boutux wrote: i understand all that but even if it's a drama seeing a good girl like that mistreated doesn't sit well with me. i still want to punch irie in the face. during the tennis training epi i got so pissed. couldn't he see the bruises on her skin, didn't he realise that he was pushing her too hard? he just didn't care. picking her up when she inevitably got injured didn't seem romantic to me at all. and if i was her father the moment i saw the bruises on her leg irie would have gotten a bruise on his face. the entire time i was watching the anime i kept asking myself why i was watching it. i actually hoped she would get over him and move on with kin. i don't watch kdramas but if i did and it is as bad as you guys say and its worse than the anime i wouldn't be able to complete it. at least this one has a semi respectable kotoko and it's funny which makes me able to sit through watching a girl throw herself at a man who doesn't deserve her
The Irie in this version got the most mercy with Kotoko. In all the other versions( only one I didn't watch was the anime) Irie was in diffrent to her feelings up to the confession part.
At least he really enjoys being with Kotoko at times. He may not show it to Kotoko, but he cares for her.
I'm all for Irie in this version.
Jeaniessi wrote: Oh Ha Ni was a sad no self esteem stalker. Her only goal or direction in life was chasing after a guy who mostly ignored and treated her like crap. If she would have showed any desires and direction for her life other than chasing after a boy I could maybe buy into the view she was a girl who knew what she wanted and went after it. I have a daughter and I would chain her to a chair if she acted like Oh Ha Ni...or allowed herself to keep chasing after a boy who showed no interest...again and again and again and again.
Oh Ha Ni was a sour in the eye. She was so aggressive in all her doing. Just as if she kind of got stuck on her goal (get Irie forgot his korean name).
Playfull Kiss was the worst in displaying Irie and Kotoko/ Oh Ha Ni wasn't that naive innocent girl she should be.
Aphrodity wrote: I admit, this is way better than the original Japanese version but it can never beat the Taiwanese version no matter how I see it.
Sorry my beloved Japan, I know I betrayed you a little but it's the truth.
The tversion was on a diffrent caliber. Ariel Lin did a great job.