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People always say that love will make you crazy, and if that’s true then Jin-jin has a double helping of crazy on her plate these days. It’s no wonder she’s confused, between her feelings for Ji-won and her celebrity-crush-turned-TV-husband. When the lines between fantasy and reality begin to blur, what kind of relationship will Jin-jin end up in?

 

EPISODE 15: “Stand By Meâ€

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Jin-jin sends off her parents and brother on their trip, and the moment the door closes, Jin-jin trips and falls right on Ji-won’s face. Their lips lock and they freeze, blinking at each other, until they hear someone coming back in the front door.

In a move worthy of the ballet, they spin around and manage to look casual by the time Mom comes back in for her forgotten phone. Jin-jin is even eating as Mom leaves again, but when she’s gone and Ji-won turns back, Jin-jin has escaped up to her apartment.

She gets a text from Ji-won asking her to have dinner together, and downstairs, Ji-won waits for approximately a thousand years until Jin-jin finally responds. A giant smile breaks over his face to see her happy-dance emoji.

 

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Young-shim is late to work again, but as usual, Kyung-seok doesn’t mention it. In fact, he informs her that she’ll be handling a case alone, defending a bus driver who was fired when he couldn’t account for an amount of money equaling less than a cup of coffee. He gives Young-shim some pointers in forming her defense on his way out for lunch, and she stays back to write her opening statement.

Ah-reum’s mother laughs at her when she finds her daughter exercising, but still begs her to lose weight and move out. Ah-reum agrees that getting her own place is a good idea, so she asks for the money she’s given to her mother over the years, intended for her wedding. Her mom tells her to move out if she wants, but that she won’t give her any money because she doesn’t trust her not to spend it.

 

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Even knowing that it was coming, it was SO HARD to watch Ji-won standing aside in favor of Anthony. Even a small thing like letting Jin-jin think the lucky bamboo was from Anthony just made my heart ache for Ji-won, because he was so excited to buy it for her. It’s very much in Ji-won’s nature to sacrifice something he wants to make someone else happy, and he even said that getting the gift from Anthony would make Jin-jin happy, and that was what was important.

 

But I also understand why Ji-won’s first instinct isn’t to fight for Jin-jin. Even if their lifelong friendship wasn’t muddying their understanding of their feelings for each other, Ji-won has been hurt in the worst way possible. Finding your fiancee with another man not a week before your wedding must be one of the worst feelings, and I can see why Ji-won would shy away from a situation where the woman he loves may have feelings for another man. In his mind, he’s probably thinking that he would rather not fight and at least keep Jin-jin’s friendship than fight and risk losing her from his life entirely.

 

As much as Jin-jin still fangirls over Anthony, I was glad to see her conversation with her friends, when they accused her of liking him as a man. I believed her when she said it wasn’t true, it’s just that she’s been his fan for so long that her reactions to him are on that level. She hasn’t done anything that I can interpret as real romantic interest on her part, and although she clearly loves Anthony as a true fan of his, I think that she’s well aware that what she feels for Ji-won is more genuine.

 

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It’s still difficult to tell what Anthony is thinking or feeling, and I can’t help but wonder what’s made him so closed-off. Maybe his idol days made h

im suspicious of people’s motives, never knowing if they liked him or just likes his idol persona. I think that’s why he’s so stand-offish with Jin-jin (though he’s always so polite, never rude), because she still sees him as an idol and not as himself. Compound that with the fact that she herself is a celebrity, so I’m guessing that he’s just keeping a respectful distance so as not to be seen as riding on her coattails. But there are moments when I think that Anthony sees Jin-jin as a person and not Celebrity Jin-jin or Fangirl Jin-jin, and I wonder if he isn’t starting to fall for her just a little bit—it didn’t escape me that in the hospital, both Anthony and Ji-won were wearing burgundy, after Jin-jin told them that men look best in burgundy in the autumn.

I actually like that the characters in this drama don’t just out and say what they’re feeling, and that it takes a little digging to figure them out. In all other ways this is a pretty standard rom-com, albeit with extra-cute characters, so I appreciate that the show tells its story through the players’ actions and doesn’t just spoon-feed us the answers. A good example was Dad’s behavior on the trip and his subsequent talk with Min-ho. Dad never explained exactly why he was being such a grump, and Min-ho didn’t come out and say in so many words that he wanted to do something nice for his parents because he rarely gets the chance to make them proud. But they understood each other just the same, and were able to re-establish their bond without talking it to death. Compared to some shows where the characters do nothing but talk (I’m side-eyeing you so hard, Temperature of Love), it’s refreshing to see people who know feel secure in their love for each other, without needing to discuss everything to death.

 

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  • 20th Century Boy and Girl: Obviously I’m all about the OTP here, but I can’t help feeling my heart pinch pre-emptively for the disappointment and heartache Anthony is in for, once he realizes he’s not the guy. He’s so sweet and earnest (if sometimes unreadable) that I like him as a person, while at the same time I feel frustrated at Ji-won for stepping aside because of Anthony. Step it up, OTP! Life is short! Be together now!

 

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  • 20th Century Boy and Girl: It’s cute and poignant sometimes. I especially liked the scene where Ji-won was in a daze because he heard Jin-jin say “I love you,†and brought home melted ice cream and hid the cosmos flower when her brother walked him. In these moments, I can’t help but squeal at the cuteness.
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[Drama Review] "Boy and Girl From the 20th Century" Episodes 17-18

 

 

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Jin-jin's professional work hazards are consistently one of the more unimpressive means of generating conflict on "Boy and Girl From the 20th Century", which is saying a lot considering how challenged this drama is when it comes to developing conflict at all. I'm still wondering how exactly a can of soda can be poisoned in the first place. Does the anti-fan manufacture her own soft drinks? Or was there arsenic on the lid?

 

In any case, technical contrivances notwithstanding, it's the result that matters more. Unfortunately that result is to have So-ni and Ji-won pine over Jin-jin without ever explicitly stating how they feel, so the whole thing is just frustrating. I do wonder how it is that the paparazzi aren't all over this. Were they actually following Jin-jin to the obstetrician's office or is there just a guy parked out there all night just in case a celebrity shows up?

 

Back to the present episodes, the eighteenth one starts with an obnoxious obviously fake photo shoot. I know that's an odd position for me to take, as a critic of television drama for a website that regularly posts these kinds of fashion spreads, but then that's the issue. We know all that stuff is fake, and we look at it because it's aesthetically pleasing. Using one fake thing to enhance another fake thing, though, it's just too much. It calls attention to the lack of internal consistency.

 

Consider one late scene where So-ni loses his cool at a sexist management type. This is actually exactly the kind of crude language you'd expect to hear from suits in the real-life media industry. But it doesn't work at all in the very family friendly context of "Boy and Girl From the 20th Century", where the only problems celebrities have to deal with are paparazzi and psycho anti-fans. Up until that point the closest we'd seen to a dark side in media professionals was the somewhat pushy woman manager.

 

In general it's weird how "Boy and Girl From the 20th Century" tries so hard to be modern it ends up coming off as Puritan instead. It's hard to make much else sense of how both Ah-reum and Yeong-sim have romantic subplots, and that's all they have, except they don't. Somehow director Lee Dong-yoon show these people doing obviously cute romantic stuff like cleaning the kitchen together or having lunch while stripping them of any romantic context.

 

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[Drama Review] "Boy and Girl From the 20th Century" Episodes 19-20

 

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So Ji-won and Jin-jin finally figure out the intrinsic flaw in their whole pretend not to be interested in each other for no reason plan. They end up explicitly saying this in front of a third person, who naturally concludes that Ji-won should be up for a blind date with his daughter. It does, admittedly, still take until the end of episode twenty for them to finally realize that neither Jin-jin nor Ji-won wants Ji-won to date another person, but hey! At least the story's finally getting started!

 

That plotline also benefits a lot from comparison. Episode twenty also features Ah-reum finally getting closer to Woo-seong, through a damsel in distress storyline of all things. I was hoping for a twist ending there. We never actually saw Ah-reum pay the taxi driver, so it stood to reason that he was skulking outside of her home because he wanted to be paid. But alas, the only apparent moral from that storyline is that all taxi drivers are rapists.

 

Episode nineteen has also, for the first time, actually shown off the appealing potential qualities of fake marriage variety shows. The entire premise of a trip to Jeju actually does allow for Jin-jin and So-ni to give sincere opinions about what they would want to do on a hypothetical vacation. These are actually some of the better character building moments we've ever had for them. I would never have guessed that So-ni was a huge fishing nerd or that Jin-jin has regrets about entering the entertainment industry at a young age.

 

...And by young age I mean early twenties. It's weird how little we know about Jin-jin, considering that in theory all "Boy and Girl From the 20th Century" is character building. Goodness knows there's no plot to speak of, just various vaguely interconnected moments. The scene where Jin-jin delivers a brief statement in almost perfectly fluent English was legitimately impressive.

