The background art was very pretty, and the cinematography was handled really well. Little moments like where Yi Gyeong draws using the moisture on the window when it is raining, or when she plays with the light reflection from her watch, add a surprising amount to the experience. The music was also pleasant, it added to the scenes without being overpowering.
So what didn't I like so much?
As the other reviews have mentioned, this movie portrays a very realistic relationship, but that's all. Personally, I think realism is a very overrated aspect when it comes to storytelling. Realism isn't bad, but there has to be a lot more to a work to keep me interested than just realism; I don't care for realism for its own sake. A good romance story should have a compelling romance and memorable characters, this doesn't really have either. It's much more of a drama than a romance. [Spoilers after this point] The characters get together very quickly at the beginning with very little romantic development, and the rest of the movie is spent with them having relationship troubles. The drama wasn't half-bad, and I'm not inherently against a "falling out of love" story either, but it didn't give me much reason to care about their romance in the first place (besides yuri). The reasons for Yi Gyeong and Suyi breaking up were also very vague and confusing to me. At first I thought it may be because Yi Gyeong was maybe having feelings for that one nurse woman at her school, but they stopped meeting together after Yi Gyeong kept talking about her girlfriend, it didn't really seem like their relationship was going anywhere. So was their reason for breaking up just some sort of vague dissatisfaction? The movie was unclear about this, and they seemed very emotionally distraught about breaking up with each other; I find it hard to believe they didn't still like each other. To me, it felt like the creators just wanted to have a sad ending, but they didn't do enough to properly justify it.
This wasn't terrible overall, and if a realistic yuri-drama sounds like it may interest you, then it is probably worth giving a shot. I just think it was decent as a drama, but not very good as a romance.
