YES! Kim Young Dae just got the same role! HAHAHAHA. (but isn't it weird that KYD, LJW, SKJ, and PMY are the same age??? KYD and LJW seem like babies to me!)

This drama is so endearing so far - I really like how introspective it is!

Yeong-woo still gives me pause because he almost hit hae won with that Kendo stick on purpose . I don’t think we have seen the last of him.. we shall see how his character develops but I’m not liking him so far.. although he’s cute.. also, the actor playing Yeong-woo has a small lisp.. I noticed it in extraordinary you too

When Hae-won said she's a cold person, I first thought she meant she's cold-hearted. I've always thought they are all the same in the family, cold and have walls built between them and other people. Later on, I realized she probably meant she's cold as in she's been feeling cold and needing warmth. She also said 차가웠어 which is cold but associated to like wind and chill as opposed to 추웠어 which is cold but solid like ice.

I'm so glad she told Eun-seob straight out. Now, the ball is in Eun-seob's court but knowing him, he'll either run away from the ball or stare at it for a million years.

Also so invested in Hwi and her crush. It's so cute! So high school! And holy wow, I did not know Jang-woo is that young. I feel weird.

Anyway, I'm excited for next week!

This episode answered a question I had about Hae Won. She was bullied and still she didn't have issue to go to their class reunion with ES and JW. It was pretty weird because she should have hated them. But thanks to Yeong-woo, the bully stopped and it's why she has good memories from highschool too.

I wa so happy that HW confessed her feelings! They both need each other.

Until now, I have more questions about ES than answers. First, we know he "disapeaed" during 3 years and now he wasn't there for the picture of his class and missed a lot of school. Why?!?

I agree with you @quirkycase Hwi is very cute! I love her energy!

This episode made me sigh all the time.
We’ve learned more about HaeWon, and discovered why she went to school reunion after what BoYoung had done. I was glad to know she had friends in her last year. Also, a new mystery has appeared: what happened to EunSeob during that last year?
And YeongWoo was fantastic: he was supposed to be the typical popular student but he turned out to be HaeWon’s savior back then. I like him, although I don’t think we will hear of him again.

I know, right?! Noona much, PMY? ^^

Kim Young Dae is also younger than PMY by 10 years. She looks young, but at the same time, the guys also make it up by looking and acting older.

I am also pleasantly surprised by how Yeong-woo's role was handled ^^ I liked how his appearance acted more of a reveal of her past rather than a complicated love triangle as well~ The overall tone of this drama is like a nice cup of tea. I like how it's slow-paced, but feels warm. Like these characters.

Also sidenote: I'm in love with all her outfits. They look so cozy/comfortable yet cute. Like, can I have her wardrobe?

For the first few episodes, it felt like I was seeing PMY act with the combination of all her roles before (or maybe I've seen her too much?) but this episode felt different. I was seeing Hae-won and no longer PMY. Also, SKJ is growing on me.

Glad that LJW is cleared as the second male lead, riiiight? Can this show not have any more 2nd leads? Please?

The silence in this show is a character in its own right. In contrast, LJW and Hwi seem to have the most dialogue, and both are great fun in their own right. Even Yeong-Woo seemed to be the silent type. That said, Yeong-Woo's line to MHW about there being no seats left in the cafeteria was a lot like ES's "it's dark" line, and made me laugh a bit.

The reunion setting was so pretty! LJW did a good job organizing everything single-handedly. I also liked his MC-ing - he curbed his tendency to just the right amount of verbosity, and was appropriately entertaining :)

The teaser shows that ES will wander off again. But why does he do it? Is it the confession, or is it something else altogether? I

and thank you @quirkycase for a super-fast recap!

So Young-woo is the reason why Hae-won acted so chummy with Eun-seob's friends at their high school reunion in Episode 1 despite being an outcast. Her rumors and bullying only lasted until 11th grade. Hae-won's confession happened quick; it's only Episode 6. Shoutout to Jang-woo for tirelessly organizing this extravagant reunion. I felt so sorry for him last episode when he was confessed how exhausted he was, then played it off with a smile. I hope Jang-woo gets a love line Eun-shil.

Hwi is a trip. She calls Eun-seob and Jang-woo by their first names. I can't understand why Hwi is an outcast at school. Sorry, Hwi, but I ship her crush Young-soo with Hyun-ji. They're both so blunt and nonchalant. I love Chu Ye-jin's acting.

Obligatory hate Kim Bo-young.

Still can't decide if I thought the confession was too early or not. On the one hand- yes. On the other hand- not at all. But my biggest problem is I can't really back up why for either... lol. And that doesn't happen very often.
So let me try.

Yes- too early:
I feel like I don't know enough about either of them OR how they act around each other yet. I'm getting there, and there are some great moments, but I need MORE of them together. Especially ES because he's still basically an enigma and I really felt the absence of focus on him these episodes (because I love him and want more of him). I guess I feel like it needed more of a lead up to the albeit wonderful line of "I found someone warm", episode 8 would've been perfect (if cliched) but shit even just one more episode of character build up then I might find it easier to get my head round??

