YAY! A recap!

Overall I found "You Who Forgot Poetry/A Poem A Day" to be a sweet low stress, low angst drama. I'm always thrilled to watch a drama that lacks noble idiocy as they are so hard to come by. I really liked the pairing of Bo Young/Dr Ye, where it felt like the perfect second male lead finally wins the heroine over the man-child male lead (even though I knew that Lee Joon Hyuk was billed as the male lead). I was also satisfied with how the drama wrapped up, not everything tie up in a perfect bow but with the characters just continuing on with their lives.

Thanks a million, Saya, for recapping!! I wasn’t as invested as others in the romance as others here, I was glad she ended up with Ye for the reasons you listed.

I personally enjoyed this drama a lot and was surprised at the mega low ratings. I guess I’ll never understand kdrama ratings.

Thanks a million @saya for the weecaps. :)

I've pretty much said all I wanted to say on this show, except one thing: "Shalalala, my oh my, Min Ho, you should have kissed Nam Woo!"

It's over. 😢😢 This drama was so low-key and amazing I'm gonna miss it and everyone. The only thing I regret is their relationship not being exposed to everyone hahahaha. But it's all good that's where my imagination cones in. Anyways DR.YE FOREVER.

Thank you Saya for answering Beanie’s call during our height of Bo-young craze and committed to the weecap for You Who Forgot Poetry. Your comment for this final recap perfectly encapsulates how I feel about the show if I have ways with words.

Thank you You Who Forgot Poetry for letting me experiencing my firsts in many things. It is the first drama I love that is set in a hospital. It is the first time I love a heroine who empathy cries so much. Most of all I love Beanies all the much more through the ship teasing, the alligator tending, the poetry slamming, the portmanteau constructing, and the impromptu partying. When one ship inevitably set sails, we still treat the other with much sensitivity and generosity for everyone’s feelings. I have no doubt this is the nicest web community in existence, and the funniest, and the most creative, and……

”My happiness grows with my love for you.”

Thank you, @saya for such a balance recap!
Two sentences you wrote caught my attention because I agree with them.
First, when you said that: "functional, healthy, respectful relationships are not even common in real life, let alone dramaland". LOL!!!!😂😂😂😂😂 Totally true!
I loved BY and JW together because they pretty much worked for me as a viewer. I understood I couldn't delve into their deeper secrets, I didn't even got to know if his mother was still alive. But within what I could see from their relationship as if I were peeving through the window... was good enough. Nice boyfriend material, Jae wook.... It worked for me. ☺😍😅

2. What you said about: "Min-ho’s idea that love is being comfortable versus the idea that love is showing your best self" really made me remember my feelings when I watch it. I had my doubts at the end of ep. 15... I won't lie. Because Min ho had a point.
But I have been in Bo young's shoes, wanting to show only my bright side to the person I like, being careful even about how I eat and the noises I could make when I eat, checking my make up every half an hour... all that. But also, being so comfortable with other people I love that I even show my bed head or talk before brushing my teeth! 😂😂😂😂
And it is all love anyways, it is just that they are different types of love, maybe also different evolutions of love.
One time I spend the night in the same hotel room with a date, kind of... But nothing happened, each one had a bed, we were visiting a place and had to sleep over, just economy, you know... And I realised that night that he snored like a thunder. 😱
From that day on, we became closer, but I never wanted to share the same room with him anymore. Of course, we have remained platonic forever, but I love him anyways, I don't know if it makes sense.
Like you said... we cannot "create a single prescription for what love means".
And Bo Young and Jae wook were like... loving each other, kind of not so deeply but going in that direction. For me it was ok, formality inclusive. I should have never doubted, for she never showed interest in Min ho as a man.

