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02 October 2016

Let's Fight Ghost Review

Title: Let’s Fight Ghost
AKA: Bring it on! Ghost
Genre: Fantasy, Comedy, Romance
Episodes: 16
Broadcast Period: Jul-2016 to Aug-2016
Cast: Ok Taec Yeon, Kim So Hyun, Kwon Yool, Kim Sang Ho, Lee Do Yun, Kang Ki Young, Lee David, Baek Seo Yi

Park Bong Pal (Ok Taec Yeon) has grown up with the ability to see ghosts and uses it to work as an exorcist, banishing weak ghosts, in order to make enough money for an operation. Called to a haunted school he encounters Kim Hyun Ji (Kim So Hyun) a high school student who, because of a traffic accident, became a wandering spirit, on the day before her college entrance exams. Hyun Ji discovers that Bong Pal holds the secret as to why she is a spirit. In order to be freed from endlessly wandering the earth as a ghost and to ascend to the next life, Hyun Ji convinces Bong Pal to allow her to live with him, and the two become ghost fighting partners.

I loved this drama more than I thought I would, it was such a pleasant surprise!
While watching, it kept reminding me of "Oh My Ghost" and "The Master's Sun". However, don't worry, it's not meant in a negative way. It just has the same vibe. Also, so far Tvn's dramas have never disappointed me yet. So, neither has this one. The story went smoothly, and I liked the exorcism aspect of it, stuff like that scares me easily and this were no joke, but somehow they kept a light feeling over the drama, so it became very enjoyable. As for the acting Teac Yeon was solid, convincing and also charming at some points. The fights were really good, enjoyable and even funny. They did a pretty good job on those. The chemistry between the leads were suprisingly okay. Kim So Hyun is starting to make a really good actress, and I’m looking forward to see her next project. All in all, a recommendable drama. 

☆☆☆☆ / 4 out of 5 stars

♥♥♥ ½ / 3 ½ out of 5 hearts

Bunjis verdict
First of all, I am being VERY generous of the rating – just FYI.
This drama is cute, though I kind of felt the love story became unnecessary later on – as well as the entire ‘revelation’ about the lead actress: way too typical. When you watch a ghost story drama, you better have a good and firm story EXPECIALLY with love story, but this was like, I don’t know… neither. I can’t say I didn’t enjoy the drama, I just was left with yawn at the end – I mean, it WAS predictable.
Taec and Soo Hyun are an odd pair, even though they look okay together, and Taec looks a lot like a college student, I felt Soo Hyun was a bit off – maybe because I keep seeing her as a kid? She is one of those kid actresses that is in almost every drama, and suddenly she becomes an actress with her own drama – and you can’t shake that ‘kid persona’ off her. Well at least I can’t. So the romance was good, but sometimes just off.
Taec is quite good in this, though he is a better actor than this drama gives him credit for/lets him shine.
As a comedy the comic relief was with the two fellas from the supernatural club: they occasionally missed, but when they hit, I laughed quite a bit.
So all in all: a good drama, with a weak plot.

☆☆☆½ / 3½ out 5 stars

♥♥♥½ / 3½ out of 5 hearts

29 August 2015

Oh My Ghostess Review

Title: Oh My Ghostess
AKA: Oh My Ghost
Genre: Fantasy, Romance
Episodes: 16
Broadcast Period: Jul-2015 to Aug-2015
Cast: Park Bo Young, Jo Jung Suk, Im Joo Hwan, Kim Seul Gi, Park Jung Ah, Shin Hye Sun, Kang Ki Young, Kwak Shi Yang

Na Bong Sun (Park Bo Young) has an extremely timid personality and low self-esteem, doesn't have any close friends, and is constantly getting reprimanded at her job as an assistant chef at Sun Restaurant. She also occasionally sees ghosts, thanks to a shaman grandmother. One day, Bong Sun gets possessed by a lustful virgin ghost named Shin Soon Ae (Kim Seul Gi). To make up for the lack of romance in her short life and believing that only by losing her virginity will she be able to "resolve her grudge" and move on to the afterlife. Soon Ae is determined to seduce as many men as she can by possessing various women, and she finds the perfect vessel in Bong Sun. Bong Sun's boss is arrogant star chef Kang Sun Woo (Jo Jung Suk), whom she secretly has a crush on.

OMG ~ ! I loved this so much! This is the first drama in a long time that I have been truly excited about watching the next episode. Overall, I really enjoyed this drama (clearly), and though there were spots that made me worry or could have been handled better, mostly in terms of the consent issues, it was a well-rounded drama. The murder-mystery part was intriguing, and played out nicely, and the end of that arc felt right too. The chemistry at the restaurant between the 'family' was just so nice and enjoyable, one of the highlights! The romance was delightful, and I’m glad it ended up the way it did. I was worried there for a while… Chef’s reactions were totally reasonable, I think. I LOVE Jo Jung Suk and he was fantastic in this, as he usually is in his dramas, and Park Bo Young was just adorable as the lead character. Kim Seul Gi was wonderful as the ghost. I really loved how this drama was made and the actors were all too good. I’m going to miss this one a lot.

☆☆☆☆☆ / 5 out of 5 stars

♥♥♥♥♥ / 5 out of 5 hearts