"At Eighteen" Episodes 3 to 6 Discussion Post

[babyjenkski.livejournal.com]

Plot: 18-year-old Choi Joon-Woo (Ong Seong-Wu) has gotten used to being lonely. He is not good at expressing his emotions, but he has a cute side. He transfers to a new school where he meets Yoo Soo-Bin (Kim Hyang-Gi). She is a top student, but her life is controlled by her mother. Yoo Soo-Bin dreams of becoming independent. After meeting Choi Joon-Woo, she experiences small changes in her life. Meanwhile, Ma Whi-Young (Shin Seung-Ho) is a student who seems perfect and gentle, but he suffers from a complex. He acts like a strong person, but he is really a timid 18-year-old boy. After Choi Joon-Woo transfers to his school, his life begins to change.

Cast:
Kim Hyang Gi, Ong Seong Woo, Shin Seung Ho, Kang Ki Young, Moon Bin, Jung Young Joo, Sung Ki Yoon, Kim Sun Young, Shim Yi Young, Choi Jae Woong, Park Sung Geun, Choi Dae Hoon, Heo Young Ji, Moon Joo Yeon, Kim Ga Hee, Yoo In Soo, Kim Do Wan, Shin Ki Joon, Song Geon Hee, Lee Seung Il
Director: Sim Na-Yeon
Writer: Yoon Kyung-Ah
Network: JTBC
Episodes: 16
Release Date: July 22 - September 10, 2019
Runtime: Mon & Tue 21:30

You can watch on VIU Premium | Dramacool


As I mentioned before, this gives me School Series feels and I like it a lot. Ong Seong Woo thankfully is a decent actor. My heart was hurting so much on episode 4 just as when I thought everything was starting to be OK. But of course this is a drama, we're not supposed to get all sunshine and rainbows. Anybody else watching this?

Comments

[daynr.livejournal.com]

Does it pick up at all? I'm stuck trying to get through episode 2 and it's just slow. And going in circles. And really slow, beyond slice of life, like an editor could cut the show in half.

This doesn't mean I didn't like it, I liked the first episode, but nothing new is happening, and if the pace doesn't pick up I'm not going to be able to stick with it.

And OSW is a bit wooden and boring, but I will admit it's hard to be engaging when all you're supposed to do is look blank faced and be silent. So I'll cut him a little slack, until I see if he's asked to do anything more animated.

[babyjenkski.livejournal.com]

It has a good following in online forums and good reviews too. Its like the School series we all wanted. First 2 episode were a bit boring but its been good for me after that. There are still some scenes that are too long for me but I like each of the students storyline so I continue to watch.

One of the actors here is with Kim Sohyun in Love Alarm.

[daynr.livejournal.com]

Ok, good, then you, I'll try to push through episode 2 tonight and hope that OSW is allowed to start showing some emotion soon.

[babyjenkski.livejournal.com]

I actually like his acting here. The ending scene of episode 4, Ong really did some good acting.

[daynr.livejournal.com]

I'm still working my way there, but epi 3 was better. And I'm in for a bit just because OSW's seatmate Oh Jae's (?) voice is a delight. Yum.

The pacing is definitely getting better. I don't plan to work a lot tomorrow so I'll watch a few more. Thanks for answering all my questions and giving me your opinion.

[babyjenkski.livejournal.com]

Yey! I hope you enjoy watching =) it kinda feel like watching School 2019.

And Oh Jae is Moonbin (Cha Eun Woo's fellow ASTRO member).

[daynr.livejournal.com]

Well, Moonbin has a swoony voice.

I'm getting pretty frustrated with our villain always getting his way, and the fact that dream girl hasn't really figured out that too many things are happening around him. I think I'm really ready for some kdramas that don't have these seemingly insurmountable villains that always win until the last episode. If he was just a normal kid, and not an unrepentant kid killer, I would like this show so much more.

Not that I plan to stop watching.