Age of Youth Ep 7-8 Discussion Post

[keytfelt.livejournal.com]

Synopsis:
University students share a house. Jin-Myung is busy supporting herself financially and studying. She suffers from lack of sleep. Ye-Eun is devoted to her boyfriend, she is clear about what she likes or not. Ji-Won has a bright personality and likes to drink. Yi-Na is popular due to her beautiful appearance. Eun-Jae is timid, but she has an unique taste for men.

Cast: Han Ye-Ri, Han Seung-Yeon, Park Eun-Bin, Hwa Young, Park Hye-Soo
Network: JTBC
Episodes: 12
Release Date: July 22 - August 27, 2016
Runtime: Fridays & Saturdays 20:30

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I feel like it's my life's current mission to get as many people as I can to watch this drama. Another awesome pair of episodes, maknae couple are my everything right now, I adore them. And the girls covering for Jin Myung at work made my heart grow three sizes.

Comments

[sethelaezekiel.livejournal.com]

I marathoned all the aired eps in 2 days this show is such a gift im in love with all the 5 girls and can we talk about the ost what kind of perfection?!

[unelixir.livejournal.com]

your icon is mesmerizing!!! i love her so much

[toast-is-burnin.livejournal.com]

omg I did the same, such a good good drama!!!!

[unelixir.livejournal.com]

everything's finally coming together! i love it so much i literally just finished episode 7 and 8 ugh
i'm gonna have such a hard time moving on from this drama when this ends

btw, i found that one english song from the OST! it's the "sing your story" one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJZmHdKS_d8

CANT WAIT FOR THE NEXT EPISODES!!!!!! (i hope they make it into 16 episodes instead)

[sethelaezekiel.livejournal.com]

Here (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLquoqgFdS2wYiuTxw0C9bsvqOG563Q-wh) is a link to youtube playlist of the ost if anyone wants

Download (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0Bzt5ELgvRevoSW80NThtYmtTZzg) too

[unelixir.livejournal.com]

+ kind of problematic bc there's not much foundation of their relationship besides the teasing and the confession so i'm still not completely sold on their relationship but i still squeal like a high school student when they have sweet moments together, it's uncontrollable <33

[sonagi.livejournal.com]

Same re: Jongyeol. I'm probably in the minority but I'm not here for his romance with Eunjae. I hate that the 'I'm going to be pissy and condescending af but it actually means I like you' garbage masculine trope is still a thing in kdramas lol

Idk, Eunjae deserves so much better!

(Edit: oops, corrected the name)

[keytfelt.livejournal.com]

IDK I took it more as a "he's enamored with her" as opposed to "he only likes her because she's pretty" thing. The thing that was a tiny bit iffy to me was when he's like "your body is half mine now" but then he followed it up with "I'm completely yours" so I'm okay with it haha.

[anewtrilogy.livejournal.com]

I just started watching it (your last post got me interested even though i'm not really into dramas, when i read it focuses on women i was SOLD immediately :D). I'm just watching ep 3 so i don't have anything to say about eps 7&8 obviously, i just wanted to say i adore this drama! Thank you for introducing it to me, i would never watch it without you!!!

[keytfelt.livejournal.com]

:D I'm so glad you're enjoying it! I'm happy my love of this drama has gotten other people to watch!

[keytfelt.livejournal.com]

+1 to this all.
It's a bit infuriating that we've had to wait so long for a realistic female centered drama, isn't it?

[supersunshiner.livejournal.com]

i have to watch this bc hwayoung is still my queen even tho she's a saboteur lmao she's stunning 😍 i missed her tbh

[itsglenncoco.livejournal.com]

I started watching this because of your post and I'm obsessed, so sad there's not long left
Also I loved the scene where YiNa dragged YeEun out of the club by her hair, how I feel when my friends want to stay till closing and I KNOW there will be no taxis left come then tbh

[keytfelt.livejournal.com]

Yay! I'm glad my annoying stanning of this drama actually got people to watch. That was a great scene for those two. Glad Yi Na's friend knew something bad was going to happen and called her, glad Yi Na showed up and refused to let her get into a bad situation, love their conversation outside. Their relationship is so interesting to me.

[rosiemotleymind.livejournal.com]

I tell myself in not gonna cry everytime I watch an episode of this drama but I do it everytime. When the girls covered for Jin-Myung I just was so overwhelmingly happy. All the girls deserve happiness I swear to god. Especially *clenches fist* Jin-Myung. They need to let my child REST!

[keytfelt.livejournal.com]

It's amazing how many emotions each episode makes me feel. Jin Myung deserves so much happiness and I really hope things turn around for her. When she said life was just about enduring, my heart broke. When she basically threatened the girl who bumped into her I was like :o but also cheered her on haha.

[jaeslurpy.livejournal.com]

i'm obsessed with this drama. its seriously so good. i love all of the girls and the relationships with the guys. you know a drama is good when you're laughing and crying within one episode.

[fabulousdoll.livejournal.com]

The scenes about the girls friendship are the best <3 I need more kdramas like this.

