WOW my heart is still fluttering.
As you can imagine I watched this Drama 'cause it's the sequel to It started with a kiss. I had my doubts about the taiwanese version. Especially because of the end of every episode. As if a little kid cut the story wherever it wanted. Even in the middle of a sentence!!!!!
But it may be forgiven, because there are too many good points.
1. Actors: I never experienced a chemistry between the actors as unique as in this show. Especially Zhi Shu's actor is incredible. His face showed so much expression without destroying Naoki's character, but emphazising important aspects about Zhi Shu(Naoki) other actors couldn't show. But there were some really awful actors too. Christine and her father were really bad. I got the feeling that they picked some foreign looking people from the street and asked them to act in the drama. And even though they played the role of a British family, they had a heavy accent. But they aren't that important, so this may be forgiven too.
2. Story: As in every version there were some changes in the story. But the writers did an incredible job. The way they built the characters made everything seem more realistic. To be honest I always thought that Itazura na Kiss was best fit as a Shoujo Manga. But the writers managed to transform the manga into a Drama that shows the characters in a more realistic way without destroying the storyline or changing the main atmosphere. Especially the ending was great. I'm so grateful to the writers for showing Zhi Shu as an emotional and loving man. He made me cry at the end(not the very end! lol)
3.Body Language: Okay this is part of the points above, but it's important enough to speak about it seperatedly. As we all know KDramas are the Dramas of hitting mouth on mouth, staring at each other or freeze due to a shock while kissing. Japanese do a little bit of a better job, but there are still so many Dramas that were ruined by bad kisses. THIS IS SO DIFFERENT! As I mentioned above, the actors have great chemistry. There were some scene where I thought: Oh my god how much more will they show??! You could really feel Zhi Shu's passion for Xiang Qin. I always missed it a bit. In other versions you don't experience his love for her as much as in this one. Well there were times when mouth didn't meet mouth, but alltoughether I just saw the most passionate scenes since I started watching asian Dramas 209 Dramas/Movies/Specials ago. Now I can rest in peace. ;)
I didn't expect the second part of It started with a kiss to be this good. I liked it better than its prequel. Sometimes there were some kitschy parts that hit me completely unprepared, but apart from that the story was really good.
I recommend this Drama and hope you will give it a try.
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