A Fallen Star

Things I appreciated:

1/ GMM always has a great budget behind their projects lately, and they also have good directors and staff in their company. As such, the drama's production value was good. The cinematography was very good, the background music was nicely placed and didn't feel overbearing, the editing of the scenes that were shown was done well as well.

2/ Win Metawin is a wonderful actor. His ability to act out emotional scenes was really impressive.

3/ Apart from him, most of the other actors such as Toptap, Gun (Gus), Mike, Khaotung, etc — also did a very good job at playing their roles.

Things I didn't like:

1/ Yes, Bright may be a very handsome individual and just watching him on the screen with the light just falling on his brown hair giving off a halo might just take everyone's breath away — but I can still not ignore the fact that he didn't do as well of a convincing job playing a man in love with Tine.

I think that Bright can do dark or grey roles very well. But playing a cute romantic role is still not something he has mastered, and then add his pair being a man.

He just couldn't do it well for me. He seemed like the weak link and had a choice of 2-3 expressions in his face all the time.

2/ Sarawat and Tine seemed more bromance than Chinese pairs in actual dramas tagged bromance like "Advance Bravely" and "The Untamed" — even though they smacked lips twice. Chemistry? Nowhere to be found if looked with open eyes. Level 100 delulu required.

Moreover, in the end, Wat made the mistake, then wrote a song that portrayed him as the victim, sang it in front of a large audience — again, making himself the victim — then pretended to act as if he was the hurt one and Tine was the heartless one. Sis. That was not fair.

3/ Man and Type were the only couple that was the highlight of this show. Even though they didn't even kiss once, their love and affections were more convincing than Sarawat and Tine whose chemistry was almost nonexistent.

4/ Mil and Kong should not have ended up together. Kong was just a second choice for Mil, and no one should be an option. Once again GMM has done FrankDrake major dirty.

5/ The drama seemed to deserve the hype for the first 1/3 of the drama. Then it just dropped down in quality (plot-wise and chemistry wise) and stared to feel underwhelming and overhyped.

6/ Also, while I enjoy some of Scrubb songs. I got tired of listening to Scrubbs entire discography by the end of this show.


That is all. If you enjoyed it, I am happy for you. For me, though, this is average. And overhyped.

I gave it a 7/10 even though the review thing suggests I give it a 7.5 for ManType.

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Good Points:

+ The story is very intriguing.

I have been trying to watch this show for months now, but have been unable to due to the slow speed of the subbing (God bless the subbers for subbing 11 episodes and not giving up) — however, I always came back to watch this. I did not even once feel like just putting it away and not completing it because it was not subbed. That is very hard in the world of drama watching where you have dozens of things that can take your time when one thing doesn't work out.

+ The OST.

The OST is wonderful. The subber of this show has also subbed the lyrics of the OST whenever it plays. Can I just say how important it OSTs are in helping viewers have a feel of the drama on a greater level? Subbers subbing OSTs elevates our viewing experience by tenfold.

+ The Man-Eater

Contrary to what others might say, I thought that the man-eater's personality was very humorous. He was like a spoilt little brat who liked to kill everyone and eat them. And when the girl would growl at him he would make this funny noise — okay I'll stop before I give everyone else a false image of the man-eater. #StillCute

Things to consider:
+The show is only subbed till episode 11. I watched the remaining 4 episodes RAW.

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The Journey of a Slave’s Child to Finding his Worth & His Freedom

Before I begin, this drama is about a slave's path to freedom and achieving his dreams. The story centres around that. Not the romance. It is not a romance heavy drama. So if you are someone who can not watch a drama that's not romance first and everything else second then this will not be a drama you will find interesting.

I personally enjoyed it a lot (as you can see by the rating). Although the quality of the video available was low, I could see how well each scene was shot, and how aesthetically pleasing the director kept the shots.

The actors all did a wonderful job. There was not one actor who did badly in my humble opinion. Moreover, the characters that were in this drama were mostly (aside from the villain) all grey characters. They did selfless, pure things and they also made mistakes like normal humans do.

This is something that is not seen often in dramas. If a person is good, they are a whole saint. If a person is bad, there is not a single attribute about their personality that is pleasant. In this drama, however, the good guys made human mistakes and the bad guys (well...) also had time to show that they have good parts too or their actions could be rationalised.

