Twenty-Five Twenty-One (Seumuldaseot Seumulhana / 스물다섯 스물하나)

TWENTY FIVE, TWENTY ONE

TWENTY FIVE, TWENTY ONE

ALL LOCATIONS, CHARACTERS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND INCIDENTS

DEPICTED IN THIS DRAMA ARE ENTIRELY FICTITIOUS

FILMING WAS IN COMPLIANCE WITH COVID-19 GUIDELINES

EPISODE 1

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Gosh. Aren't you Na Hee-do?

I am. Hello.

Oh my gosh. Hello. It's so nice to meet you.

This way.

Go in. I'll watch it in the car on my phone.

Just show them how much you love ballet.

Don't think about doing well.

How can I not think about that? I'm here to win.

Winning doesn't matter.

That's unconvincing coming from you.

THE 43RD MYUNGIN DANCE CONTEST

Next is contestant number 11.

Kim Min-chae from Myeong Gyeong Middle School.

Good luck.

Kim Min-chae.

You can go in.

Min-chae? You can go in now.

Contestant number 11, Kim Min-chae, is a no-show.

Next, contestant number 12.

Min-chae.

Min-chae.

I'm going to take the ballet school van. You can leave first.

Did you just give up?

How could you give up without even trying?

I've already lost.

You saw Choi Yun-seo.

I can't win anyway.

So what if you don't win? What happens if you don't?

Is it meaningless if you don't win?

It is.

I'm going to quit ballet.

BALLERINA KIM MIN-CHAE

I ran away from home, Grandma.

I'll just be here for the summer.

I ran away only to end up in Mom's room.

FENCING CHAMPIONSHIPS MEDAL

I heard you said you were quitting ballet.

Do you want to do something else?

Do people always have something they want to do?

Weren't you doing ballet because you wanted to?

You did it for five years already.

I don't know anymore.

I need to do something to look like I'm doing something.

Not something you have to do. What's your dream?

Adults never accept it

if we say we don't have a dream.

Do we need to have one?

People only talk about getting a job.

You're right.

These are the times you're living in.

How do I use this?

It doesn't fit.

"Practice video"?

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOREIGN FENCERS COMPILATION

TO HEE-DO, WITH LOVE

What's this?

Is it Mom's diary?

NATIONALS, MEDAL, TRAIN HARD, SAVE UP

She wrote all of this by hand?

This seems like punishment.

I GO EVERY SATURDAY TO SEE THAT KID

"That kid"?

Mom's ex-boyfriend?

Awesome.

I GO EVERY SATURDAY TO SEE THAT KID

I go every Saturday to see that kid.

That's why I wake up early on Saturdays, and I become impatient.

Bye!

JULY, 1998

-It's soft tofu stew today, right? -Isn't it kimchi stew?

-It's soft tofu stew. -Yes.

It's kimchi stew.

What is she doing here?

-Isn't she on the fencing team? -Why did she come to class?

Doesn't she come only for exams?

I have to meet my minimum class attendance.

Just ask me directly.

What use is it to speculate among yourselves?

First period is English.

It is? Study hard.

If the teacher tells you to wake me, say I'm on the fencing team.

I need my rest.

Okay. Got it.

I'm in a really good mood today.

Help me sleep well, okay?

Why are you in a good mood?

Because it's Saturday.

Saturday.

The only day of the week when I can see that kid.

SEON JUNG GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL

Be careful.

SEON JUNG GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL

MYEONGJIN BOOK RENTALS VIDEOS, DVD, COMIC BOOKS, BOOKS

Full House volume 11 comes out on Wednesday, right?

Save a copy of me.

The thing I look forward to after Saturdays is Full House .

BOREUM BANK HAS BEEN MERGED WITH HANA BANK AS OF JULY 4, 1998

Darn it.

The world is a mess right now because of stupid IMF.

Chungmuro is dying!

We must fight tooth and nail

to protect the Korean film industry,

which will be crucial to our future.

Our movies must be protected.

Korean movies are nowhere near as competitive

as American movies.

Show interest in Korean movies.

We must support creative Korean movies

and the Korean film industry!

Chungmuro is dying!

-Chungmuro is dying! -Chungmuro is dying!

THE GOVERNMENT IS KILLING KOREAN FILMS

People must be losing something.

But it has nothing to do with me. It's adult stuff.

I'm just 18,

too young to lose anything.

The stuff I have can't be lost.

For example,

my dream and admiration.

-Save it! -Save it!

TAE YANG HIGH SCHOOL

And her, my dream and admiration.

She is gifted.

LET'S GO TAE YANG HIGH

1 YEAR AGO

Ko Yu-rim wins!

Ko Yu-rim wins a gold medal for Korea!

How amazing.

This young athlete is making history in the fencing world.

She's only 17 and it was her first time here,

-but she wasn't timid. -She's so cool.

She is incredible and…

My dream is to become her rival.

But of course, in reality, we live in different worlds.

I get moody on my way back.

The truth is,

I want to shine brightly like she does.

But then it happened.

IMF.

I thought it had nothing to do with me.

As the school's become underfunded due to IMF,

we have decided to close down the Fencing Club.

Why would we do that?

Even pro baseball and basketball teams are being sold off.

What's the big deal about losing a high school fencing team?

What about us?

All the schools are cutting back

and are getting rid of teams that aren't successful.

No one will take you kids.

To be blunt…

it's not like you're Ko Yu-rim. Gosh.

Is Ko Yu-rim's school not getting rid of their team?

Why would they when they have her?

Idiot.

Fencing is very expensive.

I'm sure your families are struggling right now.

Find something else.

Go back to your classes starting tomorrow. Understood?

But sir.

You can't end it like this.

How could you crush our dreams like this?

SEON JUNG GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL

I didn't crush your dreams.

The times did.

The times.

Was it the times that crushed my dreams?

WHAT WILL YOU DO NOW? WILL YOU GIVE UP?

No. I will never give up.

But I don't know what to do.

BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO

IF YOUR WORLD IS GONE, GO TO HER WORLD

RYDER37, INJEOLMI

GO TO HER WORLD

To her world?

Hey, kid.

Yes?

The paper is ten minutes late.

This is a problem for people who start their day with the paper.

I'm sorry.

I couldn't take a dump because the paper didn't come.

Since I'm new here,

I started an hour earlier but I was still late.

-But these things happen. -What?

It's my first time here and my first time delivering papers.

-So what? -Everyone has a first day.

Today was mine, so it'll be just for today.

I won't be late anymore.

Here.

Have a nice day.