This drama was a hidden gem. I wanted to find a good quality drama like "ode to joy" in the romance/comedy genre and ended up watching this. So I finished watching "The first part of my life" which was good and "somewhere only we know" which was lacking. In SOWK the part that was lacking in the drama was to love story and how a 40min drama felt like a 2 hour drama. And the romance was too slow , lack luster and complicated( couldn't finish so relied on review) .

GO GO Squid instead was shot effortlessly, where I didn't even know when the time has passed and the episode has ended. And most of all the romance story line is one you love. the stone walled man falls in love with a quirky female lead and she opens his heart. the music, characters , story line all came together for a very solid drama. I highly recommend it.

My only critic is that the fl mom annoyed me to death, she's the type of parent that I would be feed up with and know they would be arguments if she was my mother. I really tried to skip her part. like she firmly tried to break them up trying to protect her daughter but that ended up bringing harm to her and the feelings she was trying to protect. which is why i wished the parents would stay out of the children love lives or at least be at arms length and not overly involved where it created a mess in their relationship.