. This is a very watchable drama. It's consistently funny the entire run, something a lot of dramas can't pull off, and the female lead is soooooooooo feisty and go-getter. Those two things right there make this more than worth watching.

Not a lot really happens with all of the court politics and machinations for much of the drama, and I wouldn't put too much investment into that part of the story. It's mostly Yun Zhang suspecting Liu Xie of evil intent, and Liu Xie being shady but also making the audience question whether he's truly a villain or not. There's definitely plenty of fun moments and Liu Xie is infinitely intriguing, but it is a bit slow going at times. After about ep 29 (yes, pretty late in the story) is when things really start moving, and there's a lot of really interesting stuff that happens. I was honestly pleasantly surprised at how well they tied everything together. I would say this part of the drama has a very satisfying conclusion.

Probably the one thing you're going to hear the most complaints about is the lack of kisses in the romance. I don't know why the production team decided to go the route they did, why there weren't more kisses, why there were so many almost kisses, why the first kiss is her kissing the spot between his lips and his chin, but this is what they decided to go with. Am I happy about it? No. Does it ruin the drama? Also no. But it certainly doesn't benefit the drama. We at least needed a kiss fading to black on their second wedding night. (I mean, come on!) They do hug and link arms and hold hands quite frequently once they get together, and there's plenty of non-skinship related romance to be had between them as well, but I do still wish we had gotten one more true kiss. (I mean, come oooooooonnnn. Not even on the second wedding night???) Barring the lack of kisses, they are a fun couple to watch go from bickering to mild respect to open with their feelings for each other.

What really makes this drama work is the comedy and the female lead. First, it's incredibly funny. From the characters to the plot to the intentional irreverence, even the way they play with Chinese history. (This is not a historically accurate drama, lol.) I was constantly laughing at the hijinks everyone gets up to. Then there's Jinfeng. Love her. Love her, love her, love her. She shows up at the palace and makes the place her own, and it's very satisfying to watch. Without these two things, this drama probably would have suffered.

One Word Of Warning!!!!
This drama suffers from some bizarre, jarring cuts from ep. 20 to around ep. 26 that harm the overall flow of the story. Internet drama sleuths determined that the major cuts were to do with a subplot that didn't end up going anywhere, so the production team most likely decided to remove it. The problem is the episodes had already been uploaded to the internet when they made this decision, and making those cuts created confusion for other parts of the drama. They should have just left them in, and everyone could have side-eyed the dropped plot point and moved on. It might be worth rewatching some of those eps to help with clarity on the plot. The cuts took me out of the story enough, that I decided to rewatch about 5 or 6 episodes just to help me understand what was going on and give me time to get reinvested.

Overall though, I think this was a super fun drama, my third Chinese drama to ever finish. I would definitely recommend this to anyone looking for really good comedy that is consistent throughout the story, and a feisty, spunky female lead who makes everyone love her.

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I guess this would count as a 'healing' drama, a term I see all over Mydramalist these days. There are some traumatic experiences in our male lead's past as well as some sad things in the female lead's past, and the drama addresses each of them thoroughly, but the over-arching story and the way it unfolds on screen is very much one of hope and restoration through a cozy, warm-hearted lens, hence making 'healing' an apropos descriptor. It's not necessarily a new story, but the over-all charm of the characters and the setting make it a pleasant watch.

That being said, I was personally impressed with the drama's focus on forgiveness and redemption. This is not a typical topic in Korean dramas, namely because of an aspect of Korean culture called Saving Face, but Hometown handles the subject with thoughtfulness and fairness. It never openly mentions Saving Face, but it treats the male lead and difficult past with graciousness.

Of course, it's sad that after portraying such a beautiful story of hope and redemption, the actor playing the male lead has found himself in a very real scandal of his own, and for behavior far more egregious than his character's. We've been seeing a lot of serious scandals recently in the Korean entertainment industry, and each time, there's the same conversation. Should we dump the person, should we dump the media they were part of, should we forgive them, should we believe in their innocence? For my part, I hope Hometown's male lead actor and his ex-girlfriend can work through what happened in their relationship and apologize honestly for the things that went wrong and then move into the future healthier and making better choices. It's a sad situation but not one that cannot be redeemed.

