Showing posts with label korean dramas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label korean dramas. Show all posts

Saturday, December 21, 2013

You Who Came From the Stars Ep 1-2 Review

At first I was skeptical about this when casting was released along with the synopsis. But I'm a fan of Jun Ji Hyun and her return to dramas and having Kim Soo Hyun is like extra pizza toppings lmao. Plus they had pretty good chemistry in 'The Thieves' so it wouldn't hurt. I'm still not down for the whole alien thing because it does get borderline cheesy. However it has its fun moments and I'm pretty much hooked even though I don't entirely get the main plot.

Do Min Joon played by Kim Soo Hyun landed on Earth from his planet called KMT184.05 in the year 1609 and he's been on Earth for the past 400 years. Interesting. Of course he has superpowers like stopping time, telekinesis, and probably other things but he tries not to meddle with human affairs. I wouldn't blame him. After being around for 400 years, someone is bound to notice. His moral or theme for the drama is not to interfere with fate. He has learned that no matter what he does, Fortune is in control of the wheel. So he has no friends except for 1 man who knows his identity and that's it. Getting attached causes problems. He's a professor at a university. He has saved a girl numerous times (Jun Ji Hyun's younger self) and he's trying to find her. CUTEEEEEEE.

Choon Song Yi played by Jun Ji Hyun is a popular actress known for being dumb and arrogant lmao. Seriously. She even has a Twitter account you can actually follow and see her stupid mistakes LMAO. She's not extremely shallow, her character has layers so that when she's made fun of, you do feel sympathetic because of her family issues and the problems with the Korean industry (reminds me of Greatest Love). She too is looking for the guy who saved her when she was young! CUTE!

The first episode is just character introductions. I look more forward to Song Yi's and Min Joon's interactions than anything because Jun Ji Hyun is SOOO FUNNY! She gives it her all when she acts silly haha. I wasn't hooked nor am I sold on the alien thing but hopefully as the drama progresses we will get a clearer plot.


This episode pretty much got me hooked on the drama!! We find out that Min Joon is leaving after 3 months! Oh noooo! So we have a clock. He's also an asshole hahahaha. He exploits Song Yi's plagiarism in front of cameras like c'mon. That was REALLLLLLLLLLY RUDE. But we see that he's starting to care more about her wellbeing and displays jealousy! Also, he finds out that Song Yi is the girl he's been looking for so I'm interested in seeing how he's gonna relay that message and tell her that btw I'M AN ALIENNNNNNNNNNN. Again more commentary on Korean society and comedy!

The only question I would like to add and hope that producers will answer is how and why he landed on Earth and why he's deciding to go back now??






Thursday, September 12, 2013

Master's Sun Episode 12

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. LET THIS BE A BAD DREAM. HONG SISTERS. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. WHAT HAVE THEY DONE?

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Dramas You Need to be Watching!!

The fact that Joo Won and Moon Chae Won are starring should give you enough reason to watch 'Good Doctor.' So far I've seen the first 2 episodes where I've laughed and cried. This drama is about a man who's an autistic genius trying to become a surgeon. Of course there are plenty of people trying to stop him since he's a genius but he's autistic. Now if you're wondering how that will turn out, watch the drama!! He's perfectly functional, he just has the social skills of a 7 year old which is a problem (Savant Syndrome)....Stay tuned!


The Master's Sun. Starring So Ji Sub and Gong Hyo Jin in a Hong Sister's rom-com/horror drama. Everything I just listed should be enough to reel you in. Yea the ghosts are a little creepy, you get used to it...Or at least I try to. I'm not really into horror but since So Ji Sub and Gong Hyo Jin are in this...and it's a Hong Sisters drama I'm sticking through it. Basically this woman sees ghosts meets a man who has the ability to help her not see ghosts but only when she touches him. So far that's pretty much the plot but each episode we get deeper and deeper into character development so I hope that will unravel the plot. Either way. It's cute and funny...and creepy hahaah.



Saturday, August 3, 2013

I Hear Your Voice Final Episode Review

I know I'm a little behind in posting this but better late than never haha plus I've been busy.
I Hear Your Voice has finally come to an end after an extra week of episodes and it still couldn't wrap things up entirely for me.

