Twenty Five Twenty One

Boring…

Hear me out, the first few episode were great, they had me hooked, but the episode more towards the middle of the show really bored me. The couple has an age gap so they can’t even get together until towards the end. Also the age gap makes me feel a tad bit uncomfortable since the fl was still a high schooler when the show started. The sports aspect of the show was interesting, but also felt like it was lacking and it too bored me. It was hard for me to watch those episodes. The ending though :( It’s bittersweet and did make me cry a pool of tears. Although, the cast and music are top tier. Love Your Existence by Wonstein. Overall, not a bad show, just not one for me.

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is it only me

I've seen 6 episodes so far... I loathe Ko Yu Rim so much. Like I don't really get why exactly she hates Na Hee Do. It is so ughhhhhh. Like I don't really get why exactly is she so against Na Hee Do and What it has to do with Na Hee Do. Like she is Na Hee Do's Online friend but she acts like the bitchest Bitch in real life with her it gets on my nerves so much that's all

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Regardless of the ending, it's still worth a watch

Though I marked it as 'contains spoilers' here is a relatively spoiler free review for people that wanted to watch the show when it finished airing but are now hesitant after seeing the reactions to episode 16. I used the word 'relatively' because even though I'm not saying what happened, the words I use make it easy to figure out the ending.

This show is beautiful, it really is. The way they portrayed sportsmanship, relationships and friendships were everything. I found myself crying to scenes that weren't necessarily sad because the actors did a really good job at making me feel a million different emotions. Let's not forget the fact that there are so many hilarious scenes and great character development.
If you want your heart to not feel like a hollow shell, it's best you stop watching by episode 14. It's really not about a sad or happy ending but rather a really rushed one. They could've cut out some scenes and explained a bit more on why things turned out the way they did but unfortunately they didn't. It definitely is worth a watch but if an ending makes or breaks a show for you, it's best to pretend the show ends in episode 14. I'm sure you saw the word realistic being thrown around whenever anyone mentioned the ending and I love realistic shows...just not when it's done like this.

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This show confused me.

When I first spun the lucky wheel and landed on Twenty-Five Twenty-One, I was excited. Finally, a romance. After Son: The Guest and Navillera, I was ready for butterflies.

Instead, the show confused me.

Not because it was badly written, but because I couldn’t put a label on the main relationship.

For the longest time, I kept asking: What are they?

They weren’t friends. They weren’t lovers. They weren’t siblings. They weren’t mentor and student. They were somehow all of those things at different moments. Every time I thought I understood them, the show proved me wrong.

The funny thing is… by the end, I realized that was the point.

At first, I understood Baek Yi-jin much more than Na Hee-do. He made sense to me. he was consistent. He loved her long before he admitted it, and when he finally confessed, he didn’t pressure her into returning his feelings. He simply wanted her to know.

Hee-do, on the other hand, was chaos. and that’s an understatement haha.

She cried when he disappeared. She fell asleep listening to his old recordings. She thought about him more than her own boyfriend. She got jealous… the list goes on.

And then she still said she didn’t love him like that when he confessed.

I spent several episodes questioning whether she even knew what she felt. Looking back, I think she didn’t. maybe. She wasn’t lying. She simply hadn’t caught up with her own heart yet.

One of my favorite realizations while watching was that this drama isn’t interested in telling us exactly when friendship becomes love. It treats love like a rainbow. There isn’t a clear line where one color ends and another begins.

Their relationship wasn’t confusing because it was badly written. It was confusing because that’s exactly how real feelings can be.

Then came the kiss. (the first one)

After all my confusion, I finally got butterflies. Only for Yi-jin to immediately panic afterward. I remember wanting to scream at my screen.

“YOU confessed first! Why are you acting like this now?!”

But that became one of the show’s greatest strengths.

Neither of them handled love perfectly.

Yi-jin’s instinct whenever things became difficult was to pull away because he believed distance would protect the person he loved.

Hee-do’s instinct was the opposite.

The hardest part of the drama wasn’t watching them fall in love. It was watching them slowly stop being able to reach each other.

it kind of broke me. Because love hadn’t disappeared. It simply wasn’t enough to bridge the distance anymore.

I understood Yi-jin’s job. I even defended him for a long time. I saw how much becoming a reporter changed him. He couldn’t even grieve properly because news didn’t stop happening around him. His work demanded everything from him.

