Just a short and simple review..

It's a drama about kinship, comradeship, will to live, and most important of all, humanity.

Not overly cheesy, small surprises sprinkled here and there frequently enough to keep the plot fresh, and the connection with various characters grow with each scene.

The bus driver boss's scenes warmed my heart.. he's such a kind soul, bless him, we need more people like him in our real world.

I've shed too many tears with too many characters in this drama.

The only reason I've scored it down is because much like humanity, there is imperfection.. e.g. some of its pacing could be better (but most of it is excellent to me).. and Disney+ could give us longer episodes (some are just 32 minutes).

Some scenes are more violent than I like, but it's a reflection of the running theme of "becoming monsters to protect the children", and a great contrast with their soft heartedness when seeing the children (even for the NK soldiers).

I've never anticipated a Kdrama season 2 but this has to be made 🤞.