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It doesn't make any sense, especially if he was already engaged to someone.
I don't think a kiss is the main element of a romance, but it certainly helps establish a couple as being truly in love.
I also find it somewhat prejudiced to assume that a nerdy man would automatically have no kissing skills.
But let's see what happens in the upcoming episodes. I hope the sweet and heartwarming scenes can outweigh these underwhelming kisses.

Jae Wook has always delivered excellent kissing scenes, but in this drama, both kisses were so underwhelming. I mean, this is a rom-com, and the kiss is part of the premise of the characters' romantic feelings. It's hard to believe in a couple's love when they kiss with so little passion.
The director is falling short in this regard, because I know that the intensity of a scene is largely determined by the director's vision and instructions.
The secondary couple actually seemed much more smitten and excited about each other.
You can't have characters at the beginning of a romance kissing like a couple that's been married for 50 years.

All I want to do in this episode is hug Hari and tell her that everything will be okay, that she won't be alone. But I can't say that, because in the end, she's all alone.
I don't know what it must feel like to be left alone in this world. I truly don't know. My heart aches for her.

Poor thing! This is so realistic. He's experiencing the same cycle of rejection and blame all over again.

Hari's actions reflect the reality of many family members of terminally ill patients. Most of them desperately search for a way to save their loved one, and in doing so, end up missing precious moments they could have spent with them.
Perhaps Hari's only mistake was blaming Do Ju Ui. In reality, he was the person with the least ability to interfere with the patient's decision, whether as her grandmother's doctor or as Hari's boyfriend.

Wow! This episode was so beautiful and heartbreaking. I'm still trying to process everything and all the feelings it brought up... My heart aches.

For me, Do Ju Ui's return to the island in Episode 6, after that masterful move of presenting his requests before the council, was pure main-character energy.
And he gave the greatest proof of his love for Hari by doing that. He chose to return to work on the island, a place connected to some of his worst memories, his pain, anxiety, and panic. He did all of that for love.
It was the peak of the romance.
It was beautiful to watch his eyes searching for hers, longing to find once again the smiling girl he had left behind just a few days earlier. It was beautiful.
I'm loving this story. No matter what pain lies ahead, he loves her deeply and will take care of Hari. ❤️

I feel like people are overthinking how quickly Ju Ui and Hari fell for each other. Sometimes feelings just happen. A single conversation, a look, or a moment can completely change the way you see someone.
People have been falling head over heels at first sight for centuries. Shakespeare built entire tragedies around that idea.
To me, Ju Ui and Hari are exactly that kind of couple. They weren't interested in overanalyzing everything. They felt something real and decided to follow their hearts.

It was undeniably bold and incredibly sexy, yet it never felt vulgar. I loved how she rose to his challenge and responded with the same confidence and intensity. In the end, actions reveal far more than words ever could.

He is an original character created for the webtoon, so I believe he has his own narrative arc. That said, adaptations with only 12 episodes often don't have enough time to fully develop every major character. Even so, I’m confident that his character will receive more focus and development in the second half of the drama.

I’m truly captivated by the way this drama portrays the blossoming romance between the main characters. I love how honest they are about their feelings and how openly they show their care and concern for one another.
I also appreciate how the barriers between them are broken down without unnecessary complications, and how they choose to trust each other and the feelings they share.
From the bottom of my heart, I hope this never changes in their relationship. And even if the greatest storms in the world come to tear them apart, I hope they will remember what they know about each other and, above all, what they truly feel.
A special mention as well:
Lee Jae-wook was absolutely outstanding in portraying the anguish of loss and grief. The pain in his performance felt so real and heartbreaking. I'm incredibly curious to discover just how tragic that loss was and what truly happened in the past.

After Alchemy of Souls, Lee Jae-wook starred in four dramas.
Dear Hongrang and Death's Game were both very well received and highly praised, especially by critics. His cameo in Death's Game was considered one of the strongest and most impactful performances in the series. Dear Hongrang is also a beautifully crafted historical drama.
As for The Impossible Heir and Last Summer, they were not as well received, but Jae-wook's acting remained consistently strong and maintained the quality he has always delivered.
Every actor and actress will experience both successes and failures throughout their career. That's simply part of being an artist. The talented ones will continue working and giving their best.
It's exhausting to see people repeatedly demanding that Jae-wook only participate in exceptional productions. He's only 28 years old and has just over eight years of experience in the industry. His filmography is fantastic for someone so young.
It's time to stop attaching this absurd label to an actor who is genuinely very good at what he does.

