I'm new to kdrama and this is actually my first time writing a review, honestly the acting is really good I felt like I've grown into these characters and their personality and the story is honestly an 8 for me it's very good the only thing that's kind off a bummer is that the pacing is quite slow and sometimes I get annoyed that when Dae Hyun is about to say something I immediately think that maybe this is it and 5 seconds later I'll just do a face palm. It's like a shounen anime it's not for everybody because the pacing is slow, but it's extremely satisfying when it gets to a certain arc, but in Backstreet rookie for me the slow pace didn't really match with the climax like i didn't like the way at the end they didn't show saet byul and dae hyun kissing but that's just me lmao, but honestly I still enjoyed it. And there are times that cgi is cringy and makes me curl up out of cringe but as the show progress it disappeared (thank god). Backstreet rookie's random story (like an individual character scene) is kind of a double eged sword. Sometimes I scratch my head thinking why did they even put that scene what's the point? But the good thing about it is it made the characters have more life, as if they were really real. I just wish shone more light on jang mi, eun byul, kang jiwook, etc. Overall I'd give this a 8.5/10 I loved it, I also love the fourth wall breaks the way that Dal sik created a comic about the whole series and at the end it shows the crew and everything. This drama made me smile and laugh soo yess In short I loved it :))