This is not a positive review. I don’t mind if a drama is not happy but there should be reasons for difficulties in the relationships. The second mains surely had them so you could see their problems a mile away. The mains here the problem were contrived in the usual drama fashion and it was just cliché. It get really tiresome to watch Chinese and Taiwanese dramas wherein the woman must chose between romantic and professional happiness. My mom had to make these decisions back in the 1960s and managed to do both. But we consistently get these goofy dramas from the aforementioned countries. You don’t see this from dramas in general. It’s just nonsense. Japan is hardly distant from China. Also when I took a job that separated me from my family I took a flight to see them every month. It’s not difficult to have long distant relationships now.

Other things I was not wild about was the English speaking actor. He wasn’t a disaster but hardly A list for China. The music was not good. Also anyone with even a year worth of violin lessons would be able to tell NONE of the violin playing is approaching real. I don’t expect it to be but wtf they can’t give them a couple weeks to learn to bow in sync? Also the Vienna Symphony Orchestra does not order a bunch of violins. That’s just comical.

Last, although I know I could come up with other criticisms, despite what others claim this was typical tsundere. The guy bordered on abusive at the beginning. And of course he’s an expert in, let’s count them, violin making, violin musicianship, archery, ice skating, etc. And people wonder why kdramas are more popular.