Amastris Dratwka

I'm still trying to understand why you all think she's not experienced in HISTORICAL dramas, let alone being cast due to "popularity"??? **scratches head** KSH is not an idol and has only be in a handful of "student/school" dramas to be considered "cast for fanbase". How did KSH garner her popularity??? That's MY point. She got her POPULARITY because she's a GOOD and EXPERIENCED actress. lol... She's played the YOUNG VERSION of the following POPULAR dramas, to which she was even earning credit as doing a better job in her role than when the actress who transitioned to adulthood was able to do with their character. THAT'S why she's so popular for playing in THESE popular shows:

1. The Girl Who Sees Smells young version of Choi Eun Sul
2. Triangle young version of Hwang Shin Hye
3. I Can Hear Your Voice young version of Jang Hye Sung
4. Birth Secret young version of Yi Hyun
5. IRIS 2 young version of Ji Soo Yun
6. Missing You young version of Lee Soo Yeon
7. Padam Padam young version of Jung Ji Nah
8. Thorn Birds young version of Jung Eun

As for HISTORICALS she's played in her fair share of them as well. Historicals KSH has been in:

1. The Duo young version of Geum Ok
2. Moon That Embraces the Sun young version of Yoon Bo Kyung
3. Rooftop Prince young version of Hong Se NA/Crown Princess Hwa Yong
4. The Queen in Goblin
5. Sol Bi in the movie I Am A King
6. The Last Princess movie as young version of Princess Deok Hye

I'm sorry but SoHee has had small parts in only a couple historicals, and L has no experience whatsoever in this genre. It's not just that the leads in this drama have many awards and praise over many years compared to the others, but the idea that either of them were cast NOT because they are actually good actors but because they are popular... when the EXACT reason either KSH & YSH are popular IS because they have been EXCELLENT ACTORS for YEARS in their youth and PROVEN their worth... I'm trying to see how L/SoHee have more merit in this regard. It's just not a realistic comment whatsoever. PERIOD.

Sato Takeru is no better than he is when he is playing Kenshin, period...and I STILL love The Liar and His Lover.

..don't take this wrong... but the actors Yeo Jin Goo, Kim So Hyun, Kim Yoo Jung, &
Yoo Seung Ho have earned unbelieable praise from the S.Korea entertainment industry for years as child actors for shows like The Moon that Embraces the Sun, Missing You, Arang and the Magistrate, Operation Proposal, & Dong Yi, where their child actor roles are even considered the BEST part of the drama, especially Missing You which was panned as crap after Yoo Jin Goo & Kim So Hyun no longer appeared. Yeo Jin Goo, since 2008, has won numerous child/rookie/best actor awards for no less than 6 different dramas. Kim So Hyun, since 2012, has won numerous child/rookie/best actress awards for 5 different dramas. Kim Yoo Jung, since 2006, has won numerous child/rookie/best actress awards for 8 different dramas. Yoo Seung Ho, since 2002, has won child/rookie/best actor awards in 6 different dramas.

These 4 actors have had long, successful, and praiseworthy careers, that many adult actors would die to have their current resumes. None of these actors are "idols". They earned their status and praise from their dedication to their craft and their hard work, much of which came from their interactions together within the dramas I mentioned above, so much so, that many fans of their acting have been waiting years for them to grow up and begin acting together in adult roles.

I started to read this back and forth and had to laugh. I'm like, "what?" But I'm trying to understand how L & Yoo So Hee are considered "more experienced" and much more worth watching then the leads or because of "chemistry" in a "webtoon". I'm not saying that anyone's thoughts are not coming from their own VALID biases and likes that float their boat. I'm not one to even say that a person cannot want to watch a drama merely because their favorite sexy idol is in the drama. But, I cannot in good conscience let factual matters slide when it comes across as insulting talented actors careers in a way that makes absolutely no sense to me. Take Yoon So Hee for instance: She's a German national who was going to college for chemical engineering when she got noticed at TvN & SuperJunior events & a cameo in a ShiNee video. She's been on hiatus from college ever since, and even acted along side Kim Yoo Jung in Secret Door. She was in 10 episodes playing the older version of Kim Yoo Jung's character, Seo Ji-dam. Kim Yoo Jung, who was in 13 of the episodes, won 22nd SBS Drama Awards, New Star Award in 2014 for her part...and Yoon So Hee??? My point, there's a marked difference that no one can deny between an idol like "L", who has played in 10 different dramas since 2011 and only been nominated once and never won anything for his acting skills versus the likes of Yoo Seung Ho & Kim So Hyun.

