Reviews

I must say, going into this I wasn't quite sure what I was getting myself into. I like George Hu and I've seen enough of Park Shin Hye to know she's a good actress, so I thought I'd watch this.
Personally, the acting was spot on. George Hu and everybody else did a really good job. From what I've seen of Park Shin Hye, I always seem to watch the dramas where she plays a VERY naive innocent kind of girl, which is not a problem because she's good at it.
The only thing that REALLY bugged me about this drama was the voice-over they had to do for Park Shin Hye. Because of that, I probably won't watch it again (at least not any time soon), but this was an enjoyable venture for me. The story was cute, the characters were well-adapted (I've never seen anything of the manga or anime, so I really have nothing to compare this to, but oh, well), and the script had just the right balance of touching, goofy, serious, and downright facepalm moments. I'd definitely recommend it if you like silly and somewhat ridiculous plot lines with a few touching moments on the side.

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Story: Well the story is basically about an arrogant celebrity who thought that the whole world revolved around him and a regular person who is obsessed with a fictional manga character who teaches him that not everybody is in love with him. This drama is just to funny and I really recommend people to see this drama to know what I am talking about. JUST READ THE TOP FOR MORE INFO. I DON"T WANT TO SPOIL IT.

Acting: I love Jiro and Rainie's chemistry that they have in this drama, it's just to much for my life to handle. When I was watching this all I thought about was that I needed Jiro in my life that's how much I loved their acting. The directors couldn't have picked a much better cast then them.

Music: I really liked the opening and closing theme song from this drama. Maybe because it's from Fahrenheit (JIRO'S BAND)

Rewatch: Heck yeah. I believe that I watched this drama for about 8 times that I already know which part my favorite parts are at. Sorry if I confused you.

All in all I really recommend this drama. It is a MUST WATCH.

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Wow... where to begin. First of all, if you have never watched a historical drama before, i suggest watching this. Why? Because i think this is the type of drama almost everyone will like, and has a happy, cute ending(one of the best endings for a drama I've seen).

Second, I absolutely loved the actors in this. They were all so amazing and into their parts, that you will feel the love for the good characters, and hate the bad ones.

However, I did have some problems with this drama. Although i gave it a rating of 9, I thought some parts in this drama were a little boring. Honestly, I think they could've made this a 16 episode drama. If you feel the same way though, I advise you to not skip over parts anyway because they could explain whats going on.

You wont regret watching this! :)

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Good God, this series has been my life for the past week or so. My laptop was practically attached to my hip so I wouldn't have to stop watching the episodes. I'm not normally a huge fan of dramas since they're usually cliched or predictable, but I really LOVED this one. To the point that I stayed up until 5 in the morning because I could not stop.

This drama was a wonderful mix of different elements from family drama to romance to corporate scheming. The cast and character dynamics were just fantastic- I adored Jingfan and Xie Chuang's relationship! That being said, the romance was still my favorite part. Yang Mi and Hawick Lau are flawless; my otp in real life and in the show! Hawick's portrayal of a flippant playboy was great and his chemistry with Yang Mi's character had me flailing in happiness because they were just so darn cute.

I laughed. I cried. I fangirled. I very nearly threw my laptop across the room in anger. And then I repeat the cycle as I rewatch the series for the third (or is it fourth?) time. Seriously, I cannot gush enough about this drama and I highly, HIGHLY recommend!

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I am left pleasantly surprised with this drama that I was driven to write some review after not having done one for some time. I thought I’ve fully relegated this on the back burner, forgotten, and almost stricken-out from my unrecorded plan-to-watch-list. After all, how can one ignore such blatant outrages, rants, and negativity within reviews and comments for this drama’s page? I did exactly that, ignored the BIG “NOT RECOMMENDED” sign, because I was kinda bored and in a slump that I just kept on starting a few episodes here and there and still feeling restless.

I thought to myself, this drama is so negative, why don’t I try to see the “why” for myself, and find the answer. I was just curious as to how my own reactions will be. While watching every episode, I was always on the lookout and waiting for the “light bulb” moment of “Ah! This must be what they were ranting on about!”

