All time favourite drama
Honestly I am kind of late to write this review given long time has passed since I finished this drama. But I have re-watched this classic drama many times because even before I fell in love with korean dramas, this was the first drama that I adored. I personally like the Korean dramas more than Taiwanese dramas, However in this case Taiwanese version surpasses all the other versions.One sided crush of the female lead ,Yuan Xiang Qin, is sometimes intriguing to watch, sometimes it is heartbreaking to watch, sometimes its absolutely cute and sometimes you kind of hate the main lead Jiang Zhi Shu for not expressing his feelings clearly.
Though you do understand the struggle of male lead expressing his feelings emotionally. You can consider this opposite attracts because female lead is not that intelligent academically and male lead is kind of dumb when it comes to the emotions. Actually they both are at this extreme end at the intellectual level and emotional level, that their interactions are fun to watch. Side characters also shine in their own way wheather they are friends of female lead, family of male and female lead, or the second male lead and second female lead. After the female lead's and male lead's life intersect with each other as their parents are friends and they start living together due to earthquake, we get to see this slow burning romance between them as they live their daily lives.
This dram is sweet balance of comedy and emotional scenes. You care about each and every character. The whole drama consists of short stories as the characters start entering the leads life and these side character also have their own stories.
Without giving any spoilers, this drama is definitely a must watch.
Hope you find thos review usefull.
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Anyway, I do recommend this drama. I think you guys will enjoy this too. :)
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There are multiple remakes with the same story line, but ISWAK is by far the best. (Please completely skip over the Korean one -- "Playful Kiss", it's really awful.) Unlike the Korean version, the casting/acting here is excellent. Ariel Lin does a really great job of being the silly but still likeable main female lead, Yuan Xian Qin, and is perfect with Joe Cheng, who plays the cold-hearted/genius male lead, Zhang Zhi Shu. The second male lead, Ah Jin, is also extremely funny and played by the awesome actor Jiro Wang!
Plus, the OST is also amazing, especially the main theme, "Practical Joke". There also are a bunch of other background songs that fit perfectly, like "Hear" and "The Whole World Knows".
If you can't tell, I would highly highly recommend this drama! ^__^ It's happy and funny and filled with memorable characters!
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I loved the family in this drama the supporting cast being superb the mother provided some excellent comedy moments, all helped, I think by not having the ususal authoritative grandfather/father character to hinder their relationship; they do that themselves anyway.
All in all a sweet, cheerful, romantic comedy that in my humble opinion is one of the best TDramas out there.
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My favorite drama!
I love this drama, and yes, I am giving it 10/10 all across the board. I have seen every adaptation of this series, the anime, manga, taiwanese, korean and Japanese versions. I will continue to love it, and have seen it over 50 times. The story follows the manga pretty closely, the music is wonderful and catchy, and the actors are wonderful and have great chemistry.The Taiwanese and Japanese versions are 100x better then the Korean version, I would suggest skipping it as it doesn't cover even half of the story.
Definitely one of the best series I've ever seen, and I'm a huge romcom fan!
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I had a hard time finding links that would play the drama but I looked everywhere & finished it. Glad I did too b/c the end was the bestest!
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Nevertheless,it's a very interesting story between a guy with high IQ and a girl with high EQ.
Enjoyment - 10 (Because of their contrast character,it's really enjoyable to watch)
Soundtracks- 10
Story- 9.5
Rewatch Value - The story is really interesting so I've already watched all 3 versions from Korea,Japan and Taiwan but if you'll ask me which version has the most rewatch value,i'll go for Itazura Na Kiss(Kotoko and Naoki)
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The acting of the cast was okay, the chemistry wasn't sizzling like the japanese version! However, I loved the second male lead a lot here. He wasn't annoying and did not over exaggerate his acting like in the Japanese version (partially due to my bias for jiro wang keke). The male lead was also less cold than in the japanese version .
The music, well, I didn't pay much attention to the osts because they did not stand out. As for rewatch value, I think I would prefer rewatching the japanese version even though this couple was cute too.
Thought Itazura na kiss (Japanese version was better) but what I liked a lot about this version is that the female lead acknowledges the feelings of the second male lead.
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Best Classic Modern Drama Ever
We Watch this Drama every few years because it has so many good parts and the characters are very endearing. I hope the actors are getting their royalties from this drama. I continue to watch it over and over again every few years. This drama is the first or second on top of my recommend list for friend to watch. Along with Go princes Go, and Faith. Good clean entertainment. I continue to watch it over and over again every few years. This drama is the in the first top five, on top of my recommend list for friend to start watching. Along with Go princes Go, and Faith. Good clean entertainment.¿Te ha parecido útil esta reseña?
Like i said the acting was average and came off cheesy in most scenes, but it was just one of those things that just for some reason or another captivated me and kept me thoroughly entertained. I guess you could say i in some ways or another related to the main character Xiang Qin. A unrequited love throughout high school not knowing how to call it quits even when the other party does not seem the slightest bit interested. Now i can't say that i ever have lived with one of my crushes before but that was one of the things i loved the most about the story. Was how funny and out there it was.
I guess one of the main reasons why i loved this version so much is because of how much detail they put in the story line. IF you watch season 1 and 2 they cover from their high school years all the way up to the point they are old enough to go out there and try to chase the their careers. I also loved how the portrayed Zhi Shu's character. I thought Cheng Joe did an amazing job portraying that character. At least out of all the other male leads in the different versions of this drama. He was cold, mean, nasty at times and yet could be gentle, kindhearted and loving and not even know it. I will admit for the first time i watched this i absolutely hated his character. I kept thinking is there really a reason to make him so dang nasty all the time. But there was. Out of all the characters in this story he grew the most. From the first episode to the very last you could see how much his character had changed. And yet even though he had changed his character didn't end being one of those wishy washy characters that you just find annoying at the end of the series. Another thing i will give credit was they didn't add in a lot of cheesy dialogue where you are thinking oh my goodness please just end it already. I thought it was rightly timed and executed. It is really hard as well when making a romance to not have cheesy lines, because to most people anything romance related is pretty cheesy. Now i know a lot of people will disagree with my rating of this drama but at the end of the day, at the end of each episode i finished it with a smile on my face and constantly going back in for more. Now if that's not what you want an audience to feel then how should one feel after watching a romantic comedy? But again this is all in my humble opinion.
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I do think Joe Cheng has some room to improve, acting wise. I know the character is supposed to be cold and taciturn, but sometimes when he was supposed to be cold & taciturn while still showing some other kind of emotion, he failed. You could tell that something was supposed to be there, but his face just wasn't expressing it well enough.
But apart from that, he did a good job. When he needed to be loving and cute and protective, he could do that fine. The rest of the main cast was mostly fine (Tiffany Hsu is beautiful, although maybe add her to the Needs Improvement list too), and I do find Ariel Lin impossibly adorable.
30 episodes is always a bit long for a TV series. As someone who watches far more Korean and Japanese dramas than Taiwanese, by the 30th episode, i'm generally pretty happy for it to be over, no matter how much I've enjoyed it. But with this, while I was still happy for it to end, I'm still looking forward to watching the sequel. I like these characters, and i want to see them through their marriage.
Definitely worth watching.
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