It is a happy ending of course, like we all knew it would be. Min Joong Guk ends up being captured thanks to Soo Ha alerting Lawyer Cha about Hye Sung's kidnapping. Lawyer Cha ends up calling the police and SWAT team arrive ready to take Min Joong Guk down.
The show ends with Soo Ha and Hye Sung getting together and live with their cuteness forever. There could be a possible love line between Lawyer Cha and Seo Deo Yeon and I am 100% there fore it. Min Joong Guk gets life in prison instead of the death penalty which works for me and everyone else I think. And finally we get a glimpse on why and how Min Joong Guk became a murderer and the reason for his revenge.

Jang Hye Sung definitely displays her growth alot in the final episode. We see that she actually cares about her job and she's not just living her life as a public defender but instead doing her best as a public defender. I wouldn't say that she has had tremendous growth but her personality has definitely changed for the better. She finally learns how to express her love a bit better compared to before. She was always very stubborn even with her mother so after her death, she transformed into a loving person who cares about people more than just herself. She stopped being selfish. She expressed her love to Soo Ha after reading his diary he kept during those 11 years apart.  We all grew to love her character, even I hated her too at first hahaha but it's good to know she's more dependable now.
Final Thoughts on Jang Hye Sung: I already know that Lee Bo Young is a great actress and she's pretty famous in Korea. Granted, I have not seen any of her other works but she did play this character really well!! She didn't have too many layers but she displayed the right emotions: bland, happy, sad, vunerable, anger. It was great. She showed tremendous growth and Lee Bo Young played Hye Sung perfectly!!

Park Soo Ha was perfect in every way. I loved his character and partly it was because of Lee Jong Suk haha. In the final showdown against Min Joon-guk, he showed us that he wouldn't become a monster like Joon-guk became. That was Min Joon-guk's plan, to have Soo Ha kill him and frame him for murder again. But Soo-ha wouldn't do it, no matter how hard Min Joon-guk pushed to get him to do it. After Soo Ha's summons for attempted murder was dropped, he was able to go to the Police Academy and fast forward, Soo Ha's a police officer!! WAY 2 GO!!
Final Thoughts on Soo Ha: I have seen Lee Jong Suk in so many roles, from School 2013, and R2B and let me just say, he's a GREAT ACTOR. I was skeptical of him at first, but he proved all of Korea he definitely has the acting chops and he's not just a model. He can ACT. In Soo Ha we saw so many different emotions and Lee Jong Suk played him flawlessly. At first he had a 1 dimension type personality, but once he lost his memory and started going crazy and what not, I saw the anger in his eyes, I saw the hurt in his eyes when he stabbed Hye Sung I saw the sadness and lonliness and I saw the love. Perfect. 2013 is Lee Jong Suk's year!! He's played so many different roles it's incredible. He's funny, and now he showed us the melodrama side of him. Props. I wouldn't say that his character changed in terms of character, but he's had the most growth obviously. He's finally a man.

Min Joon-guk. I started feeling sorry for him myself in the last episode. He only wanted to save his wife man. Soo Ha's dad was totally in the wrong, just for Soo Ha's mom to die anyways after the rejection of the heart transplant. Honestly that would've killed me and I totally see why Min Joon-guk went to the dark side. He just wanted to save his wife and he lost horribly to Soo Ha's dad. Painful stuff. But where he went wrong at is obviously when he decided to become a psychopath. I think the great moral of this story is to not exact revenge and just let God handle that stuff. Soo Ha's mom dying would've been enough for me (even though that is totally wrong to say) because that would've been my revenge. If Min Joon-guk had just let God handle it, that would've been the karma and they both could've lived without their wives. Sounds wrong but what can you do. Min Joon-guk didn't have to go kill Soo-ha's father. But hey, I can't really blame him for seeking revenge like that.
Final Thoughts on Min Joon-guk: I love villains with story lines. Jung Woong In played Min Joon-guk fantastically. Great actor. I loved him in the last 2 episodes because that's when we saw the most emotion out of him throughout the entire drama. The flashbacks to his dying wife, up to right before he was sent to prison in the final episode. Great actor. I think we all felt sympathy for him at one point but he chose that path and now he has to rot in prison. Be sure to look out for him on the "I Hear Your Voice" parody on Running Man!!!!



This was a great drama. I did enjoy about the first 10 episodes because of it's originality but then it crossed over into the typical makjang/melo concept and it almost lost me. I was getting so tired of the drama I almost gave up on it. Right when Soo Ha lost his memory, I felt like that was such an unnecessary detour in plot it killed me. Yes everything pieced together in the end, but it wasn't necessary to me. This drama was so fresh and funny that when it went down that hole, I stopped liking it. It was so good at first, but I think the writers got a little too carried away. It did have it's good moments however, it did keep the elements of suspense and humor which I liked, just the storyline lost me. I do recommend this drama, it had been a while since I saw a great Korean comedy! The actors were great, perfect cast too be honest, not a single actor was lacking in anything so kudos to the casting directors, everyone had great chemistry!!
Drama Rating: 7.0/10










Sunday, June 30, 2013

I Hear Your Voice Episodes 1-3 Marathon Review!

