Twenty Five Twenty One
Twenty Five Twenty One Episode Ratings Heatmap
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| S1 | 8.5 | 8.1 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 8.8 | 9.1 | 8.4 | 8.9 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 7.7 |
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"Youthful ambition and first love against hard times"
Set in South Korea in the late 1990s amid the aftermath of the Asian financial crisis, this coming-of-age romance follows a driven teenage fencer chasing an Olympic dream and a young man forced to abandon his own future when his family's fortune collapses. Told partly through a framing device looking back on the friendship, it's warm, nostalgic, and full of youthful energy, mixing sports-drama grit with slow-burn romantic tension. The pacing is unhurried and character-driven, leaning on charming performances and era-specific detail rather than plot twists, though its final stretch has divided viewers.
the charming lead performances and nostalgic, era-specific coming-of-age atmosphere.
you want a tidy, universally beloved ending rather than a bittersweet one.
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All Seasons
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
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| ▶ | 1 | Episode #1.1 | 8.1 | 498 | 75 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | Episode #1.2 | 8.4 | 365 | — | |
| ▶ | 3 | Episode #1.3 | 8.3 | 340 | — | |
| ▶ | 4 | Episode #1.4 | 8.7 | 336 | — | |
| ▶ | 5 | Episode #1.5 | 8.6 | 334 | — | |
| ▶ | 6 | Episode #1.6 | 8.8 | 360 | — | |
| ▶ | 7 | Episode #1.7 | 9.1 | 427 | — | |
| ▶ | 8 | Episode #1.8 | 8.4 | 344 | — | |
| ▶ | 9 | Episode #1.9 | 8.9 | 380 | — | |
| ▶ | 10 | Episode #1.10 | 8.5 | 361 | — | |
| ▶ | 11 | Episode #1.11 | 8.4 | 302 | — | |
| ▶ | 12 | Episode #1.12 | 8.8 | 334 | — | |
| ▶ | 13 | Episode #1.13 | 8.6 | 319 | — | |
| ▶ | 14 | Episode #1.14 | 8.6 | 326 | — | |
| ▶ | 15 | Episode #1.15 | 8.6 | 308 | — | |
| ▶ | 16 | Episode #1.16 | 7.7 | 494 | — |