Over 10 years since this series was released and I'm only just seeing it. My reason for seeing it is a very sad but still a happy one, which is why I add the word *"Bittersweet"* to my review title. Nobody recommended the series and I'm definitely not reviewing it to recommend to others but I've got too much to say about the series not to review it.
First off, it's a short series that kinda introduces the K-Pop boy band **"ASTRO"** to the world as the cast is mainly the boys in the band and **"Kim Sae-ron"**, a Korean actress. I read that series won the band awards that brought them out more after their debut as a kpop band. It's a series that tell their story in a fantasy way but there's more now.
**"To Be Continued"** is a 12 episode but very short series as each episode is less than 15 mins, released in 2015 and starred by ***Kim Sae-ron, Cha Eun-woo, Moon-Bin, Mj, Jin Jin, Rocky, Yoon San-ha*** and other supporting characters. The series is in fantasy and comedy genres as the characters time travel to a time they needed.
*Three friends in a boyband time travels to a time when two of their group members were in bad terms that led to one of them leaving the group two years before their debut. A female friend of theirs who also time travelled back tried to have them make peace with each other but efforts were meant with difficulty from the two parties.*
Now, I'll share my reason for seeing this series and the first is because of **Kim Sae-ron**, who played characters in two other series of hers I've seen, **"High School Love-On" and "Bloodhounds"**. Her innocent and calm appearance even when she tried to act with a more serious look in "Bloodhounds". For me, she's a second to none.
Seeing her in this series was both sad and beautiful as I saw it after being aware that she's no more. The news of her death earlier this year was heartbreaking for me as it involved another favourite actor of mine. I saw this series to see her again, say a final goodbye and appreciate her.
To make this series even more heartbreaking, I learnt of the death of **"Moon-Bin"** before I saw it. I found myself looking for traces of death in their actions forgetting it's all scripted and that was like over 10 years ago when they never thought or knew how they'll pass away. I didn't know much about Moon-Bin until **Cha Eun-woo** cried for him.
He was a member of the kpop group, ASTRO and I only got to know of the group after his death. Then I saw this series, watch his actions and even loved his smiles but the sad feeling knowing he's no more hit harder. I saw a clip of him and Sae-ron acting as good friends and him wishing for more from her, I literally had tears in my eyes.
I'm not saying much about the series itself but I can not end this review without mentioning my appreciation about seeing **"Seo Kang-joon"** in the story. I've loved his acting since **"Are You Human Too?"** and **"Undercover High School"**. He starred in this story as a funny, jobless and unserious brother of the female lead who later got serious.
I totally loved a song they sang in this series, I'm actually saving an episode to re-listen to the song as I can't seem to find it to download. The dance were amazing too, I had a good feel to see how the band bonded and became the ASTRO they are today even though I don't follow them up.
https://youtu.be/dAuv7vHhITc?si=0Ay4f_N5Gdc3H1wq
Like I said, I'm not recommending the series because I saw it for reasons which I've shared but it's worth giving kudos for the thought behind releasing this as a series for fans to look back to. Even in their acting, I wasn't quite satisfied with how Sae-ron was made to be a character with very low morale but still a strong instrument to bring the dying band back to one for their debut.
Over all, it's just another short series but gave me a bittersweet feeling that I do appreciate. **5/10**.
**Images are from Imdb.**