Literally the best, a masterpiece in time loop dramas.

Not much needs to be said really, other than go right now and watch it. My kinda genre with a perfect wrap up and no loopholes. Chef's kiss.
Just when I thought it was getting a little boring, they spiced it up to a perfect level and didn't let me drop my phone even for a snack. Their acting was pretty good and the story was very reasonable- I'd like to add how glad I was when they jumped into action as early as possible after interpreting their very unrealistic and crazy situation instead of crying for a whole episode.
Overall no second thoughts- go for it.

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An effort to capture the fleeting burning passion of youth, a drama true to its title.

Minor(major) spoilers so click off if you want to be
(not so) pleasantly surprised during your first watch.

Many don't seem to aware that the title and the story itself is completely inspired from the song 'twenty five twenty one' by Jaurim which was released a few years ago and one listen is enough to tell how this drama will end. Of course there were still people holding out hope despite knowing this (read:me) and it didn't end well for them (read:me).
Nevertheless, I've been on this site for an year but was too lazy to actually make an account until now because I felt like I really had to let others know what this drama is and how strongly I feel bout it.

the start:
It was a teen dream, dare I say a perfect start from the perspective of this very positive person, heedo and this really gave the show a hopeful and summer vibe. The fencing concept was the best, if y'all are into competing you would understand it and love it through and through. It could be boring or not engaging enough for a minority few if you don't relate with the passion of competing, being a fan, being a teen w huge dreams in general. I personally am a thriller, fast paced drama kinda person; slice of life series like reply1998, which is so compared to this drama, is not my cup of tea. But I'm a sucker for a good romance so I thought why not and then before I knew I was hooked. I thought this was it, the perfect summer kdrama.

the mid:
It was keeping up to the hype if not more actually, there was probably one or two eps during the mid end which could be considered uneventful but everything until they were all together it was magically happy. The trip was definitely one of the highlights of the whole drama, I feel like I'll comeback just to watch that.

the end:
Major spoilers ofc.
They purposefully keep min chae's dad away from us till the end and was it a cheap trick to string the viewers along? that's based on your perspective. That brings us to the message, the message that they're trying to put across by never disclosing who she married and had kids with is that:- who min chae's dad is, is not the point of this show. It was a clever move because otherwise it would've drawn a huge traction, taking away from the whole point of the series, an effort to capture the fleeting burning passion of youth.
But does that mean I'm happy by the ending? nah. Ofc I'm very happy for the characters, it was right for them because they wanted different things, had very different opinions on how they should work together, which was clearly not something that could've been negotiated. But me being the 'end matters equally if not more than the journey' person, I was definitely crushed. Hence to the rewatch value being very low. Ofc I will revisit the first few eps and reminisce the feelings I felt but it will constantly remind me of the bitter end- bittersweet but with a lot more bitter just because of who I am and how I feel about such an end.

the acting:
The acting i must say nam joo hyuk improved a lot, like this role was really really good for him and I was pretty impressed. Tae Ri was the best ofc, she was incredible in portraying this very hopefully and bubbly person without it looking awkward or forced. The others were pretty good too- kudos for the fencing champions to actually learn and train to fence, it must've been very hard and also love the mom's acting especially.

the music:
brings us to why this drama caught my eye amd why I started this drama right away in the first place, I'm a huge nct fan- taeil's ost was truly awesome and that led to all this. That also led to me listening to the whole ost playlist countless times till I can sing along to every song so trust me when I say top tier.

overall:
Even though I am that kind of a person, for this drama, I will not put the whole drama down just because the ending was less than ideal. I'd definitely definitely recommend anyone to watch this (after warning them about the ending) and watching this was definitely not something I'd ever regret. signing off on one of the best kdrama of 2022.

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