Review of Reply 1988

Reply 1988 (2015–2016)
6/10
A series about friendship, family and love
18 January 2021
Warning: Spoilers
This show is about LOVE, love between friends, love between family members, and the sacrifice parents made out of love for their children. It is heartwarming, nostalgic and at time, hilarious. Overall a good show but I truly do not get the perfect 10 score.

Every character has his/her own personality and is enjoyable to watch how they interact through their daily lives. However, one key failure of the show is the main character. I wish the writer could have given the female lead a more in-depth character, to me, Sung Duk-Sun is a kind, happy go lucky, noisy and at times obnoxious, very simple minded girl. She is rather lazy, no motivation and no ambition other than to hit a boy and get married. She is the most unlikable character in the whole show and yet she is the lead! Of her 4 male BFFs, she is interested in 3 of them! She has no preference, whoever wants her is OK with her! As long as one of them scoop her up. She has no focus in life, do not know what she wants to be or make any effort to be useful.

My favorite characters are the Moms and Dads, Bora and Sun woo. And I am glad the last episode feature their wedding instead of Duk-Sun & Choi Taek's. The ending is satisfactory as everybody (again, except Duk-san) has made a mark for themselves. Even slow Jung Bong and funny Dong-Ryong have finally found their path.

Overall, a good show but to me, a poor lead character is a major flaw.
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