Really excellent actress. Loved her in Uncontrollably Fond, her chemistry with Kim Woo Bin was amazing.....even if I did sob my way through the last episode! lol! I was just surrounded in a lake of my own tears, tissues and half eaten comfort chocolate. :D
I loved all of these - my favourite was Jealousy Incarnate. If you dropped these gems, God only knows what you'd have made of Miss in Kiss (the Taiwanese reboot of It Started with a Kiss and They Kissed Again). It was NOTHING like as good as the Taiwanese original and that's me being kind.
My most favourite drama of his has been the Ataru series - I ADORED him in that and, as I know someone who has Asperger's and has a personal experience with autism which she has explained to me, I can honestly say he NAILED the autistic side of the character BRILLIANTLY.
I just wanted to hug him....but of course he wouldn't My most favourite drama of his has been the Ataru series - I ADORED him in that and, as I know someone who has Asperger's and has a personal experience with autism which she has explained to me, I can honestly say he NAILED the autistic side of the character BRILLIANTLY. I just wanted to hug him....but of course he wouldn't have liked that.
I hope he will be back on our screens soon - two years, fast approaching three, is too long to be away.have liked that.
I was surprised with this role choice for him, and I think he is doing a great job....he is supposed to be a flamboyant…
Oh really has - like a TON. I didn't realise it was him to start with! I'm hoping Dramanice will sub it eventually; but for now I'm fine watching it raw....lol! Thanks again. :)
I was surprised with this role choice for him, and I think he is doing a great job....he is supposed to be a flamboyant…
I just thought I'd let you know I've started watching it - I was shocked at how animated he is! Wow, if only he'd been like that in PLHZ it would've helped the drama SO much. But thanks for persuading me to watch it, it's really good. :)
Here there be SPOILERS!! Here there be SPOILERS!! Here there be SPOILERS! !
The thing with 'We Married as a Job is the relationships were MEANT to be excrutiatingly awkward. Moriyama was an eternal 'people pleaser', often to the detriment of herself and her own happiness. She knew that Tsuzaki was extremely socially awkward and painfully shy - making her romantic interaction with him painfully slow. She was too scared to make too many sudden moves because even if he didn't bolt (and he did sometimes) he'd still become incredibly skittish.
As someone who is socially awkward and shy and who has a daughter who is literally crippled by social anxiety, I really felt for Tsuzaki. Like my daughter, he wanted to and tried his best to overcome what he saw as failings and shortcomings, bedause loaing Moriyama . My daughter is suceeding, as did Tsuzaki...but my daughter has yet to date and she'll be 20 next week.
The point I'm making is we all have foibles that can hold us back in the romantic stakes. For instance, I shook my now husband's hand goodbye for our first THREE dates - it would've been four, and possibly even more, if he hadn't taken my pro-offered hand, pulled me forward and kissed me. So the struggle is real! Lol!
But there were others struggling just as much, but in different ways. Tsuchiya was lamenting her age holding her back on career, love and even children (hence why she mothered Moriyama so much). Kazami believing he might as well be a 'love them and dump them' guy as he never wanted to get hurt.
Then there was Numata, who I admit I really couldn't make myself like - not because he was gay, that ever bothered me a bit -but because his nosiness and jumping to conclusions caused misunderstandings and idiotic situations. I know it was meant to be funny because he was just that way due to loneliness and a crush on Tsuzaki, but it made me want to punch him so hard his ancestors would be spitting his teeth out. But he was lonely, desperate for love and his own happiness, yet wary to look too far initially.
However, all that said I really like This is My First Life too - the premise is slightly similar to WGMaaJ but that's it. Overall a lot of the characters are different and the story arc ismdifferent (for the first few episodes I've watched so far). I agree about the depth to the other characters in TiMFL though, you do bond with them and more than WGMaaJ. These will BOTH go on my favourites list and both will be re-watched often; in fact, WGMaaJ already has been reseen a number of times. :D
I was surprised with this role choice for him, and I think he is doing a great job....he is supposed to be a flamboyant…
Thanks for that heads up, I'm about to start watching it so will be a bit more hopeful now. I really like him and he was okay in Go Princess Go!, but in PLHZ he was just awful, it was painful to watch him. It didn't help that Dilmurat Dilraba had insane chemistry with Zhang Vin and yet the 'love of her life' was meant to be Sheng's character.
But I just can't be mean to him as I was shy when I was younger and my daughter is now -so I know how hard it is. But I really don't think acting is the best job for someone whomis so shy. Still, you've given me hope for this drama, THANKS. :)
Oh dear, Sheng Peter.....I mean he's a lovely guy, but so painfully shy that he just can't seem to get past it in front of the cameras. It was like watching an emotionless robot when he played the male lead in Pretty Li Hui Zhen. Means I won't get my hopes up for this one....
