History Series / OurBelovedSummer

* BeautifulDreamer

''Our Beloved Summer'' (Kor: 그 해 우리는[[labelnote:note]] meaning “That year, we-“ [[/labelnote]]) is a 2021 KoreanDrama from South Korea. It ran for 16 episodes.

''Our Beloved Summer'' (Kor: 그 해 우리는[[labelnote:note]] meaning “The year, we-“ [[/labelnote]]) is a 2021 KoreanDrama from South Korea. It ran for 16 episodes.

''Our Beloved Summer'' (Kor: 그 해 우리는 [[labelnote:note]] meaning “The year, we-“ [[/labelnote]] is a 2021 KoreanDrama from South Korea. It ran for 16 episodes.

''Our Beloved Summer'' is a 2021 KoreanDrama from South Korea. It ran for 16 episodes.

* IntimateArtistry: While arranging books in a music library in the finale, Ung and Yeon-Su are reminiscing on their relationship and Ung starts sketching a portrait of Yeon-Su from the first time they met. [[labelnote:Why is this important?]] This is especially significant because Ung is known for never drawing people in his works, choosing to only draw buildings, animals or plants due to their ‘relatively’ unchanging nature. [[/labelnote]]

* ShipperOnDeck: Yeon-su’s colleagues believe that there is something going on between her and [[spoiler:Jang Do-Yul]].

** One of the times that Yeon-Su and Ung broke up was because she felt as though she was holding him back after he rejected an offer to study overseas in order to be by her side. [[spoiler:In the final episode, Ung asks Yeon-Su to follow him to France (where he wishes to attend architecture school) so they can be together. She declines his offer but instead of breaking up again, they commit to a long-distance relationship, showing how they have grown and matured.]]

** Ji-Ung’s father never appears and his mother is frequently away for work, [[spoiler:prompting anger and resentment when she suddenly shows up at his house]].

* BookEnds

* DisappearedDad
** Ji-Ung was raised solely by his mother.
** [[spoiler:When he was a young child, Ung was abandoned by his father on the street. He was later adopted by the Chois.]]

* AmbiguouslyMissingParent
** Yeon-Su’s parents are never seen or their disappearance explained and she was raised by her grandmother.

* IntimateArtistry: While arranging books in a music library in the finale, Ung and Yeon-Su are reminiscing on their relationship and Ung starts sketching a portrait of Yeon-Su from the first time they met. [[labelnote:Click to reveal]] This is especially significant because Ung is known for never drawing people in his works. [[/labelnote]]

* ReturningTheHandkerchief: Inverted when Yeon-Su leaves her pouch at Ung’s house as an excuse to call him again and visit him later. Double-inverted and played straight when Ung shows up at her house to deliver it to her personally.

* ReturningAHandkerchief: Subverted when Yeon-Su leaves her pouch at Ung’s house as an excuse to call him again and visit him later. Double-subverted and played straight when Ung shows up at her house to deliver it to her personally.

* UnrequitedLoveLastsForever: Ji-Ung has had a crush on Yeon-Su for more than ten years ever since they were still in high school.

** Ung and Yeon-Su’s first kiss was during a sudden rain shower and the documentary producer had left to get an umbrella and some equipment. [[spoiler:Their first kiss five years after their breakup also occurred during a rain shower when a documentary producer
left to get an umbrella and more equipment.]]

* CallBack: One of the times that Yeon-Su and Ung broke up was because she felt as though she was holding him back after he rejected an offer to study overseas in order to be by her side. [[spoiler:In the final episode, Ung asks Yeon-Su to follow him to France (where he wishes to attend architecture school) so they can be together. She declines his offer but instead of breaking up again, they commit to a long-distance relationship, showing how they have grown and matured.]]