But I also understood Hee-do.

She grew up with a mother who always chose work first. She promised herself she would never build a relationship that made her feel that lonely again.

That’s why their breakup worked for me. They never stopped loving each other. They just couldn’t keep asking each other to live with a kind of loneliness that neither of them deserved.

The moment Yi-jin applied for New York without telling her beforehand was the point where I stopped defending him.

it wasn’t wrong to take that apportunity but he should’ve communicated first. he asked her to understand him without trying to do the same. it was hard for both of them. I know.

One thing I appreciated about the show is that it never turned either of them into the villain. They were simply two people growing into adults whose lives demanded different things from them.

That hurts more than if someone had cheated or fallen out of love. in my opinion.

Outside the romance, this drama shines just as brightly.

Hee-do and Yu-rim’s relationship is just as beautiful. I cried so much during Yu-rim’s storyline. (If I went into details I’d write an essay lol)

Hee-do’s relationship with her mother frustrated me, but it was also painfully realistic. By the end, I understood both of them.

The secondary couple made me kick my feet like a schoolgirl whenever they appeared. They were the perfect balance to the emotional heaviness of the main story. it also shows a diffrent side of a first love.

By the end, I realized: This story was never just about Yi-jin and Hee-do.

It’s about friendship.

It’s about chasing impossible dreams.

It’s about hard work.

It’s about the people who shape us.

It’s about parents and children misunderstanding each other.

It’s about growing up.

And most of all…

It’s about first love. Not the kind that necessarily lasts forever. The kind that changes who you are forever.

The title itself says everything.

Twenty-Five Twenty-One isn’t the age they stayed. It’s the age they were happiest together.

Some chapters of our lives aren’t meant to be the whole book. They’re meant to become the reason we are who we are.

I started this drama expecting a romance. I finished it with something much bigger than that.

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This is the story of people who love career more than relationship

Life is making choices. And the ML chose to love his career more than his relationship, leaving behind his lover. I’m rating this story as an 8 because the story can be real and the actors are amazing but yes, I’m absolutely disappointed by the ending. The FL doesn’t deserve this after all the loneliness caused by her mother work. It is too cruel to make the boy who loves her choose the same path. It is too unfair. There were other way to work and being together, but he was so selfish for going to America and not sharing his feelings that relationship broke. I’m disappointed because in the first 10 episodes it seems that the boy is really mature and knows what love is, but at the end he was childish and selfish. At the end he cries because he doesnt want to leave her… Really?? YOU LEAVE HER. You want career and lovers, but this can’t be possibile.
To love deeply you have to sacrifice something important, you have to pay the price to have a true relationship. He didnt do it because he was immature and preferred career. And the thing that I can’t accept is that this drama seems to support the choose to put career at the first place. No, love is not this. Love is another story. This is not a Romantic drama, but a drama that shows a real possibility to mature in friendship, relationship and work with the help of people that doesnt love you deeply. It is a sad story, but not beatiful in my opinion, but a sad depressing story that teach that people cant be trustfull.

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why this drama is different from others ?

All dramas around us shows a happy ending with the togetherness of couples .But this drama shows us that not every couple has happy ending and they not always end up together . This dramas literally , teaches us that we should always be happy in the happiness of our love and be happy with the memories that we spend together . This drama by name tells the age of both Na Hee-do and Beak Ye-jin 's age when they had the best moments of their life . It just not only shows the relationship of lovers but also best friends , the friendship of Heedo and Yurim was a very diffrent case from others at first when they were kids they were enemies Heedo become fan of yurim , then after they endup becoming enemies again but after all of that at the last they became the best friends forever . It also shows the real life and efforts of a athelit .

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Watch this drama asap

So I watched the show while it was airing and only now am writing a review? Seems odd but I had to. I was unable to think about this drama without crying for a long time so I needed the time to calm down and piece my thoughts together. So here I am, finally reviewing my favourite show of all time.
Story:
This drama is incredibly well written and every thing that happens makes sense in the world of 2521. HeeDo and YiJin are our female and male leads, both having different backgrounds and ways of thinking about the world. They mirror and oppose each other perfectly. The story is that in the future, HeeDos daughter is looking back at her moms past through her diaries. We see HeeDo as she meets YiJin, as she works incredibly hard to get where she wants to go. But the drama does give us YiJin solo moments so we as the viewers know things that HeeDo does not but also are given the chance to connect with YiJin as he works to rebuild his family. I also want to clarify the age thing. HeeDo, in Korean age , is an adult when we first meet her. She is 18 Korean age so she is an adult. They don't begin to date until she is 19/20(I can't quite remember) Korean age but she was always an adult. Plus the friendships in this drama were so sweet and wholesome

Acting:
Phenomenal on all fronts, each of them did an excellent job. No complaints.

