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A cute, well acted, well written story
10/10 is my rating. This is a 2018 South Korean tv drama spanning 32, ~30 minute, episodes. It is also known as "Still Seventeen". Gong Woo-jin (Yang Se-jong) is a reclusive 30-year-old man who has closed himself off from others. A tragic event has left him unhappy and emotionally distant. Thirty years before he transformed from a happy teenager who easily smiled to a depressed and withdrawn person who no longer felt he had a right to smile. Woo Seo-ri (Shin Hye-sun) at 17 was a talented musician and a mystery girl whom teen aged Woo-Jin had a crush on. Seo-ri’. Thirteen years later, she wakes up from her coma. Her mental age is still that of a 17-year-old, but she is now 30-years-old. Gong Woo-jin and Woo Seo-ri get involved with each other and fall in love.Spoiler 🚨 Everything about this was perfect in my book. The plot was believable and interesting. The love story was beyond cute and heart warming. And it ended really well. I would not change a thing. Highly recommend this wonderful feel good romance.
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=> An excellent healing & feel good series, with great actors and a lot of tenderness
PLOT: The FL wakes up in the hospital after 13 years in a coma. Her family abandoned her and everyone disappeared. She finds herself, hosted by the ML, scenographer, in her old house, with the ML's nephew and the housekeeper (a little pert but philosophical).PROS:
+ Great actors (ML = Yang Se Jong, FL = Shin Hye Sun, the nephew)
+ A well-constructed, realistic and coherent story, including the evolution of the characters.
+ A dynamic production, with a good balance of romance/humor/tenderness.
+ An adorable chihuahua, excellent actor and well trained (2 in reality :)
+ excellent OSTs
CONS:
- Lots of coincidences, missed acts, "dramaland".
=> An excellent healing & feel good series
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PLOT : La FL se réveille à l'hôpital après 13 ans de coma. Sa famille l'a abandonnée et tout son monde a disparu. Elle se retrouve, hébergée par le ML, scénographe, dans son ancienne maison, avec le neveu du ML et la gouvernante (un peu perchée mais philosophe).
PROS:
+ Des acteurs géniaux (le ML = Yang Se Jong, la FL = Shin Hye Sun, le neveu)
+ Une story bien construite, réaliste et cohérente, y compris dans l'évolution des personnages.
+ Une réalisation dynamique, avec un bon équilibre romance / humour / tendresse.
+ Un chihuahua adorable, excellent acteur et bien dressé (2 en réalité :)
+ d'excellents OST
CONS:
- Beaucoup de coïncidences, d'actes manqués, de "dramaland".
=> Une excellente série healing & feel good
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Complete entertainment package
This drama is complete entertainment package ..It has some funny moments ,emotionally connected with each part of the episode ,some deep sad moments but the funny and cute love story.They brought love triangle but drama didn't show much attention towards other leads who have genuine feeling towards lead actress so not felt sad for them .I enjoyed this drama thoroughly , background music was perfect totally fit according to the situation and songs were so good especially the one ,"stay with me"..Jennifer slow dialogue not let understand by other characters in this drama make a episode too much funny .Chan and his two friends and their friendship were too good .Soo rie and Mr.Gong past amazingly connected.
Worth watching this drama.
Don't think just feel,what you like the most ,what you make happy the most choose that thing don't get confused . Don't be hurry take every step slowly with full confidence .Such thing learn from drama.
10 out of 10.
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Fun, cute, lovable story.
A really fun and cute story that it's easy to watch. I laughed a lot but I also cried a couple of times. It makes you care about the characters and connect with them. They all were quite mature and reacted to the different situations in a good way, so you don't end up disliking any of the main characters.The only thing i disliked is that they present "hints" of some mysteries but then they take too long to actually explain what's going on, and there are no other hints that could help you figure it out.
Also, it can be quite frustrating. There were multiple times when something was about to happen but just for a little thing it doesn't, the characters are sometimes quite naive and clueless.
Overall, it is a nice story with nice characters. It's not complicated to understand, something good to watch if you want to get entertained for a bit.
