Youth Report (2020)

So much lost potencial and a lot of frustration

It started off so strong, with so much potencial, and I guess that's what frustrated me the most.

The main characters are the least interesting characters on the show (at some point I was almost sure they forgot to write the character of Jeong-Ha and she was just serving as a plot point for others) and you see yourself waiting and cheering on for secondary plots and arcs.

Speaking of plots... there are so many of them that start out of nowhere and end - or better said, vanish! - even more out of the blue. It's palpable that they're only there to move the story somewhere and they barely serve their purpose.

Because of all the frustration of undeveloped characters, meaningless plots and overall frustration, I procrastinated watching the episodes as the series went on and only kept going because I thought there would be more to the story. But it goes nowhere and then it ends kind of abruptly on the 15th episode, which is why I didn't even want to watch the finale.

A few weeks later I decided to give it a go and I'm actually happy I did. Although very cliché, it ends nicely, with heart warming scenes and characters finding themselves. I could say my goodbyes to the show on a nicer note, which I liked... But would I go through everything again or even recommend that someone start this show? Absolutely not.

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PLAIN AND BLUNT

i started watching this because it was on Netflix and one of my MDL friends said she was watching it... i didnt had anything else to watch at that time... even though i am familiar with park bo gum and park so dam, i am not into them enough to check out their projects because of them...
the drama started off relatively good but the problem is, from the first 2-3 episode itself we are obvious about the struggles and conflicts thats gonna happen and those struggle and conflicts is all that is there in this show... since its a slice of life drama, slow phase wasn't a problem with me but towards the 2nd half this turned plain and blunt... even if you skip 2-3 episodes you wont miss anything... thats how slow and plain the drama is... the drama is completely centred around the male lead and everyone else are just part of his life... at the start we might think the female lead will have her own struggle and story but she just ends up being just a part of his life... by the end she is just a non-celeb girl, the male lead who becomes a star had sincere relationship with... the romance is soo less that when they are together it will be difficult for a 3rd person to say these two dated for more than a year... the break-up of the secondary couple was more impactful and logical that the male leads... the second lead becomes quite irrelevant by the end of it... he dont even feel like the 2nd lead anymore...
the male lead is high on morals and principles and dont take a shortcut no matter what may come.... he is so straight and upright to the level that we can simply predict how he is gonna react and what he is gonna do... in the last 2 episodes the makers tried so hard to create tension b/w the ML and his manager that they wanted to create suspense whether he will renew his contract or not but just knowing the ML for 3-4 episodes is more than enough for us to understand that he is gonna renew the contract... they just simply wasted time on creating friction b/w the manager and the ML...

the bad people were bad just for the sake of being bad... none of them had any solid reasons to be bad or bitter towards the male lead... even a random journalist out of nowhere comes in just to hate the male lead... a slice of life drama dont really need bad guys or evil characters like in hospital playlist or reply series... the situation and huddles in life were more than enough... here the bad guys were added solely to create random problems for the male lead... even the problems faced by the male lead were over-exaggerated...

it did have some heartfelt scenes b/w the family and friends but only some episodes had those scenes... at the start the male lead and his grandfather had some really adorable and cute scenes but from the 2nd half onwards they barely have any combination scenes... the scene b/w te grandpa and HJ's father and HJ and his father in the last episode was good... also the last scene b/w HH and his mother...

my most favourite characters will be the grandpa and the ML's brother... his brother is the only one that's gonna make everyone laugh...

the acting of everyone was just fine... nothing amazing but nothing bad either... the second male lead is relatively a newcomer so he needs polishing... even though i liked park bo gum's acting i wont say i was very impressed with his acting... something about him just dont click with me and i dont know what it is... i think park so dam is better for movies than dramas... cheesy stuffs dont suit her and kdrama is filled with cheesy things... i am still not into them enough to check out a project solely because of them... most of the times when i complete an ongoing drama i start liking the leads enough to check out there other projects or wait for their next projects...
the chemistry b/w the leads were very plain like the drama... its not like they didnt had chemistry at all or didnt look good together... may be its how their relationship was written, they had no passion in the relationship... they just looked like two friends and not even close friends...

i finished this drama solely because i only have to watch 2 episodes every weak else i would have dropped it around episode 7-8... none of the episode endings made me restless to watch the next episode... i guess this drama will belong to the category of kdramas i forgot as soon as i finished it and wont even remember it to rewatch it again... i necessarily didnt hate it but i didnt like it either... i just dont have any sort of feelings towards this drama... i dont regret watching it but i didn't exactly enjoy watching it either... my feelings are also very plain and blunt like the drama...

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Eu realmente queria ter gostado mais desse dorama.