Soundtrack:
I already preordered the ost, need I say more?

Rewatchability:
For me, never. This drama tore my heart out and I can't watch it again but for you, who probably won't sob for 30 minutes after watching the final episode like I did, it is definitely rewatchable.

Overall:
Please watch this. It is so good

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Dis Drama Will always be in my Heart Forever ❤️

If you are ready to accept the reality..go watch tis show
One of my fav kdrama till date.
This drama brings into light the reality adults must face as they grow up.
Drama is about a girl in her teenage striving to achieve her goal. On her journey she meets many people who influences, comforts and cheers her.

This story gives us an insight on friendship . I personally liked the way friendship was showed in this movie.

Nothing stays with us forever...all we have to do is enjoy the moment to the fullest
This drama is about friendship ❤️, love, relationship , student- teacher relations

Follow ur dream...there is nothing tht can stop you ! The protagonist of this story is an inspiration for everyone .
She is a brilliant fencer nd her life gives us lessons on achieving goals, self love .

Watch the show and u won't regret if you are a kdrama fan

The cast nd crew of this drama is sooo perfect tht we might not be able to imagine any other characters instead of the original one.
25 21❤️❤️❤️ will stay in everyone's heart forever

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EMOTIONAL FOR SURE!

I loved every episode but the last two. I tried to watch the last two but all I could do is cry. I mean big girl tears. I had to get that out of way.

Watching almost every single episode, I was impressed with what love looked like from the beginning to the end of it. Every emotion in my body came through, my smiles, my laughter, my sadness, and in the end, my tears. The main leads did not die... let me start there. The two main leads Kim Tae Ri and Nam Joo Hyuk were amazing and I look forward to watching more of their acting skills in other Dramas. Not all love stories have a happy ending and I wished this story for the two characters did. I loved fencing, I am a fan of sword dancing, and love martial arts with swords. So those visuals for me were perfect and it also reminded me of Jimin of BTS. I thank everyone to was part of this drama team. Hopefully, the writers will change the ending.

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2521....

Fist I should say this drama is super cool. Even I have watched so many dramas I didn't want to write a review cuz I watched them only for entertain my self. The reason why I forced my self to write a review for this drama is this is beyond that entertainment level. This is really a slice of life. I was curious what is the meaning of this drama name before I watched. 2521 means how they facing to there lives at the ages of Yi jin is 25 and Hee do is 21.

As everyone wants to see at the end that Hee do and Yi Jin should be with eachother, but Can they live happily? Exactly they can't. There paths not cross anymore, so they should move on. That's what they want to show with this drama. Goal of this drama as I think is "How should get correct decisions in realtime although how hard they". From this I gained ideas about friendship, love and life goals.

I want to say people who still watch this you need to have so many tissue papers with you. Cuz this is sooo emotional....

-Good things-
The way they understood each other without ruining their lives.
Friends were with each other until the end.
How they achieved their goals, specially Yi jin.

-Bad things-
The ending part, there should be Hee do's husband without only showing her daughter.

All the things I've include how I felt about this drama and not everyone feel like this. 2521 is something best for life. Every character did their best for the drama. Cheers!

If someone asked, do you rewatch this? My answer is 'Definitely' cuz I love this drama that much 💜

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Mature and real drama

It heals you, and then crushes you in pieces.

The story is real life. I saw myself in every character in different moments. I learned so much with them, I laughed and I cried so hard. What a masterpiece. There's so many thing that were really incredible in this drama: the chemistry between the main couple, the acting of Kim Tae-ri is profound, the music, and the development of each character.

The end is very difficult to watch, but it made sense for me that Hee-do and Yi-jin went in different paths, but it hurted me so much. That's why it's like real life.

"In this world there anren't many things that we can do as we want". - Hee-do, Twenty Five Twenty One

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