The plot of the drama was very well done too. While it did keep some things that have already been seen before — however, the screenwriters and director did a wonderful job not keeping those feeling repetitive or boring. I enjoyed the plot so much!

I will list down things that one might not be able to enjoy:
- lack of physical contact between leads.
- The CGI and green screen work was sometimes very off. I could totally tell they had green screen behind them.
- Some characters didn’t have to die.

Overall, I enjoyed this drama. I’m really impressed.

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Why you may want to watch this drama?

+Thai food is superior, and you get to see it being made!
+ Thai historical setting. maybe it's just me but I enjoy historical settings in Thai larkons.
+ The method of how the son's plot and the mum's plot and how the mother's story is narrated through the son is incredibly wonderful.
+ The Nice guy finally prevails!

What should you be cautious of?

+ The mother and the son are both fickle throughout the drama. The mother swings between two men, and the son swing between two girls. This can be annoying as hell. It almost ruined the show for me, and this is why I haven't given the show a 9.

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Cold Case 2 is a good drama to watch if you are a fan of the suspense genre, or have simply watched Cold Case 1 and wish to also watch the second season.

For me, personally, I fit in both those options. After watching CC1, I was extremely pumped and ready to watch the second season that had been promised then.

When CC2 came out, I was extremely excited. But the wait for English subtitles was long. Finally, I only just managed to get my hands on all the episodes recently. And so... a binge began.

My first impression of the drama was that of meeting old friends after being away for a while. I embraced all the original cast members with wide arms and a loving smile and their easy chemistry and wonderful acting once again took me into a space where I begin wondering how realistic their acting is.

Then after a while, the pink haze began to fade and I quickly began to realise little details that I missed from the first season. This accumulated until the final case (Case 10), and in the end... although it was a decent watch, it just didn't make my heart race like the first season did.

Maybe it was the choice of cases they decided on. Or maybe it was because in the first season we also got to see the process of people getting killed, and in this season they just had an introduction and then were shown dead.

I think it's a blend of both of these reasons~ the reason why I could not enjoy this as much as season 1. Still, this season is worth a watch for sure. Yes, it didn't make my insides tingle like the first season but, but it did entertain me.

In the end, if that objective is met, then it's a pass from me.

Give it a go.

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Through the course of this drama, I have felt so many emotions. Sometimes all of them in just one episode. I have felt sadness, regret, love, betrayal, anger. I have laughed and I have cussed people out. Even now, as I’m writing this review two days later, I have a lot of mixed feelings about this drama.

Firstly, I would like to express that this drama is not for the faintest of hearts. Especially if you are someone like me who detests polygamy.

You may say, “Well every historical drama has harem! It was the norm then.”

I will say, Ofcourse I do understand. Harems are to be expected in a historical drama. Especially one that surrounds Royalty.

The difference is here is that there are two types of harem dramas.

One, where the Male lead already has an established harem when the female lead walks into his life, and the female lead is the last addition in his harem because he’s fallen in ‘love’ with her (Example: Oh My General).

And two, where the Male lead loves the female lead but keeps on marrying more concubines and having sexual relations with them whilst saying that he loves the female lead (Example: Rule The World, this drama. )


There is a very prominent difference in these two types of dramas. An undeniable difference not everyone can build a tolerance to or endure.

I, personally, have a heart too weak to endure such pain. I can not.

Please watch according to your tolerance level and preference :)


Adding on, exclusive of the first point, I am quite fond of the this drama. That is the only reason why despite of being so hurt with the Male lead’s “situation/actions” I kept on watching till the end. The actors all did a wonderful job, especially the female lead.

Can I express just how much pain I felt when I saw her smiling through her pain and acting as if seeing the Male lead getting his other wife pregnant or marrying more women wasn’t hurting her ? I probably can’t fathom such a situation without tearing up. She was that good. She was very good.

I suppose that is why I’ve been able to hold such a soft spot for this drama. Initially I was so upset I rated the drama as 7/10. Then it went up to 7.5/10. For the past two days I refused to change rating but I can’t help it. Now, it’s 8/10.

