Douăzeci și Cinci, Douăzeci și Unu (2022)

MAKES ME DREAM AGAIN!

I was excited to watch this series because of Nam Joo-hyuk to be honest.. but then the plot is making me cheer for all of the characters. They way they are all so innocent and living for their dreams.. makes me remember how great it feels to have a dream and while working hard to achieve it is fruitful enough.
I'm so glad I've begun to watch it! I can't believe how much I'd have missed if I didn't.

The character Na hee-do is not a typical female character, the way nothing stops her from perusing her passion about fencing.. is something we all could learn from. And our male lead, playing Baek yi-jin is for now in a messed up place, but because of yee-do he's beginning to hope again! I can't wait to see what happens later on in the series with them!!

The whole plot, the team of actors, and the ost, I can't ask for more.. because this series have it all! I hope it receives much appraisals from people all around the world. And gives hope to all of us in times like these.
Being said that, please I can't wait for the nect episodes.. watching an ongoing kdrama has its downsides y'all.

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If you decide to watch it, I really do hope that it'll lift up your spirits like it did mine.

Firstly - I LOVE NA HEEDO. She is my favourite protagonist now!! And Baek Yijin is pretty awesome too.

All the characters are vibrant and honest. The stories within the greater story explore different perspectives on concerns about status and money, different types of love that are all real and meaningful, loss, failure, resilience, the complexity of human relationships, accepting others' belief in you, believing in yourself and other people, the phosphorescent shine of realistic optimism - just to touch a few of the themes.

The production is amazing - the settings are colourful and nostalgic, the shots can be humorous or heart-wrenchingly cinematic and the OST slaps. I don't know if this will ever reach the eyes of writer Kwon Do-eun and director Jung Ji-hyun, the actors and the creative team but you all have my full support (haha). Thank you for creating what is, in my humble opinion, a masterpiece!!!

To anyone else reading this: if you decide to watch it, I really do hope that it'll lift up your spirits like it did mine.

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I'm watching this because of kim taeri! the projects that kim taeri brings must always look beautiful and fresh, before I watched this I really felt that this drama gave a beautiful and nostalgic impression, full of emotion, sadness and laughter wrapped in a fresh and warm format, a simple plot format but able to give something new with all the varied scenes in it. Thus the audience will still be addicted to watching it.

from the start, this drama emphasized a dream, the agility of being a teenager, I was reminded of the lyrics of taylor swift's song "nothing new" like 'how can a person know everything at 18 but nothing at 22?' the lyrics really describe the portrait of the main character in this story, na heedo.

Na heedo who is passionate in his dreams, she is someone who is principled and doesn't want to lose so don't be surprised if yall will see his cheerful, weird, annoying and outspoken personality.

I like the plot depiction of forward and backward plots presented in being harmony by showing the struggle to achieve dreams and challenges in it with the results of these achievements which then become an effect for those around them until now.
friendship, a love story that affects the change in identity from someone aged 18 to adulthood.

warm and passionate nostalgia makes everything feel nice and romantic. but nostalgia still called nostalgia which means the "past". doesn't stay forever will definitely go too.
people come and go, dreams that have been achieved can be finished when it's time to finish, but the beautiful memories that made up the identity remain forever.

this drama really describes nothing last forever in life. all achievements, pleasures and happy endings of life are not always permanent, in the future we never know what will happen, such as death, and soulmate. we really don't know about those things.

although in most films and dramas with a happy ending or happy goals is being as inspirations for audience , but being grateful for everything include your weakness as it is also a happy ending.

open ending about love, friendship, family and career makes us think with various questions such as "how they live..." "how are they now.." we determine the answer to that question.

REMEMBER ! nothing last forever, but good memories will last forever.
that's how the characters in this drama feel.