 

But aside from making Jin-jin look cool, that scene doesn't really accomplish anything. As was seen in "Madame Antoine" Han Ye-seul does indeed have a very good talent for accents. I don't know if she's actually a polyglot, she just has perfect intonation. That's the problem though. I'm thinking in terms of Han Ye-seul, not Jin-jin, and when that big scene actually gets me to thinking of one of the few strong points of a disaster like "Madame Antoine" that's just one of many signs of trouble.

 
 
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It’s never a good idea to keep secrets from the people you care about the most. And it’s futile anyway, especially when those people know you so well that they can practically read your thoughts. Ji-won and Jin-jin are wound up so tight that sooner or later, something’s gonna blow — but who will be the first to break down and admit to their true feelings?

 

 

<EPISODE 17>: “Ten reasons why I can’t love you†

A woman who’s been known to stalk Anthony goes to Jin-jin’s signing event and gives her a tainted drink. Alone in her building, Jin-jin unknowingly drinks it, and as the effects hit, she tries to call Ji-won, although he doesn’t pick up. She keeps trying but soon passes out in the hallway. Luckily, a tenant in her building finds her and calls for help.

The stalker fan finds Anthony and asks for a photo, and he sees a message pop up on her phone asking if Stalker gave Jin-jin the tainted drink. Stalker and her friends run off, and Anthony calls Jin-jin. Someone answers her phone and tells him what happened, and he makes it to the hospital just as Jin-jin is being wheeled inside.

 

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Somehow, Ji-won also learns of Jin-jin’s emergency, but when he arrives at the hospital, he sees Anthony there by Jin-jin’s side. Stunned, he listens as the doctor tells Anthony that Jin-jin will be okay. He can’t bring himself to go to her, not with Anthony there, so instead he turns and leaves.

Ji-jin’s family rushes to the hospital, all three of them freezing when they find Anthony with her. Anthony, who was on his way to a radio show before he rushed off, heads back there and makes it barely in time, and as Ji-won drives home, he listens as his brother talks about how to protect someone special to you.

 

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Jin-jin wakes to find her family hovering over her bed, worried but relieved that she’s not badly hurt. She croaks an apology that they had to cut their trip short on her behalf, and they tell her that Anthony was here but had to leave. They think that Jin-jin called Anthony for help, and she doesn’t tell them that in the midst of her crisis, the person she tried to call was actually Ji-won.

Later, during a music break on Anthony’s radio show, he apologizes to Manager Choi and the show’s PD. Manager Choi yells at him for disappearing and not answering his phone, but the PD laughs it off as the excitement of live entertainment. Manager Choi asks Anthony privately what happened, but he just asks her to call CEO Jang and says he’ll explain later.

 

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<EPISODE 18 RECAP>

It’s time for Ah-reum to move into the new apartment she’s rented, sight-unseen. Her mother sighs that she doesn’t have much to take with her, trying to think of everything at the last minute, but Ah-reum says she can just buy anything she needs. Her mom asks why she’s moving out instead of getting married, so Ah-reum reminds her mother of her vow never to marry.

The new place is a pigsty, but Ah-reum tries to stay positive about it. She’s brought Woo-sung with her, and he looks like he’s trying not to cry about the filth as he advises her to go back home.

Manager Choi is ecstatic about Anthony’s rise in popularity, and she tells him that they’ve even gotten an offer for a commercial. He frowns when he sees that it’s for cleaning gloves and learns that the commercial is for him and Jin-jin as a married couple and mutters that Jin-jin can’t do a commercial for lowly rubber gloves.

 

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They’re on the way to a photo shoot with Jin-jin, and despite Jin-jin’s lingering nerves around Anthony, they manage to look like a real couple in the pictures. After the photo shoot, Manager Choi goes to talk to Jin-jin about the commercial, which Jin-jin hasn’t heard about. Anthony guesses what his manager means to do and interrupts before she can, changing the subject.

Woo-sung stays to help Ah-reum clean her new place, and Young-shim and Ji-won come by later. Ji-won and Woo-sung are excited to see each other after all these years, then Woo-sung gets kicked out before Jin-jin shows up for their little housewarming party.

 

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The instant he’s gone, Young-shim and Ji-won round on Ah-reum to ask if there’s something going on between her and Woo-sung. Ah-reum barks, “Hey, would you kiss him?†Young-shim recoils in horror at the thought and accepts the answer, but Ji-won looks like he ain’t buying it.

Hong-hee drives Jin-jin to a spot near Ah-reum’s new place, reluctantly leaving her only at Jin-jin’s insistence. Ji-won offers to meet her in front of a store, but Jin-jin gets impatient and decides to find the place on her own.

She wanders through the confusing maze of alleys, getting more and more lost, while Ji-won starts to worry when she’s not waiting for him like she said. He tries to call her, but her phone battery has died, so he goes looking for her. Jin-jin begins to get scared when she realizes that a strange man is following her.

 

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Ji-won is on the verge of panic by the time he finally spots Jin-jin heading his way. She’s happy and relieved to see him, but he gets angry at her for wandering off. He almost seems to be talking about something else as he yells, “You should have stayed there. Don’t go wandering off. I’ll come to you, just wait. Why don’t you ever listen, why?!â€

The walk to Ah-reum’s place is awful, with a chastised Jin-jin trailing behind Ji-won, who feels terrible for his outburst. He eventually slows enough for her to catch up, and by the time they get to the apartment, Ah-reum and Young-shim are asleep on the floor. They tuck the sleeping friends under a blanket and leave.

 

===Read more: http://www.dramabeans.com/2017/11/20th-century-boy-and-girl-episodes-17-18/

 

 

COMMENTS

I just love Jin-jin so much, she’s such a great character and Han Ye-seul plays her perfectly — she’s truly a sweet person and she always thinks of others before herself, but she never comes across as boring or goody-goody. It was so typical of Jin-jin that, seconds after waking up from an actual murder attempt, the first thing she thinks about is how her family lost out on their vacation because of her. It’s no wonder that Ji-won and Anthony are both drawn to her, with her genuinely pure heart and her way of making people feel special. It’s frankly a miracle that she’s never dated, but again, it’s because of the kind of person she is, one who puts her love for her friends before anything else.

 

And those friends are absolutely worth it. They are all three (all four, really) loyal to a fault, and they obviously love each other deeply. It was so awesome the way Ah-reum and Young-shim just straight-out asked Ji-won all the questions that nobody ever just asks each other in a rom-com… Does he like Jin-jin? What’s stopping him from making a move? Is he worried about her TV marriage to Anthony? What if Anthony started liking Jin-jin? There’s something to be said for the fact that these people have literally known each other their whole lives, so they can be honest, both with their questions and with their answers.

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Ji-won is every bit as good a person as Jin-jin, and he also tends to place the needs of those he loves above his own wishes. As much as he loves Jin-jin, and has since childhood, he still considers backing down when the brother he loves expresses an interest in her. In part it’s pity, though it’s a pity borne of love, because he feels badly that Anthony never knew his mother and has apparently never had a significant, adult relationship.

This episode reminded us of how close Ji-won and Anthony are, how they’ve both lost someone they loved and found a new family in each other. And now I’m not so much afraid that Anthony will come between Jin-jin and Ji-won, but that Jin-jin will come between Ji-won and Anthony. Of course I want to see Ji-won and Jin-jin together, and Anthony is going to be a major stumbling block getting in the way of that happening. But I don’t want to see anything or anyone threaten the close relationship between the two men, who may not be brothers by blood, but they’re brothers by choice, which is even more special.

I still don’t think that Anthony is feeling anything truly romantic towards Jin-jin… it feels more like protectiveness, as if he genuinely likes and respects her as a person and wants to make sure she’s safe. But I don’t get any vibes from him that he wants more from her. And despite the fact that he’s very quiet and doesn’t give much away in regards to his thoughts and feelings, he’s also very perceptive and observant. There’s no way that Anthony hasn’t noticed how Ji-won feels about Jin-jin. I suspect that any conflict over her will be more of a misunderstanding than a true rivalry, but hopefully Ji-won learned a lesson in this episode that it’s not healthy to lie to himself or Jin-jin. I hope that whatever happens next will propel Ji-won to tell Jin-jin how he feels, rather than pull away from her again.

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I’m afraid that if something didn’t happen soon, that either Jin-jin or Ji-won was going to explode out of sheer frustration. So many years of longing can’t be held back without serious consequences, and at least one of the pair has had it up to here with the lame excuses. Someone has to speak up before they risk not only losing out on the chance for love, but losing each other altogether.

