TV series

The Time of Fever

2024 · 1 season

A tender, aching slow-burn about two boys hiding pain behind perfect grades and easy jokes, quietly devastating and intimate.

Overview: Donghee hides abuse behind perfect grades. Hotae hides feelings behind jokes. Under the same roof, everything starts to unravel.
How it feels: Melancholic, tense, warm and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Identity, trauma, love, isolation
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
trauma
love
isolation
family
Places: home
school
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Genres: drama
Created by: Phobe
Written by: Shin Ji-an
Starring: Won Tae-min, Han Do-woo, Gongchan, Lee Eun-ju, Lee Yoo-jung, Lee Woo-tae
Length: 1 seasons, 6 episodes, 20 min each
Network: TVING
Country: South Korea
Languages: Korean