As far as whether you should watch this drama or not after this scandal, that will ultimately be up to you. I don't think it is something that should stop you if you've been eyeing this drama since it started, but you also do not have to watch it if you just can't. There are so many drama's out there. If you are aware of the scandal and are more concerned with whether Hometown will suit your particular drama tastes, then here are my thoughts: If you like 'healing' drama's, then this is a good drama to watch. It has a warm and cozy feeling with charming characters and a beautiful story of redemption and restoration and hope for the future. And if you're looking for a drama that has that perfect, gooey, romantic ending, then is definitely the drama for you. There's some straight cheese in the finale that will be right up your alley, lol.

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Updated Review 2022:

I remember the first time I watched King2Hearts, some ten odd years ago. There's this really great scene in episode 1, possibly my favorite in the series, where the South Korean royal family watch as the Berlin wall in Germany comes down. It's a foundational moment for King2Hearts, as it sets the tone for the rest of the drama. This isn't just a romance. This is a story about a country, two countries, and what could be between them. This is ultimately why I appreciate this drama like I do. There are elements of the story that are clunky in their execution, there are things that are just downright bad, and while I enjoy the romance, it's not one of my favorites. But King2Hearts attempted to do something a lot of dramas don't. Give North Korea a voice and take a serious look at what it might be like if North and South Korea were ever to come together again. Obviously, this was done through the lens of a fictional monarchy and not much time is spent on exploring what life in North Korea really looks like, but it was an earnest attempt to reconcile these two countries, even if just in fiction.

Of course, I can't write a review for this drama without talking about the female lead, Hang Ah. At this point, you've probably seen a swath of people waxing poetic over her and for very good reason. Hang Ah has an incredibly well-crafted balance between the delicate and the fierce aspects of her personality. She dreams of finding love and enjoys dressing up and feeling girly, but she's also principled and supremely tough in the face of danger, and not once is either side compromised for the other. It may be annoying at this point for people to constantly talk about Hang Ah's consistency as a character, but this was such a rarity in Kdrama's of the time, that it stuck with most of us who watched King2Hearts.

It is fair to say that King2Hearts has it's share of very obvious flaws. First, there are the terrible with a capital T foreign actors. I wrote in my original three sentence review (which you can see below this updated review) that watching them was like being tortured and tickled at the same time, and I still agree with that. They are bad to the point of distraction, which is unfortunate as it mars a lot of what goes on in the main villain's storyline. But we will have to chalk up the terrible acting to the fact that there was likely no budget for Kdrama's of the time to hire foreign actors with some actual skill, so they used what they could find.

What can't be as easily forgiven is a villain who is sometimes successful at being terrifying but also sometimes successful at being nothing more than useless. He's very convincingly acted, although again, his character is often undermined by the terrible acting of the foreign actors around him. This could be overlooked, however, if his machinations more consistently successful or even frightening. Sadly for him, his plans are unsuccessful a few too many times, and they fail to consistently inspire fear in the audience thus making it harder for us to understand why we should be afraid of him at all. I will acquiesce that the villain improves upon a second viewing, but I still didn't walk away from the story feeling the level of fear I was clearly meant to. I mostly viewed the villain as pathetic.

Flaws aside, I think this is still an important drama. It's not polished like most Kdrama's coming out today. The drama team would have been limited by the resources that were available to them at the time. But watching with the Korean royal family as the Berlin wall fell made my heart swell with hope for North and South Korea, and I think that was the point. This wasn't going to be a hard-hitting, finely detailed approach to the issue of North/South Korean relations, but an attempt though the storytelling medium to say something of value about the two countries and to express a hope for tomorrow. A hope that one day, peace will reign. And for my part, I hope that will someday be the case.

Original Review:

The villain was pure nonsense, and watching the foreign actors was like being tortured and tickled at the same time. But the scene with the Korean royal family watching the Berlin wall come down in the first episode sold me. Couldn't put it down and was so sad when it was over.

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This was a really enjoyable watch. Destiny stays very light-hearted and fluffy and not particularly heavy or deep most of it's run. This works really well, because the story does each of these things really well without feeling like it lacks too much substance. But then the drama surprises you in the last few eps with some genuine depth and great plot development and a very good talent at making you feel all the feels. (And booooy did I feel all the feels.) The rules of the magic system are a little bendy at times (particularly in the latter half), changing when it suits whatever is currently happening, but it all ultimately serves the story in the right ways. I particularly love the twist that the one who is fated is able to change the fate in their book if they manage to get their hands on it, as it creates a very interesting dichotomy between the role of the gods of destiny (and who/whatever is behind them), and the people whose fates are being written.