Such things as “confusing”, “repetitive”, “dragging”, “failed characterization”, “lacks background stories”, “plot holes”, “terrible, rushed, unexplainable ending”, “horrible writing”, “waste of time”, etc…

I couldn’t find enough justification to agree on all these negative outputs. Instead I simply discovered a beautiful story, infused with serious moral issues (got touches of My Sister's Keeper and Biscuit Teacher), consistent characters that had me invested, development that is well paced, believable conflicts and angst, great sense of humor, facets of love from every minute angle (imagine everyone, including side characters is presented with their own take or slice of love).

In the end, I hardly had any breaks while watching until I finished all 16eps of it. I wasn’t left with any lingering questions either, every episode made sense to me. And the wrap-up and finale was all fine; the drama stuck to its whimsical nature, because it gave me the same feeling that it did in its very first episode, with the “first encounter” and the “body-switch”.

I wasn’t too bothered or concerned that the drama supposedly didn’t show “this” or “ that” because they were not really crucial to the point of the story. Sometimes, the conclusions were pretty much obvious because the words have already been said, and even the unsaid were also quite obvious from the characters behavior, so that to show them play out “returns”, “reunions”, “confessions”, or “confrontations” will end up being redundant.

I’m plenty happy with the cast; they surely breathed the right tone for the drama. The music played out well but I honestly can’t bring up anything memorable. I feel that I may even re-watch this in the future. Likely, I’ll be skipping a lot of Jang Ma Ri scenes ‘coz once is surely enough exposure. I can give this an overall rating of ‘9’ for a first-time watch, and then it falls to an average of ‘8’ after that.

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The second I found out about this drama was about two best friends falling in love, I just knew I'd love it. I am very happy it turned out just the way I expected it to be. I guess we all have different tastes when it comes to the types of love stories that we love and for me- nothing beats the concept of two best friends falling for each other.

I have to say that's all this drama is about. There's no real story or plot in it apart from their own realization of their feelings. It's only about the two awesome people- Chen You Qing & Li Da Ren's journey till the end. While it may be slow and boring for some, I'd say people in their 20's or 30's can actually relate to a lot in this drama. It has a lot of quotable dialogues and the thoughts of the characters were quite realistic and meaningful. The narrated thoughts of the "mature woman" was such a wonderful concept to appeal to the older viewers. I also have to mention the telephone calls between You Qing & Da Ren. They were perfect and the best parts of the entire drama.

This happens to be the simplest drama that I know of. Things didn't happen in the drama just to make it interesting. The writer seemed to know his characters very well. I especially loved You Qing- she was selfish and at the same time someone you could root for. She was an almost anti-heroine compared to other drama heroines in existence. Li Da Ren was almost perfect to the point he seemed to make this drama seem more like a fairytale. Ironically, he was the most unrealistic thing about this realistic drama. Or so I think. :D

Anyway, I love Ariel Lin and I'm glad she nailed her role. She really put on a spectacular performance, be it acting at times arrogant or being emotional. She was able to convey it all. I think Berlin Chen suited his role but I wish he was able to bring a little more expressions since most of them seemed repetitive. Among the supporting cast I liked Henry in spite of him being the bad guy.

The music of the drama was pretty good too. The only place it is lacking is the inconsistent direction after episode 8 and for being longer than it was necessary. I felt myself very tired during the last few episodes and as much as I was loving it, I couldn't wait for it to end already.

However I am going to remember this drama for a long time. I will watch it again in its entirety once again someday. Maybe. This is very highly recommend.

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When I started watching this, I kept in mind that the whole drama was going to be a little different than most k-dramas (no company politics, thank God--a nice change, if anything).

From the reviews, I got the idea that this was a slow-paced love story between two friends that was years in the making. I loved how this was realistically handled, although there were some inevitable clichés that come hand in hand with the best-friends-turned-lovers storyline.

From the beginning, you realize that, while the two main leads are extremely close (they've been friends for 30 years, as they like to say), they didn't feel for each other romantically. Or, at least, they were able to suppress those feelings because they were so comfortable with each other that you barely noticed the sexual tension lying there under the surface. Moving in together (not really spoiler-ish since it happens early in the drama) only heightened the levels of sexual tension and made them aware of each other in *that* other way. But -the way I see it- it was there all along.