Episode 15: Suddenly I love this show again. She's back! Dance like no one's watching, body gags, take no shit crybaby is back (her flippant interviewers almost gave me an aneurysm; you tell 'em, Bo Young!)! Ppeong-igu is back (albeit glum)! Happy-go-lucky Nam Woo is back (the light of my life)! Indecisive Dae Bang-Dae Bang hanging out with roommates Joo Yong-Joo Yong, Min Ho-Min Ho, and Nam Woo-Nam Woo is back (kyaa~ their KakaoTalk chat room name is 룸메이트 3)! Tearjerker family stories are back (throwback to my favorite Episode 6 "Family")! Tearjerker poetry is back ("I Thought It Was Okay for Mothers to Do That" is my favorite poem of this whole series)!

Suddenly I love this show again... up until the last three minutes. Dammit, I can't believe Min Ho confessed. I thought we were done with this! Just be friends!! You make such good friends!! Then when Min Ho boldly confessed in front of Dr. Ye, I cried, "Abort! Abort!" Stop texting her! Now their friendship is all ruined. It sucks how Bo Young kept avoiding him and how Min Ho kept steamrolling over her rejection and cutting her off mid-sentence. As if one mopey Nam Woo for two straight episodes weren't enough, we have to suffer through a mopey Min Ho for the finale too? I can't stand seeing Min Ho so pathetic. I know by K-logic, bangs symbolize turning over a new leaf, but please return to me forehead Jang Dong Yoon.

In my opinion, Show ended with a whimper. I will never forgive the writers for dropping Nam Woo like a hot potato. Where is his happy alligator ending? Why did they make Joo Yong hateful again!? What the hell was "I'm relieved he's not around anymore"? The "Wow, aren't you being too harsh?" doctor was me. I teared up at Joo Yong's "I'm Sunbaenim's only saekki," but there is no excuse for him to turn on wouldn't hurt a fly Dae Bang like that. How can they time skip my puppies leaving? Their farewell dinner was nothing but a flashback, and Min Ho and Nam Woo didn't even say goodbye to third Stooge Joo Yong. Did Min Ho throw away the poetry book? Did Dr. Ye find out about the missing bracelet?

Can we revisit our first lead, second lead discussion? Because I still think Min Ho is the first lead. The first lead doesn't have to get the girl. Who do you all think was the first lead in Reply 1988? To me, there is no question that Jung Pal was the first lead. Likewise, Jung Hwan's family Ra Mi Ran and Kim Sung Kyun was the main family. In You Who Forgot Poetry, I feel Dr. Ye was written in third-person, while Min Ho was written in first-person. I was simply watching Dr. Ye, but I was not feeling Dr. Ye. Whereas I was vicariously living through Min Ho's journey. Moreover, Min Ho interacted with our radiologists.

The writers unacceptably dropped the ball on Dr. Ye's character development. If I were to rank our physiotherapists in terms of their character arcs, it would be Dr. Park (who literally did a 180) >> Chief Yang =...

I’m a happy Ye Liner. 😆I know this drama is not just about ship war, it gives viewers more than that. The poems recited were all on point. The values and slice-of-life portrayed in this drama are somehow relatable. I love how this drama is so chill that it doesn’t even need an antagonist character who is evil or anything. No politics in the hospital, no people fighting for power and money, just normal people who go on with their life. Back to my Ye Line, I’m actually seeing myself changing in my preference for life partner. I think if this drama were aired 5 years ago, I’d be mad at the writer for making Min Ho childish like that and would be thinking Dr Ye is such a boring guy. Idk if it’s just me getting older, or K-writers are also evolving that I love the portrayal of a nice guy as a lead rather than a bad guy (vibe) who bullies/teases the girl he’s in love with.

The final thread! ;~; ❤️ (That first screencap though! Wae! 😅)

Overall, I'm happy that I watched this sweet little show and I'm satisfied with the finale. It wasn't perfect, but this has been the most fun I've had watching a drama! Can't remember the last time I had this much fun. The Beanie experience and all the posts on the Beanie wall including the Island ones were great!! ^^ ❤️

Bo Young is seriously one of my favorite heroines everrrrr. I've only seen Lee Yu Bi in one other role that was underwhelming so I'm glad she took on this project. Definitely want to see her in more dramas.