I think the same about Boss and Me and Pretty Li Hui Zhen (the others I didnt watch)...Boss and Me: at the ending…
Agreed about both.
Boss and Me -- the reality at the end is that Shan Shan is really NOT the girl he fell in love with any longer. She's not the innocent little cutie and she's as plastic as the sister and the 'friend' and almost as shallow. NOT what I wanted to see; actually, in all honesty, it made me sad. I would say that I also did NOT believe the 'friend' fell for Feng Teng's old college pal. I think she was using him to keep herself close to Feng Teng. I bet if something happened between Feng Teng and Shan Shan and they split or, worse, Shan Shan died, she'd be in there faster than a rat up a drain. To me her 'love' for the college friend was too quick after her life long obsession and stalking of Feng Teng. The 'friend' - I LOATHED her even more than the snidey sister. I actually like Sheng Peter as a person, particularly as he's painfully shy and both me and my daughter know what that's like. But he was so DIRE in PLHZ. He just couldn't show ANY emotion. He doesn't get any better and when you compare him to his Korean version counterpart you wonder what the makers were thinking. Like you, I hoped the Second Lead (Zhang Vin) had got the girl this time, but sadly it wasn't to be.
I'm pretty sure she was raised like that my her mother tbh. The scene of her haircut for example, it looks liked…
ah that makes much more sense, I'm still a tomboy (or, because I'm 52, that should probably be 'tomwoman') and so is my daughter (19). We often wear men's t-shirts, etc because they're really roomy - we're both big busted - and so much more comfortable plus, in my case, I can get the skulls, motorcycles and wolf motifs I like, instead of the tight fitting unicorn stuff that women seem to have aimed at them. So your explanation make so much more sense.
I think it occurred to me because GN and Trans is in our news so much and I wondered if they'd be able to include it or just hint. But you're absolutely right and I should've known that because I've seen Man on High Heels.
Thanks again for taking the time to reply though, it was nice to discuss it with someone. :)
First things first - I have clicked the SPOILER tag, so this WILL have SPOILERS - read further at your own risk. Oh and these dramas are ADDICTIVE.....I have watched them ALL so MANY, MANY times it's not even funny now.
Boss and Me -- the 'family friend' and the sister deserve shooting. No joke. Happy ending (well, didn't like the way Shan Shan had changed to 'fit in' with his sister and the 'family friend' but other than that it was indeed happy). If you don't want to kill at the very least the 'family friend' by the end then you're not watching it right....seriously, you're not.
Love O2O -- So, in the interest of full disclosure, this was not one of my favourite dramas. It was okay but nothing special.......at least until you get away from the main couple and look at the other stories playing out around them - anyone who has watched this, knows who I'm talking about......KO and Hao Mei. Whether it's a really tight 'Bromance' or, as many of us suspect (or at least wish), a real BL romance, it was THE reason to watch this drama. THE reason, people. The movie version's fine, but the main couple have a lot less chemistry than this version's.
My Sunshine -- the 24 episode version is MUCH better than the condensed 4 episode one, which tries to shove the 24 episode story into the VERY truncated 4 episodes. It doesn't work and you're left with a headache. The upside of the 4 episodes is the adorable Tang Tiffany and broody Chung Wallace also play their younger selves (whereas there's younger actors playing them in the longer version). His torment over her sort of explains his later behaviour - this is a man who's love was verging on obsession and at the very least was EXTREMELY deep and rooted; he also had had a very tragic life so she was, to an extent, his only lifeline. So, because he suffered when she left, when she came back, he wanted her to suffer too. However, I am in NO way condoning his rough treatment of her, just offering an explanation for it. Likewise the part mentioned when he finds out she's going away for a photography job and goes a little mental is because he loves her deeply and yet doesn't really trust her yet. This is overcome and they show an increasingly united front as the (longer) drama progresses. The movie version is good too - not as good as this one, but still okay. EVERYONE ends up happy - except Tang's dark secret (however, you even up feeling a bit sorry there). Oh and Tang is a Photography major, not Chemistry.
Love Me if You Dare -- needs a second series; the books have Bo Ji Yan as a genius with a weird 'alter ego' style of hunting the serial killers, etc (or 'the worst of the worst' as it's put in the blurb) and they did sort of introduce that at the end - but it went a bit wrong as everyone now thinks HE'S the bad guy out here in Fan World. So a second series is needed to prove this to be false and get it back on track with the books; which are BRILLIANT.
