Gae-in-eui chwi-hyang

He listened to her and comforted her when she was sad. He took care of her when she was sick. He never cheated on her. He felt for her mother's loss. He was helpful to her in cleaning and cooking. He gave her strength to not dwell in the past but for a brighter future. He defended her and protected her when she fell into states of weakness. He supported her when she fell into financial troubles. He slept in a bed with her without even touching a finger of her in the beginning of their romance and waited for her consent.

I don't know that my rating is acurate. After watching so many Kdramas, I think I've seen most of the very good ones. Since I couldn't let go of this passion, I lowered my expectations a while ago. That's how I found myself watching something with Lee Min-Ho in it, although this should have been enough to deter me. Someone wrote "If I ever see the Male Lead actor in a show again I'll stop watching immediately" It was really funny because his performance in this drama is actually the best I've seen from him so far.

So. Cons. REPETITIVE SOUNDTRACK. (Pabo choleoooom....) WEAK PLOT. POOR ACTING. POOR DIALOGUES. NO CHEMISTRY. No chemistry of course, with the leads behaving so awkwardly around each other, hardly touching, as if they were both contagious or something. I remember SHJ in Something In The Rain. It doesn't even compare.

Pros. LMH. Ah, I can't help it, his beauty is really from another world. Er... What else... Yes. Director Choi. If memory serves, he is now my second favourite character in the entire Kdrama world. First one is Mister Ma, the lawyer in I Hear Your Voice. My admiration for him is immeasurable.

Director Choi melted my heart. If such a man existed in the real world, I would want to meet him and stay by his side forever. He is handsome, classy, dignified yet humble, selfless, thoughtful, caring, sensitive. His one-sided love story was the one beautiful thing in this drama. My heart ached so much for him. I'm grateful if only for that part. The actor's skills stood out beside all the poor performances. Such pain, and at the same time, such kindness in his eyes... I will never forget him. I'll seek out more dramas with this actor, maybe it's something about him? There. 8 stars just for him.

The reason I watched this drama is because of the leads. But it has one of the worst writing. The writers always used accidents to tell the story. It was really frustrating. A series of childish misunderstanding between the leads and second leads makes the story lot worse. Had the writers paid a bit more attention this could have been lot better drama. Whenever anyone was to reveal anything important there will always be an accidental happening or someone else listening to it, who is not supposed to be. For me it is one of the worse drama in terms of story telling. Also there was a scene in which the camera man's legs and camera and some other setups are clearly seen, meaning the editing was awful as well. Felt like they paid very little attention to the drama and rushed everything. But because of the leads, acting, good comedy scenes, okay story (although ruined by bad writing) I gave it 7/10. If you want to to have some laugh and don't mind the bad writing and common kdrama cliche then watch it.

Omg this drama was soooooooo good !! The story was amazing !! The way lee min ho was dressed.. omg I was in love !! Absolutely loved this drama !! I laughed aloooot !! Love love love it !!!

I watched it again after many years, and though I love the leads, esp. SYJ, and the series has sweet moments, for me, it definitely has cringe-worthy scenes and others that simply do not hold up well.