Rainha do Anel (2017)

Um dos Protagonistas Mais Irritantes Que Vi Recentemente

Sempre procurei outro mini drama que eu pudesse gostar tanto quanto Splash Splash Love, infelizmente este não foi o caso com Queen of The Ring.

Diferente de Splash Splash Love este mini drama não é nada fofo. Apesar dos poucos episódios o protagonista conseguiu me deixar bem irritada, foi impossível para mim gostar dele; a protagonista também não é lá grandes coisas.

A insegurança com a aparência parece ser um problema que assola muitas pessoas na Asia no geral, não que aqui não sejamos assolados com este mal também mas o que os dramas retratam parece elevar esta preocupação a outro nível. Não sei porque, mas toda vez que leio uma sinopse e me arrisco a assistir um drama que vai retratar esta questão de problemas com a aparência eu sempre acho que a garota vai dar a volta por cima como nos filmes estadunidenses.

No final, o protagonista com sua atitude babaca (que vivia em busca de uma garota perfeita) não conseguiu alcançar sua redenção, não gostei do desenrolar da história.

Se você procura por um drama fofo e encantador assista Splash Splash Love, não perca seu tempo com Queen of The Ring.

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Um mini drama nada legal

Esse foi o último mini drama que assisti em 2020 e foi tão ruim que preferia nem ter assistido.

Entrou sem dúvidas naquela listinha de dramas que não recomendaria a ninguém. Mesmo se tratando de algo curto, tem maneiras infinitamente melhores para se passar o tempo do que assistindo isso.

O protagonista é um babaca completo, e o pior de tudo é que não há qualquer sombra de mudança em suas atitudes a medida que o tempo passa. Ele não se redimiu em momento algum e ainda assim foi aceito pela garota que mais maltratou durante o drama todo.

O apego absurdo que os asiáticos tem pela aparência sempre foi algo que me incomodou, mas esse enredo elevou tudo isso a outro patamar. É revoltante ver a garota se sujeitar a todo tipo de insultos e chegar ao ponto de usar um anel mágico para mudar sua aparência só pra ser aceita pelo garoto que gostava.

"Se um homem não consegue enxergar além da sua aparência exterior amiga, ele simplesmente não te merece. Pare de se importar com esses padrões deturpados da sociedade, encontre sua auto estima e vá procurar algo melhor. Tenho certeza que em algum lugar você encontrará alguém que te valoriza como merece."

A mensagem que esse drama passa está totalmente errada, não dá pra entender qual era a intenção do autor.

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Protagonista nojento

Esse foi o último dorama que assisti em 2020, mas só fiz resenha agora porque fiquei bastante confusa sobre ele. Com a mensagem que ele passa sobre beleza interior e exterior. Tanto que alguns pontos chegaram a ser complicados pra mim.

Se Gun (o principal) é um garoto bonito que só vê a beleza exterior mesmo que na verdade queira um relacionamento mais profundo (o que é complicado de conseguir namorando alguém apenas pela aparência e terminando quando elas se apaixonam). Primeiro eu pensei "que babaca", o que se mostrou um elogio ao passar dos episódios. Mas entendi parando depois pra pensar que grande parte da sociedade é como ele (o que não é um problema). Nas redes sociais, no dia-a-dia, nessa parte o Se Gun retrata bem como a grande parte da sociedade atual é (podre).

O que me fez não querer que ele ficasse com a principal foram às vezes que ele se encontrava com ela quando ela não estava usando o anel. Ele disse algo como "se alguém bonito te disser que gosta de você ele é um comediante ou o seu pai" ou "Homens gostam só de garotas bonitas", sendo que eles já conversaram antes e ele sabia como ela se sentia sobre a própria aparência. Não importa se ele estava brincando ou não, é cruel dizer isso.

Também odiei o modo como uma garota que eles não consideram ser bonita é tratada ao longo do dorama. Como se por não serem padrão, elas não merecessem que alguém as acompanhe quando tiverem que caminhar pra casa tarde da noite ou uma simples gentileza.