I liked that the time jump was short in the finale. They kept the low-key, slice-of-life feel; there were no big changes/sudden moves with the characters. We still see them working at the hospital, eating out together. Min Ho and Nam Woo are young and in school so I was okay with their stories being open and uncertain. They should be focused on their studies even more now that their training period is over.

Joo Yong's character growth was a pleasant surprise. In the beginning, he was a really arrogant side character that I wasn't sure if I would care about. But his scenes with Dae Bang were awesome after the first episode. In the finale, it looked like he reverted back to being mean and snobby to Dae Bang, but I knew he had a reason for how he acted = his mother. I'm glad he told Dae Bang how he felt and that in the end, they developed a close friendship.

I’m a Ye Liner and proud of it. ^^ Ye Jae Wook and Woo Bo Young complemented each other well. I really adored both of them and they adored each other so that made me happy. I loved that they had mutual respect for each other.

Thanks Saya for the weecaps and thanks to all the Beanies who shared their thoughts on this drama.

Thanks Saya. It was a good easy watching drama for all the time. I like all the characters. Lee Jun-hyuk was great as ever! but the real new actor was Defconn. He is so funny here more than in 2 days and one night show. Hope to see him again in new drama.

This drama was a wonderful source of korean poetry and I am so thankful for it. Some of them were subtle but so well incorporated in the story it felt like one collection. *fans away tears*
Thank you, @saya, I really enjoyed your comments. I find dr.Ye far from perfect (dimples aside) and though some character traits did not make much sense (no man understanding poetry can be this socially disabled), he did show qualities I admire in a man. Such as decisiveness, propriety, professionalism, kindness.
But this show would be nothing without Bo-young, our warmhearted fool. Though I liked all the little stories.
Cricket, cricket.

I have to say these last episode healed my heart and gave me the ending I wanted. It might not have been a BANG! But it managed to let me know that I am sending my leads to a better place.
Jae Wook actually stole my heart because compared to what some thought about his character as being flat and not really fleshed out, I thought it was the opposite. He had been showing little of himself as the episodes passed, mostly around Bo Young. That was why she liked him, because she saw the real him just like he saw the real her.
He's an introvert but outspoken, doesn't really care about others but pays attention to their skills and potential, he also doesn't need to bring someone down to make himself feel better, even though he was the best in the department he never let it get to his head. People are used to selfish immature leads that like to show they are the best, that a lead like this strange but very refreshing. He doesn't over dramatize his feelings, except for the last episode but it was just to make his girlfriend comfortable.
Please who paid attention to his expressions at the end of episode 15? He was just calm like 'she's mine and I know it, but I won't tug it out with you just to prove my point'.
He even respected his rivals feelings, though he told him to back off he didn't say it because he felt threatened but because it is the right thing to do. And he didn't try to overkill Bo Young with affection but continued being his usual self.
If anyone paid deep attention to him, you will realise that a lot was revealed about his character as the series progressed, albeit slowly but I came to like him with each episode.
To me he fits Bo Young perfectly because there are some fundamental things that people don't get about her that he does.
Overall it was a good watch and I enjoyed my Mondays and Tuesdays because of this drama.
My love from r poems has been reignited and I think I will go back to writing my poem a day.
By by lovely drama l, you made me proud and I was never bored.
I think I wrote a lot, didn't i?

I am satisfied and unsatisfied at the same time with the ending.

Satisfied because:
- our bo youngie stood up for herself in the sham interview! You go and get em girl!
- that she didn’t waver between the two leads like it seldom happens in kdrama land
- that she got a full time job. FINALLY
- that Min Ho gave up gracefully in the end
- that Dr Ye (I still can’t call him by his name eeee!) proved that he respects and treats her like a person not an object (agree with @saya here wholeheartedly)
- the radiologists bromance! Awww!
- That LET IT BE singing! Hahahhaha

Unsatisfied because:

- Dr Ye’s family life is still a big fat mystery
- why change Min ho’s hair? Is it like a ‘new day new me’ thing?
- their relationship still remains a mystery to the others (grrr!)
- no one decided to chip in and by an alligator shirt to Nam Woo as a goodbye present! I was eagerly waiting for it to happen!

