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Oh, I eventually found it somewhere else and finished it, lol. I have wanted to find it again to rewatch, but I'm not on avistaz.

Thank you for answering! The rating didn't make sense to me, but I wanted to double check.

I have the same question. The posters are very intriguing.

I would love more Reply dramas! It's such a simple concept that could be repeated for several years/eras.

This ended up being my favorite of the three Reply drama's, which surprised me, as I thought one of the others would be my favorite. Would love to see the reunion, although I doubt it will be made available where I live, lol.

This special is essentially a full season's worth of plot sped up. The situations were mostly in-line with the sorts of things I would expect the various family members to go through, and I didn't dislike any of it. It was just too much to pack into a short special and deserved a full sequel season to unpack.

This special also takes the one element of the original drama that I actively disliked and made it the entire theme of the special. Namely, Kahoko's grandmother placing the (completely unhealthy and unrealistic) burden of being solely responsible for the entire family's well-being on Kahoko's shoulders. That was actively frustrating to watch.

Also, there is one (ONE!) almost romantic moment between Kahoko and the hubs which the drama mercilessly cuts off at the knees. I found that to be quite rude.

I wouldn't recommend watching this special as it's more frustrating than enjoyable.

If I had watched this when it aired or at some point over the next few years after, I probably would have enjoyed this a lot more. But watching this in 2025 and after watching and loving several dramas that have done a lot of the same tropes but better, in my opinion, I find this drama to be kind of mid. No hate for it or for the people who love it. I totally get why someone would. I just don't think it is particularly impressive.

This wouldn't be appropriate for a 3 year old.

This was a cute watch! There were some heavy moments, but overall, it's fairly lighthearted and upbeat. And the female lead is really fun! The actress' delivery is absolutely fabulous and keeps her character from coming across as really weird or self-obsessed or obnoxious. Now I want to watch other things with her in them.

I see this is available on Viki, but Viki says it is rated R. Can anyone confirm this? It doesn't look like the sort of story that would be more than PG or PG-13, lol.

It will forever be a black hole in my life that we will never get an Age of Youth/Hello, My Twenties season 3.

Granted, I often ended up annoyed with the second male leads, because my mindset is always 'This is who the writer wants together, and I want what the writer wants, so I'm gonna root for the OTP and be frustrated with the second male lead for not respecting the writer's vision. And if the OTP sucks...I'll drop the drama or suck it up.'

I fully admit that I usually sucked it up and put myself through a lot of unnecessary torture, lol.

Without having read the editorial yet, I would say it's because the second male leads were historically often extremely decent guys who treated the female leads with love and respect while the male leads were historically awful, and if the female lead were our real-life friend, we would be telling her to dump the male lead and date the second, lol. I don't know how well this holds up today for dramas for certain countries (I feel like this is more of a thing of the past for Kdrama's, for example), but it was definitely true of most romance/rom-com dramas for a long time.

I'm surprised it took them so long to make a season 2. I know second seasons weren't really a thing back then but given how popular this drama was (and has continued to be) and that cliffhanger in the finale, it's kind of shocking they didn't make an exception for this drama, lol. Either way though, I'm really excited for season 2. I can understand why people might feel some anxiety around it though.

Where did you download this? I'm interested in watching it.

The female lead does end up in a relationship, it's an important subplot to the story, and I would say their relationship is very positive and charming. But there is almost no physical affection between them, and no kissing, so if that's important to you, then this drama's romance might be disappointing.

Ho. Ly. Cow. This drama was amazing. And how did all of you who watched this back in 2016 survive the last however many years without a season 2??? I would have felt like I was dying, lol.

This drama is not going to be for most people. It's very absurdist comedy. But I absolutely love it, lol.

I know Lee Seung Gi had the reputation in the industry of being a good guy, but you can't really know what people are like when you've only ever seen through a screen. The way he has stayed true to Lee Da In though has really illustrated his character and makes me really respect him. As for Lee Da In, I feel immense sorrow for what she has had to go through being completely innocent of any wrongdoing but being labeled a villain because she is the child of someone who committed criminal acts. Whatever happens for both of them in the industry, I hope they go on to have a beautiful, life-giving marriage.

I haven't seen the anime yet, but I'm reading the manga, and it's so soft and sweet and charming, even if the male lead has been a bit of a bland character. (No hate, cause he's also still super swoony, lol.) Granted, I haven't gotten to the volume where we learn more of his backstory, so that might change my opinion of him. I just love the leads together, and I like the deaf representation in the story.