 

 

 

EPISODE 19: “Strong wind love songâ€

 

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After Anthony loses his temper with the lecherous director, he sees Jin-jin in the lobby and grabs her in a bear hug. Ji-won sees them from across the lobby, and the shock of that preoccupies him as his meeting continues, so he’s surprised when Jin-jin is presented as the new face of National Chemical (ah, so that’s why she’s in Jeju). She introduces herself, but as most of the audience don’t speak Korean, Tae-hyun offers to translate for her.

 

But Jin-jin says she’s got this and proceeds to finish her self-introduction in perfect English. Ji-won looks at her in surprise, impressed and a little proud.

 

 

 

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After the presentation, Jin-jin is also surprised to learn that Ji-won has been promoted to president of the company. He and Tae-hyun come to officially thank her, Ji-won behaving strictly professionally while Tae-hyun tries to contain his inner Jin-jin fanboy.

 

Anthony takes advantage of his unexpected free time to go fishing, and Manager Choi calls him, furiously ranting about crazy scumbag jerks. He thinks she’s angry with him for ruining his chances at the movie role, but she’s actually furious over the director’s behavior, spitting that he’s much worse than she thought.

 

 

 

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Anthony asks a local about the owner of the shop, and they learn that everyone calls her Gong-joo, because she’s as pretty as a princess (gong-joo means princess). Unfortunately, Gong-joo left the village a month ago, and all anyone knows is that she moved closer to her husband’s hometown.

 

Back in Seoul, Jin-jin’s mom goes to the eye doctor for a checkup, because she’s been having difficulty seeing clearly. Her husband grumbles that she’s just getting older, but the doctor is concerned enough that he recommends Mom see a specialist.

 

 

 

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Jin-jin tells Anthony about her sister, Ho-sung, and how she disappeared without a trace seventeen years ago. She says that she hated Ho-sung at first, but then she tried to understand her. Now she just hopes Ho-sung is happy, because if she’s not, then it just makes her parents even more pitiful.

 

She wonders why she misses Ho-sung so much when they used to fight all the time, and Anthony says it’s because they’re family. He admits that he’s jealous of Jin-jin because she still has the hope of someday seeing her loved one, while he’ll never see his mother.

 

 

 

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Jin-jin tells Anthony that his mother is probably watching him all the time. She thinks that maybe she’s watching her too, and gives the sky a little wave. That makes Anthony smile, and he says that Jin-jin’s sister probably watches her since Jin-jin is a top star, and that he hopes she likes him. Jin-jin says that she won’t, since Ho-sung hates everything Jin-jin likes.

 

She thanks Anthony for spending time with her and apologizes for getting emotional. Anthony says that it was good to get some time to themselves, and when the crew bus pulls up just then to retrieve them, he looks a bit disappointed that Jin-jin is so excited to see them.

 

The entire crew goes out to eat that evening, and the director gushes about how popular Anthony and Jin-jin are as a couple, and how much chemistry they have. But he warns them to avoid scandals at all cost, unless it’s a scandal involving the two of them. (Foreshadowing!)

 

 

 

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Anthony notices that Jin-jin is only picking at the sashimi and suggests ordering a hot dish. So the director orders seafood soup for the table and urges Jin-jin to try it. She seems hesitant for some reason, and only takes a tiny sip.

 

Afterward, Anthony walks Jin-jin to her hotel room door and tells her that he’s leaving first thing in the morning. He seems reluctant to say goodbye and starts to say something, but instead he just sends her inside.

 

As soon as he’s out of sight, Jin-jin sneaks back out of her room again to go to the lobby. She asks for some kind of medicine, but the hotel doesn’t have any, and the concierge says that all the nearby pharmacies are closed.

 

 

 

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Ji-won enters the lobby, and all it takes is one look at Jin-jin for him to know that something is wrong. He sees her scratching her neck and immediately guesses that she ate shrimp, then makes Jin-jin pull back her collar and show him the rash, which looks pretty bad.

 

Back home, Ah-reum hails a taxi home, but the taxi driver gives her creepy vibes when he says that he likes women with pretty ankles, and that he noticed hers before picking her up. He says that he likes it when women get upset at being touched by men, all the while leering at Ah-reum in his rearview mirror.

 

Ah-reum realizes that her phone is nearly dead and her door lock is broken, and she begins to grow genuinely scared. A radio story about a woman who went missing and was later found dead just fuels her fear, so she unhooks her seatbelt and prepares to run.

 

 

 

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Let’s just go ahead and add Kim Ji-suk to the list of leading men who are great kissers, shall we? That was such a beautiful confession, the way Ji-won just laid it all out there, admitting that Jin-jin’s anger is his fault for hesitating out of fear, and telling her honestly that he doesn’t want to be just friends anymore. And then when he went to kiss her he made his intentions clear, and went slowly to give her a chance to say no. It almost felt like the first kiss was a question, it was so careful and tentative, and when Jin-jin answered “yes†by kissing him back, he just went for it. For me, the best onscreen kisses are the ones that make my toes curl and my skin tingle as if I’m the one being kissed, and in that respect, this one was absolutely perfect.

 

 

 

I was so glad to see Jin-jin finally lose her temper with Ji-won and tell him exactly how it feels to keep waiting for him, only for him to do nothing over and over again. She waited for seventeen years with no word from him, then when he finally comes back and they pick up where they left off, he still keeps her waiting. I like that Jin-jin was the first one to speak up and say that she’s hurt by Ji-won’s passive behavior, because she’s pretty outspoken in general and I was beginning to wonder why she hadn’t said something yet. And there’s really no need to be coy about it — they’re adults and they both know they have feelings for each other, someone just needed to say it out loud.

 

I get that he’s had his heart broken before and he’s scared, and that by changing their friendship into a romance, Ji-won risks losing not only the woman he loves, but his best friend. But he needed to hear that by wallowing in his indecision, he was about to lose Jin-jin anyway. And I also like that Jin-jin didn’t make the first actual move, because I think that that was something Ji-won needed to do, both for her and for himself. He’s been frozen since his broken engagement, and he needed to find that courage within himself to open up and take a risk.

 

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But I think, even though Jin-jin and Ji-won have definitively established that they have feelings for each other beyond friendship, that things are about to get very complicated, very fast. This episode is the first time I’ve started to see Anthony developing feelings for Jin-jin, and I’m scared that it’s going to cause problems between him and Ji-won. I’m not worried about Jin-jin wavering, because as much as she likes Anthony and admires him as an artist, she’s never shown any hint of romantic feelings for him — in fact, she’s made it clear that a true fan has no such hopes for a relationship with their oppa. But I still fear that Anthony’s feelings may start to be a problem in his relationship with Ji-won, and that would be a real tragedy.

 

Let’s not forget about Ah-reum and Young-shim, who are both experiencing the cutest “some†relationships I’ve ever seen in a drama. I cheered out loud when Woo-sung came to Ah-reum’s rescue, then took one look at her crying face and went all papa bear. He looks like the kind of guy who gives fantastically warm, squeezy hugs. And I think that Young-shim is going to be very surprised when she discovers that her boss is already smitten with her — she’s a little oblivious because she gets so focused on what she’s doing, but the way Kyung-seok smiles at her when she isn’t paying attention is the sweetest thing.

 

I’m loving this show as it is, and I think it’s a shame that the ratings aren’t better, because I’m finding it a really sweet little story. I like that there’s no villain — I prefer stories where the conflict comes from the situation, not a person who behaves as very few real people ever do. I’m particularly looking forward to learning more about Jin-jin’s sister and why she left home, because you don’t run away and disappear for nearly two decades unless something is terribly wrong. The natural assumption would be that Ho-sung was running from family issues, but the only clue we have is that she and Jin-jin fought a lot, which is very normal for teenage sisters. Jin-jin and Min-ho are more happy and well-adjusted than most, and Mom and Dad are about as sweet as they could possibly be. So I can’t imagine what on earth made Ho-sung leave without a trace.

 

But while we wait to find out, let’s see that kiss again, shall we?

 

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Team Dramabeans: What we’re watching??

 

 

 

So, what are we all watching this week?

What kept you reaching for more (or agonizing when there was no more), and what made you want to throw your remote through the screen? Time to weigh in…

 

 

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  • 20th Century Boy and Girl: This show’s charm is absolutely its openhearted sweetness and good nature. That said, it’s so unrelentingly sweet (though not sickly-sweet) that I find myself craving some more conflict. Maybe because without more drama up in this drama, I find the reasons for this OTP remaining apart to be forced and shallow—I mean, when you don’t have much conflict preventing you, why are you still apart? I know they’re going through stuff emotionally (yada yada), but it’s just a tad frustratingly slow.

 

 

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  • 20th Century Boy and Girl: This OTP makes my heart crumble sometimes.

 

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I love how much fun these two are having together! It’s so great that, regardless of whatever else may happen between them, they’ll always be best friends first and foremost. Unfortunately, Jin-jin’s celebrity status means that they can’t let their guard down even for a moment, because the results of even the tiniest slip-up could mean disaster, both personally and professionally.

