Twinkling Watermelon: I like the magical La Vida Music shop. It’s so whimsical! The guitar being strummed whenever the door opens or closes is 💯.

The nonchalant way Eun-yu is just like “I guess I’ll just die!” is weird, not gonna lie. It seems less like she’s actively suicidal and more like it’s an angsty adolescent urge. But given her method of suicide (which of course won’t end up working) and the fact that the is clearly frustrated with life, it doesn’t really matter. It’s definitely something she could easily do without chickening out, and that’s terrifying.

Eun-yu is a MUCH savvier time traveler than Eun-gyeol is. It drives me crazy when time travelers act so stupid when they travel to the past, and I’m glad Eun-yu was smart enough to pick up on it quickly and adjust accordingly. What a rarity!

Is that really Choi Hyun-wook’s handwriting?! It’s so pretty and perfect it looks like print omg.

This episode lacking Eun-gyeol made me realize I find all 3 of the other characters and actors more engaging. Even so, I missed his presence and his interactions with Yi-chan and Eun-yu. I loved how much he got under Yi-chan’s skin. The little missing person posters he put up were so cute!

I’m still not entirely sure how Eun-yu plans on preventing her mom and dad from getting together if they’re both in the US still, though. Does she plan on disappearing and pretending to go back to the US and then have her mom’s first love search out her real mom?

If this is how he loses his hearing… on one hand, I’m glad Eun-gyeol’s purpose for traveling back in time wasn’t “prevent my dad from becoming deaf”. On the other hand, it is awfully convenient that it happened RIGHT when Eun-gyeol just so happened to go back to the present. I hope there is a good explanation for that.

I like how NewJeans playing is the signifier that it’s 2023 again LOL.