"20th Century Girl" takes audiences back to 1999, introducing a 17-year-old high school student with a truly golden heart. This bright and positive teen, an active member of her school's broadcasting club, embarks on an unusual mission for her best friend. When her smitten best friend departs for the U.S. to undergo heart surgery, she entrusts our protagonist with a crucial task: to observe and gather every possible detail about a popular classmate she has a crush on. Diligently, the protagonist begins keeping close tabs on the boy, meticulously tracking his every move as a favor to her friend. However, as she immerses herself in this covert observation, an unforeseen romantic twist emerges. She unexpectedly finds herself falling in love with the very person she's supposed to be researching, leading to a heartwarming and complicated tale of friendship, loyalty, and first love in the late 20th century.
Other names: 20세기 소녀, 이십세기 소녀, 20segi Sonyeo, Isibsegi Sonyeo, The Twentieth Century Girl
Genres: Friendship, melodrama, Romance