I wrote this ages ago, and then it deleted it's self before I could even post it >< FML! it took me a while, so I wasn't keen to rewrite this! If you haven't noticed already, Ive used the summary's from dramacrazy.net but some of the summary's didn't describe them perfectly, so I rewrote some of them.
Corner With Love
Description: Xin Lei (Barbie Xu), a girl from a wealthy family, and Qin Lang (Alan Luo), a guy who came to Shanghai to pursue his dream of becoming an artist, meet by accident at a corner when her car and his bike crash into each other. They meet again when Xin Lei goes to the restaurant that Qin Lang works at. They truly get to know each other when Xin Lei asks him to teach her how to make oyster pancakes. Then, Xin Lei's parents' company goes bankrupt. Without telling her, Xin Lei's parents go into hiding, leaving only a plane ticket and a key to their house in
Taiwan To make matters worse, Xin Lei's fiance breaks the engagement, due to his parents' wishes. The only two people she has now are Qin Lang and her best friend Xi Xian. Qin Lang then tells her that he is leaving for Taiwan, so they bade farewell. When Xin Lei arrives in Taiwan, she finds out that Qin Lang's family has been living in the house for years! After much controversy, Qin Lang's grandmother finally lets her stay. Thus begins a magical love story
My Comments:
This is a really sweet story and it's funny to have the princess and the pauper type relationship between the two main characters. This isn't a story with deep plot lines and twists, it's a very light drama you can turn your brain off and watch.
Overall:
7/10
Creating destiny
Description: Han Sang Eun moved to Australia when she was a teenager. Years later she goes back to Korea with her American boyfriend. Her family, however, has their hopes set on her marrying a nice, Korean boy. They do everything in their power to make her fall in love with Kim Yeo Joon.
My Comments:
Ah this is a wonderful drama, the interaction with the main characters at the beginning of the series is truly brilliant especially in the airport, when they meet for the first time, the story finished off well and the casting couldn't have been better.
Overall:
9/10
Detective Conan
Description: This tanpatsu celebrates the tenth year of this popular Japanese anime, originally a manga created by Aoyama Gosho. The story takes place when Shinichi was still a high school student. The talented young detective Kudo Shinichi receives a message: "I will kidnap one of your classmates during your class trip." Shinichi is going to find out the truth
My Comments:
This is a wonderful live action version, I have to be honest, i haven't seen the detective Conan anime or read the manga, but after watching this I feel like I'm missing out! it kinda reminds me of inspector gadget because it's a bit of fun, I'm just sad it's so short!
Overall:
10/10
Full House
Description: Han Ji Eun is a naive writer who got swindled out of everything she owned including her house by her best friends. Stranded in China, She managed to borrow money from an actor Lee Young Jae to return to
Korea. On her return, she found out that her house was bought by Lee Young Jae. In an attempt to get her possessions back, she entered in a contract marriage with Young Jae for one year. In spite of losing all, Ji Eun manages to be cheerful and takes things in strike and the business relationship between the two becomes personal as they start to rely and care for each other. Based on a popular manhwa of the same title
My Comments:
I really enjoyed this drama and would have like to have seen more, I thought it was a bit mean of Ji Eun's friends to do that to her, but it worked out in the end!
Overall:
9/10
Gift
Description: Naomi, a middle-aged woman (Muroi Shigeru), goes to a house to meet her boyfriend with whom she had planned to skip the country, along with 50 billion yen in cash. When she gets to the house, there is no boyfriend, no money and a trail of blood leading to a closet. Opening the closet causes this nude, blood covered body (Kimura Takuya) to come falling out. She gets the young man into a hospital to revive him in hopes he can tell her where the boyfriend and the money went, but the guy from the closet has lost his memory. She gives him a new identity, calling him Yukio, and then employs him as a courier at her company to keep track of him in case he ever recovers his memory. As he works for Naomi, Yukio slowly discovers who he was and what has led him to the man he is now.
