Age of Youth (2016)

It took me 30 Minutes...

...to absolutely fall in love with this show. Could it be, that I myself am in my twenties and really felt understood through the themes, hardships, and happy times in this drama? I don't know. Due to the plots and Storyline being this relatable, I was able to grow through this show, mainly because it pointed out how insecure and below our worth we present ourselves sometimes. It taught me and brought some healing in certain areas because I felt understood and less alone. If there are Dramas about situations that we feel lost and completely alone, there must be others out there feeling the exact same as I do, making the same mistakes not once but maybe twice.

This Drama showed me the beauty of friendship and how you grow not only within yourself but within your group of friends if you're ready to fight and make up. To speak your mind and have each other's back even in times where you'd rather slap the other silly.

I can only recommend watching this Drama. Not only because of the (literal) paragraph written previously but also because of chemistry amongst the cast, the production, and the many many many jokes and funny arguments.

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AOY is a very realistic portrayal of youthful, 20s life. Realistic in the fact that it doesn't try to hide ugly truths as you will see for yourself when you watch this drama. Personally, the problems that each of the characters face are very relatable: first love or even finding a romance that's right for you, poverty, self-confidence, self-value and so on. It is a drama that will make you cry, spoiler alert. I, myself, shed plenty of fat teardrops. It's a drama with a very dramatic plot and very intense because what could have been a 24 episodes long drama is squashed into 12 episodes of comedy, romance, heartbreak and sibling-like love between friends. You will miss out on a lot if you don't watch this drama honestly.

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y el verdadero dilema es... debo ver la segunda temporada?

en cuanto la historia es muy buena, ya que muestra diferente tipos de chicas conviviendo cada una rota a su manera, y como crecen y superan eso. Aunque me hubiera gustado que hubieran profundizado mas en la historia de Jin Myung

El elenco simplemente PER-FEC-TO, cada chica se adecuaba a su papel como guante a mano y eso hizo mejor el drama

El O.S.T me encanto, son canciones que seguro las escucharía diariamente

En cuanto en si lo volveria a ver o no, eso estoy casi segura que lo veria por lo menos una vez mas

¿VERE LA SEGUNDA TEMPORADA?

Todas las chicas se ganaron mi aprecio por lo cual cuando vi que dos de las chicas del elenco original no iban a estar me desanime y opte por no verla, siento que la historia quedo bien asi, aunque me gustaría ver mas sobre las chicas. Asi que claro que la vere, pero no pronto.

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Tekrar tekrar izlesem hiç sıkılmam. Kore dizilerini öyle kolay kolay sevemiyorum normalde, ama buna gerçekten bayıldım. En sevdiğim diziler arasına girdi. Zaten kız gruplarından oluşan dizi ve filmlere bayılırım.
Karakterler çok sevimli, özellikle de Song. Her birinin birbirinden farklı kişiliği olması ve hepsinin çok gerçekçi işlenmiş olmasına bayıldım. Oyunculuklar abartı ve samimiyetsiz değil, çok güzeldi. Hepsinin giyim tarzları, yaşam tarzları, fikirleri birbirinden farklı ama hepsi birbiriyle çok yakın arkadaş. Kavga edip küsseler de en nihayetinde barışıyorlar, her daim birbirlerine destek çıkıyorlar. Arkadaşlıkları çok tatlıydı.
Evleri çok şirin. Bir Kore dizisinden beklediğim atmosfer yakalanmış. Eşyalar, kıyafetler, çekimler... Hepsi birbirinden şirindi. Tarzıma çok uygundu. Biraz fazla efekt konmuştu ama olsun.
Her bölümde başka bir duygunun/konunun işlenmesi çok güzeldi. Hikayenin devamlılığı var ama her bölümde başka bir his işleniyor. Kıskançlık, bencillik, sevgi...vb. İnsan gerçekten bir şeyler öğreniyor diyebilirim.
İlk bölüm benim için çok özeldi. Yeni gelen kızın hissettiklerini tamamiyle anladım çünkü aynılarını senelerce hissettim. Sonra o hatasından ders çıkarırken ben de hatamdan ders çıkardım.
Dizide kadına şiddet, cinsiyetçilik, slutshaming, tecavüz, lgbt gibi konulara değinilmiş. Hepsi de doğru işlenmiş. Çoğu Kore dizisinde erkekler kızlara eşya gibi davranıyor, bu beni en çok iğrendiren şey. Bu dizide kesinlikle öyle bir şey yok. LGBT'nin üstünden çok hafif de olsa geçilmiş olması beni memnun etti.

