#Playful Kiss

[dovedi]

★ 장난스런 키스 : 𖥻재현 .. ᥫ᭡ 𓂃 ࣪˖ ִֶָ

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[busylazy]

Jung So-Min Supremacy

Alchemy of Souls (2022)

She wasn't in Season 2 but Go Youn-jung is just as adorable for the role.

Because This Is My First Life (2017)

One of my all-time favorites. Their characters (Jung So-min as Yoon Ji-ho and Lee Min Ki as Nam Se-hee) are sometimes toxic, but they served life facts with a reality slap here.

The side characters are quite adorable too.

My Father is Strange (2017)

It's too long since it's a day drama, but everyone's story here is just as strange (err., unique) as their father's.

This could well be the breakout role show for Ahn Hyo-seop (?) before Business Proposal.

Love Reset (2023)

My two favorites (of many, lol) here: Jung So-min and Kang Ha-neul.

I wonder how it would turn out if were made into a series instead. 🤔

The Sound of Your Heart (2016)

This is cute. The series is too short but really fun to watch.

Lee Kwang-soo delivers as always.

Playful Kiss (2010)

I can't really remember this one much. Jung So-min is paired with Kim Hyun-joong (of the Boys Over Flowers, 2009) fame here.

Alice: Boy from Wonderland (2015)

Boy, oh boy, this one I can never forget! It was a roller coaster ride with a major WTF twist.

What else should I watch?

[televisionquoteseverywhere]

Mischievous Kiss 2: Love in Tokyo

Irie Kotoko & Irie Naoki

[alloveydovey]

Hellooooo, dramas from this past month :) I had a lot of fun watching most of these, which hadn't been happening lately.

The Story of Park’s Marriage Contract, 2023 (kdrama) 7.5/8

A woman from the past travels to the future where she meets a man who resembles her deceased husband. In need of a wife, he strikes a contract with her, and blah blah blah, you know what happens next.

The chemistry was there 100%, the comedy too, but overall, I think it was just a mid watch for me. I was three episodes away from finishing but was struggling big time because I was getting bored.

The Romance of Tiger and Rose, 2020 (cdrama) 8

A scriptwriter ends up inside her own creation as a side character who dies early on in the drama and has a really bad reputation.

This was hilarious. Laughing out loud alone type of hilarious. It didn't make any sense at all, and it was extremely silly and sometimes even frustrating, but both actors were so great with the comedy (Zhao Lusi the actress that you are), so everything was just fun and romantic and cute... and weird enough, emotional af as well. I love these types of dramas where, after watching, you kinda feel empty inside lol. Comfort drama material? 100%

My Demon, 2023/24 (kdrama) 8

A demon becomes powerless after crossing paths with a cold heiress (who he obviously knew in their, guess what? Yes, past lives)

Kim Yoo Jung and Song Kang (his character is everything) were so cute in this! Their chemistry was definitely chemistring. I loved the concept and all, but for some reason, I couldn’t put my whole heart into this drama, which resulted in me being a bit disappointed. I’d get bored sometimes. I still don’t know if it’s my problem though. Maybe it wasn't the right time to watch it since I had been watching so many dramas with similar storylines. I’ll give them this, though, these two were truly a comedic duo™️

My Man is Cupid, 2023/24 (kdrama) 8

A love fairy accidentally shoots himself with an arrow and ends up in love with a human, condemning him and his group of cupids to 500 years on Earth. In modern day, he gets entangled with a veterinarian who might be connected to what happened in the past. Also! Murder mystery.

This one just goes to prove that liking a drama is all about vibes for me. Is this different from what I’ve been watching? Nope. It’s not better than the other ones above with similar premises. Yet somehow, unlike the others, it got my attention way more, and I totally binged it. Even when this particular one had some very confusing, probably so-so writing, moments. Granted, it has Nana in it. Nana makes everything worth it (Jang Dong Yoon was cute as well lol).

My Girlfriend is a Gumiho, 2010 (kdrama) (rewatch!) 7.5 ⭐️

A cute gumiho saves an irresponsible rich kid who wants to become an action star by giving him her bead. Both of them gotta stick together while he heals.

Like I said back when I first saw this, COMFORT!! And I was in the mood for something silly and sweet after the same themes over and over again. I can't get over how cute Shin Min A and Lee Seung Gi are in this.

Falling Into You, 2022 (cdrama) 9

A student-athlete wants to do high jump but doesn't have the required height for the sport, so a postgraduate student-coach decides to take him under her wing and train him. Noona love story ensues.

So... I have a lot of mixed feelings about it because, all in all, I think this is one of the best cdramas I've watched. It's beautifully shot, the music is incredible, and the pacing, story, characters, and acting are all impeccable. Aside from Meet Yourself (fav ever) it's truly one of the most naturally acted cdramas I've seen so far as well. Even outside the romance part, everything was really good.

