I have read the manga, watched the anime, watched the Japanese movie and the Chinese 2008 drama and loved them all xD
It's been some times since I watched them, so I looked forward to this adaption and it did not disappoint at all, I loved this adaption! :D
It's one of my favourite stories that includes passion about tennis, teamwork, friendship, and wonderful messages like never give up, and even if you meet problems or obstacles, work hard to overcome them.
Also, I love watching the special moves. Yeah most of them are exaggerated, but these always made me excited to watch a game and get into tennis, even if I do not like this sport at all.
One thing I do not agree is when they play while being injured, that sends a bad message. I did not notice it before when I watched it when I was younger. But now being older I noticed that in this drama and playing while being injured is bad and the priority is your health.
Anyway, I love all the characters, they're all awesome ^_^
Also, great acting, chemistry between the actors, loved the songs and great production overall.
I really loved the chemistry between Chi Da Yong and Tang Jia Le in this adaption. Ok, I knew they are friends and it's a chinese drama, but I shipped them together many times. They're so cute together <3
I also loved how they got to make us believe that Lu Xia (Ryoma) is short, by using the camera angles. Ok, the actor is shorter than the other actors, but in the manga and anime, Lu Xia (Ryoma) is much shorter. However, they did a great job at that and make your mind think that he is short.
Awesome drama overall, I loved it! :D If they decide to continue it, I'll look forward to it :D
Loved it :D It was different from the usual AI, this time it was based on a hologram AI, called Holo. It was super interesting and I immediately got hooked on the story.
Ok, it was filled with the usual cliche plots and romance that we all love and makes you smile like an idiot ^_^
However, the AI plot made it really interesting and with 12 episodes they managed to create a good story.
Ok, many parts were predictable, or you know how the story will turn out (like I knew it that Go Nan Do's mother was killed, but disguised it as a suicide).
But I loved it and really enjoyed watching it :D Also, the good news is there were no draggy parts or filler plots, the story was just right. Definitely worth a watch :D
For a moment, I thought that Holo disappeared or was deleted for good, but he is slowly making a comeback, yay ^_^
I have only watched Queen of Mystery and I loved it! :D I haven't watched the second season yet, it had lots of negative comments, so I still don't know whether to watch it or not.
For the other dramas, I still haven't watched them yet, but I will check them out. Good article ^_^
In my opinion, the term 'strong female lead' can be interpreted in different ways.
It can also differ in what a person thinks, the experiences she passed through, what she views as strong, etc.
Once I saw a drama (I do not remember which one was) and I did not like the female lead and someone wrote what she found strong in her and I was like 'yeah I did not see it from that perspective'.
Some examples below in how a female lead can be strong (these are in my opinion and from I remember now):
Like she can be physically strong like for example the korean drama 'Strong Woman Do Bong Soon', she can be mentally strong like for example the korean drama 'The Last Empress', strong for her child / children like 'Autumn's Concerto' and even she can be strong for her family.
Moreover, she can be strong in her career like the japanese drama 'Doctor X', she can be strong because she is confident, she can be strong because she keeps going on with her life even though the female lead passed through many things.
Also, she can be strong because she keeps following her dream even though she finds many obstacles or people who hurt her, she can be strong because she finally accepted herself as she is.
Also, she can be strong because she can revenge and fight for herself or get revenge for her loved ones (this may be unpopular or seen as a bad thing, but I love it when the female lead gets revenge and then ok gets back on the right track).
She can be strong when she learns from her mistakes and starts to treat people better or appreciate them more, she can be strong in pursuing her love, etc.
Very informative article, I really enjoyed reading it! :D I did not know that these dramas were adapted into musicals. I really love musicals and I would watch them all! ^_^
Very interesting and informative article! I really enjoyed reading it :D It makes me want to visit thailand now ^_^
And I really love this lakorn, it's one of my favourite thai lakorns <3
And like as you said; the history, the mindset of the thai people of that time, the soul swapping, the characters, the story, etc made it really interesting to watch. Thus, while we get to learn some history about thailand, we get to enjoy the story between the characters.
Filipino dramas are much influenced by telenovelas, recently korean dramas and right now I would say mix of both.…
I did not know that, it's a shame, they really have potential.
I have only watched two dramas from Philippines, and these were Dyesebel (2008) and Magkaribal (2010). Yeah, they were long but I did like them, and actors are good as well.
I did start other dramas but either they did not catch my interest or I did not find them all subbed, so I dropped them.
However, I did watch some movies and I did like them. But I haven't watched much yet, so I don't know much about them. Thank you for your insight.
I fell in love with korean dramas because of their romance and stories.
I fell in love with chinese dramas mostly because of their historical dramas, as they have awesome stories (although they do tend to drag), awesome costumes, background scenes and especially awesome martial arts scenes.
I fell in love with japanese dramas because they give you realistic views and are able to give the message they want in few episodes. I find that to be a skill to be able to tell a story in few episodes.
I don't know if you also watch Thailand, Philippines and Taiwanese dramas and plan to write about them, but they have their strong points as well :D And if you do, I look forward to the next article :)
Great article :) I remember it coming out and I was excited about it.
However, it was really horrible and had lots of problems like you mentioned. Yes, the production was low budget, they changed the actors many times, bad acting, etc. Everything was horrible.