My Comments:
This drama starts off promising with tones of potential, then after the first couple of episodes, it becomes rather dull and average then at the end it picks up again. I was very disappointed, especially with the great cast that stared in it.
Overall:
5/10
Gokusen
Description: The story of a young, idealistic teacher who enters Shirokin Gakuen with hopes of making a difference in the students' lives. However, Yamaguchi Kumiko (Nakama Yukie) is in for a rude awakening when she finds that she will be the homeroom teacher of 3-D, the hardest class to maintain in the school. The students have multi-colored hair, sloppy uniforms, and show absolutely no respect to her. The leader of the class, Sawada Shin is lazy but bright and shows some interest in Yamaguchi when he notices that she is very different from other teachers. The students try to bully her to make her quit, but their attempts don't get them very far. What the class and the rest of the school does not know is that Yamaguchi Kumiko is actually the 4th generation heir to the Ooedo Group, a notorious yakuza clan. Even though her family would like her to take the title of Ojou when her grandfather dies, they have accepted the fact that Yamaguchi would rather be a teacher. Eventually, the students learn to respect their quirky teacher because of her devotion to them, and even give her a nickname: Yankumi.
My Comments:
It's truly awesome to see a teacher kick some ass, and this has lots of it! I think everyone at some point has to watch Goukusen! I think because I enjoyed this drama that when I came to watch the second series I didn't want to watch it because Yankumi has a different class and I was rather attached to all her students by the end, I will soon watch the rest of the series now that it's been a while since I watched the first series!
Overall:
8/10
Goong
Description: Goong is a story about young love in face of tradition, politics, and intrigue. In the imaginary world, modern-day Korea is a constitutional monarchy and the Royal Family lives in a grand Palace, the Goong. Story opens with the sudden death of the reigning the King. Faced with the decreasing popularity among the public for the Royalty, a grand wedding for the Crown Prince, Lee Shin (Joo Ji Hoon), is decided to be the best publicity move to improve the image of the Royalty and at the same time prepare Shin for immediate succession. The intended bride? The headstrong, awkward, and sweet spirited Shin Chae-kyung (Yoon Eun Hye) that just happens to go to the same exclusive art school. Chae-kyung was betrothed to become the next Crown Princess by her grandfather and Shin's grandfather. After 14 years of living in England with his mom, Lee Yul (Kim Jeong Hoon) appears all of a sudden. He is Shin's cousin as well as the former Crown Prince. Everything seemed to be going normally until Chae-kyung's optimistic spirit wins the heart of internally lonely, Yul. As the Crown Prince Shin and simple-minded Chae-kyung's relationship appear to developing deeper feelings, a series of scandals are exposed to the public right after the pair were officially announced married. Will love prevail all in a world of political pressures and martial hardships? Or will being in the spotlight of the public be too much for the young newlyweds to endure?
My Comments:
This was the first drama I ever watched and I still love it! the set is pretty, the costumes are pretty, the cast is fabulous, the music is brilliant and the story is wonderful! what more could you want? this story has become so successful since it's mang-hwa days that it's now become a musical for the stage!
Overall:
10/10
Goong Prince Hours
Description: The Empress (Myung Se Bin) is in her early 30s, but she is still not married. Since, the 1st successor to the throne died, the royal family is in search for a new successor. Incidentally, they come to know of a young man who was in fact a son of the prince to a woman who left the Palace for her to be able to keep her pregnancy a secret. The young man's name was Lee Hoo (
Se7en), more commonly known to his friends as Kang Hoo. Lee Hoo worked as a delivery boy at a Chinese restaurant, and was known for his 7-minute maximum delivery time. Lee Hoo had been brought up as more of a punk than a prince so his habits and his way of conversing were very different from the people of royal blood. Although he had never dreamt of living in the Palace, he one day finds himself immersing himself in its grandeur and improving himself to prove that he indeed deserves to be called the Successor to the throne. He soon finds out that not only will he be facing lessons to the path of royalty, and dilemmas of love and of stature, but he will also learn to compete for the position he had been, first and fore mostly, called for.
