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I admit, I absolutely didn't expect to love OTH as much as I did. I read loads of different and very contradictive reviews about this show before watching it myself, some people said it was nice and cute, other people said it was the biggest trash they've ever seen and the most cheesy/unrealistic show about young people ever made. And as someone who already learnt my lesson about never listening to reviews before watching/reading something myself because they can make you baised even before you got to form a proper opinion on a subject, I decided that first and foremost I need to see the show to judge on it. And surprizingly, I ended up getting very attached to it and more invested in it than I was in any of the modern shows, which I confess didn't provoke any emotional reactions in me. With OTH on the other hand I felt a rather strong connection to characters and I found the story and their struggles, although somewhere forced and not always portrayed in an accurate manner, pretty relatable and this show ended up being one of the only shows where I could route for all the characters at different points. I know there are shows with a better reputation that are considered more intellegent but I always felt like those shows lacked the heart that OTH had and maybe for that reason I could never get emotionally invested in them the way I did with this show.
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