Despite the apparent change that they must have had to do due to the time-travel ban, the story flowed smoothly and everything (except the stupid harem angle) seemed to have a purpose.

If there had been a different circumstance. Without so much marrying of the Male lead and the pregnancies of his wives — I may have given this a 9.5/10.

I can’t help but lament, out of all the men who loved her. I wish she had been with Cuyen. I wish.

I also wish we could have seen her future writer self get with the publishing company’s president/director dude at the end, instead of the side by side laughing fade to black thing they did.

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I knew what I was getting into when I began watching this, and somewhat I didn't. I didn't know how it was going to end. I found out about the ending three episodes in. I don't want to be blatantly obvious but it's a tragedy for a reason.

For people who may be a little confused, this is a war drama that has romance in it. Not a romance drama that has war in it. There is a difference. What's something that needs more consideration is that it is based on true events. This is a part of Thailand's history. A very dark history. Thus, it's alright that this drama isn't peaches and cream.

To make it easier for you to read, I'll point out things that I liked and didn't like in this drama below.

THINGS I LIKED:
> History.
I liked the fact that it was based on true events. This allowed me to learn more about Thailand, it's culture and where the country and its people have come from now.

> A decent flow in plot.
Since it was based on true events, the sequences of events were well put together.

> THE OST.
I'll be honest, I'd give this drama a 7 or a 7.5 because of the female lead and the length but this OST always pulls it back up. The melody and the lyrics. It made me cry. I could definitely see a soldier singing it to his family or his wife.

> The female lead's grandmother.
What a fine woman.

THINGS I DID NOT LIKE:

> 16 episodes seems too lengthy to be quite honest, the flow of the PLOT was decent but it could have been equally well put in a 12-14 episode drama. A lot of the female lead's angle could have been cut off.

> The female lead.
All she ever did was cry. It was very irritating. There was not a single ounce of special quality in her except her good looks, and if there was it was not focused on. She literally cried all the time. That's what she did. Even though her grandmother taught her how to read fate, she couldn't even do that well. Honestly, I wouldn't have been disappointed if the female lead wasn't given attention or an angle in this drama. Actually, I would have appreciated it. I wish she was half as strong and mature as her grandmother was though. I really wish.

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This drama could have easily been a 9/9.5 drama. Easily. The plot's general concept was very alluring, something that grabbed my attention and kept it there enough to make me commit 17.3 hours of my life to this drama. For the most parts, I'll say that I enjoyed this drama very much. It's not a bad drama, definitely, and I'll recommend this to everyone! But it definitely has some faults that I could not overlook. I'll list the positives and negatives down below for easier reading.


>> SOME POINTS THAT I DID NOT LIKE:
1. The second female lead is obnoxiously irritating. One thing I really hate is when people do not know their social status. She was a snake that bit the same owner who took her in as her secretary and gave her a good life just because of her own insane jealousy and delusion that she could even compare to Pat. A good load of great things that gave her in the end. *rolls eyes*

2. I do not want to say that Pat/Lan (the female lead) was very dismissive of the body that she has acquired and the responsibilities and reality that comes with it. But she was.

Firstly, after she comes 'back to life' in Lan's body, she completely disregards that the body she is in has a family of her own and is actually married. She completely decides to give no face to Lan's father and refuses to live as Lan at first, which I felt was very sad for the actual Lan who was now dead.

Secondly, Pat/Lan totally ignored the fact that she had a husband, which could really bring up a lot of problems in the future. Of course, Pat/Lan did not like her 'husband' at all. Therefore, I do not see why a divorce was not something she seeked first and foremost after finding out that she's married in this new body.

Finally, When Pat/Lan realised how evil and high-reaching Kaew is, she still endured her 'feces' and let her pull and push her around until the almost end. A lot of things, I believe, would have been better if she had just revealed the truth about Kaew to Win (Especially since she had proof).

>> SOME GOOD POINTS:
1. This drama was not draggy. It was conscious in that it knew where it was going and went there swiftly.

2. Kawin's loyalty is precious. Even though he was a little slow in the beginning, he was still firm.

3. Noojoon is a treat to my heart. He really was a great best friend and comic relief.

4. I appreciated the variety and complexity of the characters in this drama. You could see that there are good people, and bad people, and good people that do bad things intentionally or unintentionally and repent. It was more close to real life. I liked that.

