This series is all I ever wanted from Kdrama. A romance without excessive fluff or cliché that can still tell a heartfelt and emotionally resonant story. The series is short, but I think that may be for the better. Excellent writing and acting ensures we get to know the main characters enough to care about them, and manages to maintain a pacing that is not rushed and not dragged out.

This is a romance at its purest. Stripped of love triangles and ex-girlfriends and endless frustrating setbacks. And, while it isn't entirely exempt from the occasional misunderstanding, you can rest assured that a drama with six 30 minute episodes isn't going to waste any time.

Many dramas involving life and death or characters who have lived longer than they should seem to freeze their character's mental development at the time they died, but the female lead here does seem to have learned from death. She frequently offers insights in the form of beautiful metaphor, which is just one of the many unique dimensions to her character. The other characters, while receiving significantly less screen time than a typical show's, are still fleshed out to the same level and provide a well thought out background for a captivating main story.

I highly recommend this series, especially to those who want a break from the tropes in pursuit of a more true and simple love story which conveys with nuance and poetry the magic of a first love.