The first episode of the hit K-Drama (2022) introduces a nostalgic story of youth, ambition, and the impact of the late 90s financial crisis. The episode follows two timelines:

Kim Min-chae, a 15-year-old dancer, quits ballet and runs away to her grandmother's house. There, she finds her mother’s teenage diary, which transports the story back to the past.

Na Hee-do (played by Kim Tae-ri) is a passionate 18-year-old fencer whose dreams are threatened when her school dissolves its fencing club due to South Korea’s IMF financial crisis. Key Highlights of Episode 1

To keep her dream alive, Hee-do is determined to transfer to Taeyang High School, where her idol and gold medalist Go Yu-rim trains.

Hee-do meets 22-year-old Baek Yi-jin (played by Nam Joo-hyuk), a news vendor whose family was also ruined by the financial crisis. Their first meeting involves a humorous argument over a newspaper and a damaged comic book.

You can stream the entire series, including Episode 1, on Netflix .