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One of the first TDramas I ever watched and still my absolute favorite having bought the DVD for myself so i can rewatch it again and again. I don't know why I like it so much, I should dislike Zhi Zhu for his complete lack of personality and Xiang Xing for her cluelessness, but I love them both. Perhaps it is because the only time you see a glimmer of emotion in Zhi Zhu is when he looks at her and because Xiang Xing is sweetly delighted by every little morsel of affection she can get out of him.

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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I started watching this drama because of Matsuda (love him). I read the synopsis and said that doesn't look like a good idea so I put this one to the back of my "to watch list". I thought it was going to be super pervy/ hentai/ ecchi/ and whatever else, but it wasn't. This is a really cute and sweet story about a random group of people using each other and finding out that what they really wanted may not be what they thought. As the characters grow and mature and act accordingly you become more entangled with them. I loved the acting, and I really liked the characters. The story is a bit hard to follow and because a lot of puns are used, its sometimes hard to get some of the jokes. That aside the whole drama is as much of a comedy as it is a mystery, and reminded me a lot of Liar Game. The writer of the drama seems to keep his audience in the dark on the truth that's actually happening, so you have to do a lot of reading between the lines and keeping an open mind. At the end you wish happiness for everyone, because it ends really well. Yea! Panda!

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If you watched "Iljimae" with Jun Ki and liked it you probably wont like this one. This is not a sequel to Jun Ki's Iljimae, this is a different version of the same story. Return to Iljimae seems to stick really close to history and drifts far from the fantasy that I loved in Iljimae.



This version also tells its story by frequent flash backs and moments in the past, which until you get the hang of it makes it difficult to follow. The story divulges into to the past of all its characters, thus dragging out the series and can sometimes seem to beat a already dead horse.



The quick action is left to a minimum in this version, and Il Woo just wasnt as charismatic as Jun Ki was.



-Bottom line "Return to Iljimae" seems to be a true history piece, slowly dragging you behind the main character. Can easily be fast forwarded . On the upside Il woo is cute when he smiles and this one seemed to have a larger production budget.

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I didn't like this drama. Sure at first it starts off awesome and funny, but by the 15th episode you just want to stop watching. I seriously fast forwarded through the end of this drama, not because of the lack of subs but the lack of content. The concept is that a older woman falls in love with a younger man but cannot get over her age differences with him. She also plays around with getting back with her ex- but cannot let go of the younger guy even though she said she cant be with him. The main idea is that the character played by Cheryl is way more vulnerable than she appears to be, and is afraid of what society may say about her relationship. I did like that it was funny, with many funny moments- the people that Shan wu shang worked with were hilarious. You will see a lot of familiar Taiwanese drama faces, so be ready for "she was in..." or "he was in...". If you can watch it on Viki.com, the user comments make the drama even more hilarious. Loved James Wen, although his reasoning sucked I blame that on the writers not the beautiful actor. I didn't like the over-acting, ethan was completely afflicted with it. I didn't like the big deal they made about her being 35, like she had one foot in death. I also didn't like how long it took for them to develop one idea, like I mentioned they drag it into the ground and milk the concept dry. Watch this drama for cute guys and if you have time.

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