Xiao Feng is a lively girl, who loves to work with kids, she also is starting her first year of college. When the arrival Yi Cheng and Da Ye, her new neighbors; who also attend the same college that she does. she has to figure out a way that she can survive at school, knowing the two hottest, richest guys are sharing a house with her. Yi Cheng is a quiet, handsome guy, who can’t get over his past romance, Da Ye on the other hand, who is cute, charming and very sweet, doesn’t know the meaning of love, he is quite a playboy. But when Xiao Feng falls in love with Da Ye, He can only say he doesn’t know what a real relationship is. Heart Broken, she finds herself being comforted by his cousin Yi Cheng, falling for him now, she is once again broken hearted, and crawls back to Da Ye. Will Xiao Feng find the perfect guy, will she be able to survive the pressures at school, and home? -dramawiki

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Yang Eun Bi (LEE CHUNG AH)  is a college student preparing for her civil service exam with the dream of being a high school teacher. She accidentally encounters Cha Chi Soo (JUNG IL WOO), the arrogant son of the biggest food conglomerate in Korea. Both of them end up working at a ramyun shop run by the lazy Choi Kang Hyuk (LEE KI WOO). -wiki

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Dong Joo (SHIM CHANG MIN) and Da Ji (LEE YEON HEE) were once desperately in love and married at 19 after struggling to convince their parents, but they had divorced after a mere six months. Six years later, they meet coincidentally at a horse auction in Australia and discover that their feelings for each other are still very much alive. -wiki

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Min-joon (played by Uhm Jung Hwa) is a believer in true love and always very dedicated to her current boyfriend. However, men always break up with her - her latest boyfriend ends their relationship on her boy friend’s birthday. Distracted by the latest break-up, she bumps into a car and a man steps out of it - who turns out to be her new boss, Robin Heiden (Daniel Henney). Heiden has very clear ideas about a relationship and love: both are a game of power and Min-Joon seeks advice from him, as she doesn’t want to get dumped again. However, when she starts to treat men like Heiden treats women, she realizes that she prefers her older behaviour, even if that means that she gets dumped again; she doesn’t see love as a game of power and never will. Heiden, who has to deal with his own heartbreak, as he loved a woman so much that she had to shoot him to get the message across that she wasn’t interested in him, starts to soften at Min-joon’s attitude towards life. He eventually falls in love with her and both get into a real relationship and a happy ending of their own. -wikipedia

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Haruna Nagashima (by ITO OHNO) devoted herself to softball while in middle school. Now that she is in high school, Haruna believes it’s time find a boyfriend. Unfortunately for Haruna, she didn’t pay attention to trends and is now clueless on how to attract a boy. Through a fortuitous event, Haruna encounters popular upperclassman You Komiyama (JUNPEI MIZOBATA).  Haruna asks You to teach her how to become attractive to boys. You agrees but with one catch. She can’t fall in love with him … -AsianMediaWiki

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It all begins when Ka-hee (Hwang Ji-hyeon), an emotionally and psychologically damaged woman, finds a spirit medium to help her address her troubles. Her inability to give birth to a child had long tortured her, and now she will do anything to cheat that fate. She ends up burying an orphan in a large traditional pot used to burry kimchi underground during the winter and killing him. What she gains for this merciless act is a child of her own. Ka-hee eventually gives birth to a son she names Bin, but Ka-hee soon meets a brutal death. The film continues as Bin’s aunt Sunny (Han Eun-jeong) and her husband Jang-hwan (Park Seong-min) come to live with the now orphaned Bin in his home, which is haunted and where the pot still is. Bin also starts to reveal his violent side. -jdrama@lj

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The story revolves around a high school girl named Fujioka Haruhi (portrayed by Kawaguchi Haruna) at the prestigious Ouran Academy, who stumbles upon a group of male students who have formed their own club as hosts. Accidentally breaking an antique vase, Haruhi ends up owing the club a vast amount of money, and she ends up posing as a host in order to repay her debt. -wiki

I WARN YOU: THIS IS GOING TO BE LENGTHY!

With all the hype that has been going on at Tumblr and LJ, I gathered enough courage to watch this drama. The anime/manga was a total win that I was really skeptic that a drama can measure up to it more so, top it off.

I thought the school and the No. 3 Music Room set looked like pretty much bleh~ but who cares, the story line and the characters are what really counts. In MY honest opinion, I wasn’t thrilled when I saw the actors who will be playing the characters. I have my own doubts and resentments for them, but what can I do? I love the anime THAT MUCH to face disappointment.

My first thought was “Are you kidding me?” when I saw who will be playing the story’s main male protagonist Tamaki (Yamamoto Yusuke). Tamaki is suppose to be part French but Yusuke looks too Japanese for me, and no offense meant to Yusuke fangirls out there, I don’t find him the least bit attractive. But in all fairness, I can see that he really is trying his best to portray Tamaki’s energetic and over dramatic attitude and for that I am slowly accepting him to be Suou Tamaki. I’m beginning to adore him, really.

