When Life Gives You Tangerines is generational trauma in the form of a TV show. Nah, I’m only kidding; it is a multigenerational show that spans decades and leaves us with many tears and a burning hope for a man like Gwan-Sik. The show is split into two main timelines: one is Ae-Sun’s and the other is her daughter, Geum-Myeong’s. Initially, when we don’t know anything about the show, this feels slightly confusing, especially because Iu plays both Ae-Sun and Geum-Myeong. But the series makes it abundantly clear who is who through the difference in their behavior, appearance, and, of course, because it starts to become a comprehensive story that slowly but surely comes together as we go from volume to volume. I do quite enjoy that the show was dropped in 4 volumes that go from Ae-Sun’s childhood to young adulthood to middle age and then finally old age.