O dorama começa muito bem mas conforme passam os episódios, ele desanda MUITO.
A atuação e OST são impecáveis mas o roteiro é tão fraco que peca num dorama que poderia ser muito melhor.
Começa a ter muitos problemas nele que acabam não tendo tempo para serem desenvovidos e acaba sendo meia boca a partir da metade dele.
*A seguir pode ser considerado spoiler*

Um triângulo amoroso que acaba não resolvido; "ameaças" de que algo de horrível vai acontecer pra dramatizar mas nem acontece; a ex namorada com papel totalmente desnecessário; o ex agente que deveria ter sido processado desde o começo e sem falar na bomba que foi uma pessoa SE SUICIDAR e focarem em ele ser gay e que isso iria destruir a carreira do Hye-Jun.

Poderia ter sido muito melhor mas não foi.

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the script wasted the talent

The cast will make you want to watch. Don't put yourself through it.
I intially was in love with this drama. An older than most main character, still chasing his dreams. His family and their lives. Best friend and the class differences between them. Love interest and her trying to also reach her dreams. And it's set in the fashion world. I was sold on this premise! And the first half delivered. I looked forward to the new episodes being posted on Netflix every week. Then somehow, towards the 7th episode or so, it was like I was watching a completely different show. The script and the dialogue became routine, stereotypical, see through. AND DONT GET ME STARTED ON HOW A SHOW CENTERED ON FASHION TREATED THE GAY STORYLINE IN SUCH A TYPICAL AND DISSAPOINTING WAY. In the end I didn't even have the drive to at least finish it to see the outcomes. Not even to see what happens with grandpa, the best character. I honestly was annoyed at it by episode 9 and by 13 I couldn't take any more. It didn't do anything new whatsoever. The cast deserved more honestly. I can't even rec it for something light or to binge when you can't find anything else because it gets so tediously boring and monotonous.
Just skip it, honestly.

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Record of Youth Flashback

The first 5 or 6 episodes were enjoyable and fun to watch. When they started getting into flashbacks, I got totally lost. In one episode that character would say something and you'd think it was said at that time, but then in the next episode the scene would be replayed but there would be more to it so I'd wonder didn't I just see this is the last episode. This wasn't done just once, but quite a few times that I'd wonder if they were just doing it to make 16 episodes or did they really want to lose me.
The chemistry between the actors seemed forced to me. The lead male seemed kinda stiff and I felt he wasn't the best actor for that part. The lead female was more relaxed, but I felt her character lacked true feeling and has this wall around her keeping everyone out, even those who she says she loves.
The supporting cast to me made the series, the manager was excellent as was the rich woman, mother to the co star.
Lastly, I have never seen a character become a star, then be trashed, then be revived, then be trashed, then be revived. It seemed like that last episodes were how many time can he be smeared and still survive.

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started off so good like so interesting and the whole concept is just GOOD. like yes give me struggling artists!!!! give me people trying to grow in the entertainment industry!!!!! give me best friends!!! give me the girl meeting the guy she's crazy about but NOT making it weird!!!! it felt really out of character that hyejun's bestie would just go for the girl he likes out of nowhere ???? KNOWING HE LIKES HER ???? like bffr it just feels stupid that they added a silly love triangle tere lol btw also the way they started drifting apart felt kinda stupid too???? love hyejun tho that's my best friend

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I am confused, I liked it and disliked at the same time

This is going to be a short review. This drama got me confused. It started really well, but lost it momentum half way through. It'll probably be a feast to Park Bo Gum's fans. I am not one, but he was pleasant enough to watch in this drama. My overall rating is as high as 8, because I like those down to earth dramas about people trying to live in the Korean society. I do realize the society is very judgmental, but this fact never ceases to annoy me.
Finally, can someone please explain to me why dating is considered a SCANDAL in Korea? What is so scandalous in the fact that an actor in his twenties is dating a perfectly normal girl his age? What's the controversy?

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If you the most helpful reviews you may notice that they have given it stars varying from 4.5 to 6.5 but i feel 4.5 is just too low .I am confused between 6.5 and 6 but i am giving it a 6.

so now let's talk about what this drama is about . if you are looking for a romance drama then this is not it . i personally feel that this dram is actually slice of life
this drama focuses on the characters trying to achieve their dreams and realizing when they need to give up but hye jin rose to fame just so quickly they should hv shown us some of his struggles and they also didn't really show much about the different make up styles what i mean is that they didn't actually tell us about the jobs but they told us about the hardships of that job .
as they only focused more on hardships it made the show a bit boring but i guess that is the reality of the entertainment industry . They showed us the loneliness ,struggle, love relationship problems and much more but all of them includes hardships . it was like the writer had to keep an episode limit and she wanted to show the difficulties as well so she decided not to show the happiness of the characters.
the thing that disappointed me the most was the ending. there was no conclusion . when hye jin cried in his room there was no solution to that . i mean in the end they kind of showed that after achieving his goal he actually became more lonely rather than happy. it was like some things were just left incomplete
ABOUT WHETHER YOU SHOULD WATCH IT OR NOT I WILL SAY IF YOU HV SOME FREE TIE WELL THEN YOU CAN SEE IT BUT IT IS NOT SOMETHING WOW

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A cliché Drama Experience overall...

