Idade da Juventude 2 (2017)

Terminou com sensação de não ter final

Age of Youth ou Hello, my twenties tem tudo para ser um ótimo drama: cast talentoso, enredos individuais interessantes para cada personagem, aborda assuntos variados de forma leve (embora as vezes meio que por cima)... O problema está na falta de conclusões para alguns personagens.

Jung Ye-eun (que enfrentou os pais e conseguiu um relacionamento saudável) e Yoon Jin-Myung (que deu um final digno ao grupo em disband) tiveram fechamento dos seus arcos, mas me incomodou que não foi explorado em nenhum momento o que o novo namorado de Ye-eun tem, além de ficar implícito que ela deveria perdoar a "amiga", e também me incomodou sobre a Yoon Jin-Myung o abandono da história dela na primeira temporada: e a mãe dela? Ela ralou tanto por um emprego em que ela trabalharia num ramo desconhecido para ela? E o namoro com o chefe, por que apenas migalhas? Sinceramente, pulei quase tudo relacionado a boy band.

Sobre a Yoo Eun-jae, além da troca de atriz incomodar um pouco, parece que a personagem ficou perdida na sua construção. Apesar de ter maior destaque na temporada1, na 2 ela ficou extremamente apagada com esse foco apenas no término do namoro, o qual ela não supera até o último episódio. ok, youth, processos e tal, mas ficou cansativo.

Sobre a nova personagem, Jo Eun, eu gostei dela, porém, novamente, sem conclusões. Ela quer se reaproximar do pai, não age. Ela quer que a mãe supere, não fala. Ela vai sentir falta do namorado, pelo menos chorou. Além disso, não convenceu muito ela ter se mudado só porque achou uma carta. Ok, ela queria sair de casa, mas ficou bem forçado. O caso com a amiga dela também foi corrido e mal explorado, mas aos menos serviu para afirmar que encerrar amizades dói tanto quanto namoros (que também foi rapidamente abordado no arco da Ye-eun).

Por fim, mas principalmente, Song Ji-Won que teve o maior destaque nessa temporada, talvez pelo carisma que ela demonstrou na 1, não sei. Porém, acho que demoraram demais a resolver o mistério, para no final não sabermos no que deu o processo (certo que o foco era mostrar que ela estava falando a verdade, a cena do carro foi muito bem feita no final, mas seria bom um desfecho melhor). Ok, a personagem sempre dizia que havia uma razão para as pessoas serem como são e, pá! o drama mostra uma razão para a mitomania da personagem e tal, mas ficou superficial o enredo (pois a atuação da Park Eun Bin foi IMPECÁVEL). O romance dela também foi uma decepção, até porque não teve romance mesmo que claramente o amigo, Seung-min, estavesse apaixonado por ela. Por que não haver uma declaração e darem a personagem o que ela tanto buscou: UM HOMEM? "ah mas aquele no final com a criança parecia o Seung-min", não dá pra ter certeza e ainda assim não foi o que pedimos 👍🏻

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I will be making small comparisons between Age of Youth and Age of Youth 2 in this review.  We see two departures in season 2.  Ryu Hwa Young intermittently appears in the drama as a support character. The reason for this is because she was busy filming another drama. Secondly  Park Hye Soo left the show and was replaced by Ji Woo to play Yoo Eun Jae. We see the addition of the character Jo Eun as the new 5th roommate.  Overall I was not as impressed with season 2 as I was with season 1.  That's not to say that Age of Youth 2 was bad. I simply liked Age of Youth  (1) better.

Story:  [8.0/10.0]
Age of Youth 2 starts out with the group going on a hilarious little trip to airport to pick up Han Ye Ri. They proceed to get lost and another hilarious encounter ensues. I laughed so much in the first few episodes. Soon Kang Yi Na moves out of the house and the group proceeds to find a new roommate. Soon we see Seo Jang Hoon enter the scene. She initially enters the house to investigate a strange letter. Ooooooo what's going on??? Anyways most of this drama focuses on Song Ji Won trying to investigate what had happened during her childhood. We also Yoon Jin Myung get aquainted with her job. A nice portion of this series revolves around her and her job as well. Of course we see some nice house antics between roommates in this season as well. However, I must admit that I feel like Season 2 took a more darker approach to the story. I really liked Season 1 for it's freshness and how it was very realistic. Season 2 seemed realistic in terms of their college life as well, but the ending was kind of anti-climatic. Maybe it's just me, but I don't really like dark slice-of-life shows. It just makes the show seem like a melodrama.

Acting/Cast: [8.0/10]
Overall I can't say that I really liked or really disliked the acting. It was okay in my opinion. I more so had a probablem with Ryu Hwa Young leaving. Personally I felt like Ryu Hwa Young  and her Kang Yi Na character really made this show a lot more funnier and light-hearted as apparently seen with the first few episodes. I felt like the show tried to replace that comedy bit by emphasizing Song Ji Won's sex life (or lack of sex) to make up for it. I wasn't sure if they were trying to make us laugh or not by including those bits, but they definitely weren't funny. Otherwise the acting and cast is pretty consistent compared to the first season.

Music: [8.0/10]
An 8.0 is generally the score I give to most show's music score. I don't usually give 9s or 10s unless the show is a music-based drama that had great music and OSTs.

Rewatch Value: [7.5/10]
Overall this show has middle of the pack rewatch value for me. It'd probably be a long time before I watch this again since I've completed 150+ dramas already (lol I have no social life). I will probably watch the first season again before I watch this one.

All in all, this was a decent follow-up to the first season of Age Youth.  I'm sure you all noticed this, but I do have a slight bias to the first season. I honestly always multi task when I'm watching Korean dramas or my anime shows. This often means that I pay less attention to shows if I find them boring. I generally don't watch slice-of-life dramas as well. This show gets a thumbs up because it kept my attention the whole time even though it was a slice-of-life drama. I hope they make a season 3 and that Ryu Hwa Young comes back.

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