I think they tried to copy the korean style of acting which doesn't suit them or we're not used to see american series or movies do. So it turned horrible, ugly, disastrous and fake.
I had forgotten about it lol. I can't believe 7 years have already passed.
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It's been some times since I watched them, so I looked forward to this adaption and it did not disappoint at all, I loved this adaption! :D
It's one of my favourite stories that includes passion about tennis, teamwork, friendship, and wonderful messages like never give up, and even if you meet problems or obstacles, work hard to overcome them.
Also, I love watching the special moves. Yeah most of them are exaggerated, but these always made me excited to watch a game and get into tennis, even if I do not like this sport at all.
One thing I do not agree is when they play while being injured, that sends a bad message. I did not notice it before when I watched it when I was younger. But now being older I noticed that in this drama and playing while being injured is bad and the priority is your health.
Anyway, I love all the characters, they're all awesome ^_^
Also, great acting, chemistry between the actors, loved the songs and great production overall.
I really loved the chemistry between Chi Da Yong and Tang Jia Le in this adaption. Ok, I knew they are friends and it's a chinese drama, but I shipped them together many times. They're so cute together <3
I also loved how they got to make us believe that Lu Xia (Ryoma) is short, by using the camera angles. Ok, the actor is shorter than the other actors, but in the manga and anime, Lu Xia (Ryoma) is much shorter. However, they did a great job at that and make your mind think that he is short.
Awesome drama overall, I loved it! :D If they decide to continue it, I'll look forward to it :D
Loved it :D It was different from the usual AI, this time it was based on a hologram AI, called Holo. It was super interesting and I immediately got hooked on the story.
Ok, it was filled with the usual cliche plots and romance that we all love and makes you smile like an idiot ^_^
However, the AI plot made it really interesting and with 12 episodes they managed to create a good story.
Ok, many parts were predictable, or you know how the story will turn out (like I knew it that Go Nan Do's mother was killed, but disguised it as a suicide).
But I loved it and really enjoyed watching it :D Also, the good news is there were no draggy parts or filler plots, the story was just right. Definitely worth a watch :D
For a moment, I thought that Holo disappeared or was deleted for good, but he is slowly making a comeback, yay ^_^
A happy ending xD
For the other dramas, I still haven't watched them yet, but I will check them out. Good article ^_^
I 100% agree with your views on thai lakorns.
In my opinion, the term 'strong female lead' can be interpreted in different ways.
It can also differ in what a person thinks, the experiences she passed through, what she views as strong, etc.
Once I saw a drama (I do not remember which one was) and I did not like the female lead and someone wrote what she found strong in her and I was like 'yeah I did not see it from that perspective'.
Some examples below in how a female lead can be strong (these are in my opinion and from I remember now):
Like she can be physically strong like for example the korean drama 'Strong Woman Do Bong Soon', she can be mentally strong like for example the korean drama 'The Last Empress', strong for her child / children like 'Autumn's Concerto' and even she can be strong for her family.
Moreover, she can be strong in her career like the japanese drama 'Doctor X', she can be strong because she is confident, she can be strong because she keeps going on with her life even though the female lead passed through many things.
Also, she can be strong because she keeps following her dream even though she finds many obstacles or people who hurt her, she can be strong because she finally accepted herself as she is.
Also, she can be strong because she can revenge and fight for herself or get revenge for her loved ones (this may be unpopular or seen as a bad thing, but I love it when the female lead gets revenge and then ok gets back on the right track).
She can be strong when she learns from her mistakes and starts to treat people better or appreciate them more, she can be strong in pursuing her love, etc.
There are many more for sure.
And I really love this lakorn, it's one of my favourite thai lakorns <3
And like as you said; the history, the mindset of the thai people of that time, the soul swapping, the characters, the story, etc made it really interesting to watch. Thus, while we get to learn some history about thailand, we get to enjoy the story between the characters.
I'm looking forward to the second season ^_^
I have only watched two dramas from Philippines, and these were Dyesebel (2008) and Magkaribal (2010). Yeah, they were long but I did like them, and actors are good as well.
I did start other dramas but either they did not catch my interest or I did not find them all subbed, so I dropped them.
However, I did watch some movies and I did like them. But I haven't watched much yet, so I don't know much about them. Thank you for your insight.
I fell in love with korean dramas because of their romance and stories.
I fell in love with chinese dramas mostly because of their historical dramas, as they have awesome stories (although they do tend to drag), awesome costumes, background scenes and especially awesome martial arts scenes.
I fell in love with japanese dramas because they give you realistic views and are able to give the message they want in few episodes. I find that to be a skill to be able to tell a story in few episodes.
I don't know if you also watch Thailand, Philippines and Taiwanese dramas and plan to write about them, but they have their strong points as well :D And if you do, I look forward to the next article :)
The irony is that I watched all or one of the dramas of the other signs, but my sign that is cancer, I did not watch either of them lol.
However, I can only judge the story as it was shown.
However, it was really horrible and had lots of problems like you mentioned. Yes, the production was low budget, they changed the actors many times, bad acting, etc. Everything was horrible.
I think they tried to copy the korean style of acting which doesn't suit them or we're not used to see american series or movies do. So it turned horrible, ugly, disastrous and fake.
I had forgotten about it lol. I can't believe 7 years have already passed.