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I’m sure I won’t say anything that hasn’t already been said, but I had a blast watching Twinkling Watermelon. Between this show and Weak Hero Class, Choi Hyun-wook has become a must-watch actor for me and I think his character is the highlight of this show. The time travel plot is nothing new, but what really made this show work were the characters. Eun-gyeol is possibly the least chill time traveller there has ever been but it was hilarious to just see him calling other high schoolers mom and dad immediately. His dynamic with both of his young parents was so good. The relationship between his young parents was my favorite part and I wanted so many more scenes of young Yi-Chan and Chung-ah. The friendships between all of the characters were so much fun and I loved the nineties setting.
This drama almost made it into my top five ranking, but I did have some issues with the plot. The first couple of episodes were hard for me to get into and I think all the scenes taking place in 2023 just were so much less interesting than the ones in the past. While the adult versions of his parents were fine, they were not the beloved young versions that we got from the past. Especially for his dad, I think it was very hard to see him as the same person as young Yi-Chan, even after everything he had been through. The pacing also felt pretty off, with a lot of the mysteries or secrets being drawn out really far and then the show not really having time to resolve them effectively. The show could’ve either tried to make some of the plot points less drawn out or it could’ve used a couple extra episodes. The last episode felt way too rushed as the show tried to wrap up all of the loose ends.
The characters in Twinkling Watermelon became so dear to me by the end of the show that it really did make up for most of my issues with the plot. The show is worth watching for Choi Hyun-wook’s performance alone.
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Sweet at the core though a jumbled exterior
This is one of the first dramas I've seen where I think the story felt undercut by the time travel conceit at the point that it happens or that it happens at all. There is so much powerful societal topics from the opening set up of the drama with Eun Gyeol family facing discrimination because of their disability, them being impoverished, Eun Gyeol's pressure to be the perfect from his family and himself, always having to be their voice, to be the pride his father can show off, his relationship with his older brother Eun Ho, Eun Ho as an athlete with an disability who is living a very eventful life outside of that as well, Eun Gyeol's love for music, his street smarts and book smarts, his parents tenacity to embrace the joy in their lives, etc. It's more like the beginning for a whole different show. Eun Gyeol's ability to be shrewd with people's intentions to protect his family as a child isn't used as consistently once he's a teenager, instead mostly relying on his academic ability and guitar playing.While Eun Gyeol does learn about his parent's hardships with the time travel, it does not pay off the characters at the set up. It just ends with basically an alternate universe where his family is rich and famous that Eun Gyeol doesn't even get to experience for himself through new memories and how it has affected the dynamic between him and his family. I think it would have been more fascinating if Eun Gyeol could travel back and forth between the two timelines, learning information from the past that he could not or not completely change, but could improve his relationship with his family in the present instead. There was not enough time in the new present once Eun Gyeol arrived to at least emotionally reconcile with the most important relationship to the entire series, which is Eun Gyeol and his father. It's weird that no one from the Watermelon band can remember his name either, since Yi Chan and Chung Ha give the exact name to their kid. Did they not name him after their friend?
Eun Yu's plan to have her mother Se Kyung to get with a first love so she would never be born never made any sense from the start because she not possessing her mom's mind, she's in an entirely different body. Even if she got the first love to fall in love with her, her mom is on an entirely different continent. The show never played it like she misunderstood this, so it's doubly bewildering. Her romance with Eun Gyeol was also really tacked on and her own journey as a character was really pushed to the side. Her relationship with her mother was really traumatic to the point one of the first things she did when she went back in time was to set up a noose in her mother's childhood bedroom where she was going to commit suicide. Did she have love for music on her own? Is photography her true passion? Her own grandfather is the powerful ghost that gained godly powers in death that organized this trip for her, but she's basically there to support his star pupil.
Having neither Eun Gyeol or Eun Yu figure out that they are both time travelers until the end also made it pointless to have two time travelers as helpers to each other. Their opposing goals may have been an intriguing premise on paper, but the execution made it redundant. It would have been more interesting if Se Kyung really was the person that Eun Gyeol was interacting with all along. She has a real bond with Chung Ha, really uninterested with Yi Chan, and was actually in love with her future doctor husband with the golden pipes. This could have been an amazing friendship and partnership that could have interesting ramifications for the future they create rather than yet another bland forced romance with no chemistry. Yi Chan's obstinance in winning over Se Gyung also went into uncomfortable territory with him only outwardly choosing Chung Ha when Se Gyeong ditches the performances. Chung Ha deserves so much better than that, but at least when the show finally gets to them, they are a truly sweet couple
I love it so much that everyone around Chung Ha makes an effort to communicate with her, either through writing or learning sign language for her. Yi Chan who has trouble focusing on school subjects got very conversationally fluent, very fast, and it helps that they were also both learning at around the same time. The way that her internal life is shown by her thoughts and drawings is very nice as well. Her abuse at the hands of the step mom was horrific with her father who had enabled this was also really rushed. He honestly didn't react apologetically enough finding out what he had allowed to happen to her once he understood the scope of it. 12 years of it, my heart broke so much for her when Eun Gyeol finally found her, when someone finally cared enough to find her. This is yet another of a long list of issues of the show bringing up really intense topics, but not addressing them fully. Her future kid looks exactly like her mother who is taken away for unknown reasons also never explained by the show.
