Shopping King Louie (2016)

I loved this show. It was great. It was never boring not even for a second. The story was funny and made me happy, sad, mad in a good way. They did a great job on this story. The acting was great. All the actors and actress did a great job in this show. The makeup, hair and outfits were on point the whole time. The setting was super pretty. I could tell that the director of this show put his whole heart into it. The script was written super well. Everything that happens in the story makes since. The translation was done super well too. The romance in the story was super good. There was enough drama to keep the story entertaining the whole time. There was good character development and the plot was good too. I loved that Louie had lost his memory and when he found out who he was again he still loved the girl that had helped him the whole time he didn’t know he was rich.i loved that before he lost his memory he loved shopping and when he lost his memory he still loved to shop. I liked that detail. Louie and the main girl in the story have such good chemistry together their romance is the best.

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I just finished re-watching Shopping King Louis because I wanted something that would be a nice break from all the melodrama that my other shows are currently going through. This kdrama is light and fluffy, like popcorn or cotton candy. Seo In Guk as the sheltered chaebol amnesiac Kang Ji Seong/Louis. He's bright and naive and delightful and beautiful. Nam Ji Hyun plays Go Bok Shil, the country girl who comes to Seoul to find her missing brother and crosses paths with Louis who is homeless and can't remember anything about himself. These two just fit together and there's never really a moment's concern that either of the second leads will come between them. Yoon Sang Hyun as curmudgeon Cha Joong Won is over the top and hilarious. The back and forth jealousy between him and Louis over Bok Shil makes me laugh every damn time. Seo In Guk is a joy to watch as Louis learns about the world while searching for his identity. Everything in this drama is over the top enough to actually veer into the category of caricature, but it does so in such a way that I never felt cheated when watching it.

I would definitely watch this again when I'm in the mood for a feel good time. I still give it overall 10 stars, even though I give the story only 8.5. Nothing in the story breaks ground, but the paths it treads are familiar and comfortable.

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Overall this is a good drama. Not overly cliche, and has some unique elements to it. Each character is well developed through the drama.
I think every episode apart from the last two was well made. Every episode was funny and didn't felt dragged, except ep 15 and 16. Personally, I think that episode 15 and 16 ruined the drama, they were filled with filler and irrelevant scenes that didn't help with the development of the drama. But overall they were decent episodes. Most kdramas have their last episode filled with obvious sponsor products and advertisement, this one didn't do that. There were some loose ends I wondered about after the drama ended for example: Did Me Ri and In Seoung get together or with Mr Cha?

The acting is superb. You can never go wrong when Seo InGuk and Nam Jihyun is acting.
Ost is superb.

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The most lovely cliche ever

Guys, I'm just in love. That's all. I love soft dramas, with comedy and romance enough to make you recover your energy after the tense ones, and this drama is just the cutest thing in the entire world! I gave the synopsis in the first impressions, so you can go there to see what I said. Let's to the characters!

LOUIE, THE BABY WHO WILL STOLE YOUR HEART

The character of Louie isn't the kind that attracts me. When I saw the first episode, I thought "There we go again with another Gu Jun Pyo", but how wrong I was! You will think that Louie is a shameless profiteer that only gets headaches to Bok Sil, but when we immerse in his story and start to see how kind and sweet he is, you just go with Bok Sil and get down for this baby. Seo In Guk is just amazing and I have to say again: I can't believe that he is acting in "Doom at your service" with so many different. I saw episode twelve today and thought "Where is my baby Louie?". I IN LOVE WITH THIS MAN! I'm watching "King of High School" now, so wait for more of this great actor here.

BOK SIL, THE WONDER WOMAN

As I said, Ji Hyun isn't my favorite actress, but this character is far away better than "Suspicious Partner". Go Bok Sil is a clichê (as many things in this drama), but she does her job and delivery the sweetness and innocence in the right measure. The chemistry between her and In Guk is also pretty good and I smiled a lot watching these two. I cleaned my mind so I can follow Ji Hyun in her next characters without any ghost, yay!

There were a lot of interesting characters in this drama, but as a cliche, they weren't very deep. I will make a notification here to register my pain every time that I saw a "Ma Ri" in a drama. Why every Ma Ri is annoying? Please, someone, create an amazing Ma Ri character! For me! T_T Let's move on.

