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Twinkling Watermelon

★ 8.8 17K votes 2023–2023 1 season · 16 episodes Ended tvN
Time travelTime manipulation as a core mechanic.This show: 9/10K-dramaKorean drama storytelling: emotional arcs, romance beats and format traditions.This show: 9/10Music sceneMusicians, bands and the industry behind them.This show: 8/10NostalgicTrades on longing for a past era, in the story or around it.This show: 8/10Coming of ageGrowing up as the central arc.This show: 8/10SentimentalOpenly emotional storytelling that reaches straight for the heartstrings.This show: 7/10TearjerkerEngineered to make you cry, and it works.This show: 7/10Family sagaBonds and fractures across generations of one family.This show: 7/10
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Starring
RyeounSeol In-ahLee Su-ChanKwon Do-HyungKim Ye-jiLee Ha-min
Starring
RyeounSeol In-ahLee Su-ChanKwon Do-HyungKim Ye-jiLee Ha-min
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Votes per Episode
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About

"A son becomes his father's unlikely bandmate"

A CODA teenager who communicates in sign language for his deaf parents suddenly finds himself thrown back to 1995, where he meets his own father as a struggling teen guitarist. Forming a band together, he tries to quietly nudge his dad's life toward happiness without revealing who he really is. It's a warm, nostalgic mix of time-travel fantasy, coming-of-age music drama, and family melodrama, carried by earnest performances, catchy original songs, and a sincere emotional core about connection across generations and disability.

Watch it for

the tender, music-driven bond between a son and the teenage father he never knew.

Maybe skip if

you find slow-burn nostalgia dramas or heavy sentimentality hard to sit through.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12023
8.77K1617h 18m
Eun-gyeol, a seemingly ordinary high school student, leads a clandestine double life. By day, he is a model student, but by night, he becomes a guitarist for a band in Hongdae. Unexpectedly, he travels back in time. Together, they form a band called 'Watermelon Sugar' and forge a deep bond. Along the way, Eun-gyeol encounters an enigmatic girl and falls in love. This tale intertwines elements of coming-of-age, fairytales, and magic, creating a captivating story of growth and self-discovery.
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Passion Is Born8.1
53366 min
▶2Eun Gyeol Quits Music8.2
44870 min
▶3Seoul 19958.3
44160 min
▶4Eun Gyeol Becomes Yi Chan's Tutor8.4
42064 min
▶5Se Gyeong Leaves the Country8.4
41564 min
▶6Se Gyeong Returns8.4
40362 min
▶7Where Are You Eun Gyeol?8.6
40867 min
▶8I Found Ha Eun Gyeol8.9
42764 min
▶9Friendship or Love?8.7
40360 min
▶10Let Yourself Twinkle8.8
42061 min
▶11Dangerous Rehearsal8.9
40364 min
▶12The Day of Decision8.7
39064 min
▶13The Final Festival9.1
42465 min
▶14Another Time Traveller9.1
45265 min
▶15The Hints9.0
40367 min
▶16Everything You Hoped for and More9.3
53975 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Ryeoun Ha Eun-gyeol
Seol In-ah Choi Se-kyeong, On Eun-yoo
Lee Su-Chan No Se-beom
Kwon Do-Hyung Yoon Joo-yeob
Kim Ye-ji Lee Mi-ra
Lee Ha-min Lee Si-gook
Choi Hyun-wook I-chan
Shin Eun-soo Yoon Cheong-ah
Choi Won-young Ha Yi-chan (old)
Koo Jun-hoe Goo Joon-hyeong

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