It was overall a cute drama, but I can't say neither I loved it or I hated it, and I think this is worse, because it's ought to be forgotten (by me at least). I'm not an exo fan (please don't kill me xD) so it was a little more difficult to watch, because I didn't have the fangirl motivation here xD
Someone said is a shopping king Louis in joseon and...well that's where the problem lies. Everything, like every trope of this drama it's already seen and already done. The similarities with skl are many, but also with like every period drama I have seen. (Speaking of which: there is a saeguk not focused on the royal family? Or at least not only, like there's nothing else to write about that period??) There's no suspance, no really twists in the story or mysteries - we all knew that the assassin brother was the father of the queen's baby. Even the death of the evil vice minister was unsatisfying...well the whole plotting against the crown was too bland and boring.
Also! There was the "solution agency" which was an interesting thing, but they drop it pretty soon only to bring it back at the end just to feign ignorance about the fact they forgot about it lol

Ps. My extremely unpopular opinion: I had the second lead syndrome... I felt much more chemistry between Hong Shim and the magistrate...maybe because I liked more his characterization or to me he has better acting skills (not saying the ml sucked...I just preferred the sm) when he almost proposed at the end I hoped they would've take the "realism" route and have the prince marry a noblewoman (ugh bitter isn't it?) and let them become a couple.

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I liked how the drama started, the concept wasn't something unseen but it had his elements of uniqueness.
That element were the kids and the neighborhood. I especially liked how the clueless parents actually discovered key informations without even knowing, it was refreshing and I felt good because usually in spies movies and shows the organization members are too superior to commoners (must be that way to protect the country right? Still, to me flawless people are annoying) and the whole babysitting was cute to the max (those two kids are so pretty and sweet! And I don't even like kids lol).
Also Go Ae Rin was a good female lead, some of her decisions and justifications were not the best (you won't poke your nose around to a dangerous place like j int. out of mere curiosity, they could've make her connect her husband death to that place in order to give her a solid motive to investigate. Like not the whole plot, it would be marysueish xD just an hint...) she still was a complete character with a growth through the drama. I liked her courage.
I think tho, the husband was forgot pretty fast...even if that character is just a catalyst for her to be introduced into the spies world, he was her loved one, the man who was the father of her chilchildren...they tried to justify with "I have to stay strong for my children" but still it felt weak to me.
The spy plot...let's say I like all the reference to all the famous spy movies like mib, 007, kingsman, uncle, and so on. As I said I really find exciting to see how this world collided with the commoners world, but this faded away, especially towards the end. I guessed who the evil ones where and their motivation/plan was really predictable. I admit I skipped towards the end.
The romance was meh..., they started too fast but more consistently and then they backed up in the middle. There are no kisses, just that nose-nose thing with the child and occasionally with the male neighbor who's lowkey gay for the main lead. (There is an hint of bromance between them and the two male leads)
Another interesting character was Young Tae, the conman/thief that's not really the worst person in the drama. I saw this actor in Go Back Couple and I really liked him, he's not as handsome as Terius (truthfully I am not in for the looks, but I fall hard for charisma xD) but he was more interesting to me. So Ji Sub is not a bad actor, but he has always that stoic emotionless scheme in every drama I watched with him (maybe I just picked the ones that are similar), I admit it was a good contrast with the children but the second male stole some spotlight!
The worst thing probably was the product placement. I can forgive the plot holes since I watched it as comedy (so I did't pay too much attention to the evil people plot xD), but the advertisement was a little over the top. Too many products and too much footage of them sponsorizing coffees, fast foods, beverage, jewelry and so on. It was too obvious and ruined the mood :(
It was cute but not to the extent of rewatching it in the future.
I don't recommend it if you like mystery and romance, more like if you're into cute comedy and slice of life

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This drama is a bit old, so some of the characters have very old fashioned way of thinking, but I have to admit that it's a bit forward in certain aspects.
The things I liked most were the relationship between kids and uncles (especially Pa Rang and Kang Ha, they share a very cute bond and I have to say Pa Rang is the very hero of the whole drama even tho at the beginning was a bit annoying - I swear later he grows on you) and how the female lead became from a superficial useless girl to a very cool woman who never lost her cool (there was a moment in the middle, when Kang Ha almost married that other girl, but for the rest she was okay). Usually in those kind of old drama the female lead's traits never changes but they're even seen as an attractive point for almost all the guys that will appear during the story. She's not nosy, loud, she doesn't do things for her loved ones sake and , when she decided to change her life, she stayed faithful to her new attitude. Just don't judge her from the first episode.

