This show is really beautiful and well laid out. The first episode itself made me cry my eyes out at least three times. SPOILER the way the father died so tragically right after finally getting investors. AND I LOVED the meaning and story behind the word Sand Box that the story told IT WAS SO INSPIRING AND BEAUTIFUL. Tho my favorite relationship in the show is hands down between Han JiPyeong and the halmoni. The pure love she showed him and the way he finally got a form of family through her way so beautiful to watch. The young version of JiPyeong did an AMAZING job portraying the emotions of the character so well srsly he deserves an award. The idea of the letters was somewhat old but still, they presented it in a really distinctive way and just overall I think everything all the characters did in the show had a really good meaning behind it like with the letters written by JP nd halmoni. I think Suzy was perfect for this role nd I cant think of anyone else who could've fit the role better than her srsly. I LOVED that her initial drive to succeed was to prove that she made the right choice by staying with her father, that was really special. The whole cast as a group had really good chemistry. Nam Joohyuk playing Nam DoSan was so perfect, that character was the more pure and sweet. I thought NJH didn't have good chemistry with anyone after seeing him with Lee Sung-kyung but he had amazing chemistry with Suzy and they both just look perfect tgt. Idk why people r now suddenly saying they didn't have good chemistry after the show ended but they really did, it was a very pure and unique form of adoration between them like bc of the writing they didn't do the typical cute things the main leads do but the little things like DalMi giving him the jelly and telling him to eat the cake first were srsly the cutest nd you could see their cute chemistry there. Kim SeonHo as Nam Jipyeong was srsly my favorite out of all tho, I was so happy that he finally got the recognition he deserved. He played the role so so well and you could see so much of his amazing acting skills in the character, he was so effortlessly funny nd cute with granny, so charming as he helped Dalmi and so cool as the stern investor. Again his chemistry with Halmoni was sooo freaking good I couldn't take my eyes away. I really hope Seonho gets amazing scripts nd roles after this.
The story did get slower by the second half but it was still well placed and made sense why that happened as the story started to become more emotional than about the business. I liked that they didn't drag on the secret of the letters until the last episodes and showed Nam DoSan also distance himself away frm Dalmi after she said hurtful things bc that was v realistic. One of the reasons i loved DoSan and Dalmi tgt so much was bc of the whole concept of why she liked his hands and i liked that they used that to bring them back together. It was really sweet to watch DoSan finally realise and how happy he was NJH did an amazing job showing him as the sweet innocent guy esp with the sweet little smiles he gave Dalmi. The story ended really well too nd the ending walk of the leads had me srsly get sad that its ending. BUT OVERALL REALLY WELL WRITTEN ND DIRECTED SHOW, REALLY DESERVED THE RECOGNITION.
Idk why ppl suddenly started disliking the show after it ended, tho i think its lowkey mostly bc of the strong second lead syndrome they got.
ALSO I LOVED THE SOUNDTRACKS, esp FUTURE by Red Velvet!