Age of Youth 2 (2017)

Belle Epoque... A beautiful time of my teens.

I watched this drama Summer 2021 with a big bowl of salad next to me and the sun shining outside. The cold breeze of the late afternoon felt nice as I watched this show for the first time. Now, 3 years later, Belle Epoque is one of my favorite summer memories of my teens - a breath of fresh air and a series which feels like home.

I loved and love everything about the show. The girls, storyline, OST, cinematography... EVERYTHING. It's a unique work of art, where you can find quite the variety. You don't really get bored and the girls are really relatable, all going through different normal problems of the early twenties, or late twenties as it was for our lovely Jin Myung.

I liked how well the characters were individualised - a similar feel like in Hospital Playlist, another favorite of mine.
It's just one of those shows you don't know why it holds such a big place in your heart... or maybe you know. ;)
Now yes,

Thank you "Hello, My Twenties!" for being summer 2021 to me! For being home and for being the place I come back to every single summer. <3

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I started this one right after I had finished the first season and my instant reaction was, "I can't watch this! Eun Jae has been changed, there's no Kang in it! This is so different!"
I gave up on it and pretended that season 2 doesn't exist, until I started missing watching all these girls and how they dealt with life.
So, I gave it a shot and tbh this is just as good. Sure, it took me some time to get used to the new actress playing Eun Jae, but I later realised she did a really decent job and tried her best.
As for Kang not being in this season, she had her own reasons out of the show but does make guest appearances. I think this part was also necessary to show since life is never constant and you have to face changes and get used to them. That's exactly why adding a new housemate was genius.
Helped the story grow and made room for more plots.

This season, they again made us turn our attention towards issues like, dealing with trauma, childhood trauma, getting over a breakup, family problems, unfriendly housemates, long distance, getting into a relationship right before joining the army, moving on from years of friendship, what happens to unsuccessful entertainment groups who don't make it big, and in one of the episodes they also have a very brief conversation over lgbt. It can be perceived in both a progressive, or a primitive and homophobic kind of way.

(also lol, they keep saying stuff like @eun jae has changed" // it cracked me up)

And these are all the reasons why I absolutely love both the seasons of this drama. It's so unique and meaningful. It's fresh and relatable. It gives you motivation and courage when you see these girls are humans just like us and they experience mundane problems and deal with them together.

Must watch! 10/10 tbh :')

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When you watched season 1, you can`t help but compare it to season 2. And if anything, I prefer season 1. Because first and foremost, Eun-jae`s character, I have no words. I know the OG had prior engagements but they could have found a better actress to replace her. No hate on Jiwoo but her acting was so awkward the entire drama. Also, what made them think altering Eun-jae`s character like that is a good idea. It just made Jiwoo as Eun-jae an unlikeble character when she was my favorite in season 1. And saying Yi-na`s story was done that`s why they gave her a guest role, that`s probably a lie. We all know come on. The only redeeming part of this season are the stories of the OG characters. The 360 character change for Ye-Eun was amazing but they still left some of her characters from season 1 which is good. We also get to see Jin-myung`s work life in a new light. I would have love to see her together with Jae-wan more but oh well. And my favorite of all Jiwon. Her past wasn`t tackled during season 1 at all so I had no idea how they`ll make her past story but wow, that was so out of nowhere lol. There`s also one lacking part tho. I was expecting more of her and Sung-min`s developing romantic relationship in this season but was disappointed. I really hop they make a third season after all these years.

