I’ll be honest, this drama is not for everyone. We follow the lives of 4 friends who take us through the ups and downs of being a young adult nowadays. We see them struggle again and again against the pressure of their parents, society and themselves, we see them battle with their traumas and fears, trying to figure out what they want and how to balance life and career which is something our generation often thinks it overlaps but with these girls we see how important is to set boundaries and to remember this is our first time living, even if you’re 22 or 89 this is our first life and we’re all kind of swinging and seeing how it goes.
One of the great things is how the story is told, we kind of see a lot scenes twice from different perspectives and that really helps the viewer to understand the four girls a lot better and is something to also remember in real life how the way people react is most likely related to what’s happening in their life and has nothing to do with us. One of the characters struggles with her own sexual orientation which I think is worth noting because is not very common to see a queer character in kdramas being portrayed as complex human being with more to her that just being gay or being a joke if we even get too see one and one of her greatest lines was “why should one make excuses for who you are.” Nevertheless all the girls were complex characters and each one of their stories even when different connected very well.
I feel like if you’re in your 20s (like me) you’ll feel really related with this drama to the point of feeling a little exposed.
I do feel, even when the drama is only 8 episodes long, the story was kind of slow and it doesn’t have any of the normal plot devices and tropes in kdramas we might be used to which is not a bad thing but I think is worth knowing before watching.