New drama starring Lee Jong Suk and Lee Bo Young in a romantic comedy about an interesting private investigation crew filled with lawyers and a teen who can read minds! Sounds interesting....
When I watched the trailer it bored me so I wrote it off (even though I love LEE JONG SUK) but since it has high viewer ratings, I decided to give it a chance! You can watch I Hear Your Voice for free on Drama Fever airing now!

Episode 1 sets our main characters up by mixing between the past and the present, but not in an annoying way. Jang Hye Sung is going out for an interview to become an investigator but she has competition against hundreds of other people. In order to stand out, she tries coming up with things no one has heard before like saying I'm gonna be honest with you, I'm only here for the money but they don't want to hire her. BUT, right before she leaves, she's able to draw the interviewers by telling them a cliff-hanging story...about why she wanted to become an investigator....
A young Hye Sung is accused of hitting her friend Do-yeon in the eye with fireworks and is of course, framed by her "friend" Do-yeon. Shocking. Do yeon's father just HAPPENS to be a judge so they're rich and can do whatever they want. As punishment for harming their daughter, Hye Sung and her mother are forced to move elsewhere and expel Hye Sung from school. Now THAT'S cruel.
One night, Hye Sung confronts Do Yeon but are stopped in the middle of their argument by the sound of a deadly car crash. They arrive on the scene and spot a man in a large truck step out of his vehicle with a bat and smash the windows of the car of the victims of the car crash. Inside is a father and his son. The father is beat to death with the rod but the son is still ALIVE and can read the killer's mind!! Oh dear....
Hye sung spots that the little boy is in danger so she opens her phone out to take a picture but the sound is on and makes a loud SMILE! sound. The killer reels around and spots Hye Sung and Do yeon...Ahhh CRAPPP. He starts chasing them with his bat!!
Luckily they're able to get away and hide in nearby bushes, but the murderer calls out to them since he senses their presence. 
If any of you say a WORD about this to the police, I will kill you AND your family!! He had to die because he talked too much, therefore, you know what will happen if YOU talk to much!!!

Swell.
The police arrive which scares him off....
It's laying on the girl's conscious that they should report it to the police (mainly Hye Sung) but the 2 make a bet. Do Yeon will clear Hye Sung's name if Hye Sung goes to court as a witness. But Do Yeon has to go as well since SHE originally had plans to act as a witness. Both are obviously bluffing and scared, but they won't call each other out.
So both girls arrive at the court on day of the trial. But only Hye Sung goes inside to be a witness! Do Yeon that wench!!!!

Lee Jong Suk as Park Soo Ha
Park Soo Ha, the little boy in the car accident can read minds. He knew the killers motive and everything....the only problem is, Park Soo Ha can't talk....GREAT. Soo Ha is still under traumatic stress and shock so it's only natural that an 8 year old would lose his ability to speak. PERFECT TIMING.
He reveals to the court that he can read minds but OF COURSE NO ONE BELIEVES HIM and there are no witnesses to account for Soo Ha.
BUT LUCKILY Hye Sung arrives to save the day!!
She pushed through her fears and served as a witness to the crime!!


Fast forward to now....
We don't know if Hye Sung gets the job or not, but the interviewers sure are interested in knowing the ending!
Park Soo Ha is now a high school student who is looking for Hye Sung to offer his protection as gratitude. He made a vow that he would protect Hye Sung from the killer when he gets out of jail.
He's just gotta find her.
Well now I'm officially interested in this story!!