Now, was it inappropriate? For me, at least, I think it was. This young student is supposed to be 20, and his coach is said to be about to turn 28. They are both consenting adults (let's put it that way), but the power dynamics thing is still there. Overall, it was a nice surprise, and I completely binged it.

Welcome to Samdal-ri, 2023/24 (kdrama) 9

After a scandal, a famous photographer runs back to her hometown. Her ex, with whom she had an intense fallout (childhood friends to lovers), is there, and it seems like neither of them has moved on. (Also about family, and grief)

From the moment I saw Shin Hye Sun and Ji Chang Wook's pictures next to one another on a tweet saying they were going to be in a new drama together, I knew this was going to be a 10/10 in my books. Maximized joint slay. Add the hometown cha cha cha vibes, and you have an amazing tear-jerker drama. The rest of the cast is a great complement as well; their acting and their stories just make everything really emotional (I cried a lot lol), but it is 100% worth the watch. I'll be honest about one thing, though. As much as I loved it, it took me a while to finish the last two episodes cause I feel like they dragged the story a bit.

Princess Hours/Goong, 2006 (kdrama) 8

In a reimagined modern SK, a girl from an ordinary family gets hitched to the crown prince because of a promise both of their grandparents made in the past. A Diana x Charles x Camilla drama ensues (but like, with a happy ending).

This is what I like to call DRAMA™️. The type you hate everyone's behaviors, and you laugh, and you hate the ML, but you also want him to get with the FL, and you start hate watching, and then you giggle when they share moments and completely forget ML is a really shitty person lol. I started this cause I got sick, and I got way into it. ML being a major asshole and the FL having no self-respect (like the good old dramas and telenovelas) aside, I enjoyed binging this, and I can see why it was so popular. Their romance, though deeply flawed and a product of the time the drama was made, had some great moments, slow burn and natural as well. I was lowkey hoping for a happier ending, tho, but it was cute enough. Also, music bro, that main song is never getting out of my head. Comfort drama material: 100%

Playful Kiss, 2010 (kdrama) 5

FL confesses to ML, and he rejects her harshly. When her house collapses, her father moves them in with an old friend, who ends up being ML's father.

So after Goong, I thought I'd probably be able to watch this. Wrong. Shin's got nothing wrong in comparison so Seung Jo. Seung Jo is probably my most disliked ML ever lol. I binged this, hoping it'd get better, or just like Shin in Goong, he'd change a bit after getting together with FL. But nope, he remained an asshole throughout the whole thing. Gotta love that consistency. Comfort drama material: 1% (I saw the comments on Viki, and I don't know how people rewatched this, lol.)

[naokiscoffee]

I've watched nearly all the Itazura Na Kiss adaptations, and I have a reoccurring theme where I keep on coming back to re-watch it yearly (specifically the 2005 Taiwanese version and the 2013 Japanese version).

The point is, I have no clue why I like it.

A cold, unfriendly, unlikable genius? Not my style. Innocent but dumb female lead? Not my style. A guy showing affection by bullying the girl he likes? Definitely not my thing.

Do you see a pattern here?

I logically understand why there are people that dislike, heck, hate this series, and logically speaking, I should too, but this is not the case. Thus, I am here on a mission to try and uncover why I like this series so much, however long that may take.

[smartys-diary]

ᬼღ ౿𝗏౿𝗋ɣᑲ𝗈ᑯɣ 𝗍𝗈ᥣᑯ ო౿ ᥣ𝗈𝗏౿ ⍵ɑડ ᑲᥣꪱᜒ𐓣ᑯ 🝮༅⁂

↯ 𝗍𝗁౿𐓣 𝖨 ડɑ⍵ ɣ𝗈υ𝗋 𝖿ɑɕ౿ ɑ𐓣ᑯ ɣ𝗈υϐׁׅ֒ᥣׁׅ֪ꫀׁׅܻᨰׁׅ ꩇׁׅ݊ᨮ꫶ׁׅ֮ ꩇׁׅ݊ꪱׁׅꪀׁׅժׁׅ݊. ~૮꒰𖦹 ༝ 𖦹。꒱ა

𝖿ꪱᜒ𐓣ɑᥣᥣɣ, ɣ𝗈υ+ ო౿ ɑ𝗋౿ 𝗍𝗁౿ ᥣυɕƙɣ 𝗈𐓣౿ડ 𝗍𝗁ꪱᜒડ 𝗍ꪱᜒო౿ ˚｡⋆  ིྀྀི ⃟

[youknowihavenochingu]