My Comments:
Created shortly after it's elder sister, Goong S or Goong Prince Hours shouldn't be compared to Goong Princess Hours I tried during the first few episodes to try and connect the two, but actually the stories have nothing to do with each other! because of this I ruined it for myself! On it's own Goong S is a good drama and is something you should watch.
Overall:
7/10
Hana Kimi (Japanese version)
Description: Based on a popular comic, this hilarious comedy follows the chaos, troubles and friendship at a boys' boarding school after a girl dessed as a boy joins. Mizuki Ashiya (Maki Horikita) has just come back to Japan from California where she was raised. She fell in love with a hopeful high jump hero Izumi Sano (Shun Oguri), but he quit after an accident. As she wants him to go back to the sport once again, she enters the same high school as a boy! With short hair, flattened chest and lowered voice, she starts sharing the same room with Sano at the dorm. Living in a dorm at a boys' high school is hard enough; changing clothes, bathrooms, etc., but things get even more complicated when Shuichi Nakatsu (Toma Ikuta) has feelings toward Mizuki while Sano notices Mizuki is actually a girl and falls in love with her but she is unaware!
My Comments:
This story no matter how many times you see it, it's always brilliant. The Japanese cast is brilliant and the setting, I'm not sure if I prefer the Japanese version or the Taiwanese version.
Overall:
9/10
Hana Kimi (Taiwanese version)
Description: After watching a high jump competition on TV, Lu Rui Xi was so inspired by a jumper named Zuo Yi Quan that she decides to transfer to his school, which happened to be an all-boys school; therefore, she disguises herself as a boy to get accepted. At the school, Rui Xi befriends Jin Xiu Yi. One day during a friendly soccer match, Rui Xi is knocked unconscious by Xiu Yi. Quan carries her to the infirmary and realizes that Rui Xi is in fact a girl! However, Quan keeps her identity a secret. At the same time, Xiu Yi starts to question his own sexual orientation when he finds himself having feelings towards Rui Xi.
My Comments:
Again the same with the Japanese version, the cast, the set and sound track were really good!
Overall:
9/10
Hana Yori Dango
Description: Makino Tsukushi is the only poor student at Eitoku Gakuen, the school of the ridiculously rich and privileged that is ruled by Flower 4 or F4, a group of four boys who come from extremely powerful families: Domyoji Tsukasa, the leader and heir of the Domyoji World Finance Group; Hanazawa Rui, the introverted son of a large company; Nishikado Sojiro, a player who is the heir of a tea ceremony school; and Mimasaka Akira, a madam killer with ties to the underground. If a student gets on the F4's bad side, he/she gets a red notice and is bullied and driven out of school. Makino hopes to pass her days quietly-- without drawing any attention to herself-- but one day, she stands up to Domyoji in defense of her friend. The next day, Makino gets the dreaded red notice. Even though she is harassed, Makino decides to keep going to school because she is a 'tough weed'. She declares war right back on the F4. Her resolve gets the attention of her crush Hanazawa Rui and oddly enough, rouses romantic feelings in her worst enemy, Domyoji Tsukasa. The series is based on the Japanese shoujo manga "Hana Yori Dango" (Boys Before Flowers) by Kamio Yoko.
My Comments:
Ah... Hana Yori Dango lol this is a dam good story that you have to know! I love the cast in this particular version and love the way they finished it off with the movie. I have to admit though, by the end of the drama I pretty much had enough of Makino's character.
Overall:
9/10
HERO
Description: Kohei Kuryu is a former juvenile delinquent who drops out of junior high and goes on to earn a high school equivalency diploma. After passing the law board exams, Kuryu becomes a prosecutor. Not your typical prosecutor, which is quickly seen through the clothes that he wears, Kuryu possesses quick instincts and a kind of cleverness that only someone raised on the streets could have. Maiko Amamiya is a shrewd public prosecutor who has her eyes set on passing the exam to become a deputy prosecutor and tries her best to be noticed by her boss. Kuryu, on the other hand, after earning a reputation for doing top-notch work, is transferred to Amamiya's division, and finally opens his eyes to the possibility of promotion. Unfortunately, his unprecedented work behavior abruptly brings things to a halt. Although earning a reputation as a bad
apple, the influence from Kuryu's strong pursuit of justice slowly begins to change things around him. This drama is filled with it all; love, laughs and lots of emotion.