NOTES: this drama is a melo-drama and nostalgia genre, it will definitely make the audience empty, lonely but happy to be touched because finally the character's life journey is formed from nothing into extraordinary characters. a love story that is so sweet, passionate and intimate that forms the main character in this drama is so beautiful and then ends with a form of self-achievement, beautiful yet tragic.. because the separation in it validates us when we are 25 and 21.
that's what the screenwriter is trying to convey to the audience.
at any age in a love story there must be a difference in it and accept a different ending, but the memory in it is equally beautiful and unforgettable, that's first love, first journey and first goals means.
FOR THOSE WHO LIKE SOMETHING POETICAL, and SLOWBURN TROPE will be very easy for you to enjoy.

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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times (2024 review)

This drama is the first 10/10 I have seen in a while.

I really enjoyed watching the main characters develop into adults achieving every single one of their dreams.

The story is very well written with a bitter sweet ending. It talks about first love as what it should be… a first love, a memory, and that’s what we get through the diaries. It is a story that hits close to my heart and will always remember. This k-drama is different from what we are used to, found myself screaming, crying, laughing all at the same time.

What I also found fascinating was the accuracy they had regarding the historical events at the time, it matched to what was happening at the 90s/early 2000s. It felt way more realistic with this factor in mind.

My favorite male lead by far from all the dramas I’ve watched.


Give it a go if you need to have a good cry.

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Please don't mark down your score because you don't like the ending!

I loved Twenty-Five Twenty-One because it was a beautiful love story which made me laugh and cry. Like everyone else, I wanted Na Hee Do and Baek Yi Jin to end up together, but it the timing wasn't right for them and they had different priorities. Na Hee Do wanted to be Ko Yu Rim's rival and was driven by her late-father's belief in her. Baek Yi Jin wanted to reunite his family and being a reporter/newscaster gave him the chance to do this, despite not being a college graduate. Na Hee Do needed a supportive partner like her father and not someone who was going to be like her mother. Perhaps if Na Hee Do had a mother with a different profession, things might've been different, but her mother's past actions had scarred her too much. I live in hope that they can make their way back to each other when Min Chae is older.
Although I've given top scores, the show isn't perfect. One criticism is that the mother missing her husband's funeral altogether was too unbelievable and surely her boss would've made more of an effort to make her go. I do understand that the mother was fearful about keeping her job and raising a child on her own and was trying hard to keep it together, so the pre-reconciliation interactions between her and Na Hee Do were heart-wrenching. A second minor criticism is that I also find it unbelievable that the older Na Hee Do didn't remember the beach trip. Surely if you have a photo album, you'd remember such a special trip!
The actress who plays the older Na Hee Do had a good resemblance, but she lacked spark, but perhaps the loss of spark was from marriage to the wrong person? But who can match Kim Tae Ri in acting, beauty and personality? I wonder if the makers looked at ageing Kim Tae Ri to play the older Na Hee Do?
I'm not ready to let the show go yet and have re-watched it several times, even though it makes me cry each time. The ending was heartbreaking, but it was signalled right from the beginning. So please award your scores based on the categories and not on your disagreement with the ending!

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Yi-Jin did warned us, gravity is the only thing that stays the same forever.

Best kdrama I've ever watched and the ending was perfect because this story is not about first love, it's about friendship and growth as a person.
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Tell me the story of your youth

I put this on hold for a long time because I am not a fan of the leads (don't judge me), but YouTube kept recommending Bibi's song, and I became quite addicted, so I gave it a go, and boy, this was a magical drama.

All the characters were amazing, but I must commend Nam Joo Hyuk for his wonderful portrayal of Back Yi Jin. Honestly, I am more invested in his story. His struggles and sacrifices make me cry a lot. His acting really improved.

The story will make you remember your youth. Your first love, decisions, and everything in between Despite some painful memories, there are lots of great things that make you smile and make you silly.

I don't know why I am okay with the ending. Maybe because I used to be in love and hurt like that. Not everything has a happy ending in life, and that's okay.

I will give this a solid 10. Great story, lovely OST, and amazing acting. A must-watch... Just remember to enjoy every moment. Embrace the hardships and find a silver lining in every struggle that you encounter in this world.

