The Heirs

상속자들 ‧ Drama ‧ 2013
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Get Ready For A Lot of Good Looking People and Great Songs!

I went into this drama not expecting deep logic and scrutiny, but more for the entertainment value, enjoying good looking people, romantic love and every character with a story to tell. And yes, this drama delivered all that I was expecting and the songs rocked!

Yes, it was nice to watch a bunch of rich kids and a poor maid's daughter all acting out their problems in love and life. The fantasy of having Kim Tan (Lee Min Ho) falling madly in love with Cha Eun Sang (Park Shin Hye) and pursuing her with real deep passionate love can only happen in my dreams! And to have that shared in a drama was appreciated.

Charming bad guy Cha Young Do (Kim Woo Bin), cool Lee Hyo Shin (Kang Ha Neul), irritable Kim Tan fiance Rachel Yoo (Kim Ji Won), delightful couple Yoon Cha Yoong (Kang Min Hyuk) and Lee Bo Na (Krystal Jung) played out their characters so well that it was fun to watch their behavior in every episode as they lived their daily lives. Kim Tan's brother Kim Won played by Choi Jin Hyuk was so natural that they became really good friends even after the show ended.

The only issue I had was how meek Eun Sang's (Park Shi Hye) character was. I understand it can be overwhelming to be surrounded by all the rich kids, but when you have the love of Kim Tan who gave her 110% of his heart and protection, perhaps a little courage would have perfected the entire drama. However, it came later than it should and kind of felt un-comfortable to watch.

But the songs and music were memorable enough for me to remember Kim Tan and the Heirs for a long time!





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✒Eun-sang & The 3 Heirs ~ To Heir Is Human ~ To Have ☮ ♥️ & C☯ntentment Is Divine

[Spoilers are quarantined at the end]

It's not what you think: Let's zoom out to look at Heirs from a broader angle.

Viewers are divided over its appeal. Admittedly, with this production team, H should be better. It falls a touch short, yet it has worth. H has 🅾 new- It did "plagiarize" Boys Over Flowers, just a tad ~ Rich▪guy▪meets▪poor▪girl▪elite▪family▪run▪sch⚙⚙l▪same▪male▪lead▪ smh. Fine. Period Romances never run out of dukes, & Kdramas will keep trotting out CE♻s. I wish they'd retire or take a long vacay. Give a 👮 a 🎰. By & by, it's the 📣, 📝 & 🎭 that forge the path to excellence. Beyond the nearly identical premises, they are ying☯yang.

Now to what H has, besides CEOs. In ep1 we greet Kim Tan (Lee Min-ho) & Cha “Eun” sang (Park Shin-hye). Tan's the 2nd son of Chm Kim. H displays an extreme setting that is sadly plausible in an ultra-conservative & patriarchal society. Tan's family is (pause) complicated. Dad's got:

1. A deceased wife - son, Won, is Tan's older brother.

2. A legal wife -Ji-sook, on 📃 /only/ is wife & Tan's legal mother. Her office has moved, but she has her title. To the 🌏 she's Tan's mother, yet she's openly contemptuous of him. She runs the HS & makes the family public SHOWings. In 1 painful scene, Tan's in her office for causing trouble. Others look on curiously while she treats him like a bug in need of a foot.

3. Ki-ae, the cloistered wife-tress & Tan's true Oma, has all the material trappings her ♥ could ever want, but she's ▫trapped▫. No one can know that Tan is illegitimate (or even that she e✖ists). Imprisoned💔, she is a material girl no longer. Additionally, though Tan adores Won, Oppa will always see Ba$+ard-Tan as a threat. He makes sure Tan is sent to a Calif HS. Won intends that Tan never return. Consumed w/ anger before he left 🇰🇷, Tan created the bullicracy @ school, but was able to mello out 🏄 in CA (laughably spot-on, right?).

