Reviews

First of all, I made an account at mydramalist.com only because I can't help but to really want to review this drama. I can't give a perfect score only because there's no perfect score, or not yet at least.

Now, the last time I made a list of drama I watched for both Japanese, Taiwanese and Korean, each have sum up to at least 50. So yes, I have enough credibility :P

Here are my reasonings and I'm doing it in points so to make it easier to read.

The reason why i love it:
1. Its original - the concept with the 90s and the friendship is fresh!
2. Awesome acting
3. The story is not relying on 'famous' people. They ARE idols, but not top idols to the point that they can act badly and people will still watch.
4. There's good chemistry.
5. Its funny.
6. Almost for the longest time, I can FINALLY unable to predict the end of the story.

The tiny bit that I don't like: (SPOILER ALERT)
1. Why do they have to sleep before getting married. Not that it's bad. But so unoriginal in that part. I mean the story and the friendship is so cute and pure, why not making it different just for once. Haven't seen that for the longest time.

I truly recommend this drama! Love it!

Leia Mais

Story: It gets a pretty low score here simply because it's nothing original. It's something most of us watching have already read and/or seen. To add on to that, it's already a story that seems to be used over and over again in Korean dramas, so it just gets really old. Girl dresses up as a guy and nobody around her knows even though she lacks any form of masculinity.

Acting/Cast: I started this score off as a ten, and then docked two points for the leads. When I started watching the show, I was already expecting it to be pretty bad (because Korea's past adaptations so far have been horrible), so I didn't let that cloud my judgement when it came to their acting. As the show went on though, I actually found myself skipping over almost all parts that had Sulli and/or Minho in them because it was starting to feel like watching them was a chore instead of feeling like I was enjoying myself.

Minho seemed to have three emotions at his disposal at all times: happiness, sadness, and anger. I understand that the original character is like that, but the actor, in my opinion, should at least be able to display something else if it's needed. And he just really fell short.

Sulli was pretty much the same way when it came to her acting. In most of her scenes, she just stood there. Just stood, while everybody else acted. It was incredibly boring to watch.

The rest of the cast is literally the only reason I made it through to the end of this drama.

Music: This OST was just a total killjoy for me. It seemed like every second of this show was nothing but an SM concert. I'm a big fan of SM and their music, but even I was on the verge of watching the show on mute just to avoid listening to all of it.

Rewatch Value: Every now and then I'll find a drama I would want to rewatch. This was definitely not one of them.

Overall: Overall, the only reason this drama scored higher than a 5 from me was because of the rest of the cast. It felt like the whole drama was nothing but SM everywhere: The leads were SM artists; the OST was only SM artists; even the school was named Genie (a name all of us know from those horrid ads on SM music videos). If they had focused more on finding actual actors to lead the show, and less on promoting SM (I realize I bring that up a lot, but seriously, it was just everywhere), I feel like it really would've helped this drama.

Leia Mais

I wasn't a huge fan of Hana Kimi but I had high expectations of the Korean version but sadly I am left disappointed.

At least in Hana Kimi the girl had a feasible reason for wanting to come to the school (she felt responsible for causing Oguri Shun to get injured) so she comes to his school in Japan to help him get back into athletics. This part of the story was omitted from the Korean version, so there was no real reason for Jae Hee to come to Korea other than she had a schoolgirl crush on Tae Joon, this was a totally lame and flawed concept. If that was the case most school girls would track down their idols & stalk them merrily to their hearts content. We all have people we admire or look up to but we don’t think the logical step is to insinuate ourselves into their lives by any method possible.

The bulk of the drama had no real story, nothing really happened. Also there wasn't much chemistry between the main leads, it all seemed forced and awkward, such a shame when there was so much potential.

I disliked the last episode I found Jae Hee's actions lacking in common sense, even for a Kdrama heroine, I don't want to say why in case of spoilers. Why do the writer's make the heroines vapid and selfish?