As for their formal relationship. I get it. It is still new. She still wants to show the best of herself. I am sure ina few years it will be all different and they will end up having farting competitions with each other 😂😂😂😂

ALL POEMS FROM EPISODES 15-16

Transcriptions are from DramaFever's subs.

This is not that amazing show but such a lovely show with lovely couple. I admit watching lots of kdrama couple is fun but in real life, some of relationship will not working in real life. I like your statement that they are like old fashion marriage. Totally true.

I'm glad I love main lead who act like second male material. I also love that we have main heroin who can move on from first love and not that the first love is everything.

This is not that amazing show but such a lovely show with lovely couple. They are definitely one of my fav. couple in kdrama land.I admit watching lots of kdrama couple are fun but in real life, some of relationship will not working in real life. I like your statement that they are like old fashion marriage. Totally true.

I'm glad I love main lead who act like second male material. I also love that we have female lead who can move on from first love and not that the first love is everything.

i'm not going to lie that I only got dragged into watching this show by the insane Beanie shipping war and the fun everyone was having on the Fan Walls.

While I never thought the show had a lot of depth, I found the ending perfect in a way I wasn't expecting. I loved that Bo-young's true happy ending was a full-time job she earned through hard work. And I loved that the show ended by shining a light on the poetry of the ordinary. I feel like that final beat was enough to bring the whole thing into focus in a way that was really satisfying.

Because I was never invested in any of the ships or had endowed any of the characters with my own expectations, I thought the writing was excellent. And while I would like to know what happened with various other characters, I understand this was just a slice of their life.

In the end, this was surprisingly joyful and I am glad I got dragged kicking and screaming) watched it.

I’m so glad that Dr. Ye and Bo Young made it to the end. I should get my kdrama second lead intuition checked after this one. I’m still hanging out on the island for a few more weeks until I actually watch the last four eps, so anyone on the other ship may still find me at the bar making Duct Tapes and Dark and Stormies!

Some dramas end with a proposal, but I can't think of a better send-off into happily ever after than your adoring boyfriend presenting you with a certificate of appointment to a full-time job that you totally earned through your hard work and dedication.

Overall I really enjoyed this drama. I love how Bo-young is this dorky, sweet, ray of sunshine but is also not afraid to speak out when something isn't right (that interview scene was awesome!) She's definitely one of my all time favs. I also love that we were introduced to these beautiful poems each episode and the way they were presented was really touching.

I would have loved to see more of hilariously awkward Dr. Ye and it would have been nice to have some more time devoted to the side characters instead of focusing so much on dragging out the love triangle. They introduced some interesting storylines for everone that didn't really go anywhere, like Nam-woo debt, Min-ho's conflict with his family, and Yoon-hee not telling her husband the reason for their divorce. For the most part though, what I liked best about this drama makes up for it's shortcomings.

"In the beginning, I thought the “you” who forgot poetry was directed to Bo-young, but now, I believe it’s meant for us, as a heartfelt entreaty not to take our moments—or our people—for granted, and to cherish life as long as we live it." Very nicely said! Thanks for the recaps, Saya!

