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
Episodes:
Release Date: August 25, 2017 --
Runtime: Fridays & Saturdays 23:00

Watch Here: Fastdrama.co Dramafire

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

[goshipgurl.livejournal.com]

havent watched the 4th episode yet but i wanna comment on how annoying the new girl and the "gotta have to find something out" story is. i just skip her parts and i hope its not the main story of this season.

the girl replacing eunjae is doing a good job. she kinda reminds me of AnnE, at least her face.

[broadcities.livejournal.com]

i just finished the fourth episode and i'm liking it a lot again! i'll wholeheartedly join you on the jiwon/sungmin ship i love their interactions so much. i love jiwon in general.

i'm also quite impressed with how the series deals with the aftermath of the abuse of yeeun. it's good that their showing that learning to deal with something like this takes a lot of time and therapy.

i actually think the new girl is an interesting add, i still don't really get the relationship she has with her friend

[giriboy.livejournal.com]

i love eun, tbh! her relationship with yeji (her best friend?) confuses the hell out of me, tho. all the pictures of them on eun's phone lead me to believe that they might be gfs instead—along w/ how possessive yeji gets over eun, tbh—but i'm waiting on more of a confirmation. if they're something more than friends, i need something more than subtext... i dunno, if it's a cable drama, she can be bi, right? like nana's char on the good wife, tho i think that was a translation thing. i just want more bi chars, tbh. if eun's bi i'm all for it, same w/ if eun's dating yeji. i really can't tell the nature of their relationship but i love their dynamic. yeji's super cute, too: i was a lil' emo when she left belle epoque the morning after junghoon and eun brought her in, i wish their was a confrontation scene either between yeji and eun or yeji and one of the roommates

junghoon is amaaazing. minseok's a great actor, as always. i don't really like the way he was introduced, tho (aside from him being the gas station attendant in the first ep). it was played for comedic effect but it was just weird—but i also can't think of another way they would've brought him in and had all the girls pay attention to him from the get-go, so. and i thought the scene with him + yeeun was really sweet, he handled it pretty well. even if his sympathy was towards the wrong girl, i'm glad it was a char development thing for yeeun

i can't believe i'm (still!) seeing criticism of yeeun, tbh. she's arguably had the most growth last season and the writers are handling her trauma really well this season, too—i felt so good for her when she was ditching her drab clothes and then really bad when she was too scared to walk the few blocks to the house :( i love yeeun. the boy who's into her is already reaching potential fave status. i don't think he was introduced well, either, and i'm surprised yeeun already walked back up to him / initiated a friendly relationship with him. they're really cute together, and lee yoo jin is rlly good in this role

i'm warming up to ji woo as eunjae already but eunjae's char is really falling flat for me this season, so far. the eternal sunshine thing was really trite and disappointing and it's infuriating how petty eunjae is being about the breakup esp. since she insists she broke up with him and can't make up her mind on it so it's just her turning 180s throughout the episodes. and sunbae isn't being any better about it, either; i wish the writers would move on from it, i'm sick of it already

i'm with op on the jiwon + sungmin ship

misc observations bcus this comment isn't long enough

• lee yoo jin reminds me of baro (in this role)
• the mole on yeji's actress' nose is so cute
• eun being an idol fan is so endearing tbh! her asking about the fifth column and jinmyung responding with singing the asgard song was one of my fave moments in these eps
• also, what company thinks a grp w/ the boyfriend-esque quirky concept can make it without adapting? smh

[agjingi.livejournal.com]

all the capes/kimonos/shrugs/robes jiwon wears need to be mine! and she keeps taking out new ones i'm like girl where do u store them all! i really like Eun she's so cute and tall and it looks like she's gonna have a moment with each girl and finally completely blend in with the craziness and loooooooove
i hope they don't make her go through the typical kdrama girly makeover her style is on point and it suits her perfectly

[klauses.livejournal.com]

i ADORE eun. my god, and to think i was once convinced that i would hate her. i have a theory that eun is straight and her friend is the one with a huge crush on her.

and i died when jinmyung was awkwardly singing that asgard song and jiwon was like "wtf was that?" LMAO totally my favourite part

[cassieopia926.livejournal.com]

So far, I'm still loving this series.

I do like Eun. She's already slowly blending in with other girls. I loved it when she went to pick up Ye-Eun at the bus stop and when she was concerned about Eunjae being sick and chased her down.

I think the writers are trying to be mysterious in terms of Eun's sexuality to show what things COULD be like. But I think by end, it will be that she is straight, and it actually looks she might be paired with Kim Min-Seok's character? The dynamics between a tall girl and short guy seems to be like the next take.

I really am not feeling Eunjae's whole breakup ordeal. I understand it is her first relationship, but still.

