Reply 1988

Takes you back to the beauty of youth

Such a good story. Really made you feel like you were a part of that neighborhood. I felt so sad at the end, almost like my own youth was slipping away. So well-written, so funny, so gripping. Such a nice, light show to watch. The actors were amazing, you really felt like they were true friends who had grown up together. The only reason I gave it 8/10 stars overall was because she ended up with Taek. They were cute, but I was so disappointed she didn’t get with Jung-hwan I almost stopped the show at ep 16. I’m glad I finished it, but they really missed the mark with that one. They had so much chemistry, I feel like this show would’ve been so much more loved if they had went with that love story instead.

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Wholesome Drama of Youth

Just give a try.
And Be patience and you won't regret.
I won't say much about this drama.

still cryin' :'))

Drama was focused on friendship, relations bet parents and child.
Showed how parents are try so hard for their children and their child also know that their parents are trying hard for them, they may not say but they understand their helpness.
I wish i also had such a group of friends but it's okay.
You will cry, you will laugh.
That's a life so just lead it, live it.
Every one has their own way of living. it's judt about a time you will live well too , just the way in this drama showed.

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Hits you right in the feels.

So i watched this a few months after it actually came out and i thought i had written a review for it but clearly i didn't. i'm currently watching it again (its like my 6th time watching it since it came out) and everytime it hits you right in the feels. You can relate with more or less everything that happens in it. We all wish we could go back to our childhoods, or see our parents when they were young again or see our friends that we grew up with. This drama makes you just want it all again. You're going to laugh, cry be angry with everything that goes on in this drama. This is the best of the REPLY series.
The acting is just bloody brilliant by every single one of the actors. The story line of course is perfect. The music...on point. I heard one of the soundtracks in a tik tok video recently and it just made me think of the drama and it just had its ways of making you think of your life in general if you know what i mean? Sorry i'm so passionate about this drama that i feel im not making any sense.
But anyways if you want to watch drama that you will not disappointed with at all then this is it. Just watch this.
you will fall in love with everything about it.

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Daebak!

10/10!!!! If you want to reminisce your childhood and want to learn about family, friendship, love and life it is the best Korean drama that you need. Now, im getting emotional again. See, i've been trying my best to move on from this drama. Im on the stage where i can only sigh every time i scrolled on reply 1988 on my fb newsfeed. So i believed im halfway through my moving on. Now guess what. Im back to base 1. Family. Friendship. Love. And their youth. So nostalgic. Want to go back to my time and live that same kind of black and white years yet so full of life, very colorful and carefree.

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When people call K-dramas cringe, I just smile. Maybe they saw the wrong ones.

Reply 1988 isn’t “cringe.” It’s real. It’s raw. It’s the kind of story that sneaks into your ribs, presses on hidden scars, and makes you feel seen, even when you don’t want to admit why.
It isn’t just Comedy. It isn’t just Drama, or Romance. It resonates with you, breaks your heart and heals it at the same time

Deok Sun, My heart weeps for her, overshadowed by her brilliant elder sister, the family’s pride, and ignored next to her pampered younger brother. She adjusted, sacrificed, and never asked for much. But when you keep adjusting, you start disappearing. You turn into wallpaper. Invisible.

The moment that broke me was her outburst. Years of swallowed pain came crashing out. She listed every unfairness she had endured, every moment her parents overlooked her, and she finally demanded to be seen. I cried. No, I bawled and after that I watched that scene many times and cried every time. Why does it resonate with me so much? I don't know, nor do I want to find out.
During her outburst, her parents start to feel guilty, but her elder sister, Bo ra sits there with a smug smile and spoiled demeanor. God, I hated her in that moment. Her indifference was suffocating. I wouldn’t forgive her, but I understood her later, maybe.

She wasn’t cruel—she was burdened. As the eldest, she had only one mission: study hard, succeed, and lift her family out of poverty. Tears and empathy weren’t luxuries she could afford. She was the family’s strongest pillar, and pillars don’t crumble. She never knew her sister’s pain, because she was never in her shoes, because she was carrying heavier footsteps, because her own shoes were itchy and uncomfortable.

And yet, she never cried. That part resonated with me too, because crying feels like weakness.

