At first, there's a lot of "pity the male lead" trope on Jun Woo. But even if that's a part of Jun Woo's character,the development of the series really surprised me as we are introduced to other characters lives.
The moment we see the story becoming deeper is when he tells her that her life is easy, basically saying he's the only one struggling. But Soo Bin doesn't fall for his victim complex and shuts him up by yelling all her problems at him, showing that female lead doesn't encourage his a monopoly on pain. But when we focus on Hui Yeong, we really see past heir surface's.

Man, the sensitivity of this drama is great.
They portrayed completely different characters going through hardships and developing their own defense mechanisms:
• SOO BIN→Mom's abusive pressure + daddy issues= her trust issues, insecurities and submission to fear.
• JUN WOO→Bullying + poor + daddy issues + loneliness(lives alone)= victim, inferiority and hero/martyr complex, closed off
• HUI YEONG→Dad's physical/psychological violence + suffocating and submissive mom= his self harm, obsession with control (since he's powerless at home) and cruel behavior (reflecting his dad's brutality).
-god I love him ♡, such a well developed character-

Ah and of course, REPRESENTATION. Woo Bin was so great, I was so fucking happy. Also people's reaction to it were perfect hahahah, his best friend/girlfriend was hurt but then forgave him after getting furious and standing up for all the homophobia. Jun Woo/best friend didn't really give a shit hahahah, he just asked why he didn't tell him and was like "okay, cool". Hui Yeong was Hui Yeong, he said "I couldn't care less if you like me, just leave me out of it". Some classmates said stuff but his friends were like "wtf is the problem? a person likes another person, so what?!". I loved it, it was so natural.

I really like psychology so I'm a huge sucker for well made characters and their developments. This show has it's flaws, like infuriatingly stupid decisions and awkward moments, but I got very emotionally attached to it because of how well their feeling were expressed.
➤ If you like deep characters and common fucked up life situations, you'll like this one ☺︎
(this was way too long, I'm sorry)