When a Snail Falls in Love - right this is by the same author who wrote the novel behind 'Love Me if You Dare' (the third book, also a drama, is called 'Memory Lost') . Also stars a 'cold' male lead and odd little female lead that is feisty and not afraid to get her hands dirty. However the female lead in this one is adorably eccentric and her little cartoon drawings are compelling - the opening titles has them and when, a few episodes in, they disappear from the titles the outcry when those episodes aired was LOUD. The romance is a complete slow burn and yet all the more believable for it. It's also nice to see the second lead from LMiYD get the girl here. Happy Endings all round.
I've seen all these - but these are my favourites. Oh another one to give a look-see is Pretty Li Hui Zhen; mainly for the outrageous chemistry between Zhang Vin and Dilmurat Dilraba (sadly Zhang Vin was the SECOND lead.....ARGH!) But yeah, join the rest of us and scream your rage through this drama at the injustice of Vin NOT being the male lead and instead Sheng ('Robot Boy') Peter is. SO unemotional it was painful to watch and how I gave him his nickname.....*face palms* PLHZ is indeed the Chinese version of the Korean comedy romance She Was Pretty.....but the Chinese remake does come off like the poor cousin.
Ooh this looks good despite the summary I get the feeling he's going to be a major anti-hero just by protecting his sister.....can't wait, they're my favourite kind. :)
I'm British and in my country right now there's a lot of dialogue going on about transgender and gender neutrality equality - so that's probably what got me thinking and wondering if Jo Eun is trans or GN? Her style of dress is very tomboyish and her whole attitude is not usual for Korean girls, at least from the dramas I've watched, so even though I'm only a few episodes in I do wonder if there's more to her? Could they do such a thing in a Korean drama? I know that Asia as a whole is not very accepting of the LGBT+ community, so I'm not sure if any producer and/or actor would have the confidence to play this character as trans or GN in the open or whether (as I believe) it's just hinted at.
I just wanted to hug him....but of course he wouldn't My most favourite drama of his has been the Ataru series - I ADORED him in that and, as I know someone who has Asperger's and has a personal experience with autism which she has explained to me, I can honestly say he NAILED the autistic side of the character BRILLIANTLY. I just wanted to hug him....but of course he wouldn't have liked that.
I hope he will be back on our screens soon - two years, fast approaching three, is too long to be away.have liked that.
The thing with 'We Married as a Job is the relationships were MEANT to be excrutiatingly awkward. Moriyama was an eternal 'people pleaser', often to the detriment of herself and her own happiness. She knew that Tsuzaki was extremely socially awkward and painfully shy - making her romantic interaction with him painfully slow. She was too scared to make too many sudden moves because even if he didn't bolt (and he did sometimes) he'd still become incredibly skittish.
As someone who is socially awkward and shy and who has a daughter who is literally crippled by social anxiety, I really felt for Tsuzaki. Like my daughter, he wanted to and tried his best to overcome what he saw as failings and shortcomings, bedause loaing Moriyama . My daughter is suceeding, as did Tsuzaki...but my daughter has yet to date and she'll be 20 next week.
The point I'm making is we all have foibles that can hold us back in the romantic stakes. For instance, I shook my now husband's hand goodbye for our first THREE dates - it would've been four, and possibly even more, if he hadn't taken my pro-offered hand, pulled me forward and kissed me. So the struggle is real! Lol!
But there were others struggling just as much, but in different ways. Tsuchiya was lamenting her age holding her back on career, love and even children (hence why she mothered Moriyama so much). Kazami believing he might as well be a 'love them and dump them' guy as he never wanted to get hurt.
Then there was Numata, who I admit I really couldn't make myself like - not because he was gay, that ever bothered me a bit -but because his nosiness and jumping to conclusions caused misunderstandings and idiotic situations. I know it was meant to be funny because he was just that way due to loneliness and a crush on Tsuzaki, but it made me want to punch him so hard his ancestors would be spitting his teeth out. But he was lonely, desperate for love and his own happiness, yet wary to look too far initially.
However, all that said I really like This is My First Life too - the premise is slightly similar to WGMaaJ but that's it. Overall a lot of the characters are different and the story arc ismdifferent (for the first few episodes I've watched so far). I agree about the depth to the other characters in TiMFL though, you do bond with them and more than WGMaaJ. These will BOTH go on my favourites list and both will be re-watched often; in fact, WGMaaJ already has been reseen a number of times. :D
But I just can't be mean to him as I was shy when I was younger and my daughter is now -so I know how hard it is. But I really don't think acting is the best job for someone whomis so shy. Still, you've given me hope for this drama, THANKS. :)
Boss and Me -- the reality at the end is that Shan Shan is really NOT the girl he fell in love with any longer. She's not the innocent little cutie and she's as plastic as the sister and the 'friend' and almost as shallow. NOT what I wanted to see; actually, in all honesty, it made me sad.
