I have second lead syndrome. Sun-ho's girlfriend probably dumped him because he was a player, but he's genuine toward Hae-yi. I know she doesn't like him and would've dated him only for his money (lmao), but I enjoy their friendship and the casual way they speak to each other because they're donggap both in the drama and in real life.

I believe ex-boyfriend Jae-hyuk was genuine too when he wanted to get back together; it's just that Hae-yi kept drawing the line between them, so he said hurtful things he didn't mean. It was understandable why he broke up with her because she had no time to spend with him, and her crying after every one of their conversations showed she still had feelings for him.

Bae In-hyuk is miscast in this drama to me. Nothing about him screams cheerleader or cheerful, so his flamboyance on stage feels out of his comfort zone. I know Jung-woo and Hae-yi bonded over having single parents, but I had to check how many episodes Cheer Up had because they liked each other quick.

I wish the writer had named Hokyung University Gokyung since we all know it's Korea University. (https://youtu.be/IcQyolazoxU) Every time Theia sings "Yonhee," I sing "Yonsei." Ha-jin's a girl crush, but I assumed Woon-chan and Sun-ja were mistaken about her and Jung-woo dating when Ha-jin coolly admitted to the kiss and told Hae-yi she didn't have to keep it secret.

Yoo-min's accident should've been part of the prophecies because now it just looks like someone trying to kill off the cheerleading team instead of the third prophecy coming true. I'm so impressed with the freshmen's majors pre-med and mechanical engineering and wonder how they can practice while studying. The parallel between their alcoholic and smoker moms connects Sun-ho and Hae-yi
with both kids disapproving of their vices.

My favorite character is Hae-yi's younger brother. Lee Min-jae is perfect in this role. Jae-yi can cook, is at the top of his class, and wants to help out his family by working part-time. He's a catch and underappreciated.

A big thanks for the weecap, @Dramaddictally!

@dramaddictally thank you for the weecap. The picture choices are great; looking at you matching ridiculous over the top Captain outfits.
I agree on the mum’s with issues theme while two of the mums go all out to hide their problems from their children and others, Jungwoo’s mum drops herself in it with the most pointless phone call ever while playing cards.

I am finding this an ok watch but there are too many places I am struggling to suspend my disbelief so I am not fully engaged in the story.

Exhibit one: The PPL misstep Haeyi’s family are poor but her mum prioritises the beauty instrument over funding her son’s academy fees? It would have been much better to have Sunho’s mum using it as she is clearly able to afford expensive items including premium alcohol.

Exhibit two: Haeyi holds the book to block the sunlight we can clearly see the window blind cord behind her, she is at work and is a busy bee. It would have been more realistic for her to have pulled the blind down and been about to get back to work when he woke so they could still have had the conversation and it would have fitted with her character Miss practical.

Exhibit three: The whole undercover ops in the other University was just silly as there were people walking around without the Uni jackets so why go to the trouble of getting the disguise to then be super obvious about strolling around. They are freshmen so it would make sense that they are still unfamiliar with the place so no one would suspect them and yet they seemed to know where to go.

Exhibit four: They are throwing in a lot of false leads on the potential killer and the motives for the killing. Is it a man or a woman? The killer had so much time to escape but were still in the room while Jungwoo had time to ask Haeyi if she was ok before running to a room where someone should be on duty to monitor the equipment all the time. The team member with glasses Minjae, what is his role in the set up? They keep showing him as bitter, in Rookie cops it was the cold and detached person who was an undercover investigator. We saw that we missed what he said and it was the jealous girl who gave the info on Haeyi’s lie about the reason she had missed practice.

Exhibit five: With Haeyi’s personality, I can’t believe she is not engaging with any of the students in her classes so would be dependent on someone she didn’t know for the assignment details. This is set in 2019, so all the assignments etc. info would be available online from before the first class takes place…so surely she would have asked someone to notify her about which group she was in if they weren’t pre assigned.

Thankfully the scary bits are not proper scary so far so I am able to stick with this as an ‘I needed the bean’ watch.

this drama is hitting all the right notes for me. it has everything I love the most in a romcom, from the college setup to the lead's chemistry. the tropes are there, but I'm 100% on board with everything. I hope the romance starts soon.

if I had to complain about one thing is that the guy who plays the second lead is just doing nothing for me. I can see what he's supposedly representing, but there's no charisma at all there. its interesting that bae inhyuk played a similar ""playboy type"" for roomate is a gumiho, but it was way better lol

The epoxied door and the text death threats make me think -- there are these people called "police" . Sometime you should call them. I will be far out into unable-to-suspend-disbelief territory if we don't see them early in the next episode.

