These two drama has this mature and super heartwarming feel to it. I like the consistency of how the characters are and how they are level headed with their emotions especially the relationships between both leads. Plus I love both male leads!
Both deal with fangirling. In Record of Youth the female lead starts a relationship with the object of her fangirling wherein Her Private Life, the female lead becomes closely intertwined.
While "Record of Youth" is a lot more toned down and thoughtful , they both touch upon similar themes and they are both about the entertainment business:
- Love Story/Triangle between Star and Employee
- look behind the scenes (be it acting, singing etc.)
- people in their twenties trying to achieve their dream
- interesting family dynamics
- likeable Manager without a big Agency
- Dad that is at first unsupportive of Dream
- Love Story/Triangle between Star and Employee
- look behind the scenes (be it acting, singing etc.)
- people in their twenties trying to achieve their dream
- interesting family dynamics
- likeable Manager without a big Agency
- Dad that is at first unsupportive of Dream
The general feel of the shows is very similar, firstly. It's centered around a lot of growth, and explores friendships and relationships.
The leads in both the shows have dreams that they are chasing, and they are trying to navigate their relationship along with them.
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The largest similarity, however, is in their endings. They separate because their timings were wrong, and they were at stages in their lives, where it was just not possible to be together, if they also wanted to follow their own paths. And so they separate. But both endings are ambiguous, and give us hope, that one day, when the time is right, they might reunite.
And I truly appreciate these endings. They're very realistic.
The leads in both the shows have dreams that they are chasing, and they are trying to navigate their relationship along with them.
SPOILER:
The largest similarity, however, is in their endings. They separate because their timings were wrong, and they were at stages in their lives, where it was just not possible to be together, if they also wanted to follow their own paths. And so they separate. But both endings are ambiguous, and give us hope, that one day, when the time is right, they might reunite.
And I truly appreciate these endings. They're very realistic.