And now we have our first case!!
Hye Sung is now a public defender and her first case is attempted murder. Of course. 
Go Song Bin (Soo Ha's classmate) is accused of pushing a girl, who was bullied alot for plastic surgery, out of the window. From the looks of it she tried to commit suicide, but we aren't really clear. We just know that Song Bin didn't do it.
Song Bin went into the music room at school (by herself) and started painting her nails. All of a sudden a girl drops to the ground and classmates gather outside. Since Song Bin looks out of the window to see what the commotion was about, the students start accusing her since no one else was around in that room. Great.
Prosecutor WHO JUST SO HAPPENS TO BE DO YEON charges her with attempted murder (since the girl didn't die, she's in a coma).
There's no evidence and Song Bin isn't portraying herself as someone innocent too, so she's pretty much going to get charged as guilty.
But Hye Sung takes her case for free. There's no evidence and there's no way of believing Song Bin so she tells her to just admit to being guilty. Wow. Cruel.
Song Bin is crushed at the thought of going to jail so she attempts suicide at the subway station.
Soo-ha who is on the other side of the train station, notices her and listens to her thoughts. He finds out that she's going to kill herself and rushes over to her right before she could jump into the train's path. Talk about perfect timing.
Soo-ha believes her (btw Song Bin has a huge crush on Soo ha that everyone in school knows but him) and finds out that Hye Sung is in charge of her case.
Soo-ha ends up revealing to Hye Sung the day of the trial that he can read minds (but not his identity). Because the case is very similar to how Hye Sung was treated, and after seeing Do Yeon as the prosecutor, Hye Sung changes her mind and decides to defend Song Bin.
All they need is the evidence now.

Lee Jung Seok is KILLING me in this drama. He is soooooo cute and his love for Hye Sung. I also like how  they're going to be using his ability which is very interesting. I'm here for the potential romance and to see how this case ends. I'm interested. AND IT'S FUNNY too, the cast has great chemistry so far!




Hye Sung-1, Do Yeon-0
During the trial, Hye sung is able to use Soo-ha's ability to tell if her defense is good enough for rebuttal. Everything works out just fine, until Do Yeon calls in to bring the victim as a witness. I can see where this is going...
Of course the victim lies and Soo-bin goes OFF on her. She's cussing and swearing and threatening that she will kill her, and of course this trial goes down the drain.
So Do yeon has the upper hand and makes fun of Hye sung.
Hye sung is just about ready to give up, but thanks to her mother showing up and humiliating her, Hye Sung agrees to see the case out (also because Soo-ha bargains with her to do it).

Kwan-woo (aka Gwangsoo haha) is also a part of the same law firm as Hye Sung and they team up together to see if they can bring up some evidence! Yea!!
They go undercover as high school students and find out that the victim was actually a smoker! She was chilling in the window sill which is her regular spot and Song bin walks in. Because the victim was going to debut soon in an entertainment agency, she couldn't get caught that she was a smoker. But since Song Bin came in, it scared her and she hid, and while she was hiding in the window sill she ACCIDENTALLY fell over. Really doe.....
So now we're ready for the next trial with evidence, hoping that the victim will tell the truth this time!

Before they could even start, Do yeon claims that If you change your statement after swearing an oath this time, one of your statements will be seen as a lie and you can go to jail for up to 5 years. WITCHHHHHHHHHH
Now the victim is like, I'LL JUST LIE THEN
But thanks to... 
Lawyer Shin, Hye Sung is able to bring up that in the code, you have to be over 16 years old to swear an oath. The victim is still 15, so she can change her testament no matter what and not receive consequences. *cues Lee Hyori's "U-go-girl"*
So Jang Hye Sung-1, Seo Do yeon-0 TAKE THAT

Meanwhile, Min Joon Kook just got out of prison, and he's been following Hye Sung around. He knows where she lives and her profession. Ohhhh great!! Thankfully, Soo-ha is onto that because he heard Joon Kook's voice amongst the crowd one day...Omo
Joon Kook, unbeknownst to Hye Sung, had been sending Hye Sung text messages saying I'll Be There
She thought it was Soo-ha but he shot that down.
So Hye Sung FINALLY decides to call the number and the ringtone just happens to I'll Be There by the Jackson 5 and it starts going off IN HER APARTMENT
CREEEEEEEEEEPPPPYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
Soo-ha figures that out too and rushes to get to Hye Sung's apartment but will he be too late????
















Friday, June 28, 2013

New Summer 2013 Dramas!!

Now that Gu Family Book, Mandate of Heaven, and Jang Ok Jung have ended, it's time for the 2nd half of summer dramas to pick up in those empty time slots! Here are the Top 3 Dramas scheduled to air the week of July 1.
Goddess of Fire
Starring Moon Geun Young and Lee Sang-yoon in this historical sageuk about the first female potter in Joseon. We follow her romance with Lee Sang Yoon's character and it seems to go along the path of Forbidden Love or whatever. It looks quite boring. The only reason I will give it a try is because Ki Bum and Lee Gwangsoo are supposed to be in this drama. Hopefully it will be better than this trailer because there is just nothing keeping me here for more than 3 episodes.
In this trailer, it seems really boring
But this trailer actually looks kind of good except...where's the pottery??

