Our Blooming Youth, or: Every Crown Prince needs besties like these

Saya and Paroma pick apart Our Blooming Youth and pore over its bests and not-so-best things. Bests include: Park Hyung-shik and Jeon So-nee. Dissatisfactions include: plot lapses, villains with unconvincing motives.Erratum: Saya's first Park Hyung-shik drama was Nine (2013).Tell us your thoughts in a voice note here: TIMESTAMP:00:01:52 When fandom doesn't feel the way you do 00:07:43 Character development vs. plot00:14:20 Unwinding the villains 00:23:56 Heir vs. King vs. Court00:32:58 A Crown Prince needs his besties. ALL of them. And we need Myung-jin. 00:41:49 The writing of Jae-yi00:52:51 Born to rule?01:02:09 Other tortured crown prince dramasMORE EPISODES YOU'LL LIKE:Episode 151: Our Blooming Youth is bringing back memories of Park Hyung-sik in Hwarang (Spoiler-free first impressions)Episode 138: The Red Sleeve: A king's favourite concubine who belonged to herselfNEWSLETTER:Join our email list for the monthly newsletter with podcast announcements and special episodes!PATRONS:SPECIAL THANK YOU to our beloved patrons for another year of helping us light the lanterns to sail our ship!Join our Patreon here! ❤︎ You can also support us by leaving a review on your podcast app, or sharing the episode with friends! ❤︎SOCIAL:Follow us on Twitter @dramasoverflow and Instagram @dramasoverflowers_.Email us at dramasoverflowers@gmail.com.CREDITS:This episode was edited by Saya.