Twinkling Watermelon is about an adolescent (Ryeoun) whose total household is deaf, and he’s the one listening to member. He lives a double life as a mannequin pupil and a band member, after which travels again in time and the place he meets his teenage father and joins a band with him.
Ryeoun is Ha Eun Gyeol. He’s a highschool pupil whose dad and mom and older brother are deaf. Feeling the pressures of life, he secretly joins band. However after discovering a mysterious music retailer, he will get transported again to 1995 the place he meets he his teenage father.
Choi Hyun Wook performs Ha Lee Chan. He’ll someday be Eun Gyeol’s father, however in 1995, he’s a sort however immature teenager with a love for music. He additionally has a crush on a preferred cellist, however to Eun Gyeol’s dismay, she will not be his mom!
Seol In Ah is Choi Se Kyeong. She is a well-liked cellist who lives a tough life as her mom’s trophy baby. Her life takes a flip although when she will get concerned with Lee Chan and Eun Gyeol.
Then now we have Shin Eun Soo as Yoon Cheong Ah. She is a deaf teenager and the longer term mom of Ha Eun Gyeol. She is lonely and remoted from everybody due to her controlling household.
Twinkling Watermelon numerous issues for me. It’s a novel drama with a recent spin on the time journey style that’s stuffed with coronary heart and emotion. There’s household, friendship, romance, and so many superb relationships.
The story is fully-developed with nice pacing and good twists and turns. The characters are fleshed out and attention-grabbing with nice performances by the actors. This drama is enjoyable to observe and put a smile on my face so many instances. It’s stuffed with numerous pleasure and inspiration, but it additionally offers with some heavier topics. It handles all the pieces fairly superbly.
The bromance between Eun Gyeol and Lee Chan is subsequent degree. It truly is what makes the drama. That is the sort of bromance I stay for! It’s such a wealthy, well-developed relationship that’s filled with a lot emotion.
I liked watching Eun Gyeol find out about his father as an adolescent. He needed to reconcile his conflicted emotions of affection for him as a sort, mild father and as a loud, immature teenager. We see each Eun Gyeol and Lee Chan develop as people as they expertise pleasure and sorrow collectively. Their relationship was humorous, irritating, and so heartwarming.
The performances given by each Ryeoun and Choi Hyun Wook have been stellar. Ryeoun provides an emotional efficiency as Eun Gyeol goes by means of an emotional rollercoaster. I liked seeing him smile and revel in himself, however he actually delivered with heartfelt tears that tugged at my coronary heart.
Then Choi Hyun Wook was such a delight as Lee Chan. He’s a ball of power who’s loud and acts with out considering, however he’s such a sort soul with a coronary heart of gold. He was each hilarious and such a pleasure to observe. He fully lights up the display.
We additionally get a few good romances. SPOILERS BELOW: We watch as Lee Chan does his greatest to win over the center of Se Kyeong and shortly finds himself in a love triangle together with her and Eun Gyeol.
We finally see a gradual burn romance develop between Eun Gyeol and Se Kyeong. They’ve a powerful bickering relationship for an extended whereas, however as soon as their emotions develop, I actually loved the playful banter between them.
Then Lee Chan strikes from a boyish crush to a extra mature love as he shifts his curiosity from Se Kyeong to Cheong Ah. It was good to see a softer aspect of him come out round her and the way a really candy relationship develops that can in the end permit them to develop into the dad and mom of Eun Gyeol. END OF SPOILERS
Being a drama centered round a band, we do get some good musical performances each within the current and the previous. We get nearer to the band within the 90’s, Watermelon Sugar, and find out about Eun Gyeol and Lee Chan’s bandmates and buddies. All of them add to the enjoyable and playful vibe of the present.
I actually preferred all of themes Twinkling Watermelon explored. It appears at sophisticated household points and numerous challenges that people face. It additionally offers with the repercussions of time journey.
I really like this style as a result of it offers with query like: what occurs if one thing small is modified? Ought to I modify issues if I can? How will it have an effect on me and others sooner or later? You’ll all the time discover loopholes relating to time journey, and there are undoubtedly some right here, however I discover all of it to be a lot enjoyable and simply actually get pleasure from serious about the entire potentialities.
Twinkling Watermelon was such a beautiful drama. It’s so good to see a well-done time journey drama that explores attention-grabbing themes of the style whereas additionally delivering such an exquisite story and nice characters. Twinkling Watermelon is filled with coronary heart, emotion, stunning relationships, and numerous enjoyable.
My Score: 8.5/10
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