Ends with a good life-lesson!

It wasn't a puppy-love teen movie with a happy-ending. It was very realistic and ends with a good life lesson. Something you may expect in web dramas. I liked the concept. And it wasn't cringeworthy.
The cinematography wasn't that great and the acting is just so so. Not so bad but not that great either. But those who watches web series regularly won't bother.
I'm really glad that I watched something like this because of my love for Liu Yuning and Modern brothers. Teen dramas these days are filled with puppy and unrealistic love-stories that you may never encounter in real life. But this one tells you, life is not a fairy-tale. And it has it's adult element in lighter tone.
Overall, it's worth watching.

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This movie is all about Ikuta Toma's incredible acting

This movie is all about Ikuta Toma's incredible acting. He even manage to portray such a controversial character and make it somehow worth it!

There are lots of unnecessary scenes with the teens which were somewhat overboard. But the main lead actor, Ikuta toma, nailed it. There were things in between lines. Like Mr. Ito's facial expression. In one time, he was lying but there was deep sadness in his face. Also, he did something which he normally won't do. As for relationship, he maintains a wall where suitors never got a space to enter yet that wall never really existed for Shimada! It was his acting that make it all sense. Even the guy friend of Shimada sensed that the love was mutual in their case. Here, Mr. Ito was workaholic, non-sociable and had some sort of complex in terms of relationship. But his heart melted by Shimada's innocence and he was grateful towards her, also apologetic for not being able to accept her or hurting her. That's why, that controversial relationship never felt wrong! And I'm not exaggerating anything. Mr Ito expressed everything in this tiny movie with his so little screen time and few dialogues! But the rest is pretty much like other teen movies.

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A drama about finding yourself and becoming a true human!

This series is different from other dramas I've seen and it is particularly great.

The main focus wasn't romance. They touched it very gently and realistically in a classical novel way. I like it. It felt real and heart-warming.

The main focus was hanging on to your dream, fighting your insecurities, finding yourself and the hardship that lies within. Also the harsh side of entertainment industry. It was an emotional roller-coaster. I cried a lot. I especially want to praise actor Jo Bok Rae. He is a true scene-stealer. Hats off.

There was a lots of fun too. All those bromance, not only between the band members but also with Ji Sung, everything was very entertaining. It was really a stand out drama for those who are not interested in rom-com full of puppy romances.

But Ji Sung's love for Hyeri, his agony, struggles, his backing off, his shutting himself off, getting wet in heavy rain, everything really made my heart ached a lot. He even portrayed very realistically how all these agony making him tired. But they didn't drag it too much. They just lightly touched them mainly with Ji Sung's expression. Which is even better. And it's a happy ending.

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