Outra coisa é a relação dos dois. No final, eles ficam juntos (Ta-ram! Spoiler!), mas ele teria se apaixonado ou cogitado ficar com a Nan Hee se não fosse pelo anel? Eu acredito que não. Se não fosse pelo anel ele nem teria considerado sair com ela e não se apaixonaria por quem ela é e os dois não ficariam juntos. Então de todo jeito ela teve que literalmente mudar quem ela é por fora, dos pés a cabeça, pra ter uma chance com o cara que ela gosta.

Não importa se ela passou a ser linda aos olhos dele no final. Pra mim a história seria bem mais legal sem essa história do anel (eu sei q é o principal gente kkk) e que mesmo ele saindo com a amiga bonita da Nan Hee, os dois virassem amigos e ele se apaixonasse pela Nan Hee por quem ela é de verdade.

Mas claro, não odiei tudo nesse dorama kkkk. O relacionamento dos pais dela era tão fofo e bonitinho, adorava ver os dois juntos. Achei muito bom o desenvolvimento do enredo em só seis episódios, ninguém encheu linguiça e deu pra contar a história. Isso foi perfeito.

E claro, amei a principal, ela e o crescimento dela ao longo dos episódios foram legal. Gostei bastante. Muitos não gostaram dela, mas eu achei ela na maioria das vezes bem condizente pra uma garota que as pessoas constantemente dizem que ela não é bonita e coisas assim. Isso mexe com a cabeça de qualquer um, ainda mais com alguém que tem baixa auto-estima.

É isso gente e não saiam por aí chamando as pessoas de feias, okay? Pra você pode não ser nada ou só uma brincadeira, mas pode machucar e a pessoa pode levar aquilo com ela pra sempre. Feliz 2021 e se cuidem, se puder fique em casa.

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It's been a while since I have felt so much hate for a main character. Arrogant male leads in Korean dramas are everywhere and generaly I don't mind them, I quiet like them actually, because most of the time in the end their "arrogant" attitude is exagerated and underneath all of that, they're good people. But the description of this drama really isn't lying "Se-Gun is handsome and confident, but very vain and shallow".

The STORY here, of course, isn't anything original but it just screams fun! Comedy, romance and a cliche moral about beauty is really all we need to relax after a hard day and it really kind of had all that, but...

The CHARACTERS, especially the main male lead, were unlikable and that's an understatement in some cases. Se Gun is a shallow douche that only cares about looks. He's fine with everything about a girl as long as she's pretty. Sure, by the end he falls in love with the "ugly" (NOT!) girl and magically becomes a better person and a better character with some sappy development driven by, of course, a sad past. Now to begin with Se Gun's character isn't exactly the worst, they just handeled this type of male lead very badly, exagerating his flaws to the maximum and making him seem like the vainest person ever. Were this a full lenght drama I would have dropped it solely because of him. The female lead wasn't exactly a treat either. Her motivation for liking the main lead was the same - she claims to like beautiful things. The difference is that she just wasn't really a bitch about it...I don't know if that makes it okay though. Not to mention the fact that she had little to no self respect which I can kind of overlook as just a character trait but be warned.

90% of the cute moments in this drama were torture, because they were fake! While Nan Hee had her ring on, everytime something nice happened it was extremely bitter sweet because the writers just had to make sure that you know that Se Gun is only dating her because of her looks! I just could not overlook it, especially when the second love interest for our female lead was 10 times better than this jerk.

Sure the ending was cute as hell and I'm very into this "inner beauty matters the most" moral that I could almost overlook everything that's bad about this drama but I just can't, I won't even let myself! As a woman I respect myself too much to see such chararter as Se Gun be romanticised and justified. He even blamed everything on Nan Hee...*sigh* I just can't

Didn't notice anything horrible about the acting. Not a fan of So Hee's acting though. Happy that Seul Gi finally got a main role, sad that it had to be this drama. Don't remember anything about the music. The cinematography was as unintresting as ever.

There is absolutely nothing about this drama that's worth your time, you can look at a screenshot of the beauty that is Hyo Seop and you would have seen everyting good about this drama. Maybe...maybe if you're easily pleased then you will enjoy it but I really don't recommend it.

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I watched this drama after finishing SPLASH SPLASH LOVE, which I really liked but thought of as too short and the actors had made me really curious about their other works, so I stumbled upon Queen of the Ring and was pleasantly surprised to see not only one but two actors from SSL in this drama as the main characters.