5. The plot is good for most parts. Because it's not draggy, not a lot of 'arguments' carry on for a lot of episodes unnecessarily. I liked that.

6. The bad guys really got their karma back.

>> CONCLUSION:
After watching the drama and sleeping on it, I really like this drama despite its shortcomings. It made me laugh and smile and cry and get really pissed off. But I liked it a lot, still.

8/10.

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Have you ever watched a drama that made you feel warm and tingly inside? A drama that made you wish that you lived where the characters lived? In a time that they did? Even though you know that living in this age is essentially better for women at least? Still, the plot pulls you in with its beautiful blend of simplicity and complexity.

I can not begin to describe what this drama is, and what feeling this drama induces in me. A sense of nostalgia that is almost misplaced because I have never lived in that era, I have never experienced that life. Still, I miss it. I almost wish I could live it.

What power must a drama have to induce this feeling in me, I can not fathom. I have only felt this way for two dramas so far, Padiwarada & Prissana. It's a beautiful feeling.

It was hard to obtain all of the English subbed episodes of this drama. However, a very kind soul here on MDL shared the episodes I did not have with me, and for that, I am always going to be grateful. Thanks, Ma! <3

This drama can be described in many ways. Maybe like an afternoon rain after a hot summer day. Maybe the clear 5 AM breeze right before the sunrise. Perhaps the velvety smoothness of melted chocolate. LOL, this drama has made me almost whimsical. I'll admit, I appreciate it for that.

The plot was well thought and well laid out. Personally, I did not feel like the story dragged at any point. No episode felt like a mere filler and everything cohesively blended in together to form various love stories all in one drama. Of course, our main lead's love story took the longest to unravel, but it was not one filled with extremely agonizing obstacles formed by third parties ~ and I appreciated that.

All the obstacles that were initially formed were between the two main leads themselves. Their ignorance, their feelings, their pride, their misunderstanding, their love. Just them. They messed it up and they fixed it.

I also appreciated how much depth and time other secondary characters got. There was a lot of characters to relate to, appreciate, roll my eyes at. But none that was cruel without reason. Even the second female lead and her mother I could not begin to think that "this does not happen in real life!" because I can definitely say their characters are real enough. They are not crazy without reason or cruel without a mind. I appreciated that also.

All in all guys, the copies of this drama may not be the best. It's a bit of a blurry mess. After all, the drama was released in the year 2000. That is almost 19 years ago, and the lack of quality in the video is understandable~ but the plot will make the lack of video quality almost seem like nothing. It did that for me. This is definitely a 10/10 drama for me. I doubt I'll ever find something like this again, and that almost makes me sad.

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When I began watching this drama, I had gone in with reading only the synopsis (The old one, I changed it after I watched the drama) and I was absolutely terrified. Thankfully, although the story had a few weak points and the male character was aggressive, there were no rape scenes and the male character came to love the FL through her personality and perseverance.

Yes, the child of the ML was annoying, but that was mainly under the influence of the ML's dead wife's sister (Who is in love with the ML).

All in all, this is a lighter sort of watch that you should give a go without investing too much of your brain or emotion in. It won't cause you a lot of damage. :)

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This larkon can be divided into three arcs.

ARC 1: Episode 1 to 4

The first lifetime where a freshly England returned Thai prince Khun Chai Yai gets told that he is engaged to a Thai princess, Wilailayka, but ends up falling in love at first sight with a Lao princess, Jao Nang Noy, who is staying under his father's guardianship while she completes her education.

Obviously from the synopsis you all already know that Chai Yai and Jao Nang get married and Jao Nang dies on the same night of her wedding from being poisoned in their marriage house. Khun Chai Yai dies soon after as well from a broken heart, staying faithful to his dead wife until his last breath.

What I loved about this arc was the unwavering love and commitment Chai Yai had to Jao Nang. From the moment he fell in love with her, it was just her (granted he didn't even care for his fiancee even before he saw Jao Nang). He made it extremely clear to both of his parents that he was going to marry Jao Nang and no one else, and no amount of pressure from his mother made him give in even for a minute in his intentions. I liked that. A lot.

