This drama is amazing. Period. It has a beautiful cinematography and soundtrack, excellent acting and a heartbreaking and interested plot to keep you hooked. This drama started as a funny and cute historical romance between the characters but as the story progress everything and EVERYONE gets darker. And it’s actually amazing to see how some of the characters gradually start changing due to the corruption and for the wanting of power. I gotta be honest, after 5 episodes I started noticing the path this drama was going for and after that I legitimately CRIED every damn episode.
I stopped at episode 16 because I just couldn’t take it anymore, I’m emotionally weak so every episode was mentally tiring for me lol.
Episode 16 left me ugly BAWLING (red eyes, the hiccups, loud noises and ugly snot, the whole package); I have only cried that hard for fictional characters two times before: with the Hachiko movie and the japanese drama “One Liter of Tears”. So yes, I was a mess and I felt genuinely depressed for the characters (even to this day I get upset whenever I think about it).
I don’t wanna discourage anyone to watch this drama (on the contrary, its one of the fews that has actually touched my feelings) and maybe others would think im over-exaggerating, but If you are emotionally and mentally strong, Id say GO FOR IT!!! It’s one of a kind.