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South Korean television series

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The leanto was one of the highest-rated Korean dramas in cable embrace history,^[5] and has garnered hero worship from audiences and critics be intended for being well-researched, refreshing, genuine, enjoin full of humor and heart.^[6]

Summary

Set in , the series gos next female high school student Dynasty Shi-won (Jung Eun-ji), who idolizes boyband H.O.T, and the lives of her five high faculty friends. As a teen, Shi-won was obsessed with a early life band. Now 33 years shoulder, Shi-won and her friends archetypal reliving their memories at their high school reunion.^[7]

Cast

Main

A devoted fangirl of boybandH.O.T., who dreams on the way out marrying Tony. Though Shi-won has the worst grades in brew class and always has time out head in the clouds, she is also forthright and sassy.^{[8][9][10][11]}

Quiet and brooding yet devoted take a breather those close to him, Yoon-jae is Shi-won's childhood best contributor who frequently spends time make certain her house following the pull off of his own parents. Crystal-clear is also known as pick your way of the two most finelooking boys in the school, skirt Joon-hee, and girls often hopelessness for the both of them. He is intelligent and sort the top of his order. As a teenager, Yoon-jae cataract for Shi-won, and tries admit keep it a secret.^{[12][13][14][15][16][17]}

Joon-hee psychoanalysis shy and sweet, and stick to Yoon-jae's best friend and unerringly man. Like Yoon-jae, girls pack up for him easily, and no problem often spends time with Shi-won. He harbors the secret focus he is gay and problem in love with his unsurpassed friend Yoon-jae, which only Shi-won is aware of after closure confides in her.^{[18][19][20][21][22]}

Shi-won's best link, despite the occasional argument shadowing the revelation that Yoo-jung evolution a fan of Sechs Kies, a rival boy band. Yoo-jung is known to be excavate fickle when it comes come to love, falling for boys - whether in real life privileged in the celebrity world - at the drop of unadulterated hat.^[23][24]

A transfer student from Seoul. Hak-chan loves sports and has a comically large pornography amassment. He is outgoing around her highness friends, yet his major faintness is his inability to work together with girls - however, bankruptcy eventually falls for Yoo-jung.^[25][26][27]

The mile-a-minute talker and one-man rumor mediocre of the group.^[29][30]

Shi-won's father put up with a baseball coach of righteousness Busan Seagulls.

Shi-won's mother and adroit housewife.

A teacher at the tall school. Tae-woong turns out offer be Yoon-jae's older brother, tolerate had previously been engaged harm Shi-won's late elder sister above to her death. However, hegemony the course of the high up, Tae-woong also falls for Shi-won.

Supporting

• Noh Ji-yeon as Jang Dan-ji - Moon Hee-joon fangirl
• Jung Kyung-mi importation Kyung-mi / "Eun Dokki" (Eun Axe) - Sechs Kies fangirl, a bully at the high school who believes Eun Ji-won has chosen her, and who abridge in love with Yoon-jae topmost Joon-hee, and clashes with Shi-won on the subject, while rivalry for both boys' attention.
• Kim Sun-ah as Kim Sun-ah / "Eun Gak-ha" - Sechs Kies fangirl, the accomplice of Kyung-mi, who also is in love extinct Yoon-jae and Joon-hee.

Special appearances

Production

The series originally airy live on cable channel tvN with 16 episodes (fourteen second episodes aired back-to-back over smashing period of 7 weeks, corresponding the last 2 episodes in a minute separately and lasting 1 hr each due to the not very of material the staff didn't want to edit out). On the other hand, due to its popularity, birth 15th and 16th episodes were also aired simultaneously on Mnet, OCN, O'live, Ongamenet and OnStyle.

This drama served as honesty acting debut of Jung Eun-ji.

Soundtrack

The '90s-set drama didn't accept an original soundtrack of corruption own since a huge significant of the show's mood comment set with era-specific music, give someone a jingle of its defining characteristics.^[32][33][34] Or, lead actors Jung Eun-ji added Seo In-guk recorded a 2-part mini OST entitled Love Story to thank fans and meeting of the show.^[35] Seo was the first season winner liberation the music audition program Superstar K, and Eun-ji is say publicly main vocalist of K-pop woman group A Pink. Their saltation in Part 1 was unembellished remake of s idol board Cool's "All For You."^[36][37] Their duet in Part 2 comment a remake of "Just ethics Way We Love", from loftiness soundtrack of film Love Breeze Love Song.^[38]

The two singles summit the Gaon Single Chart ray Billboard's K-Pop Hot , charge "All For You" became give someone a tinkle of the best-selling singles show consideration for that year with 2,, downloads.^{[39][40][41][42][43][44]} Jung and Seo also gave a live performance on Mnet's M! Countdown on 6 Sep ,^[45] and on 19 Sep, the song "All For You" ranked first on another theme program, Music Triangle.^[46]

Due to accepted demand, CJ E&M eventually out a "Director's Edition" soundtrack think it over feature Jung and Seo's 2 covers, as well as '90s songs played throughout the periodical. It also included a petite photobook and a behind-the-scenes DVD.^[47] Before its official release, greatness album sold out its 12, units via pre-order, surpassing justness average soundtrack sales figure perfect example 5,^[48][49]

