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Duckk
1 people found this review helpful
Dec 24, 2023
16 of 16 episodes seen
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Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10

Screaming, crying, throwing up

I’m not okay, I will not be okay for a long time. This was the most beautiful thing that I have ever watched and to be honest I don’t think I have enough of a way with words to describe just how amazing Twinkling Watermelon is. I was a long-time stan of Thirty but Seventeen and never thought I would find a Kdrama that could even hold a candle to my favorite drama of all time, but somehow Twinkling Watermelon completely dethroned Thirty but Seventeen in a short, short amount of time. In a way, I’m a little annoyed that my #1 Kdrama is, like, everyone and their mother’s favorite kdrama, since as I’m writing this review, it’s the top rated Kdrama on MDL with a whopping 9.2 rating (oh my god). Genuinely though, it’s 10000000% worth the hype and I honestly cannot even begin to explain how wonderfully entertaining, heartwarming, and marvelously written this drama is.
For a drama with such a young cast, I was first and foremost completely taken aback by the quality of acting, since I don’t often see this type of skill in similar youth kdramas. Granted, there was a bit of overacting on the ML’s part but it’s very rare and honestly just adds to the comedy so I can let it slide. The storyline itself very much reminds me of that iceberg meme where what you see on the surface is quite simplified and shallow but as you continue watching, the storyline just unravels before you and you end up making connections you hadn’t even imagined you’d be making. This was genuinely such a fun ride and I will definitely be coming back to this one as soon as I can recover from the first watch ahaha.
I could honestly write paragraphs and paragraphs about this but I’m kind of put into this weird paralysis state where I have so many things to say that I just don’t know what to say at all, so I will just leave this here: Literally whatever you’re thinking this drama is going to be, or whatever expectations you have, leave them behind and just watch the drama for what it is, because while it will likely be so different from what you were expecting, it will probably be far better as well.

PS this is coming from someone who has watched her fair share of kdramas and has become immensely picky with what she watches and enjoys (sadly lol)

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NIKITHA
1 people found this review helpful
Nov 14, 2023
16 of 16 episodes seen
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Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 9.0
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Twinkling watermelon ✨? : One of the best in 2023

I started watching the drama because of a reel in Instagram and I'm really happy that I proceeded to watch it. Twinkling watermelon ✨🍉 is one of the best of 2023.
Story was really moving. I wanted more of Ha yi Chan and Chaung Ah, but whatever we got it was the best. It has humor, tears romance and life lessons. Some scenes and sub plotlines did seem unwanted. It just felt like fillers. It would have been better if they showed us Ha yi Chan's journey after losing his hearing. How he met the woman he loved again, how they got back together and their marriage. It would have been such a great ending to the drama, but still everything went well and happy.
The cast was wonderful. It was a delight watching them on screen. Happy that everyone got their happy ending ❤️
Going to miss them on every Monday and Tuesday

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Manya Kalra
1 people found this review helpful
Nov 17, 2023
16 of 16 episodes seen
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Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 9.5

Best Drama I have seen till now

This is literally the best drama I have ever seen and mind you I have seen many 😉
Now I should tell you why, because it has everything you need in a drama. It has cute moments, frustrating moments, moments that makes laugh so hard that the person next to says that you have gone mad 😂and it has that emotional moments which will tear you up 🥺
I loved that-:
1) They had a good storyline even though it is time travelling which I don't personally like but this made it good
2) Good backstory for each main character though less for supporting characters but it's ok
3) The music is main why I started to watch this (second is the funny clips though which fully convinced me 😜) I felt that when the ML said in first ep that music is the only legal drug there it is for me too and I always wanted to learn guitar
4) Last but not the least the new things which we get to learn from this I know there are more movies about sign language and about deaf people but I always like to learn new lessons they teach us.
It was a perfect drama for me as it ticks all my boxes which I seek when I see a drama.

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Xiangrikui
1 people found this review helpful
Nov 14, 2023
16 of 16 episodes seen
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Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 9.5
Rewatch Value 9.5

Heartwarming Parent-Child Story with a brief of romance and friendship in it

Heartwarming!
What will you expect when it comes to stories telling about parents and their children?
Of course, because it was the purest kind among loves hence they will bring you a very heartwarming ambience from start to finish!

Light and Fluffy romance!
Deaf people who can't say anything can deliver you that soft fluffy atmosphere into their romance story. They wrapped up the story so beautifully, from how they know each other, till the confession, they're so fluffy and it's sooo cuutee to watch!