To be frank in a way am not that satisfied with this drama. First of all i want to point out some of the interesting postive factor that i felt in the earlier Episodes, that there were not a big love traingle which i find every fresh in this particular kdrama, because usually in these kind of a plot in someway there will be a huge space for some unwanted love traingle. But here they manged to bring a good 2nd lead character without any big love fight in between the male leads. That was good. Secondly the chemistry between the couple looks so strong in the early stage Episodes which way pretty soon and was beautiful to see . So many lovely moments between them which were excellent.😍

Coming to weak points, there is nothing new apart from those factors. The drama moving like a complete cliché way from the 12 th Episode to finale which looks very boring and the last 4 or 5 Episode are not that interesting or exciting at all for me. Park Bo Gum Done a good performance from a struggling rookie to become an aspiring actor character. But for park So Dom i think she has nothing to do in particular, the character was good to see on the screen but i felt she just a side role character in this entire drama and not much to do as a female lead.

The family issues which we seen so many times before was still there and it presented beautifully without too annoying and that father, grandfather characters were superb👌 some emotional scenes were really touching especially in the finale Episode. But again if you are a beginner to kdrama you may feel in the other way, but if you are regular drama watcher you definitely may not feel complete satisfaction with this drama. By the way i expected little more in the climax also but it was an ok ending for me..

Overall its just an average drama experience for me

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Chill and Realistic

I can understand why some people disliked this drama. But still, I don't think this drama deserves the hate it gets. I will admit that I tried starting this drama when it was airing. But I dropped it when everyone hated it, and honestly, I regret dropping it before.

This drama is not for everyone. If you're the type of person, who likes cliche, happy endings... not for you. I personally love sad or bittersweet dramas, so this was right in my alley. It's also kind of a mature drama. I guess you could say...? In the emotional aspect. It's like a slice of life drama.

I honestly don't know where to start... The acting and cast were a 10/10. Especially PGBs. This was my first time watching any of his dramas, and might I say, he might just be one of my favorite actors now! His crying scenes were..... AMAZING?! felt the rawness and emotion that was needed.

The character development was bad.... but honestly perfect for the storyline. And that says a lot because I am a sucker for some good character development. Their characters almost go downhill.... but not in a bad way? They've grown and learned, but at the same time, they didn't. Towards the end, they lack communication skills, which is kinda weird since they used to have good communication skills but I can understand how they lost it because hey. He got famous and didn't have time for anything (which was actually so realistic, and I don't know why people thought that was annoying??). Overall, their relationship was super healthy.

True, the storyline was all over the place. It was mainly about PGBs and his family. There was that irrelevant side couple (which I admit I skipped their scenes). The best friend and his family were kinda just there. We didn't learn much about the FL. But I don't know. It kinda just fits together for no reason to me? Everything that everyone hates on in this drama I liked. I can't really explain it.

One big thing everyone hates is that the main couple didn't end up together. I was also disappointed, but I don't think it gave me a reason to hate the drama? I still loved it. And honestly, it made sense. He was a big hit; she wanted to become more than what she was, and they both didn't really have time for each other. No one was really in the wrong, although my heart did hurt more for PBGs character. I really liked that the "love triangle" wasn't really one because the best friend never told anyone about his feelings towards the main girl, and he never tried to get with her, which I also love. I hate when they make lifelong friends break up over a girl they just met... there is just no need for that.

I mean, I can see there were lots of plot holes, but it didn't bother me. As for the main couple, though, obviously, they weren't going to stay together forever, get married, have kids, and live happily ever after. That would be too unrealistic. It's just like the title. Record of Youth. A time of their youth that they will remember forever. A time of their youth that has helped them grow as an individual. Definitely a right person wrong time thing.

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MY HOPE WAS COMPLETELY CRUSHED

MY HOPE WAS COMPLETELY CRUSHED . Iam really dissappointed by the ending episode.it was fun and interesting to watch upto ep 14.but the 2 ep after that is very disappointing.
the story turned to a bad vibe
it laged.
they could make it a good drama .but they completely distroyed and dissapointed the audience
it was so bad
i dont like the ending episodes.it was having bad story at the end.
ALL MY HOPES ON THIS DRAMA JUST FLEW AWAY
VERY DISSAPOINTING
IF THE ENDING EPISODES ARE CHANGED TO A GOOD AND HAPPY CONTENT,THIS WILL BE ONE OF THE GOOD DRAMA ON AIR.

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