Also despite the huge deception there appear to be no repercussions...ridiculous. But this is Kdramas after all....anything goes :D

Leia Mais

I just finished watching the 16th episode of this amazing dramas after having started watching it 3 hours ago. The reason it took me so long? I paused it every 2 minutes and got distracted because I didn't want it to end yet. That is how awesome this drama was for me.
To be able to appreciate this drama at its full, I made me forget that it was a Hana Kimi remake. Hana Kimi was the second drama that I ever watched and I loved it. It's funny and full of friendship, silly scenes and cartoon-ish effects.
To The Beautiful You is nothing like that. In fact, this drama reminded me a lot more of You're Beautiful than of Hana Kimi. It's a drama full of super cute scenes that just made me giggly and giddy the whole time.
The story is really nothing special. I liked that it was light and not over dramatic. Even if there was a secret, that secret wasn't the focus of the story, it just made it move along, so it didn't really drag.
One of the things that I liked the most about the drama, where the parts where Tae Joon got ....excited...because of something Sulli did, or how she looked. It may look like I have a dirty mind, but it's not really that. I liked that because that's how real teenager boys think. When you're a teen you're just going through this roller coaster of emotions and hormones, and you can't even control anything. That's why I think that the portraying of teenagers here was great, very much like in Reply 1997.
The acting for me was one of the best points of this drama. The 3 main actors had great chemistry together, so you could really believe the scenes. Min Ho did a perfect Tae Joon, going from a cold boy to a really sweet one because of love. Sulli also did a great job with her role. The danger with a character like Goo Jae Hee is that she's so naive and innocent that it could make you want to strangle her sometimes, but Sulli pulled it off perfectly. She portrayed the character as a very sweet girl full of light and warmth, but not annoying at all. As for Lee Hyun Woo, he was a flawless confused boy, the new Jeremy. He was so pure and sincere with his love towards Jae Hee that it made you inevitably root for him. I loved one of his lines: "Boy or girl, it doesn't matter, we're all humans".
The music was good, specially J-Min's "Stand Up", but it did get kind of annoying at some parts the exaggerated advertisement of SM music.
I will definitely rewatch this drama again, because it's one of those dramas that just make you feel good, and like you're one of the characters. I will watch it evry time I feel bad, or every time I want to remember what innocent first love looks like.
Overall, I loved this drama. I get why some people won't like it, because it really has no much content, but I got swallowed by the fluffiness of it, and boy, did I enjoy it! :D

Leia Mais

As a BIG fan of the manga, let me start by saying that this version presents Sano+Mizuki romance the best way out of all the versions there are (and, yes, believe me, when I say, I have seen all of them, and not only seen but completed!)

As this drama is an adaptation of a Japanese manga, please, don't be angry with me, because my review is going to contain comparisons, but I promise, only between this version and the manga, I won't be dragging in the other versions (the first paragraph was the introduction ^^)

Th story: Of course I did not expect the Korean producers/director to take and copy out the manga, which is most of the time good point of Korean drama makers, BUT, let me just point out how much this drama suffered from the unnecessary improvisations of the screen writer/whoever. As the manga is a school life/sports there were a lot of points that the Korean version could use in the sense of the characters, events, even little moments. For example taking out/ignoring the character of Kayashima(the ghost seeing guy), only because the guy (Infinite's L) couldn't play the specific role was just NOT RIGHT! The character added a lot to the manga and would be a very good addition to the drama. I would also appreciate more interaction between the dorms, they lost so much fun~!

Other points that I would like to point out lie in the existing characters. It can only be my impression, but the Korean version just made everybody so average and ordinary, while in the manga they are awesome to extreme points! Nakatsu's love for Mizuki - too extreme and so cute! Nakao's love toward Nanba senpai - so extreme and so childishly cute, Nanba senpai - being the hot player, Kayashima - seing the ghosts and auras... and many other points. It feels like by trying to make the characters more down-to-earth, the crew forgot that they were going to shoot a youth oriented drama - the crazier the better~ so the story suffered from it... BUT, the crew remembered to turn to the manga at some moments, which had me caching my breath, there lines right out of the manga, and SUCH lines~ bellissimo~

Cast/Acting: I should honestly say that after this drama I am a VERY BIG FAN of Choi MinHo~ he played the most real Sano ever created out of the manga! His anger toward JaeHee at first, then his melting heart, his caring, his jealousy, his friendship, his love, even when he freaked out because of a cat... everything was perfect~!
Sulli did great too, she deserves a lot of compliments! I loved her JaeHee, though sometimes a little slow and dense, she was cute, brave and played her role just fine~
Lee Hyun-Woo - not the Nakatsu I would imagine, but his EunGyul was very much fun to watch too, I enjoyed his caring for JaeHee and his undying friendship, I just couldn't bear his puppy eyes when he was sad! Don't be sad EunGyula~

The music is very-very good! Though I am not a big fan of SM music (except for SHINee's some songs), hese OSTs are fantastic~! I especially enjoy Taeyon's Closer and J-Min's Stand Up~

Next time somebody decides to remake HanaKimi, PLEASE, include the ball scene~, onegai~

Overall, I enjoyed this drama a lot, it's funny, it's very cute, it's romantic. I will be missing this fun of Wed/Thu-s...

