Favorite Quotes of Age of Youth 2 (K-Drama, 2017)
Forever young… Forever lovely… Forever Belle Epoque :)
Ep 1 (Get Mad Over Little Things #We)
But, you’re not living with us. You’ll visit us occasionally. Then, you’ll stop coming. Then, we’ll stop seeing each other. We’ll end up going our ways like that. – Yoo Eun Jae
Ep 2 (I’m A Coward)
I’m a coward. I’m like a child swinging punch in the air with eyes closed. Like a dog barking out of fear. I’m a coward. I’m always scared. Everything’s unfamiliar feels strange. Everything’s strange becomes scary. And what’s scary becomes bad. And so… what’s unfamiliar becomes something scary that I must avoid. I’m scared again… that I’ll look unfamiliar to others. Strange to others. So, I’m desperately… trying to be like everyone else. I’m scared again… that someone will get hurt by the punch I throw with eyes closed. And I’m scared that… I might not be the good person that… I think I am. – Yoo Eun Jae
So what? Did you expect me to be cold even when I’m dating? – Yoon Jin Myung
Ep 3 (I Decided to Hate You #Crime and Punishment)
Don’t worry. Everything will pass. I know that it feels like everyone is talking about you. But, that’s not true. People don’t really care. Only you care. – Song Ji Won
Let’s be simple minded. Thinking that she might be a good person or that she had her reason. It’s just too complicated. It’s either I like her or I hate her. A friend or a foe. Either this or that. I don’t want to know too much. If I do, I’ll feel pity for her. Then, I can no longer hate her. I don’t understand her. I won’t. I’ll never… I’ll never do that. I’ll have my revenge. – Jo Eun
Ep 4 (I Survived #Selfish Gene)
Why should the woman avoid the man after a break up? I don’t like that. So don’t. – Song Ji Won
There are things that you can’t learn. If efforts always paid off, I’d be Kim Yuna. – Song Ji Won
The one that hurts never knows. Only the one that is hurt remembers. – Yoo Eun Jae
I always keep a distance so I don’t get too close. I always keep a distance so they don’t get too close. Keeping a distance is isolating oneself. With that distance, one decides to be lonely. Survival… Right… This is my survival strategy. I’ve run like a racehorse wearing blinkers. That’s how I survived this far… and that’s how I’ll survive in the future. I had to keep a distance. – Yoon Jin Myung
Ep 5 (My Heart is Like Reed #First Love)
I don’t want to hurt anybody. Especially the person who love me. – Jo Eun
I pretend that I don’t know. If I get caught that I know that, then I can’t pretend that I don’t know. I just want to see what I want to see, if I see too much, I will get lost. I don’t care at all. Even if I do care, it’s no use. I just want to believe what I want to believe. Then I will be happy with that. I just want to remember what I want to remember. Because I want to protect myself. – Song Ji Won
Ep 6 (I am A Miracle #Searching for The Lost Time)
I’m not successful yet because I’m not doing my best. – Heimdal
Be careful, because… Be careful when it’s nighttime. Don’t walk around by yourself. Don’t go to some isolated places. – Kwon Ho Chang
Two little girls that look alike, at the same time they have different paths. What makes the different between these two little girls’ destiny? Even though we don’t know what caused this… But my guts tell me that this is a very unimportant thing. Very… Very… unimportant. Too unimportant that the reason are missed from everyone’s attention. There’s a possibility that my life is going to a different way to what it was. I’m scared. But there’s also a relief. Those unimportant things didn’t happen to me. I’m feeling lucky, but at the other side, I’m feeling guilty to that kid. – Song Ji Won
Ep 7 (I was The Center of The World #The Scarlet Letter)
Taking the initiative and being obsessive are different. Being aggressive after you broke up is just scary. – Seo Jang Hoon
If you’re nice to someone like me, then you’re a good person. – Kwon Ho Chang
It’s because that person is bad. That person that hates you is bad. You’re a nice person. You’re nice and pretty. – Kwon Ho Chang
When I was younger, I was the center of the world. I thought the world would stop when I fell asleep. I thought the world would stop when I fell asleep. Everything moved for me. I couldn’t imagine the world without me. Everything moved for me. I couldn’t imagine the world without me. Back then… everything existed to love me. When did I realize… that the world still moves even without me? When did I realize… that I’m not the center of the world anymore? When did I realize… that I’m just one of many from my heart. And since when did I… start to put others at the center of my world? When did I realize how much I desire to have things I can’t have? When did I start to rather choose to hate myself… out of anger? Once again today, I painfully realize that… I can also be hated… just like I can hate someone. – Jung Ye Eun
Ep 8 (I Deny Myself - Confession)
You’re the victim. Why are you being blamed? – Yoo Eun Jae
Why must I be responsible? How can I be responsible of other people’s life? There’s no one. You’re also, Ma’am. Ye Eun’s life is her own responsibility. That’s the only way. That’s why… you choose yourself. – Yoon Jin Myung
I hate myself sometimes. That’s why I don’t expect others to like me. A half hate. A half regret. A half hope. It’s better if I can be honest. Maybe someone would like a person like me. – Jo Eun
It’s better to be alone than be laughed at. If there’s no feeling, it won’t hurt. If there’s no wish, there won’t be heartbroken. Don’t hope anything. Don’t wish anything. Close each door tightly. If I pretend to not know anything, then I could starting over. If I don’t give attention, then I won’t be cared. Pretend don’t know anything. – Jo Eun
Ep 9 (I Became A Scar #Paradise Lost)