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It has been one year with a heartbroken

It has been one year since I got my heartbroken because of this I literally cried that sunday morning and went to threat tvN for always give us bittersweet endings, anyways I still can't get over.

To be honest, I find that this drama has it all, good plot, good acting performance and above all good music. Each weekend it got me waiting for the next episode and I even cried in a few, I felt so identified with Na HeeDo, the fact she missed his father so much and was looking sad seeing the relationship Yurim got with her father, it reminds me to myself.

Apart for the fact I felt a conexion with Heedo's character and even if I didn't like the ending it was a good drama, which reflects all the hardships prople can have while growing up and how this affects their relationship, even the ending was kinda realistic (I don’t like realistic endings at all btw, I watch dramas to escape from reality, its a little bit childish, but this is how I think) the fact they couldn't overcome the hardships their relationship went through and other ones could, makes me angry, but I guess it was my fault for having high expectations since the first episode aired, thinking they would do something to make Baek Yijin the father, but well, now I'm not able to listening to 2521 by Jaurim without feel so emotional and even cry just a little bit, btw I don't know if this is overhyped, but the fact I was commenting with all the people here about the ending, makes me think it was something that linked people, for me, this was an excellent drama that never got boring. So if you like realistic endings, and even if you dont like the, you should give this a a chance. ^^

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First love

I really loved this drama. Last episode brought tears to my eyes. I probably cried for like an hour lol. To me this drama shows the major 2 ways first love can go. An example is with yu rim and ji woong. They ended up getting married, and having their happy ending together. However, life isnt ideal. Hee do and yi jin's ending is probably more common. First love is somthing people take for granted. In the moment, you think it would last forever. But eventually she's smiling at the thought of her naivety . This kdrama made me laugh, smile and cry. And i loved every part of it ?

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A perfect Romantic coming of age story

Let me just start by saying that what pushed me to write a review is the fact that I found a couple of reviews here who stated some very strange and unbelievable nonsense regarding the concept behind the story here as being a mystery of who will become the father!!!!! What?! I will not say haven't you been paying attention through out the show for hints or whatever, rather Haven't you watched the first episode for heaven's sake? Very early on the viewer is outright shown that the outcome of the romance that is about to unfold is unfortunately doomed, that the grown up FL's daughter's father is someone else other than the ML.
The fact that some people failed to grasp that, most propably I would guess out of sheer unwillingness to accept the fact that a KDrama can willingly choose to do that, and they kept watching with the hope that a twist will come along that will explain how the ML for some freak reason changed his name and had plastic surgery making him unrecognizable both in physical appearnce and identity to his own 14 year old daughter. Come on guys!!! If the girl was mearly reading written diaries written in codes, I would understand the mix up, but she was shown albums of old pictures by her grand-ma and she was inquiring who was the ML in the pics?! Her mom was mentioning her dad as being very much alive and working overseas! HELLO!!!!

now that I have vented out my anger at those delusional viewers who unfortunately end up giving lower ratings to the show because of their unfounded disappointment at the ending, let me very briefly state my humble review of this show.
I need not say just how much I enjoyed it, since my above rates just show, but let me state that I totally LOVED the idea of a show about falling in love AND breaking up, and not in the common fashion of heartbreak and angst, but rather the characters and their lives progressing in a way that shows them maturing by the passing of time and accumulation of experiences, and how their budding romance was a very important part of this process, how they both paved their own paths to a successful future with support from the other, and how those paths started to deviate from the other naturally. Because honestly, to me this rings more truth more than all the happily-ever-afters that we constantly get shown on TV and in movies.
Also,, let me put it out there, I would understand if people are disappointed with La la land for example, but this one is just totally different in that we knew the fact beforehand....way before the actual ending, actually I was thinking to myself while watching how I appreciated how the writers didn't play the boring game of "who's the father" that the reply series is famous for. As a viewer I find this to not be my cup of tea.

