When the man himself is so obviously cool and poised IRL,
how HJM managed the constant vigilance to stay in character was amazing. It wasn’t just a voice, or a way of walking, it was his eyes, his mouth, his hands, his posture that had to be “on” all the time. He did this innocent mostly happy guy without going into caricature, without ever having me feel pity towards him.

At the start of the show I thought there is no way she’s gonna fall for him, NO hu-WAY! Why would she not want to be with the beautiful and sad JSW?

I am also happy to say there were at least 5 times where I wanted to bow down to the writers for memorable dialog.
As cliched as this could have been, they really managed to surprise me with the plot, too.

To be honest, I did fforward through a lot of the office workers’ scenes.

Totally recommend this one, and very thankful to those who pointed me here, Viola!