Ditto on Jiwon and Sungmin....I can't wait to see where the relationship goes!

[keytfelt.livejournal.com]

I'm really not digging the new Eun Jae. I got a text from my friend earlier in the week "I think the thing I really dislike about the replacement Eun Jae is that she looks old. Like older than all of them, but she's trying to act young." and I had to tell her the actress is only 19 lol. But I think she's trying the innocent naive vibe of the character and with her it's coming off as fake, where with the original Eun Jae it was natural. I laughed when they threw out a flashback with the other actress, but just the back of her head. But really, as of right now her whole storyline is both of them being awkward and sad over their breakup--could we not have just had a new character if this is all that was planned for Eun Jae's story? I'm not even that curious about what really happened because I'm just annoyed by both of them right now. Like I said, they were my favorites last year and now I just don't care. I did laugh when the weird long haired Heechul lookalike that she had a crush on last season showed up.

I'm liking Eun a lot more than I was expecting to from her first ep. I still don't get what exactly her plan is and why she believes a psycho letter she randomly came across, but sure. I'm loving her starting to connect with the girls and not be so awkward and abrasive. I'm not a fan of her friend and I'm confused as to why the friend is pushing her so hard about her ~plan~. Is she just jealous of her for having outside friends? I don't get it but I do get hungry watching all their scenes with them eating meals. I was happy when she showed up to help Ye Eun, that was really cute.

Jin Myung is dating Hot Chef! Hallelujah! Their cute flirting makes me so happy. I'm hoping and praying that Heimdal is just there for her storyline and not as a love interest. I just can't see me buying him as a better love interest than Hot Chef, especially since they're together right now, which means we would have to have a breakup and him being established as a love interest in 8 episodes and I truly don't see that happening or me being okay with it. I did read online that Yoon Park was coming back for a cameo and he's on the AsianWiki page, so I hope it's a good reunion and not a breakup or something. I will riot. I am liking Heimdal as a character and feel so bad for his flop group. I hope Jin Myung can become friends with her coworker who is trying to be friends with her and that she can just open up more to people. I did laugh at Eun being a fan girl for a group and Jin Myung having no idea who they were. Bless her.

Ye Eun's storyline is really great to me, I'm glad they aren't shying away from her trauma, but I also really appreciate that she's "normal" at home with the girls. It makes the scenes when she's outside and trying to avoid men even more effective imo. I was so mad at those girls from her high school that were asking her questions and almost victim blaming her for her psycho ex abducting and abusing her. WTF? I'm glad she had scenes with both Jung Hoon and nerdy guy that helped her on her journey. I'm very glad that they didn't make it so that those two good interactions with men were enough to ~cure~ her. I'm not glad she freaked out at the bus stop in her pink clothes, but I'm relieved that they didn't write it that she was all better now. I'm glad that she seems to have good support systems around her. I also really like some of her witchy clothes haha.

Ji Won! I truly adore her and I'm completely hooked on her and Sungmin's interactions this season. I was bummed when nothing happened with them last year but now, it absolutely has to, right? He obviously cares a lot about her even if she annoys him to death. I love that she just hangs out and bugs him because she doesn't have anything else to do. I'm glad we're finally getting more of her story. That scene with her parents was totally cracking me up, them cackling and saying they would have chosen a smarter kid if they adopted her haha. I'm interested with where they're going with this mysterious elementary school friend. (cont)

[goldenrosalie.livejournal.com]

i finally caught up with all new eps and i have very mixed feelings about new season. there are good parts, there are bad parts and then there are annoying parts. i think that new girl is a nice addition to the cast and i'm enjoying her story (even if i don't approve of some aspects of it) and her friend is mad cute. this is a very big plus this season.
at first i enjoyed writer's ake on yeeun in season 2 and that they didn't just shrug off the abuse she went through. writer actually took time to explore her trauma, reactions from others & etc. but that guy who grabbed her? and that she went back to him and thanked him and now ~is back to normal thanks to the mister nice guy!~ is...... i'm not feeling it and i hope this plot line won't develop as i'm expecting.
i still can't warm up to new eunjae. i tried really hard but i think it's time to give up. i don't understand why they hired new actress for old character because this face/off situation is pretty silly. i wish they just added new girl instead of doing this to eunjae. which brings me to next point - this isn't eunjae. this is impostor! in first ep she actually seemed like someone i got to know in first season but not anymore. it's a very different character with a new behavioral set lmao. also her constant exhagerrated surprise and wide open eyes? gives me uncanny valley feels

[sayufied.livejournal.com]

Does anyone know what the 2 signs mean? the guy thats holding them when Yoon sunbae crosses the street