DH is very unique as a ML of a Kdrama. He doesn't have any special gift : super intelligence, money, super strength, etc. He's a very simple and common person but he's a very caring one (his family, his friends, his clients and overall SB). I like this fact.

I'm pretty angry against YJ and DH's mum (who was perfect until now) because they're trying to choose what is better for DH without consulting him...

SB always let him choose what he wants and encourage him like he encouraged her to take the exam and then to go to college with his help. They support each other.

Their relationship was well written showing the growth of their feelings step by step without rushing anything.

SB crying because she was not good enough to take care of sister was so sad, I cried with her. KYJ was really good. And I was pretty angry her sister, the fact she was sorry wasn't enough. At the end, she's still a part of the group. When she left, she didn't try to go back to school?

JCW can shoot heart with his eyes! He's very convincing in his confession scene.

I actually think YJ's actions in getting DH his job back at HQ was genuine. It just went downhill from there. She let her jealousy at the very end of ep 13 redirect her efforts into manipulation to get DH back romantically. I had to actually laugh though with her method of revenge as hiring the new store manager. She obviously doesn't know how tough our Saet-byul is.

*sigh* I just really love this show and can't quite articulate why.

It's so many little things, I think. Like how unabashed Dae Hyun is about his loud and brash family. YJ clearly cannot accept DH (as seen in the scene where DH took the loud phonecall in the hotel lobby) even though she probably thinks she can.

I also absolutely love that DH didn't get stepped on, misunderstood and mistreated by YJ and her mom and then still have lingering feelings or intentions toward her. In so many dramas, it's so tough to watch a 'poor' character have to win over the 'rich' family's respect and it's so uncalled for.

I just love these characters and wish I could live in their neighborhood with them 🥰

I love that confession. I may have watched a dozen times now...
It was so right in so many ways. He is speaking language she loves (the meanings of flowers), then he acknowledges just how she has changed his way of thinking. It is obvious how DH has influenced SB, but truly, she has influenced him too. I think he was riding on emotion with his relationship with YJ and now he sees that it's not emotion that creates a healthy relationship but an equal companionship and understanding. The sparks that fly between them is just icing on the cake. (Though I do hope we get some more icing lol). He's not even being physically pushy. He is a little ways from her and is waiting for her to make the next move (I'm still bitter it cut right there though).

naaahh i dont buy YJ's words at all, i feel like she just wanna make DH's social class higher and closer to hers so she dont feels embarrassed for liking him and wanna going back to him.
im disappointed to mom too, she should have known her son better, she should have talk to him before agreeing with her son's ex.
DH and SB interaction is everything to me, i wanna see them more :((

Kim Yoojung is such a good actress. I love her expressive eyes. She did crying scenes with flying colours. I cried so hard when she cried whole eating fried egg 😭

I am enjoying this show in large part precisely because it is not taking the usual journey towards love but instead a deeper and, in my opinion, a more realistic one.

I love what Missvictrix has to say bout Dae-hyun’s character. He is a good, decent, kind, solid and generous man with real integrity. I agree with Missvictrix that we seldom see someone like him in dramas and that is too bad. He is very grounded- in part because of his dad’s example of what not to be (though his dad is not a bad person) but also because of what he consciously learned from Saet-byul’s father. He knows himself. I would add one thing here: Because he is also an educated thinking man, who pays full attention to the world and the people around him he is also a man with real vision. That is what makes the thousand and one days which Yeon-joo had with Dae-hyun almost a tragedy in the sense of an opportunity missed.

Yeon-joo concealed her family from Dae-hyun right up to the moment she dumped him. She never respected him because she could simply manipulate him- so she never really got to know him until it was too late. Because she never got to know him she never felt that she trust him- and to her that justified deceit and concealment. But you cannot build a lasting relationship on such deception. Had Yeon-joo been more mature she would have known that. Had she been honest from the beginning Dae-hyun could have made different choices (like not having to resign to protect her)- there was the risk that he would break off the relationship but there was also the potential that he would have stuck with her- which would alsdo hve been good for the company. She would have been able to introduce him to her family and the Chairman early on- with the sstrong chance that he would have seen Dae-hyun’s potential and have starting grooming him for a top position- which would have been a long term benefit to everyone. This was a serious opportunity lost.

