Ranchik

just realize your reply.
"they had only moments together and they did not waste that xD" ha ha, you cracked me out. You right, I didn't think that way before. About the punishment, well, you can't expect it to be less. Betraying his *king* lover in front of the king's very eyes..? Taking out the manhood is the only fair punishment for him. Hong Rim would probably prefer a dead sentence over it, but the king won't, because it will not give him enough torture for such big sin. Maybe I'm just too mean, but I value loyalty highly, he he.

He's cute in Gokusen!

review please?

Mana Ashida! She's sure going to be a great actress in the future.

I heard people complaining about the little boy from Autumn Concerto not being in the list? Come on, he is cute and all, but he isn't that great in acting

you're most welcome :)

from what I remembered, the manhwa was actually the one which was based on the drama. The drama came first, the manhwa followed not long after it :)

This drama started really good. I liked many aspects of it, cinematography, directing, editing, interesting characters (esp the supporting ones), solid acting, and the (earlier) story (even the title is such a beautiful one). But the story development is the real problem for me... I especially can't stand Youngie's ignorance.. It's annoying really. And how long they want to keep Soo's "secret"? It's getting boring, the story isn't really going anywhere.. It's a sad thing to drop this, because the 1st episode was the most beautiful pilot episode I've ever seen. Anyway, I still curious how they will end it but I prefer to just read recap... :(

I don't think this could be tagged as melodrama, but it does have some elements from typical melodrama :)

lol sure I really liked it. The thing is, I enjoyed it much much more than most dramas I've finished, hence it's on the favorite list :D

u're welcome :D
by the way, I really thought you are more into Japanese shows (judging from your username). Do you enjoy manga / anime?

Actually I haven't finish Salaryman, so I can't say much, but definitely give it a go if you're looking for a different Kdrama ;)

I see.. Perhaps, when my PTW list has been cleared, I'll give it a go.. But for this time I prefer to either finish Salaryman or start Giant (arrrgghhh too many good tempting shows!!). Thanks alot for the enlightenment! :D

BTW, loled at the photo caption. The photographer was really lucky to get its pose. It looks like one in a million natural pose! Bravo for her/him! :D

Hi! Kisses for the friend request ;)

I finally managed to watch Maou's pilot episode (I liked the original Kr version) and it seems I'm going to love this, and most likely 7 would be the lowest score it would get from me (7 is a compliment if it was from me).
So far, what it lacks from its Korean counterpart is the awesome soundtrack Mawang has..
I definitely will catch the rest of the episodes once my PTW list is getting alot slimmer.. :D

how about the bad "guy" at Lee Da Hae's Miss Ripley. Miri is such a very bad girl yet she is the star of the show. Sigh, the premise is surely promising, the earlier episodes was good too, but the story is just a messed up one..

One thing more, I couldn't really see whether Hong Rim truly love the Queen or not. Most of their sex scenes was only showed lust, and lust, and lust. It's understandable though, since the Queen had been a virgin for too many years, and Hong Rim haven't taste any woman prior to the queen. It's very understandable how they scenes were way more passionate than Hong Rim - King's scene. But once again, love could have come with lust, but lust is not always love. If they want, I believe they could make more romantic scene for Hong Rim & Queen (either erotic or not).
You make sense of how Hong Rim was just too angry to him esp for killing and torturing his brothers & lover he just want to hurt him (the King).. Such a tragic story..

@tiitek You got a good point there.. but, I think, you can't really blame the King to made him sleep with the Queen, since there's no other way he could get a heir. I can feel how desperate the King to made his beloved lover sleep with other woman. Remember, there was no artificial insemination at that age, so Hong Rim was his only hope, he's the only man the King could trust, and he imagined to be able to treat his beloved one's child as his own child. It's crazy yes, but extreme desperation does lead people to do crazy thing.
When the King took away his manhood, I can't blame the King either. It's Hong Rim's fault to be trapped by lust, he betrayed the King who had trusted him all of his life. I think Hong Rim is such a noble man he won't angry for his own fault here, but yes to the rest.

OMG I just WROTE SPOILER BUT FORGOT TO MARKED IT WITH SPOILER TAG. And I couldn't delete it/edit it! WATCH OUT!! Terrible Sorry everyone!!
--EDITED for finding a way to cover it. Pardon me for being too panic!

EDITED for accidentally posting spoiler without proper marking.

I felt the opposite. ;)
I couldn't enjoy the story but found the ending is pretty nice for me.. :)