As for their age difference, Kim So Hyun, this past year, already had one of her first female ADULT roles along side an idol, Ok Taec Yeon [28], in Bring It On, Ghost with numerous deep kissing scenes. She's a year older now and working with a 23 year old in a drama that will likely be no different, in terms of romance, than what happened between Park Bo Gum and Kim Yoo Jung in Love in the Moonlight. She's already crossed over the ADULT romantic lead threshold when she did Bring It On, Ghost. You cannot put the genie back in the bottle, and why would anyone want to stunt these great actors development and maturing their careers. Yoo Seung Ho went into the military at 18 just for this reason, to come back as an adult and get the juicy main lead roles. The girls are no different....

...but to call these folks "inexperienced", I just had to speak my mind, because their biographies speak to how untrue that statement truly is... I just couldn't keep quiet about it.

RIP

http://kissasian.com/Drama/Your-Lie-in-April

My Sunshine; Prince of Lan Ling; Legend of Concubine Zhen Huan; Boss & Me; Scarlet Heart; Sound of the Desert; Fall in Love Like a Star; Marry Me, or Not; Rock N Road; Love Me if You Dare... these are come of my favs from China/Taiwan

^^^^this

Last month "Policeman and Me" and now this? lol...Dudes wanting more and more excuses to hook up with teenage girls. *smh*

Kento acting the bright and friendly nerd. So grateful for the change-up!

I wonder if this will be simlar to the Doraman, Clinic on the Sea.

The cast is all within the same age range, and I think that PHJ had a bit of a say in this process after all that went done for the drama version. It's not like they're high schoolers. They're supposed to be early to mid-20s so it's not difficult for **actors** to dress themselves up, make-up or otherwise, to look that age considering they're only between the ages of 28-33. It's not like it's a 10 year age difference in what they're supposed to be..AND they are all around the same age so I personally think it will work.

27 episodes in; the acting is wooden; I feel no chemistry from the leads; and it's going into the typical trope of 'he pursues her, his family doesn't like her, her family & his family have poverty issues; he sleeps with her before marriage; rich girl wants him; rich girl gets parents to force him to marry her by hanging his debt over his head; he's not honest with poor girl.." at this point I can see In So getting screwed over, and lots of back and forth...but the acting is not worth going through the melodrama and with 120 episodes it's gonna be a long ride of angst. I'm not gonna bother anymore.

I fully agree. He is so much better than was represented in this drama. I tried to watch it but the quality was just too bad for me to continue on.

For those of you debating if she's dead or not, the doctor diagnosis her with leukemia in around, I'm guessing, the year 2008-09, and gave her a 10% chance to live 5 years. The present time is 2016.

Viki seems to have all of them available and subbed.

I'd like an answer to that one as well.

The 10 year age difference doesn't show here.

This show ripped off so many storylines from other shows. If anyone has ever watched the American movie A Walk To Remember, I dare you to watch the end of episode 1 of this show and tell me the writers here were so creative they came up with the story out of thin air. lol...The show doesn't even try to hide the fact that it's ripping off other shows. There were at least 1/2 a dozen that it pulled from, Twilight is just the most obvious... lol..

This is a long one. I think I'll wait it out and see if someone will hardsub it later on. So far, 3 eps softsubbed and 9 episodes out. There's a long way to go and I'd rather marathon this with the hardsubs.

Sounds even more heartbreaking than The Vow or Propose to You Again.