#reply1988

I’ve seen some people say he’s dull and boring, and i wonder if we actually saw the same show or not because it’s clear to me that he’s the one person who cares the most about all the people he loves. When his dad feels under-appreciated, he goes out of his way to reciprocate his silliness and make him happy. He studies hard for his mother, not to mention, plans a wedding for her when he finds out his parents never had a wedding. Even though everyone else refer to his brother as a no-good dumb grown man, inferior to junghwan in every way, he never thinks of his brother like that and instead, always wants to make him happy- to the point that all the dreams he had for what he wants to be when he grows up are what his brother wishes he could be but cannot because of his illness. He’s the one who immediately hit the bullies when they said “are you bragging that you don’t have a dad?” to sunwoo, when he’d silently followed all their orders before. He’s the only one who puts up with dong-ryong’s constant chatter and adventures without ever stopping him. I don’t even need to get into all the things he does for doeksun. My boy junghwan, the “i waited for an hour every morning to go to school with you. at night i couldn't sleep at all worrying about you until you got home. i thought of nothing but you. just you. when i ran into you on the bus, when we went to the concert together, when you gifted me a shirt for my birthday... i was so happy that i thought i was going crazy. i wanted to see you more than a dozen times a day. i was happy just to see you.” junghwan. But most of all, he truly loved and cared about Taek, sacrificing and burying his own feelings for Taek’s, going out of his way to avoid doeksun because he could never hurt taek like that. Junghwan is a character who loved deeply and with his entire heart. He’s quiet, considerate and sure, grumbling. But the grumbling definitely comes from his mother. He’s grown up seeing his mother express her love for his father through annoyed yelling, grumbling, and scolding. That’s the only way he knows how to show that he cares and loves.

A similar yet different story to Reply 1988 but with happy ending version (because who else was frustrated about who duk-seon ended up with). Drama review at the very end!

Synopses: Xiao Ju moves to a new neighborhood and has to attend a new high school in her senior year. There, she meets a group of friends and they experience both the happy and the sad times together. As much as it is a story about unrequited and unconfessed love, it is also about friendship, the struggles of finding your path and career, and most importantly growing up and saying good bye.

Cast: Wang Rui Chang (male lead), Hu Yi Xuan (female lead), Chen Bo Hao, Jiang Zhuo Jun, Judy Qi

Drama review

If Reply 1988 was 8/10 (missing that 2 ⭐️⭐️ because of the ending), then this drama is also a 8/10. Even though it was a happy ending, I wish there were more moments of the couple together. Richard Wang (male lead) did an awesome job of portraying his heartbreak and it breaks my heart every time I see him do things for the female lead unconditionally. As he says, “when can you turn around and see me, who has been behind you all this time”.

Childhood, friendship, unconditional love, perseverance, sacrifices, endurance and being on an optimum level of understanding in every occasion. These are the things that I felt while watching and after I watched Reply1988 and that figures why this is one of the most acclaimed Kdrama of all times.

Aside from the storyline, the whole cast has their own character development that made them all relevant to the story.

You could wish for a neighborhood like this, for the time like this when living is just so simple and not chaotic in general.

I can't get enough of her after watching her as Kang Sol B from Law School so I binge-watched all of her projects!

I also made a journal page review in every movie & tv series she did before and I enjoy every bit of it! She's underrated and I really manifest more projects for her!

Here are some scanned pages from my kdrama journal!

for more pages, check out my recent flip through no. 3 here: https://youtu.be/Wh9livGoxYQ