Fujioka Haruhi who is portrayed by Kawaguchi Haruna did a decent job plus she really has this boyish appeal when she is on their school uniform.

The Hitachiin twins, Kaoru and Hikaru (by Manpei and Shinpe Takagi) were okay for me too. They were really familiar as I’ve seen them in Mei-chan no Shitsuji.

Mori and Kyoya (by Nakamura Masaya and Daito Shunsuke respectively) were only the actors that I felt little resentment to upon finding out who  they were playing. Might be because Mori’s character didn’t speak that much and he has the “wild aura” and I find Daito really appealing and does really look much alike the manga/anime Ootori Kyoya.

As for Hunny (Chiba Yudai). Ugh. The first few episodes was excruciating. I feel like I want to punch him on the face when he is trying to be all cutesy and adorable. I don’t have anything against the actor though he looks cool during the episode showing his character’s background story. He looks creepy and effeminate to me for him to pass as a shota-type but as the episodes go further, I’ve learned to accept him as well. Not wholeheartedly though.

Another notable character was Nekozawa senpai (Ryusei Ryo) he was really creepy hilarious all through out. And he is super cute too! He has much more screen time here in the drama than in the anime which I didn’t mind at all.

As for the storyline, not much has changed which I really like. They might have omitted and twisted some parts of the stories but it didn’t affect much. Although, I wish they have included the part where they accidentally left a sleeping Kyoya in a Department store.

THE VERDICT:

Overall, it was a good effort and work for both the actors and production crew. I might not be fond of the main characters’ appearance, hey I’m superficial like that, acting wise they did a good job. It wasn’t the best but really good. Especially Yusuke.

Am I looking forward to the movie? Heck yeah I am! I have a feeling they’ll use Eclair Tonnerre in the movie. Harhar.

Drama Score: 8/10

In “Romantic Island” three couples pair off after arriving in Manila, Philippines.

The first couple are a middle-aged husband & wife tandem that are taking their first ever trip overseas. The husband (played by Mun-shik Lee) has never taken his wife anywhere before, but he has reasons for taking her on their first trip. The husband has a brain tumor and he plans to end his life in the Philippines for insurance money.

Convenience store clerk Jung-Hwan (Lee Min-Ki) is offered a free ticket to the Philippines by a friend. Although Jung-hwan is broke he is more than happy to go, especially to forget his ex-girlfriend who dumped him because of his inability to find a better paying job. At the Manila airport, Jung-Hwan is stunned when famous Korean pop singer Yu Ga-Young (Eugene) approaches him to use his cellphone. For Ga-Young, coming to the Philippines is a spur of the moment decision to get away from the pressures of making her next album.

Soo-Jin used her entire savings to come to the Philippines Her home life is a mess and she is in part running away from her family. At her hotel in Manila, she encounters a fellow Korean named Jae-Hyuk (Lee Seon Gyun). Jae-Hyuk is a successful businessman that came to the Philippines for family matters. His long estranged father, who re-married in Manila, has passed away. Soo-jin accompanies Jae-hyuk to meet his step-sister. -wiki

I was only familiar with just half of the cast, and the very main reason why I watched this flick is because it was set in Boracay and was really curious on how they will play it all up.

I was happy on how it turned out, as they did a good job on exposing the beauty of the Philippines to the South Koreans.

The storyline is something very common and relaxing. The characters of the story are all likable and enjoying to watch.

THE VERDICT:

I was a bit bored to be honest, I’ve seen a LOT of romantic movies and this isn’t the best but it’s not the worst either. Soojin-Jaehyuk storyline is my favorite amongst the three. :)

DRAMA SCORE: 6.5/10

Paradise Kiss ((パラダイス・キス) is a 2011 Japanese film based on the manga of the same name. The film is directed by Takehiko Shinjo, and it stars Keiko Kitagawa (Yukari Hayasaka/ Caroline), Osamu Mukai (George Koizumi) and Yusuke Yamamoto (Hiroyuki Tokumori). -wiki

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I’ve heard of the manga and anime series long before but didn’t bother to watch or read it. If it has any similarities/differences from the original story, I cannot say. This Taiwanese drama stars George Hu as Ling Qi Sa (Hayate) and South Korean actress, Park Shin Hye as Xiao Zhi (Nagi).

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Synopsis: Xue Hai (played by Show Luo) was a certifiable dork when he first arrived in Hangzhou. After his schoolmate Bao Zhu (Rainie Yang) saved him from bullying, she became his first love. Then, a misunderstanding caused them to lose contact when she moved back to Taiwan. He thought she dumped him. So he transformed himself from a dork to a hunk in order to seek revenge. -wiki

DRAMA CAN BE WATCHED HERE

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Another high school movie starring MARIO MAURER and APINYA SAKULJAROENSUK, about friendship and first love - with a sad ending.

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