Kim Min-chae, a 15-year-old dancer, quits ballet and runs away to her grandmother's house. There, she finds her mother’s teenage diary, which transports the story back to the past.
You can stream the entire series, including Episode 1, on Netflix .
The first episode of the hit K-Drama (2022) introduces a nostalgic story of youth, ambition, and the impact of the late 90s financial crisis. The episode follows two timelines:
Na Hee-do (played by Kim Tae-ri) is a passionate 18-year-old fencer whose dreams are threatened when her school dissolves its fencing club due to South Korea’s IMF financial crisis. Key Highlights of Episode 1
Hee-do meets 22-year-old Baek Yi-jin (played by Nam Joo-hyuk), a news vendor whose family was also ruined by the financial crisis. Their first meeting involves a humorous argument over a newspaper and a damaged comic book.
The show uses a highly saturated color palette for the 1998 scenes to distinguish them from the present day, creating a distinct "90s nostalgia" aesthetic. Where to Watch
To keep her dream alive, Hee-do is determined to transfer to Taeyang High School, where her idol and gold medalist Go Yu-rim trains.