In all honesty, despite this being one of my favourite webtoons after reading, I think the first 15 or so chapters weren’t the most compelling to get through. The first scene shows the main characters inside a burning building. The excitement and intrigue around the fire is followed by a sleepy pace of a life in a quiet countryside.
I distinctly remember pushing on through the chapters I found boring, but with hindsight I can appreciate the portrayal of life in the village. It might have actually been the moment Dongchan trimmed his bowlcut that the atmosphere changed.
The everyday life we saw became exciting and interesting from then on. All the characters are so loveable and fun, I cannot tell you how much I love Hyeji and Sunny for totally different reasons. All the characters are amazing, I love them, they’re such good kids. The art style is really gorgeous and I think that really aids the gentle tone of the webtoons, yet the more dangerous events are also elevated by the art. There’s a panel burned into my mind for how beautiful and terrible it was. You’ll know the panel when you see it.
Strangely, Spinach Bouquet also has a meta aspect to it. It is somehow both a crucial and insignificant moment in the narrative and it is something else I can’t stop thinking about.
Spinach Bouquet is more than a fluffy coming of age high school webtoon, though I don’t think it would be worse for being encompassed in that category. Small aspects of the art, themes, and narrative make this a webtoon that have stuck with me since the first time I read it.
Hush Nili 
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