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Hayat devam ediyor ama dizi değil

Birinci sezonun tam devamı gibi gözükse de bence ayrı dizileri olarak yayınlanmalıydı. Bir kere baş karakterlerden birini değiştirmişler. Bir diğer karakterde dizinin başında gözüküyor sonrasında yok. Neden? Neden yahu? Madem devamı niteliğinde çekiyorsunuz neden oyuncu değiştiriyorsunuz. Gelen oyuncunun oyunculuğuna lafım yok kadın oynuyor düzgünce sadece ona ait olmayan bir rol olduğunu hissettiriyordu. Yani büyük bir eksiyle başladı dizi benim için sonrasında da biraz topladı zaten. Şimdi burada biz bizeyiz Bilgeshi. Doğru konuşalım eğlendik dizide ama biraz kötüydü be. Senaryo güzel ama o baş karaktere gözün takılınca olmuyor yani. En azından yan karakterler çok iyiydi. Özellikle de Jung ye Eun. Yahu ne kadar güzel anlatmışlar kızın hikayesini. Bak bu izlettiren etkendi işte. Sonuç olarak:
Yan karakterler için izlenen devam niteliğinde bir üniversite dizisi izlemek istiyorsanız sizi buraya alalım~~

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i dropped this a few years ago bc i was so annoyed w the "new" eunjae. her role along w her acting made me skip her scenes it was overall annoying but i am soooo glad that i picked this back again, somehow it completed me ??? its fresh slice of life description made me realize that everything happens for a reason, no matter how good or bad the situation is there's a million ways that its cause is a motive of the future (like when jo eun was introduced as a new tenant, when ji won fainted at the club; it's all connected with others) anyways, it's nothing comparable as s1 and still no jiwon & sungmin :((

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If you want to understand Age of Youth 2, you need to watch Age of Youth 1, as the story of some of the girls still runs. The actress that played Eun Jae in Age of Youth 1 got replaced, and I didn't like her. Already her character was quite annoying-perhaps that was the idea behind her character, but at least the first actress was cute and childish in a way, whereas the one in Age of Youth 2 was just annoying, thought that she deserved the break-up.

Overall I liked the drama, my favourite character has to be the beautiful and charismatic Song Ji Won, which played so well and she was just so fun to watch. I was also let down by the drama (twice ) as there was huge potential to promote activities which would raise attention towards female violence and rape in a society which usually turns away from these things which are lamentfully seen as shameful. I think they should have involved the girls in societies around the Uni campus but also writing in the Uni magazine about these real life stories that happened to women with the aim of forming a group of people that shared their experiences and gave support to each other. I think considering Korea is nr 1 country for suicidal deaths, they had such a great opportunity to promote thorough this drama different ways how females can seek support (and not just hide it from everyone) after violent attacks and how to be united in cases like this. Most probably the viewers of this drama are mostly girls, so all I have to say is, be safe, be wise and seek support, dont be alone!

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It is one of the best Kdrama I've watched. Bith Season 1 and Season have a great story. There is life realization that even as watcher, u will force to look back on how is ur life had been going, and how u live ur life so far.

I don't like the girl who portrayed Eun Jae. There is something where she lacks. I don't feel any chemistry between her and Jung Yeol. During their break up/ closure scene where Eun Jae beg for Jung Yeol to love her again, I don't feel like crying. Tbh, I felt the second hand embarrassment for her. I love both season 1 and season 2, but I don't like how they write the character of Eun Jae in this Season. She only thinks about her love life most of the time.

But over all it is worth to watch. I fell hard to every cast especially Park Eun Bin. She is a great actress as in big WOW.💗

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Terminou com sensação de não ter final

Age of Youth ou Hello, my twenties tem tudo para ser um ótimo drama: cast talentoso, enredos individuais interessantes para cada personagem, aborda assuntos variados de forma leve (embora as vezes meio que por cima)... O problema está na falta de conclusões para alguns personagens.

Jung Ye-eun (que enfrentou os pais e conseguiu um relacionamento saudável) e Yoon Jin-Myung (que deu um final digno ao grupo em disband) tiveram fechamento dos seus arcos, mas me incomodou que não foi explorado em nenhum momento o que o novo namorado de Ye-eun tem, além de ficar implícito que ela deveria perdoar a "amiga", e também me incomodou sobre a Yoon Jin-Myung o abandono da história dela na primeira temporada: e a mãe dela? Ela ralou tanto por um emprego em que ela trabalharia num ramo desconhecido para ela? E o namoro com o chefe, por que apenas migalhas? Sinceramente, pulei quase tudo relacionado a boy band.