If you don't like cliches, this drama isn't for you. We have everything and more here. Chaebol, memory loss, gentle/strong female lead, conspiration... And the big one that I will tell in the comments, with spoiler (which was my only low point in this drama). This drama is pretty funny, from the edition until the script. The cuteness is something that you won't be able to handle (I'm watching repeatedly the red carpet scene and I'm exactly like the ahjumma and In Sung). If you wanna something fun and cute, just watch it. And you're welcome. Honorable mention here to the OST. Only amazing songs!

It's an AMAZING ONE (★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★★/2) just not CHOSEN ONE because of what I will say in the spoiler below. I'm crying already missing my precious!

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Shopping King Louis is a surprisingly good drama. Not the best of course, but it is better than those silly romantic comedies that have no plot and no interest. Apart from the first episode, that was just silly and almost made me drop this drama, the rest of the drama was a delight. Louis was childish and hilarious, and the actor who portrayed him did an amazing job (probably his best performance for me, so far). The rest of the cast did an okay job with their characters as well. The romance was sweet, though the chemistry wasn't all there. But, strangely, the pair seemed good together, though he was a little too childish. Some parts of the story were idiotic, but I enjoyed the twists and the main story was very interesting. Plus, the drama was funny, and for me, that was the highlight and the main reason to watch this drama. So 6 out of 10.

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Sweet and funny!

What a great drama! Cute and very funny, there were hilarious scenes!
I loved the main couple, they're different from what you can see in most of dramas, especially the male lead. Louie isn't a grumpy ML, he's kind and genuine, Seo In Guk played this role really well. Nam Ji Hyun is great as always, she's playing an innocent and hard-working poor girl. She's the one who's gonna help him at first.
The villain is definitely one of the funniest too although he was trying to be a threat lol.
If you're looking for a sweet and meaningful show, this is a must watch!

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So much potential

This drama had a lot of potential if only it had a better writer. It started off soo good, it was everything I wanted. I thought the leads got comfortable with themselves too early but it was not much of a problem. This drama did not need 16 episodes. It was about time Louie got his memory back but they dragged it for way too long and I just was not interested in the drama as much as I was. It just overall became a tiring watch. What annoyed me the most was Louie's childish acts including physical gestures, I don't know why he had to be portrayed like that but I found it annoying and I could not take him serious. The characters definitely developed but it didn't happen until later on which again this drama did not need 16 episodes. The acting was pretty good and the chemistry between the leads was great they suit each other well, the ost is also pretty good, I still play it. What drew me to this drama was the story again it had so much potential but unfortunately a lot of things would have gone different and overall I had to force myself to finish it.

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This show has it all: laugh out loud comedy, amazing actors, supporting characters you care about and believable chemistry between the ML and FL. And of course, the sweetest, most caries inducing love. ♥

The OST is great and fits this show perfectly, especially the 2 main songs 'Tigermoth' by Monsta X and 'Navigation' by Kim So Hee. But this OST is choke-full of good songs, so take a listen - it's on Spotify.

Rewatch value for me is very high as I've rewatched this show from beginning to end 2 times already and I watch my favorite scenes/episodes when I need a pick me up.

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This couple are like a warm marshmallow

I had a couple issues with the story in the first half of the drama because some things weren’t adding up and I felt like the relationship between Louis and Bok-sil happened way too fast. Not in the sense that them becoming a couple was quick (that wasn’t the case at all), but just them living together and even the whole sauna scene - they already seemed so close! Also, I’m not sure who would actually live with a stray human just because they claim to have lost their memory and are wearing what looks like your brother’s clothes. That seems uncomfortable to me.

Speaking of uncomfortable, whatever was going on with Director Cha liking Bok-sil was (imo) a bit odd. Is it just me, or did he seem like he could have been her dad? He wasn’t super old, but I got the vibe that he was way older than her, and especially in his job role too. It didn’t make sense to me why he liked Bok-sil.