My one quibble with this drama would be the ending. Chae Kyung has the opportunity to do just this thing, and she could have written in her book that she and Ho Yoon got to be together. There's no specified rule that says she Can't do this, especially if Ba Reum can decide he doesn't need a god of destiny anymore at all, and there's no story reason for why she Wouldn't do this. So why doesn't she do it? Why does she choose to have the same heartbreak repeated endlessly throughout her life ultimately causing her (and Ho Yoon) endless pain when she had the option to simply...not do that? Full stop, that's not romantic. That's self-mutilation. Personally, if I made it into the hall of fate, got to pick up my own book, Write In It, and no one stopped me? I'm writing my happy ending and looking up at the ceiling at the same time like 'This is your own fault for not locking the door.' Of course, I'm creative enough to make up my own head cannon, and I enjoyed the rest of this drama more than enough to not let the ending ruin it for me, so I'm choosing my own fate here an now and saying they end up together and happy and creating lots and lots of ridiculous (and ridiculously entertaining) soapy dramas till their end of their dying days.

The end.

While I could see this story being expanded to 16 episodes in order to flesh out the story and world and magic system more, I don't think that would have suited this drama. Maybe expanded the ten episodes to an hour each would have worked. But this was clearly intended to be something short and simple and genuinely pleasant to watch, and it succeeded. I definitely recommend it.

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I've always been somewhat mystified by the fact that Korea has sooooo many historical dramas set in loooooong-ago times but so few set in more recent era's, ie. from the early 1900's onward. I assume it's partially to do with how poorly Kdrama's not set in modern day or ancient history have done in the Kdrama market. They definitely don't seem to do very well. And in that regard, I guess I understand why so many people slept on this drama when it originally came out (myself included). The reviews for it now are mostly positive, but I don't remember anyone talking about this drama when it came out, and when they did it was usually to critique it. (I think it was 'too slow' for Kdrama watchers back then. This style of drama storytelling wasn't really a thing in the Kdrama landscape until more recently.)

Regardless though, of why this drama wasn't super popular when it came out, I can confidently say it Deserves to be popular now. The story is, first and foremost, about the lives of women, their loves and losses and struggles and triumphs, and it's very, very compelling. But the way the writers subtly weaved through the story an examination of the era it was set in, tackling some deep topics in sensitive and thoughtful ways, is superbly done as well. It's not a drama about the Korean democratic movement or marital affairs or school sanctioned abuse, but these elements are all integral to the story and help give a better picture of what life during 1970's Korea would have been like.

I think part of why this story works so well is because of the filming style and the storytelling choices. The camerawork is very soft and light and the pacing very gentle, which again, was not typical of Kdrama's at the time and probably another reason why this drama wasn't popular then. But I really love it, and I'm glad they chose to go this route despite it not being the norm at the time. It gives the story an almost slice-of-life feel even though I don't think you could classify this drama under that genre. Things happen and things change and people grow, but the story isn't afraid to take it's time.

I do want to give one word of warning to future viewers though. Early on in the drama, it appears like two characters might be having an affair but the drama doesn't say yay or nay about it for a long time, and the possibility really bothered me. Not because I have a problem with stories addressing the issue of cheating, but because I have an abhorrence of the act and drama's that don't make a clear statement about it upset me. So I'm going to tell you upfront, there is cheating in this drama. Fortunately, it is also properly addressed and the affair ended, so if you are like me, you don't have to worry on that front.

And now I have to mention the fashion, because it's great. I don't think it's 100% historically accurate to the era as the cuts of most of the pieces definitely veer on the modern side, but I think it strikes a nice balance between period accurate and modern interpretation. I also just really love it. I think most of the young female characters outfits outside of school are really cute and I was taking notes the whole time, lol.

I'm sad this drama wasn't more popular when it aired, but I also understand. With the dearth of historical Kdrama's of this type, the fact that the Kdrama landscape was in the stages of changing when this came out, and Kdrama's with this style of storytelling were a lot more atypical than they are now, it makes sense that this ended up being sidelined for so long. I think this drama probably would have done better in Kdramaland today as Kdrama viewers are more open to this sort of story, but alas, it did not happen that way, and we just have to accept that. For my part, I'm glad I watched this drama Now, because it left me feeling good, and that's really what I want from most drama's. To finish them with a smile on my face.

