okay i recently re-watched twenty five twenty one for the third time and i still loved it just as much as i did the first time and i have a lot of thoughts to unpack. this show absolutely gutted me and i can never be normal about it. it's the best kdrama out there. can't get any better than this.
these are some things that i especially admired during my rewatch:
seung wan quitting school:'( partly for ji woong. partly for herself. i love how she stood her ground and refused to back out even if it meant losing a year of hard work. and i love how her mom supported her.
the fencing coach, yang chan mi. didn't like her much and didn't take much interest in her before, but this time when i saw how all the silly things she made hee do do actually helped her in life, how she was always ready to help her students do better, i was so proud of her. she really grew on me.
shin jae kyung, na hee do's mom. although she's not so emotionally available as a mother, i think i kinda understand why. she's a single mom with a job that takes up a lot of her time. she had to make sure she was good at it as she was the breadwinner. when she broke down at the cemetery i cried ugly. i do wish she was better to hee do but their complicated relationship was pretty realistic. i liked her relationship with yi jin as well.
yu rim and her parents; they were such a nice, loving family. wish they didn't have to endure so much. in the end, yu rim had to be the adult and take control of their situation. im glad she could be a teenager when she was with the taeyang gang. and with hee do. yu rim's mom comforting hee do was so:')
the taeyang gang - obviously. i loved the five of them together. yi jin being their babysitter but at the same time enjoying their company. so upset that they grew apart later.
my favourite boy, baek yi jin. he's one of the best male leads ive ever come across. he went through so much yet he was still so caring and selfless to the people around him. he really went out of his way to make his loved ones happy. i could go on and on about him forever. the only uncharacteristic thing he did which i was unhappy with was applying for the position in new york without thinking of how it'll impact his relationship with hee do. i guess he was trying to work on his career but ah:( it ruined a lot of things. im glad he got his family back together tho.
my girl, na hee do. she's the complete package. she's silly, she's talented, she's nice to everyone, she's smart, funny, hard-working, she stands up for what's right, and she makes the right decisions for herself. we love to see it! she's so full of life. i was disappointed with her older self who seemed like a completely different person.
and last but my favourite, baek yi jin and na hee do's relationship<33 it's so pure, so real and i love how they both just want the best for each other, how they're always there to support one another and how life brought them together at a time when they needed a relationship like theirs. their break up made sense at the end but i can never watch the shoelace scene without bursting into tears. i love them so much it physically hurts.
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