This is a beautiful movie that wound up really surprising me - the summary doesn't do it justice. I was half expecting a rom-com, and it definitely has some rom-com/comedy of error elements. There were several moments when I laughed out loud, because the students Ji-Ho has chosen to school in romance are both completely hopeless from the get-go. Her frustration with them is hilarious; I love the way she fusses at them in Korean so they can't understand what she's saying!
But this story is about much more than the romance between Kaede and Yusuke. A very large part of it is the friendship that slowly develops between Ji-Ho and Kaede as Ji-Ho manages to draw Kaede out of her shell, and between Ji-Ho and Yusuke, too, as she helps him try to overcome his own shyness. And part of it is Ji-Ho's own story - she's struggling to overcome tragedy in her own life, and helping Kaede and Yusuke is her way of trying to come to terms with her own pain.
Fair warning - by the end, I doubt you will have dry eyes. The movie that starts out as a rom-com becomes more of a tear-jerker - but in a good way, as I found the ending really touching. If you're a fan of romance and/or movies that focus on female friendship, but don't mind shedding some tears along the way, you'll probably enjoy this film very much.
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