Eun is in HS. She lives w/ Mom & works all the jobs she can. As Mom is a mute w/ few options (she's literally silenced) she works as a maid. They're poor. Older Sis, at sch⚙⚙l in Calif, sends word that she's getting married! Elated, Mom empties her $avings for sis. This is Eun's chance for escape! She decides to deliver the 💰 herself. Even though she can't reach📞Sis, she still flies to CA, only to be ⚡broadsided😳⁉ when she discovers Sis is ⤵

🚫 getting married

🚫 in school

🆘 in squalor 🏚

🆘 w/ an abuser

Reeling, Eun can't react when Sis: 🎤C'mon, takes the 💰 &🏃💨-Wu! Wu-woo🎶🎸🎶 (Ty, Steve Miller). The debacle plays out like Live@5 multiplying the humiliation. Tan saw it all, t👀. Long~📖~short, Tan puts up Eun @ his cliffside digs. Tan's "digs" are scary. He claims he's a 💊dealer when he's not claiming to be an illegal organs broker. He thinks her 😲 is adorable. For a few days, it's chats, scrapes, a family visit, a run in w/ Tan's (arranged) fiance, Rachael (she didn't like Eun) a family gathering, school tours, & 🥞. Eun doesn't know who Tan is; doesn't (want to) care. Hmph. She'll never see him again, anyway, especially after meeting his dour relations & horrid fiance.

Back in 🇰🇷, Eun finds Mom is now a live-in maid. Eun is now ▫️confined▫️ in a ▫cramped▫ room w/ mom. She helps w/ tending to Lady Ki-ae. She sees Ki-ae's agony. It's meant to pain us. Ki-ae is deeply 😞 & bitterly demanding🍷 - until she brightly announces that her son, Tan, will return‼

😳Whaa?

Eun is able to avoid Tan for days, but as denizens of the 🏰, they are both sent to that elite HS. Day 1 is a blunt primer on the rigid 🕸castes🕸

🥇Old💲 mega-rich

🥈New💲 stock$

🥉Well off/🔝position$ (Eun's BFF since childhood is a🥉)

Last+least are scholarships↪bully🔍 fodder. Eun keeps her 👁👁 ⬇ but those heirs invariably f◻rce interaction. It 🏍 from there. Since Tan is home, Eun tries to avoid him, too, but Tan works to see Eun at all 🕘s.

H's theme is 🔳CAGES🔳

▪ Cages of power: Bosses, parents, bullies, -ALL people w/ power spread misery for their own sadistic satisfaction.

▪ Cages we allow: Enduring cages to hoard wealth & status saps the spirit.

▪ Cages we lock on ourselves; what one wants can be a cage, ref: Ki-ae.

▪ Inflating our own importance (pride) is a self-snare. Talk abt fantasy! ▫Pride▫ will blow up all of one's relationships b/c it gushes out of self absorption. {▫Greed▫ sprouts up from ▫pride▫ (Going for more, for the win, b/c U deserve it) &/or ▪emptiness▫ (using $ to fill spiritual & emotional needs). Forget you. Go help a poor soul..}

▪ Poverty is a cage

▪ Wealth is a cage. Greed, family, boards, the public, & 'keeping it phony' in their rigid circle, confines the rich.

▪We also see how the 🌭 is made, or rather, how the voracious zombies are spawned, as H's theme is actually: The Choices ☑ We Make once ▫Caged▫.

Time to, as w/ Ki-ae's empties🍷, clear out some of H's mess: Without doubt, Heirs has H-errors. It's unfocused, it wanders, it stalls. More grave, are the Heir-etical logical 🕳s that could have easily been smoothed. H has blown chances. It even feels choppy at times. (Perhaps it's 'blunt like Tan'?) Tan's Blondie-whiteboy-bro causes unease at H's start - He painfully can't 🎭, but fo-sho seems 😜 to hang with. H's pace is relaxing for the more flexibly ranged. If you are one whose ⚪👟are always 🥛⚪, you'll likely find it has too much SN😴😴Z💤. Intermittently wonderful & sloppy writing smells of: "1st draft▶Now▶Tequila🎉". A smidge more mental exertion would have sent H 🚀🌌.

