Oh, Cheer Up. KBS usually have a decent track record of high school dramas (crossing Who Are You from my brain right now as we speak). And as its predecessors, Cheer Up brought back the same issues that still need a conversation on in the very blossoming era like high school, as always: unhealthy rivalry, bullying, mental illness, domestic abuse, unhealthy expectations placed by parental figures, friendships and of course love. As I'm towards the age I think this drama was aiming on, I was quickly invested by the diverse sets of characters with their own struggles. I think I was expecting too high though, because as the storyline progressed, I feel like it simply lost the humour that was in balance with the issues; and the storyline became more and more predictable and common. I also feel like second half of the drama could have been written a lot better. The only character given development was Kwon Soo Ah, while the other seemed like they were there for her development, especially on the second half, which focuses on humanising her. It's the writer in me who likes to complain when characters aren't given chance to be developed to the deepest, but I think it's always a given for a wonderful set of characters to be developed further but they aren't. But oh well, I like how their relationships, their friendships, are written I also find that Yeon Do's mother and Yeol's father relationship to be very cute LOL. The best performance out of this drama was of course Chae Soo Bin (Kwon Soo Ah), but as she was the one who was given the most material out of the entire cast, it's not a surprise.