But years later, at her wedding, she finally broke. She saw her father’s shoes, so big, they were stuffed with tissue paper to fit. She had bought them, never even knowing his size. And in that moment, the distance she had carried inside, the walls she had built, collapsed. She wept. And I wept with her.

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I must be missing something

With all the glowing reviews for this show, I must be missing something. I am drawn to watching slower paced, slice of life, dramatic shows about deep relationships and character growth. You can see this through my other reviews. I prefer these types of shows over fast paced plot driven ones, and I don't mind a lack of romance.

So I'm confused as to why I dislike this show and cannot finish it. I enjoyed seeing the older gadgets, phones, clothing, and other props from the 80's (I am also a child of this this time), and on paper, the cast looks stellar. However, I found Lee Hye Ri's performance as Deok Sun to be quite cringey and uninteresting, and I simply didn't care about any of the other characters.

I may try again to watch it, but I'm just not sure why I can't get into it.

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To my surprise, I like this drama! I was born in 1983, I can relate so well to all the scenes in this drama hahaha! It brings the warm feeling of nostalgia. I still remember that time when i played outside with my neighbors, that time, even though the technology was not advanced yet, but life was so enjoyable and fun. We often meet people and interact with them instead of only talk to them via WA/internet.

UPDATE:
I just finished watching this drama and i can say that this is the first drama that is very real for me, it does not have overly dramatize kind of plot, it's not draggy too, it's just so enjoyable to watch slowly.
It gives u warm feeling, u know like a bittersweet memory of your past.. I really like their relationship, it's so touchy.. I mean U can see how they grow up, also how their parents that once young become old and finally retire, I hope that our world now is like how it used to be.. when people still meet each other and help each other.. When people are not that selfish and they share everything, it is so wonderful to experience that...

I need to give a big applaud to the writer cause he/she can write such a wonderful story about families yet it's not boring at all, at first i was not interested coz it doesn't seem to have a catchy/unique theme, i thought it's just a slow and boring drama, but i am not bored at all while watching this, even though 1 eps is 2 hours hahaha..

Ohh It's such a nostalgic drama, i wonder if i would have the same feeling like them when i am in my fifties... now after i watched this drama, i will appreciate my parents more.. and i will enjoy my current moment because i cannot come back to the time i am now when i am old.. and i am reminiscing my past when i was a lot younger in elementary, primary school, high school, busy with studies, listening to walkman with my schoolmates, going to shcool trip, singing and dancing with my friends, ahh those were such a wonderful moments that could have been buried and forgotten by my busy working life now.. if not for this drama. Maybe because i can relate so well that i really enjoy watching this.

Daebak to all the production crews!!




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I can see clearly that Taek is the male lead who will get the girl since eps 1, i saw that scene when Dok Sun helped Taek and carry him when he was hurt, she always like Taek and she has been taking care of Taek since they were young. That scene was beautiful when they were young. She just does not know that she likes him yet. She did not love Sun Woo and Jung Hwan because she was just curious when she knew that they liked her, u know, like when we were young and we have not known love yet and we were just curious with people who liked us & gave us attention, it's natural. I don't buy any Jung Hwan's Supporter excuses here about the writer change the husband last minutes. It's clearly that the husband is Taek since the beginning.

He also deserved her more because he is very honest with his feelings, he did not hide it, he show it and not afraid of what people think. He knows that he likes her and he pursue her, he knows that she always be there for him and back him up when he was sad, when he was not eating well, etc. Their r/s is beautiful from the start.

In episode 2, When some of the girls in the class count their love's forecast with their name's number, I TOTALLY REMEMBER THAT! I did the same thing with my friends back then hahaha, I thought it only happened in my country but it also happened in korea! I think Asian's culture tend to me similar. Many of the items, even that thing they rode (a big vehicle with wooden horse) when they were still kids, i also played that before hahaha.

I LOVE all the props in this drama, it's so interesting. How they use mini compo and play it inside the bus, They watch using VHS, they use McGyver soundtrack and Night Rider reference, so funny! I recall everything in this drama with my long buried memories, it's nice to remember all those memories again. Their conversation is also interesting, don't forget to mention the story and lessons from this drama.

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