It all started, then. It was by chance. By chance, we happened to sit at the same place. We didn’t share beliefs or the same hobbies. We didn’t grow up in similar situations. We just happened to sit at the same row. That was all. And that was enough. That day… we became friends. – Jung Ye Eun
Ep 10 (It Might Be Me #Hunches are Not Wrong)
Maybe hatred is like a snowball. It starts as a little ball but it grows bigger and bigger and it rolls over different emotion. We hate because we like too much. Because they don’t like is back. Because they have too much, because we feel too guilty, because we have no choice. When the bitterness grows too much, it gets out of our hands. – Yoon Jin Myung
Ep 11 (I Betrayed Myself #Fall)
The inflection point. A point of a curve at which a change in the direction of curvature occurs. Yes, it’s a curve. And one point of that curve has no direction. No meaning either. Only after we link each and every point, we can find out the meaning of that moment. At that moment, we don’t know. We only find out later… that we just passed the inflection point. It could be like the Nazca Lines. Lines that look meaningless can become a hummingbird… or an alien when we look at them from afar. – Yoo Eun Jae
Ep 12 (I Affirm Myself #Stand By Me)
Do larva live to become cicadas? The life of a larva could be happier than that of a cicada. And a cicada is just a larva that is old. – Yoon Jin Myung
As if nothing happened. To be honest, I wanted to scream. To be honest, I wanted to run. I thought I’d get caught if I screamed. I thought I’d be chased if I ran. The misfortune that was hiding like a tagger… could catch our ankles… so we walked as slowly as possible. – Yoon Jin Myung
Ep 13 ( I Saw Myself #All Beautiful Words)
Sunbae… Can I ask you a favor? When you date another girl, don’t tell her that she disappointed you. If you date another girl, wait a little bit before you start dating. Don’t treat me too well, or I’ll get confused. But don’t treat me too poorly either. I’m so glad that you were my first love. – Yoo Eun Jae
The longer we drag it on, the harder it will be to say it. – Jo Eun
What kind of future did that child once dream of? Was it an ordinary life? Or a special life? To be provided for? Or to be loved? Though I’m a bit late, I grieve for her. I grieve for her dream that’s now become nothing. The things I remember, the things I can’t remember, the things that can’t be helped… My friend, Moon Hyo Jin. Today, I pray for them. I hope that they don’t have to suffer, that they won’t have to go through more than they can bear. Even it may seem boring, I hope they can live an ordinary life. And I also pray, even if they have no way out, they will get through it. Even when they’re scared to death, I hope they can walk forward. I’ll do my all the become the person I wanted to be. – Song Ji Won
Ep 14 (They Have Their Own Mirror #Goodbye See You Tomorrow)
I will not apologize. I can’t. I didn’t do anything wrong… to apologize. – Song Ji Won
Don’t think about what others do. It’s not like there is one answer, like you have to kiss in one month or a year… and if you don’t, you’re behind. It’s not like that. – Yoo Eun Jae
We swore to never change. We swore to never change until death. I never thought that we’d change. I thought the two of us were enough. Who is the bad one? The one that has changed… or the one that couldn’t? You and I are like puzzle pieces that don’t come together. If we force it, we’ll only get hurt. If I shrink myself so that I won’t hurt the person that I like, I’ll be stabbing myself. It hurts if we get closer, but if we grow apart, it feels like I’d die. – Ahn Ye Ji
Final Impression:
This Little Gem!
I’m glad that Season 2 has the same vibe as Season 1. Even though this sequel is felt more comedic, and is not as mysterious as Season 1, but Belle Epoque Girls are still lovely and relatable. I was disappointed first when my favorite character, Kang Yi Na, only appeared as cameo, but new character, Jo Eun, is also charming in her own way and can give new color in Belle Epoque. And of course, this season is the time for Ji Won to take the spotlight. Her character has the most development and her arc is surprisingly very heartbreaking. I loved Ji Won and her quirky personality in Season 1, but in this season, she took my whole heart with the revelation of her hidden trauma, and I just wanted her to be happy with Sung Min. I was a bit mad when watching Epilogue of 8 years later, but I realized that this drama just stay true in showing the “Slice of Life” element. It’s bittersweet yet realistic.
I felt that 14 Episodes are a bit draggy and the plot is not as tight as Season 1 (12 Eps), but I like how the ending is really “Age of Youth” thingy. We can see how Belle Epoque Girls continue their daily life and start to enter new chapter of their journey, and it seems there is no impactful changes in the ending, but it gives the familiar feeling. It’s like whenever we go to Belle Epoque, these 5 lovely girls will always greet us with their relatable stories.
I know the possibility of Season 3 is very small especially because all characters already has their own ending, but I still have this tiny faith that there will be Season 3, based on how this show cruelly gave a vague hint of Ji Won & Sung Min relationship (SsongSungmin Couple). I’m OK if they decide to end this drama in Season 2, but I’ll be happier if they continue for Season 3, as I will never bored watching this little gem *of course with the same ensemble of Belle Epoque*. And if there is Season 3, please… please… please… give more development for SsongSungmin. We cannot wait till forever only to see this OTP as a couple, right? Kekekeke….
My Girl, Song Ji Won! She shows many sides of her in this season :)
Sung Min’s Gaze >.< My Fav OTP <3 <3 <3
Until next year, see you again Belle Epoque :)
-AquaMarine-