I would say that I also did NOT believe the 'friend' fell for Feng Teng's old college pal. I think she was using him to keep herself close to Feng Teng. I bet if something happened between Feng Teng and Shan Shan and they split or, worse, Shan Shan died, she'd be in there faster than a rat up a drain.
To me her 'love' for the college friend was too quick after her life long obsession and stalking of Feng Teng. The 'friend' - I LOATHED her even more than the snidey sister.
I actually like Sheng Peter as a person, particularly as he's painfully shy and both me and my daughter know what that's like. But he was so DIRE in PLHZ. He just couldn't show ANY emotion. He doesn't get any better and when you compare him to his Korean version counterpart you wonder what the makers were thinking. Like you, I hoped the Second Lead (Zhang Vin) had got the girl this time, but sadly it wasn't to be.
I think it occurred to me because GN and Trans is in our news so much and I wondered if they'd be able to include it or just hint. But you're absolutely right and I should've known that because I've seen Man on High Heels.
Thanks again for taking the time to reply though, it was nice to discuss it with someone. :)
Boss and Me -- the 'family friend' and the sister deserve shooting. No joke. Happy ending (well, didn't like the way Shan Shan had changed to 'fit in' with his sister and the 'family friend' but other than that it was indeed happy). If you don't want to kill at the very least the 'family friend' by the end then you're not watching it right....seriously, you're not.
Love O2O -- So, in the interest of full disclosure, this was not one of my favourite dramas. It was okay but nothing special.......at least until you get away from the main couple and look at the other stories playing out around them - anyone who has watched this, knows who I'm talking about......KO and Hao Mei. Whether it's a really tight 'Bromance' or, as many of us suspect (or at least wish), a real BL romance, it was THE reason to watch this drama. THE reason, people. The movie version's fine, but the main couple have a lot less chemistry than this version's.
My Sunshine -- the 24 episode version is MUCH better than the condensed 4 episode one, which tries to shove the 24 episode story into the VERY truncated 4 episodes. It doesn't work and you're left with a headache. The upside of the 4 episodes is the adorable Tang Tiffany and broody Chung Wallace also play their younger selves (whereas there's younger actors playing them in the longer version).
His torment over her sort of explains his later behaviour - this is a man who's love was verging on obsession and at the very least was EXTREMELY deep and rooted; he also had had a very tragic life so she was, to an extent, his only lifeline. So, because he suffered when she left, when she came back, he wanted her to suffer too. However, I am in NO way condoning his rough treatment of her, just offering an explanation for it.
Likewise the part mentioned when he finds out she's going away for a photography job and goes a little mental is because he loves her deeply and yet doesn't really trust her yet. This is overcome and they show an increasingly united front as the (longer) drama progresses. The movie version is good too - not as good as this one, but still okay. EVERYONE ends up happy - except Tang's dark secret (however, you even up feeling a bit sorry there). Oh and Tang is a Photography major, not Chemistry.
Love Me if You Dare -- needs a second series; the books have Bo Ji Yan as a genius with a weird 'alter ego' style of hunting the serial killers, etc (or 'the worst of the worst' as it's put in the blurb) and they did sort of introduce that at the end - but it went a bit wrong as everyone now thinks HE'S the bad guy out here in Fan World. So a second series is needed to prove this to be false and get it back on track with the books; which are BRILLIANT.
When a Snail Falls in Love - right this is by the same author who wrote the novel behind 'Love Me if You Dare' (the third book, also a drama, is called 'Memory Lost') . Also stars a 'cold' male lead and odd little female lead that is feisty and not afraid to get her hands dirty. However the female lead in this one is adorably eccentric and her little cartoon drawings are compelling - the opening titles has them and when, a few episodes in, they disappear from the titles the outcry when those episodes aired was LOUD. The romance is a complete slow burn and yet all the more believable for it. It's also nice to see the second lead from LMiYD get the girl here. Happy Endings all round.
I've seen all these - but these are my favourites. Oh another one to give a look-see is Pretty Li Hui Zhen; mainly for the outrageous chemistry between Zhang Vin and Dilmurat Dilraba (sadly Zhang Vin was the SECOND lead.....ARGH!) But yeah, join the rest of us and scream your rage through this drama at the injustice of Vin NOT being the male lead and instead Sheng ('Robot Boy') Peter is. SO unemotional it was painful to watch and how I gave him his nickname.....*face palms* PLHZ is indeed the Chinese version of the Korean comedy romance She Was Pretty.....but the Chinese remake does come off like the poor cousin.