I really enjoyed the close friendship between all the other characters (mostly the main leads' college friends) and the way each of them became a significant character that got its own camera time. It wasn't annoying that they explored other characters' own storylines; I even found myself sometimes waiting for them to appear because they were just as important as the main leads to me.

The acting was great: Lee Jung Jin & Soo Ae had loads of chemistry and were able to convey the air of two people that were incredibly comfortable with each other. The rest of the cast was great as well.

The music, I'm sad to say, was pretty generic k-drama music that sounds eerily familiar (like, you've heard variations of it only a billion times in different dramas).

I have to mention one last thing though. I thought the last episode was a little abrupt, and the major reason this drama earned itself a 'very good' rating instead of anything better. The conflict that kept the two main leads apart was suddenly (and randomly, the way I see it) resolved; I felt cheated. If it was that simple, then why was it a conflict from the beginning? That's the thing that annoyed me the most.

Overall, it's a good drama that I enjoyed watching.

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This drama is one of my favourites of all times. The cast is great, the music is great, and the story is outstanding. When I finished watching it for the first time, the first thing I wanted was to watch it again to catch everything I had missed.

If you're familiar with Shakespeare's work, you will definitely see similarities in this drama. I don't want to post any spoilers, but you can read more about that here: http://dawnoftheidols.wordpress.com/2013/06/06/review-a-love-to-kill/

All in all, this is very good drama: if you like well-rounded stories, you should definitely give this one a shot.

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I like this drama for several reasons:
1. For me this is the first drama where the character of (woman) lead actor is really strong and cool, also what is more imortant writers kept the individuality and speaciality of the character till the end. It was important to me, because in my opinion it is more realistic and people do not change so easily in real life, especialy when their traumatised with something.
2.I started watching it raw, I wanted just to try understand do I like it or not to watch it in the future, but I got addicted to it and even if I know only 3-4 words in korean, actors were playing so well that I didn't have hard time trying to understang what they were talking about. I mean their actions, emotions and face expresions were enough for me.
3.The story is unique and not repetitive even if it is a remake of japanese version. I tried to watch j-version but could not get used to actors.
In short it's definitely worth watching. It is refreshing, funny and wise drama.

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This drama has its ups and downs, and after reading the comments, I felt like a positive review should be expressed.

The story gets a 7/10 for twists but all in all, it was the usual plot found in many other Kdramas.

The acting/cast did an amazing job in this drama and really portrayed the characters well. In a sense, the cast is what kept me coming back to watch this each week. The main characters portrayed their roles in a way where you felt pity/angst/sorrow/and joy throughout the drama. I felt that a lot of the negative comments revolved around the way the writers wrote certain characters and well, if they stirred your feelings up, I feel like they did their job right. I really admired Song Seung Hun's character in that he was able to draw out emotion from the audience.

The music in this drama was also great. The music was appropriately placed throughout the drama and was actually quite good.

The rewatch value of this drama is low but overall I would say that this was a very good drama to me. I liked the twists and characters and feel that the last few episodes were kind of rushed, but all in all, it was a well cast/acted drama. I give most(if not all) the credit to the great actors in this drama.

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Okay this is the best Saeguk i have seen since princess man and i'm not a fan of historical dramas. From the plot to the acting to the music to the everything...Oh Lord have i ever loved a drama more.

Now there are some people that do not like Jang Ok Jung but i for one love her to bits and all her actions in this drama have been justified and if i were in her shoes i would have done worse. Just Saying.

All the actors are doing a good job from the annoying ones to the ones we love oh so much.

Yoo Ah In is one awesome king. The authority he exudes is beyond comprehension. He makes being a king look good. Even if he were a bad king i wouldn't be mad at him.

Queen In Hyun well can't say much about her because i cant stand her big head ughhh she annoys me.

Ok Jung and the King ...the way the eps are progressing Daebak. The only problem i have with this drama is that everything was nice up until ep 20 after that i started seeing red. Why couldn't the writers lie to me, and make the story all fluffy and extra awesome.

Still a good drama just wouldn't watch it again. Too many feels

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