February K-drama haul

It's been soooo long since I've actually did a k-drama haul. I think my last one was in October or November last year. Not too sure.
Anyways, I've been super busy since then and now. So I finally had the chance to do a February k-drama haul :). I know that some of these have finished airing a long long time ago, but like I said, I was super busy to be able to watch time. So bare with me :).

Cheongdamdong Alice

Is a 16 episode drama starring Moon Geun-young, Park Si-hoo, So Yi-hyun and Kim Ji-seok. The synopsis of this drama is a hardworking fashion designer who tries to enter into the fashion world. In this case, Cheongdamdong in South Korea. Her life is changed by a CEO of a multinational distribution company of luxury goods. Through this drama you meet various 'Alice in Wonderland' characters such as the queen of hearts and the white rabbit.

MY OPINION
This drama kinda captures the struggles of trying to enter into your dream job. For example, someone who dreams of becoming a world class fashion designer, doesn't become a world class fashion designer overnight. They also don't enter into the fashion world without any help. They have to create contacts with other world class designers to make it up that ladder. And this drama is no different.
This drama got slightly confusing for me. I initially thought that the 'white rabbit' would be set to one character but the 'white rabbit' kept changing between another character. Also with the 'Queen of Hearts'. However, the main character - Alice - was played consistently throughout the drama.
I would give this drama a 7 out of 10.

Romance Town

  

Is basically  a 16 episode drama that revolves around a housemaid named No Soon Geum for a rich household. She dreams of being rich and living a grand life like Cinderella, but that dream slowly becomes true.

MY OPINION
This drama was a fun and sweet drama. Yes, it did get a bit boring for me, but it was a good drama. What motivated me was the fact that money was the base concept for this drama. Everyone including the maids and the house owners, all want money. Greed was also a theme in this drama and reflects on what you end up with when greed takes place. For this drama I would give it a 6 out of 10.

May Queen

 

Is a 38 episode drama that centers around the ship building industry and a girl named Chun Hae Joo. The story tells about a young girl, named Chun Hae Joo, who tries to make a name for herself in the ship building industry. When she was young, she was taken away from her birth mother in order to save the kidnapper and herself from an evil man. She was then adopted my a family whose mother hated her but the father loved her as if she was his only daughter. Through her life she lived in poverty and was forced to stop her education because the family was poor. Few years past, and she finally tries to make a name for herself with the skills that she learnt through her various jobs/ careers. She is stuck in a love triangle with Park Chang Hee and Kang San.

MY OPINION
I loved this drama. It is considered one of my highly recommended dramas to watch. Even though the drama has 38 episodes, it doesn't bore you out. I was literally thinking that the drama was going to end around episode 36 but after episode 37 that was a huge secret leak that made me wanting more and more of the drama. I will put my hat down for Kim Yoo Jung (the girl that played the younger version of Chun Hae Joo and she's also seen in The moon that embraces the sun) because she is such a amazing child actress. I fell in love with her character. Also for the younger actors who played Kang San and Park Chang Hee when they were young, you played the part very well. I would rate this drama a 9 out of 10.

Innocent Man/ Nice Guy/ There is no such thing as a nice guys

This is a 20 episode drama that centers around a smart medical student named Kang Ma-ru. He is on love with his next door neighbor Han Jae-hee and would do anything for her. One day she is involved in a murder case and before the police came, Kang Ma-ru comes to save her. few years past and Kang Ma-ru is now working as a bartender and is a gigolo. He finds out that Han Jae-hee had been living with a rich CEO, while he was in prison. Kang Ma-ru decides to take revenge by dating the CEO's daughter Seo Eun-gi and making Han Jae-hee suffer for the pain she brought him.

MY OPINION
This is the first drama that I've watched that stars Song Joong-ki and also Lee Kwang-soo from Running Man. At first this drama was interesting, but slowly lost me. I wasn't motivated to watch it every week when the english subtitles where added. So when the drama finished airing, I was bored so I watched up to the episode that I left off. With that, it slowly became interesting, but then lost me again. So for this drama I would give it a 6.5 out of 10.