When We Were Young (2018)

When We Were Young is a inspiring coming of age youth drama. Although it may not hook you on the first episode, you will be drowned with how beautifully deep their message is as you ride on the waves reaching the next episodes. You can surely relate on the situations of the students as we all encountered things like that during our youth.. even today as well. The plot line itself is very strong, anticipating.

The actors were on point, laughed, cried, got mad, got scared with them... but Yang Xi was the one who captivated me and hooked me to watch this drama 'til the end (even though I really dig into this for HMH).

Music brings this nostalgia feels... especially the happy memories of teenage years.

As for the rewatch value, it was really nice to watch it slowly. I wouldn't recommend you to binge this if you don't like open endings.

It started off good but ended up beautifully written. I got some good quotes from here and I will surely always keep it in my mind.

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This story gonna prove to you no matter how bad you are in studies but if you work really hard, nothing is impossible. This drama also gonna teach you about friendship and how important is a family. I realized how immature i am towards my parents when i was still teenagers ?. The girl main lead remind me of lee sungkyung in that weightlifting fairy drama. Overall the drama is good but for me im kinda disappointed with the ending. The ending doesnt give me the closure that I want.

P/s the male lead look like hyunsik, kim jinu(Winner) and Luhan all together.?

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Could Have Been Epic

So sad that this drama started off with great potentials yet it left me with an open ending with so many questions and loose ends. Especially with the main lead's love story and how focused the story was on studying/grades and the importance of students' career path yet, the ending didn't do their future after all the hard time they suffered any justice.

I also want to commend this drama for a lot of things like how the FL that had bad grades wasn't forever labeled as a lost cause and instead she worked hard and made it on her own and how characters with unrequited love moved on without jealousy drama that targeted the main "couple". I also like the simplicity of the set, it wasn't extravagant and reflected exactly each family's income.

Finally, if you came here after someone recommended this to you because of reply 1988, please don' t watch this drama with that in mind. The comparisons between the two shows ruined the experience of this drama for me.

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