 

 

EPISODE 21: “Comrades, as sweet as honeyâ€

 

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Back in Seoul after their Jeju Island trip, Ji-won gets stuck in the elevator with Jin-jin’s mom on his way home from work. Desperate to see Jin-jin, who’s waiting for him upstairs, Ji-won lies that he’s already eaten dinner then gets busted when his stomach growls, hee.

Mom insists that he come to her place so she can feed him. She serves him a huge meal and he digs in dutifully, but the instant she goes out to the shop, he races upstairs as fast as he can. He’s adorably fidgety while waiting for Jin-jin to open the door, so excited he can’t stand still.

 

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Jin-jin pretends to sternly straighten Ji-won’s tie, and he holds out a hand for the present she promised him for working hard. She gives him a short hug, so he decides to give her a present too, and he nearly cracks her ribs with his bear hug.

They go downstairs to share the food Mom set out, and Jin-jin giggles at Ji-won when he wants to know every single detail of her day. She says he’s different, and he’s relieved when she admits that she likes it. She wants to see that DiCaprio movie, but Ji-won says that he has other plans for tonight, something that will allow them to spend more time together. Rawr?

 

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EPISODE 22 RECAP <skip to Jiwon-JinJin related>

Ji-won and Jin-jin eat dinner in front of the TV, and they decide to finally go see that DiCaprio movie later. Jin-jin’s mother nearly walks in on Ji-won fawning over Jin-jin, and she backs out of the room and goes back downstairs, shocked.

She stops Min-ho from going upstairs to watch soccer on Jin-jin’s television, even physically blocking the door to Jin-jin’s apartment. She forbids Min-ho to go upstairs ever again, and even promises to buy him his own TV, hee.

 

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Jin-jin pouts on the way to the movie, since she and Ji-won will have to sit apart for fear of being seen together. Ji-won refuses her offer of lip balm, so she holds him still and puts it on him, flustering him with her close proximity.

In an office nearby, a reporter works late looking for a good scoop. He gets an anonymous email that promises a juicy scandal, which includes a picture taken of Jin-jin kissing a man who is definitely not Anthony while on her We Got Married honeymoon. Oh no.

 

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Ji-won sits a few rows behind Jin-jin at the theater, but soon after the movie starts, he realizes that there’s nobody behind them and moves to sit beside her. A while later, Jin-jin gets a little grumpy at how Ji-won is so into the movie that he’s paying no attention to her. But he notices, and he takes her hand in his and whispers for her to watch the movie.

He gives her a heads-up when the movie is almost over, and he looks apologetic as she sneaks out to wait for him in the car. When he joins her, she asks him to tell her how the movie ended. He teases her, dramatically drawing out the big twist just to get her worked up. Just as he gets to the climax, he grabs Jin-jin and kisses her silly.

 

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When she gets home, Jin-jin collapses on her bed, giggling and kicking her feet in excitement. Ji-won arrives at his place to find the tonic that Anthony left, but the ticket sitting beside it makes him worry that Anthony may know he was at the hospital that night.

He calls Anthony to do some damage control, but Anthony’s voice is weak when he answers the phone. He can barely speak, only managing to whisper that he’s at home before passing out. Frightened, Ji-won rushes out to his car to go check on Anthony.

He doesn’t see the man standing outside his building, but even if he did, he wouldn’t know that the man is the reporter who got the picture of him kissing Jin-jin. But the reporter sees Ji-won, and recognizes him from the photo.

 

===Read more: http://www.dramabeans.com/2017/11/20th-century-boy-and-girl-episodes-21-22/

 

 

COMMENTS

Well, this isn’t going to go any place good. Not only does the reporter now know that Ji-won is the man who was photographed kissing Jin-jin when she was supposed to be on her TV honeymoon with Anthony, but he just saw Ji-won leaving Jin-jin’s building late at night. Of course he’s going to assume that something tawdry is going on. If the public could make the assumption that Jin-jin was getting an abortion just because she was seen entering a women’s hospital at night, I can’t even imagine how much worse it will be when it’s revealed that not only is Jin-jin dating someone else while filming We Got Married, but that her boyfriend is none other than Anthony’s brother.

 

Backing up a bit, I knew that Ji-won and Jin-jin would be adorable together, but good grief, they’re so sweet they’re gonna give me a toothache. It’s cute how they give in to their immature sides when they’re together, letting themselves enjoy all those fluttery early-relationship feelings without trying to hide or deny them. I love how they joke and tease each other (I’m still laughing at the way Jin-jin kept grabbing Ji-won’s hand in the elevator), because it makes me happy to see that they aren’t letting their friendship fade into the background now that they’ve introduced a romantic element into their relationship. They’re still, and will always be, best friends. It’s going to make it that much harder when they’re found out, because I’m sure that they (or at least, Ji-won) will decide that either hiding their feelings or breaking up will be the right solution. I honestly don’t know which I’d miss more, their romance or their friendship.

It’s taken me this long to get a sense of Anthony as a person, because he’s just so difficult to read. I don’t think that he’s a bland or boring person, I think he’s just a very quiet person, and that he’s spent most of his life in the spotlight and prefers to guard what little privacy that he has left. He really opens up around Ji-won and Manager Choi, which shows that while it’s not easy for someone to earn Anthony’s trust and get into his inner circle, it is possible. I think that’s why Ji-won was shaken when Anthony mentioned that the only people who think he’s talented are Ji-won, his manager, and Jin-jin. Ji-won knows how hard it is for his brother to trust someone, so for him to list Jin-jin alongside the two closest people to him, Anthony was showing that Jin-jin is becoming as important to him as they are.

But although I can sometimes see something in Anthony’s face when he looks at Jin-jin, I still don’t think he really sees her as someone he wants to date. He’s so against using her to further his career (beyond going on We Got Married) that he refuses to even consider being in a drama with her, even if it means he’d get a leading role. I think — well, I hope — that he would feel the same way about dating her in real life. But I also think that Ji-won would sacrifice his own happiness if it gave Anthony a chance at love, it’s obvious that he worries that Anthony has feelings for Jin-jin. My only hope that that won’t happen is that so far, all the characters in this show seem to act pretty rationally. Since Ji-won knows how Jin-jin feels about him, he wouldn’t play the noble idiot card and try to step aside to give Anthony a chance with her. Probably. Right?

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  • 20th Century Boy and Girl: Episodes 23-24

     

 

 

 

 

We finally get a glimpse into what makes Anthony tick, and what he’s really thinking about Jin-jin and Ji-won. He’s been a hard nut to crack, but this episode tells us a lot about who Anthony is and what’s really important to him. As trouble looms closer and closer, threatening those he loves, Anthony makes a decision that could change everything.

 

 

 

EPISODE 23: “I love you, I’m sorry, thank youâ€

 

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Worried when Anthony sounds sick over the phone, Ji-won rushes to his apartment to check on him. He finds Anthony laid up in bed, only partially conscious and thinking back to all the times he’s seen Jin-jin and Ji-won acting comfortable together. But Anthony rouses enough to find Ji-won’s concern amusing, and he weakly asks why he’s here.

 

It reminds Ji-won of the time he found his fiancee with another man, and he’d tried to drink away the pain. Anthony had traveled all the way to Hong Kong to stop Ji-won from drinking himself to death, even though it meant missing his drama shoot.

 

 

 

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Seeing his brother, Ji-won had heaved a big sigh and said that he was okay now that Anthony was there. Looking like his heart was breaking as much as Ji-won’s, Anthony had told him that he’d feel better after suffering as much as he wanted, and that next time he’d pray it wouldn’t hurt so much. Ji-won had broken down sobbing.

 

Now Ji-won spends the night by Anthony’s side, having run to help him like Anthony once did for him. But he thinks to himself that he can’t tell Anthony to suffer as much as he needs to, because he’s the one who caused the suffering.

 

 

 

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In the morning, they share Jin-jin’s mother’s soup for breakfast, and Anthony is feeling much better. Anthony tells Ji-won where he got the food, and how it had originally been meant for Ji-won. He grows thoughtful, and he tells Ji-won that the soup must be special because he can’t stop thinking about it.

 

He continues, “I felt like it was warming me up from the inside. I kept wanting more. It was meant for you. I was eating what’s yours, but it was so good. If I was able to, I wanted to have some more.†I don’t think he’s talking about the soup anymore.

 

Anthony tells Ji-won, a little sadly, that he needs some time.

 

 

 

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Back at home, Min-ho calls Ji-won up to breakfast on the intercom. Ji-won says he already ate, but when Mom takes the phone to ask him why he doesn’t want to eat, he can’t say no to her.

 

She dotes on him as usual, and she notes how happy he looks lately. She asks if something good happened to him, and when he stalls out, Jin-jin answers that nothing’s happened. Mom keeps digging for information, having seen Ji-won cooing over Jin-jin, but when he doesn’t give anything up, she settles for telling him to cherish the relationships he has now.

