Certainly not overrated as people believe it to be.

Twinkling Watermelon had a bit of everything. It was one of those dramas that would definitely stay with me for all my life. It had a lot of funny moments, it made me shed a lot of tears, but most importantly, it made me love and understand my parents a bit more. There were a lot of relationships that I was rooting for throughout the show, but my favourite was the father-son bond between yi chan and eun gyeol. The way despite his upbringing and lack of a father figure Ha Yi Chan became an ideal father to his sons, and how Eun Gyeon despite witnessing how childish yi chan was in the past went over and beyond to find a way to give yi chan the 'twinkling youth' he wanted for himself is absolutely heartwarming.

I don't understand why people call this show overrated when there are plotless chichéd shows like My Demon and Marry My Husband rated so high. Many of the comments here compare the show to Weak Hero, maybe because of Hyun Wook. But as much as I liked Weak hero, it is no match to Twinkling Watermelon. Weak hero had a weak storyline (pun intended), it was character driven where the protagonist faces bullies, starting from highschool level to literal gangs. That's it. And yet there is hardly anyone calling it overrated with a 9.1. If this show was an action thriller, none would have a problem.

It is a youth drama with a simple plotline and some plot holes for sure, but the emotions and the message behind all the fun scenes are so deep that I believe all the action-maniacs fail to understand. It was a simple show for sure, but it had some of the most complex storylines and characters I've come across in any drama until now. Thrillers are easier to write, creating stories and character that touch your heart and make you root for them without the characters having some forced past trauma is hard. Twinkling Watermelon is not overrated. It is the second best kdrama I've watched in a long time, the first being Itaewon Class.

Despite all that rant, I understand there were tons of minor and major plotholes in the show. It's okay to have different opinions, it's okay to not like something. I've seen comments saying people rate this show based on their emotions, but it's that the main purpose of any show? If there is a story good enough that compels the audience to be irrational enough to ignore all the plotholes, I believe it definitely deserves a 10, because it's never about how good it is, and always about how it made you feel during and after.

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