[pippopippo.livejournal.com]

I'm obsessed with this drama, it's SOOO GOOD. I love all the girls and their relationships with each other and their individual stories.

Jinmyung - MY FAVORITE, MY DAUGHTER, WHO ONLY DESERVES ALL THE GOOD THINGS IN THE WORLD. I just want her to be happy. ;_; I was so proud of her for standing up to her creepy manager, and I'm frustrated she's taking on her mom's debt and that her whole ~thing is to endure, endure, endure.

Yina - Hwayoung is so beautiful I cannot take my eyes off her whenever she's on screen. *_* And she's a great actress too! Love her character. I wish the show explained what happened at the end of ep 7 cos I'm not sure how she managed to get away? And I wish she'd stop putting herself in danger.

Jiwon - Talented, brilliant, incredible, amazing, show stopping, spectacular, never the same, totally unique, completely not ever been done before, unafraid to reference or not reference, put it in blender, etc. etc. I love Eunjae's hero-worship of her lol

Yeeun - SO PROUD OF HER FOR FINALLY BREAKING UP WITH HER SHITTYASS BOYFRIEND GOD. The group hug at the end of ep 8 <333

Eunjae - Cutie pie, squishy, mysterious, murderous, scary as fuck when she wants to be. That's my girl <3

[keytfelt.livejournal.com]

Your Eun Jae comments are the best. What is her story?? She simultaneously adorable and scary and that's great.

I hadn't seen much with Hwayoung before, but she's really doing so so well in this drama, she's done great things with a character that could have faltered with a lesser actress.

[sonagi.livejournal.com]

I'd like to thank OP for introducing me to this drama, it's easily become of the best I've seen! The girls bonding gives me so much life <3 I love how everyone's murky past is being revealed (except Jiwon I guess? but I'm curious if there's a reason for her ~powers~)

Now they just need to kick the boys to the curb

[sethelaezekiel.livejournal.com]

leave the chef alone what has he ever done the rest can go tho

[keytfelt.livejournal.com]

I feel like I could write an essay about all my feelings towards this drama.

Jin Myung-she breaks my heart constantly. I need her to be happy. Ugh at creepy manager, I'm glad she stood up for herself even though it puts her in a bad position at work. And I'm beyond peeved at those loan sharks and her agreeing to pay her mom's debt. I so hope that she can get that job and leave all the negative stuff behind her (except for cute chef, he can come along). The girls covering for her at work and then Jin Myung and Eun Jae holding hands on the way back ❤️

Ye Eun-I was glad she broke up with her bf (and with a smile!) Sure, he's beautiful but such a jerk. I felt sad at that memory of their first kiss, you know that she had much different expectations of how their relationship was going to turn out. :( to her getting drunk at the club but happy Yi Na came to save the day and they had some good friendship moments.

Yi Na-creepy guy tried to strangle her and she didn't tell the police? And then he was stalking her and she didn't call the police? Sure I feel sad that his daughter died but he's scary! I surely hope that Yi Na had her friend outside or something when she went to go talk to him because remember girl, he tried to murder you before. I had assumed her story was similar to what we got, but I appreciate the drama telling us why she lives her life like she does.

Ji Won-I just adore her. I wish she would get more storylines beyond her just supporting the other girls but she is so great at that. I'm just afraid with only 4 eps left she's not going to get her time to shine. (I also super loved the little interview at the end with her fellow club member when he was all jittery when talking about her, give me that romance!)

Eun Jae-ok what happened with her dad????? Like was he abusive? It's sounding like she did something that caused his death? When in the first episode she was talking about not having a home to go back to, I thought she was mad at her mom for getting remarried, but her trip home just flipped everything around and made me really confused? And does her brother's death have anything to do with any of that either? IDK IDK but I'm definitely intrigued. Her relationship with Jong Yeol is so adorable to me and I find myself rewatching their scenes. Her imagining him everywhere in the house was so cute. I really hope she's able to continue to grow and become more confident.

I love the landlady, even though we only see brief glimpses of her.

[episkia.livejournal.com]

i love all the girls but i really just want to hug yeeun. people seem least sympathetic to her, and while i understand why, it's a terrible, terrible place to be in. and i like how selfish jimmyung actually is - she has to be, to survive. every time she sees someone in the house have difficulty, she spins it back to her. i think that's quite real, actually.

[oystersauce87.livejournal.com]

I started watching the drama yesterday and managed to finish 6 episodes. I love it! I don't know any of the actresses except for the idols. I have to say they're all so good.

It creeps me out every time they talk about the spirit though. I close my eyes every time they start talking about it. I had a mini heart attack when yeeun had a nightmare about jiwon's head. Totally did not see that coming lol.

Yeeun's bf is so hot but so terrible.

[jinkiestabi.livejournal.com]

I'm so happy that I started this show. But I'm also really sad that it's only 12 episodes. There are so many things to touch on, but most of all, I really like that each girl has a distinct personality and life. Everyone gets their story heard. They are there for each other despite any arguments, etc.

