I watched the 2003 version, so FULL of fake/missed kisses (even very good drama can become ridiculous if a passerby must knock or car must loudly pass or flowerpot must fall each time the characters are about to kiss... repeated for the 20th time, it can change the piece's genre) that it made almost sitcom out of it. Else the old version was cute. Didn't really need a remake.

Now. Ha Seok Jin is hot. I noticed him well in 'D-Day'. It's a bit different now that instead of a serious doctor he's a spoiled bussinessman, but... If this beats the old version in the kiss department, then it's not in vain;-)) His partner Jeon So Min can be called many things, "hot" sadly not being one of them. Best example are her eyes. Those eyes remind you of old woman. So, while I appreciate casting Ha Seok Jin in a romance with kiss scenes, his partner I had to kind of tolerate/ignore.

Okay, 1st kiss is far from passionate, LOL. But it comes as early as in episode 4, so there can only be progress. It's cute, how completely unrealistic story this is. In reality, the woman would have ZERO chances with a guy so attractive like Ha Seok Jin. And that's not counting the whole money plot. Epi 5 there's the 2nd kiss, and it's also the little peck kind. The 30 years old woman certainly had no reason to get flustered (I think the original version girl wasn't this old, by the way). The plot is still the same old like 13 years ago. If the woman had no interest in the money or in the guy, she had no reason to fake/date him for 1 single day. Not really.

Main guy first takes main woman on boring dates like classic music concerts or art galleries. Then he has a conversation with his friend about what people should do on dates, and the friend insists on things like going into amusement park, watching a movie together, holding hands, calling each other on a phone at night, or buying flowers. Like any of that is original and less boring, lol.

Best example is when the woman attempts to show up in "sexy" dress. The dress is still quite conservative, it's of kinda beige, unobtrusive colour which underlines the actress' own pallor, yet one guy whistles after seeing her and the main guy tells her that she can't "go around half naked". It's like they don't suppose the audience has eyes. There's nothing much to see on the woman while she's wearing her regular clothes. When she tries to wear "attractive" dress that show more of her, we can see that there's really nothing. That's all. Perhaps that's why they put so many cartoons into the gallery for this drama, lol.

Nevertheless, main guy almost blushes looking at some pictures of her, which looks kind of ridiculous given that Ha Seok Jin is like 34 in this. If he was in his twenties, like the 2003 version guy was, perhaps it would look more understandable. When he misses their date because of a bomb thread in his hotel, she's all sulky, which I would also understand if she was 20, not 30 years old, AND living in today's times when security threads are not looked upon lightly. They have a moody argument like two youngsters would, while it's late at night and both of them have the looks of professionals tired from work. She's supposed to be special person who changes the main guy. After 6 episodes, she doesn't look like it.

Episode 7, there's a hug scene. In a way, it's better than the 2 previous kisses, which looked similar to how he'd kiss a small child. Then they have another date, in a park. Main guy comes dressed in a suit of such style and colour that only the attractiveness of Ha Seok Jin saves it (I'm not even commenting on HER clothes). Seriously, I would "love" to see the costume designer for this drama. Instead of trying to drive attention away from this flaw, the drama flaunts it by the main girl's best friend being a clothing store manager or owner or smth. The people in this drama should better sh*t up about clothes. All that all the characters wear is horrendous. Also main girl repeatedly treats main guy like one of the children in her care (she works in a middle school). It's funny one time, kinda awkward repeated times. She then makes him celebrate his birthday the corny style, and he tells her it's also anniversary of his brother's death. Speaking of awkward. Things get hot for one moment and he plain asks her to kiss him. She doesn't, then when they're parting she gives him a shy peck. It's now 3rd one in a row.

Watching episode 8... It's like watching a story which was supposed to have a different cast. Because these two really don't fit it. The guy is very attractive, but clearly different age than the role. The main girl... well, woman... also looks absurd answering questions of her super worried mother, who is all concerned her daughter is seeing a wealthy guy for a contract. Like she might lose her virginity to some vile rich guy, lol. He appears all moody on her doorstep, feeling neglected (because she didn't answer his text), demanding she at least takes a walk with him... Perhaps this is all adapted from the earlier version where the guy was a youngster (I don't remember it to the detail, it's been a while since I watched the old show). She goes with him, wearing something that looks like a hospital gown... It's all so weird to watch. Not that I'd wish to re-watch the previous version where a simple kiss was a problem, but at least, there one could understand the flaws: that show is DATED. What was going on HERE is beyond me.

And kisses? Episode 8 finally delivers, it happens on the children's playground. The two of them look like they are fighting some early middle-age crisis there though, lol.

Episode 9... I know I should be enjoying myself, but I'm not. I'm bored. I'm not even swooning over Ha Seok Jin anymore. He looks like a thirties daddy already. Perhaps he should be cast in some family comedy, now.