I went into this drama expecting it to be pretty iffy.
I was surprised however by how much I actually liked it.
The story line was original. It followed the anime somewhat. and the characters were very intriguing. The actors did a great job. I felt all of their emotions especially their pain. Although the special effects were kind of dated I just associated it as a relation to the old 60's anime that this is based off of. It's a great watch. I recommended it to anyone. Except if you're expecting a love story there is none. So don't bother watching if that's what you're looking for. Other then that Happy Watching Everyone!

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This movie is very harsh, there are no rainbows or butterflies when it comes to this film. It's about the harshness of life and love that shouldn't be. The characters are very dark and are sometimes hard to understand until a flashback happens later in the film. The love between the Jade and Takeko is dysfunctional but real, you can almost understand Jade's obsession with Takeko. The actress did a very good job playing women in love. And it was nice to see Ranie Yang play a more mature role rather then her cutesy innocent stuff. I recommend this film to anyone who is willing to give it a try.
Happy Watching :)

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And we're back once again with my favorite trio! Kingone, Mike He, and Rainie Yang.
Now I will be honest and say that I started this drama because I watched Devil Beside You and wanted to see more of the chemistry between the main leads.
I am fully aware that the two have nothing to do with each other. That being said I still like Devil Beside You more.
I loved Why Why Love up until episode 11 and then I wanted to die. The twist in the story happened way to late in the drama to be effective. If they were going to use that twist then they should have done in earlier in the drama. So because of that I dropped this drama at episode 11. However, because I am a person who has to finish a drama once I start it. I trucked through it and finally came to the ending.
I will give this a solid 8 overall because I did enjoy it up until the last episodes. Will I ever watch it again? Probably not, unless I'm doing a Mike He marathon.
Since I did enjoy the drama for the most part, I recommend this to anyone!
Happy Watching :)

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I wasn't expecting much from this movie because often in my experience USA and Japan project movies aren't all that great. I was surprised by this one though. The story wasn't overly unique but how they played it out was. I enjoyed all the twists and turns it took for the main character to find her way back to who she wanted to be.
I did find it odd however that they put the main character in one relationship for most of the movie and then have it not work out and she ends up with someone else....Although I did like both Male characters I felt the transition could have been better.
Overall I really enjoyed this movie and I recommend it to anyone.

Happy Watching :)

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hmm what to say about Heartstrings...I watched this shortly after I finished You're Beautiful and although they are completely different I couldn't help compare the chemistry between these two dramas. Park Shin Hye and Jung Yong Hwa's characters didn't have the same chemistry in Heartstrings as they did in You're Beautiful.
Anyway on to the actual drama. A lot of my MDL friends loved this drama while I found it pretty mediocre. Not that it's HORRIBLE, far from it. It's just that it's not something new. It's just a typical girl meets boy, boy is mean to girl, girl falls for bad boy, bad boy eventually falls for girl. The only thing unique about this drama is the OST. Which I adore! I'm a huge fan of CN Blue and I really enjoyed the indie/classical mix of this OST. I would rewatch this drama just for the OST alone and for Kang Min Hyuk who was absolutely ADORABLE!
All in all it was an entertaining watch I recommend this to anyone.
Happy Watching :)

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I marathoned this drama with my mdl friend Crazyinlove. I remember all the squeals of delight and tears that we shed over this brilliant story. Although the story isn't unique as there are a lot of dramas out there where girls pretend to be boys. What was unique was the characters and the chemistry that they all had. They made me laugh and cry and seriously pissed off. But I loved them more and more each episode. This drama is one of my personal favorites. Yoo Ah In and Song Joong Ki (or as me and crazy call them "sexybeast" and "peacock" were my favorite pairing. It's just a really good drama to get you out of a slump or to cheer you up on a bad day. I recommend this to anyone!
Happy Watching Everyone :)

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Unlike my fellow reviewers so far I happened to like this drama. Although it is very slow at the beginning and it is not Matsumoto best drama. They rest of the cast makes up for this. You can relate to Shiori's struggling with the loss of her husband and being a single parent but also with her developing feelings for Taiga against her better judgement. Not to mention the kids who play in this completely steal the scene and you can't help but love them. I would recommend you atleast give it a try. It's only 10 episodes sometimes the things people say are the worst end up being the best thing you've ever seen. It's all a matter of opinion. Best of luck! Have fun watching!

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I started watching this drama because of the great reviews and the story sounded interesting. However I was disappointed with almost everything about this drama. It was annoying and choppy. There wasn't much flow to this drama. One moment everything would be good and then all hell would break loose, it was like there wasn't any inbetween. The naivety and stupidity of the main girl Park Kae In annoyed me to no end. I constantly wanted to punch her. Although I didn't like the main guy either, I will say that I enjoyed seeing Lee Min Ho playing a more mature character. He has come along way since BBF.
Even though I didn't like this drama, I can see how it has appeal to others. Especially if you're into the whole 'love can happen in any situation' kind of story.

I can't say I will recommend this to anyone based on my experience but you're more then welcome to give it a shot and see for yourself if you agree or disagree with me.

Happy Watching Everyone :)

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Being a fan of the manga Sprout I was interested to see how this drama would go and if they would give this a better ending then in the manga. Sadly the ending was the same amount of disappointment, not saying that the ending isn't good it just I feel it falls flat compared to the rest of the show. That being said I would like to state that I did like this drama. It's a story that shows us just how hard and unsure first loves can be. The constant questioning of your feelings, the butterflies when someone mentions your crush, the pure innocence of young love. Was the acting great? No, infact far from it, most of the actors in this drama are fairly new to the art but their innocence helped make their characters many blunders at love more believeable. The story is not overly original but sadly not many J-Drama's are now a days, and at 20 mins per episode it is a good watch. It's young love, romance, cutesy, basically bubble gum that could have been made into a movie but chose to be a 12 episode package, but it's so cute you just have to keep watching. You end up falling for the characters and laughing at their mishaps. So what are you waiting for? Go spend the 2 hours and 40 minutes watching the drama and find out for yourself! I recommend this drama to anymore. Happy Watching :)

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This is the third Hana Kimi that I have watched and seeing as how big a fan I am of the Japanese version I went into this forcing myself not to compare to the other two, luckily the three versions are so different in style that I didn't. In fact this version almost took top version if it wasn't for a few moments that fell short for me. That all being said I shall now talk about the drama itself. I liked how this version showed more romance then the other two. It was cute and funny and you can't help but love it. This was also the only version where I couldn't decide which lead I wanted her to be with! I know she automatically gets with the first but I wanted her to be with second lead so badly. I liked Sulli but it was so obvious that she was a girl, she doesn't look like a tomboy like Maki and Ella did so it was hard to believe that she was suppose to be playing a boy. But I still enjoyed it and I was very surprised at Minho's acting skills, I hope to see him act more!
I recommend this drama to anyone! Happy Watching :)

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Oh how I loved this drama! It made me feel so many emotions. I got angry, and sad and super happy. I loved the characters except for Yoo He Yi and reporter guy. But I think that`s a given since they are suppose to be the bad guys. I adore the music from this drama. I have the entire OST on repeat on my i-pod. This drama made me realized how great an actor Jang Geun Seok is, I now can't stop watching him. I rewatch this drama over and over again just to see him. This drama also introduced me to the sexy voice of Jung Yong Hwa and his amazing band CNBlue. It also made me realize just how versatile Hongki's voice is and how adorable he is as Jeremy, I wanted to pack him up and take him home with me ahaha.
Overall I love this drama to bits so of course I recommend it to anyone!
Happy Watching :)

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