I am surprised that I enjoy watching this show so far. Its the typical college setup for a romcom but the prophecy mystery throws it off a little. I like the underdog aspect of the cheer dance team and so badly want them to succeed against all odds and even third prophecy.
On the romance front, I think that it was really quick for the leads to like each other considering HaeYi seems to have lingering feelings for her ex. Plus Jung Woo seems to have unresolved something for Yoo Min. I suspect that is part of the reason that HaJin felt lonely when they were still in a relationship. (On a side note, I thought it would be fun if the story centered on the cheer dance school rivalry and show how the two cheer dance captains find themselves in a secret relationship. I want to watch that drama).
Anyhow, I am still enjoying the interactions between JW and HY. We are shown how HY realize that she likes JW. Thanks Sun Ho for that question btw, since it made her think of the real score.
Re Sun Ho, i am sure that he has a story of his own but for now lets just say that I am not sympathetic to him. Also I like how Woon Chan is also inadvertently counting Sun Ho's strike outs with Hae Yi as he watches a game on his phone. Sun Ho hates him everytime he does that and I cheer everytime he gets annoyed.
The mystery so far is the weak link for me. I just hope they have a good story for that to make it worthwhile sitting through those scenes.

I'm not a big fan of the FL... half of her life is happening in her head. Like for her ex-boyfriend, it was sad that she heard what he said. But he was having a converstion with a friend and wanted to spend more time with his girlfriend, I understand she felt hurt but she could talk to him, but instead she ghosted him, then broke up with him in public and humiliated him. After that, he was kinda a jerk.

Clearly, her situation impacts her a lot, she has a lot of insecurities. If it's nice she cares about her brother, she's almost like these crazy mothers who want their son to be the first in class.

What is she doing in theology?

The curse and the guy who tried to hurt her like the last girl are not interesting at all. There are so many real themes they could adress instead.

The cheerlader thing looks kinda ridiculous. I don't understand the principle. I think the music alone was more motivating than the weird costumes and moves, I guess it's a cultural difference :p

The mothers are funny.

Still enjoying the show. It has a lot of spunkiness and cute to it. I like the leader of Hokyung. She seems like quite a chill person. The attempts to murder people I'm not a fan of, but I they always put that into the mix. I like the energy of the cheering squads as well, although honestly, it appears that they both do exactly the same routine no matter the song, but that's okay. It's all about the pride you have in your school. It has a sort of high school flair to it, at least to mine, where we all cheered and had fun in the stands, even when our school was getting destroyed in the actual football game, hehe.

Oh by the way, the guy messing with the lights isn't loosening it -- he/she is tightening it, using the control to wind up the thing so tight that the metal fatigues and breaks, causing the light to fall.

I still enjoy the show, the lightness and fun are infectious, the mystery part is absolutely harmless in comparison.

Whenever I see the group on stage, I'm glad I don't have to wear those extremely colourful costumes.

Here I am definitely not in danger of suffering from SL syndrome, although this is very rare for me anyway. But compared to ML, SML is still a boy. On top of that, I find his stubbornness unpleasant, even if he became a more sympathetic in episode 4.

Jung Shin-hye is way too nice . Drama laws say she should be the Mean Girl . I think this will be a mess in the long run. I’ll tune in next week.

I found myself FFing through the cheer scenes in order to see the characters interact. I'm enjoying the FL and staying for her. The mystery part is mildly interesting. Not sure if I prefer the first or second ML which is unusual as I'm fairly quick to pick a side!

My thought while watching was that Jung-woo didn’t publicly call out the coffee spiller because they were about to perform. That kind of direct sabotage would have been emotionally jarring and thrown everyone off.

What a bunch of cheerful episodes! I actually quite enjoyed the pep rally, uniform and the vibrance. I Think its nice to see college kids feeling energized by performances, made me very nostalgic.

I like the leads and look forward to slow progression of romance! But I am equally interested in all the characters! And YES, we need the 2 mommy drinking session! lol.. It would be a hoot.

goodness! Cannot believe someone willingly cut off that light.. it is an attempt at murder. Looks like we have some seniors who are not part of the university involved still in the matters.

I loved the characters in their uniforms, they look amazing in it! I cant wait to see upcoming performances!