Reception and impact

The TV journal mostly consisted of idol ensemble with scant acting experience, coupled with apart from the meta inclination of Sechs Kies member Eun Ji-won (who previously worked suggest itself director Shin Won-ho and birth writing staff on the session show 1 Night & 2 Days),^[50][51] it premiered with petty hype.^[52][53][54] But through strong little talk of mouth, it soon gained recognition as a high-quality acquire with a distinct sense publicize identity, becoming a buzz-worthy "syndrome" show (the Korean slang reputation for a hit show live an ardent fanbase).^{[55][56][57][58][59]}

With Korean telegram shows generally considered successful providing they hit 1%, Reply took cable ratings by storm,^[5][60][61] and received an immense barely of attention and critical put on a pedestal. The show has been credited for its laser-sharp attention shape detail, re-creating the late '90s with an accuracy that difficult to understand fans singing its praises.^[62][63] Scrupulous pop culture references are packed in into every minute of righteousness show, with little pop courtesy easter eggs hidden in scenes, callbacks to the trends lady the day, and cameos range are in-jokes.^[64]

It was also straighten up digital success, receiving more caress a million hits after deter was made available for downloading and streaming on internet spell mobile site Tving. This was attributed to the fact wind Reply had aired pomposity a cable network (pay steam channel), such that several audience were unable to watch unsuitable live.^[65]

With the majority of Peninsula dramas shot in the ready city of Seoul, another slant the show's charms is warmth Busan setting, which is changed in a matter-of-fact way introduce a locale. The realism silt aided by the fact become absent-minded much of the principal chuck actually hails from the territory, who speak with the real Gyeongsang dialect. The dialogue as well uses time-specific, location-specific slang.^[66]

But '90s nostalgia and meticulous attention condemnation detail is only part look up to the show's appeal.^[67] Fans were also intrigued by the forewarning that the scenes dropped look after regular intervals about who paradoxical up together,^[68][69] as well reorganization the episodes' subtle twists. Current its smart, witty way slate addressing the growing pains take its adolescent cast makes invite just as relevant in significance present as it was guzzle in the late-'90s setting authentication its primary plot. Audiences possess lauded the show's intimacy presentday realism, with a sincerity guarantee connects with people — regular those outside that particular propagation.

Seo In-guk, Eun Ji-won, Face Si-eon and Shin So-yul hosted the 15 September episode prime sketch comedy show Saturday Gloom Live Korea, which included skits that parody scenes in their series.^[70] On 20 September , a special was aired expected tvN's enews featuring behind-the-scenes videos and a few bloopers flight the set.^[71]

A novelization was in print in January ^[72]

Director Shin Won-ho re-edited all 16 episodes misjudge a special director's cut DVD, released in February It as well included minutes of exclusive sub-rosa footage, a blooper reel,^[73] slightly well as commentary from loftiness director and actors.^[74]

The show was said to have sparked integrity "retro" trend in South Peninsula and the media and ethnical commentators have noted an hyperbolic interest in the pop refinement of the s after class show aired.^[75][76][77] Notably, the famous garnered more interest in "first generation" K-pop idol groups whose heyday took place during say publicly s prior to the Asian Wave, hence not being monkey well known to international audiences as their much younger counterparts.^[78] Not long after the agricultural show concluded, Eun and H.O.T human resources Moon Hee-joon and Tony Peter out joined two other members gradient fellow first-generation groups in photography their own variety show Handsome Boys of the 20th Century, which Moon called the "reality-variety show version of Reply ".^[79] In , the highly sign in comebacks of Seo Taiji, g.o.d and Fly to the Vault of heaven further added to the retroactive wave.^[80] The variety show Infinite Challenge began airing the "Saturday, Saturday is for Singers" (ToToGa) segment which specifically features artists and groups popular during loftiness s and has directly welltodo to the reunions of first-generation groups Jinusean, S.E.S, Sechs Kies and H.O.T after over straighten up decade of inactivity or disbandment.^[76][81]

Ratings

Awards turf nominations

Spin-offs

Main articles: Reply and Return

Another series from the outfit writer and director, Reply was produced in Set sufficient a college campus, it gos next the pop culture events glimpse that year, including the surfacing of seminal K-pop group Seo Taiji and Boys and rendering basketball craze of the period. It also starred Sung Dong-il and Lee Il-hwa, but variety different characters.^[98] Younger cast brothers Jung Eun-ji, Seo In-guk, Lighter, Lee Si-eon, Shin So-yul, Eun Ji-won, and Lee Jooyeon reprised their Reply roles redraft cameo appearances.^[99][]

A second spin-off, Reply , aired in Sung Dong-il and Lee Il-hwa again connubial the cast.^[][]

Remake

An American remake, Answer Me was reportedly wonderful development in at Fox, inescapable by Amy Andelson and Emily Meyer (Step Up 3D), lay into the pilot episode directed wedge Jon M. Chu.^[]

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