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Time is gold, but it isn't the world
Ahh, I won't deny, I'm obviously so in love with it! I thought it was going to be a melodrama because it tackles tragedy and stuff, but I was wrong! It was more than just a melancholy, it possess something that I can't even put to words.The characters, the story, the music and the cast were so perfect. It gave me warmth wherein I've only watched it for 3 days but I felt so attached feeling like I was a part of their family. It was a light drama, but what happened to the main characters where heavy. It made me cry but it also made me realize that yes time will heal anything, but what will heal the time? It was a drama that circulated in healing and not just between the leads, but the whole characters. They helped each other heal even if they were still broken, and let each other mend shattered parts.
I loved the connection between the past and the present. Adding the music, it was all a sweet serendipity. The twist of fate and the click of time, that was perfect. Their parallel past and rollercoaster present was written perfectly, just as the leads were made for each other perfectly. It was an example of "everything happens for a reason". The love that went from each characters, the laugh they shared as family, I also felt it too. And that was what the drama left me.
As Yoo Chan always said, "Don't think, feel". You will really feel the beauty this drama offers, and you will feel the beauty of life. On how age doesn't define a person, or on how achievements doesn't define talent. It will always come down to how great you are as a person and how happy you live.
There were no evil 2nd leads, no stealing of love and no antagonists. It was all love. Well of course there are some casts with no happy endings but that's life, and this drama will let you open the door through happiness along with love.
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Why is this so underrated
Why haven't I watched this sooner? This has been a beautiful and rewarding journey, it was a lot better than I expected it to be. It was so good I didn't want it to end!I loved everything. The small details of storytelling, the conclusion of their tragedy, their mindsets, their growth and acceptance. I am in love.
The couple was one of the most precious ones I have every seen, I mean look at Gong Woo Jin, isn't he the best boyfriend you could ever ask for? Understanding and respectful. I loved their relationship in every sense.
Honestly, I love comedy and light hearted dramas, they feel so good and make me so happy! Even though it was lighthearted and had the some typical elements of korean dramas, they didn't feel as cheesy und overused like usual. They felt real and sincere, like how Seo Ri knew him already and that it wasn't his fault anyways. That could've easily been a weak storyline, since it puts all the drama it has created to dust. But rather than that, I felt relieved and it made sense. And honestly, the acting was so on point, I don't even know? I came back here (I already bookmark this like a year ago) because I was interested in Yang Se Jong's works after Romantic Teacher, Master Kim and I have always loved Shin Hye Sun (she is so amazing and underrated) and obviously Ahn Hyo Seop. I cried so many times because of their tears, how can Yang Se Jong look so precious even when he cries?
Thanks to everyone that worked on this wonderful story!
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One too many coincidences
This story, about two 30 year olds that are basically stuck being their teenage selves due to a tragic event, takes its sweet time setting itself up. The first episode or two are great. Lots of color as SeoRi walks down the street, with musical notes and steps lighting up. We get to see that WooJin has a crush on her. And then the accident happens and everything basically comes to a halt. This has both positive and negative aspects.On the positive side, the characters feel very comfortable with each other toward the end of the series. This is true for our main couple SeoRi and WooJin, but also for Chan Chan, Jennifer, and even the two hilarious side kicks of Chan DoHyun and HyunShick (who IS in fact SO much older than the other two). The negative side of of the pacing was that it was just too slow at times for me, and I found myself skipping forward quite a bit, something that I rarely do in dramas. Only around episode 18 things really started picking up. It was very back-loaded in terms of events and revelations.
Despite needing to fast forward due to pacing in the beginning of the drama, the casting was superb. I started watching specifically because Shin Hye Sun is possibly my new favorite actress after Mr. Queen, and she did not disappoint here acting as a 17 year old in a 30 year old body, trying to grow as quickly as possible. Yang Se Jong's character was unbearable for only the first ten episodes due to the writing not the acting- the extent to which they made the ML fully disassociated and apathetic was too extreme for me, but 10 and on, you really got to see him change and grow. Ahn Hyo Seop was a giddy child throughout "DON'T THINK! FIL!" I also loved both of the young versions of the ML and FL. Even for characters that I disliked, like Jennifer, it was due to writing, not acting.
The biggest issue I take with this drama is the number of coincidences. Off the top of my head:
- The leads both noticed and liked each other as kids, without having met.