Look at the team: Scripter Kim Eun-sook is proven talent: Mr. Sunshine, Goblin, Descendants o/t Sun, etc. H's directors have 0 duds. The 🎭 is Excellent- really. Is a mediocre romance the best they could pull off? NO! H is more, & it's by design. It's a fact that ▶They tell us◀ the 💘 is bland thru Hyo-shin: "You both continue to shoot your boring romance..." (Me: Spontaneous L😆LS). But wait a sec. W🅰Du🅿🅿⁉ Where did /that/ come from? It's so 🎯. Is it a marker? Is the love story a chalk outline? N🅾thing here; ↗l👀k↕else↖where?

🤔: "What am I missing?"

H is, as its title indicates, abt ✳The Heirs✳ It contrasts Tan, Won & Yeong-do. Won's shocked agony from an unexpected knife in the heart & Yeong-do's ground in, long suppressed pain that's now popping the pressure valve are arresting. Tan's function is the maypole. H rev♻lves around him. Tan chooses love over the cage of wealth & status. He displays tremendous courage / 0 hesitation to dive 'all in' for Eun. Once he finds Eun, it's Peace🕊Out! He's finally found a home. Eun tries to remain 😑 while pursued by Tan, who commits 1st & fully. No looking back. They'll all have to catch up to Tan. Yeong-do eventually demonstrates the profound courage of internal honesty. There's hope for Yeong-do, while Won faltered, falters again, & chickens out.

Won grew up secure, certain the company is his birthright. His self-worth is🕸in it. N🅾_one's_gonna_wrest_it_from_him. That another option could ever tempt him is beyond his limited imagination. For 20 entire yrs Won watched Ki-ae. Once she got what she wanted, she saw it morph into her cage. Won 👁, but didn't learn. Yeong-do's father is abusive & hyper-critical. His mother left many yrs ago. YD, in turn, is a cruel bully at sch⚙⚙l 😬. He comes to understand his choices & their implications during H.

The cadence is a msg. The entire show is mostly 1 tempo, especially at sch⚙⚙l. The episodes come & go with us tagging along. It's easy to like Tan+Eun & want them to thrive. They do have wonderful moments. But when the 🎼 reaches emotional crescendos, it's for Won & Yeong-do's critical times, not E & T's.

After a repeat round of clobbering ea/other @ sch⚙⚙l, YD & Tan are tasked w/ listing the other's faults. The 🎥 pans round. We watch them gravely _Staring_Thinking_Reflecting. In front of each is 📑&🖋 ~ Are we waiting to see who picks up the 🗡 1st? But neither one of them 📝 anything. What they know about eachother includes PAIN. They've seen the other's pain. Is their emoting🌋 even about hate? Or anger, maybe? Projected anger? The scene, the circling 🎥 & the acting are all weighty. Tan & YD have crossed the threshold into the forward-progress zone.

All the 🎭 is✨ - No one wriggles the chin like Park Shin-hye. In Sisyphus, she proves her range by time-traveling, stompin bad guys, & rock-shockin 💔s. Honestly, she ✨ as an 👁rolling kicka$$. LMH does his usual. ▪Kim▪W👀▪bin▪Just▪Steals▪The▪Show▪ as Yeong-do. Kim Ji-Won (My Liberation Notes/Diary-8.9, Lovestruck in the City-7.3), as Rachel, also stands out. With Grace-Kellyesque carriage, Ms Kim is a military surgeon in Descendants Of The Sun-8.3. Choi Jin-hyuk (💘 him in Tunnel-8.1, loathed Rugal-3.7) plays Won with depth, slowly revealing that his ice cage has fissures. A thaw has begun.

But Wait! There's more!

Fashion. Fashion. Oh, it's 💰 w/ 👁-🍬. Smart & amusing reparte↪it's fun hanging w/ these heirs. One duo gets adaww-able quicklly. Mom gets better&better&better w/ Ki-ae. The family 🆚 business chess game 🕸viewers, holding 👀2📺. At the end, H has an amazing dream scene. It's fab, dahling.

Kdramas regularly deconstruct parent-child relationships. Pressure on their society is so oppressive that they, shockingly, have the 4th highest suicide rate in the 🌏, w/ students & elderly @ top risk. In 🇺🇸, we've a glut of 👶-dults all snug @home w/ M&D. Their mindset is a tragedy. Our loose ways are eating our kids alive via "kindness." A bit too strict is better than excuses, ☑victimization & willful 🙈blindness. Balance takes determination and less self.