Sobre a Yoo Eun-jae, além da troca de atriz incomodar um pouco, parece que a personagem ficou perdida na sua construção. Apesar de ter maior destaque na temporada1, na 2 ela ficou extremamente apagada com esse foco apenas no término do namoro, o qual ela não supera até o último episódio. ok, youth, processos e tal, mas ficou cansativo.

Sobre a nova personagem, Jo Eun, eu gostei dela, porém, novamente, sem conclusões. Ela quer se reaproximar do pai, não age. Ela quer que a mãe supere, não fala. Ela vai sentir falta do namorado, pelo menos chorou. Além disso, não convenceu muito ela ter se mudado só porque achou uma carta. Ok, ela queria sair de casa, mas ficou bem forçado. O caso com a amiga dela também foi corrido e mal explorado, mas aos menos serviu para afirmar que encerrar amizades dói tanto quanto namoros (que também foi rapidamente abordado no arco da Ye-eun).

Por fim, mas principalmente, Song Ji-Won que teve o maior destaque nessa temporada, talvez pelo carisma que ela demonstrou na 1, não sei. Porém, acho que demoraram demais a resolver o mistério, para no final não sabermos no que deu o processo (certo que o foco era mostrar que ela estava falando a verdade, a cena do carro foi muito bem feita no final, mas seria bom um desfecho melhor). Ok, a personagem sempre dizia que havia uma razão para as pessoas serem como são e, pá! o drama mostra uma razão para a mitomania da personagem e tal, mas ficou superficial o enredo (pois a atuação da Park Eun Bin foi IMPECÁVEL). O romance dela também foi uma decepção, até porque não teve romance mesmo que claramente o amigo, Seung-min, estavesse apaixonado por ela. Por que não haver uma declaração e darem a personagem o que ela tanto buscou: UM HOMEM? "ah mas aquele no final com a criança parecia o Seung-min", não dá pra ter certeza e ainda assim não foi o que pedimos 👍🏻

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Loved it
The Epilogues :D <3 <3
song ji won (park eun bin) <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3
just watch it....its really worth it <3
the story is really great and the messages they give in between were really touching...everyone can relate to them....its a story where everyone can relate to one or the other character in this drama.
song ji won aka park eun bin is the life of this drama
loving her ever since i watches age of youth season 1 and in season 2, she just killed it.
And not to leave ryu hwa young aka kang yi na out......missed her a lot in this season :( bt when she came as cameo <3 <3 :) loved her
finally "age of youth" ....one of the best part of my kdrama journey <3

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I had thoroughly enjoyed the first season and was looking forward to watching the second season but it turned out to be a disappointment . I feel like Eun Jae's character changed for the worse ( not just the actress but also her personality is so different from the first season where she was introverted but strong and thoughtful ) as she became a stereotypical flower girl , acting all cutesy and focusing mainly on her ex ... Jin Myung was my favourite protagonist and still is but I feel like she could have gotten more character development . Ji Won cracked me up as always with her wits and quirkiness . As for Ye Eun I definitely liked her more in this season , seeing how she learned to be less judgmental, superficial and more considerate. Jo eun's cold and rude behavior got on my nerves at first , but eventually she lets down her guard and shows her true self . In brief , although this season didn't meet my expectations , I can still say there were parts I found enjoyable .

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I love this drama. I watched this because of atty woo young woo and I did not expect to like it so much. Finished the 2 seasons in less than a week. Season 2, for me, is a lot better than season 1. It was funnier and we got a lot more jiwon and sumin scenes. I'd be really disappointed if we dont get a season 3. There are times in kdramas, even great ones, where there are filler episodes which is really boring(looking at you goblin). This one never bored me. This is a great coming of age drama and on my top 10 kdramas of all time, along with reply1988, my love from the star. 100% recommended!

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