Twenty Five Twenty One (2022)

Spoilers after few sentences(I have given warning when the spoiler starts)

It reminded me of Reply 1988 and Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo because of the nostalgic and sporty aspects. The visual aesthetics and ost were amazing.Its easily one of the best Kdramas of 2022.(Spoiler alert)Now for the ending alot of people are not satisfied with it but I personally liked it.It was bittersweet.We usually don't see such endings in Kdramas but the writers were very brave to choose it.It did not change my love for this series.I would have liked if they ended up together but it conveyed the message that sometimes things just don't workout and its no one's fault.That is what life is.It is not always going to be rainbows and sunshine.

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Bad storyline

I am currently on episode 4 and I thought that Min Chae is Yi Jin's daughter. As I was curious, I searched for the cast to know about it. But found out she is not his daughter as they do not share the same Surname. And what's more annoying is that Hee Do's husband is not revealed. There is no relation between the present storyline with Older Hee Do and her daughter and the past. This could have just been a random girl finding the diary and reading the story of her seniors at high school instead of bringing a daughter and older Hee Do. Total waste of time and as from episode 4, I see that the story is going nowhere. It's time to drop it

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Renata Almeida

Bom o que falar???
Ainda estou impactada com o final!!!
Esperava aquele "final charmoso" dos Doramas Koreanos, onde tudo se refaz!! Não esperava essa finalização! O gostinho de quero ainda se encontra no coração!!! Muitas dúvidas, e dúvidas!!! Inacreditável perceber um enredo com sentimentos tão fortes e superaveis, pq foi esse , o legado do Dorama... Superação!!! Onde um ajudou o outro, nos obstáculos que foram surgindo em suas vidas e no final!!! Mas mesmo assim... Considerei 10 nota 10 em todas as categorias, pq a sensação é de quero mais!! Parabenizo todos os atores, souberam interpretar categoricamente a intensidade da adolescência. Brilhante!!! Mas ainda sim deixo aqui minha sugestão, todos os outros casais tiveram os seus reencontros e
Hee-do e Yi-jin deveriam ter também!! Achei que entre eles as coisas não ficaram muito bem resolvidas.

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Maravilhoso!

"Acha que suas habilidades melhoram consistentemente assim ↗, certo? Suas habilidades não melhoram de forma consistente, melhoram em etapas ┌┘. E quando as pessoas batem em uma parede, elas querem desistir. Uma vez que eles passem por essa etapa, elas vão melhorar exponencialmente ↗, mas elas não percebem isso. Eu sou a prova viva." Na Hee Do para sua filha. (Eu como bailarina me senti encorajada por essas palavras)

Obrigada a esse elenco e equipe incríveis por tornar meus fins de semana um pouco menos sombrios nos últimos dois meses. Este é uns dos poucos dramas que chegou perto de realmente retratar a realidade do adulto. É uma enorme montanha russa. Nenhum de nós está pronto para o turbilhão da vida adulta.
Não conhecia direito a esgrima, e nesse dorama me fez me encantar pelo esporte! Apaixonei por cada personagem, amei a história, as reviravoltas, a amizade do squad e o carinho entre os protagonistas (química de milhões) e a OST maravilhosa!
Uma parte de mim tinha esperança dos protas ficarem juntos, mas outra parte de mim sabia que ia ser um fim realista. Mesmo não sendo o fim esperado por todos, eu gostei desse dorama do início ao fim.
Sou muito grata ao elenco e à equipe por esse drama incrível. Sentirei saudades ♥

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Twenty-Five Twenty-One is REFRESHING your eyes so far!

Hello blushing sweeties!

Work from home, work from office, work all day and night; there’s almost little to no time for us to step out, refresh and go on a vacation. And this ‘need for some refreshment’ is exactly what some of the Korean drama cinematographers are targeting. Hence, drawing more target audience. Recent example of a beautiful cinematography that completely replenishes your mood, happiness and soothes your eyes is the drama ‘Our Beloved Summer’. And another example would be ‘Twenty-Five Twenty-One’. Most of their scenes are filled with greens, bright sunny mornings, clear skies, peaceful neighbourhoods (yeah! They look peaceful) and all charms of the actors (uff!).