Will you like H? Re: fantasy, humans populate a -10 realism ↩to↪ fantasy +10 scale. We +5s & ⬆⬆ like H, as it's into our zone. Realists will shame us by trashing our 📺. Don't be bullied! Don't deny your core programming‼ And NO calling H a 'Guilty Pleasure'! A GP is a feature that's awful - no one likes it, but you just /do/). GP has become a soft slur of romances skewed fantasy+ w/o regard for quality. Dings aside, H contains ⚙⚙dles of g⚙⚙d stuff. It isn't remotely awful. Granted, the + msg is t⚙⚙ garbled, which botched the delivery. But w/o doubt: WE, in the +zone, are being repressed‼😠 Say it LOUD: "I love Boys Over 💐 & Heirs‼ S😤 what⁉" My peeps, It's okay, it's really just fine, to 💘 Heirs. It's mostly Good➡VG, & at times, it's superb.

See YOU & your goals honestly. Adjust. 🚫 caging you or others.


QUOTE🗣

I struggled all my life to capture the most critical moment. But every moment of life... is critical.


IMHO〰🖍

🎬7 💓6 🦋6 🎨7 〰🖋8 🎵8 🎭8.7 🤔7 😅3 ☀7 🔚 9

👀📺again? 👍

Age 13+ (Illegitimacy) should like H. H is not one bit raunchy. Topics to 🗣: values, what truly matters, contentment, showing respect, courage & forgiveness. Internal honesty↪Yeong-do shows a level of honesty, re his motivations, that's pretty rare. Pride▪greed▪anger▪hate▪unforgiveness▪bitterness are burdens that we carry. When we let them go, ahh. Pe🕊ce.


〰 Live🕊Free. Thrive🌾 〰


⛔️SPOILER SECTION ⛔️

Chm Kim's pride spins it all. He has the 🌏, but no ♥. He's caged Won, Tan, Ji-sook, & Ki-ae (and Tan had begun to cage others). When Mr. Kim is on his deathbed, #2Ji-sook gathers the extended family & board mbrs to attempt a hostile takeover. To think that the wife he tossed aside would remain thankful & loyal proves Chm Kim's hubris. He imagines he's thriving, but self-deception became self-delusion, & his isolation allowed full absorption, which led to mummification. Ditto for the other Heir-etical parents. In reality, such parents (at all income levels, don't kid yourself) would die leaving wreckage in their wake. {Quick ad: Sit your heirs down, write your wishes on 1 page, & have them all sign it, even if you have a will. That could save your family after you're gone}

Won chose the company long ago. It's /his/ by /birthright/. His self-worth is ▫mired▫ in it, & hatred for Tan emanates from his latent anxiety that someone will gut him by stealing HIS position. His identity & security, his 1st (& last) 💘 is the company. That another option could ever tempt him had been beyond his limited imagining. Yet, he let himself fall in love w/ a commoner - An orphan! His choice is still never in doubt. 20yrs. Won has seen Ki-ae, only seeing human trash. Once she got what she wanted, he 👀 it morph into her cage, but he never learned. To save the company from Ji-sook, Won has to give up 💘 & marry a woman who will never be a wife to him. Even worse, his children could very well be her BF's & not his. Will he have the guts to get DNA tests? No matter. She will provide the ☑votes he needs. Gutted in the end anyway, he never augured this. Did he gut the rest of his life? Who will marry the woman HE 💘? He cries bitterly. Fade to ⬛