The Sword and the Flower
Starring Uhm Tae Woong, Kim Ok Bin, Choi Min Soo, Park Su jin
The historical drama takes place in the twilight years of Goguryeo. King Yeongnyu plots to kill military general Yeon Gaesomun, whose power and influence are rapidly overtaking the throne's. But Yeon Gaesomun discovers the plot and kills those involved, including the king, and becomes a military dictator. Yeongnyu's daughter, the princess Mu-young vows to avenge her father's death, but she falls in love with her enemy's son.
Typical plot line but the visuals look stunning and it's a stellar cast!! I'm most excited for this one because of the cast and hopefully they will turn something historical into modern entertainment since this drama is somewhat non-fictional.
Stunning visuals!! This sums up the drama
More focused on the romance aspect of the drama

Empire of Gold
Starring Go Soo, Lee Yo-won, Sohn Hyun-joo
The drama will follow Go Soo and Sohn Hyun-joo’s twenty-year war to rise to the top of a chaebol conglomerate, with Lee Yo-won caught in the middle between her love for Go Soo, the man who came from nothing but wants to tear her family down, and loyalty to Sohn Hyun-joo.
From the directors of The Chaser (drama not movie which I recommend you watch both) we can expect a good plot! I watched The Chaser and it's my favorite drama, it had flawless actors, flawless plot, life lessons, it was great. So I'm heading into this with high expectations and I hope they don't disappoint!



So it seems there will be no rom-coms coming up until the dramas that are airing now ends and we prepare for Gong Hyo Jin and So Ji Sub in their drama. Be sure to tune in next week for the premiers!!
You can also check out if you haven't already I Hear Your VoiceSharkItazura Na Kiss: Love in Tokyo, and Monstar


Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Gu Family Book Final Episode Review

This ending was crap.


As I had guessed and something that I'm sure we all knew, Yeo Wool gets shot. No surprise there. Back then they didn't have bullets of course, they used muskets so they used powder(we all took history I'm sure) for the guns. Infused with that powder is poison that slowly kills and that's what happens to Yeo Wool. 
Kang Chi goes into Sasha Fierce mode without even taking off his bracelet (complete control at this point) and starts to kill Minion #1 but the Admiral stops Kang Chi...but mainly the sound of Yeo Wool's dying voice is what catches his attention. Yeo Wool didn't COMPLETELY die in his arms yet so they're able to get away with the Admiral's back up crew and they arrest Jo Gwan-woong. Typical. Predictable. 

Yeo Wool gets everyone to gather around for like the Last Supper type thing before Kang Chi takes her out into the woods to die. Sad. I tried so hard to not shed tears haha.

After that Kang Chi leaves the Naval Base and search for himself and what not, do what other half demons do.

Cheong Jo is able to exact her revenge on Jo Gwan-woong while he's in jail. She does do what she promised, kill him with her own hands. She gets him to drink the alcohol poison or whatever and he willingly does so WHICH IS DUMB. THIS ENDING IS HORRIBLE. The writers messed up this show BIG TIME.


Fast forward 422 years later to the present. All of the cast reprise their roles as reincarted people but of course they don't know anything. Kang Chi is the president of a hotel (100 Year Inn) and he lives rich and lavish, still a demon of course. Instead of a bracelet he wears a ring hahaha. Cute.
And at the very end, Gon and the Admiral (Gon shows Kang Chi his name badge they're like prosecutors and it showed Gon's real name BANG SUNG JUN and I DIED LAUGHING hahaha) ready to recruit Kang Chi like Nick Fury is recruiting people for the Avengers Initiation lmao.
I would HONESTLY like to see that happen.

Oh and Kang Chi meets Yeo Wool. Lovely. Rooftop Prince.



Final Thoughts on Yeo Wool: We all knew Yeo Wool was gonna die. No surprise there, we've known about it ever since her character was introduced. I liked how Kang Chi and Yeo Wool meet in the future but  that's such a predictable ending it's killing me inside. I SAW ROOFTOP PRINCE OK and that is EXACTLY how that drama ended. So predictable.
As for her character, she was cool, always down for the cause but her love for Kang Chi got her in trouble 90% of the time and that's probably why she got shot. But like I said, her fate was already decided. 
Final Thoughts on Suzy: The girl can't act her face is blank, her acting doesn't reach her eyes, thus it seems like she's reading straight out of a textbook. She is literally reading her lines. But her acting doesn't get in the way. I could only take 2 episode of Lee Yeon Hee because her acting as well drove me through the roof. But anyway, Suzy did Suzy haha. Nothing much to say about it. Her character didn't have any layers she was just down for the cause. Suzy however DID do fabulous during her dying scenes....but that's because she normally acts with a dead expression. She's good at playing dull people (see Dream High) and honestly that's what she needs to stick to until she gets better. Or take a break and return to Miss A...idk...nor do I care.