The only things I would have preferred had been done different in this show regarding writing, is how starting a certain point in the drama the ML's intial drive force to work hard ie his family got entirely pushed out of the picture, to the point than when they suddenly reappeared in the final episode, I was like yeah right....his family I totally forgot about. I would have appreciated if they were depicted just a wee little bit more in between especially when he was making life changing choices in his profession.
As for changes to the production, what was the need for a different actress to portray Na Hee Do as a grown up. Kim Tae Ri could have totally pulled of a 40-something mom thank you very much. I have nothing against the actress that played her (though tbh I was always annoyed by her voice) but what was the need to use a different actress for this character and this character only (other than the ML's younger brother which would totally wouldn't have worked with the same actor and appeared for a couple of seconds as a grown up). If Kim Tae Ri had played the older version as well, we viewers would certainly have felt more connection to the character, and the final scenes would have felt more seamless. Also, i honestly think that if KTR played both young and older versions, people would not have had such empty hopes that the ML was the father whol will show up eventually played by a different actor or something. Just guessing, cause I honestly can'twrap my head around viewers who were watching with hope of happily ever after. But still all those minor grievances did not really alter my opinion of the show as a whole.

If by some miracle, someone who hasn't yet watched the show and is checking out reviews to decide, is still reading this let me put it this way .....The story here is no mind boggling mystery with a title that is the only hint given (duh)...it just isn't! Rather, what this show is, is a coming of age story with a truely beatiful cute romance that will constantly make you swoon and blush and wish to fall in love the way they did, there is no love at first sight, no stupid initial denials, no love triangles, no needless push and pull, no acts of noble idiocy, none of these so well trodden tropes here, rather what you get are a bunch of strong and motivated characters with unique backgrounds and different upbringing settings, that bond during a critical part of their lives, whose existence in each others' lives was a driving force to push forward, grow up, persevere, excel, and become successful each in his own path. Their emotional connections transcends time and distance and even with no direct communications.
The pacing was great never felt any lags or rushed parts, and although the more we drew nearer to the final episode I was worried the last couple of episodes would not be able to wrap everything up and satisfy us as to what lead up to the current day time, I genuinely enjoyed the last episodes more than anything and thought they were the perfect closure to a perfect relationship, down to the last scene after the finale's credits. I just love how such simple scenes can speak loads and loads about people, their history. Just perfect writing period.

The acting was beyond amazing. I am growing more and more a fan of Nam Joo Hyuk, his acting here was simply put just perfect. Kim Tae Ri is also such a great actress and although I intially worried she would not be believable as a high school student younger than the ML, she proved me wrong. They were both able to portray great emotional chemistry. All the side characters were given enough balance of story development and screen time in a way that gave each of them a space to shine. The directing was wonderful, my only gripe would be how I sometimes felt the camera made people look like they had bloodshot eyes and extra red palms LOL

All in all, this was a great show, great writing with a good story pacing, awesome characters and magnificent performance, good direction and cinematography. Do not pay attention to the odd reviews here who say they were disappointed by the ending, it's a great show and with a fitting believable heartfelt ending. You will certainly enjoy each momente of this ride.

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Probably my favourite k drama

I don't understand how come people seem to hate the ending saying it was rushed. It was pretty much clear Hye Jin wasn't going to end up with Heedo. (Whose daughter wouldn't be able to recognize her own father while seeing his photos from past).
Also the seeds of growing differences could be seen from the start. Hye Jin don't have a graduation degree and he must give his 100% in his job to provide for himself and his family while Heedo already has PTSD from neglectance from his mother choosing her career over her family. Their decision to split was justified. You can see their relationship in contrast with Yu rim and Moon ji yung who were in worst situation than them (literally miles apart for years) but were still able to pull through. Their problems weren't in the way of their compatibility with each other.
Again another complain about people is why wasn't the dad shown. But this story is not about Hee do's husband. This story is about Ye jin and Heedo when they were 25 and 21.
Personally for me the ending is the best thing about the whole show that sets it apart for every other k drama. I was hoping for a 'How I met your mother' kind of ending, that Ye jin and Heedo would end up together after they got old. But again this story is about a distant summer they shared together. You are not the same person you were 20 years ago.

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