Yeong-do's father is abusive & hyper-critical. His mom left yrs ago. YD, in turn, is a cruel bully at school. He's odious, when we meet him; a typecast villain. He falls for Eun & sees a new way. He opens up enough for light to filter in. He matures sufficiently to u/s his past choices. YD has yet to choose his future path. His father is in ▫prison▫ which gives him the chance to change course & thrive. What will he do? 1st: He finds his mother. There's promise of a better future life. He even admits to Tan that he took his anger out on him - it's truly impressive baseline honesty. When a person starts the journey of internal truth, rather than trying to look good, we all benefit. YD demonstrates it by progressing from oppressor to confessor. If someone were to say that H is YD's story, I wouldn't argue. Post Calif, he may have more screen time than Tan. His story is powerful; his growth, inspiring: H's resolution passes b/c ▪Kim▪Woo▪bin▪Just▪Steals▪The▪Show▪ as Yeong-do. Now I want to 👀 him in everything. ✳H is worth 👀ing for him, alone✳

How did the outline of the body start? Whether it was Tan's pain for his friend or not, Hyo-shin's suicide attempt insures its relevance for yrs. Pressured to the brink; Emotional cries for help; Emptiness; Hollowed; Crushed; Pushed⤵ off the edge: Parents of every economic level can be guilty of pushing their kids too far. Sure, kids need a push at times. Here's the test: Is this for my child's benefit, or abt appearances? We're in a time when increasingly more parents think parenting is for fueling their own pride. That's self-involvement & likely narcissism: It ain't parenting. You're there to correct your child's wrongs, not to screech at the 🌏 that your child does no wrong.


Originally 〰️🖊 March 2022

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One of all-time fav kdrama of mine

I dont care what others say, I love everything about this drama. I watched it during the live broadcast back in 2013, and I still watch it again and again until now (gadly it's available on netflix). I give 10 points to the OSTs, they are absolutely nice songs. Every sweet and sad scene, I just love it. I was 13 when I watched it, now I'm 20 and this drama still manage to amuse me.

Ofc Lee MinHo and Park ShinHye are the strongest factor why i love watching it. Other than that, the other characters also makes the drama perfect, for example, yoo chanyoung and lee bona they are so cute.

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I have to say this

As a person who starts shows for it's cast. I started this show because Lee Min Ho, Park Shin Hye, Kim Woo Bin and Kim Jiwon were acting, i had been watching Dr. Slump at the time and thought it would be interesting to see her in a younger role.

i have to say, it wasn't fully convinced, i mean in the very beginning it was okay, i liked how they worked with Lee Min ho and Park Shin Hye in america and then Jiwon's entry and the starting was great the high school drama was also tolerable and funny to an extent.

until it all went downhill. i mean i can't say it like that, but yeah, there were some really interesting characters, like my personal favourite, Lee Hyo Shin seonbae, who could have been really well developed but had little to no screen time at all, he was a really underdeveloped character but ultimately an all time favourite, another character i wish they had developed more was Kim Won, Kim Tan's brother, i mean while they were using the "i hate my younger sibling because he might steal my throne in the company" trope they could have atleast tried to give us some flashbacks of Tan and Won's relationship before Tan went to America.

like i said it had it's fun and heart-fluttering moments, but in the end i felt like they used that up to cover up the bad stroywriting, i mean the plot really had no closure to the point that during the 17, 18, 19 episodes i was wondering how they were going to wrap the story up. i mean if they are going to make 20 episodes of something there should be more tiem to make a well defined plot, but no, they use that time to keep going back and forth between Tan and Eun Sang.

that's another thing that was kinda annoying, the show could have been better if they hadn't spent sooooo much time doing nothing with Tan and Eun Sang, like they didn't make any move at all until like the 15-16 episode and the wait wasn't really worth it because in the end they both just end up going to school like any other day, ther problems were not resolved and they were just. there.

the high-school theme was nice enough, there were the rich kids and they were looking down on the non-rich kids, there were the cliches the friend circles, your classic high school. i personally liked their friend group actually. Eun Sang's best friend Chan Young was really just that supportive best friends that everyone needs and there was really just that playful banter you come to really enjoy. Chan Young's girlfriend Lee Bo Na, starts off as Eun Sang;s enemy because she thinks she may be her rival, but they end up being really good friends and you just end up absolutely loving how adorable she is (one of the things that i really loved was the way Kim Tan kept "act" flirting with Bo Na because that wa really funny to watch, [we all fall for Min Ho's boyish smile admit it] it was like a breath of fresh air when i felt like the episodes were dragging for to long)

the only character they took the time to develop was Choi Young Do. and again, AGAIN WHY DO THEY KEEP MISUSING THIS TROPE? this og "bad guy" who falls for the girl, he's reckless and agitated an dhas scars that just won't heal, give him a motorbike and a biker jacket (and some daddy issues how could I forget?) and BAM! you have your classic second male lead. and obviously he tries to become the better person thanks to our fl and the rest is history.