It was really interesting to watch this drama and High Cookie coincidentally back to back, both starring Choi Hyun Wook in the main roles but with very different personality types. I'm very curious to see his next role after this one. His Yi Chan is very effervescent, energetic, and tenacious, truly the heart of the show, living out his goal of shining in his youth as much as he can to the max, while being kind to the elderly and kids. His time traveling son giving him the sense of fatherly love he was missing was so touching because he's the one that modeled that kind of love for his son. Their friendship and reciprocal love for each other is really sweet, though I'm not sure how to feel about the gay jokes the show makes. It makes sense for Eun Gyeol's intensity towards Yi Chan to be taken as a crush and the show doesn't seem to have anyone disgusted by it. Walking a very fine line. The ultimate car related accident is handled better than most kdramas, instead of the character randomly running into traffic, which the show actually has them do multiple times as red herrings, it's actually attempted murder, and Yi Chan saves his bestie/son.
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Não é para tanto que foi sucesso de audiência
Quase não assiti por causa do nome...rsrsrsCativante com uma narrativa sensível, te prende em todo o momento, pelo menos foi assim comigo.
Você consegue sentir junto com os persongens cada cena. Eu consegui sentir a pressão que Gyeol sente em ser o único a não ser surdo na família, os traumas que é ouvir e depois perder a audição, sofrer preconceitos quando ninguém sabe se comunicar com um surdo, isso é só um pouquinho do que Melancia Cintilante te passa e te mostrar que o amor pode superar tudo.
Adorei as atuações de todos os personagens, Gyeol com um sorriso lindo e cativante, Yi Chan com uma energia sensacional, Cheong Ah frágil e forte ao mesmo tempo, só não gostei muito da Se Kyeong acho que foi uma personagem sem muito a acrecentar.
Indido, indico e indico!
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Душераздирающая драма, которая доведет вас до слёз
"Искрящийся арбуз" — это настоящая находка среди современных дорам. Сюжет начинается легко и невинно, но по мере развития истории ты начинаешь погружаться в глубокую историю героев, которая цепляет за душу. Эта дорама — не просто о путешествиях во времени или подростковых приключениях, но о сложных жизненных выборах и, конечно, о любви, которая способна изменить всё.Одним из ярких аспектов дорамы является любовная линия, которая развивается тонко и трогательно. Неприязнь главных героев друг к другу перерастает в тёплые чувства. Эта любовная история отличается не просто романтикой, а тем, как она глубоко вплетается в основную историю. Взаимоотношения героев вызывают одновременно радость и боль, заставляя сопереживать каждой мелочи.
К концу сериала драма усиливается настолько, что без слез просто не обойтись. Последние серии пропитаны такими сильными эмоциями, что слезы буквально не сходили с моих глаз.
"Искрящийся арбуз" — это невероятное сочетание прекрасной драмы и трогательной любовной линии, которое обязательно покорит ваше сердце.
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Lo tiene todo.
He intentado no hacer demasiados spoilers o al menos camuflarlos.Twinkling Watermelon es una serie que desde hace mucho tiempo he deseado ver por el tema del lenguaje de señas, no sé hasta qué punto ellos utilizaban este lenguaje ya que yo lo he practicado en español durante mis años de colegio. Muchas personas creen que el lenguaje de señas es universal, pero no es así, a pesar de esto invito a todos a intentar darle una oportunidad al lenguaje de señas ya que para aquellos que lo utilizan es muy importante como bien se ha plasmado en la serie con Cheong Ah.
Creo que aparte de los viajes en el tiempo la historia que se presenta es muy bonita. Por un lado tenemos a una familia llena de amor y comprensión. También tenemos a Ha EunGyeol que a pesar de su situación familiar es un niño que no se rinde y lucha por su sueño, la música, es un tema que está muy presente durante todos los episodios y que a través de ella nos mandan muchos mensajes diferentes, la magia de la música, el poder expresarse con ella es algo increíble que no todos llegamos a manejar en nuestras vidas, pero aquí nos acercamos un poco a esto y creo que es magnífico el como lo hacen, porque no se hace pesado como en los musicales, por lo que si no te gustan los musicales probablemente esta podría ser una excepción.
