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One of the Best School Series (the best for me tho)
✓ Taekwang, Eunbyeol, Soyeong = best characters
✓ Taekwang & Eunbi = best pair/ ship
✓ Kim Sohyun & Jo Soohyang = best actors
BEST SCENE: every single scene of real Eunbyeol trampling over Soyeong (especially when she destroyed her phone)
SADDEST SCENE: Taekwang going to his mom's wedding. I cried there a lot. He got another fight with his dad and confessed his feelings to Eunbi but just heard her apologizing and did not "at least" consider him (all these were on the same day T^T). Worse was that no one knew he was so broken.
BEST EPISODE: Episode 14 & 15
It breaks my heart how Taekwang kept being straightforward to his feelings even though he had the idea that Eunbi liked Ian. He's such a man.
Ian and Eunbi are a good pair, too, but the situation and the plot didn't sit well with me. Is it really that easy to lose your 10-year-feeling on a girl over her twin sister? That's pretty awkward.
[ A review after rewatching it I think for the 3rd or 4th time, 2016 was the first time I watched it ]
School 2015 is one of the best school dramas I watched since 2010. Kim Sohyun as expected did a great job in portraying her roles (I already watch some of her dramas before). She's so natural and did not make it hard for me to differentiate the twins even without them speaking. Surprisingly, I did not expect to be awed by Jo Soohyang. The first time I saw her I thought she's familiar (turned out that she was the girl in Mansae, a musicvideo of SEVENTEEN). She's an amazing villain here, I really felt my blood boiling bcoz of her superb acting. These two actresses speak QUEENS.
The only bad thing about this for me is the endgame and how much the production mistreated the character of Yook Sungjae.
I find it so unfair that Ian had all good while Taekwang hadn't had one (before he and his dad reconciled) and even rejected by Eunbi many times. Ian was a very promising athlete, respected/ adored by many, got a loving dad, a 10-year bff, and a girl who liked him back. Meanwhile, Taekwang only had Eunbi as a friend (whom he had unrequited feelings for) and most ppl always took him like a joke. Nothing against Ian's character, everything he got is fine, but at least the production should have made it better for Taekwang even just by getting the girl, especially after making us fall for him. Such a wrong move, tbh.
The production made it look like Taekwang was the endgame because his character seemed to be the second most important after Eunbi/ Eunbyeol (yes, you read it right. Taekwang is the male lead of the series. Being a male lead doesn't have to be chosen as a love interest all the time, this depends on how his role played in a story. Take Yuki from Fruits Basket. He's the second most important character after the female lead, and is the central character of the story).
Taekwang played a huge role in the story as a protective male friend of Eunbi, being there at all times especially in her bad times. He's the one who first discovered Eunbyeol's true identity and stood up for her. He even comforted her while Eunbi was just heartbroken for being ignored by Ian. He stayed with her in the hospital while seeing her taking care of another guy whom she liked. He always asked "Are you okay?" to her when something was up. He always told her to be just herself in front of him, whether she's Eunbi or Eunbyeol. Who would not love THE Gong Taekwang?
Also, episode 14 and 15 made it look like Eunbi was starting to develop feelings for Taekwang which only turned out to be a false hope.
"You'll regret dumping me later. That's for sure." -Taekwang
How I wish Eunbi will.
Have rewatched this a lot but I'm still bitter, and I will continue feeling that way until Yook Sungjae and Kim Sohyun will get their own drama together as a couple. Best couple award and CF are not enough for me to heal. This isn't like Love Alarm when Sohyun chose a more deserving guy.
✓ Taekwang & Eunbi = best pair/ ship
✓ Kim Sohyun & Jo Soohyang = best actors
BEST SCENE: every single scene of real Eunbyeol trampling over Soyeong (especially when she destroyed her phone)
SADDEST SCENE: Taekwang going to his mom's wedding. I cried there a lot. He got another fight with his dad and confessed his feelings to Eunbi but just heard her apologizing and did not "at least" consider him (all these were on the same day T^T). Worse was that no one knew he was so broken.
BEST EPISODE: Episode 14 & 15
It breaks my heart how Taekwang kept being straightforward to his feelings even though he had the idea that Eunbi liked Ian. He's such a man.
Ian and Eunbi are a good pair, too, but the situation and the plot didn't sit well with me. Is it really that easy to lose your 10-year-feeling on a girl over her twin sister? That's pretty awkward.
[ A review after rewatching it I think for the 3rd or 4th time, 2016 was the first time I watched it ]
School 2015 is one of the best school dramas I watched since 2010. Kim Sohyun as expected did a great job in portraying her roles (I already watch some of her dramas before). She's so natural and did not make it hard for me to differentiate the twins even without them speaking. Surprisingly, I did not expect to be awed by Jo Soohyang. The first time I saw her I thought she's familiar (turned out that she was the girl in Mansae, a musicvideo of SEVENTEEN). She's an amazing villain here, I really felt my blood boiling bcoz of her superb acting. These two actresses speak QUEENS.
The only bad thing about this for me is the endgame and how much the production mistreated the character of Yook Sungjae.
I find it so unfair that Ian had all good while Taekwang hadn't had one (before he and his dad reconciled) and even rejected by Eunbi many times. Ian was a very promising athlete, respected/ adored by many, got a loving dad, a 10-year bff, and a girl who liked him back. Meanwhile, Taekwang only had Eunbi as a friend (whom he had unrequited feelings for) and most ppl always took him like a joke. Nothing against Ian's character, everything he got is fine, but at least the production should have made it better for Taekwang even just by getting the girl, especially after making us fall for him. Such a wrong move, tbh.
The production made it look like Taekwang was the endgame because his character seemed to be the second most important after Eunbi/ Eunbyeol (yes, you read it right. Taekwang is the male lead of the series. Being a male lead doesn't have to be chosen as a love interest all the time, this depends on how his role played in a story. Take Yuki from Fruits Basket. He's the second most important character after the female lead, and is the central character of the story).
Taekwang played a huge role in the story as a protective male friend of Eunbi, being there at all times especially in her bad times. He's the one who first discovered Eunbyeol's true identity and stood up for her. He even comforted her while Eunbi was just heartbroken for being ignored by Ian. He stayed with her in the hospital while seeing her taking care of another guy whom she liked. He always asked "Are you okay?" to her when something was up. He always told her to be just herself in front of him, whether she's Eunbi or Eunbyeol. Who would not love THE Gong Taekwang?
Also, episode 14 and 15 made it look like Eunbi was starting to develop feelings for Taekwang which only turned out to be a false hope.
"You'll regret dumping me later. That's for sure." -Taekwang
How I wish Eunbi will.
Have rewatched this a lot but I'm still bitter, and I will continue feeling that way until Yook Sungjae and Kim Sohyun will get their own drama together as a couple. Best couple award and CF are not enough for me to heal. This isn't like Love Alarm when Sohyun chose a more deserving guy.
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