Thank you for the final weecap saya! I'm overall satisfied with this sweet little show.
I read the interview that was posted in OT and I'm pissed with how they treated minho's character. Just because he was not supposed to get the girl( That too after reading audience's opinion) doesn't mean he has to revert back to being a jerk. I've said it before, the leads are so much more than just being defined by the person they like.
Minho didn't need boyoung for character growth. She may have been the initial reason, but he could've continued on without that motivation . There are so many other motivations in his life- needing to prove himself to his family and securing his future.
Similarly Dr.ye didn't need minho to be a jerk to make his character shine. He was already a good person from the start. He wasn't perfect- I loved that he was an awkward, bumbling mess when it came to people but he wasn't deterred by it. Also, he was a little bit too inflexible, but he also knew what was right and what wasn't and stood by his beliefs. For a moment, I thought he had gone against his principles and got boyoung the job. Thank god he stayed true to his character- he always respected and liked boyoung as a skilled colleague and therapist first. I loved their relationship- it was not exciting or squee worthy, but it was a slow burn, sublime romance, where they did everyday mundane things but just enjoyed each other's company.
I was very happy with the radiologists arc- though jooyong went on jerk mode briefly, he immediately made it upto his senior. For characters that didn't have much screentime, they've come a long way from being just tolerant of each other to very close sunbae-hoobae.
I wasn't completely satisfied with how they handled namwoo's story- he was depressed for two episodes and he suddenly became ok? I know he was motivated by his mom's text but they didn't show him making changes in his attitude accordingly. He didn't even get much screentime! But i guess they can't show us everything.
And regarding who's the lead- i honestly don't know. But I'll say what i felt- we got to see more of minho, but mostly we heard his monologues, him remembering his past and how he behaved, and his thoughts and feelings towards boyoung. But in all this he was alone, as in boyoung was either not in the frame or was doing something else. Whereas Dr.ye's story (or whatever little we saw of it) was mostly with BY. From the start, he interacted with her, came to know her as a person, made time to spend with her and ultimately came to like her. I maybe wrong or I'm not explaining myself properly, but this is what I felt.
Overall I'm happy with the show and I'm glad it gave me two leads worth rooting for. BY has become my favorite FL and Dr.Ye is going in my top 5. So thank you for this wonderful journey.

Can we all just clap at how much effective communication there is between Dr.Ye and Bo Young

As incredulous as it sounds, couples in dramaland very rarely actually communicate and voice their feelings after listening to what the other person says. Dr Ye didn't lash out in jealousy after he realised Minho liked Bo Young but instead gave her time to figure out herself and make a decision. She immediately responded by saying that he and he only would be in her heart. All hail two-way communication 🙌 I'd take this everyday instead of incessant monologues about pining love and noble idiocy. He opened himself up through that card and they've both started improving and personalizing their relationship.

Overall while APAD didn't do anything special with the plot, at the heart lay a heart-warming, slice of life core that relished in exploring character backgrounds whilst, tying it all with poetry- the poignant, if not brilliant common thread. It may have lagged here & there (and certain themes/characters/backgrounds not explored fully) but I relished at how refreshing the romance was, it wasn't turbulent once both sides felt and admitted that the attraction was there. It was a simple, light drama that put its best foot forward once the endgame was clear and character growth was prioritised.
Wished there was an epilogue where everyone found out they were dating. I guess the 4th wall breaking in Jugglers spoiled me 😂. Dropping formalities in APAD were hilarious.

