Thirty But Seventeen

Synopsis:

Woo Seo Ri is a promising young violinist and at the age of 17 her future is bright with a scholarship to study music in Germany. Though, her life is touched by tragedy by losing early her parents, her Uncle and Aunt took care of her. Unbeknownst to her, Gong Woo Jin, a young and shy boy who loves art have a crush on her. He was admiring her from afar until one fateful day, they met in a bus. It would have been his chance to get to know the girl and give his gift to her but tragedy striked again and the bus got into an accident. Gong Woo Jin thought she died and blamed himself all his life for some stupid mistake that he thought caused the life of the girl he like while he survived. He grew up scarred and distant while she woke up at the age of 30 after being in comatose for 13 years. Her mind is 17 but her body is 30 and it seems without family nor friends. She thought she lost it all but fate inadvertently brought them together again to give them the second chance but the past can still destroy their future together.

Characters:

Shin Hye Sun as Woo Seo Ri
Lee Hyo Bi as Child Seo Ri
Park Shi Eun as Teen Seo Ri
Yang Se Jong as Gong Woo Jin
Yoon Chan Young as Teen Woo Jin
Ahn Hyo Seop as Yoo Chan
Seo Yoon Hyuk as Child Yoo Chan
Ye Ji Won as Jennifer | Hwang Mi Jung
Jo Hyun Shik as Han Duk Soo
Lee Do Hyun as Dong Hae Bum
Jung Yoo Jin as Kang Hee Soo
Ahn Seung Kyoon as Jin Hyun
Yoon Sun Woo as Kim Hyung Tae
Wang Suk Hyun as teen Hyung Tae
Wang Ji Won as Kim Tae Rin | Rin Kim
Jo Yoo Jung as Lee Ri An
Lee Seung Joon as Kim Hyun Kyu
Shim Yi Young as Gook Mi Hyun
Lee Ah Hyun as Gong Hyun Jung
Jun Ik Ryung as Kim Hyun Jin
Jun Bae Soo as Woo Sung Hyun
Lee Seo Yun as Noh Soo Mi
Hong Ki Joon as Kim Sang Shik
Kim Min Sang as Psychologist
Ri Min as Seo Ri & Hyung Tae’s Teacher
Son San as Nurse
Kim Ji Ye as Nurse
Seo Yoon Ah as Client
Ji Dae Han as Police Officer
Kim Kwang Kyu as Violin Repairman
Jung Ho Bin as Chief Byun
Im Byung Ki as Gong Woo Jin’s Father
Park Seung Tae as Woo Sun Hee on Episode 9
Lee Young Eun as Woman in Yellow Heels
Kwon Hyuk Soo as Representative Park
Park Jong Hoon as Shim Myung Hwan
Jung Jin Woon as Jung Jin Woon
Kim Young Jae as Kim Tae Jin

My Review:

I watched this k-drama because I need a feel good k-drama after certain challenges in my life. K-dramas for me beside being entertaining is my scapegoat when I don’t want to deal with certain situations in my real life. Thus, this k-drama truly delivered what I needed.

So, What do I Like About this K-Drama?

(1) This K-drama made me feel I’m watching the K-dramas feel good romcom before. There’s not much serious conflicts and the intimacy between the leads are more expressed in words rather than actions like kissing and other stuff that are more expressive now in the current k-dramas. However, the lack thereof of physical intimacies didn’t hinder me as an audience to feel the love between them.

(2) Shin Hye Sun as Woo Seo Ri has effectively delivered her character as someone who is trying to cope losing her younger years from 17 to 30. Her confusion and trying to adapt to her new surroundings are very believable, thus, made me care about what happens to her in the end. The younger actors performing Woo Seo Ri also did the same in giving justice to this character.

(3) The chemistry between Shin Hye Sun and Yang Se Jong is there and made their journey worth watching even if the issue of Yang Se Jong as Gong Woo Jin is something I can’t relate especially holding oneself responsible for something he didn’t do, plan, want and feel guilty for such a long period of time.

(4) Initially, Ye Ji Won as Jennifer or Hwang Mi Jung is bit irritating, however, like the character she portrayed, she grows on you. Ye Ji Won’s performance allowed me to surpass my irritation to the relevance of her character to the story. While Ahn Hyo Seop as Yoo Chan has exceptionally shine on this k-drama as far as I am concerned especially when he revealed his feelings for Woo Seo Ri and how he handled it afterwards.

(5) The OST and the entirety of how the story is delivered made it an old style real romcom for me. Although, there are a lot of dramatic scenes, they were delivered in a heartfelt manner that made it quite enjoyable to watch and made my woes go away for awhile.

What I do Not Like About this K-Drama?

As this is a light and typically enjoyable romcom there’s not much bad stuff I can complain about, although, I wonder why k-dramas and not only here in this k-drama that often k-characters put themselves responsible for things no one can control and just meant to happen with no one really at fault. It is not as if one is a magical person with extra powers who have knowledge of what’s gonna happen in the future. Second, coincidences is a dime in a dozen that when it often happens, it won’t be a coincidence, right?

Would I recommend this K-Drama? Yes

My Rating to this Drama
( See My Rating System: ) 4/5 Stars

OST:

01. Just Stay – Hyo Rin
Play Me:

02. Tears In My Heart – Lucia

Play Me:

03. Thirty Waltz – Tarin
04. Seventeen – Every Single Day
05. Get Away – Lee Bong Goo of Gilgubongu
06. This Perfect Moment – Mi Kyo
07. Walk With Me – Park Jae Jung
08. Unravel – Various Artists
09. Seventeen Strings – Various Artists
10. From – Various Artists
11. Little Carnival – Various Artists
12. Hongkong – Various Artists
13. Thirty Tension Strings No.12 – Various Artists
14. Fat Donkey – Various Artists
15. Tangerine Strings – Various Artists
16. Into The Memory – Various Artists
17. Funco – Various Artists
18. Amnesia – Various Artists
19. Get Away Strings – Various Artists

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