The drama is set in the 90’s but I do not get the 90’s vibes; neither from the locations and cinematography nor from the characters.
This is the first time I am seeing Kim Tae Ri’s (FL-Na Hee Do) acting and I am already a fan. The way she has transformed herself for the character: tone of speaking, her walking style, and even when she stands (mostly she stands like a man) is appreciable. The immaturity and recklessness of an 18-year-old kid has been very well portrayed through her character. Also, she is very ambitious, optimistic, a hard worker and has a very bright smile (aww!).
Nam Ju Hyuk (ML-Baek Yi Jin) as always and as usual is radiant, though his character is someone whose family has gone bankrupt because of IMF establishment and has lost everything. The maturity and the gentleman behaviour of a 22-year-old has been very well portrayed through his character. Though he looks bright on the outside, he is pessimistic on the inside. And that pessimism is something that our FL is going to change.

I need to watch more episodes in order to pass my comments on the rest of the characters.
Besides the main plot, the show is also trying to show the differences in the way an 18-year-old woman and a 22-year-old man think, speak, act and react.

The OST’s of the drama (my, my.) are so damn upbeat, cheerful and motivational that they straight away go to my morning songs playlists because, “such songs plus coffee- what else do I need to wake me up?”.
Only two episodes are down for me. The story seems to be simple so far but you know the 'booms and baams' in the story comes only when the story reaches halfway. So, there is a long way to go to finalize comments about this drama. But I loved it (so far) and will be watching the rest of the episodes shortly.

Thank you for reading my review.
Have a good day/night!

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Já com saudadades da Na Hee do

Ok desde o início esse final já era previsto, mas isso não significa que a cada segundo eu não esperasse que fosse mais parecido com minha ilusão.
Não foi, e se tornou daquelas histórias que me atropelam sem deixar nem a placa.
Devastada.

desabafo feito, posso seguir em frente.

Esse dorama tem tudo que amo em uma boa história. Na Hee Do está no topo das minhas protagonistas preferidas. É forte, atrapalhada, carismática e fez meus fins de semana melhores. Cada personagem é profundo e tem seu espaço para crescer. Namorei a amizade e relacionamento deles. Me envolvi ao ponto de me importar como se fossem meus amigos mesmo, por isso quis o melhor para eles, mesmo quando enquanto espectadora não era bem o que eu esperava.

É nostálgica, hilária e tem um mensagem tão bonita.
Tudo passa e passa muito rápido. Como é difícil lembrar do passado, por melhor que tenha sido, sem certa melancolia e arrependimento.
Ao mesmo tempo como é bom ter boas coisas para recordar, mesmo que tenham sido passageiras e que nunca mais voltem.
Faz parte de crescer.
Como foi bom ver eles crescerem.

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the most sweetest yet amazing, most spirited yet broken series

Okayyy!!!! So this is like my hella first review after watching a hundreds of kdrama, cdrama and even Thai drama✌️?.... But I just had to write about this one... ?This is like the most sweetest yet amazing, most spirited yet broken series I have ever watched❤️.... There were many dramas which I fell in love with... But this just hits different??.... The fencing training, the love mashup... Everything just ifta perfect..... ?And the mostttt amazing thing about this drama is th storyline and development of the characters as well as the drama??... It's just so heartwarming to watch it every single time.... And while watching this you just can't think of what's the ending gonna be and that's the beauty about it... ?Only 4 episodes are released till now but they have just took my heart off.. Of you r a kdrama fan you have to watch this one...??❤️

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Such a nice feeling watching this drama

I find myself absolutely loving dramas which show the slow and steady success of people who want to achieve their dreams, i.e. Start Up, Itaewon Class etc. This drama does exactly that in the most heartfelt, but also heart-jerking way. Definitely would rewatch and gonna miss it when its off air. Love this drama so so much and all actors. I personally wouldn’t say it started off slow, I think every element of the drama is perfect. I find my self analyzing shows nowadays for redundancy or elements that were completely unnecessary but I believe, so far, this drama is executed well. I’m not sure what to expect in the coming episodes ~

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