The chemistry between the main leads is natural, especially when they argue but there's a lot of time stole by that useless second leads subplots. And this is what I was thinking talking about "old fashioned" the second leads are more clingy than a gum on your hair!! Both Jae Young and Joon Ha had no consistent reasons for their attachment to the main leads and they just don't know when to give up (BUT they magically do it near the end, like that.)...she had to marry him because she decided so, there's no love involved, she just thought something like "we're beautiful and successful so we are a great pair"...how pathetic would that be? Add to this the fact that she went around slapping and yelling at everyone just to vent her frustration and we have the most annoying character ever imagined. I think they should've added a serious reason to make her fall in love with him just to begin with ...I mean she even threatened him to reveal the big secret to the brother (the "big" secret of them being step brother...and he knew already!! All that episodes wasted like that). And for Joon Ha I kinda liked him at the beginning even if he seemed like a weak character, but I don't understand at all his changing obsession between the two girls so fast...he first was madly in love with JY and for her sake he started trying to steal Pal Gang from his bro but he fell for her like that, in two seconds he didn't remember anything good about JY (quote). And that girl that won't cry thing, I don't even understood how good of a reason to fell for someone would be. She was a spoiled brat from the beginning.
The worst of the worst was that verbal duel between the brothers "I can't steal her like I did with our mother" "for my bro's sake I can give up her"....she doesn't get to decide whom she like?? Why I had this feeling her opinion on this matter was so unimportant that she wasn't even asked about it?
*I really need to insert that Aladdin's gif where Jasmine scolds everyone for playing with her future like she's some sort of prize*

The nephew was cute with the kids but really he was an unimportant character...he's here just to have another contestant for Pal Gang's hand but he didn't even stood a chance so meh. I wish he would've given up her before and started being a cheerful character with no romance implementation... (You are in dramaland when a whole family just go nuts for the very same plain looking girl lol)

But beside clingy characters and bipolarism it was entertaining for at least the three quarter of it - in some parts I even thought "wow this is very good" (when it was more focused on the family struggle and the children), so I suggest to give it a shot if you like those improvised family drama when leads become surrogate of dead parents and slice of life ones.
Also I loved the fact that the kids and the girl had all color names! I learned something in Korean!
Ps. Some of the characters has different hairstyles than the posters o.o

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Ok honestly high school dramas are not my cup of tea, but I have to say I enjoyed this. We have the usual nosy, good hearted but not really good at studying female protagonist...we can say she's dumb, but I don't think that's the case, and I had a really good vibe from her mostly because she thinks carefully through stuff and she make her own decision (and probably the fact that she has low scores it's just because she's too busy being a teenager and having fun). I was kinda like her so maybe it's because I can relate to her character. The male lead, on the other hand, didn't gave me a special impression, it was just okay. The usual number one student with great ego and flirty personality and some dark family past. But if they wanted to use this as leverage to make us take pity on him, well he's nothing compared to the second lead, and here's my legendary second lead syndrome over Ji Soo's characters. Will he ever be able to get the girl? Only the time will tell xD
Fangirling aside, I always use as a meter of judgment for a good drama the message it contains and I have to say, in this is a pretty good one: I like how the guys didn't outcast completely Soo Ah despite her actions, they showed their humanity and tried to understand her instead of marking her as a villain and such. Basically I think it's more pleasant to have an antagonist who isn't like a disney villain, to see his/her backstory and having a reason for being that way. People are not good or bad, they just make bad or good choices and that leads them to become more or less evil. She is just a girl, and she suffered more than anyone for her bad decisions, so she's salvageable. Also the female lead always had the chance to humiliate her publicly and get revenge, instead she chose not to use this power she had over her to damage her. That's what this drama conveyed me and I think it's a good example to show to young people (we always forgot that those programs are meant to young people and that they're affected by everything they're surrounded, as the drama clearly shows us)
The only negative thought on this drama I have is that there are things not really well developed (like the issue with Dong jae just resolved itself in few minutes and his character isn't very explored) and some stuff like self harm, suicide, abusive parents, sexual harassment are treated a bit too lightly in my opinion. I would have kept the whole storyline more bright instead of putting in all that stuff and not develop them properly.

