100 Day Movie Challenge: Day 92

Bedevilled

Score: 7/10

2013 K-Drama Challenge: Genre Edition-6th Genre

Melodrama

That Winter, The Wind Blows

52 Week Drama Challenge: Week 17

My Princess

Score: 8/10

52 Week Drama Challenge: Week 16

xxxHolic

Score: 8/10

100 Day Movie Challenge: Day 91

Two Weddings and a Funeral

Score: 7/10

100 Favorite Drama Characters: 4th Character

Meteor Garden

Favorite Character: Dao Ming Si

     Meteor Garden is my favorite live-action adaptation of Hana Yori Dango because I feel that it is the closest  to the source material out of all the other versions. Tsukasa is one of the main reasons why Hana Yori Dango is so popular and Jerry Yan as Dao Min Si is fantastic. Dao Ming Si truly captures the character of Domyouji Tsukasa-he starts off as a cold, mean and selfish  bully but gradually changes after he starts to fall in love. He's stubborn, passionate, loyal and not extremely bright but his love for Shan Cai is truly awe-inspiring. 

“I will follow you wherever you go. Even in hell I would still follow you. In my eyes there was only you.” – Ming Si

100 Favorite Drama Characters: 3rd Character

Coffee Prince

Favorite Character: Go Eun Chan

      I love gender benders and it is a common and popular plot device used in dramas but most of the time it is beyond obvious that the girl pretending to be a boy is actually a girl. Hana Kimi (all versions), Sungkyunkwan Scandal, Ti Amo Chocolate are just a few in which the girl pretending to be a guy still acts, sounds and looks completely feminine (in Happy Michelin Kitchen the female in question does not even attempt to hide the fact that she has breasts-meaning that the main guy must be a few sandwiches short of a picnic to not notice). Go Eun Chan from Coffee Prince still remains that best example of a girl pretending to be a guy successfully. It helps that she is already a tomboy and teaches martial arts. She has had to be the breadwinner in her household and naturally took on the role of "the man of the house." She is also really funny and kind, pretending to be male to get a job is not the only interesting thing about her character.

"The other day at work, I had this thought – Even if I could just be by his side, that would be nice. Then I wouldn’t have anything more to wish for." – Eun Chan