Reviews

I am writing a review after 3721470 months so i will just make this short.

STORY. I've watched the very first Hana Kimi version which is I think is the Japanese and honestly saying, I didnt like it. From the main leading male to the progress of the love story. Same with the Taiwanese version. The previous 2 versions made it short making us, the watchers, disappointed. But with the Korean version, I wont say it was outstanding but it was at least better than the previous versions. This version has elaborated the story more and it was detailed enough not to make the viewers hanging.

ACTING. 1 word: A-W-K-W-A-R-D! I am a big fan of SHINee but not Minho's although i would spend some time watching or monitoring his activities... and Minho's acting was just plain AWKWARD-- especially the last scene when he was looking for Jae Hee in the camera. He needs more practice and so do Sulli. At first, I thought Kwanghee didnt fit this drama but i admit, he portrayed his role really well. Although the lip balm thingy was so out of place but at least he did well. I have no problems with SeungRi sunbae, Seol Ha Na and Cha Eun Gyeol and Min Hyun Jae, i guess. They've been trained for acting so as i always say... Idols should just sing and dance so actors and actresses could do their jobs.

MUSIC. OHMIGOD! I have nothing to say. It was superb. Although they have limit it to SM artists, i do not care. I'm a big fan of SMTOWN anyway (not the company but the artists). A big fan of SHINee especially and Taemin's. So having Taemin sing a solo for the OST of this drama, i give it a 1000000000!!!!

REWATCH VALUE. It was not as good as any of the dramas I plan to rewatch like Reply 1997 and the like but at least this version would be more worth to rewatch than the previos versions.

OVERALL. So-so.

I guess I wasn't able to "keep it short."
Enjoy the drama! :)

Leia Mais

I don't know if this show has 12 or 13 episodes, but if MDL says it's 12 so I can fairly say I completed this drama. As no one already wrote a review I feel I need to share my opinion on VISION.

First of all- I love mystery dramas so I started this drama with high expectations. Maybe I shouldn't have...

Story is kinda poor actually, of course in the beginning I was so hooked and wanted more and more, but as drama was in the middle it started to repeat itself over and over again. There were some twists but overall not too much and story started to be a little predictable. I was disappointed how the story developed, seriously I was so obvious! The whole science site of the story was good, I could believe that humans can achieve this kind of technology growth. But the whole game concept... don't make me laugh... >.< If you see this drama you know what I meant.

As for acting skills, not feeling the main lead actress, she was like wood to me. Actually I loved detective with glasses the most, his lines were great, I really could understand his character.

Loving the OST, main theme is beyond wonderful ^^

If you like mystery itself and you don't need logical closure this drama is for you.

Leia Mais

I liked this drama but never got obsessed with it. As a matter of fact, I'm glad it's over but at the same time I feel like a part of me is missing. Funny, right?

Anyways, It's an adorable drama. You like the characters, even the evil ones, you get to laugh with them and cry with them(Eun Gyul!). A good drama that even though it wasn't crazy funny like the original versions, it still made the viewers laugh - even if some scenes were awkward but either way, it made things funny.

Story: 8/10. A great story but it was still kind of creepy to me; it's a stalker story no matter how much you try to look passed it.

Acting/Cast: Great cast! But I had so much problems with the main. They looked like they were trying so hard to look like they like each other. They were mostly like brother and sister. I really don't have any problems with Sulli, but Minho was horrible! THIS COMING FROM A SHAWOL!!! He was cute and all but most of the time he looked awkward which made me feel awkward! When he smiled, he smiled too much which sometimes they looked forced... soooo.... 7/10 ^^

Music: No problems with the music! LOVED IT! 10/10 ..........ONEW!!! *o* ?

Rewatch Value: 8/10. I'm sure I'll be watching this again just for the eye candy~ ^^

Overall: 8/10. I might have my problems(awkward Minho making me feel awkward) but this was still great! REALLY RECOMMEND THIS!!! :D

P.S. If you've seen the other versions, don't expect much from this drama so watch this with an open mind! Don't think of this as a Hana Kimi Remake; just think of this as a drama similar to Hana Kimi~

Leia Mais

TTBY was a cotton candy drama (fluffy, light, sweet and cute). It didn't feature a lot of character development or growth and the situations and reactions were sometimes illogical and unrealistic. The acting was actually good all around, the actors each personified their characters well. I loved the music, although a bit repetitive, really fit the drama.
The Japanese version will always be my favorite due to the humor and Nakatsu but it wasn't without flaws. I loved the Zuo Yi Quan/Sano character in the Taiwanese version but the Rui Xi/Ashiya and Xiu Yi/Nakatsu characters could be very annonying at times. Compared to the Japanese and Taiwanese dramas, TTBY shared some elements with both while still maintaining it's own identity.
I enjoyed this drama for what it was. TTBY wasn't amazing or unique but it was fun and easy to get through.

Leia Mais

For people who have read the original story and enjoyed the first adaptation of Hana Kimi (Japanese), then this would be disappointing. They changed some minor character's personalities and traits and added some of there own to add more drama, or so I think. If you were expecting it to be funny like the first Hana Kimi, then you would also be disappointed because this drama lacks that kind of humor. This version also changed minor minor events, that make the main characters seem superficial, like making the main guy, played by Minho, to be a celebrity and making the girl, played by Sullie, have a more fangirl-like reason to dress up as a boy.
Without comparing to the original, I thought that the actors and actresses were decent. I really liked who they picked for the girl role and thought she played her part very well. Also the main male role was also very well played. I wouldn't say that the rest of the cast was mediocre, but because they changed some of the personality traits, like the guy who is supposed to play the Korean version of Nakatsu, I got annoyed with them at times. All in all, the show was made into a good drama, but it's not something that I would deem as very great either.

Leia Mais

Story is 7 because:
1. Its no new story
2. Its the typical heartbreaking korean drama
3. Will be quite the tear-jerker
4. BUT the flow of the story makes it pretty unpredictable

Acting / Cast is 9 because:
1. Supposedly 10 because Song Joong Ki did an awesome awesome awesome job!!! but the 2 female leads, although great but not awesome.

Music is 9 because:
1. It really ads to the pain of the story.
2. Xiah Junsu is singing the main ost.

Rewatch Value is 7 because:
1. I cannot say much since the drama is not even half its journey when i made this review

Overall:
Supposedly 9.5

Leia Mais

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