section_path: Reception/Critical response
section_name: Critical response
paragraph_text: Critical response
  
  On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 100% of 6 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 9.5/10. The series was a domestic and international hit. It received plaudits for its performances, screenplay, and direction, and has been favorably compared to the acclaimed period drama Reply 1988 (2015–16), also starring Park Bo-gum, for eliciting nostalgia and warmth rooted in the Korean experience.
  
  Time magazine praised the series for being "devastatingly profound", showing not only "the story of one family" but also "the story of Korea's modernization from the postwar period to today" and highlighting "a rich and distinct cultural history" of Jeju island. India Today stated that the series "isn't just a love story, nor is it merely a historical drama. It's a meditation on time, on love, and on the quiet labor of care that stretches across lifetimes." Per South China Morning Post the series "masterfully bridged past and present, blurring the line between nostalgic reverie and pressing reality" calling it "one of the very best K-dramas of all time – and quite possibly the most Korean of them all." The series was also praised by the Chinese Communist Party -owned daily tabloid Global Times, which raised the issue of illegal streaming since Netflix is not available in China.
  
  On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 100% of 6 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 9.5/10. The series was a domestic and international hit. It received plaudits for its performances, screenplay, and direction, and has been favorably compared to the acclaimed period drama Reply 1988 (2015–16), also starring Park Bo-gum, for eliciting nostalgia and warmth rooted in the Korean experience.
  
  Time magazine praised the series for being "devastatingly profound", showing not only "the story of one family" but also "the story of Korea's modernization from the postwar period to today" and highlighting "a rich and distinct cultural history" of Jeju island. India Today stated that the series "isn't just a love story, nor is it merely a historical drama. It's a meditation on time, on love, and on the quiet labor of care that stretches across lifetimes." Per South China Morning Post the series "masterfully bridged past and present, blurring the line between nostalgic reverie and pressing reality" calling it "one of the very best K-dramas of all time – and quite possibly the most Korean of them all." The series was also praised by the Chinese Communist Party -owned daily tabloid Global Times, which raised the issue of illegal streaming since Netflix is not available in China.