beautiful, sad and emotionally deep

I don't really know where to start. Just finished Youth of May and I'm left breathless. I started it 3 days ago, because I had some free time and wanted to watch something. And here I am, having spent all night watching second half of the series, aka 6 episodes in a row. I really didn't expect to fall in love with this drama so much, but it's going straight to the top of my favorites list. Inspired and deeply touched by this drama I decided to write my first ever review. Sorry, I don't really know what I'm doing, so this is more of my rant and emotions rather than a good review.

Youth of May first started as a typical Kdrama with the popular cliches such as rich man/poor woman, mean parent, female lead striking to overcome all obsticles and star-crossed lovers type of story. I'm all into that, that's the type of drama I like best. Not to mention interesting historical setting which I knew absolutely nothing about until I saw Youth Of May. Also, talented actors, writters and producers. Totally my cup of tea! But then as the story progressed, I really though it will be one of those dramas where lovers get together quite quickly and have to overcome lots of obstacles just to be together in the end. And most of us now know how it turned out for our beautiful couple.

The love story itself isn't something completely unique but what makes it so is the historical setting this story has. Never before did I know about this kind of democratical struggles in South Korea. It deeply touched me. Country's own army going against innocent civils, young students... One of the most memorable moments in ToM for me was when Myung Soo and Jung Tae came back to their camp and said that North Korea has invaded (even though it was South Korean army that they saw)... Another thing that I'm similar age to those in this drama & also a student myself and that helped me relate to the students we saw in the drama, their fights and this time of their life. The stories which show people of my age group struggling, fighting, etc. really affect me the most since I can relate to the characters more.

Another thing what makes this drama unique is the depth of emotions that the actors portrayed so well. Everything felt so genuine, as if the actors were truly those characters that they were portraying. Especially Hee Tae's actor Lee Do Hyun. He's brilliant! When he cried I could feel all of his emotions and usually I'm not very emotional person (so far only 4-5 dramas have made me cry). But this drama's ending and Hee Tae got me bawling my eyes out, I just could stop crying (and I knew the way it'll end because of spoilers I had accidentally seen!). What a beautiful story with such a tragic ending.

Lastly, I want to note how beautiful were some of the relationships in the drama. Not only the main couple, but I really loved the relationship between Myung Hee and cute little bear Myung Soo, Myung Soo and his dad, the development of relationship between Hee Tae and Jung Tae, Jung Tae and Myung Soo. It was so beautiful to watch them interact and care for each other.

Youth of May really will forever live in my heart and make me nostalgic every May.

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