 

 

 

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EPISODE 24 RECAP <skip to Jinjin - Jiwon part>

 

She starts to mention We Got Married, but again Anthony interrupts to suggest that they quit the show. He says they can’t do it right away because there are a lot of other people to think about. He acknowledges that waiting will be difficult for her, but he suggests that they both do their best until they drop out. He holds out a hand, and Jin-jin shakes it.

 

Jin-jin and Ji-won are both preoccupied later that night as they watch TV together. Earlier, Ji-won had asked Jin-jin’s mother if her eyes are failing and urged her to see a doctor. She’d agreed, but she’d asked him not to say anything to Jin-jin about this.

 

 

 

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He can tell that Jin-jin is also thinking too hard about something that’s bothering her. But instead of asking about it, Ji-won makes bibimbap and tells dumb jokes to make her laugh. Best friend ever.

 

The next day, Jin-jin gets a drink of water while in her parents’ kitchen, and she frowns at the streaks on her glass. She fusses at her mother to wash the glasses properly, and Mom is dismayed at how dirty she left the dishes.

 

Back upstairs, Jin-jin checks her two lucky bamboo plants. The second one, the one from Ji-won, is thriving, but the leaves on the first bamboo from Anthony are beginning to wilt and turn brown.

 

 

 

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Ji-won leaves work early to take Jin-jin’s mother to her eye doctor appointment, and she complains that growing old is hard on the body. He reassures her that the doctor will just run some simple tests, and Mom looks at him lovingly, marveling at how thoughtful and kind he is.

 

Reporter Jung cackles as he works on his latest scandal article, which gets the attention of one of his coworkers. She frowns at his computer when he steps away, then takes a picture of the screen with her phone.

 

She just happens to be the friend that Manager Choi met with previously, and she sends Manager Choi the photo of Reporter Jung’s screen. It was the picture of Ji-won kissing Jin-jin on Jeju Island, and as soon as she sees it, Manager Choi calls Anthony.

 

 

 

===Read full: http://www.dramabeans.com/2017/11/20th-century-boy-and-girl-episodes-23-24/

 

 

 

 

 

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Oh, my heart is breaking for Mom. No wonder she’s never given up hope for Ho-sung all these years. It sounds as if Mom gets these calls about once a month (and it suddenly occurs to me why she’s never changed the locks in all these years — it’s in the hope that Ho-sung comes home), and that although the person on the other end doesn’t speak, Mom knows instinctively that it’s her long-lost daughter. I’m still so curious why Ho-sung would just disappear into thin air when her family seems so loving, but it’s even more mysterious if she’s been calling home regularly all this time. And now there’s a deadline looming — if Mom is going blind, she may never see her daughter again even if Ho-sung does come home. Someone needs to find her and bring her home before it’s too late.

 

 

 

On the subject of Mom, how great is she? She’s becoming one of my favorite drama moms of all time, because she always thinks of others (but never in a martyr sort of way), and because of how much she loves and relies on Ji-won. I think it’s adorable how she takes care of him since his own mother isn’t nearby, and how she obviously likes the idea of Ji-won with Jin-jin. It’s going to be so painful if we have to watch her go blind, though I’m glad at least that it’s nothing life-threatening.

 

I’m happy to see Young-shim and Kyung-woo’s little romances starting to go somewhere, though they both took a step back in this episode. I was actually glad to see Kyung-seok lose his temper, because he’s adorable, but he’s also frustratingly closed off about unpleasant things. He never brought up Young-shim’s tendency to be late until he got drunk, and even when he corrected her to think about her client more, he did it in a really vague, roundabout way. He knows she’s worried about their finances, yet he doesn’t say anything to reassure her, so while she was wrong to make a decision about his business without talking to him, I can understand that she thought she was helping. Young-shim is very direct and she says what she thinks, as soon as she thinks it. Kyung-seok is going to have to meet her in the middle, and start communicating with her.

 

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And I felt so bad for Ah-reum on her date with Woo-sung, and it was even worse to see Woo-sung trying to hard to overcome his desire to run screaming from the (he thinks) dirty restaurant, just to make Ah-reum happy. They seem to be crossing signals now that they’re dating, in a way they didn’t when they were friends, and hopefully they’ll work their way out of this stage.

 

I can’t believe it took me this long to realize that the conflict I keep seeing on Anthony’s face when he looks at Jin-jin isn’t because he has feelings for her, but because he feels guilty for having feelings for her. Of course he knows full well that Ji-won has feelings for Jin-jin, but it wasn’t until he talked about how guilty he felt eating the soup that was meant for Ji-won that it hit me what’s really going on with him. He’s having feelings for Jin-jin, but he knows that if he pursued her, then he’d be taking something that belongs to Ji-won. And I don’t just mean Jin-jin herself, although Anthony understands better than anyone how devastated Ji-won was when another man stole his fiancee.

 

I think that more than his own feelings for Jin-jin, Anthony doesn’t want to see Ji-won broken over a lost love again, or to be the person who puts Ji-won through that kind of misery. So he’s choosing to step away from Jin-jin so as not to even give Ji-won a reason to hurt. I was touched when Anthony got on his knees to beg Reporter Jung not to print his article, because that showed more than anything else what kind of a person Anthony really is. The most important thing in the world to him are the people he loves, and he’s willing to do whatever it takes to make sure they’re happy, even if it means sacrificing his pride, and even his career, to do it. I hope that Anthony gets a break soon, whether it’s landing a drama role that isn’t connected to Jin-jin, or finding a woman to love him the way he deserves to be loved. He deserves to be happy, too.

 

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There’s romance in the air, but love isn’t all hearts and flowers—it’s also hard work and compromise and sometimes even disappointment. Jin-jin and her friends are learning that the good things in life never come for free, and that they have to do some hard work to make them happen. The way to a solid relationship isn’t easy, but then if it were, would it even be worth having?

 

 

 

EPISODE 25: “While you are in love†

 

Jin-jin reveals to CEO Jang that she’s seeing Ji-won. She says that she’s already talked to Anthony, and she offers to break the news to the show’s PD that they’ve decided to quit the show.

 

They go right away, and luckily for everyone, the PD is not only understanding about the situation, but he thanks Jin-jin for telling him instead of getting caught in a scandal and creating a problem for the show. In fact, he says that Anthony already spoke to him, citing health issues and chivalrously taking the blame.

 

The PD decides that since the honeymoon episode hasn’t aired yet, they can just turn it into a farewell trip. He says they’ll need to film another interview in the meantime, and warns Jin-jin to beware of reporters until the final episode airs.

 

 

 

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Meanwhile, Anthony is on his knees in front of Reporter Jung, begging him not to publish the photo of Jin-jin kissing Ji-won. Reporter Jung can’t understand why, since if the picture gets out, the viewers will sympathize with Anthony.

 

But he figures out that this is about Anthony’s worry for Jin-jin and Ji-won, and he scoffs that Anthony is a saint. He tells him that the entertainment industry isn’t child’s play, and yells at him to think up something romantic to say when the news breaks.

 

When Jin-jin arrives home, she finds Ji-won outside her door, having just heard her mother talking to her missing daughter Ho-sung on the phone. He stops Jin-jin from going inside, taking her to his place for hot cocoa instead.

 

 

 

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Jin-jin is suspicious, having caught Ji-won’s distraught expression at her parents’ door. She tells him that her bamboo died, trying to make eye contact, but Ji-won looks the other way every time to keep her from seeing his expression again. Cute.

 

Jin-jin tells Ji-won that she and Anthony quit We Got Married, and she fishes for praise. Ji-won does his best to look pleased, though in truth he seems upset. Later, Jin-jin shows Ji-won the reading glasses she bought for her mother, sighing that she seems to be aging lately. She tells him that her mother hates taking pictures because she thinks she looks old in them.

 

She says that her favorite photo of her mother was taken when she was little, with herself, her mother, and her sister Ho-sung outside her grandmother’s house. Her mother wore a dress with a cosmos flower brooch, and Jin-jin thought her mother looked pretty and young. She realizes that her mother was ten years younger in that picture than she herself is now.

 

 

 

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While Ji-won tries to work out the connection between Jeju Island and Hadong, Anthony gets a call from the Jeju local that he and Jin-jin spoke to on their date. She tells him that the woman they called “Gong-ju†ordered tangerines from her neighbor and had them delivered to an address in Hadong.

 

Anthony gets the address from the lady, then starts to call Jin-jin. But at the last second he calls Ji-won instead, and provides him with the missing piece to his puzzle.

 

Jin-jin asks her mother for a ride that night, and Mom reluctantly agrees. But when they get in the car she hesitates, her eyes blurry, and she decides to tell Jin-jin that she has glaucoma.

