I've watched Empress Ki and agree wholeheartedly. It's a fantastic drama despite the sometimes questionable plot points but the actors and actresses more than make up for it. I love historical dramas with romance in them like Empress Ki and Scarlet Heart. Currently watching The Sound of The Desert which is also spectacular.
It's so hard to find some historical dramas with English subs though, especially the Chinese ones. :(
Really great article! Will check out some of the recommendations.
For all of you who enjoyed the drama but hated the ending, read this (credit to strawberries34 @ soompi): http://soah-hime.tumblr.com/post/102089050446/about-my-lovely-girl-ending-read-it-because-it
I didn't dislike the ending because of how they ended up together though -although I certainly better understand why she left as she did, thanks to that article (and you for posting it!).
My main issue is - why was Hyuk Wook's father so against a relationship between his son and either one of the Yoon sisters? I mean, Se Na I can understand a bit considering she's Hyuk Wook's dead girlfriend's little sister but why was he so against So Eun in the first place?
You're kidding me right now. That's the ending? There is so many unresolved issues in this that even though I enjoyed the majority of the drama because it (meaning Dal Bong and Si Woo and occasionally Hyun Wook) was cute, I can't rate it very high at all.
He's barely present in High School Love On and yet every episode I look forward to his small part...I got sad in the episodes where he was absent! Somehow he's ended up as my favourite character :)
Started this a few days ago and already caught up to episode 13. It's certainly an interesting drama and Shi Woo is just too cute. His character feels refreshing in the midst of all the angsty stuff.
I'm just wondering though and since I don't have an older sister I probably can't imagine how this would turn out in real life but - is it really that bad for a younger sister to fall in love with her deceased older sister's boyfriend?
Forgive me, but I don't quite see the problem.
It's so addictive, this drama! I don't know if it's Eddie Peng or Wei Wu Ji who I adore but every scene he's in I absolutely love automatically.
Hu Ge ain't bad either but Mo Xun's repressed emotions aren't my style. Give me the impulsive and badass Wu Ji any day :D
Okay so I finished it and originally I was going to give it a 7 but the last two lines added an extra point:
Hae Young: "Jo Sung Gyum-sshi, I missed you."
Sung Gyum: "Whatever."
8/10 might be a generous score since I spent the majority of the last 5 or so episodes being aggravated and wanting to strangle practically everyone. Not a bad drama I think, just very flawed in some respects. At least the actors are very pretty?
I'm an Austen fan myself but I cringe that Geum Jan Di is compared to Lizzie Bennet. Jan Di was not my favourite character, to be put it mildly. D:
That being said though, I find this article quite intriguing.
Mansfield Park though - anyone can think of a drama similar to that?
(I like watching Henry Crawford fall for Fanny and then get nowhere. Yes, I'm slightly evil.)
While I didn't like Nam SangHyo or Jo Sung Gyeom, Goo Hae Young saved this drama for me. Absolutely loved the…
The man could read me a telephone book on repeat for the rest of my life and I'd die a happy woman.
(In other words, I agree with you about his voice :D)
I'm actually kind of afraid to watch the remaining three episodes I have left to complete this drama. I had so much love for it in the beginning! How did it go so wrong? ;-;
A breeze to watch and so so good! I think I loved it more than I did the anime. With 11 short episodes, of course they left out little parts of it and I think that's probably why. Some of the things I didn't like in the anime were left out and there were some additions here and there which I loved. I appreciate how Nekozawa was added into it too.
Every episode was a pleasure to watch. I have to commend the acting, especially for Yamamoto Yusuke who is fantastic as Tamaki-senpai. I haven't enjoyed a drama like this in a while.
(Really good looking guys in this though - Nekozawa-senpai and Kyouya-senpai never looked so good to me before <3)
Also, Jang Hyuk and Woo Bin, how can I not.
It's so hard to find some historical dramas with English subs though, especially the Chinese ones. :(
Really great article! Will check out some of the recommendations.
My main issue is - why was Hyuk Wook's father so against a relationship between his son and either one of the Yoon sisters? I mean, Se Na I can understand a bit considering she's Hyuk Wook's dead girlfriend's little sister but why was he so against So Eun in the first place?
I'm just wondering though and since I don't have an older sister I probably can't imagine how this would turn out in real life but - is it really that bad for a younger sister to fall in love with her deceased older sister's boyfriend?
Forgive me, but I don't quite see the problem.
Hu Ge ain't bad either but Mo Xun's repressed emotions aren't my style. Give me the impulsive and badass Wu Ji any day :D
Hae Young: "Jo Sung Gyum-sshi, I missed you."
Sung Gyum: "Whatever."
8/10 might be a generous score since I spent the majority of the last 5 or so episodes being aggravated and wanting to strangle practically everyone. Not a bad drama I think, just very flawed in some respects. At least the actors are very pretty?
That being said though, I find this article quite intriguing.
Mansfield Park though - anyone can think of a drama similar to that?
(I like watching Henry Crawford fall for Fanny and then get nowhere. Yes, I'm slightly evil.)
(In other words, I agree with you about his voice :D)
Every episode was a pleasure to watch. I have to commend the acting, especially for Yamamoto Yusuke who is fantastic as Tamaki-senpai. I haven't enjoyed a drama like this in a while.
(Really good looking guys in this though - Nekozawa-senpai and Kyouya-senpai never looked so good to me before <3)