En relación al amor entre las diferentes parejas, no es algo que le haya prestado demasiada atención porque el resto de temas eran muy interesantes, pero creo que no van a decepcionar a nadie si eso es lo que buscan en este serie.
Espero que disfruten de esta gran serie, la cual merece todo el amor que se le ha dado hasta ahora.
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Coisa mais lindinha do mundo esse dorama
Gostei da mãe dele se desafiando a viver sem deixar que a surdez fosse um obstáculo e ver todos que fizeram mal pra ela no olho da rua. As expressões faciais do irmão mais velho do protagonista falando em libras são fantásticas, pena que apareceu poucas vezes. O final foi até onde deveria, talvez se estendessem mais ficaria estranho, mas achei meio forçado eles ficarem ricos. Queria ter entendido melhor como foi essa transição e ver mais sobre alguns personagens menos explorados como a mãe da menina surda e os pais da menina que viajou no tempo, não ficou bem claro o motivo do divórcio.Vond je deze recentie nuttig?
I believe the makers of this misunderstood who the main characters are…
This was amazing, I actually watched it twice before finishing the last EP cause I wanted to watch it with my sister before finishing it.I enjoyed pretty much every part of this each time. I cried, I laughed…
This could have been a 10/10 drama, but the ending made that impossible. It wasn’t a terrible ending. Just way too much missing. Too many unanswered questions, leaving me vastly dissatisfied. This is the first time I believe a drama might need another episode, just to actually make the story be complete.
This in part had to do with the fact that I was watching this thing for what appears to have been the „side couple“, which for me was 100% absolutely the center of the whole series and they should have 100% elaborated a lot more on that.
Overall I still 100% recommend watching this though.
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Mastercall
It has been a staple ever since I remember, that K-dramas are associated with, corny, mid, pacey, and shallow stories on the level of every other bland soap opera trash show. With all the rosey plots that have the same characters, the same build-ups, and the same resolution. They feel like lazy reskins of otherwise, very boring third-grade media releases. Or so I thought, prior to watching Twinkling Watermelon.Before watching, or even attempting to give this show a go, I was recommended to do so, but to avoid looking at any posters, or reading the synopsis, or even looking up the tags or the genre. I went completely and utterly blind on the show, and I think, that was the best way to experience it, as those mentioned give off way too much about the whole mystery running the narrative.
Think of it as the coming-of-age story that would change your outlook on all sorts of levels. Family, friendship, education, compassion, and dreams.
For me, this show taught me not just about life, but also that I shouldn't underestimate Korean dramas anymore, because this has been peak television.
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I feel like I want to eat watermelon too
when I saw the dragon studio logo, I was obviously going to watch the drama. At first I wasn't interested but there are lots of videos on TikTok showing footage of the drama which looks warm.Sure enough, when I watched episode 1, this drama was already very interesting. Maybe the plot was a little slow in episode 1 and almost made me distracted, but in episode 2 it started to get more interesting.
I appreciate the acting of all the actors in this drama which is very soulful and beautiful. The sign language they displayed really made me want to remember the sign language lessons I had studied.
I really enjoyed the acting, ost, storyline, production and all the details. I hope this drama will get an award because it is very beautiful and heartwarming.
thank you to all the crew and cast for creating this very beautiful drama.
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Estava esperando mais!
Havia escutando tanto desse dorama, que era maravilhoso, que eu precisava assisti, que não sei se fui com muita expectativa e acabou com isso influenciando. Mas não achei nada demais.Tem uma história legal! Que faz você refletir muito! Mas o enredo no meio do caminho para mim se tornou cansativo. Fazendo até com que eu parece um pouco pra conseguir retornar a assistir.
Não é ruim, vale a pena assistir, mas para mim não está no top de doramas espetaculares. Não senti aquela faísca.
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Dramma davvero bello!
Uno dei miglior dramma visti con una storia non originalissima perché di viaggi nel tempo ne abbiamo visti tanti però raccontata bene è bello con un cast davvero bravo.Ambientato nel mondo della musica su sfondo scolastico nei anni novanta. Una bella idea quella del mondo del sordo muto e la rinascita nonostante questo.La storia veramente bella,coinvolge e commuove. Attori troppo bravi.
Merita sicuramente di essere visto!
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Good Enough
Korean Drama '' Twinkling Watermelon '' is a slice of life, music, and fantasy drama.The drama uses time travel to its fullest, smoothly using it to push the story forward, without forgetting about it once the plot starts unfolding. Rather, it is always there, and spices up the story here and there.
Also, the family drama was at its finest, intense enough to keep things dramatic, but also with sensitivity and sweetness throughout the family interactions.
The music, in addition, was pretty enjoyable, as were the performances by everyone in the cast. And even though the romance was cheesy and not its strongest suit, it was nice enough.
So, overall, seven out of ten.
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