 

 

 

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She says her eyes will get worse, and Jin-jin asks why she didn’t tell her sooner. Mom says that what she fears most is her own children, even though she gave birth to them and raised them. But she adds that now she’s found something that scares her more—not being able to see their beautiful faces. She promises Jin-jin that she’ll get treatment and do everything she can.

 

Distraught, Jin-jin goes to her mother’s room and looks at the bottle of makeup remover, remembering that she yelled at her mother for not being able to read the label. She spends a long time making handwritten labels for all of her mother’s products, so that Mom will be able to read everything.

 

 

 

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Ji-won finds her there later, still crying, and she asks accusingly why he didn’t tell her about her mother’s eyesight. He just hugs her and apologizes while she sobs that there’s nothing she can do for her mother. But Ji-won says that there is something she can do: “Let’s go find your sister. Let’s find Ho-sung.â€

 

He shows Jin-jin the cosmos art while he drives, and Jin-jin feels sure that it’s Ho-sung’s drawing. Ji-won explains that Anthony was given the address of a school in Hadong, which they can reach by morning if they drive all night. Jin-jin says, half to herself, “So she’s alive. I’ll make her pay.â€

 

 

 

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At some point during the drive Ji-won gets a bit lost, then his car battery dies on a remote road. There’s no phone service, so Ji-won says he’ll go for help, promising Jin-jin that he’ll be back before she can count to 100 giraffes.

 

When she gets to a hundred, Jin-jin looks up to see Ji-won running back to the car, just like he promised. He says he found a house, and they set out on foot. The homeowners are happy to host them for the night, but the heat is broken in their spare room, so they have to sleep in the couple’s room.

 

Ji-won and Jin-jin share a pallet on the couple’s bedroom floor, and Ji-won watches Jin-jin fondly and caresses her hair. He pulls her close to him, and she settles in to sleep.

 

 

 

===Read more: http://www.dramabeans.com/2017/11/20th-century-boy-and-girl-episodes-25-26/

 

 

 

 

 

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I just love seeing the three girlfriends all falling in love at the same time, and how very different their romances are. Jin-jin and Ji-won’s relationship is all about their history and shared past, and how it has always bound them together as a family. Ah-reum and Woo-sung’s new dating status seems to be about pure chemistry to me, because they like each other even though they’re polar opposites. And Young-shim and Kyung-seok’s attraction is based on their getting to know each other as people, learning to respect what’s important to each other and discovering that they may both be very private people, but they have a lot in common.

 

 

 

It was cute to see Ah-reum and Woo-sung also coming to a compromise, because as someone who is more like Ah-reum, I was bracing myself for Woo-sung to be mean and judgmental about her differing approach to cleanliness. But instead, he impressed me with how hard he tried to accept her as she is. I think that when Ah-reum saw that Woo-sung wasn’t looking down on her for not liking fancy food or music, or wanting everything to be perfectly clean all the time, she was able to feel safe meeting him in the middle. This bodes very well for a happy romance for them.

 

I especially enjoyed seeing Young-shim and Kyung-seok growing closer in this episode, because it was the first time they’ve really taken the time to talk about themselves, and it was nice to see them looking at each other a bit differently. They’re both intensely private people who don’t easily reveal much about themselves, so for them to open up and talk about their personal lives felt like a big step. I appreciated that they were able to settle their argument about the fees without needing to explicitly discuss what happened, because once Kyung-seok explained that he wants to help people, and Young-shim told him about her father being poor all his life, they just seemed to understand where the other was coming from. I loved that they came up with a solution that made both of them happy and fulfilled their reasons for becoming lawyers without compromising their individual principles.

 

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I wish we’d gotten to know Anthony sooner, because I really like him a lot now that we understand him and his priorities in life. His whole analogy about Mom’s soup, and how he felt like he was eating something that belonged to Ji-won, is very poetic, because we know that he’s really talking about his feelings for Jin-jin. Anthony knows that jin-jin belongs to Ji-won and always has, and it’s so sweet that he feels like even their fake TV marriage is something he’s not entitled to, as Ji-won’s brother. Ji-won is a very lucky man to have someone like Anthony, who loves him so much that he won’t let his feelings for a woman come between them.

 

Until now, I’ve agreed with Anthony’s decision not to work with Jin-jin again, because he doesn’t want to feel like he’s using her to recover some of his old fame. But this is also one of those situations where I feel like Anthony’s heart is so in the right place, that I hope he does take the part in Jin-jin’s next drama, because I don’t have a single drop of fear that he’s taking advantage of her. It’s almost like the simple fact that Anthony feels he doesn’t deserve it is the exact thing that makes him deserving of the chance.

 

This show does a great job of being sweet and light, which I really like about it, but I can’t help but feel like it could be a bit more serious at times. It sounds morbid, but I almost welcome the inevitable angst of Jin-jin’s mother possibly going blind, and discovering what happened to Ho-sung and where she’s been all these years. The only bad thing about light and sweet is that there’s nothing at stake—there was never any real threat to Jin-jin and Ji-won’s romance, and even the possible dating scandal seems to have fizzled out. So I’m ready for a bit of drama, even if it took us almost to the end to get it.

 

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A family who loses a loved one is never whole again, and Jin-jin’s family still feels the loss of their eldest keenly after all these years. They’ve never given up hope that she’s still out there somewhere, and will come home someday. But in the meantime, they have more immediate concerns to tackle, and they’ve never been stronger as they come together to support one of their own.

 

 

 

EPISODE 27: “Before sunriseâ€

 

 

 

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After their car breaks down, Jin-jin and Ji-won spend the night in an older couple’s home. When they wake, Ji-won goes in for a good-morning kiss but Jin-jin shrinks away shyly, so he settles for a peck on her forehead. Noticing her eyes are swollen, he makes her pinky-swear that she won’t cry anymore.

 

They find the couple has made them a nice breakfast, which they thoroughly enjoy. Later Jin-jin takes a walk with the wife, who tells Jin-jin how worried Ji-won was when he showed up at their place last night, begging for a place for his “wife†to sleep.

 

The wife tells Jin-jin that she’s very lucky to have found a man with such a big heart. We see that when the couple woke up in the wee hours of the morning, Ji-won had gotten up and asked to borrow their truck to go into town.

 

 

 

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He’d come back with fresh light bulbs, which he changed, and new shoes and thermal underwear for the couple. Then he’d sneaked back into bed so he’d be there when Jin-jin woke up. Awww, he’s the sweetest.

 

They visit the school where they believe Ho-sung has received packages, but the teacher they speak to has never heard of her or her business name, nor does she know of any tangerines having been sent to the school. Ji-won leaves his card, and he looks on sadly as Jin-jin obliges the teacher with pictures and tries to smile.

 

They decide to ask around the village, but they’re told that there’s only one young woman who lives here, and her name is Lee Soo-hyun. Ji-won takes herbal drinks to the senior center, but none of the people there have heard of Ho-sung, either. One man mentions the young woman who lives behind the sacred tree, but it’s just Lee Soo-hyun again.

 

 

 

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EPISODE 28 RECAP

 

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But then Dad sees Jin-jin, Ah-reum, and Young-shim also in the living room staring at him. LOL, whoops. He rubs Ji-won’s back apologetically and makes an awkward exit. He takes a bus to Hadong, and finds the address of Ho-sung’s house that Ji-won gave to him. He doesn’t knock, but he leaves a bag by her front door and leaves, giving the house a longing look.

 

Ji-won rolls all three girls up in blankets on the floor, saying how lucky Jin-jin is to have friends who will bring snacks and be kimbap rolls to make her feel better. Jin-jin beams happily, feeling much better, and her friends ask if Ho-sung is still scary.

 

 

 

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They remind Jin-jin that she used to idolize Ho-sung, liking the same things she liked (like Anthony and books) and wearing her clothes. Jin-jin pouts that it was the other way around, but Ji-won confirms that it was Jin-jin copying Ho-sung, earning himself a peevish kick in the shin. Manager Choi finds Anthony still at the fishery and joins him. She tells him to stop thinking so much, but he says he likes the silence, and asks if she thinks he’s in the wrong profession. He tells her that he thinks it’s time that his acting career ended and they parted ways.

 

He says that she would do well as the manager of a great actor, and then she wouldn’t have to drag him everywhere when he has no desire, ambition, or ability. Manager Choi calls him an idiot and says he should be yelling at her for not getting him better roles, but Anthony just says that he’s tired and doesn’t want her to suffer anymore.

 

 

 

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Manager Choi warns him that he’ll regret this, adding that they’ve been down rocky roads together before. She says that this one will end, too, but Anthony tells her to forget the rocky roads and find a paved one. She agrees to let him quit, but not until he does one last drama, telling him to consider it their retirement fund.