i'm not saying it's not worth the watch because yeah, the actors somehow managed to salvage this run-of-the-mill plot, they managed to give life to these 2D characters and i have to say i was really impressed by their acting in some scenes, i just wish it had been better written, if you want to watch it i say go for it, it's good enough for a one time watch

p.s :
gosh that kiss at Lee Bo Na's party was literally the only thing i stayed for should have given us more of that

p.p.s :

i'm giving the OST 8.5 because god i couldn't get "LOOOOVVEEE ISSS THEEE MOOOMMMENNNNTTT" out of my head for almost a week

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I was looking forward to writing this review for well... actually, I don't quite understand myself. I can definitely state that this drama was one of those that weren't worth my time, but I felt obligated to finish it no matter what. Probably because I was told that it's one of the best Lee Min Ho and Kim Woo Bin performances of all time.

The Heirs is a perfect equivalent to the famous American TV series "Gossip Girl" if I were to describe it. It shows the ugly side of the wealthy and how, pretty much, every rich person is arrogant and evil. There were so many cheesy, cliche, cringe-worthy scenes that were absolutely absurd. Especially the very talked about American scenes and how americans are portrayed by the ridiculous stereotypes. I have to admit that the American accent in the USA + the surfer boy doing drugs scene left me speechless. I'd re-watch this drama again for a good laugh, seriously. Regarding the business and family matters, I couldn't comprehend who's screwing up who and there are still many unanswered questions in my head that left me confused. I just can't see this drama as realistic, it reminds me more of a shojo anime than a serious drama.

If you're a big fan of shows that focus on school and family relationships, you might like this one. But I feel as though this story just doesn't belong in the Korean drama world. Honestly, Americans do this genre of drama better.

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Nice story showing us the daily life of some rich high school students and rich people problems in general.
The scenario was not something new : The poor girl who has been struggling her entire life has to attend a high school full of rich people who look down on her. The rich / cool boy who fells in love with her but doesn't want to admit it and struggles with his own family issues / problems.

I think everyone watched this drama just for the cast . Lee MinHo and Park ShinHye were amazing once again and so was Kim WooBin.

For me, I feel this is a "classic" drama that everyone has to watch yet it wasn't a really "good" drama. I think it got overrated because of the actors and not so much for the scenario . The plot was nice up to a certain point and then it got boring but this happens in most dramas. Maybe I would watch again but after a couple of years.

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Story Line is very common rich guy and poor girl.
Rich people bully the poor girl. However the romance amongst the 2 lead guys and female lead are exciting. Even the side stories evolve family conflicts are good and breathtaking. Comedy is cool unexpected many laughs and heartbreaking in the end. Though an open ended ending still a happy ending. Overall the characters are best fit in the story esp. kim woo bin. Second lead syndrome is really happening. He is an effective lovable villain. Lee Min Ho as expected always a drop jaw leading man ever that makes every girl believe in love despite of status in life.

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Well i could talk a lot about this one because there are a lot of good actors in this drama and they did such an amazing job, i was really surprised and mesmerized by their work.

But for my sake (and yours too lol) i’m gonna keep it short and to the point.
I really loved this drama, the story has a lot of cringy moments but you can't watch a drama without it, its like the standard issue you get every single time a drama gets out but still it's watchable and doesn’t hurt you in the end if you love dramas as much as i do, if not this drama might get you conflicted and with mixed feelings.

It's the kind of drama where you either love it or hate it! PERIOD! Nothing else you can do about it sadly XD

The lead couple is very good, i love those 2 actors so much (park shin hye and lee min ho), such great acting skills, very versatile actors and i do believe they have such a beautiful future ahead of them, they have good chemistry between them and do their scenes in such a way we really feel their pain and love while we watch them on screen.