In the first few episodes I got the opinion that Bok-sil was quite poor and I didn’t understand how even her job at Goldline could be making her enough money to then have all of these really nice outfits, let alone all of the shit that Louis bought (I know they returned some stuff, but still…)

The thing that confused me the MOST, until someone realised their mistake, was when everyone thought Louis was dead. Like who did the inspection!? Also, it wasn’t clear that any body had been found in the car so I was sat their thinking, ‘How did they not notice there wasn’t a body in the car?’

I liked Bok-sil straight up! Her character was kind and sweet and the actress is 10/10. Same for Louis! At times I found him very childlike and thought he needed to grow up a bit, but he was just so nice that I can’t complain. These actors honestly had some of the best on-screen chemistry I’ve seen.

I loved all of the side characters - most of them made me laugh and they were actually useful and added more to the story. Once again I cried for the grandma when she died.

Even though it seemed far-fetched that Louis and Bok-sil had already met at the 30th anniversary of the Goldline group as children, it was still cute how they came full circle and Louis gave the music box back to Bok-sil. And THAT’S why it said Go-bo-si on the bottom! That was good planning, and this too made me cry.

I liked the songs for this drama - I thought they fitted well.

Overall, I would watch this again. I ended up really enjoying/liking it and I would look forward to coming home from work and just getting comfy with my shopaholics XD Like I said, I had some issues with some parts of the story so that’s why I wouldn’t rate it a solid 10/10, but apart from that everything else was great!

-E

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Not much to buy

You have to give some credits to the writers and scenarists of this drama, and recognize their relentless efforts to pull off characters and context that will pissed you off almost certainly every 25 sec. And I can tell, I've timed the thing ^^.

More seriously, this is, all things considered, a good drama. Not exactly a very good one, but still entertaining and easy to watch. It's also the typical kind of drama that is a bit hard to give a fair rating : Acting and cast was great, while not unforgettable either. Scenes and sequences were directed flawlessly, while not especially mind-blowing, at any rate. Story is simple, a bit exagerated...

Eventually, I think this drama falls short of a strong background, motivations, desires that could have put the show on a whole different level. Everything in here was all about some small fights that finally let the main characters have their way, as if this story took place in a fantasy world far from us.

Then ... while I enjoy (a bit) watching this drama, I can't exactly recommend it to anyone looking for an "incontournable et inoubliable chef d'oeuvre".

Pas de quoi fouetter un chat, en somme.

So here's you have it : an overall 7.5 rating, which is pretty much a "I-have-no-idea-what-to-put-there-so-lets-go-for-nothing-less-than-7" rating.

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Very Unique and Fun

9/10 is my rating for this one. It is a 2016 South Korean drama spanning 16 episodes (~60 minutes/episode). A romantic comedy about Louis (Seo In-guk), a rich heir who always spends money to buy everything that has a subtle beauty (he hears them “speaking to him)l. One day he loses his memory and meets Bok-Shil (Nam Ji-hyun), a pure and energetic woman from the countryside. She is at first astounded by his spending habits. In the process of teaching him to only buy bare necessities or inexpensive small kindnesses that lighten up one's day, she also learns that bare necessities are not same for everyone as they depend on everyone's own values that shape their life and thus their shopping patterns. Both have innate innocence which bring them to care for each other, leading to undeniable love.
Spoiler ? This one was so much fun throughout I missed it when it was over. The leads were so absolutely adorable together I was their cheerleader the entire way. It was fun to see them surviving the city jungle together and their unconditional love and support of each other.

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I truly loved this show. It was the definition of a perfect easy-going show. So light and fluffy!

Louis and Bok-sil are the cutest lil pups and deserve the world. And he was so devoted to her!! Nothing ever swayed him and he loved Bok-sil so much. She was always his first priority and it was so cute how he followed her around like a puppy. His whole character was like a child and I loved it, he was a cinnamon roll.

I also liked how even though there were 'antagonists', they were never truly THAT bad. The CEO was always so obviously suspicious and was even a bit funny too.

On the whole, this show was great. The plot was always good, with Louis x Bok-sil's cuteness in the centre. It was a great rom-com and that's why it is getting a great rating. Only a teeny bit of angst (which wasn't even that bad) and the rest was so enjoyable to watch.

Would highly recommend

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