 

Ho-sung finds the bag that her father left, which contains fried chicken from his restaurant. The familiar taste makes her cry as she eats, as well as the note he left saying simply, “Daughter, next time let’s eat it while it’s still hot.†On the wall behind her, we see that she has the photo of herself and Jin-jin with their mother, the one Jin-jin remembers from her childhood. That night, as she’s packing for her hospital stay, Mom finds the labels that Jin-jin made for her skincare products so that she can read them. She sighs that Jin-jin is all grown up, wishing she’d grown up more slowly.

 

 

 

The next morning, Young-shim’s father complains about leftovers for breakfast. When Young-shim leaves for work, her mother sneaks her two lunchboxes and says that she packed all the good food for her and Kyung-seok to share. Jin-jin’s mom is prepped for eye surgery, and reassures the crying Min-ho that she’ll be fine. She’s wheeled into surgery, and Min-ho is still wibbly later as they wait for Mom’s surgery to be finished. Jin-jin affectionately calls him a baby, then smiles as she reads the supportive texts that the Bongos sent her.

 

 

 

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She finds Dad, who looks like a nervous wreck, and tells him to look at her if he’s worried. She tells him not to wait (referring to Ho-sung), but he mutters that he’s not waiting for anyone.

 

Kyung-seok is impressed by the mountains of food that Young-shim’s mother sent for lunch. He cutely pouts a bit when Young-shim gets a call and has to leave, but she says she’ll eat when she gets back.

 

Mom’s surgery goes well, but both of her eyes are bandaged so that she can’t strain them while she’s recuperating. She quips that she can still see her children that she gave birth to, and Min-ho bursts into tears again. Aww, he’s so squishy. Jin-jin notices that Dad is watching the hotel room door, and she reminds him to look at her, but he keeps a hopeful lookout.

 

 

 

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Well, I can honestly say that I did not expect Ji-won’s ex-fiancee to make an appearance, especially not at this late stage. I’m not really worried about her being a threat to Ji-won and Jin-jin’s relationship, but I am scared that she’s going to try to cause trouble. Or worse, that we’ll find out that it was Anthony she was cheating with—it’s occurred to me before, that Anthony was the one with Ji-won’s fiancee that night, and that that’s how he got to Ji-won so fast. If he’s betrayed Ji-won before and has been beating himself up over it, it would make sense that he would shy away from Jin-jin now, scared it might happen again. It’s just a theory, but it would explain Anthony’s deep-seated guilt over liking Jin-jin, and why he always seems vaguely uncomfortable around Ji-won.

 

 

 

I’ll confess that I still don’t fully understand why Ho-sung left her family and spent so many years in hiding. It seems as though there was a man she loved, and that she ran away to be with him, but I can’t figure out why she would let her parents think she was dead. It seems such a drastic thing to do when the worst thing I can figure out about her childhood is that she and Jin-jin never got along. But plenty of people don’t get along with their siblings, and they don’t run away from home and put their parents through hell. There must be more to the story, and I suspect that Ho-sung’s parents didn’t approve of the man she loved because he was ill, because Mom seemed to recognize the name on the love letter. That could create a deep rift, and Ho-sung sounds like she’s always been a very angry and stubborn person, so that might explain why she ran away.

 

On a more positive note, I just love CEO Jang so much. He’s been so dedicated to Jin-jin all these years, and he’s taken her from a not-well-known idol to a top star. Now he’s taken a liking to Manager Choi and is doing everything he can to help her, giving her office space and setting up meetings for Anthony. If anyone can get Anthony’s career jump-started again, it’s CEO Jang, with his dogged determination and huge generous heart. It sounds as though he even managed to get Anthony that part in Jin-jin’s drama, which gives me hope that Anthony won’t have to quit the business altogether.

 

Anthony is such a sweet guy, but after so many years, if he had any real acting ability it would have been discovered by now. I think that he’s stayed in the business because he didn’t know what else to do as a former idol, but he said himself that he’s not a good actor nor does he enjoy it. He seems to just be walking through his life marking time, so I’d love to see him find something that he does want to do. And now that Manager Choi is settled into CEO Jang’s office, CEO Jang can help her find some new clients and use her enthusiasm to be successful, because if she can keep Anthony’s career even slightly afloat for all these years, imagine what she could do with an actor with real talent. But if he did get the role in Jin-jin’s drama, I hope that something happens to allow Anthony to rekindle his love for performing.

 

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Dating was never going to be easy for a celebrity heroine, and this episode brings home exactly how complicated it can be. It’s a bad time for the past to rear its ugly head and demand attention, adding to the stress and anxiety everyone is feeling. But the pressure prods some to begin taking steps to change the status quo, which means that Jin-jin and her friends will be doing a lot of soul-searching in the near future.

 

 

 

EPISODE 29: “Begin againâ€

 

Ji-won asks Jin-jin if she remembers the meaning that her sister came up with for the cosmos flower. She answers, “I love you,†and Ji-won kisses her. It reminds them of their first kiss as teenagers, which happened in this very same elevator. Back then, the elevator door had opened to reveal Jin-jin’s dad standing there, HAHA. He’d grabbed Ji-won by the ear, then made Jin-jin write Ji-won a breakup letter while he’d waited, unmoved by her tears.

 

Back in the present, Ji-won gets a call from his ex-fiancee, Bella, saying that she’s in Korea and wants to see him. He’s not interested, and even though she says she has something he wants, he hangs up on her.

 

Tae-hyun comes to tell Ji-won that Bella is in town, but Ji-won already knows. But it’s news to him to hear that Bella broke up with the man she cheated with.

 

 

 

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Meanwhile, Anthony arrives at the office and is introduced as their new office tenant (along with Manager Choi) and Jin-jin’s bodyguard in her upcoming drama. Apparently Anthony was given the role when he promised the PD to “treat this as my last project and give it my all.â€

 

We see the rest of Manager Choi and Anthony’s conversation at the fishery, when he’d said he wanted to quit acting. She’d asked if he’d ever given his all to his career, working so hard that he could die from trying. When he’d objected that Jin-jin is in the drama, she’d asked if Anthony had feelings for her, and he’d looked sad but said no. Manager Choi told Anthony to think of himself first, and he’d stayed there for a long time thinking.

 

 

 

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EPISODE 30 RECAP

 

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While on their “date,†Jin-jin asks Mi-dal what’s going on with Tae-hyun, and Mi-dal says cheekily that he promised to give her an item in the game they both play. Ji-won also assumes something is up between the two, but Tae-hyun mischievously avoids the subject.

 

Woo-sung’s sisters all seem to like Ah-reum, and they thank her for dating him since he’s so miserable at it. In fact, they’re so relieved that he has a girlfriend that they assure her they won’t meddle, and excuse themselves so the couple can be alone. Yet Ah-reum finds herself insisting they eat with them, even as she wonders to herself why.

 

Ah-reum is extremely solicitous during their meal, while Woo-sung looks like he wants to crawl under the table. She even offers to play with Woo-sung’s young nephew so the others can eat in peace, overriding Woo-sung’s objection since she doesn’t want to look bad in front of his sisters.

 

 

 

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Getting a moment alone with Mi-dal at Namsan Tower, Tae-hyun asks her name, only knowing the handle she goes by in their game. She says it’s Mi-dal, but he asks her real name. She’s actually startled at the question, saying that it’s been a long time since anyone asked her that.

 

Ji-won puts a lock with his and Jin-jin’s initials on it onto the tower. He says he’ll throw the key into the river so that if they want to break up, they have to find the key first. They both joke that they’re good swimmers, hee.

 

 

 

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Someone accidentally knocks Jin-jin off her feet, hurting her ankle, so that Ji-won has to piggyback her home. As they walk, Ji-won admits that it made him sad to see her hide her face and tell the person who bumped her that she was fine so that they wouldn’t realize who she is.

 

Tentatively, Jin-jin asks who Bella is, apologizing for having read Ji-won’s text. He says it’s okay and confirms that Bella was his fiancee. He explains that he didn’t tell Jin-jin that he heard from Bella because he didn’t want her to worry.

 

Jin-jin says that when she said she likes Ji-won, it also meant that she accepts his past. She admits she’s a bit jealous and scared to learn about his past, but adds that she has no right to get rid of his past, nor would she want to.

 

 

 

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EEEEE, Jin-jin, say yes! What a sweet proposal, and such perfect timing, because now Jin-jin will know that Ji-won wasn’t with his ex tonight at all, but planning to spend the rest of his life with her. I’m so proud of Ji-won for refusing to meet with Bella, because her insistence on seeing him in person one last time was worrying me. It’s no coincidence that she just happened to be in Korea right after a breakup, and that she just happened to have Ji-won’s shoes to return to him. I have no doubt that Bella was planning to get Ji-won back, so for him to just shut her down without even seeing her was perfect. And I love that he made a point to tell her that there’s someone who loves him, all of him, even his messy past.