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This drama is indeed something fresh and new.

It's a slife-of-life story about five female roommates between 20 and 28,, and every one of them has a singular character and background story. We see them struggle with romance, money, fate and life in general. Oh, and there is the "ghost", of course...

While especially in the first half of the drama I cannot deny some dragging moments, it was still entertainning because of the very unique and quirky humour. Talk about sex and armpit hair shouldn't ruffle your feathers. There are dark plot aspects regarding the girls' pasts, but it stays mostly light and you don't have to be afraid of the ending.

I'd say the rewatch value is really high, because all these small moments are so entertaining, that it doesn't matter whether you know how the drama ended.

Yeah, definitely a breath of fresh, pink air :)

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I hadn't watched a Korean drama for a long time now, and I'm glad after this long hiatus Age of Youth was the first one I watched. It's a great slice-of-life drama that captures 2016 western spirit. It was obviously written from a feminist point of view. Although the Korean somewhat sexist life style shows itself now and then, overall it does a great job demonstrating modern women's everyday struggles, and how a strong independent woman should be proud of herself. I also love that it wasn't all comedy, or all tragedy. It was a real, beautiful drama. I laughed with the girls and I cried with them. The actors are as perfect as the writing. I totally recommend it.

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One of the best slice of life kdramas!! I love and enjoy slice of life genre, but some are too slow it became frustrating for me. But not for this age of youth!! The pace wasn't too fast or too slow (might slow at some point but bearable). Since there are 5 characters and 5 different story there wasn't a scene that you feel like it was unnecessary. But the best part of this drama is how RELATABLE they are, from the characters to their stories to how the cope with their issues. Since I'm currently a college student and experience living with housemates, this drama is top tier relatable to me. All of the 5 girls stories were very interesting, I always want to know more about them. The casting was of course amazing too, I can literally imagine this is how they are off camera as well. Overall, the drama was very fun, light, relatable at its finest and teach you some life lessons. Amazing! love it

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Age of Youth draws parallels to any slice of life anime. There is no coherent plot, just a nice flow of events to help you not only relax but think about life. I picked this show up thinking it would be similar to Waikiki, as it involves a group of roommates. While Age of Youth does have its comedic moments, the show touches on various real world topics. While watching the show it does not feel like I am watching a drama, but more so a reality show focused around 5 girls who live together. Each one has their own story, their own hardships and struggles, their own challenges to overcome, and we get to see how they tackle these issues first hand.

Each character distinguishes themselves throughout the show and the viewers get to understand them at a personal level. The only reason I gave the show an 8.5 instead of a 9, is because in my opinion, one of the main characters Eun-Jae was very boring. I personally found nothing about her or her story arc interesting, her personality is very bland compared to the rest of the cast, and her relationships with her boyfriend and mother aren't that interesting. The only part I enjoyed with her was during Episode 11, where she steps in to stop the kidnapper.

Despite that, I did enjoy the rest of the cast very much, they all had quirks about them that made them likeable, and I loved how the writers included their ugly sides as well, depicting that nobody is perfect and we all have our flaws.

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I think it's a credit to the actors, writing and story that I was able to resonate heavily with a show that's mostly young women and their problems. The men that were mostly familiar with are either vengeful or out-right creeps, although there are a few gentlemens thrown in so it's not totally bad. The stories and plot is super relatable in that way. The characters were all different and interesting in their own ways. Their relationships with each other were fascinating. They didn't all like each other and that was refreshing. Everyone went on their own journey's, discovering inner feelings and giving themselves new openings to life.

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“You have a face that says, ‘kick me’”.

“I searched for love like a madman all my life, but I’ve never loved myself.”

I like how the girls watch each other’s lives like it’s part of their daily television viewing.

The girls’ personalities are so different. We've got the doormat, the man slayer, the quiet one, the bossy one and the princess. They have a hierarchy of course with the two main seniors, and the three younger ones. But I liked seeing them cross the boundaries to team up together.
I think the main thing about this drama is that since we have five heroines we get a lot of personality. Things that we don’t usually get to see in Kdrama heroines, because obviously they all have to be different not the same cardboard cut out copy.