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I found this by accident and even if it's a bit outdated I decided to try it anyway.
I liked the fact that the main lead was not the always present dick of a chaebol but a normal guy, yes he's not poor but he's not the top of the top of the top and so I didn't had to watch any of those cringeworthy scenes of him choosing between a several amount of clothes , cars and whatever. So no "wealth bragging" and his character was quite cute, I can even understand why for a while he was confused between Chae Rin and the female lead, I mean she loved that noona for so long and she didn't see like us her true face..so the male lead, considering this is from 2005 was cute and I happily cheered for him!
The fem lead was okay I guess but she was kind of annoying in the middle, they both made clear they feelings for each other but they were going slowly because she was reluctant to go for it.
The supporting characters I loved were the father in law (cuteness run within that family lol) and the male classmate, he had the right intuitions and gave the best advices (at the very beginning I thought he was going to be a love rival, fortunately he had only eyes for Dan Hee), also I can understand why at some point Dan Hee pushed Chun Yang towards the awful ceo, she was trying to protect her from the sufference caused by Myong Ryong's wavering.
The second leads just made drop the value of this drama, but you know, without them the show would be ended by the 4th episode xD
The things that made me despise them are two: the motivations for keep chasing the main couple were based solely on pride and jealousy and not love but most of all they were always in the right place at the right moment eavesdropping some important infos (like where the main couple is or what are their intentions)...at some point I exclaimed a "come on" so loud because of this that I scared my husband xD
Oh another annoying thing: the opening with all that screaming and noises. (????)?????

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I know my review would be hated by most of the fans of hana yori dango / boys over flowers / meteor garden because it's basically a rant, so if you decide to read my rant please be prepared.
Also, I'm just expressing my opinion, I'm not dissing anyone, actors, writers or whatever.
I probably let some minor spoiler slip away, but I've seen only 17 eps so you know.
First of all a note: I know this story was written in 1992 but if they found the necessity to update the time in which the drama is set (a smartphone is the symbol of the main leads first encounter), why not updating or cutting some very very crappy scenes? There was a scene that I found very uncomfortable to watch, especially knowing at the end the two people will end falling in love to each other...I imagined them in a future married telling their friends "oh dear, do you remember when I almost punched you and I kissed you by force? Holy moly the good old times". I mean...no. Forcing yourself to a girl is not the best move... but okay I get it: he's spoiled, he's arrogant, he doesn't know what a "no" means and he doesn't know girls or love and he has some anger issues but still, times are changed, there's that #metoo stuff and are oversensitive about it... there are other ways to let the audience know he has those issues.
I honestly don't get why this and mischievous kiss (itazura na kiss) are so popular...why abusive rich brat x naive girl is so shipped?? Because I didn't felt any chemistry/romance vibe at all, I just wanted to beat up both of the main characters all the time.
The major element of my anger tho is the girl. She's supposed to be the typical anonymous girl with no breast (because that is widely emphasized LOL), naive, that find something good in everyone and everyone ends up falling for her (we have a record that is absurd even for dramaland tho...I counted at least 7 people who fallen or felt attraction to the girl!) and maybe (that's optional) with a bit of attitude - which she had, but just for three episodes. Then she declined to become the dumbest human alive. She just went with the flow every time, letting all sort of things (mostly bad) happen to her.
The worst thing is that she must have some sort of selective amnesia because she plays dumb about the guy's feelings even tho he clearly expressed the words "I like you" in her face and he kissed her (with consent). So what game you're playing girl? You don't like him but you like strolling around the world (they went on vacation like four times in 17 episodes) and she's not even intentionally toying with the guy so I felt like there was an error in the chronological order of the storyline (?). One minute they are a couple, the other minute they're back to square one. And repeat. And repeat
I liked the culinary competition and the fact they decided to gave her some ability! That was interesting and even if it was a bit cringey, the support of the male lead was cute.
The most interesting characters were the second fem lead, the chef guy and the chef girl. I enjoyed their storyline but they seemed a bit too mature for the standards of this show LOL the second male lead seemed a real zombie, he was so passive and everytime I watched him I tought of a sloth LOL
At the end I decided to surrender at episode 17, there's a limit on the quantity of shit I could've taken and if I am not enjoying, I don't see the point of watching it anymore. I was expecting a bit of renovation... more "based upon" than just "transcribed as it is" but okay, let's just say the leads really deserve each other xD