Final Thoughts on Cheong Jo: The best character out of this series because she changed so much, she is the definition of "product of your environment." At first I didn't really like her, but she finally grew a backbone and stood up for her rights unlike Seo Hwa(until they killed her husband) and took a hold of her life. She stopped complaining about her situation and dealt with her current issues. 
I liked how they had her kill Jo Gwan-woong, they both held their end of the deal. I think that part could've been more dramatic, and I don't like how she all of a sudden came down for the cause when in previous episodes she was not down for the cause. But I liked her in the end. She showed TREMENDOUS growth. We can only assume that she ended up taking over the gisaeng house and running the place, removing edges.
Final Thoughts on Lee Yoo Bi: She's a great actress, I've seen her in many roles and this role is perfect for her! She wasn't playing the typical cutesy, she actually had to reveal different emotions throughout this drama. I felt her anger, her pain, her jealousy, and finally her confidence in living to kill Jo Gwan-woong. She played Cheong Jo well, we were able to see the different layers as time progressed. Good Job!!

Final Thoughts on Jo Gwan-woong: He was a very smart dude 80% of the time. There were plenty of moments when he wasn't your typical villain, and then sometimes it just showed how dumb he was. But was a horrible tyrant though and for that I love him hahaha. He killed and pillaged for no reason, and EVEN WHEN HE RETIRED (I hope yall didn't forget he was retired for 22 episodes) he STILL ruined people's lives. He could definitely outsmart Kang Chi and crew, especially when he got his hands on the musket but that other 20% he was dumb as hell. 
At the end right before he decides to drink the poisonous alcohol from Cheong Jo, he said I had a very long, boring and dreary life. I was just looking for something to make me feel alive. And I thought...wow. BUT IT SUCKS THAT THEY ONLY GAVE HIM 2 MINUTES OF A STORY LINE because we never got to know him as someone other than a villain. I mean he said numerous times that he kills for fun because he can but I kind of wanted to know how he got that way. The writers gave EVERYONE else irrelevant story arcs, we could've gotten one from him too...
I hate how they just caught him and he tried to kill Kang Chi and he got his hand cut off. He just seemed like a pussy the entire episode and I thought WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU. But whatever. I like that Cheong Jo got to kill him off. I just wish he hand more layers as a character because there's always a great story behind a great villain.
Final Thoughts on Lee Sung-jae: Amazing. He's a top actor in Korea anyways so I knew he would play this role just fine. Which he did. Awesome actor, nothing more to say and he's sexy in real life apart from the beard and perverted-ness you see in this drama hahaha.

Final Thoughts on Kang Chi: I don't really have much to say, my fault is with the writers of this drama to be honest but I'll try to save that for last.
Kang Chi did change, he was able to learn patience and control which is good. That's about it. I mean he became Iljimae and then thrust forward into the future he's still the same guy. 
Final Thoughts on Lee Seunggi: He played Kang Chi well, I think the writers had him in mind because I feel like this character matched close with his personality in reality. He's very bubbly and always down for the cause and cute and funny so this role suited him very well. He's a decent actor, I've never had any problems with him, he's good at showing the proper emotions so yea. Since Kang Chi himself didn't have too many layers, Lee Seunggi didn't have to provide layers.


Thoughts on the Show: Horrible. I'm sorry. It was a waste of time. There was SO MUCH POTENTIAL but every week the writers just killed me with no plot development. It was the same thing over and over. I really enjoyed the beginning but once it got to like episode 6 or 7 I started losing interest. We never got to look for the Gu Family Book, I honestly wanted to see him go through on a journey for that...didn't happen. Bringing the parents back was fun but it served no purpose at all, the story arc for that was WEAK. They rushed through things because they spent so many episodes on the love lines we lost better story arcs. Seeing the war happen, seeing a bromance happen, having a satisfactory ending for all the characters just everything seemed rushed. If you like basic plot lines then sure this is for you, but that's it. This plot was basic and PREDICTABLE. I would not recommend this at all, go watch Shark instead.
Ratings 2/5 for the storyline, but failed to bring potential


But that potential sequel at the end....I'm down for that.