I'm so used to seeing Jin Myung endure shit, I was certain she was going to let her co-worker slide for bumping into her. Mannnn, I re-watched the part of her putting hot water on her co-workers hand twice. I was like "S I S GET HA." I'm also glad she took enough of Mr. Manager abusing his power (and age) hierarchy over her.

The only thing that bugs me about Eun Jae's relationship is that dude never really asked that other guy her question and made her believe that he didn't like her when that was never the case. That's just sneaky to me and I really didn't like it, but they never talk about it again. Though.....all of the girls going Charlie's Angels on his ass made me feel a bit vindicated, lol.

I love Ji Won for the reasons Eun Jae does. She has a unique and outgoing personality, but she's also very cool and intellectual. There doesn't seem to be much of a story or hidden demon from Ji Won aside from her ghost seeing tendency. I wonder if we'll get more about her.

The ongoing battle between Yi Na and Ye Eun makes me emotional (?). I love seeing them together the way I love seeing Yi Na and Jin Myung together. They act is if they don't care about one another, especially when they fight, but they do care and care deeply. Ye Eun was irritating me because she wasn't seeing, or rather she didn't want to see, how terrible her bf was. I had to remind myself not to be judgmental; it's easy to do so when you haven't experienced an intimate relationship.

Yi Na irritated me because of how easily she trusted Ahjussi. I'm sitting there wondering why she wasn't asking him where they were going. And then asked where they were when they already got there? Girl no. I felt like the man with the glasses was going to harm her because she was breaking up with him. Or the guy who was in front of the apartment near the beginning episodes. Yi Na gambles with her life often, especially in the line of work she does, and that interests me

I think my personality is a mix of Jin Myung and Eun Jae, those two in general are more similar to each other than they think. Obligatory Park Hye Soo (Eun Jae) reminds me of Yunho comment.

[victorrules.livejournal.com]

Omgaawwwd, I hate you for getting me addicted to this show. I make it a point to watch shows only after the season is done because I can't handle the suspense, but this show is just too good. Although, it's been really motivating to get all my work done before I allow myself to watch an episode.

I love the landlady. Maybe she'll get drawn into the plot more?!?!

Did the storyline about the ex-roomate that Eun Jae replaced get dropped?

What's up with the ghost? I hope it's just metaphorical and that it just represents that each girl has their own internal demons.

Does anyone else think they're setting up Eun Jae's relationship to fail? Well, not fail, but like, peter out? I got that sense when all of the other girls berated Eun Jae for liking the guy simply because he said he liked her first.

I love Yi Na and her camaraderie with her fellow colleague/escort. Hopefully they can pair up and be sassy together.

I enjoyed seeing Ye Eun puting on her make up and making herself look fierce before she finally breaks up with her boyfriend.

I'm so happy Jin Myung passed the exam (got the job?)

I love all of the characters and their relationships with one another. The writing is superb on this show, and it elevates some of the average (not bad, just average) acting. Seeing all of the individual girl's unique fashion sense is cool too. Some of the scenes were lit very prettily in this episode.

Such a gooood show!

[keytfelt.livejournal.com]

:) I'm glad more people are watching so I can have more people to discuss this drama with haha.

I need landlady to have even a small storyline, she's so intriguing to me and also my life goals, hanging out with a cat and wearing lipstick and being awesome.

I hate that I'm so for the boys in this drama because the girls are so fantastic, but yes, I need Yi Na and her friend to date, especially at the interview thing at the end of ep 8 when he was like "friends...." I see you, boy.

I love their wardrobes too! Unique to each of them but not way over the top like in many dramas. I feel like I've known girls that have similar styles to them all.

[chibi-rei.livejournal.com]

This seems like such a good show. I gotta start watching it (maybe find a way to get it on a device cuz I'm going on a road trip Wed??)

[valerieau.livejournal.com]

I LOVE THIS DRAMA SO MUCH!!!

Okay first I'm gonna nag a bit. Can we just chill when it comes to the guys? Manipulators and problematic """nice guys"""? They're angels compared to some of assholes in dramas. Everyone praises how realistic this show and the portrayal of its characters is. Well guys can be dumb af irl so when they say something slightly stupid it's kind of realistic too lol.

I could write multiple essays on all of the girls, but I think you guys pretty much said everything I think too.

Oh and I get that jin myung has to fight to "endure" but PLEASE give her happiness. Whether that's with or without chef, idc. I just want her to smile like she did in her imagination of the party :(

[keytfelt.livejournal.com]

I agree! I don't have a problem with the guys (minus jerk ex-bf who we're supposed to have a problem with!), I think they're great and realistic and most of the time adorable. I wasn't expecting the comments to go like they did (though I don't want to discount anyone's opinions) and it made me sad that not everyone's loving these romances like I am because they are SO ADORABLE haha.

I need Jin Myung to have a great quitting scene from her restaurant job and if she wants to kiss Chef afterwards, go for it. If not, I'll still be happy for her. (If this show ends with her still miserable I will RIOT)