Poets, write poems about our lives that are in no way spectacular

I wasn't able to hang out much on DB so I missed many conversations, fanwall posts and the shipping wars. I barely caught the finale week but I'll just say I am perfectly happy with the way it ended even though the show wasn't perfect.
What I love:
1) The Poemie community on DB.
We had fun, loads of it. I wasn't able to keep up with all the activities but it was to me a reminder of why drama watching is never complete without beanies.
2) The Civil War
I've seen how downright nasty shipping wars can get. Although the ambiguity or trolling on this show never reached the levels of Reply series, there's always a possibility of things getting ugly. Leveling criticisms of Dr Ye, bemoaning the character assassination of Min Ho and wanting to choke the writer are all civil ways of letting out our frustrations.
3) Bo Young - I am hypo-allergic to most cutesy kdrama heroines especially one who has a heart of gold(BORING!) and cries easily. So it's strange how fast I took to Bo Young. It's part writing and I think largely to Yu Bi. She's just too cute and I love everything about her.
4) Dr Ye - It's strange. I wasn’t immediately besotted with him. Perhaps that’s why I was not on Ye Liner. However, he grew on me as he fell in love with Bo Young. Maybe I am now biased but I think Bo Young and Dr Ye brings out the best in each other. I love Lee Jun Hyuk since City Hunter. Actually I love him way way more than LMH. What a treat he has given to me in two consecutive dramas! – Forest of Secrets and now APAD. It’s absolutely delightful when an actor picks consecutive characters which are exact opposites.
5) Min Ho – Kudos to Jang Dong Yoon because it’s easy to hate this character. Even when Min Ho was good, he wasn’t exceptional. Thanks to Dong Yoon’s sensitive and nuanced portrayal, Min Ho came off better. People like Min Ho do exist but in dramas, I guess it would be nice to see some character development.
6) Medical drama without Emergency Room doctors and Geniuses – Thank God!
7) Alligator – R.I.P. Gone With The Wind.
8) Humor – This is my acid test. Any show that makes me laugh is a winner no matter how flawed. I give show a 5 stars rating just for this.

Finally, thank you @saya for covering this drama, @kimbapnoona for starting the ball rolling into massive fanwall posts and @wishfultoki for hosting the poetry contest and many more!

I liked the drama, I just didn’t watch the last three episodes, because, while Bo Young and Jae Wook make an ideal couple in real life, it does make for very boring TV. TV relationships need angst and tension to survive, even when they get together earlier in the show - good examples of this are in Five Children and Father Is Strange. Somehow, the writers were able to balance the relationship tension and still give us healthy couples to root for. Good drama, though I prefer the writers earlier work: Drinking Solo.

I'm sorry if I'm crashing a happy party, but for me the greatness of the drama stopped the moment the Motorcycle of Doom appeared. Since that moment the show lost its spark and depth for me. The characters were not treated consistently and rightly (why were Minho and Jooyoung suddenly jerks? Why was dr Ye still so bland with no extra info about him? I also expected some deeper gestures from him...), some threads were lost (what happened to the book Minho so painfully looked for??) and the stories were abandoned (especially Nam Woo's). I also often felt manipulated as a viewer... or like watching a puppet theatre... and my heart left the show... Well, maybe no wonder if it is true that the writer was forced to change the story.

Anyway, I don't regret watching the first ten episodes. Just wish the writer could stick to the original story and keep its depth.

Also, given the first ten episodes, I prefere Minho to Dr. Ye. And it is because Booyoung feels more genuine and herself around Minho than around Dr.Ye. (thus not because I think one guy is better than the other). But then again could be because I personally prefer equality to admiration...

Oh, and lastly 🙂... Thank you Saya!!!

why writernim why you changed your story midway?? anyway I want to give this writer credit for great storyline from ep 1 to 10.. hahaha I did enjoy them to be honest..but then the motorcyle of doom happened and it actually kinda made the writing felt weird and made no sense..(at least from my point of view)..
anyway I'm going to remember this drama as one of the dramas with enjoyable characters, beautiful poems, and amazing chemistry between the characters (minhoyoung of course hehe).. I'm so gonna miss namwoo, joo young and minho (my adorable three musketeers) and look forward to their next projects! may jang dong yoon get the girl next time! LOL

Thank you @saya for all the reaps for YOU WHO FORGOT POETRY/A POEM A DAY.
I left a rather longish comment over in OPEN THREAD #552 following @fan's translation of interviews with PD Han and Lee Joon-hyuk so I won't repeat it other than this:

5. Jang Dong-yoon gave (an admittedly short) career performance as Shin Min-ho. His character had to show much more emotional range than Dr. Ye and JDY's performance was terrific, kudos to him;

I think Min-ho (his father certainly has the wherewithal) should contact Attorney Choi Kang-seok at the law firm Kang & Ham about filing a suit against either writers-nim for defamation of character or the actual driver of the Motorcycle of Doom for emotional injuries suffered.
Anyway I really enjoyed the ride with all you beanies. Thanks.

