Reply 1988 becomes one of my favorites dramas already in the first episodes, when I understood about the story.

It’s a story not only about friendship, since that the main characters are 5 childhood friends, but also about family, sacrifice, companionship, loneliness, love. And, mostly, about people. Different peoples, with different personalities, from child to adult.

What surprised me in Reply 1988 is that all the characters are strong and have striking personalities. Even Sun Woo’s little sister, Jin Joo, have so much personality that makes you want to put her in a little pot and bring her home.

No mother is just a mother; no father is just a father. We see the sacrifices and difficulties they face raising their children and have an own life too.

The story grows in each episode; all the characters grow in each episode. You see the 5 teenagers’ maturing, see the formation of loves in a simple way, beautiful and believable. It seems you’re there, with they, feeling everything.

And we learn a lot about Korea in the 80/90’s. One shocking moment for me was when the Daok Sun’s father, Dong Il, was forced to retire with a great reward. In such a materialistic age as our, it’s touching and sad how he felt smaller by being retired, felt less important, felt useless. And when we find out that there was a law that people with the same last name couldn’t marry, even from different families? This in 90’s! Unbelievable!

Reply 1988 are one of those Dramas that is remarkable. Scenes like when Deok Sun and Dong Rying sing a Spanish’s song mark the bottle of your mind and heart. It makes you want to see at least one episode a day, to feel that happiness in your heat every day.

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