Review: Playful Kiss

Anyeonghaseyo!

So, as most of you have known, it is true that Playful Kiss only had 16 episodes. So sad but true. I think they "cut it short" because it got a very low rating in Korea which is sad coz it is a great drama IMO.

And it's not mainly the show's fault that it got low rating since the beginning, but it's because of the rival show getting high ratings. I know, that's competition, but how can you compete with a show that already had established a big follower before you even started?

For me, Playful Kiss is a very under-rated drama. It did received good reviews and had a great number of international followers online. I'm pretty sure a lot of us are saddened because it ended quite fast.

I wanna say thank you to Viikii, EPDrama and Midnights Dreams (and other subbing teams) for providing good quality english subbed versions FAST for international viewers like me.

And I am so grateful to Group 8 and Youtube for deciding to air web-pisodes of this drama every week. I love watching how their marriage life progressed. And the bonus of having to know Seung Jo's thoughts through his diary :)

* you can watch these special episodes at their Youtube channel: ytkiss ^_^*

My review:

I LIKE this drama because...

- It's fun to watch. I really love romantic-comedy shows.

- The actors and actresses have very good acting ability

- The lead character Oh Hani is not super dumb like in ISWAK (Taiwan version), wwhich makes her a lot more adorable to watch than Xiang Qin

- I love Kim Hyun Joong. His acting is better here than in BOF.

- This drama has lots of feel-good scenes

- Story is not dragging and repetitive

- The supporting casts is superb. They really embodied their role.

- Cute outfits!

I DON'T LIKE this drama because...

- There are some scenes that lacks the proper timing.

example: Ep13 Kissing scene in the rain: Baek Seung Jong dropped the umbrella a little late to cut off Oh hani's dialogue.

- I really hoped they also showed a Korean version of the scene where Zhi Shu got very jealous of Qi Tai in TKA.

- I hate the first part of episode 1! It's too CGI for me..

- It's too fast paced on certain scenes. I hope this drama is longer!!!!

COMPARING to the Taiwanese version...

* I love both drama and I can't decide which I love more so this comparison is done objectively*

- PK is on the cutesy side while ISWAK is a little serious

- Acting wise, ISWAK is better since Joe and Ariel are already veteran actors when they did this while Hyun Joong is just starting his acting career

- ISWAK is more detailed and consists of 30 episodes compared to the 16 episodes that PK has, making it a little "incomplete and rushed" for viewers who have loved watching ISWAK years ago (like me)

- The Taiwanese version created a whole 20 episodes Season 2 (TKA) to show their marriage life while the Korean version only have 9?? 10-minute episodes on Youtube to show that

Over-all rating for Playful Kiss: I'm giving PK 4/5 rating because they really did a great job in creating a live-action version of this manga. I really hope we can have season 2!

Congratulations to all the cast of Playful Kiss!

Kim Hyun Joong, fighting! I hope to watch more dramas with you as the lead character :)