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I finished this drama out of a sense of obligation to the beautiful story the production team had made together more than anything else. While I wrote down many, many quotes in my journal that I found particularly moving and profound, I ultimately didn't connect with the story or the characters as deeply as I had hoped. I was particularly disappointed by the romance, namely how little there was of it in the second half. The way the male lead expresses his feelings for the female lead, initially only to himself out of respect for her marriage, then slowly more openly where she can see, until eventually, declaring his love and making it clear where he stand, I appreciated his delicate and respectful yet earnest and open approach. Their natural transition from friendship to romance was very true to life. But once they're together, the drama really pulls back from giving us more than the lightest hints of romantic interactions between them, and I just don't get why. Why not give us the romance we've been waiting for? Why not give us the romance you've been teasing us with?

Then there's the issue of her being a single mother. There was so much focus on this in the first half, how her husband left her high and dry and she's had a genuinely hard time of it, and you feel genuinely upset on her behalf. But part of me wonders what was the point of the writers focusing so much on this if they were only going to drop this plot point from the story almost completely in the second half. We go so long at one point without any mention of her daughter or her ex-husband that I forgot either existed. Once she starts working at the publishing company and the story begins to focus on her difficulties with being respected and taken seriously at work, she stops behaving like a mother altogether, and it begins to feel somewhat like child abandonment.

There are a number of positive things to say about this drama, of course. I am giving it a 9 overall, after all. First, I found the story and the treatment of it's topics thoughtful and retrospective. When it did address the difficulties of single parenthood, it did so with honesty and kindness. Similarly, it handles the struggles of being a woman re-entering the work-force after a long absence due to motherhood, etc. with a compassionate touch. I don't know that I agree with all of the messaging the drama presents around this topic, but I understood where the drama was coming from and can agree with it's ultimate message that just because you chose to take a step back from the working world to start a family, that doesn't mean you have nothing to offer when you come back.

Ultimately, I think my problem with this drama is simply that I expected something very different. This isn't quite the story I thought it was going to be going in, and that had an impact on my viewing experience. That's not the drama's fault. The writers told the story they wanted to tell, and it's not their responsibility to make that story appeal to absolutely every person who watches it. I was just hoping for something a little different, and it didn't quite meet my expectations. But I can say that I appreciate this drama for what it was hoping to achieve, and that it ultimately did achieve it. And that's really all that matters.

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The only thing that keeps this film from being 100% perfect in my eyes (well, minus an incident or two of perverted humor, which I always find pretty tasteless) is the lack of a romantically intimate moment at the end, ie. a kiss, a long embrace, the main couple walking off hand in hand, something. Of course, it doesn't actually matter that this doesn't happen. The movie works perfectly well on it's own without any of those things. I'm just an out and out sucker for rom-coms that end with an intimate, romantic moment of some kind, and this movie doesn't have that sort of ending.

Don't misunderstand. The leads do end up together, and it's really cute (and pretty hilarious) how it comes about, so don't read the above and think that this is some sort of flaw in the movie, because it's not. I just have specific expectations with my rom-coms, and this movie hit all of them expect this one.

Moving on from my ramblings though, lol. This movie is laugh-out-loud hilarious, features two leads with bang-on chemistry and great repartee, a fun and funny premise, very much a Korean teen rom-com classic. It will probably feel dated to some people as at this point, we've pretty much all seen a lot of what it has to offer already. But I personally think it's one of the best from it's time, and stands the test of time pretty dang well, so I would highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys these sorts of films and even those who maybe generally don't.

It's a fun time all around.

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'Your dream doesn't have to be your vocation.'

I would say this sentence sums up not only this special but the Pretty Proofreader series as a whole. When you first start it, it seems that this will be the story of a girl pursuing her dream and ultimately succeeding. And it absolutely is. She absolutely pursues her dream throughout the series, and she absolutely finds success in the special. But what this special reinforces for us, and what the series proves to be saying all along, is be open to possibility and change.

The original series has a clear and well-written ending that is satisfying and the creators easily could have left the story there, but this special feels somewhat like a True ending to Pretty Proofreader. We get to see our female lead achieve her dream of becoming an editor for her favorite magazine and be successful at it before realizing...she's just too passionate and good at proofreading to give it up forever.