My Comments:
One thing I love about Kimura Takuya is that he most of the time plays rather quirky and interesting characters, this drama is no acception. This drama may have a boring subject but you can't help to watch Kohei Kuryu and his obsession for buying things off shopping channels!
Overall:
8/10
It Started With a Kiss
Description: After an earthquake destroyed Xiang Qin's house, she and her father moved in with the family of her father's college buddy, Uncle Ah Li. To her surprise, the kind and amicable aunt and uncle are the parents of her cold and distant schoolmate Jiang Zhi Shu, a genius with an IQ of 200 whom not too long ago rejected her endless crush on him. Will the close proximity give her a second chance to win Zhi Shu's heart? Or, will her love for him end under his cold words? What happens when there is competition for his heart?
My Comments:
Haha! this is a seriously cringing drama! I spent most of my time shouting and screaming at the screen seeing Xiang Qin doing stuff a normal human being with any self respect wouldn't do! still it's rather entertaining and a bit of fun!
Overall:
8/10
Kimi Wa Petto
Description: Smart, successful and good-looking Iwaya Sumire works for a big newspaper. However, her boss asks her to leave for being too "perfect" a woman. Feeling angry and dejected Iwaya returns home depressed, and most of all lonely. However, when she finds an unconscious young man lying in a box out the front of her home and takes him in. He looks like a dog she used to own called Momo. She dubs him Momo and decides to "keep him as a pet." It's the start of an unexpected life together as they overcome obstacles and become quite attached to one another. But can love like this exist?
My Comments:
This is one of the hottest dramas that was ever made! the cast is perfect and the story is beautiful! One of my all time faves! ><
Overall:
10/10!
Liar Game
Description: Kanzaki Nao is an honest college
student who receives a hundred million yen one day, along with a card saying she has been chosen to take part in the "Liar Game". The aim of the game is to trick the other players out of their hundred million dollars. At the end, the winner gets the hundred million and the loser is a hundred million yen in debt. The next day, she receives notification that her opponent is her former teacher, Fujisawa Kazuo. She goes to him, seeking help, but ends up getting tricked into handing her money over. Desperate, she approaches the police for help, but they are unable to do anything. However, she is told of a mastermind swindler, Akiyama Shinichi, who is to be released from jail the next day. Desperate, she goes to him for help.
My Comments:
One of my favorites, this drama has a wonderful gift of creating suspense the soundtrack is to die for, only thing is, that if you have a fear of clown masks, u might have a harsh time, the characters in clown masks are rather freaky. Because of how great the drama is there was much hype and anticipation for the final, which was made into a film, I have to say personally I didn't like the ending, but you will understand why when you watch it!
Overall:
9/10 (I marked it down one because of the ending haha! I won't let it go!)
Love or Bread
Description: Frank (Joe Cheng) is a guy who lives his life in a facade, letting the world believe he's a wealthy young gentlemen. When in fact he's a lazy, procrastinating in debt pauper. While Shan Mei (Ariel Lin) is a poor young woman, but kind, filial and very hard-working bread winner of her family. They encounter each other when both are in need of housing, they end up sharing a broke-down old house together. Their characters totally opposite of each other, so they ultimately butt heads with each other, but share in common the need of money and a new destiny.
My Comments:
Ah the acting duo are back for another round, this time Joe Cheng plays a rather ridiculous character as apposed to his cool, swerve character in 'It Started With a Kiss.' Some parts in this drama are irritating, but you put up with it because of the little gems that appear every now and again!
Overall:
6/10