ARC 2: Episode 4 to the first half of episode 19

Ultimately this is where we see our FL after her rebirth, 20 something years later. Because of the war, her mother dies and she and her father (who is a chief police officer or something) move to the more prominent parts of Thailand where she earns herself a job as an English teacher in a school. This is where she meets the spirit of Khun Chai Yai who has been waiting all this while to see the rebirth of his love.

A lot of things happen in this arc:
1/ Our female lead , now called Rachawadee, remembers her past life
2/ Meets and falls in love with the spirit of Chai Yai
3/ Gets another engaged man fall completely in love with her
4/ Ends up being ordered by Wilailayka (who is quite old now) to live in her palace and serve her

Again, I'm sure you must all understand through practicality that a human and a ghost love story... just does not blend well. Therefore major changes had to occur for both of our main leads.

Personally, I thought this arc was stretched way too far then it needed to. A lot of the major plot points could have been dealt with a lot faster, there was no need for almost 16 episodes to take care of all the things that were taken care of. 10 episodes would have done perfectly without beginning to feel like a drag.

ARC 3: Episode 19.5 to 21

In this arc, Khun Chai gets reborn as our second male lead's son & Rachawadee gets reborn as her best friend's youngest daughter.

I have to say though, 2.5 episodes to wrap up a happy ending? I am disappointed. There was just not enough time to develop the story as much as it could have developed. They could have made a very beautiful arc if they had just managed to shift at least 5 episodes from arc 2 into this arc.

Still, we did get our happy ending . The over-all story left me with a warm feeling in my chest when I was done. Ofcourse, there was disappointment but there often is disappointment when it comes to me. I'm always unhappy about something in a drama. Regardless, the fact that this drama made me feel warm inside trumps all.

Overall, a drama that should not be slept on. Give it a go if you're intrigued !

P.S. Be prepared for the second male lead's wedding night scene. Trust me.
P.P.S. 21 episodes and we finally have a kiss between the main leads. Thank the directors!

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What an exhilarating breath of fresh air. The drama started extremely well and continued the slow, leisure pace in its storyline and romance to the end.

This drama made me appreciate the Thai culture and traditions, it helped me visualise how a normal person’s life must have been back then in Thai. It all seemed very realistic (if you take out the magic mirror and time travel)

I found myself appreciating the struggles Thai people must have faced through the ages and how strong they must have been to still be independent now when so many countries were colonised (like mine).

I appreciated the absence of fierce antagonists. Being fully adverse with Thai Larkons I am quite used to expecting to see screaming second leads ~ this drama spared me.

This drama has such strong women, most of who support each other and help each other grow.

The romance was slow and simmering, I’ll like to credit the Male lead for this because of his quiet, strict, and shy personality as compared to the open minded, modern, firecracker of our female lead. Still, he was fierce and adamant on who he wanted and who he didn’t.

I didn’t want to understand somethings he did in the latter half when the prospect of time travel for the future female lead became more concrete, but I did. And I could not fault him for being desperately in love.

One fault I can find is the lack of goodbyes this drama had for the female lead and ALL her circle of people in her original life. Granted, saying goodbye to her mum was a good treat nonetheless.

All in all, I throughly enjoyed this drama and love it dearly. It’s a sweet, slow, and thought provoking ride.

9.5/10

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When I had first decided to watch this drama I didn't know what I was getting myself into. At all. I'd never seen a war drama per say, and I didn't know how this would turn out since it was set during the WW2 era~ the only reason I'd decided to watch this was because Zanilia was in it and I was on a solid Zanilia Zhao marathon, having watched 'The Mystic Nine', 'The Journey of Flower', and 'Cuo Dian Yuan Yang' before this, and also rewatching 'Boss and Me' for the second time as well.



I must say though, I was sucked in so fast I didn't know what hit me! I went through this like a storm, episode after episode till 4 in the mornings! It was crazy, but the thrill this drama presented was amazing. I really loved this drama, and maybe you will love it too.



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YOU WILL LIKE THIS DRAMA IF YOU:



+ Like Zanilia Zhao



+ Love badass female leads



+ Devoted, badass male leads



+ Like Spy dramas



+ Like war dramas



+ Like a crazy second female lead ~ and like to see her going crazier with constant defeat.



