Astounding and amazing; still wonderful 14 years later. 2010, 16 eps at1hr5mins ea. The Hong Sisters' 6th script, wildly successful at home and internationally (pan-asia). At 23yrs old, this was Lee Seung Gi's third drama; a genius singer (for 6 years already then), lyricist, host (for the previous 4 yrs) and actor (his 2nd drama had been a hit too).

LSG is the guy-est of 20-year- old guys as Dae Woong, a character in the kind of role done to death by the FL lately (but with no psychological problems) -- DW is handsome, kind, everyone's idea of a great boyfriend, but hesitant in love and conflicted about what he really wants; he spreads misunderstandings through the small group of college friends and the acting company he wants to work for.

Shin Min Ah was a relative veteran at 26 with 4 movies and 4 dramas under her belt. Her vibrant energy crackles from the the tips of her toes to the top of her head as Mi Ho the gumiho who wants to be a human woman. Vulnerable and gullible, alert and suspicious, she is utterly without pretense, and very very curious about human mating behavior.

Part of the fun is a series of Korean expressions about responsible, adult, respectful and decent behavior which is characterized as "being like a human". DW's grampa complains that he isnt even human yet -- DW is immature still and innocently self-centered.

MH is an innocent wild animal, a fox spirit, recently freed from a 500 year imprisonment. Not just animal lovers will be rolling in the aisles at her near-miss at drinking from a toilet bowl which she mistakes for a water fountain. At one point she licks an in-bus advertisement for restaurant food/"meat".

A classic kdrama romedy about dating, with forced cohabitation etc. Leaping from one crisis to another, their development as a couple is slow but lots of fun. Secondary characters are great. As in My Girl, the secondary pair of lovers (absolutely standout comic talents!) incorporates the lovers fart joke .

ps.This is the first time In this watch of Hong Sisters' scripts from 2005 to 2024 that I noticed a circling shot of the main character at an emotional climax. There are books to be written about the changes in techniques in kdrama as influenced by the Hallyu shift from movies into TV (essentially being a massive shift in funding as well as expenses), the Covid phenomenon both in audiences and in the age of the actors, the use of techniques from blockbusters etc etc etc.. interestingly accelerated by the furious pace of productions coming out in increased numbers every season, , so that in the space of a year you can see a sudden interest in one new camera trick or angle sweep through many shows like a wave and then ebb away. So cool.

pps. I admit to congenital 2ML syndrome but Noh Min Woo, another musician like LSG, is haunting and gorgeous and does a yeoman's job of his role.

first posted August 16th 2024 on Viki