I am a fan of this series. So far, for dramas, I can not get enough. I was really sad that the writer of the manga died and we did not get a 3rd season of Ariel Lin and Joe Cheng. When you are condensing a series into a movie, you sometimes loose too many of the important interactions between the characters that shows the relationship evolved naturally. Hopefully they script will be well written.
Itazura Na Kiss was the original manga. - There was a 1996 Japanese drama series made from it called Itazura Na Kiss. https://kisskh.at/303-itazura-na-kiss. I watched it, and that version has some very fun kooky side characters. Since then, there have been several remakes: - It Started With A Kiss (mentioned in the article) is the 2005 Taiwanese version with Ariel Lin and Joe Cheng. ISWAK had a season 2 called They Kiss Again. I loved ISWAK and TKA. They are both a go to in my rewatch list. Joe Cheng is my favorite portrayal of the lead male of this series. - Playful Kiss is the Korean version of this and it came out in 2010. That one has a lot of beautiful scenes. It was the first version I watched, so it also has a special place in my heart. - There was another Japanese remake of the series in 2013 called Itazura Na Kiss - Love in Tokyo/Also known as Mischievous Kiss. That is a really good version staring Yuki Furukawa. This version also has it's charms. I think this is the version that has the best Tennis Senior and also the 2nd lead seems to be the coolest in this version.(not that Jiro Wang from ISWAK isn't also awesome). There was also a 2nd season called Itazura Na Kiss - Love In Tokyo 2. - In 2015 there was a Thai version called 'Kiss Me'. They made a lot of changes to fit the Thai culture. The couple in the Thai version had the best chemistry! It also had the least Tsundere male lead. You can tell from the beginning that he like her. That is not true in any of the other versions. - In 2016 there was another Taiwanese series called 'Miss In Kiss' that was not worth watching. - In 2016 there was a Japanese movie version called Mischevious Kiss. That one, I have not been able to find, to watch. I also have not seen either of it's sequels: called Mischievous Kiss The Movie: Campus and Mischievous Kiss The Movie: The Proposal. I can not say how good or bad they are. - I can not recall the name, but there one that is more of an 'inspired by' rather than a full fledged remake. I can't remember if it was a movie or drama. I do remember I finished it. I know it did not follow the plot exactly. They gave a bit of a role reversal, with the male lead having to chase the female lead a bit. However, the production quality wasn't great and it was a bit harder to follow. Maybe someone else can help me with the title of that version. I think it was the only one that the father, instead of being a chef, made clothes for a living.
I am so happy to have this drama airing right now. It is just the kind of cute sweet adorableness I need to cheer me up when life and/or other dramas are too heavy.
Episode 4 was good. Generally I hate flashbacks. They are not bothering too much in this one though. I find the past characters pretty entertaining. I am definitely warming up to the 2nd lead. After the 1st couple episodes I was afraid he wasn't going to be likable, but he has a cute side. I also loved the memory of the leading lady's first kiss. lol.
There is definitely a bromance. I would say it is BL adjacent. I believe the main couple will end up being the guy and girl, but I am also getting the impression that one of the guys as a one sided love for the other. If you are not already watching, you should give it a try.
The newest Meteor Garden is on my plan to watch list. The only one I have watched is BOF. It was good but I didn't go crazy for it. It has been so long, I think I could enjoy the storyline again as if it is the first time seeing it. If a drama is from a popular book/manga and the drama was popular, I don't see any reason not to remake it again. I happen to be obsessed with the Itazura Na Kiss series. I have watched every version (Miss In Kiss being the only one that I do not recommend). They were all (except for MIK) amazing and worth watching. Each had it's own charm/area that was better than the others. If I am like this, there must be some crazed fans of BOF remakes that need their next fix... so I am glad they are making a new one for those fans. No offense to you, it is just my pet peeve to see people complain about cliches, when they are watching romcoms; which is a genre that should be cliche, in my opinion. I need all of those adorable cliches. They are what made me fall in love with Korean Dramas to begin with. ... I see it as kind of like the people that go to the Rocky Horror Picture show to act it out. You are there just waiting for your chance to open your umbrella throw your toast. When I watch dramas, I am waiting for the accidental kiss, the back hug, the wrist grab, the jealous lead that doesn't realize he likes her yet... I happen to like the dynamic of Rich boy, Poor girl, but I have seen the same trope reversed and liked it. To me, it doesn't make a difference, as long as they make the female character likable. The problem with reversing this trope is that I sometimes have a hard time getting behind the ship for these relationships even when it is an attractive guy who had some childhood trauma, after he has been a 0!$&# for the whole first 6-8 episodes.(Lee Seung Gi as Sun Woo Hwang in Brilliant Legacy/Shining Inheritance). If it were a hateful female character, I don't know if I would appreciate her "changing for love" enough to ship her with our sweet poor leading man. My personal favorite trope is Contract Love/Cohabitation. For some reason, I love to see people in fake relationships fall in love for real. I have no idea why, but clearly, I am not the only one. Gender Benders I can take or leave, but there is a cliche in this type that I love. I love when the guy, who is other wise straight, falls for the lead, thinking she is a boy. He then questions his sexual orientation... and decides love is love and takes the plunge. My all time fav confession scene is This one from Moonlight Drawn By Clouds, where Kim Yoo-jung playing a girl disguised as a Eunuch, tries to discourage the prince played by Park Bo Gum from confessing by telling him but I'm a man and there is a good love and a bad love... no one will bless this. Then he answers with an amazing delivery of the line "However, I plan to do it. That Bad Love". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6r2kKbINhE