Hong Mingi's fans seem like jealous children who don't know how to appreciate and support their favorite actor's career choices. He's a rising actor, and a role like the second male lead is an excellent opportunity to showcase his talent. His fans need to stop being so prideful and quit acting as if he's a veteran actor who has been unfairly treated. One step at a time, and he'll get there

Don't worry. He is widely loved. And believe me, he is loved for much more than his physical appearance (yes, he is handsome). However, what truly matters and earns the audience's lasting admiration is not beauty, but talent, the technical ability to embody a character, convey emotions, and leave a lasting impression on those who watch him. That's what people appreciate most about him.
If the only compliment you can give your favorites is that they're good-looking, that's hardly a compliment at all.

I reported it as well. I hope others do the same and that the comment gets removed. It’s really sad, and it doesn’t provide any information about the elements that actually need to be evaluated.

I will miss the Peanut House and its unique, cozy design.
I will miss Subak, the spoiled little “child” of our beloved main couple.
I will miss the wooden partition, which suffered through the couple’s antics but later became a beautiful headboard.
I will miss Doha — his stubborn, passionate, creative way of being, and how he loved fixing broken things…
I will miss Ha Gyeong — the feisty, pouty girl who seemed tough on the outside but, once you broke through her walls, was soft and affectionate on the inside.
I will miss the second couple, and how they filled a part of the story while showing us personal growth…
I will miss Patan — the beautiful village, the residents…

Thank you, Last Summer.
In all your imperfections, you were perfect to me.

At no point did I say that the female character is some kind of clever peculiarity created by the writer. I simply said that the author intended to write her this way. Just like authors create villains, heroes, or psychopaths. Ha Gyeong is like that — strange, like a six-finger glove. I’m not saying people need to like her or appreciate her personality.

Your interpretation of Do Ha is very surface-level. You’re forgetting that he has known her for 17 years, and that he discovered her true feelings through the letter on the tree. He never said he would fight for her forever. He set a clear limit to his efforts.
He has until August 31st. Until the end of summer.

That’s not obsession — it’s determination, and the desire to live something he knows is possible, because the love is there.

Maybe you prefer men who are proud, who think that fighting for a woman or admitting their feelings is humiliating. Maybe Do Ha’s kind of love isn’t well-received nowadays, when relationships are more “liquid” and fragile.

Do Ha was never aggressive with the lawyer or with Ha Gyeong when he found out about the supposed relationship. He simply dismissed the lawyer’s services, explained that when it comes to her he doesn’t act maturely, and that he wouldn’t play fair. He made it clear he wasn’t ready to give up yet.

I respect your frustration with the story, but I also notice that people’s standards for this romance are extremely high.

I can actually prove that the screenwriter is fully aware of everything. He communicates all the issues we criticize through the characters themselves.

For example: he intentionally created Ha Gyeong to be strange and awkward (the six-finger glove), and yes, she is stubborn and a bit childish, and she hasn’t changed much over the years (the other characters point this out all the time). But we eventually discover that this is just a self-protective façade. She does feel things — deeply — and she genuinely loves the community she lives in.

The writer also knew Doha would be labeled as “obsessive.” In episode 8, Ha Gyeong even calls him that. He defends himself with sarcasm. And in the end, we learn it’s not obsession at all — he simply knows that Ha Gyeong’s true feelings are different from what she shows on the surface, and that he has to keep trying. Giving up would only prove her right — that everyone leaves her eventually.

The screenwriter knew there would be criticism regarding the lawyer’s ethics. The topic is addressed in the story, and the professional relationship is broken…

It’s all there.
The writer is fully aware.
And he chose to take that risk — crafting a story where the timeline isn’t linear, where explanations are revealed slowly, and where the characters are deeply flawed.

There are so many metaphors throughout this series.
Then I looked up the legend of the Summer Triangle. Someone mentioned it down there, so I went to research it. It’s incredible how every element was intentionally placed in the story.
Even the children of the Weaver Girl and the Cowherd are represented by the tree and the little dog. It’s amazing.

** Do Ha is the Cowherd.
Ha Gyeong is the Weaver Girl.
Do Young is Deneb.
(Jongma and Subak are Do Ha and Ha Gyeong’s children.)

I’m not sure in which episode Do Young talks about this, but I remember they were looking at the stars.

The screenwriter of this series was very optimistic in believing that most viewers would have the patience to piece together the puzzle he created with Doha and Ha Gyeong’s relationship.
He added countless mystical elements (Pandora’s box, the legend of the constellations, mythology, behavioral psychology…). There are many subtle nuances that the audience accustomed to typical romantic comedies is not used to seeing. This type of viewer will not understand the poetry behind it, and they certainly won’t stop to research the topics mentioned.

For the general audience, all of this will go unnoticed, and they’ll think it’s just unnecessary dialogue. They’ll keep asking, “When is the romance going to start? When will they kiss? When will she get over that annoying trauma?” and so on.
Last Summer was incredibly bold and, unfortunately, will be misunderstood by those who stay on the surface of the story and believe that any trauma or pain can be healed with a simple blink of an eye or the arrival of a new day.

This story is for people who appreciate works like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind...