Full of sensible and heartening messages, Thirty Nine took the viewers to emotional highs, genuine laughter and resonating life lessons.
Best shared with your friends and family, the series runs a dozen episodes only. Perfect for a scheduled binge watch. Trust me, the experience is such a gift.
K-Drama Review: “Thirty Nine” Treasures Life-Affirming Journey With True Friends
Thirty Nine traces the story of three friends. They first met when they were 18. Cha Mi-jo (Son Ye Jin), Jung Chan-young (Jeon Mi Do) and Jang Joo-hee (Kim Ji Hyun) have shared beautiful moments together.
However, an inevitable separation happens when Chan-young was diagnosed to be terminally ill.
While spending the numbered days of being together, they also come to terms to find love and pursue personal dreams and closures.
Along the way, the three friends have become part of each other. In their shared memories highlighted in the series, they left heartening lessons worth pondering.
1. Friendship is a gift.
Life presents us with different kinds of friendship circles. But the most special and worth keeping are lifetime friends.
They are the kind of friends that are willing to share meaningful memories. They give a kind of friendship that endures.
2. Shared love and memories make a family.
Touching on the topic of adoption, Thirty Nine provided an encouraging nod to influence people emotionally and financially capable of adoption.
More than that, it significantly expounded on the definition of family. Through Mi-jo’s story, the idea that a blood relationship can be outweighed by estrangement was emphasized.
Correspondingly, the shared love and beautiful memories among a family that is not blood-related were underlined.
3. Romantic love is measured by mutual devotion, not by a law declaration or family affirmation.
Presenting heartfelt love stories, the couples featured in the series confronted problems before sealing their respective romantic relationships.
Chan-young who was robbed of her one true love has to endure the thought that it soon will never last. While we understand Jin-suk’s desire to be acknowledged as her husband, it was later implied by Chan-young how she doesn’t care about binding papers.
Likewise, Mi-jo who received a straightforward message from the father of the man she loves that he’s not in favor of them being together accepts the opinion and respects it. But she remained firm on her love promise because she knows she was worthy enough to be with Sun-woo.
4. Fulfill a bucket list.
Whether it’s trivial or monumental, it’s nice to work on special projects in our lives. Thirty Nine‘s trio has incorporated their goals with each other in mind.
As we grow older, we tend to lose interest in things or activities we used to like. That’s why it’s important that we always have something to look forward to.
5. Leave a toxic job.
Joo-hee and Hyun-jun both aspire to have a lifetime career that can keep their sanity. Having had enough of the pressure of working as company employees, they brave the choice to go become the bosses of their jobs.
Starting a new career at 40 could be a little daunting but life is too short to have a job that does not make you happy.
6. There’s no age limit in setting a goal and finding love.
Life can be too short or too long to be explored depending on how you make it interesting each day. No need to fret if goals and love are not manifesting at some point in your life, there’s always a right time for everything.
7. Give the best you can for your parents when you have the resources.
It’s always a blessing to return the unconditional love our parents gave us. Those we know about and those that we don’t know of.
If resources permit us to dote on them, then, by all means, do it.
8. Love the life you live.
While it’s hard to do this every time, finding the silver lining to moments of life setbacks is a lifetime commitment.
We are the main actors in our own lives so we can always drive it to meaningful memories and happy endings.
9. Time and effort are the best things you can gift to your loved ones.
Not money or material things, but time and effort make our relationship with our friends and family thrive.
Celebrate life and friendship in Thirty Nine. In case you haven’t caught up on it yet, you can watch it on Netflix!
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