have you watched the first 2 episodes? If it is bothering you that people are saying how much they loved Soo Ji,…
exactly, so where are the "constant " comments that complain about Dae Young being a player since the drama started airing? I only see people complaining about people supposedly having a problem with it for the last week... Otherwise, there is one distraught girl posting after Soo Ji's death was aired, one Soo Kyung fan being funny. oh, here we go, I found one. It was also the day of first ep airing... Green_tokki saying she tired of seeing him with different girls hope he will be married with kids in next drama? She does say she is tired of different girls, but also said she wants to see him married in next one... That is what you are calling constant complaints? That one comment? Sheesh.
For me the romantic relationship(s) are not pivotal in the Let's Eat series. This drama is about the food, quirky…
Without spoiling it, just know that there is a reason for people to be emotional and you will find out after you finish ep. 2. btw, the reason people do not expect James Bond to stay with a lady is because he is a spy in a spy/action genre film. We expect tuxedos, sex, and him to leave on another mysterious mission. Is he having romances? I thought he was just having a string of sexual encounters with attractive women while using them for his job. I will agree that the Let's Eat series has much more to offer than the romance. However, this series is still being promoted as being a romcom, so people expect comedy and romance. It is a great compliment to the writers and actors if people are shipping and missing past seasons characters. The people that truly love the series will continue to watch and fall in love with this seasons characters too, because the makers of this series know how to develop a character and tell a story!
why are people like this and write hateful messages just because there is another girl? I mean yeah I liked the…
are you referring to Irusu saying "soo ji was the best wtf i actually hate this drama." I just assumed that was grief talking. I know episode 2 destroyed me. I have watched season 2 at least 5 times. I am so attached to Soo Ji, I was depressed the whole next day. It is a week later and I am still feeling sad. I won't be able to watch season 2 again, for a long time. It went from being light and funny with a cute romance that cheers me up to being tragic love story that I will probably sob during. I am also really attached to Dae Young, so I am especially going to be rooting for him to find someone special in this season, now that I know why he is heartbroken and lonely.
have you watched the first 2 episodes? If it is bothering you that people are saying how much they loved Soo Ji,…
Since episode 2 aired, where are all of these "constant complaints" that are sad about Soo Ji dying? Clearly you are talking about those, or you would not have used the word "constant..." as in still going on.
Are we ready? Episode 2 destroyed me. I was heartbroken for days. Thank goodness for my current fluff drama(Sweet Dreams) cheering me up. There has been a lot of focus on his college guy friends in the flash backs. I wonder if they will pop up in present day too. There are usually a good amount of interesting side characters in these. Season one had the lead couple plus 5 other great characters including a very lovable 2nd lead actor. Season 2 had the main couple plus 7 great characters including an even more lovable 2nd lead actor.
Most people watch romcoms for the happily ever after. In the same way sports fans root for their favorite athlete…
Becoming attached to a beloved character and rooting for happy endings do not make some one Narrow minded. I don't think people have "a problem" with him being with someone else as much as they are so attached to the characters that they want it to work out. Plus, this is not "real life" we are talking about. If you think romcoms should be realistic, I think it is you that have wandered into the wrong convo, because happy endings are a vital part of romcoms.
do people really have problems about different girls each season? lmao
Most people watch romcoms for the happily ever after. In the same way sports fans root for their favorite athlete or sports team, romcom fans root for the Lead couple. Just imagine, your favorite athlete won the gold medal, but later there was evidence of steroid use and his medal was stripped from him. How much rewatch value is there of his "victory" when you find out it was all a lie. Or imagine what it would feel like watching the quarterback of your favorite team after he has started playing for your rivals. It is kind of like that, watching him "fall in love" with someone else, after believing he belonged with the first one.
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When you are condensing a series into a movie, you sometimes loose too many of the important interactions between the characters that shows the relationship evolved naturally. Hopefully they script will be well written.
