Twinkling Watermelon
“One's youth is like twinkling watermelons. It is just there to shine.”
A CODA (child of deaf adult) student born with a gift for music crash lands at an unfamiliar place after time traveling through a suspicious music shop. There, he forms the band Watermelon Sugar with other mysterious youths.
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Cast
Ryeoun
Choi Hyun-wook
Seol In-a
Shin Eun-soo
Choi Won-young
Seo Young-hee
Jung Sang-hoon
Cheon Ho-jin
Goh Doo-shim
Kim Joo-ryoung
Bong Jae-hyun
Koo Jun-hoe
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Seasons
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.
1.Passion Is Born
10.025-09-202365mEun-gyeol and his family move into a new neighborhood. He meets a man who offers to teach him how to play the guitar, and Eun-gyeol works hard to learn it. As he deals with bullies...
2.Eun-gyeol Quits Music
9.726-09-202369mEun-gyeol tries his best to quit music, but it's not easy for him to do. He gets scouted to join SPINE9, an indie band in Hongdae. To make things worse, he finally gets his hands o...
3.Seoul 1995
9.702-10-202359mEun-gyeol gets stuck in 1995 and doesn't know how to return to the present. What's worse is that he meets his young father, Yi-chan, who can talk and wants to start a band to impre...
4.Eun-gyeol Becomes Yi-chan's Tutor
9.703-10-202363mEun-gyeol encounters Se-gyeong in her teens and learns a few things about her life that don't make sense in the future. Meanwhile, Yi-chan meets Chung-ah for the first time, but sh...
5.Se-gyeong Leaves the Country
9.709-10-202363mEun-gyeol resolves to stop the accident that caused Yi-chan to become deaf and clings to him, vowing to teach him everything he needs to know. He even promises to gift him the band...
6.Se-gyeong Returns
9.210-10-202362mEveryone is confused at Se-gyeong's return, especially Eun-gyeol, who sternly warns her to stay away from Yi-chan. However, it doesn't work, and Se-gyeong approaches Yi-chan with d...
7.Where Are You Eun-gyeol?
9.716-10-202366mChung-ah wakes up, realizing she's lying on a hospital bed, with the revelation that Yi-chan carried her there on his back. Later, Yi-chan learns her name from her tag for the firs...
8.I Found Ha Eun-gyeol
10.017-10-202363mEun-gyeol wakes up at the house of the Jinsung Family after the accident. He finds out that Chung-ah was the daughter of Chairman Yoon Gun-hyung. Meanwhile, Yi-chan is hospitalized...
9.Friendship or Love?
10.023-10-202359mAstounded by Eun-gyeol's candid love confession for Se-gyeong, Yi-chan retaliates with a spirited punch. Eun-gyeol's attempts at self-defense lead to Yi-chan having a bleeding nose...
10.Let Yourself Twinkle
10.024-10-202360mEun-gyeol can't hide his feelings for Se-gyeong and ends up kissing her. Chung-ah's stepmother calls Eun-gyeol separately and tells him to quit before he teaches Chung-ah sign lang...
11.Dangerous Rehearsal
10.030-10-202363mAs the festival draws near, the boys are intensely focused on fine-tuning their band performance. Meanwhile, Eun-gyeol reflects on a pivotal clue related to a potential accident le...
12.The Day of Decision
10.031-10-202363mEun-gyeol successfully cancels the rehearsal and prevents Yi-chan from getting seriously hurt. Chairman Yoon extends the contract with Eun-gyeol and changes the terms and condition...
13.The Final Festival
10.006-11-202364mAs the enchanting glow of their festival fades, Eun-gyeol and Eun-yu acknowledge the depth of their feelings, hoping for a lasting connection. Meanwhile, the anticipated disbandmen...
14.Another Time Traveler
10.007-11-202364mEun-gyeol and Se-gyeong realize that they’re both time travelers. He learns that Se-gyeong also had a mission to accomplish while she was in 1995. Eun-gyeol finds out that Chung-ah...
15.The Hints
10.013-11-202366mEun-yu drops clues about Yi-chan's real hearing loss incident to Eun-gyeol. Knowing that Eun-gyeol tends to shoulder blame for everything, she pledges to support him through this t...
16.Everything You Hoped for and More
10.014-11-202374mYi-chan gets hit by a car and loses his hearing. Master tells Eun-gyeol to go back to his time, but he refuses, determined to catch the guy who hit Yi-chan. Se-gyeong convinces Eun...