Aw. This week's episodes made me tear up, as did your closing paragraph. Agreed emphatically and wholeheartedly with all your comments. ❤️

Coming here a hundred hours late but I must say @saya, thank you for the recap ofc but THANK YOU for your thoughts. You've penned down all the positive things from thus show in such a lovely way I couldn't help but smile while reading.😊
Must agree with 99% of everything you said.^^
(About you agreeing with Min ho's behaviour, I see your point but I just have other thoughts haha...nvm that😛)

So this beautiful show finally ended. Aw. I'll miss you ....

The most charming bit was how the 'handsome male lead' turned out to be the mildest, geekiest, most awkward person on the show. Being tall with a square jaw isn't everything, apparently. But it helps get the girl.

Thank you so much for A Poem a Day who able to accompany me in commuting between work and home. So much lessons learned and Woo Bo Young is the character who I aspired to be. People around me always called me a crybaby, but they often mock me for it. And I realize that I always being that selfish and weak crying because I was not strong enough facing little hardships, and I lack empathy towards other. And I want to be like Woo Bo Young, who has a big heart to cry for feeling the sincerity of every words or lines in poems or sad scenes on books and movies as well as to cry for other people joys and sorrows.

Thank you shows. And I am still disappointed with trashing Shin Minho's character and Jang Dongyoon's talent in acting

I love most things about this drama: the poetry, the beautiful cinematography, the lovable characters and most of all, the fresh take on "medical dramas."

The one thing I can't love is the romantic storyline. I don't think Min-ho and Bo-young should have ended up together, because, despite the chemistry, the story doesn't lend itself well to that. It would've felt like a cheap move if Jae-wook and Bo-young's relationship ended just to the serve the plot without staying true to their characters.

However, while I love them as characters and think they're cute as a couple, I don't find them interesting. There's no conflict and ultimately, a story is only great as it's conflict. While it's nice to have a break from the angst and drama, I also know that I watch dramas partly for the angst. I'm all for healthy relationships on T.V., but I want good stories along with that.

That said, the drama redeems itself with everything else. I mean, am I the only one that replayed those poetry reading?

Ahhhh It's weird how this drama hit me harder on my second watch. Years and years of kdrama watching and I finally found the character I resonate with the most. Watching Boyoung and her love for poetry reminded me of myself years ago and the title really spoke to me. I did forget poetry and I'm glad this drama helped me get back to it.

Dr. Ye. Omg. Now how do I find one for myself?

I finished rewatching this for the nth time and just had the urge to comment again.

I remember not liking Min-ho a lot during my first watch but after multiple rewatches, I've grown to like his character a lot. I guess it helps that I know the full story now and can look at it from different perspectives. The way he acted was in character and the bad sides were fueled by his emotions. He wasn't a bad person, just that he cracked when put in certain situations. I can't say I won't be as petty if I were him. I can only wish I can hold myself together better than he did. That's why I'm really glad they both had that closure. Bo-young was right. Min-ho has always been a jerk in her mind but meeting him again made her see what kind of person he really is, past the bad memories she had of him.

Even the secondary characters who I didn't luke at first felt really familiar on rewatch. They're not bad. I actually miss them a lot and the dynamics of the team was fun to watch. They all had their stories to tell and they were jjst like all of us.

Jae-wook was amazing. He's all I could ever wish for for a male lead. We've been so used to jerks as lead and just accepted that's the way they are going to be. Ye Jae-wook was the second lead who's always been shoved to a corner, forever great but never gets the girl. I really appreciate that this time, a character like him is male lead. He's hard-working, appreciative, mature.. He had everything. I couldn't ask for more!

But it was Bo-young who was the heart of the show. I saw myself in her. I laughed and cried when she did. I was with her all the way. Her positivity inspires me even to this day. I look up to her and I hope that I too can look at life the way she does. She'll always be my best girl. 💙