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Because it makes more sense for a woman to go back to and practically start cohabitating with cheating ex after years of not seeing each other like in original version.... By the way in this version it's not clear if he actually cheated on her and she was still a bit distant after getting back together with him. In original version he cheated on her then left her then cheated on her again after she was somehow practically living with him and she was acting like a teenager coming home late and yet somehow her parents blamed him(hello, she's 30not 13!) Da Ren is just a pushover who lets her do whatever she wants. In this version the relationship is more balanced and I like that there were times when she looked at him with so much love and times when he was the one looking at her that way. And she is not selfish she was there for him as much as he was there for her. In the original version it was mostly him pining for her. Her birthday gift was a bloody pen that she probably didn't even buy lol I could go on and on.
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Try it! I personally found the couple more likeable and they had more chemistry and screen time together which made their story more believable. I also liked their highschool clips better. Female lead was way more likeable than the taiwanese version and male was not a pushover like Li Da Ren. And I love the fact that they did not make her ex to be psycho paranoid cheating sleazebag and that she did not practically go to live with him like the taiwanese version. Seriously there were more hot scenes with the ex than cute scenes with Da Ren!! This version also took out or changed some really absurd storylines that are very unrealistic and typical of taiwanese dramas.Yes, it's a little slow(both are) but I didn't mind it... It only got annoyingly slow towards episodes 12-13. For me it was way better. I loved nigeru wa haji more than btimfl and I only found out about nigeru while watching btimfl and it was the first jdrama I fell in love with. So no, I'm not a diehard fan of kdrama.... I just love good dramas with good plots. My review is based on what I liked and hated. I felt the need to do this because it seems that most positive comments on Taiwanese version and negative ones here were by diehard fans of the actors. It makes me just as angry as when diehard kdrama fans were dissing nigeru because Hoshino Gen is not as tall and "attractive" as male lead in btimfl! Btw HG is attractive in the drama he was supposed to be insecure about his appearance so they obviously uglified him!

The only think I loved about this drama was the theme song!! I mostly hated the main couple! I hate how they lead people on and then act like the victims. I actually liked Maggie and her ex. I mean they were obviously threatened. I hate the fact that they had to make the ex such a horrible person for her to realize that she wanted to be with Da Ren. Female lead came off as bossy and uncompromising. Her family telling her that she should be with Da Ren because he let her do whatever she wants was infuriating!! The Korean version is much better! They gave a little bit more shape to their relationship and more scenes from their highschool years absolutely helped with chemistry!! I like that they did not make her ex the bad guy.. She just left him even though he really had changed(the only weird part was when she asked him to not go to Austria). Obviously it wasn't perfect but it certainly was a lot better than the original Taiwanese version. I loved nigeru wa haji more than btimfl so no I'm not a kdrama fangirl. I love good dramas whether they are Chinese, Korean, Japanese or Taiwanese. This was not good at all.