 

 

 

So often when a couple finally gets together in a drama, they stop being interesting and I get a little bored with them. But Jin-jin and Ji-won are so sweet together that I could just watch them do nothing together for hours. I love how human they are, like when Jin-jin gave in to temptation and read Ji-won’s text, but she didn’t get mad at him for not telling her that his ex was contacting him. Then later she confessed and apologized, and Ji-won didn’t get angry with her for being curious. Ji-won knows better than anyone that Jin-jin would never snoop maliciously, and she knows he wouldn’t keep things from her because he was trying to hide anything. They’ve known each other their whole lives, so when things like that happen, they don’t lose their trust in each other. There’s a lot to be said for being in love with your best friend.

 

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Thank goodness at least that my (admittedly far-fetched) theory about Anthony and Ji-won’s ex wasn’t true! I was hoping he wasn’t keeping such a horrible secret, and I never really thought he was that kind of person, because according to Ji-won, Anthony has been a caring and loyal brother from the very beginning. Anthony has just been so hard to figure out because he holds his thoughts and feelings very close, so I got concerned that he was harboring a dark secret. It took me forever to even figure out that he had feelings for Jin-jin, but I don’t think this is a fault in Lee Sang-woo’s acting, because even the teenage Anthony seemed very introspective and quiet. But it’s definitely made it hard to determine what, exactly, Anthony wants from life.

 

It actually really bothers me that Manager Choi talked Anthony into doing the drama with Jin-jin. Even she said that Anthony has never seemed to care for acting much, and he flat-out told her that he feels he has no talent and doesn’t even enjoy it. I don’t know why she would want to keep pushing an actor who has been doing side parts for decades, shows little talent, and confesses that he doesn’t like acting. Plus, he just seems so miserable every time they discuss possible future work. And now he has to perform romantically across from Jin-jin, who not only doesn’t return his feelings, but is in love with his brother. Why are we torturing this guy into this show, when he clearly doesn’t want to do it?

 

I actually find this the most interesting Anthony has been this entire series, and I wish we’d addressed his feelings towards acting sooner and had a chance to explore them more deeply. Instead of being confused about what he was feeling for Jin-jin for several weeks, I would rather have watched Anthony struggle with the decision of what to do about his career, because that’s much more compelling to me than seeing him pine uselessly for Jin-jin. He was never even a real threat for her affections, so I’m disappointed for the lost opportunity of witnessing Anthony either decide to quit graciously, or fight for one last chance at an acting career. As it is, I just feel like he still doesn’t know what he wants.

 

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It’s time to bid farewell to a wonderful group of characters who have taught us that love comes in many forms. They’ve shown that love of friends, family, and even oneself is a beautiful thing when you are accepting of others and the past that makes them who they are. Most importantly, we’ve learned that a happy ending is not an ending, but the beginning of something new.

 

 

EPISODE 31: “Happy endingâ€

Three months into the future, Ji-won dresses in a nice suit and takes a call from someone asking what time the wedding starts. Jin-jin calls him next, and he says he’s on his way.

Back in the present, Ah-reum winces as Woo-sung sings a love song to her at an open mike night. Afterward, he says he has something to tell her, but she interrupts and says she needs to speak first.

We go back to Ji-won’s proposal to Jin-jin, and she stares at him, wide-eyed. She says that she’ll marry him, but she doesn’t know if it will be now or later. Ji-won nods his understanding, saying that she should take all the time she needs to think, and that this time he’ll wait for her.

 

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Both of their phones ring at the same time, and Jin-jin answers hers to hear CEO Jang freaking out about the breaking news that she’s dating Ji-won. Jin-jin insists that she was careful, but CEO Jang is upset that her image will be tarnished by dating her onscreen husband’s brother.

Frustrated, Jin-jin asks why people can’t tell the difference between reality and television, and when CEO Jang orders her to deny her relationship with Ji-won, she refuses.

Ji-won’s call is from his little sister, who yells at him for being careless and repeats that she hates Jin-jin. Once he and Jin-jin hang up, they go to each other for a comforting hug. But it doesn’t last long, as Jin-jin’s entire family bursts into her apartment and catches them.

 

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Mom has to stop Dad from beating the stuffing out of Ji-won, who apologizes for not telling them sooner. Dad sends Jin-jin to her room and shoves Ji-won out the door, where he stands in his sock feet listening to Mom argue that there’s nothing wrong with Ji-won and Jin-jin’s relationship.

Later, Dad pouts in bed as Mom tells him that they should be happy for their daughter and Ji-won. Dad does admit that he’s glad it’s Ji-won, who’s great son-in-law material, and says that he was only mean to Ji-won out of concern that they weren’t being careful in public.

 

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EPISODE 32 RECAP

Min-ho enters Jin-jin’s apartment to find the remains of ramyun on the table and a tangle of blankets on the floor. But Ji-won and Jin-jin have escaped to the stairwell, and tiptoe down to Ji-won’s unit.

They tumble inside, giggling madly at the close call. Jin-jin asks why her heart is racing, and Ji-won grins and whispers something in her ear. She whispers, “Me too.†Ji-won gives her a sexy smile, then kisses her face off.

In the morning, Jin-jin can’t stop smiling at the breakfast table after their night together, though Ji-won does his best to keep his cool in front of her parents. Dad tells Jin-jin to move back in with the family, but Mom objects, saying that she has an irregular schedule and needs her own space.

 

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Jin-jin startles Ji-won by playing footsie with him under the table, somehow managing to look innocent while Ji-won tries to get his foot back. He doesn’t hear her dad telling him to move in so he can keep an eye on him, and he accidentally agrees.

He immediately takes it back, then jumps to his feet in alarm when Jin-jin puts her hand in a very personal area. Ji-won does his best to recover, while Jin-jin asks her mom to buy him some tonic for his declining energy levels, hee.

Director Kim picks up right where she left off, making Anthony repeat the same rolling move and discarding every take. Anthony keep at it but he eventually starts to get angry, and he lets it show in the next take. Director Kim calls it good, surprising everyone.

 

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Awww, what a sweet ending for a sweet show. 20th Century Boy and Girl may not have made a splash in the ratings, but I certainly loved its breezy tone and happy feel, and I thought the actors’ performances were more than solid. I particularly liked the overall message that people should be who they truly are and not let society tell them there’s something wrong with them or make them conform, because everyone is worthy of love. And I liked the focus not just on romantic love, but love of family, love of friends, and love of self.

 

In fact, it was the way that family and friends were presented as equally, if not more, important than romance that really made this drama stand out. So often we see shows where friends fight and break up because of a man or a woman, and it always makes me a little bit sad to see characters throw away their old relationships for romance. But Jin-jin and her family and friends always kept their priorities straight, holding each other close and being there when they were needed. I don’t think shows need evil second leads or nasty in-laws to be interesting, and 20th Century Boy and Girl proved that to perfection.

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One of the reasons I originally looked forward to this drama was to see Kim Ji-suk in his first romantic leading role, and in that sense I was not disappointed. I wouldn’t say that this is his best performance, because he’s capable of so much more nuance than this role demanded, but that’s more a symptom of the role than his abilities. He certainly made Ji-won a wonderful character who was sweet, thoughtful, and caring, without coming across as unreal or too good to be true (and that grin-and-head-tilt killed me dead every time). I loved him and Han Ye-seul together, playing two lovers who were definitely made for each other and who, once they found each other, really appreciated what they had. I hope this is the beginning of a long career as a leading man for Kim Ji-suk, because he absolutely has the chops for it.

While this was always a very cute drama, and I loved Ji-won and Jin-jin’s romance, now that it’s over I’m left with a vague sense of disappointment. I think it’s because it could have been so much better. There was just never any real conflict, no genuine stakes that ever made me feel as though everyone wouldn’t get their happy ending eventually. The elements were there, but it’s as though the show pulled all its punches before it ever even took a swing. Anthony could have swayed Jin-jin once or twice, or at least been a bit less of a nice guy and actually told her how he felt. Ho-sung could have had a real reason for disappearing for fifteen years and given the family something to be upset about. One of Jin-jin’s near-scandals could have been an actual scandal and really threatened her career. I would have even taken some more drama in Ah-reum or Young-shim’s stories, but none of them truly faced anything that carried any real consequences.

But still, what I really loved about this show was what a breath of fresh air it was, with adorable friendships and sweet romances and not too much drama to distract from the warm feeling each episode gave me. The Four Bongos were such a great group of friends, and the way they supported and uplifted each other was wonderful to see. I also liked that the ending wasn’t perfect, with perfect relationships for everyone, because life isn’t like that. Not everyone’s happy ending involves love and a ring—sometimes a happy ending just means being true to yourself, like for Ah-reum, or finding a kindred soul, like for Young-shim. Even Anthony found his happy ending, with a revived career and a chance at love. But with everyone, even Jin-jin and Ji-won, I liked that this didn’t feel like an ending, but a beginning for all of them.

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