+ Like a very complicated but thorough second male lead. (Ah, Song Mian. I love you.)



+ Like villains you can not really come to hate. (It's crazy, but the main Villains seemed more gentle than most characters here~ especially the female second lead.)



+ Do not mind character deaths. This is a war drama, people. You'll see a lot of character deaths. Trust me.



+ Don't mind crying.



+ Like happy endings.



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I hope you fall in love with both Song Mian and the main male lead just as I did. I hope you cry and laugh with triumph. I hope you question the confused feelings in your chest about have about the main villains. I hope you learn to appreciate and forgive these characters just as I did. But mostly, I hope~ that you come to love this drama just as much as I did.

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This review may contain spoilers. MAY. Subjective. Depends on what each person views as a spoiler.

> There basically is two parts to this drama, the first part is where the male protagonist is a mushroom head (Da Lang) and the drama is viewed in his POV, and the second part is where the male protagonist turns into a revengeful, super idiotic Hunkabaloonka (Xue Hai)~ this part is shown in the female lead, Bao Zue's POV.


> I believe this drama isn't one that you should watch with a serious mind. It's not a drama that you should seriously analyse and try to rationalise. You should come to this drama with zero expectations of it being a normal rationalised drama. It isn't. The characters will do some things when they shouldn't. And they won't do some things when they should. Things that would otherwise be so impactful and tangent changing won't be a big deal in this drama as well. You just have to keep your mind open to being carefree and detached. That way, you'll be able to enjoy this drama to its full potential.


> This was an extremely funny but weird drama. The First 6 mins into the first episode, I couldn't help but think, "Oh my God, what the hell am I watching? " But by the end of the first episode I was like, "Oh my God this is the funniest thing ever!"

> The role reversal was also strong in this one. The guy is the weird, innocent one and the girl is a total badass. I didn't ever wonder about a reversal as such but it's refreshing to see such a change nonetheless.


> At first I didn't like the girl as much as I liked the guy because I thought all her physical abuse towards the guy (she hits his head and kicks him in the arse a lot) and her screaming all the time was not necessary. It was a little too much. But then I realised the male lead was an even bigger idiot~ he never trusted the female lead and always conceded to everyone else on their views on the female lead.

> I think the main thing I found irritating in this drama was the main leads' weak personality traits. For instance, for the female lead ~ she doesn't care to defend herself. When someone thinks she's at fault, she lets them think what they want. It's the basic "They don't trust me enough and they doubt me, then why should I explain myself?" scenario with her. As for the male lead~ he's a moron. He believes just about anyone and is so naive and unchanging in his thoughts. Especially when half the things are so obvious~ and yet he makes up another excuse just to justify that what he thinks (which is incorrect, mind you) is correct!


> In the first part of the drama, I was really feeling the chemistry between the male and female lead, but during the second part my SLS (Second Lead Syndrome) rose and began going crazy on me. He basically gives her a home, brings food to eat with her because she has no money yet, gives her a job, looks after her when she's sick, and even went out searching with her for the male lead~ for three years!~ I couldn't find myself to blame her when she decides to forget the male lead and let the second lead in.

>The male lead's entry in the second portion of the drama comes right after the female lead decides to give up looking for him and move on. I have to admit though, his entry was hilarious! Purple pants, hot pink shirt and a very pale pink jacket to boot... I was so shook!

> At first when I had read the synopsis and done some research on this drama before watching it~ I had thought the main male lead would turn into a completely cold, ruthless player in the second half— he doesn't. He's still nice. Just completely, insufferably confused and misguided.

> I believe in the second part of the drama; what fuelled his stupidity was the fact that he believed the main female lead only dated rich guys, and so with his 'woe her until she wants to marry and then dump her' plan he thinks, "Oh I'm super rich, all I have to do is flaunt my money and buy her diamond necklaces and she'll come running right into my trap!"

Obviously, the female lead isn't money minded and this only pisses her off more. Over and over the main male lead tried to show off his wealth and compete with the second male lead, and over and over again the girl gets irritated and pushes him aside. It was such a sad cycle of events to witness tbh.