Those red flags in kdramas 🚩

Park Jae Eon-Nevertheless

Baek Kyung- Extraordinary You

Lee Soo-More Than Friends

Kkm Moo Young- The Smile Has Left Your Eyes

Kwak Ki Tae- Extracurricular

Kwon Si Hyeon -Tempted

Baek Seung Jo- Playful Kiss

Go Joon Pyo- Boys Over Flowers

Choi Young Do- The Heirs

Sun Ho- Cheer Up

[honeydewdonutgirl]

Gotta say, kinda sad at all the negative opinions over Itazura na Kiss 1996, which is perhaps one of my favorite versions of Itakiss. I actually love Kotoko in this version, I think she’s funny as all heck and she’s so passionate about everything she does and she’s so cute and I could go on and on. Also saw some people call this version’s Kotoko childish and I just don’t get it, cause she makes some very mature decisions through out the show that no other Kotoko seems to be able to make. It’s also plenty romantic, just perhaps more subtly so than other adaptions. I’m sad that is misses out on the college arc, which hold most of the obviously romantic scenes in the other adaptions. But they move some of the scenes around to make up for it. This version also contains my favorite Naoki! I get why other people like other versions better, but for me, this version is just so fun and it makes me feel so many emotions, and I just love it!

If you’ve never seen it and are curious, it’s on YouTube with English subtitles and it’s only 9 episodes. It’s mainly just the high school arc, with a time skip at the end, but like I said above they change things around in order to tell a complete story.

[aboutdoramas]

#kdramawomensweek - Day 1: In Her Head

✦ Oh Ha Ni - Playful Kiss (2010)

[randomkoreandramaquotes]

[wallflowerglitter]

Also I just finished Playful Kiss and the verdict is in: I still don’t like Baek Suengjo.

[passionforfiction]

2022 Korean Drama Countdown (part 3)

This summer I rewatched some of my favorite dramas. Here are the ones I rewatched in order of preference:

1. Mary Stayed Out All Night

2. Boys Over Flowers

3. Playful Kiss

4. Heirs

5. Cinderella and the Four Knights

[maliha-lili]

Oh Ha Ni really made Seung Jo's life more exciting😂 my girl was always attracting trouble

[starbunnymulti]

ᴥ ✩. ᴡᴇʟᴏᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ﹋﹋﹋﹋ 𝑨𝑩𝑶𝑼𝑻 𝑴𝑼𝑺𝑬.

∾ ∾

‹ ∅ 𝕴𝖓𝖋𝖔𝖗𝖒𝖆𝖈𝖎𝖔́𝖓 𝕭𝖆́𝖘𝖎𝖈𝖆.

￣￣￣￣￣￣

꧖n𝐨m𝐛r𝐞⭜ ⋆ ꧖𝐞d𝐚d⭜ ⋆ ꧖f𝐞c𝐡a n𝐚c𝐢m𝐢e𝐧t𝐨⭜ ⋆ ꧖𝐧a𝐜i𝐨n𝐚l𝐢d𝐚d⭜ ⋆ ꧖u𝐛i𝐜a𝐜i𝐨́n⭜ ⋆ ꧖𝐥u𝐠a𝐫 𝐧a𝐜i𝐦i𝐞n𝐭o⭜ ⋆ ꧖l𝐮g𝐚r m𝐮e𝐫t𝐞⭜

∾ ∾

‹ ∅ 𝕻𝖊𝖗𝖘𝖔𝖓𝖆𝖑𝖎𝖉𝖆𝖉.

￣￣￣￣￣￣

꧖𝐟o𝐫m𝐚 𝐝e s𝐞r⭜ ⋆ ꧖t𝐢p𝐨 𝐝e p𝐞r𝐬o𝐧a𝐥i𝐝a𝐝⭜ ISFP-A (explorador/aventurero). ⋆ ꧖𝐡u𝐦o𝐫⭜

∾ ∾

‹ ∅ 𝕰𝖝𝖙𝖗𝖆.

￣￣￣￣￣￣

꧖𝐡a𝐛i𝐥i𝐝a𝐝e𝐬⭜ ⋆ ꧖𝐩a𝐬a𝐭i𝐞m𝐩o𝐬⭜

∾ ∾

‹ ∅ 𝕳𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖔𝖗𝖎𝖆.

￣￣￣￣￣￣

꧖𝐢n𝐟a𝐧c𝐢a⭜ ⋆ ꧖a𝐝o𝐥e𝐬c𝐞n𝐜i𝐚⭜ ⋆ ꧖𝐣u𝐯e𝐧t𝐮d⭜ ⋆ ꧖v𝐞j𝐞z⭜ ⋆ ꧖m𝐮e𝐫t𝐞⭜

⭒☆

ᕱ⑅ᕱ ꉂ 𝕾𝖙𝖆𝖗 𝕭𝖚𝖓𝖓𝖞.

[fireflywonder]

Time and Him Are Just Right is like Itazura na Kiss but better

[shakespearian-love]

Getting wet with you ❦