While I certainly would have been happy to see her thriving as an editor for Lassy, because the writers most definitely could have taken the show in that direction and it would have worked, I have to admit that a part of me wanted her back with the rest of the proofreaders as it just feels like that's where she belongs.

And potential viewers of this drama and drama special, I'm happy to say...

She's back on the proofreading team!

It's a slightly different role from the one she had before, instead of proofreading books, she's now proofreading Lassy itself, but it's the same little office space with the same crew, and it just leaves this wonderfully full, happy feeling in your heart to see them all back together.

This is a ten star drama and a ten star special for me.

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I actually wrote a review for this drama ages ago that has since mysteriously disappeared (not sure what happened to it?), so here it is again.

This is a fun, heartwarming, and informative drama. I say informative, because little facts and bits of knowledge about Kyoto and famous sites there are sprinkled throughout. I quite like this as it adds to the travel aspect of the story in a way that is natural and interesting. The characters are all quite charming and fun to watch as they interact with each other on screen. I enjoyed watching them band together to plan trips and support each other during difficult situations. The female lead is fantastic, but Watanabe is an actress who could make any character likable, so no surprise there. The male lead is handsome and likable but can also be a bit too 'woah is me, I don't know how to do anything, I need someone to fix it for me.' You really want him to pull himself up by his bootstraps and work some stuff out.

The lack of what felt like a very real, potential romance is what drove me up the wall though, and I won't lie and say that that didn't have an affect on my rating. If a romance is hinted at or promised in the story between characters I would like to see together, it makes me pretty mad when nothing comes of it, even if it's a realistic and well-written plot decision. Even if the hinting is so light as to not be worth paying any attention to. Romance is definitely the number 1 reason I watch Asian dramas, so if you fail me on that....it's gonna have a negative impact on the rest of the drama for me, even if it's not deserved.

I'm downgrading this drama some mainly because while I liked the story, it didn't necessarily grip me every episode, and I was ultimately really disappointed by the lack of romance between the leads. Perhaps that is unfair, and if lack of romance isn't an issue for you, then by all means ignore this portion of my review. But it's a big deal for me, and I can't write a review without taking it into account. It was a nice story, but it didn't deliver on quite everything I hoped it would.

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I've become very, very picky about my dramas in recent years. I know exactly what I like and exactly what I don't, and I simply cannot tolerate stories that don't suit my tastes anymore. Compare this to me from when I first got into dramas, or from just 3-4 years ago, the me who wanted to watch literally every drama ever made and couldn't drop a drama because of the intense guilt it made her feel. I would watch dramas I didn't even like. I would watch dramas that made me Miserable. I wanted to consume everything, and I felt like a failure when I couldn't.

I've come a long way since then.

And I can say today with certainty, that this drama ticks each and every one of my drama requirement boxes.

Conflict that feels real and relatable and like it serves a purpose in the overall story? Check!
Characters that I can love deeply or love to hate deeply? Check!
Something in the premise that is deeply personal to me and relates to my own life in some way? Check!
Really, bloody good romance? Check, check!

The main conflict is, obviously, the break down of the leads marriage. I was very pleased to see the writers make things fair and even. Instead of the breakdown of their marriage being all one person's fault, it's a series of, mostly unintentional, things on both sides that built up over time. Neither character is really at fault or really a bad guy. They just became caught up in their own little worlds and forgot how to communicate with each other, and things began to fall apart from there.

There's a heavy focus on the relationship between our female lead and her mother, something that becomes one of the driving forces behind the entire story, and deservedly so. Their relationship is the foundation on which the female leads life is ultimately built, and it's through her second chance at spending time with her mother that a lot of the healing for her in the future comes out of.

With the exception of one character, there's no one you ever come to hate, or even dislike, in the story. Every character is someone you want to see happy and successful in life. And the person you hate is very much a love to hate character, and it brings you immense joy to see them knocked down several pegs.

And finally (with one caveat) I would say the finale is literal perfection. Everything plays out exactly as it should with every character getting the ending they deserve. (Except for two characters who's future's we don't get to see and it would have been nice to know what happened to them, but it's a flaw I can forgive since everything else about the finale is so well done.) I honestly can't remember if I've seen another drama with an ending so perfectly executed.

I would definitely recommend this to anyone who likes their stories more on the realistic and relatable side, as it is both of these things. This is a satisfying watch.

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This drama...

...is heavy.