Heol this is what today's generation should look at to because they are goals of everything! Parent goals, friend goals, couple goals, sibling goals, and also dream goals!

After watching this, I really want to meet my parent and thanking them for what they've done for me. I want to appreciate them, hug them, and love them more than before.

Thank you Twinkling Watermelon! All people just should watch this masterpiece asap!


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oppa_
1 people found this review helpful
Jan 22, 2024
16 of 16 episodes seen
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Overall 9.5
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 6.5
Rewatch Value 8.0
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SEOL IN AH first love of father and his two Son's

I love this drama, i i had no problem with the ending what so wrong with being rich ML mother was born into that family and he help her reconnect with her father, and her only brother become a criminal himself, so it was common sense that she is going to get everything from her father,
only thing i i was hoping was that Seol in ah did not meet older brother first ... in new version
i was hoping for one more ep of Seol in ah meeting ML parents too as her old friends now her in laws to be....

i think there music ooo ho oooo hoooo was Show me Your Panty (MY PS Partner)
Some Nitpicking
WHY does ML only recognize his own parents after knowing there names like i know actors are different but dude, they are your parents and you have seen them when you were growing up they were not born old parents..

You have girl who look like an Angel a real Angel from heaven
And you cast a demon looking man as her father who creepily stalk own daughter,
I loved the scene where Seol IN Ah did not even recognize her grandfather. ( he deserve that feeling that now his daughter doesn't even know him at all)

Our Hero (time travel try to mess his fathers first love so he can be born..
Thanks ML did not fall for mother but daughter Seol In Ah
It focus on music but in my personal opinion it was unnecessary noise..out hero hasn't meet his mother and did not even try to search for her and is focused on his father for so long


Ep 6
we found out all ML care about is his father and his mother was just a machine for giving him birth, this man knows nothing about his own mother and doesn't even recognize her...but is obsessed with father so he can be born,
I don't believe in this love story because his father would have even thought about his mother if he would not have manipulated
Ep 8 our ML BECOME INSANE AFTER he read his mothers name on but fail to recognize his mother before
Now he protect his poor mother and its like she will fall in love with her own child if he continues like that....
yi chan did not love se kyung for sure, after getting treated at hospital dude did not even once asked for her, even after he remembered she saved him...
Fake Lover Yi Chan

How did real Se Kyung know her first love can eat spicy food because she never eat with any of them before going to ABROAD.( she eat with her husband in front of her daughter )
Now he did not give a F about his father who has him inside his testicles. Will follow his mother because she is pitiful...


10/10 for first 8 episodes
8/10 for final 8 episodes


Ep 9 ML started to act like a jerk(become Great again)


Ep 12
Yi Chan dude did you forget who you love that fast ? What a fake lover....

Ep13 Lovey-dovey
ep 14 how ML forget that this Ajushi is father of Se kyung ?
ep15 - ep16 Happy 9/10
OVER-ALL NICE AND ENDING WAS FINE, people complain that why they don't remember him, because if they remember i don't think mom can explain how there second son look like there friend, and how there both son like the friest love of there father...or her daughter who look exactly like there fathers first love..

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Silver00
1 people found this review helpful
Apr 23, 2024
16 of 16 episodes seen
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Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10

This story left a scar on my heart and I'm thankful for it.

Watched it two times already <3

I am genuinely in love with this drama, it's in my TOP3 best TV series I've ever watched.

At first I thought that the story is going to be more focused on CODA-parents relationship (i did not read the synopsis so I was unaware of the time travel trope at first lol) but I liked the story that I was given just as much. This drama played with my emotions so much, I would giggle durning one scene and get teary-eyed on the next one. I believe all the actors did their best to execute their roles. I personally can't point out any significant issue, loved the story, execution, pace, actors, music.

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My only little wish would be to know if the world EungGyeol orginally came from moved on without him or stopped existing but I guess it is an unavoidable concern of anyone who get themselves invested in a 'time-travel' story so I try not to think about it.

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_.areyoushe
1 people found this review helpful
Nov 26, 2023
16 of 16 episodes seen
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Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10

VIVA LA VIDA!!!

Ikik there were many new kdramas of this year that are amazing. but this isn't just a k drama. while watching it, it wasn't just the subtitles i read, but also the emotions i could relate to. the story isn't all about romance and 'I like it. it's balanced.
in perfect words, explains how life of genz is.childrens tned to misunderstand thier parents and parents tend to do the same. but then in the end parents wants it for thier children's good and children's wishes for thier parents happiness too.

there were many and many things portrayed veryy well in this drama. absolutely twinkling. the cast, ost, acting, story. everything was just perfect. i like how the writers tried to make the time travel realistic by not changing yi Chan's deafness.other than this too their were many things that were thought of beautifully.

everyday i had thoughts of what had happen next. the amount of attached i was to this drama is just... unexplainable. it's just beautifully portrayed and amazingly written. a comfort drama indeed.