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Actually I didn't like very much even the japanese version, I still tried this because maybe would have been different.
First of all in both versions I don't understand why the title "rich man, poor woman"...isn't it kind of a thing in 97% of dramas?...could have been named "the ceo and the employee" or "cheerful and naive girl falls for her boss who have some sort of past trauma" at this point.
The female lead's motivations were so weak when she claimed she wanted to stay in the company or beside the ceo (first time that she rejected the vice-minster woman) and I really can't understand what kind of character she should be...how can someone that can memorize an entire book and do all that administrative work (when they founded dancing whale) is considered dumb? The world is divided only in magical geniuses and idiots? And why she let people call her that way? She showed a little of attitude only in the last episode but so drastically that she seem another person entirely...
And why all that shareholders/meeting whatever footage?
The male lead was sorta okay, but in comparison with the japanese one he lacks a bit of charisma. I personally not really into that type of character so I even found him annoying sometimes.
The romance between the girl best friend and the womanizer guy was more interesting that the leads one.
Second female lead was annoying, I liked the one in the japanese version because she was competing fairly without being bitchy with the fem lead.
Some scenes (crying scenes mostly) were a bit weird, they overacted a bit.
Overall it gave me a Steve Jobs biography vibe with a little of Zuckerberg (the mini file/big file project), probably the original writer was inspired by those.
I found it very boring, won't recommend if you're looking for cute romance or comedy.

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Actually I won't ever understand why rude jerks are so popular (in general, even outside dramaland) and why the girl would have any interest in him, since she's not after money nor handsomeness. But still somehow she ends up falling in love.
The plot is not maybe that bad, even tho body swapping and rich man x poor woman are not at all unique tropes, some parts were interesting and even funny but the romance and character development of the two leads was kind of wrong. I really felt his way of chasing her creepy and the fact that he trashed her for her status was utterly irritating at the point that I felt angry in the girl's place (also they presented her as a really strong and independent woman and they just flattened her personality episode after episode). He even repeatedly barged into her workplace to "play" and chase her, like "what you do is not even important". I mean are you for real? This is the kind of guy that most of girls fall for?! It could be okay if his behavior would have changed gradually at some point but beside the final part he stayed a rude jerk with not even a bit of respect for the girl: how come his character didn't have any development at all even tho they literally put each other shoes? I am not blaming the actor so don't get me wrong but just let me say that romanticizing this kind of toxic relationship is really not a good example. I witnessed how abusive love is and it's not something to daydream of.
So, this is to me the only big flaw that make me say no, don't waste your time over this.

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It started okay, I was looking for something light and maybe funny so I went for it.
The plot is about two people who dealt with their heartbrokes in two different ways: she chooses to be the "love doctor" to fulfill her longings through others and he chooses to be the ceo (because there must be the word ceo...it's actually a thing in dramaland) of a divorce agency.
I wasn't really really convinced about the utility of an agency that throws parties to celebrate divorces...and I am still lol
The title (also the first bunch of episodes) can make you think the story talks about misfortune but the whole concept loses itself to favour the overused and overannoying ex-girlfriend-that-abandoned-the-male-lead-without-giving-notices-for-x-time-and-then-comes-back-to-be-clingy-and-irritating. Why in the world when you have a car accident you chose not to tell your boyfriend about it and disappear in thin air? That doesn't make any sense. A text, a letter, whatever. You also known he had complex because the mother abandoned him...did you really thought he would pause his life waiting for you? Meh.
I felt sad for the second lead because he was the only interesting character (the male lead looked like a stalker at some points).
The opening credit also disturbed me because there was too much yellow lol I love yellow and I love yellow/blue combo but the characters were yellow at a point that they looked like the simpsons lol
I actually skipped a lot near the end, too draggy and too boring to me x.x

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First of all I am a bit disappointed because the opening credit spoiled a bit some of the characters personalities so I recommend to skip it especially for the first half eisodes...
This drama combined fantasy, mystery and romance very nicely! Time traveling is a really difficult trope because relativity can dig really big holes, but this show didn't fail and ended up to have his own uniqueness, even tho it has frequently used themes.
I really loved the male lead performance, he was able to differentiate the past and future self with only his acting, even tho they're the same character they are different and you can tell. There was also some hilarious parts (especially in the beginning) and some very romantic (the scene on the stair was very natural and I found myself giggling when she answered his confession through his past self.)
The mystery was good, I predicted some things (in part because of the op) but still really enjoyable, I didn't felt the urge to finish it (it happens frequently that I get bored in the second half of many dramas unfortunately)
Also no annoying music effects or jingles repeated infinitely, the opening song is quite good

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