There is
a monologue :
"In
the end, fate and timing do not happen by coincidence. They are products of
countless earnest choices that make up miraculous experiment. Giving up and
making decisions without reservation or hesitation. That is what makes timing."
Then I
cried again. :')
This is
my first time watching K-Drama with this kind of emotion. Good job PD nim! It
deserves its rating indeed.
The story
lies in a housing block in Ssangmun-dong, Dobong, Seoul. When I search google
maps, it is located near Bukhan-san, rather far from the heart of Seoul. There
are five families there whom very close to one another. Never knocking the door
when visited and always sharing the food three times a day. If it is
real, I would wonder if any conflicts ever happened to them. But it is just a
story. Go away you skepticism~
Those
five families has children who is in the same age. They are Sung Deok Sun, Sung
Sun Woo, Kim Jung Hwan, Ryu Dong Ryong and Choi Taek. Deok Sun is the only girl
here. But it didn’t make her get special treatment. The special treatment goes
to Choi Taek, a master in Go game (baduk). He got some blank personality and
not good into anything besides the Go game (another Kim Je Hyuk Prison
Playbook). The other children is so protective around him. Choi Taek's room is
like a basecamp though the owner hardly be there because of the competitions.
In 1988, they are in high school age. Taek is not going to school and focusing
on Go game. Like other teenagers, they start a romance story among them.
Their
love story is not exaggerating and more realistic than any other drama but that
what makes it sweet. Most fan of Reply would vote for Junghwan-Deok Sun couple
because it has the best chemistry. In the end they are dating for real but I am
just disappointed that it is not happened in the drama. In the early episodes,
they give us some clues about who would be Deok Sun's husband. But the clues
are just deception until two third of the story. I feel betrayed. Whyy~ you
make Jung Hwan lose and force him to let go of his first love. Then, after
being angry for the rest of the episodes, I would just accept that maybe it is
what PD-nim want to tell, how to let go a long love like the title for episodes
18 Goodbye My First Love. Wkwkwk. The OST "Youth" by Kim Feel and Kim
Chang Wan is a good choice, it makes the ending sadder.
Besides
teenage love story, there is also a love story between father and his eldest
daughter who are not good in expressing their feeling. Love that does not
require a reply. Just watching their daughter happy or her father proud is
enough. In that housing block every parents are the same. Always care for their children and would do anything just to make sure they eat well and not to worry their parents. The story is well told and the parent actors are
veteran. The ending of this story is very touching. Another letting go story.
:')
The
PD-nim does not forget his time travel signature. Comparing with Prison
Playbook and Hospital Playlist, this is the smoothest one. The theme is time
travel to 1988 after all. Hahaha. Unlike Prison Playbook, I dont really find the
comedic side of this drama. The touching side is more impactful.
I would
like to give a thumbs up to all parent actors, Hyeri who I never expect would
acts so well, Ryu Jeong Yeol (he is not handsome but his acting covers that
:p), Park Bo Gum (He feels manly here) and Lee Dong Hwi (He is the oldest among
the children actors but he can suit his character)
The
contra is I don’t really feel a good chemistry from Sun Woo and Bora. And
I don’t really agree about Jung Hwan confession that turns to jokes. It is
a plot twist but yeah hurtful. :’)
I would recommend
this drama to everyone who bored with usual storyline and who needs
consolation. I would continue watching another Reply stories, but I
need time to reconstruct my emotion. I don’t want to cry a river again. Wkwk.
All pictures credit to Asianwiki.com ( http://asianwiki.com/Reply_1988)
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