A drama I'd like to rewatch again.

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FlyingChicken
1 people found this review helpful
May 3, 2024
16 of 16 episodes seen
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Overall 9.5
Story 9.5
Acting/Cast 9.5
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 8.0

Absolute Banger of a series. And I know bangers!

WATCH IT, WATCH IT, WATCH IT

Roller coaster of emotions dude. Like this show will have you so invested you wont even know what time it is. You will not care if you have work or school the next day you just want to keep watching but then at the same time ITS SO GOOD that you dont want to keep watching because you dont want it to end.

Like bro after every episode I go to the kitchen and get water and I'll be doing sign language on my way to the kitchen. I don't even know If that even makes sense but I'll be so hype I just be moving my hands.

Do yourself a favor and watch the show. First 2 episodes might have you confused for a bit like me but after that its really nice.

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ray
1 people found this review helpful
Dec 2, 2023
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Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10

i barely write reviews and giving a 10/10 is really something coming from me

so definitely a 100000000/10 drama. it's perfect. it has everything. my comfort drama truly. i wish i could rewatch it like the first time. the emotions this drama put me through. a whole rollercoaster but it's perfect!

i don't leave reviews and this is like my log book. a moment in time. i loved this drama & maybe someday i'll rewatch it.

loved the drama. loved the fact that it focused SO MUCH on sign language. loved the comfort it provided.

everything about this drama is twinkling 💖💖
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Noaxx
1 people found this review helpful
Jan 8, 2024
16 of 16 episodes seen
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Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 9.5
Music 10
Rewatch Value 9.5

Best Kdrama Ever!!!?

This was definitely worth watching. The story was amazing and I never got bored! Though it was a really sensitive topic (personal reasons) I enjoyed watching this series even tho I probably cried nonstop the last 4 episodes.
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Anyway, I Immediately fell in love with the characters too! It was so natural. We need more Kdramas like this. You don't need romance to enjoy a series.
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It was very touching and I hope you'll try and watch it too!
xx your best friend ;)

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Rara Zahrah
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Nov 16, 2023
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Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10

It really is like a cool watermelon that you eat on a scorching day

I actually know this drama by chances after seeing some review of them in twitters. I think it’s one of my best decisions that i actually decided to watch this. I actually had a rough time from this past months after my grandmother passed away and with many other problems in my workspace. But this drama cheered me up so much and gave me the strength i need in my weakest state and made me look forward to monday-tuesday that usually not my favorite days.

If you guys searching for a comforting and heartfelt drama with so much meaning in them then this drama is the one for you. It makes you reminisce your youth and give you reasons not to give up on your dreams! As expected from our genius screenwriter Jin Soowan-nim!! (She also wrote Kill Me Heal Me, The Moon that Embraces the Sun, and Chicago Typewriter).

And not to forget the casts!!! Oh my god the casts are insane, they really ate and left no crumbs 💅. I really love the chemistry between the four of them!! How chaotic but inspiring Yi Chan and Eun Gyeol, how lovely and pure Cheong Ah and Yi Chan, how silly but reliable Eun Gyeol and Eun Yoo, and our underated pair Cheong Ah and Eun Yoo that need more screentime because both of them look so cute together. And i really love how chaotic Watermelon Sugar are!!. I really am going to need a very very long time to move on from all of them and this beautiful drama. I really look forward to these actors and actresses future projects because all of them are just that good in acting. Thank you and love you Twinkling Watermelon!!! 🍉♥️💚🖤

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minal
1 people found this review helpful
Nov 26, 2023
16 of 16 episodes seen
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Overall 9.5
Story 9.5
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 8.5
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little joy, a pinch of pain, and a WHOLE LOT of comfort ?

you know that deep, lingering longing you feel after finishing a really good kdrama? that's exactly what i'm feeling now, after ages! the characters, their connections – it all just got to me so fast.

i'm not gonna lie, part of me is still annoyed that eungyeol couldn't stop the accident. watching someone as bright as leechan, who was his grandma's hope and the light of everyone's world, go through such pain is just heartbreaking.

but even with all that, this show's going to stick with me. it's like a glimpse into the youth i never got to experience.
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