The rest of the cast is also very talented, i also like the actor who plays the 2nd male lead, he's got what it takes too and makes you never take your eyes from the screen. Those are good qualities to find in actors, when they grab your full attention and you can't stop looking at them no matter what they do (and i’m not just talking about them being handsome here ok?)

My heart struggled while i watched this drama, there’s highs and lows of course, the characters go through so much it pains me to see it, i can relate to so many things they portray in there it really makes my heart ache. But its so good to go through this journey with them, smiling or even crying when they do. Was a very good one to watch. (even tho it wouldn't hurt to have been written in a more easy way for most people to understand and follow, i think most people get lost and lose interest because of it, because the story was not solid enough).

There's a few reasons why i don’t give full score to this one even tho i love it.
Its because there was a little bit too much drama to break up the main couple, more than my simple taste can handle and because of the way it is written. It doesn't gives justice to the characters or the story at all.
I know it's a normal thing in most dramas (and trust me when i say this, i have seen far worse in other dramas to the point where it made me stop watching the drama completely, which is not the case here thank god) but it made me really want to virtually slap some people through the screen because i was like just let them be happy for fuck sake XD Or just stop being so stupid and a party pooper! Or even that it doesn't make sense at all, is everyone in here cray cray??*sighs*

But considering all factors, i think the actors actually pulled it off in a great way and might be the reason why i ended up loving this drama so much, the performances more than the story and writting.

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JucHugi
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Jun 24, 2024
20 of 20 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 8.0
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 10
Rewatch Value 6.0

Sweet

I watched this show years ago as my very 1st korean drama, and I absolutely loved it. Even though it took way too much time and many unnecessary drama for the main characters to get to their happy ending, I enjoyed watching the show, it's almost miraculous how cathartic it can be in Asian series when a couple finally touch each others hands for the first time, hug each other for the first time, kiss each other for the first time (preferably on the forehead or cheeks first, lips touching is just so extreme :P - it seems a bit laughable, but honestly, sometimes I wouldn't mind if we could slow down to this gentleness in real life too when it comes to love relationships).

I recommend it for all youth with a romantic heart! <3

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Sakchi verma
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Feb 5, 2021
20 of 20 episodes seen
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Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10

Best drama ??

I'm one of those people who want a happy ending......and i got that in this drama.......it makes me cry,laugh even emotional......all that I'm very much satisfied with this show.....a big thanku to the director for making such a fabulous show.....😌😊🙂..........
highly recommended 👌 you will surely regret if you didn't watch it.......💜💜💜.......this is one of them whom i really want to re watch......🙃🙂💜💜😊😊😊😉😉😉😉......The heirs.......I'll never ever forget it, that's my word.....❤🧡💛.......
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Gamey
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Sep 28, 2019
20 of 20 episodes seen
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Overall 7.5
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 5.5
Rewatch Value 5.0
It was good, fun TV shows. While it is obviously cliche to me, but it is not bad at all. It is your typical rich boy and poor girl who loves each other storyline. I notice it has some cringe moments, but the storyline executed well. The problem is that it has too many supporting characters, so some of them have little character development. While I understand why it have 20 episodes because of these characters, I think it should have more plot. The other problem is that some episodes are dragged especially last few episodes. The OST and music was okay to me. The reason I watch Heirs is Park Shin Hye and Lee Min Ho. They have a good job in their roles, but their roles are decent.

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Iamhoneysharma
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Aug 10, 2020
20 of 20 episodes seen
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Overall 10
Story 9.5
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10

A must watch Korean drama with love traingle

Just fell in love with this show. Every character has its own charm and have their own problems.
They way all characters interact with each other is key show the which make it intresting and hilarious.
Have a love triangle between the lead girl and two friends turned enemies.
Kim tan and Cha eun sang chemistry is fab.
The scenes between Kim tan and Choi Young-do ans between Choi Young-do and Cha eun sang is full dose of laughter.
Also Kim tan and Cha eun sang mom's interaction are hilarious too
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