This gets a high score from me because I never felt like fast forwarding; even though there were a few story lines I didn't really like, the acting was always amusing and there were many cute little moments that i didn't want to miss. Lots of inside jokes about previous dramas.

I thought the characterization was done really well. I really liked the characters I was supposed to like and disliked who I was supposed to dislike. The acting was good as well. I just watched a bit of Meteor Garden and was amazed how much better Jerry Yan was in this. Ella's facial expressions, as usual, were sometimes over the top, but I found her really cute and endearing in this drama.

There were a few things that bugged me. I didn't like was that every episode was full of flashbacks, some to events that had happened just minutes before. Intellectually, I didn't like how everybody just forgave everybody else for really horrible things without much reason to do so, although really I was gad they didn't drag out conflict too much. There were also a few complications that weren't really needed. But all in all, I thought this was great.

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I'm giving this drama a 10 because this is the most emotionally involved I've ever been in a show. I'm not claiming the show is perfect but I feel that it offers an engaging, amazing experience. I wasn't even going to watch this because I was worried the drama would portray autism either as a party trick or something that made someone useless, but Park Si On was an amazing, complex character made more so by superb acting. The secondary characters are not always likable but in this drama everyone is given a chance to redeem themselves and most do.

I'll admit, there were a few flaws. The rewatch value for me in a 7, because I'll be skipping certain scenes. (I'm not upset I watched them the first time, though.) The politics started out taking up too much of the show, and in the beginning few people were on Si On's side. The abuse he suffered was painful to watch- but I think that was important. People with disabilities are often treated badly, especially when someone hasn't met them before. Pretending this doesn't happen might have made the show more comfortable to watch in the beginning but not as emotionally affecting. When people start supporting Si On, you really cheer. And there were always comedic moments, and of course the amazing In Hye. Favorite character ever!

Really, In Hye alone would have made me give this show high marks.

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I watched this because I was looking for short, fluffy Japanese-language films to practice my listening skills. After I ascertained for sure that this wasn't porn, I though I'd check it out. It seemed lighthearted and amusing, maybe similar to Zack and Miri make a porno (with less R-rated content.) But there was absolutely no point. None. There wasn't a real plot, most of the actors phoned it in, and the humor was mostly site-gags and old dirty jokes. There were some successfully funny parts, but there weren't enough. The attempt at poignancy at the end of the film actually made the movie worse. I didn't completely hate it. It just had very little content. It reminded me of being a kid on Saturday when nothing good was on, flipping channels and settling on whatever, which I would probably not remember later.

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