- There was a 1996 Japanese drama series made from it called Itazura Na Kiss. https://kisskh.at/303-itazura-na-kiss. I watched it, and that version has some very fun kooky side characters.
Since then, there have been several remakes:
- It Started With A Kiss (mentioned in the article) is the 2005 Taiwanese version with Ariel Lin and Joe Cheng. ISWAK had a season 2 called They Kiss Again. I loved ISWAK and TKA. They are both a go to in my rewatch list. Joe Cheng is my favorite portrayal of the lead male of this series.
- Playful Kiss is the Korean version of this and it came out in 2010. That one has a lot of beautiful scenes. It was the first version I watched, so it also has a special place in my heart.
- There was another Japanese remake of the series in 2013 called Itazura Na Kiss - Love in Tokyo/Also known as Mischievous Kiss. That is a really good version staring Yuki Furukawa. This version also has it's charms. I think this is the version that has the best Tennis Senior and also the 2nd lead seems to be the coolest in this version.(not that Jiro Wang from ISWAK isn't also awesome). There was also a 2nd season called Itazura Na Kiss - Love In Tokyo 2.
- In 2015 there was a Thai version called 'Kiss Me'. They made a lot of changes to fit the Thai culture. The couple in the Thai version had the best chemistry! It also had the least Tsundere male lead. You can tell from the beginning that he like her. That is not true in any of the other versions.
- In 2016 there was another Taiwanese series called 'Miss In Kiss' that was not worth watching.
- In 2016 there was a Japanese movie version called Mischevious Kiss. That one, I have not been able to find, to watch. I also have not seen either of it's sequels: called Mischievous Kiss The Movie: Campus and Mischievous Kiss The Movie: The Proposal. I can not say how good or bad they are.
- I can not recall the name, but there one that is more of an 'inspired by' rather than a full fledged remake. I can't remember if it was a movie or drama. I do remember I finished it. I know it did not follow the plot exactly. They gave a bit of a role reversal, with the male lead having to chase the female lead a bit. However, the production quality wasn't great and it was a bit harder to follow. Maybe someone else can help me with the title of that version. I think it was the only one that the father, instead of being a chef, made clothes for a living.
https://kisskh.at/26585-unexpected-heroes
https://kisskh.at/22926-wednesday-330-p.m
https://kisskh.at/16002-page-turner
https://kisskh.at/12280-the-bride-who-wore-sneakers
https://kisskh.at/15550-splash-splash-love
No offense to you, it is just my pet peeve to see people complain about cliches, when they are watching romcoms; which is a genre that should be cliche, in my opinion. I need all of those adorable cliches. They are what made me fall in love with Korean Dramas to begin with. ... I see it as kind of like the people that go to the Rocky Horror Picture show to act it out. You are there just waiting for your chance to open your umbrella throw your toast. When I watch dramas, I am waiting for the accidental kiss, the back hug, the wrist grab, the jealous lead that doesn't realize he likes her yet...
I happen to like the dynamic of Rich boy, Poor girl, but I have seen the same trope reversed and liked it. To me, it doesn't make a difference, as long as they make the female character likable. The problem with reversing this trope is that I sometimes have a hard time getting behind the ship for these relationships even when it is an attractive guy who had some childhood trauma, after he has been a 0!$&# for the whole first 6-8 episodes.(Lee Seung Gi as Sun Woo Hwang in Brilliant Legacy/Shining Inheritance). If it were a hateful female character, I don't know if I would appreciate her "changing for love" enough to ship her with our sweet poor leading man. My personal favorite trope is Contract Love/Cohabitation. For some reason, I love to see people in fake relationships fall in love for real. I have no idea why, but clearly, I am not the only one.
Gender Benders I can take or leave, but there is a cliche in this type that I love. I love when the guy, who is other wise straight, falls for the lead, thinking she is a boy. He then questions his sexual orientation... and decides love is love and takes the plunge. My all time fav confession scene is This one from Moonlight Drawn By Clouds, where Kim Yoo-jung playing a girl disguised as a Eunuch, tries to discourage the prince played by Park Bo Gum from confessing by telling him but I'm a man and there is a good love and a bad love... no one will bless this. Then he answers with an amazing delivery of the line "However, I plan to do it. That Bad Love". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6r2kKbINhE
btw, the reason people do not expect James Bond to stay with a lady is because he is a spy in a spy/action genre film. We expect tuxedos, sex, and him to leave on another mysterious mission. Is he having romances? I thought he was just having a string of sexual encounters with attractive women while using them for his job.
I will agree that the Let's Eat series has much more to offer than the romance. However, this series is still being promoted as being a romcom, so people expect comedy and romance.
It is a great compliment to the writers and actors if people are shipping and missing past seasons characters. The people that truly love the series will continue to watch and fall in love with this seasons characters too, because the makers of this series know how to develop a character and tell a story!