Say that You Love Me (2012)

I have watched all of the adaptions of Ita Kiss besides Playful Kiss, the Japanese 90' version, and the anime. What I can say is that this drama does not follow the original story line. Does that make this drama bad? No. In some instances it actually makes it better.

In fact, if you stick around for the full 32 episodes, the character development of Ou Hao Chen and Zao Zao is the best of all the versions. It's fully fleshed out and really does show the true meaning of Ita kiss if you want to delve deeper into it's hidden themes. There are some really poetic lines as well, especially the last arch of the show.

It is a bit long, I binge watched the first half in a week, however it began to loose it's momentum and my initial interest plummeted as the story progressed. Yet, the last 5 episodes made up for it as there was a change of tone.

Things I didn't like.

I don't usually watch C-dramas. When I do, I get off put by the dubbing. This show, similar to other C-dramas, is dubbed. It's not really obvious if you don't pay attention to it and it doesn't make the show less enjoyable.

I would watch this drama if you liked the rest of the Ita Kiss adaptions. It has a good level of romance, comedy and drama. Non of them over power the other. I loved that the second female lead had a redemption arch. The best part of this adaption is that it doesn't really follow the story in order, you get flashes of the story here and there but it has it's own direction.

Usually Chinese dramas stay away from cliches, if they stick with the cliche moments, it does get made fun of in a slap-stick humor kind of way.

The story is a cliche, but that's why is has a cult following.

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Even though I did not give this drama a 9 or a 10, but I have rewatched this drama more than five times already.
Story: The basic plot is similar to Mischievious Kiss, but it is actually really different from it. I like how she has liked him for a long time and worked hard to achieve things to impress him and later even learns to do things for herself and realizes her passions and talents. This drama is super cliche but very cute.
Acting/Cast: I have no complaints except the female lead and second male lead. The second male lead has exaggrated acting and throws in a word in English from time to time but when he isn't as obvious as the female lead. The female lead is almost overly cute, but in her defense, she does really look cute and can act maturely when she needs to.
Music: I personally like the music. The music is mainly pop. Most songs are by Nylon Chen and By2, with the theme song being the female lead's song.
Rewatch value: Second lead syndrome will occur. The second male lead is always there for her, helping her get the love of her life, while only being treated as a best friend. I like how he is always saying he doesn't like her but when she needs help, he is there for her and gets jealous. This is super cliche, but something about the main male character makes me rewatch it over.

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Ok so I've seen the Taiwanese, the Japanese, the Korean, the Chinese and the Thai versions

Itazura na Kiss (Japanese parent story) watched on YouTube not to keen on it.
Itazura na Kiss - Love in Tokyo (Japanese remake) well not sure.
Mischievous kiss: love in tokyo 1 & 2 drama 32 total episodes (Love in Okinawa is actually ep 1 in this mischievous kiss 2) love it (Japanese remake) on Netflix and Viki
Mischievous Kiss The Movie: High School (Japanese remake) on YouTube. love it
Mischievous Kiss The Movie: Campus (Japanese sequel) on YouTube. Love it
Mischievous Kiss The Movie: The Proposal(Japanese sequel) on dailymotion in 2 parts and on kissasian. Love it

Playful kiss drama 16 episodes on Viki (Korean remake) love it
Playful Kiss YouTube Edition (Korean sequel) on YouTube.
Playful Kiss Seung Jo's Diary (Korean compilation) on YouTube

Miss n kiss drama 39 episodes on Netflix (Taiwanese remake) love it
It started with a kiss drama 30 episodes on YouTube (Taiwanese remake) love it
They kiss again drama 20 episodes on YouTube (Taiwanese remake) love it
Fall in Love at First Kiss 2019 movie (Taiwanese remake) on YouTube. Love it


Kiss Me (Thai remake) 20 episodes on YouTube. First 10 funny last 10 very sad. Love it though.
Kiss me Special (Thai compilation)

Say that You Love Me (Chinese adaptation) 32 episodes in YouTube. love it.

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