It’s crazy how people ship Sae Ro Yi with Oh Soo Ah.I understand that it was his childhood crush and that he liked her for 10 years (just because of some high school memories, made absolutly no sense to me), but there’s a reason for why nothing happened in 10 years. If they really liked each other they would’ve made it happened. First of all, accepting the job at the company was a huge betrayal, and working for someone who made Sae Ro Yi’s life a living hell is disgusting, even though she admitted that it hurt her. She had good grades, opportunities but she chose the easy way out. I found it weird that she rarely visited Sae Ro when he was in prison and that they didn’t keep in touch with each other for 7 years, She could’ve helped him save money for the pub and contributed and supported to help him achieve his dream. But she did nothing. Only watched, never gave anything and accepted things from him. She had a lot of power and could’ve made Geun won confess and THE WORST PART she should’ve submitted the evidence she collected from the beginning instead of waiting 10 years. She was just selfish and cowardly and did not deserve to be with the male lead. She was like “Poor me, save me” I hate character that only complain, and do not take matter into their own hands.

Let’s talk about Jo Yi Seo. I didn’t like how she was obsessed and selfish with him, and every choice and action were for Sae Ro Yi. For example: She started to do business for him and gave up on college, took advantage of Geun Soo, worked for only him. Where are her personal dreams? It was too much. She was too depended on him and rarely had a life on her own. I hated how she kept pushing her love for him when he told her not to. She had been forcing her love on him for years. It was weird, annoying, and childishly whiny. She didn’t respect his choice, and got mad at him when he was with Jo Yi So. She has no right to make him feel bad. Its more than enough to confess your feeling once, and then you must keep it for yourself since it’s your problem. You don’t have to flirt with him. tell him that you love him and make it awkward when he just wants to be friends. This tells me that she has no respect. Her “I don’t take a no for an answer” mentality was bad. I liked how brave, independent, and smart she was. But her IDGF attitude was rude, and nothing can justify that she had no compassion and only cared about herself (except for Jo Yi Seo) , (the only reason why she « changed » with the others is because Saeroyi told her to change)
But a good person isn’t only good to a specific number of people, but to people around them without an ulterior motive. She was a bad friend to Geun Soo from the beginning, I felt bad for him.

From the very beginning, I knew Sae Ro Yi was going to end up with Jo Yi Seo. Not because she is the first female lead, but because of the depth in their conversations, how they support each other and how he looked at her. The show had many great moments between these two, but when she got that voice recording for him, i can’t describe the feeling. The other girl Soo-ah never tried. Never did anything for him and he wasted time liking her.
I also liked the scene where Seo Ro Yi opened the safe and went through what Yi Seo wrote and realised his feeling for her. It was emotional and cute that he realized that she been there all along, how he wouldn’t be where he is today without her and how much she helped him. But I wish their romance was a slower process and that Ro Yi` sudden focus on romance was slower too. And that Yi Seo developed herself more before their relationship started. For starters I wish she realized that forcing your love on someone isn’t going to make them yours, and that you should respect when people don’t reciprocal your feelings.

Other things that bothered me: the transgender was female, I was really confused since I thought she was a female from the beginning. Levi and the grandma’s story were unrealistic. What’s the chance for them to have a connection? And her living in the neighbourhood and at the same time be filthy rich. Weird, just weird. I also felt like the other characters didn’t contribute much to the business and that it wouldn’t make a huge difference without them.

I hated how the CEO got sick in the end and was going to die. It was a cliché twist to move the plot forward. I really wanted him to suffer, he doesn’t deserve to die after 6 months. I wasn’t a huge fan of the kidnapping; the villains were lame, and the issue could’ve been resolved if they called the police from the start. Sae Ro Yi lost every sense and jumped at it without a plan or a weapon. And when they ran from the gangsters, he suddenly confessed to DaMi. That was so stupid and made no sense. Not romantic since i couldn’t enjoy the scene, i was focused on the gangsters. Poor writing. It was like they tried to squeeze everything in one scene. Another example of poor writing was how he had a long conversation with the chairman when she was captured? I was like, hurry the fuck up. It’s not like you have all the time in the world. But I liked that he kneeled at the end. He finally understood that revenge and pride isn’t everything. He regretted devoting and wasting his life to follow the footsteps of someone who wasn’t worth it. It was a powerful scene. He was the one who kneeled, yet he held all the power. He was composed and crushed the CEO with his words. Even though you don’t agree with me about the character development. It still wasn’t out of character because a life was at stake and that can’t get compared to the beginning when it was only education and a job.

This drama is so charming because the protagonists do not come from some filthy rich background. Instead they work their butts off for success despite the obstacles. (Not to mention it questions what is “success”) It also shows that success is made with the trust among people. I found myself cringing when the drama forced itself to be unique/original and the whole Itaewon, foreigners’ concept was a bit cringey. But it was a fun watch with interesting/different character (Some needed more development, since I felt like they were statues) It was predictable at times, repetitive and boring. Especially the last episodes, they felt out of place. The OST fit the scenes, and I really liked the piano melody/music. There were some scenes that made me squeal of joy, and some scenes that me emotional. The feels hit me hard. I felt anger towards the people who made his life a living hell. I really loved Sa Ro Yi and he felt like a real human being. His traits, habits and reactions felt real. I hope he’s happy and finds true happiness. (I know he isn’t real)

Overall, I enjoyed following the journey of the main character and I was excited for the next episode. I watched the whole thing without regret and that itself is a good thing.