Age of Youth 2 Ep 3-4 Discussion Post

[keytfelt.livejournal.com]

Synopsis: Set one year after season 1 of "Age of Youth." Jin-Myung successfully found a job after she returned from China. Ye-Eun took a year off from school due to the aftereffects of her abusive ex-boyfriend. She is now returning to her university. Ji-Won has yet to find a boyfriend. Eun-Jae broke up with her first love and she is in emotional pain. The girls have a new housemate Jo Eun at their sharehouse. She stays in the room previously occupied by Yi-Na.
Cast: Han Ye Ri, Han Seung Yeon, Park Eun Bin, Ji Woo, Choi A Ra, Kim Min Seok, Ahn Woo Yeon, Son Seung Won, Shin Hyun Soo
Director: Lee Tae-Gon
Writer: Park Yeon-Sun
Network: JTBC
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Release Date: August 25, 2017 --
Runtime: Fridays & Saturdays 23:00

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Source: AsianWiki

Bless subbers for the faster subs this week. I'm bummed that my favorite couple from last season is now my least favorite, but I'm all aboard the Ji Won/Sungmin ship.

Comments

[keytfelt.livejournal.com]

I really like Jung Hoon too! That scene with him and Ye Eun was really great. I didn't get the criticism of Ye Eun last season and I don't get it even more this year (though luckily I've just seen a few comments). Even if this new guy doesn't end up being her forever love, I still like that she's trying to talk to/be friends with a guy and I think that will be great growth for her.

Eun Jae is just blah this season. I don't get what they're trying to do with this breakup. Is it supposed to be this big mystery what actually happened/who broke up with who? Because I don't care and at this point I don't even want them back together. Just move on both of you. But this seems to be her main storyline for the whole season and I'm already annoyed.

[giriboy.livejournal.com]

right? i'm excited for their future scenes. i'd love to see a longer scene with just him and jinmyung, too—that scene where he was in the kitchen ~* explaining himself was a really good one but mostly i'd think them two, specifically, would be great foils and junghoon definitely probably doesn't know anything about how to be a good landlord. i hope they don't end up scrapping all his interaction w/ the girls for just eun, but i have faith the writers won't. fingers crossed, at least, lol

same, yeeun was one of my faves last season. i loved her dynamic w/ yina but she's always been a very solid standalone char, imo. yeah, tho! i'm excited to see where it goes, esp. since it doesn't really feel romantic on either side to me (yet) and i'm wondering in general how the pairings'll work this season. the chemistry between the girls and guys is really good, too, considering most of the guys are completely new chars

and sunbae's chem w/ ji woo's eunjae isn't great so far, but it might just be the script... hopefully, i need something more from them—i don't want them to get together, again, even. just for them to grow up and talk to each other, pls. jiwon's elementary school friend would be a great mystery for this season, i'm dreading them just dropping it (like the ballerina plot last season, ugh)

[keytfelt.livejournal.com]

Like I said in my forever long comment below, I like that Jung Hoon is going to be interacting with all of the girls. Usually the ~love interest~ just interacts with the girl he's with (minus the iconic man party from last year where Sunbae is awkwardly hanging out with all the girls minus Jin Myung or the other iconic scene where they beat him up lol) so I like that they're in a situation where it makes sense that he would be around and he could talk to any of the girls without it being strange. I really hope they don't just pair him with Eun and ignore everyone else. I like him as a character and I like Eun, but if they really are trying to make this romantic, they'll have to do a lot more to have me buy it.

It was easy for people to write off Ye Eun last year before the last episodes for being too judgemental or not interesting enough, but I always thought she was a good character despite her flaws. I'm also curious about the pairings this season, especially since they played them up in that one promo.

I thought the awkward courtship of Sunbae and Eun Jae was so cute and this like uncomfortable slightly angry breakup they have is just making me mad. Obviously it's partly because of a different actress, but Eun Jae really feels like a different character. Many things she's doing are just ??? to me? I can't see the cute whipped boy we saw last year breaking up with her nor do I see him doing the things she claimed were the reasons she broke up with him. Like, just stop being awkward, talk it out, move on separately. I didn't think I'd say this, but I don't want them back together. I just feel like it's going to be some stupid misunderstanding resolved in ep 11 and I'm really not wanting that.

I had hoped that the letter Eun found would be connected to the ballerina, but then since she was talking about Christmas last year, it can't be. Plus that would be a plot point not related to Eun Jae I guess. I'm not as bugged as others by that storyline drop, but I would like to know what actually happened! I think since the writer promised more Ji Won storyline this year that this won't get dropped, fingers crossed.