Imagine Misaeng (Incomplete Life) but more depressing and hopeless. Kind of like getting sucked into a black hole and not dying.

And now that I've made you feel terrible about life, let me explain to you why you should watch this drama for Exactly this reason.

You're going to become attached to these characters. Dong Hoon and Ji An's lives are heartrendingly bleak and miserable and unfair, and the drama does not shy away from this fact. Instead, this is the driving force behind everything that happens in the story.

You're gonna hope anxiously that they will get some sort of relief, respite, redemption, restoration, justice. (I wish I could think of a word starting with r that means the same thing as justice.)

And you're going to find yourself frequently disappointed. Sometimes outraged.

What I'm saying is you're gonna feel bad while watching this drama, but you're gonna like it, so you might as well go ahead and watch it already.

So just go ahead and watch it already.

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If you've ever seen the Thai movie, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, and you enjoyed it, you will absolutely enjoy this movie. (If you haven't seen Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Get On That!!!) Crazy Little Thing Called Love had a bit of an indie film feel to me, which Our Times doesn't, and both movies are slightly different in theme (although mostly due to having male leads with very different personalities), but the feelings they manage to express are very much universal and keenly felt in both stories. They manage to capture much of what it's like to be young and insecure and confused and hopeful and in love.

This isn't a joint review of Crazy Little Thing and Our Times though, so let me talk about what you're actually here for.

Our Times is a ten-star movie.  Wonderful acting, wonderful story-telling, wonderful heart, wonderful soul, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. (Not to mention Wang Darren is very good looking and cheeky and has a smirk for days, and I now want to watch as many of his movies and TV shows and bath soap commercials as I can. Hell, sell me dishtowels! I use paper plates almost exclusively, but by golly, if he sells it to me, I will find a use for it!)

I don't really know what else to say other than this movie just ticked all my boxes.

I do have to bring back the joint review for just a second though to say that while I didn't like the teen actors in Crazy Little Thing playing their characters as adults at all and felt like it took me out of the movie at a crucial moment, I strangely had the entirely opposite feeling with Our Times. I found myself alternating between wishing that the actors who played the leads as teens had played them as adults as well or wishing they had resolved the story while they were still teens and never shown them all grown up. I was just so Attached to their teen selves, their personalities, their mannerisms, their facial expressions. They were so affecting in their performances that I felt like I was being dragged out of the story while watching the adults. The adults were also on screen for so little that it almost seemed pointless for them to even be there. I'm not saying this makes it bad a movie, or it will keep you from enjoying it. I think most people probably wouldn't have any issues with it. I'm just saying I was way too invested in these teens to want to be away from them, and this is why I've given the story a 9.0 instead of a ten.

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I'm having a hard time writing up a review for this drama. I certainly did not hate it. It has much to commend itself. But the romance was so incredibly slow, and I found that to be a very draining viewing experience. I wanted them together so bad, and the writers were just like 'Yeah. Maybe later.'

Of course, some drama lovers really enjoy the sit and wait style of romance, and if that's your thing, then this drama is for you. I just couldn't figure out why these two people who clearly were in it deep for each other couldn't learn to use their words and Say so.

Luckily, where the romance sort of left me hanging, the rest of the drama was quite enjoyable. I loved the whole office battle plot line and the heavy focus on friendship and what it actually means to be a friend. I definitely consider that part of the drama's plot to be one of its major strengths.

And while I found the female lead at times infuriating, I didn't hate her. I just wanted to prod her with a stick sometimes, lol. I quite liked the male lead and his tenacious go get it attitude about basically everything. Except when it came to romance, and then I wanted to be like 'Look. The drama's not giving me a clear justification for your behavior here, so how bout you help a sister out and tell me Why you aren't making a move on this girl already? Please and thanks I love you bye.'

So like I said, if you enjoy the sit and wait style of romance story, you will like this drama. If you like your romance to move a little faster than a snail, you might find this drama a little frustrating at times to watch.

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I did not read the manga this drama is based on (I didn't know there was a manga until I read other people's reviews), so I can't tell you how good or bad of an adaptation it is. But as a viewer who has not read the manga and was experiencing the story for the first time, I thought this drama was superb, very heartwarming and sweet. (I also loved that there was a Lolita character, as I also wear Lolita.)

If you read and loved the manga, you will probably agree with the other reviewers. If you have not read the manga, then I suggest giving this drama a chance. I think you'll find yourself liking it.

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