Leia Mais

I just finished this drama. I started it barely a week ago and am already done with it, despite how busy I was with school. AGD was nothing short of perfect: the plot line was great, the characters were lovable and it kept me absolutely hooked. I was laughing all the time and the amount of cute made me squeal more times than I can count.

The only problem I had with this drama was the pairing of Meahri and Yoon. It’s not really the age difference that bothers me so much as her immaturity. It’s one thing to date a mature 24 year old when you’re 41, but it’s another thing entirely to date a 24 year old who acts like she’s 15 when you’re 41. It just felt really wrong. But I even warmed up to them in the end.

Overall, a really good drama that I would recommend to anyone who wants a cute, funny drama with none of the revenge/betrayal/backstabbing stuff that seems to prevail in all dramas.

9.5/10

Leia Mais

BEAUTIFUL


At first when i first saw the first fight scene and how none realistic it was i was disappointed because it lacked the 'House of flying daggers level i expected. However, i remembered what really drew me to it - "the love story", so i carried on watching.

I can honestly say i was not disappointed (apart from the last episode when we find out he is b***d; it does not make sense) from the moment they began addressing the love story and all the mouth opening/ hands on mouth triangles that followed. Each episode just pulled you more and more into the drama because something shocking happened so you just have to get comfortable and watch on because honestly speaking, you shall not be disappointed but surely continuously be shocked by events and the journey love can lead you.

Now all i have to do is find a English dubbed or even settle for a English subbed dvd because i aim to own it :)

Leia Mais

I haven't seen an accurate plot summary so here goes: A man with a checkered past and a big gambling debt takes on the job of butler to a spoiled young woman.

Role reversals made this drama refreshing; the lead female character was the spoiled young chaebol while the lead male character was the one from a humble background who had to endure all sorts of indignities.

Good story, a bit predictable but then isn't all k-drama. Gorgeous wardrobe for the female lead. Couldn't wait to see what she'd be wearing in each scene.

Great supporting actors in secondary roles that were nonetheless important to the overall story.

Overuse of 2 or 3 songs as background music throughout the series. Also one huge inconsistency - sometimes the female lead's hair was long and other times short.

Leia Mais

i am one of those people who find faults in everything i watch...but this show made me fall in love with it..so much so that i was bitterly disappointed when it ended!....this is one of those shows u can watch over and over again and not be bored..this drama makes u fall in love with it! the story is hilarious..it light meaningful and cute..
good points:
acting:
u dont see the lead female falling all over or crawling under or over some dark staircase in a corner crying..mizuki is fresh! shun oguri plays is role over perfectly to very end..u can see him grow and come to understand him little by little and empathize..nakatsu is the BEST.. u cannot stop yourself taking his side rather than sano's.EVERYBODY..I MEAN EVERYBODY..is perfect in their roles
music
the music too was perfect..its right..mellow and not to ur face

bad points:
they took "the drama" dorms comedy a bit too far sometimes and became a bit too silly.
too much cross dressing..some guys should just NOT ever were female clothes..its disturbing to watch
some people think there is not enough romance..but i still thing it was perfect! u have to watch this show

Leia Mais

let me start off by saying i DO like T-drama, but tiawanese dramas tend to be a little over the top as far as dramas go in my experience, so when ever i find a T-drama that is mostly devoid of the kidnapping, unexpected tradgedy ect and characters that screech constantly for no reason i'm pretty thrilled.

Sunny Happiness is one of these rare t-dramas, 25 episodes and NOTHING exploded. the last 4 or 5 episodes do get a little "one life to live" but it fits with the plot, which is very entertaining, so it's cool. another thing that really grabbed me was that this is probably the ONLY believeable reason i've ever seen for a contract relationship. there was good reason to pretend and good reason to actually make a contract, so that was refreshing.

