Check out High Society's 2nd lead couple Park Hyung Shik and Im Ji Yeon (playing Chang Soo and Ji Yi)!!
In my humble opinion, they had lots of more chemistry, were funnier, and much more interesting and enjoyable to watch than the main couple!!
Splendid show. This drama is better than the manga.
I watched this series prior to reading the books. (In fact, I only decided to read the manga after so many people claimed how much better the manga was…) Because I was not married to the book before watching the show-- unlike many others, I was able to appreciate and enjoy the six-hour TV series for what it is-- a sweet show given its limited budget to create an "adaptation" with 30-minute 12 episodes "inspired" by the original 40-chapter manga.
Firstly, Chiwa is always crying in the manga. She might have had a better office job in the manga, but I found her character weaker and annoying, in general.
Secondly, Hokuto is royally handicapped when expressing his affection-- except when sleeping with his wife.
Both Hokuto and Chiwa are more responsive and communicative in the TV show.
Their feelings and frustrations are all bottled up for 66% of the manga. She gets upset with him, throws tantrums, locks herself up in her bedroom for over half the manga… She is capable of chatting with her friends and office mates, but unwilling to work and hash matters out with her husband.
We already know that Hokuto is emotionally challenged…
Mind you that Hokuto is a true executive putting intense hours in a highly political charged environment for him to be trying to guess Chiwa's annoying lower-school mood swings and silence… I find that their character development is better in the TV show and as couple they grow to have better quality time together. Plus, Dean Fujioka and Seino Nana make a nice couple. In fact, I hope Dean gets to lead many more rom/com's.
Yes, the drama changes the details of the plot and the personalities/story
of the secondary characters. However, the gist of the love story and plot is there and I care significantly more about the protagonists' story.
The 6-hour TV show is sweet and to the point (compared to the 40-chapter manga). Sorry to those who started watching this expecting the same storyline and could not enjoy the show. I do wish this series had more chapters…
Is there romance between Wu Xie & A Ning? or Aning & Zhang?... Love line??
none… by the way, this is not a move but a 10-chapter drama in viki or drama nice. there is no romance. the male lead is nice to the "villain" female lead but it can easily be excused as "he is nice to everyone". The drama ends "abruptly" just as any other chapter would end-- nothing is resolved.
great article for pointing out the stereotypes.
please add-- "most (99%) women have lousy jobs or hardly ever attend top universities or aspire to top careers in korean, japanese, and thai dramas". encouraging women to aspire to powerful positions through meritocracy is rare in these stereotypical modern TV shows (contrary to chinese, hong kong, and taiwanese programming where feminism is more the norm in their everyday modern culture).
i understand that daughters of uber wealthy families across the world do not work for the most part.
that said, unless lead characters are MAYBE daughters of chaebol or keiretsu… it is sad that in korea, japan, and thailand, top paid jobs for women in TV shows are divorce lawyers, an occasional prosecutor (for the most part-- hardly ever corporate, tax, etc attorney). once I saw a female judge who was not in the leading nor secondary role. forget professional board directors, chairwomen, CEOs, presidents, corporate executive directors, vice presidents, or other senior management roles in any department/industry other than fashion, cosmetics, education (limited to a few school headmasters), medical (surgeon, maybe psychologist or psychiatrist, or senior management daughter of the hospital owner), or entertainment business...
this stereotyping is especially sad because girls are subjected to the same academic severity as boys are in school dramas, yet only 10% or 20% of the girls shown in dramas are top students who go and do something excellent-- and there is a reasonable number of high school and university dramas out there...
Overall an interesting story but 20 chapters, albeit 45-minute episodes, are too long. Yes, they end up together-- yet there is barely, hardly any romance. A few (maybe 2 or 3 times) lingering looks by the lead actor. I do not remember seeing tender, sweet scenes. Their feelings are manifested by a few "a-ha" moments, a few flashbacks, and secondary characters commenting on their bond. I do not recall scenes for love development or for their love to grow AND show because most of their scenes together (99%) were all about character, personal, and professional growth. It's an interesting show-- but then do not advertise this show as a "romance", let alone a young-man-older-woman romance. Unless I am missing something, they only become a couple at the very end of the last chapter. If you blink your eyes, you will miss their one and only affectionate moment...
In my humble opinion, they had lots of more chemistry, were funnier, and much more interesting and enjoyable to watch than the main couple!!
I watched this series prior to reading the books. (In fact, I only decided to read the manga after so many people claimed how much better the manga was…) Because I was not married to the book before watching the show-- unlike many others, I was able to appreciate and enjoy the six-hour TV series for what it is-- a sweet show given its limited budget to create an "adaptation" with 30-minute 12 episodes "inspired" by the original 40-chapter manga.
Firstly, Chiwa is always crying in the manga. She might have had a better office job in the manga, but I found her character weaker and annoying, in general.
Secondly, Hokuto is royally handicapped when expressing his affection-- except when sleeping with his wife.
Both Hokuto and Chiwa are more responsive and communicative in the TV show.
Their feelings and frustrations are all bottled up for 66% of the manga. She gets upset with him, throws tantrums, locks herself up in her bedroom for over half the manga… She is capable of chatting with her friends and office mates, but unwilling to work and hash matters out with her husband.
We already know that Hokuto is emotionally challenged…
Mind you that Hokuto is a true executive putting intense hours in a highly political charged environment for him to be trying to guess Chiwa's annoying lower-school mood swings and silence… I find that their character development is better in the TV show and as couple they grow to have better quality time together. Plus, Dean Fujioka and Seino Nana make a nice couple. In fact, I hope Dean gets to lead many more rom/com's.
Yes, the drama changes the details of the plot and the personalities/story
of the secondary characters. However, the gist of the love story and plot is there and I care significantly more about the protagonists' story.
The 6-hour TV show is sweet and to the point (compared to the 40-chapter manga). Sorry to those who started watching this expecting the same storyline and could not enjoy the show. I do wish this series had more chapters…
please add-- "most (99%) women have lousy jobs or hardly ever attend top universities or aspire to top careers in korean, japanese, and thai dramas". encouraging women to aspire to powerful positions through meritocracy is rare in these stereotypical modern TV shows (contrary to chinese, hong kong, and taiwanese programming where feminism is more the norm in their everyday modern culture).
i understand that daughters of uber wealthy families across the world do not work for the most part.
that said, unless lead characters are MAYBE daughters of chaebol or keiretsu… it is sad that in korea, japan, and thailand, top paid jobs for women in TV shows are divorce lawyers, an occasional prosecutor (for the most part-- hardly ever corporate, tax, etc attorney). once I saw a female judge who was not in the leading nor secondary role. forget professional board directors, chairwomen, CEOs, presidents, corporate executive directors, vice presidents, or other senior management roles in any department/industry other than fashion, cosmetics, education (limited to a few school headmasters), medical (surgeon, maybe psychologist or psychiatrist, or senior management daughter of the hospital owner), or entertainment business...
this stereotyping is especially sad because girls are subjected to the same academic severity as boys are in school dramas, yet only 10% or 20% of the girls shown in dramas are top students who go and do something excellent-- and there is a reasonable number of high school and university dramas out there...