> By the end of the drama, I almost wanted to extend my hands and go, "Come here, Yan Feng (2nd male lead), just come here! You won't ever get her. It's so obvious. But you're so nice and oh what the hell, I'll keep you!"

> I also believe this drama could have ended in 19 episodes. I don't know if they wanted to keep a slow and steady pace, but I really wanted the leads to just figure it out and get back together or something already.

> I also really really disliked the male lead's two sisters. I have to admit though, I hated the player sister more than the grandma sister. This was because she was the stupid mind behind all the revenge plot and all his other actions that completely messed things up. Then, even when she witnesses what actually happened with the main lead and everything was explained ~ she still acted as if the boy's reason for being so melancholy was not justified and that he was hurt because of the female lead. He wasn't hurt because of her. He was hurt because of misunderstanding her. Honestly~ I don't see how anything was the main female lead's fault. _._

> Another character I absolutely couldn't stand was this tiny girl who worked in the ice cream shop and threatened to hate the main female lead if she didn't like the second male lead back. I wanted to reach into my screen and smack her head. Ha ha, I'm kidding. Okay, I'm not.

> Ah, that aside~ a lot of things happen in the second half, the first bit of the second half is funnier than the last phase of the show, which made me cry a lot. There was a fire, memory loss and kidnapping. There was also lots of tears. But I'm glad I was about to stick through!

> The ending made me realise how much I loved the female lead's character. Although she was rough and tough and refused to defend herself and let people believe what they wanted ~ she was, in her heart, absolutely devoted to the main lead. Yes, there were times when she felt like giving up, honestly, anyone would too, there is so much one can take. But she was completely devoted nonetheless.

> Some folks may dislike her for not refusing the second lead till the last episodes of the show but honestly ~ she tried to give him a chance and forget the main male lead, but every time she tried the main male lead did something and BAMN! Mission unsuccessful! So don't take that equation too seriously.


> ENDING: Happy. Very happy. :)



[[Little Notes]]

> This dude gets so many hits on his head by the girl. I'm thankful in every moment that he doesn't get any more stupid than he was. I just wish she would stop hitting him on the head all the time. Especially in public. Although — I really appreciate this actor's acting skills. Pretty good!

>During their second kiss— I like to call it the transition kiss because they transitioned from 'sort of friends' to 'dating'— I was really shocked because this was the first time I saw a female lead doing all the lip movements and the guy being still and innocent. This is the complete opposite in other dramas. I don't know why but I couldn't help but laugh during this scene. It was like "Oh wow, never thought I'd see this day."


> I felt so bad for the cars in this drama. I really felt like I wanted to shout "Leave the cars alone! Don't drive like you're shook and on weed! Shook and driving is illegal! Give the poor cars a rest!"


> Okay so this drama also had a scene with skin colour shaming (the main lead was the one who commented on it). Just a note to all you girls who are of colour. Please do not find it offensive (I held myself by the wire trying not to) Not everyone is open minded about melanin differences. :) Let us also keep in mind that this drama was made in 2009, completely 8 years ago and the mindset must have changed from then and now, right?

> Honestly I think the location for the male lead's home wasn't actually a mansion but a resort or hotel! It's hard to explain, but you'll know when/if you watch the drama.

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Did I complete this drama? No. I just could not bring myself to.
This drama started out amazingly. I absolutely loved the first episode-- and although I wasn't falling for the second male lead, I wasn't quite down with the 1st male lead too-- since he was so smitten with the 2nd female lead.
A couple of episodes went by and I found myself disliking this drama, personally. Mainly because of the second female leads angle. Her obsession with Ahn Jae Hyeon's character (2nd male lead) completely pissed me off as the episodes rolled by.
I mean that girl did not deserve Ahn Jae Hyeon's character AT ALL! She needed to love HERSELF! and just let go of that obsession!
It hurt more when Ahn Jae Hyeon's character liked her back-- that's when I pulled the plug.
Overall I can not tell you not to watch this drama. But I would suggest you keep this in the back of your list when you can not find anything to pass time with at all.
Since I have not finished it-- I can't say that it was horrible. But could I call it good when I couldn't even bring myself to finish it? Maybe not. Maybe not.

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