Truly the comfort drama I didn't know I needed. 🥹❤️🩹
A common trope in youth media is the misunderstanding of parents. Twinkling Watermelon forces an intimate understanding. By meeting his father Yi-chan in 1995, Eun-gyeol learns that his father was once a loud, energetic, and slightly chaotic romantic—not the serious, stoic man he knows. This realization relieves Eun-gyeol of the burden of "repaying" his parents for their sacrifice. He realizes they are individuals who deserved their own youth, not just martyrs for his sake. Twinkling Watermelon