Mike and Janine turn in really impressive performances for this type of story. they are emotional w/out being over the top and they are believeable. the supporting cast, like yong yong's family tend to be relegated to traditional t-drama antics and they do thier fair amt of wailing, but it never quite reaches the epicness of say fated to love you or hi my sweet heart.

the one thing (or more specifically four things) that i really just never got into were the two other couples that got a surprising amt of screen time. Wang Lan and her producer were dull to watch. there didnt seem to be any emotion in it and the same for the brother and his chick. little bro is cute as a button, but he just never gets off the ground. it's like he's groggy throughout. in all honesty i'd give their sceenes a minute or two to grab my interest and when it didnt i would fast forward.

Leia Mais

Honestly, the synopsis for me was a deterrent. But after reading the positive reviews this drama received, I decided to give this drama a shot out of curiosity.

The story is actually about a stubborn, kinda eccentric man who even with his obsessive, compulsive personality and his love for his very single life is willing to change his ways for... love.

It does get boring at times (and let's be honest that seems to be a very common problem in many Korean dramas)and I would skip through scenes (which is something I do freely) but overall it's an adorable drama with laugh out loud moments and some eccentricities.

I loved the entire main cast and the friendship between two of the female leads. It's funny and there's no evil main characters (which is always nice). Watch it till the end and I think you might be pleasantly surprised with how fondly you think of this drama.

Leia Mais

For me this drama was one of those that started strong and then slowly went downhill from there. The plot at the beginning was fun and was really cute until episode 9 or 10. I loved the relationships between the students and Bo Ri developed -you could tell she truly cared about all the students and her being a "legend" at the school was quite funny. After that the love triangle that formed became really tiring and I found myself was feeling really, really frustrated with the whole situation, people, and how the characters handled things. The last 5 minutes of the last episode was really cute though.

Acting very good by all parties -you could feel the frustration and confusion Bo Ri felt, the brokenheartedness and love of Tae In, and the sympathy and bittersweet feelings Teacher Hyun woo had for Bo Ri. Hyun Woo's sister and Tae In's mother was kind of a B at times, but I thought her role was appropriate since she prevented what wouldn't have worked out. Tae-In's father seemed like a level headed individual except at the beginning when he had a bit of a cold shell.

Music was fine with nothing exceptional nor terrible. Rewatch value is low because although I loved the first half of the drama, the latter half was just so so.

Leia Mais

I Love Lee Tae Ri was suppose to be a fun romcom with a twist so it definitely attracted my attention with the premise. However, I was up in the air about the cast going in to this...

Story: Like I said the premise was an interesting one but when I found out that the kid was suppose to be 14 and then the female lead is almost 30, I was scratching my head how it would all turn out in the end. For the actual plot, except for the first few episodes, there wasn't any and by the end i would just have eps playing in the background while i was doing other things. Whats funny is i didnt miss anything. By the end I was just like i want to see if the couple would be able to end up together. One thing I did like was the romance. It was so cute and well written. The ending was kind of open ended but not really.

Acting: Ive only ever seen the actress who plays Tae Ri and shes only played very serious or robotic characters so it was nice to see her play someone who is naive/innocent. She had good chemistry with the main actor from SuJu. And while I liked the supporting characters, NONE of the characters (main or side) managed to make me have an attachment to them.

Music: The song by the fake girl group in the show was fun but they played it so many times i got tired of it. There were few other songs but they fit the show well enough.

Rewatch: This is one of those dramas that could be watched again but the question is do you really have to see it another time...

Overall Lee Tae Ri is funny at times but nothing you have to go out of your way for.

Leia Mais

I debated on watching this drama as it had mixed reviews. Im glad I watched it as its a fun drama if nothing else.
It surely gives you a lot of laughs and cheers you up. Lots of endearing romantic moments with good chemistry between the leads.
Mind you a lot of cliches too, not something you cant endure. It had melodrama at times but not long enough to make you sad.
It starts of a bit slow with hardly any story, just a lot of lighthearted stuff and hilarious moments. Then it gets a bit slow, but after ep 10 the story boosts up, and you find your self addicted to it. You start liking the leads and getting annoyed by the baddies.
Certainly its not a perfect drama, but if you feel down, just pick this one up, it will definately cheer you up, but dont expect it to be perfect, take it lightly and you will enjoy it.

Leia Mais