If you want to watch a cute drama about a college student who was born with infinite strength, who wants to live a normal life, and who falls in love with a motorcycle riding hockey player, then this is NOT the drama for you. I honestly went into the drama thinking this was the plot after watching a few clips on AsianCrush on youtube. I thought it was going to be about a girl who who was destined to lead and fight in a huge battle, but decides instead that she wants to chase after the man of her dreams, and somewhere along the way, she figures that he can have both, have love and glory...as cheesy as it sounds.

Instead, we got a drama about a young prodigy who losses her memories (as well as motivation for fighting) after an accident she had and doesn't remember in the 10th grade. After the accident, she decides she wants to live a normal life as her partner in crime disappears and she literally has zero memories of what motivated her previously to fight. Instead, she is in a world that looked down on her strength, so she just wants to fit in. It isn't until she is in college that So Hwi falls in love at first sight with Jun Mo, the mysterious hockey star. Around the time she decides to join the hockey team as the equipment manager, her childhood best friend Il Yung randomly shows up back in her life, trying to convince her to team up again. Around the same time, this evil entity that So Hwi's parents have been fighting before she was born, shows up with the sacred blade that he had stolen in the past, slaying the master four material artists, one by one. It is up to Il Yung and So Hwi to accept their fates and fight this evil force head on.

I believe that I was excited to watch this drama because (1) I really enjoy Shin Min Ah's roles and (2) I love hockey and was excited to see that the love interest in this drama was a collegiate hockey player. I was basically head over heels for Jun Mo, even before I had met him. I was excited to see how So Hwi was going to win him over, as he was in love with an older woman (a cop that had saved him from an accident when he was younger.) But after watching this drama, I don't understand why Jun Mo was a main character and why he was sought after. In my eyes, he represented every mysterious bad boy type (even though he came off nice once we got to know him) that once you get to know him, you realize...he isn't as special as you once thought. Honestly, he was a kid who had mommy issues who had attached onto a strong older woman figure, thinking it was love, but realizing it was just him almost replacing his mom's role. Might be an unpopular opinion. Also, once So Hwi started spending time with him...that whole "romantic" montage that we got...if you took it completely out of context, homie was just teaching her the basics of hockey so she could be a better player and their team could win. I had already fallen out of likes with him when I saw that weak-ass romance montage (as well as that POWERFUL flashback of So Hwi's accident), but what completely pushed me off the Jun Mo bandwagon, was the whole hockey game scene. I think the one thing I LOVED about this drama was So Hwi and Il Yung's relationship/friendship. You could tell from the get go that even though So Hwi doesn't remember her past after the accident, she remembers her bond with Il Yung, even if she pretends to be annoyed with him. In the first half of the drama, it was light and silly, but as the drama went on, it got a little darker, yet Il Yung became a sort of comic relief. When he was sad, you felt sad, even if So Hwi was happy. When Il Yung got hurt, you felt hurt, even when So Hwi was kicking ass and taking names. I think his mood became the mood of the whole drama. He had almost become the main character after he was introduced.

Which leads me to the ending as well as the revelations and the truths that all came out in the final battle. I had honestly thought the drama was going one way, and it went the completely opposite. I had almost cried because of the backstory we got of So Hwi's accident as well as why Il Yung had disappeared after it. I had almost cried because honestly, the way everything was going, it looked like there wasn't going to be a happy ending, but somehow the writer came through with, I think, a very creative twist. I loved how the main characters refused to take the easy way out. They had fought for one another, not wanting to live, if the other wasn't there. And I do appreciate that even though it was obvious that Il Yung was in love with So Hwi, they fought not for romantic love, but for the love they had for one another. They had fought for their friendship. Yes that sounds cheesy, but I was happy that I didn't sit through yet another drama that left me sad or empty at the end. There have been so many of those lately, that this was a breath of fresh air. And for a film from 2008, watching in 2019....I thoroughly enjoyed it and I will probably watch it again. I think the only thing that I did not understand was So Hwi's fascination with Jun Mo and when those feelings ended for her. One moment, she was down to make out with him, but then the next, as he left her standing there...she didn't look phased as though she really didn't give a damn. It was hard to read So Hwi's expressions and know what she was feeling, except for when she was wilding out, trying to get Jun Mo's attention and affection. Don't get me wrong, I really loved her in this - she was strong af mentally and physically, but I wanted more raw emotion from her character. The ending scene and fight was great, but I wish the whole drama showed a little more emotion. It almost seemed like a silly distant dream to So Hwi after she decided to fight against the evil spirit. A distant dream where she had joined the hockey team thinking it would win the affection of a boy, thinking that she could like a normal life by hiding who she was.