- Cast/Acting
I genuinely like Kim Seulgi, most of all her acting, besides of the fact that she is really pretty and youthful looking, too. She did an amazing job in this drama, in my opinion, and I'm excited to watch more films and dramas with her in the cast. Ahn Hyosub surprised me with his great performances and I was the most curious about him due to his little screen time in SSL. I'll definitely check out more of him!
The side characters were few but all really amusing and played by great actors. Lee Taesun is definitely someone I'll keep my eye on. While only with little screen time I liked the parents the most as side characters!

- Story
Before watching and only reading the story summary of this drama I was a bit skeptical but it turned out that I fell completely in love with the story of this drama. Things one can maybe except with such a premise don't happen and positively surprised me, which made me like this drama even more. There was no character I didn't like and everyone had great development. The ending of this drama was very sweet and made me want to keep on watching, even though there would be no more.

This is a very heartwarming short drama worth watching.

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I realize this was a short web series, but I don't think the story was well-developed. I was excited to watch this because, same as most others, I wanted to see Kim Seul Gi in a lead role. I wish it had been in something better than this.

Kim Seul Gi was adorable as usual, so her acting carried this show. Ahn Hyo Seop was just a pretty face without much substance, and the same for Yeon So Hee. Pretty much all of my acting points are given solely because of KSG.

I think the story really failed to teach the moral that it seemed to set out to do. I read that someone compared it to 'Shallow Hal', and in theory I thought that would have been a good comparison. However, the characters did not evolve much past the "beauty is everything" mindset. I think this story could have so much better, but the writers blew it. There were two good ways they could have handled the "true beauty is on the inside" moral, and they did neither. I was pretty frustrated with the main male lead and his character's basically non-existent growth. I feel like Mo Nan Hee had a tiny bit of growth, but only related to her own sense of self-worth and not in how she, herself, saw her object of desire. She was almost as superficial as the guy.

The music I didn't notice much, so it must have been serviceable.

I won't rewatch this.

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Honestly I have no words for this drama other than what the actually bleep were they thinking when they wrote this. The plot could have been nice if not for the fact the main girl was basically roasted left right and centre for her appearance. I'm a little cringy person that likes to hear the whole "you're the most beautiful thing I've ever seen" sorta lines, even when I know they're just plain lying, it's just nice to hear. But in this drama the girl was actually wrecked and basically called an ugly apple the entire show. The only guy that was actually nice to her was her childhood friend which sucked cause the main guy was a 10/10 in the looks department.

Basically watch this when you're having one of those days where you like it when the main guy is just genuinely an asshole and that should learn that by dating an "ugly" girl he's not saving the universe like he seems to think he is. Dunno why I took this one personally but the heroine was a lil cutie so I felt a bit bad for her.

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I loved the fact that Kim Seul Gi is the lead in this drama. She is instantly lovable and sympathetic in anything that she appears in. However, there are better dramas wherein she has shown her lovable and sympathetic side. Oh My Ghost, Second to Last Love and Splish Splash easily outshine this drama. Even her cameos in "Weight-lifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo", "Love Under the Moonlight" and "The Legend of the Blue Sea" were better at conveying her charms.

Story:
Granted that there is an element of Fantasy in drama, you can't make me buy the fact that Mon Nan Hee should get our sympathy, simply because she is as superficial as Park Se Gun. The story description for this drama is so off. Nan Hee is an instantly likable character, except that both leads are extremely superficial (which reflects what Korean culture really values). All I hear is "Yeppeun." I can understand Nan Hee's obsession to become prettier, but Se Gun's character was not fleshed out to the point wherein he makes the audience understand why he's so superficial. There's that backstory about his family (not saying which member), but that doesn't tie-in to his behavior. Mi Ju is no better. How can characters flip flop on their motivations and behavior so easily? The only character that has shown consistent characterization was Tae Hyun, but that was also short-lived, because he accepted the ending so easily. Granted that this was a short drama and fleshing out of characters was limited, it didn't have to be this half-baked.

