Let's just cut right to it, this show was painfully boring. There, I said it. A story built around partial amnesia has real potential, but between the choppy scene structure and random flashbacks thrown in constantly, the whole plot ends up feeling more tangled than it needed to be. The romance doesn't fare much better either, it's written so poorly that I never really found myself invested in this couple. Both leads come across stiff on screen and deliver their lines in a really awkward way. The show runs 8 episodes, each somewhere around 30 to 35 minutes. Hanuel, a 29 year old language teacher, wakes up after an accident only to realize his memory stops at age 19. It turns out he'd been in another accident back then too, which is why his memories cut off at that point. He has zero recollection of the fact that he's currently living with his childhood friend Saebyeok, who's now a huge celebrity. That makes the whole situation even harder for Hanuel to wrap his ...
Pobmek and Solar are a gay couple, and both of them work as elementary school teachers. Through a bunch of flashbacks we learn that Solar always dreamed of teaching, while Pommel was originally headed toward accounting, but he loved Solar so much he switched paths just to become a teacher too. Pommel can't get his classroom under control at all, meanwhile Solar's a total hit with the kids and clearly loves the job. Then one day, after a small accident, everything about Solar shifts. Pobmek picks up on it right away, his boyfriend just isn't acting like himself anymore. Solar starts insisting he's actually Sun, a seven year old kid, and thinks Pommel has kidnapped him, calling him uncle instead. They somehow get through the rest of that day together, and by the next morning Solar wakes up back to normal like nothing ever happened. Pobmek is relieved to have his boyfriend back, but it doesn't take long before he notices this keeps happening. Every time Solar falls asleep, he flips identities, Sun goes to sleep and wakes up as Solar, and Solar goes to sleep and wakes up as Sun. Now Pobmek's on a mission to figure out why. With backup from his PE teacher friend and the acting principal, they do their best to manage the situation, even letting the students in on it so Sun can still show up to class as a seven year old when that side takes over. All of this starts wearing Pommel down badly, but he keeps digging for answers. Eventually it comes out that Sun went through serious childhood trauma, his depressed mother took her own life while blaming him for her suffering, and after that Sun adopted the identity of Solar, a puppet character his mom used to perform with, and he even believes a neighborhood woman is his real mother. His father, meanwhile, abandoned the whole situation entirely. Naturally things start improving once Pommel throws himself fully into being there for the person he loves, emotionally and otherwise.
What this show really digs into is how someone survives serious mental trauma, starting off with all the warmth and comedy of a typical romantic comedy before gradually revealing something way more layered underneath. It touches on love, depression, grief, trauma passed down through generations, and the process of healing, constantly walking that line between heartbreak and tenderness. Set inside this bright, chaotic elementary school full of kids who pick up on way more than the adults around them realize, it turns into a story about how people push through emotional pain and what it actually means to keep loving someone through all of it. You go in expecting pure silliness and madness, and you do get that, but Solar's backstory ends up being this genuinely powerful look at grief, survivor's guilt, depression, and postpartum trauma. I can't think of another show that's tackled this combination before, so real credit to the creators for going there. Solar essentially exists because part of Sun couldn't keep carrying the weight of believing he caused his mother's death. The actor playing Solar is honestly fantastic. Every time he flips into Sun, the kid becomes an absolute troublemaker, running wild and flipping every adult's life upside down, and it's genuinely funny to watch. Switching between these two personalities, he stays completely likable throughout. But if you ask me, Pommel's really the heart of this show, the underdog whose whole arc is about learning that real love means staying present even when everything gets scary, confusing, draining, or uncertain. If I had to point out flaws, I was honestly thrown by how little concern Solar's own mother shows once she finds out about the personality switching, she barely reacts with any worry and just treats it like it's totally normal, leaving Pommel to handle everything alone. Pobmek's mom actually shows way more concern than she does. You also kind of have to just accept how casually everyone, students, parents, all of them, treats this personality switching thing without anyone pushing to actually get him real medical help or find an actual solution.
Overall, this show does a genuinely great job juggling humor, weirdness, charm, romance, and real psychological trauma all at once. This cozy little series is the kind of thing that can honestly put a smile back on your face. (8/10)
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