One hell of an emotional ride. I have absolutely no idea where I can start describing a drama as beautiful as this. Something that I started quite on impulse and didn’t even think that I’d be able to finish but, in the end, I did and to add to that, cried many tears.

It’s the first time that I’ve been this moved by the love of the main leads of a drama. I’m not even close to exaggerating when I say that I could actually feel their affection for each other through the screen. When one of them is going through pain, the other is too. The sort of love that’s too pure to be true. And in the end the viewers end up being a complete and utter mess.

To be quite honest I’m very picky with dramas, MARS had many of the elements that I generally hate watching such as love triangles, where the other characters try to snatch the leads from each other, old quality video, messed up family problems etc. but despite all of it, I couldn’t stop watching mainly because I got too attached to the leads, their tragic pasts, and my hope for them to get a happy ending.

Some of the things that I really appreciated was:

1) The leads although they seem like your typical bad boy and good girl from the summary, they’re not. Our popular playboy Ling here is the emotional and sensitive one, and not to mention he was a very complex character. And the reserved girl Qi Luo is actually a strong and independent woman with many of the time her being the one to hold up Ling. Props to the actors who didn’t even make it look like even a second was just acting

2) Except for just one or two characters (will not mention since I don’t want to spoil anything) every negative character was portrayed in a very human light and even showed their willingness to change to become better people

3) It shows some of the really dark aspects of our society such as suicide, rape and how people are affected by it

4) Heart breaking sound track. Even after a long time if I still hear it again I’d probably be a freakin mess

5) Lastly as I’ve mentioned before the way the leads truly loved each other and how they cared more about the other than themselves. Its just rare for me to feel this way about a couple in any drama or movie. Sure, I will agree there were moments in the show where I’ve felt they were absolute fools, but I don’t think I would cherish these two characters this much if they weren't.

This one is gonna be up there in my list of favorite dramas even if though I don’t think I’m never going to rewatch this for the toll it gave on my emotions. Anyway If your deciding on whether to watch this based on my review just know that it does have a very happy ending ;)