Episode 13 was packed with action as all of the side conflicts are resolved. Episode 14 has to be slower because it was the prologue to the final battle. But make no mistake- that final scene- when we see Dae-hyun handing Saet-byul red tulips again is all important. This time Dae-hyun knows what red tulips mean: It is a confession of love.

Part of what makes BACKSTREET ROOKIE so good is that it is NOT following the usual rom-com formula. This may be in part because it is based upon a web-toon. It at times even imports some of the cartoon aspects into the drama and we got that in spades in Episode 13. But Missvictrix is right about the fact that we have seen a more organic and natural love story between our two leads. Despite being based upon a webtoon it has shown an amazing amount of depth when it comes to the shifting relationship between our two lead characters. In the first episodes Dae-hyun is constantly worried that Jeon-joo will get the wrong idea about Saet-byul but now, even though he and SB are not dating yet, the shoe is on the other foot and now it it Saet-byul's feelings which matter. The gift of the red tulips then comes at exactly the right moment.

People scoffed when Kim Yoo-jung said she took this part because the show was about family but this has actually turned out to be true. I am afraid that she may now get hurt by Dae-hyun’s mom who has ambitions for her son but if so, that too is a part of what happens with family (we just got a whole drama on the subject with the just concluded, but great, MY UNFAMILIAR FAMILY) but I suspect that Dae-hyun’s mom will alsoexperience pain because she too has come to love Saet-byul.

What all the people who now will oppose them are these two simple facts: At the end of Episode 10 we learned that Saet-byul is determined to marry Dae-hyun. At the end of Episode 14 we saw Dae-hyun, a solid man of integrity and honor, commit himself to Saet-byul. All of the people who oppose this are faced with the dramatic equivalent of Scylla and Charybdis. There will be much anguish and struggle in the final two episodes but I have great faith in the outcome.

I feel like a broken record trying to say how much I appreciate KYJ acting in this drama. Her acting isn't something that hard to describe or situation that just out of this world but it's so natural. The way she holds back and tries to toughen up yet failed feels so real. The way she smiles and being genuine with her heart also convey as something so cute.

I also like how JCW shows the nice, kind, normal guy persona here. He feels genuine and you can feel when his feeling started to change.
The characters in this drama impress me and I want to stay with them because they feel real. I don't think word is enough to explain what they did in this drama, it's the whole atmosphere, the way they shoot and film stuff, the way they frame the background, it feels natural, rich and it doesn't look much like a staged drama.

The busy street, small alleys, the packed convenience stores, the full hospital and the not so perfect road is encapsulated really well. It's not dreamy cinematography that makes you want to screencap the scenes but it's the feeling of belonging in the drama, it's like seeing real life in zoom effect when we need it.

I have always preferred slice of life dramas like Hospital Playlist and Diary of A Prosecutor, and while this drama is not strictly in the same genre, it certainly has that real-life feel which makes it believable. You can almost believe that this story can happen to you or your next-door neighbor and the behavior and reactions of the characters will be the same. No coincidences here, no histrionics, no tragic backstories. Just a believable romance and a believable family.

ok i just finished the last episode and i love this drama! we got our wookie back. he was perfect for this and kim yoo jung also!

I had this bad habit of judging a drama so early on because 1) I don't like the actor's previous performances 2) I am annoyed by the main leads' characters 3) I find the drama to be too irrational in concept; and I just can go on an on and on. I have dropped many dramas after watching the first few episodes because of my prejudices, and this was true about BSR.

It took me months before I picked this one up again after watching the young Kim Yoo Jeong in one of the episodes of 2D1N. I have observed there her real self which I found pure and so cute. She was so different from her character in the drama when it was still in middle school. Yes, that "unsolicited" kiss was among the many turnoffs for me.

I have to admit that after that, I came to enjoy watching BSR, appreciating the nuanced performances of JCW and KYJ and all the supporting cast. The story itself was simple, but it was rich in life's lessons.

It was, overall, a warm and endearing drama, with wonderful cinematography; plus, just watching the beautiful countenance of the main leads was bliss in itself.