Drama Special Series Season 3: Adolescence Medley (2013)

I only watched Adolescence Medley because one of my chingus recommended it to me since I wanted to watch a short drama before I did lots of revision for exams. Initially, I was hesitant because it didn't look very original and I wasn't familiar with any of the cast (besides Lee Jong Hyun, who played as Ah Yeong's brother). But it was surprising pleasant and cute. I quite enjoyed it, and although it wasn't the best short drama I've ever seen, it was worth the watch.

The plot of the story wasn't very original, like I already stated, but it's not completely cliche either. Bringing boxing into the story instead of using only fists for fights is an interesting touch, and I liked the concept. It brought the drama together a lot nicer as well. I'm not sure if I was the only one who experienced this while watching it, but I kinda like the idea of Ah Yeong ending up with Yeok Ho instead of Jeong Woo, but I still liked her with him as well. I don't know, their relationship seemed more pure and less awkward. But oh well. I can't escape the second-lead syndrome.

The acting in Adolescence Medley was also better decent. Like many people have also complained, I don't like how they changed actors for Jeong Woo's older self, while they didn't do that for anyone else, but both actors did a great job of their role. I have to say that the best acting definitely goes to Choi Tae Joon, who played Yeok Ho. He was so believable and lovable, I'm not surprised he's gotten bigger roles since then as well.

The soundtracks, however, could definitely do with improving. Although there was only about 4 tracks to listen to, the only good one was Running in the Sky by Huh Gak (also the song the band played at the competition). Every other track was very boring and didn't match the rhyme of the drama.

I probably won't rewatch Adolescence Medley because it's more of a one-time thing.

Overall, this short drama could do with a lot of work (especially in the music department), but it was quite well done for a 4-episode drama. I would recommend to anyone who likes cute romances in a school setting.

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What a nice surprise mini-drama (a KBS 4 ep special). I've had this on my to-do list for awhile as I was researching more works by Kwak Dong Yeon -- he's they actor who played the ninja-like body guard to the crown prince in Love In the Moonlight. He really caught my attention (and i am sure many other's) and hope to see him in lots more stuff. This drama is a great story where he plays the lead in a high school setting. It's a pleasure to watch all the other actors around him. It made all these scenes even stronger. I didn't even realize before I started that these folks were in it since it had been on my Plan to Watch list for so long.

Noteable other actors in it:
Choi Tae Joon - very hot and great acting in this - fr Suspicious Partner, Missing 9, etc.
Lee Se Young - b4 she went on a no-carb diet - female lead in The Best Hit
Yoon Park - 2nd male lead from Introverted Boss (aka Shy Boss)

Choi Tae Joon was so good in this, I would rewatch this just to see him play this particular role again.

You can watch it in HD here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P98UaWPQrrM&index=1&list=PLx2UFNa9ToSC8Y-BpzdIjp7OgkSONAmCC

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?Holi a todos, ¿Cómo están?? Hoy les traigo la reseña del último Kdrama que vimos juntas con Calu: Drama special season 3: Puberty Medley.

Seguimos la historia de Choi Jong Woo, un adolescente que vive cambiando de escuela debido al trabajo de su padre, razón por la que nunca logró hacer amigos ni terminar de adaptarse. Su nuevo destino es Namil High School, donde conoce a Yang Ah Young, la presidenta de la clase, y comienza a vivir lo que hasta ahora nunca había vivido.

?Les voy a ser sincera, esta serie la vi pura y exclusivamente por EL KWAK, pero me terminé llevando una linda sorpresa. Para ser una serie de solo cuatro capítulos, es espectacular. Desde el primer momento me enganchó y se me hizo súper entretenida.

Una de las razones por la que me gustó tanto fueron sus personajes. Además del protagonista, tenemos un grupo de personajes bastante variado y con un crecimiento personal bien desarrollado (sobre todo para las cuatro horas que dura el especial). El mejor ejemplo de esto es el personaje de Brown Bear, al que en un primer momento conocemos como el "famoso" matón de la escuela.

Aunque los personajes me gustaron muchísimo, tuve un par de temitas con la personalidad del prota, pero esto no es culpa de la serie en sí, ya que que es un personaje sólido, pero personalmente había algunas cositas que molestaban un poco.

El desarrollo de la historia y el romance puede que se sienta un poco rápido, pero no por eso deja de estar bien construido. Hacen magia con el tiempo que tienen y posta que lográs creerle todo a los personajes... bah, a casi todos, puede que con la protagonista cueste un poco más.

La actuación de Kwak es impecable como siempre, pero en esta serie en particular maneja un nivel de ternura que me generaba la necesidad de abrazarlo casi todo el tiempo.

¿El único problema real? Decidieron usar a un actor que nada que ver para interpretar a Kwak adulto jaja.

✨En fin, si quieren ver una serie súper cortita que aprovecha muy bien cada segundo, Drama special season 3: Adolescence Medley es la indicada. Les juro que les va a sacar más de una sonrisa y la van a disfrutarla muchísimo.

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