The girls have different combinations of dynamic because obviously the girls aren’t always all together at the same time.

Eun Jae
Eun Jae is the seriously boring one who is so meek and mild and the only interesting thing about her is her love interest and her backstory. So weird that such a personality has a mother like she does. The story starts and ends with Eun Jae though, and in a way, it kind of wraps it up nicely for me. We underestimate her screen value for most of the drama.

Yi Na
Senior Kang is the man slayer, and even though she was the second to arrive at the apartment, she kind of reminds me of the oldest sister. Taking everything for granted but secretly protective over the other girls.

Jin Myung
The quiet one is my favourite. Because she isn’t exactly exaggerated quiet. She’s just no-nonsense and dignified, and I loved her so much. I like how I’m surprised every time she speaks or smiles and jokes around, but she totally owns it. I really felt for her as she cuts off romance before it has time to do anything, it’s totally something I would do. There are so many things about her that I really could associate with. I had such a girl crush on her. Everything she does is awesome. The other girls also act like Jin Myung owns the house. It was sweet how much they thought of her and how she didn’t even realise how much they respected her. In a way she’s so gentle but she’s for sure the scariest of them all. Even though she’s the reserved one she has no problem being part of the girl team and being one of them.
Jin Myung’s dreams and longings are so intense and unattainable for her. She wants so much but feels she can’t ever get there.

Ji Won
Then there’s the bossy one. She’s also the eccentric one but I liked how she was the comforter of the group. She had the biggest heart and stood up for justice and all. She observes and understands people. She’s also desperate for a man, she’s everything and she tries to be so friendly and I also feel that annoyance when you try so hard to make someone like you and it just doesn’t go down. I like that Senior Kang wasn’t the only one who could talk with guys. Ji Won is so confident she kind of overpowers her men, is all.

Ye Eun
Actually, she probably bored me the most. I was really glad that she broke up with her douchebag.

Romance
It was also really great getting interested and involved with the girls’ love lines.
I could kind of see myself in all of the girls and the way they approached romance. From Senior Kang’s trust issues, to Jin Myung's too-busy excuses, Ji Won's forwardness, to Eun Jae's awkwardness, and Ye Eun's attempts at putting on a show.

“A party?”
“Yeah. They’ll be a cute girl, a lovely girl, a glamorous girl"

This drama has a bunch of fresh faces. Sure, I recognised a few here and there, but it was nice to see nobody that I already knew from another drama.
Also the fact that there are a lot of get-to-know-you relationships in this drama, it was cute and fun to see how they developed from shy or antagonistic or friends-to-lovers (“Friends shouldn’t photoshop the reality of their lives to one another”). Korean love interests, are such softies, so innocent and nice, it’s very satisfying. Also, they’re tall haha.

Even the landlady was so funny with the way she threw things at the men who lingered around the girls’ door. I really loved that part near the end when all the love interests show up one at a time to check on their lady love and each lady is so surprised to know that she has a gentleman who would bother to show up.

There’s very little soundtrack involved, which is refreshing.

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Um dorama leve e descontraído

Para começar, é um drama um pouco diferente do que estamos acostumados. Normalmente as histórias se baseiam em garotas descobrindo o amor, mas Age of Youth mostra garotas descobrindo a amizade. É claro, elas não deixam a paixão de lado na vida delas, mas o foco da história é mostrar as vivências e dificuldades do começo da vida adulta de uma forma natural, sem forçar nada.
Pontos positivos: Gostei da atuação e as atrizes são muito cativantes e carismáticas interpretando as personagens, acho que elas conseguiram a pegada ideal. Gostei também de como são mencionadas coisas mais íntimas do universo feminino (às vezes até um pouco vergonhosas) de forma muito dinâmica e natural. Gente, eu a-m-e-i a Jiwon! Uma coisa ótima, pelo menos para mim, foi que acima de tudoeu me identifiquei muito.
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Pontos negativos: Acho que o roteiro ficou muito enrolado em questão dos traumas e coisas do passado (vi um comentário sobre isso e resolvi reforçar). Você acaba ficando ansioso demais para uma coisa que na minha opinião nem era tãaaaaao assim chocante (me referindo a primeira temporada) Algumas coisinhas também passaram despercebidas e não foram explicadas, mas foram tão despercebidas que eu nem lembro ao certo quais foram.
Enfim, está no meu top 5 doramas favoritos agora!

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