Acting:
Seul Gi and Tae Sun showed range, and it was glaringly obvious that Seul Gi carried the story and the drama. When there was emotion to be conveyed, these two conveyed the emotions properly. Alas, they were subject to a poorly done script. Hyo Seop and So Hee on the other hand were very wooden. Hyo Seop had three expressions, and So Hee had two. Okay, so they were both very pretty, and I am a big fan of So Hee, because she looks like Park Shi Hyeon and she's really gorgeous, but she really lacks acting skills. Even in melos like "My Love Eun Dong," she was a weak link in the cast.

Music:
If there was a memorable track in a drama that identifies itself with a drama, I can say that it was scored properly. On this one tho, there wasn't anything memorable or stirring. If I watched the drama without music, it would still convey the same story and emotional beats.

Re-watch Value:
The cute scenes weren't enough to warrant a re-watch. While watching the drama, I just wanted it to end so that I can get a conclusion to the story. Unlike other dramas wherein I had to check the progress on the run time because I didn't want the episode to end just yet, this just left me wanting to see the ending so that I can get on with my life.

I will watch anything with Kim Seul Gi, and I am her fan through and through. I just wish that she'd get better material for her drama projects. She is, in my opinion, a very attractive actress, and the fact that she is characterized as "ugly" in this drama, kinda makes me mad. It is indicative of general Korean society that they value aesthetics above everything. It's a real shame that Seul Gi is not getting 16-20 episode dramas where she can showcase her skills and charm.

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STORY
This short drama depicts the classic and universal problem of self esteem that rampage in modern society caused by greed of things we don't have that we don't need but those are what we want. Mo Nan-Hee has many positive traits: cute, smart, talent, college education, supportive friends, loving parents, etc etc. But when the campus flower boy Park Se-Gun poses in her art class, suddenly Nan-Hee realizes that she wants Se-Gun, although all she needs is self-esteem which not necessarily to be fulfilled by having a handsome boyfriend. After brooding for 6 months in her room looking at Se-Gun's portrays, mom came with a secret weapon: the magical ring, Here goes the sad comedy: bunch of lies Nan-Hee spills when dating See-Gun, and more lies when Nan-Hee finds out who Se-Gun's dream girl is Mi-Joo, who is none other than Nan-Hee's child hood frenemy heading over for reunion. The twists in the last scenes are quite interesting.

CAST/ACTING
The talented actress and comedian Kim Seul-Gi brilliantly brought up the female lead to live, opposite to sweet and handsome Ahn Hyo-seop as the arrogant selfish male lead. Both are experienced actor/actress and supporting characters especially Lee Tae Sun who plays as long-time friend Tae-Hyun and actor/actress who play Nan-Hee's parents did really well. I applaud the costume and make-up crew that transformed beautiful Kim Seul-Gi to plain Nan-Hee, though not so for changing Ahn Hyo-seop's hair to wavy blond (he looks better with dark hair in the last fashion show scene). The costume for fashion shows are gorgeous too watch also.

REWATCH VALUE
Not necessarily I will watch again as lighthearted drama to pass the boring nights/weekends, as I do not necessarily like the characterization of the main leads most of the drama. I think Nan-Hee should end up with Tae-Hyun instead as he always sees the real Nan-Hee, or she does not end up with either Se-Gun or Tae-Hyun but will come out as more independent mature woman.

OVERALL
Although the drama is short and bittersweet, but I it can bring up the changes of main leads characterization that can make me give a 10 but the change of the couple's flawed characters started only in the last scenes of the last episode makes me a bit disappointed with the way the drama is written/directed.

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I think I skipped a lot, it was entertaining to watch and I liked the romance but I don’t think much is going on comparing to other drama’s. I’m not sure if I liked the romance or not though.
The plot seems okay and I think I understand the moral of the story, I loved the moral of the story actually.
I don’t feel like it’s lacking anything it was a quick drama to watch and that’s all it was but I would not rewatch it though.
There was some part that was cringe to me or makes me feel embarrassed but it was pretty funny. I don’t think I showed many expressions throughout this drama so that’s why I think it’s decent I liked it but I didn’t show many emotions while watching it. If you don’t show reactions like crying, laughing or embarrassed Tina that means it’s not a good drama. I was just embarrassed for her for some part but not any other emotions

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