- After waking up and running away from the hospital, SeoRi meets WooJin twice as "Pervert" and "Poop Pants".
- WooJin's parents happened to buy SeoRi's old house.
- WooJin just happened to start inhabiting that house again, because Chan's parents just left for Africa.
- Jennifer just happened to be the maid of HyungTae, SeoRi's friend.
One coincidence, two maybe, would have been fine. But when the writers throw these many at the watcher, it is a very lazy way to try and create shock. I likely wouldn't watch it again, but it was enjoyable enough.
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- This drama has a lot of heartbreaking scenes as each characters past is revealed BUT it is not a melodramatic cry-fest. Instead, it has a very bright and energetic approach. There is quite a lot of comedic scenes and the characters are very childish, lovable and extremely cute.
- Trauma. All characters have some type of trauma that keeps them from happiness so all the conflicts will be centered around the different events that scarred each person and how they work through it.
- The romance is a part of the main plot but it never uses the plot for more romantic scenes. It's like the ending had already been decided and writers were working in romantic scenes instead of making unrealistic events so that the characters can get closer. It was all natural.
- The characters will grow and develop throughout the drama and it gives off the feeling of coming home after a very long trip that lasted a life time.
- This is a high budget, well made, well written, well progressed drama. There were no plot holes that bothered me and things felt very realistic.
- A bearable love triangle with not too much screen time and a good ending that will wreck ships. The first male lead was was an acceptable defeat for people with second lead syndrome. (If you did have SLS, watch Queen of the ring)
I was expecting a lot of short cutting in the story for the sake of the romance but I was surprised when I found out how different it was. This is not your typical romance drama where the plot is supporting the love between two leads. This is more of a healing drama, showing the hardship of different people supporting each other to achieve happiness.
ENJOYYYYY!!
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The summary really caught my eye and so I was really hoping that it would be nicely executed. I must say that I was not disappointed. The storyline is so interesting and I don't think I have watched a drama with a plot like this before. Usually, I don't really like it when dramas have many flashbacks as it can get repetitive but this drama didn't have too many, which was great. The flashbacks that were shown in the drama weren't the same one every time so it made it bearable to watch them. The pacing of the show was nicely done. It did not feel like it was dragging on nor did it feel like the story was being rushed along. I feel like all the events that happened came at a natural pace.
This drama was perfectly cast. There were many characters that I loved in this drama. Shin Hye Sun (Woo Seo Ri) did an amazing job of portraying a 30-year-old woman who actually feels like a 17-year-old girl. Her expressions were amazing and really made you feel for her character. It was very easy to sympathise with her character as she truly made you feel like you were feeling Woo Seo Ri's pain. I also think that Park Shi Eun, who plays a younger Woo Seo Ri did an amazing job. I look forward to seeing her in the lead role in dramas in the near future.
Yang Se Jong (Gong Woo Jin) was so lovable and cute in this drama. Seeing him turn from a grumpy man into a shy man falling in love was so nice to see. He perfectly portrayed the pain that Gong Woo Jin felt and on the other side, he did a perfect job of acting like a shy, bumbling man who doesn't know how to act when you fall in love for the first time. I think he had perfect chemistry with Shin Hye Sun. Yoon Chan Young, who was a younger Gong Woo Jin was very nice to watch as well. He did such a great job of portraying a boy who falls in love for the first time and a boy who is dealing with heartbreak.
The music is perfect for this drama. There are songs that really make you feel the pain that the characters are going through and then there are songs that are so uplifting. If you like dramas with really amazing OSTs such as Goblin or Strong Girl Do Bong Soon, then I think you will like the music from this drama. It is perfectly aligned with each scene. I know I will be listening to this OST on repeat for a while to deal with completing the drama.
I think that this is a drama that I would rewatch again, maybe even several times. The plot was so gripping that I wasn't sure what would happen next. This is not melodramatic show that will have you the edge of your seat wondering what crazy thing will happen next. No, this is a sweet, slice-of-life drama with some heartbreak sprinkled in. This is something you watch if you want to watch a sweet love story that won't give you a headache trying to figure out who all the characters are. I would definitely recommend this drama if you are looking for a love story that feels like fate.
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