No- not too soon:
This is a frakking weirdly paced drama anyway so it doesn't matter, half the episodes are deliberately arranged flashbacks for slow reveals about the past and a character- plus the way she kept LOOKING for him and going to him and choosing and focusing on him this episode was really well done, and the whole lights thing was gorgeous. And it almost, ALMOST, doesn't need anymore build up than "I was cold and I found a warm person"???
Plus I feel like they're not gonna have an automatic resolution to it, but play off the suddenness and awkwardness and realise that and use it as a development point and if they do that WELL it could all be fine!!!

BUT BUT BUT that's just it, it's a SLOW reveal drama, so I guess I was surprised they had a confession here and now.
Gosh I don't know. What do you think?

P.S. I loved, LOVED the scene where YW throws out the water and then sits his phone in it to make a makeshift speaker and rock music starts blasting and everyone looks at him like he just sprouted two heads to sit opposite her??? This show is really good and painting one shot scenes that stick in your head and give you so much information and emotion from so little said.

@quirkycase... You know I was with all way to the end of the post.. Then u put out those age facts... And now my mind is boggled😵😵😵

This show!
There's just a magic to this show.
It shouldn't work - the pieces of the plot should be warring against each other. A tragic murderous backstory, a quiet romance, a potentially ill aunt, rowdy teenagers, broken friendships.
But it does work. I leave every episode a little happier than the last. I love wolf-boy Eun-seob and thoughtful fighter Hae-won. I love how delicately the show touches on the past. I love the snowy days and warm bookshops and little shows of kindness.

Yassss to Hwi, I adore her. I love the fact that she gives up on her crush because he defended her and she has her pride. She is a great character. Yup, PMY is noonaing to the max in this series, I noted in the one of the earlier recaps that she has SKJ by 7 years, and he is the eldest of the guys.

That being said I loved how she straight up told Young Woo, listen, I'm not interested nor do I care how you feel, I like someone else period. Bloody freaking refreshing.

Woah, so. many. feelings. after this episode. Thanks for a brilliant recap @quirkycase!

I'm just going to start with the end - Hae-Won's "I like you." I was thinking hmm we're only on episode 6 how are we going to maintain the tension... but I thought about it and I think it probably happened at the right time. Loving someone is all well and good, but being in a place where you can actually be with them in a healthy way is a different story. From what we can see, Eun-Seob has some stuff to sort out, they both probably do, if they want to embark on a mature, long-lasting relationship. If, as the preview suggests, Eun-Seob runs scared from the confession, it's definitely true to his character so far. He's got ten more episodes to come round - we believe in you ES!

Man, this is new for me. Usually I'm like it's a K-drama, who cares if it's realistic, just make them kiss please - this show is a whole new world ;)

Hwi - love her! Adore how instead of swooning at the dude's feet for sticking up for her she's like nope, I want to be my own hero. Boy bye. But it's clear he's going to figure out, if he hasn't already, what an utter gem she is.

Yeong-woo was a lovely suprise. He's a nuanced character with his own painful backstory, not some over-the-top love rival, and I really enjoyed his scenes with Hae-won. Particularly the school flashback scene - the little look of empathy on his face when he sees her eating alone, and of course blasting out Highway to Hell, lolz.

I'm going to finish this with some shameless fangirling about the adorableness of Eun-Seob's barely contained jealousy at the reunion. I had to laugh at him knocking back Jang-woo's brewskies all like, "I'm. Fine."

Yeah ES, you certainly are.

I had to rewatch the confession because I wanted to confirm she said it out loud instead of in her head. This show is so quiet, you see.

But OMG, the fun fact blew my mind!!

Hello, I'm new to this site but not to this drama. It has become my favorite thing to watch. It's definitely a slow smoldering burn, and I love it. They keep leaving me hanging and I love it. Does anyone else feel that with Eun-seob, still waters run deep? He may be shy now, but when we get to the first kiss, he just may knock all of our respective socks off. He's been fantasizing about this for over a decade.
This will not be a peck on the lips.

This is such a perfect drama for such a time! With the chaos that is the corona virus, this drama feels like a bit of relief for me. It's so slow, so deep, so warm... I can't wait for nxt week! We spent the first 6 episodes on Hae Won, I think starting nxt week we'll have more on Eun Seop and I can't wait to know moee abt him. Lastly, I appreciate Hwi and Hyun Ji friendship. It is rarely portrayed. The kind of friendship where you dnt talk to each other all the time or you dnt see each other all the time but you know you can count on each other. Plus, they both seem like very confident and aware teenagers which I really appreciate.

