I went into this show with little to no expectations, only hoping that it wouldn’t be too melodramatic. It wasn’t. It had heart, and everything felt real.

Let me first start off by praising Gun. He was truly the shining star of the show. His character, Third, required quite the range considering his lengthy character arc - hopelessly in love to jaded anti romantic to hesitant lover. And he managed to pull off every single one very well. His cries only became more genuine as the story became more serious, and his cold gaze and harsh words pierced through the screen. You could feel it when he fell in and fell out of love.

The main storyline starts off borderline comedic, and though it dwindles, the funny scenes do still exist to give the show some much needed relief. Unrealistic elements exist, but they progress the story further. The metaphors with the movies are well placed as well - the show plays off its theme quite nicely.

The characters all feel real and have their individual lives and love stories. And this is where my title comes from: these love stories are imperfect. They are on-and-off, misunderstood, confused and complicated. And that’s the beauty of self discovery. These characters make mistakes and grow.

My one gripe with this show is that the two friends’ love lines could have been handled much better (looking at Bone and the last minute tacked on gf), but even though they are limited by the main story, their screentime is not a waste.

tl;dr great acting from gun, the show is heart fluttering, messy but realistic, rare gem of a journey of self-discovery