I've said this before but I'll say it again.. this drama isn't for anybody who is looking for grand plots and extravagant display of romance.. This is for those who'd love the quiet unfolding of a more than a decade-long love story between two broken people finding warmth and healing in each other. It's mundane.. slow.. yet feels just right. If you're looking for something like that, then you've found the right drama to watch.

The slow pace, the quiet moments and the interesting surprise that Oh Yeong-woo turned out to be are all working quite nicely in this drama.

Thanks for the recap!

This drama has a warmth that I savor so much.

I love that Hae Won confessed to Eun Seob first. And she did it the instant she realized she liked him. No hesitation. No wavering.
I don't think he would have taken that first step.

The reunion looked absolutely wonderful. The camping theme with all of the beautiful lights was already lovely, but it was extra sweet to see the current high school students involved with their own mini cafes and fairs. Such a heartwarming event.

I haven't seen Kim Young Dae before.... His deep voice <3 He gave a nice first impression from this role. I love what the writer did with his story.

She’d been like a desert, but she became a garden.

The imagery is so beautiful.

It would be funny if Do-Hwa's actor turned out to be the the other top 3 student along with LJW and OYW. The reunion of A3! JTBC loves EY actors so much. I saw Hye-yoon and Ro-woon in 2 of their variety shows. Finally we will learn more about Eun-seob in the next episodes. He is my favorite character in this drama.

This show is just so well written. At this point the romance has developed in such a natural way- and Quirkycase is so right to say that the writer has done such a good job in showing us why these two belong together. Of course with ten more episodes to go we will see the story stretched out- but I hope that the stretching will come in the form of filling in the other stories in this drama- and of course we still need to fill in Eun-seob's backstory too.

I hope that the writer can give us more of Hwi and her crush, make Hae-won's aunt finally seek treatment. And just maybe beautiful Miss Choi Min-Jung will realize that the brilliant Lee Jang-Woo is exactly who she needs in her life.

I hesitate to say this since everyone, including myself, is really enjoying this show so much, and no one has brought it up so far. But I think now that one confession has come, and ES will have to make his big reveal about Irene soon, I can try and put this out there:

Is there anyone who feels that Eun-sob's decade-long crush on Hae-won is low-key creepy and stalkerish? The "Good night Irene" notes in his diary entries, the hanging ornament in the car, the drunken admission... To me, this feels like grey territory, and it's not just any ole ornery crush.

*slinks away in case this raises a storm*

Thanks for the quick recaps, @quirkycase
It's weird that for such a slow drama, it made me marathon all 6 episodes in two days :D
Homecoming, old love, winter blues,bookstores..what more can we ask for in erm the newly isolated world.
Hwi appreciation post: I lorve the two teenage girls in the show but Hwi is a special kind of weird. The girl has no filter and is gloriously self centered in a way that only teens can be. But what's unique s how self aware she is , and how little she cares about what anyone thinks of her, including her crush.💃♥️
Eun Seob's past: I agree with many beanies theory that ES is adopted. The first hint that ES might be different comes from Hwi who says in the 1st EP, that she s also shocked by how different she looks from her brother and then on another occasion asking her family if ES is adopted leading to some awkward throat clearing from the adults. Then there is the way he addresses his devoted 'ommoni' Vs Hwi s affronted 'omma'. Sure it could be Hwi being Hwi but there is an almost desperate look of wanting to get through an invisible barrier when their mother turns to him. Like ES once told MW,some people live their lives within the walls of their mind letting no one in. For ES the safe haven on the mountains could be his actual family home where he returns to from time to time,much like MW..expecting nothing but still making the dutiful motions.Me thinks his 3 year dipping could be linked to the man in th photo(aka birth father) coming back to his life
Of course we could all be wrong and ES's isolation and apparent disappearances on the cusp of adult hood could easily be explained away by the most logical explanation: Were wolf. That will show the viewers disappointed by the slow pace. next 10 episodes filled with werewolf-ing anyone? 😉

Kind of unrelated fun fact: Lee Jae-wook is only four years older than Kim Hwan-hee who plays Hwi.....

REALL?!!!! wow!

I don’t know if anyone else gets this vibe. I feel or see a little bit of Seo Kang-joon’s character Joon-young in THE THIRD CHARM in his portrayal of Eun-seob. It looks like there is some kind of trauma in his life that has to be explored and resolved. Hae-wan is slowly starting to grapple with her traumas.

So finely I found time to watch it and it was such soothing. With that preview at the end I'm looking to find out if he'd disappeared into the wild right after the bicycle episode or the lunch or something else had him to look for answers.

It is finally taking shape. I really like how the show has come to an emotionality that feels so real and so fresh. This love story was what I needed in my quarantine days.
I look forward to seeing how they travel their path, strengthening and strengthening their ties.

I really REALLY love her white coat during the whole reunion scene but I've looked everywhere and can't figure out what brand it is - I can't even find a decent look a like. I think it's the same coat as the main girl wore in "find me in your memory"(but hers was pink) ....still cant find it though.

Help???