Bachelor Vegetable Store Review

Title:Bachelor Vegetable Store
Genre: Melodrama, comedy, romance
Episodes: 24
Broadcast period: 2011-Dec-21 to 2012-Mar-08
Cast: Ji Chang Wook, Wang Ji hye, Kim Young Kwang, Park Soo Jin, Hwang Shin Hye, Lee Se Young, Park Won Sook, Jang Hang Sun, Kim Do Yun, Jun Nok Min, Lee Gwang Soo, Ji Hyuk, Sung Ha, Shin Won Ho, Sa Mi Ja, Jang Jae Ho

A drama based on a true story of a young boy, Han Tae Yang, who dreams of becoming the happiest vegetable seller. As a young boy he loses his mother and his father runs away, leaving him and his sister with their old, sick grandmother. Han Tae Yang is best friends with Jin Jin Shim, a girl, also orphan. While they are young something happens and Jin Jin Shim disappears.
Years later Han Tae Yang is still waiting for Jin Jin Shim, and is struggling to support his sister and himself. But soon things changes and he starts working at the market where he meets Mok Ga On, a name he knew before. Will he ever fulfill his dream? Will he ever meet Jin Shim again? Well he starts with 4 other friends and fights his way up!

The reason I watched this drama? Ji Chang Wook. I loved Warrior Baek Dong Soo so I had to watch another of his dramas. Honestly I was disappointed. It wasnt the greatest acting, I love his character but this was just getting a bit too much, maybe because the drama has so many sad scenes I got tired of seeing his sad expression lol. Anyway Im starting to like the actress Wang Ji Hye, I didnt like her before tehee,, and yeah it is the story of rich vs poor again but not the same way, its about a psychic mother who want revenge and she is seriously sick. The whole drama revolves around her being crazy and doing all sorts of things to get rid of Tae Yang. But still it wasnt bad at all. Actually its a really good drama. Made me want to fight for something (still dont know what,, should I become a farmer? lol). Well it is a true story after all, of a man starting from nothing, the bottom, and fighting his way up while going against some big stupid rich people, and help from other rich people lol. And I soooo loved the fathers character, he is like the perfect father, but who does he have to have such a uughr wife! And also how the 5 of them, Tae Yang and his friends work together was really nice watching.

☆☆☆☆ / 4 out of 5 stars

♥♥♥♥ / 4 out of 5 hearts

Bunji's Verdict

(Blank). That was my reaction. This was one heavy drama, and on top of that long… like really long. It has great actors and the screenplay seemed pretty okay, but damn the main love story was clean bull shit. Pardon my language, but I really sucked, and left me cheering for the couple NOT to end up together (eventhough I wanted to two supporting actors - Dan Bi and Seol Woo - to end up together), I really thought that it was completely unnecessary and would have been amazing if they had just made a story about a guy and his friends trying to start a business. I really have no idea why they would add such a lousy story as a main. I mean a lot of the side stories were great - especially compared to the main. This was one of THE hardest to finish, but I had to since it’s Lee Gwang Soo :D Though I have to give credit to the rest of the drama: every back story was great, every obstacle was intuiting, and every solution was decent.

That said, I wouldn’t even bother unless you want melodrama, with a tummy ache.

☆☆☆½ / 3½ out of 5 stars

♥♥♥ / 3 out of 5 hearts

My Girlfriend is a Gumiho Review

Title: My Girlfriend is a Gumiho
AKA: My Girlfriend is Nine-Tailed Fox
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Fantasy
Episodes: 16
Broadcast period: 2010-Aug to 2010-Sep
Cast: Lee Seung Gi, Shin Min Ah, No Min Woo and Park Soo Jin.

Calling Cha Dae Woong (Lee Seung Gi) arrogant isn’t quite the right word; he is a spoilt airhead to be exact. Ever since little he has seen his grandfather as some sort of money-bank, so when he asked about his future or what he plans to do with his life, he simply replies by saying that his grandfather has a lot of money. Because of the death of his parents, both his grandfather and aunt have been ignoring the selfishness, and most of his friends mooch off of him, except his two best friends. He is an ‘actor-to-be’, or he is going to acting college, and has finally the opportunity to become a star, much to his grandfathers displease.
One day, his grandfather is fed up, and decides to take him to a ‘special’ school, something like a military school. but Dae Woong manages to escape only to end up at a temple where a story about a Gumiho, a nine-tailed fox that eats human livers, lives.
The Gumiho (Shin Min Ah) is locked in a painting in the temple, and as an airhead Dae Woong is, she uses him to get out. On the outside, fleeing for his life, Dae Woong falls down a hill and almost breaks his back, but is saved by Gumiho, who gives him her bead, something like a part of her soul that helps her heal and gives her supernatural abilities. As Dae Woong wakes up, he gets to know the Gumiho, and she does not hide the fact that she is a Gumiho, even though Dae Woong doesn’t believe her. She then decides to not only follow him, but also to prove to him that she is a Gumiho by showing him her tailes, making Dae Woong terrified of her.
Back at the temple another apperent ‘non-human’ appears, Park Dong Joo (No Min Woo) who is some sort of hunter, and wants to catch the Gumiho.
To complicate matters, Eun Hye In (Park Soo Jin), Dae Woong’s noona and crush gets suspicious of the new girl, and tries to “figure her out”.

The moment I started this drama, I fell in love. The comedy was just the right amount, not cheasy and not silly, just perfect. You know, Korean dramas are brilliant because of their extreme lovestories, though 95% suck, the special 5% move you so deeply that you’d wish the drama never finishes. This is one of those. One, where you get nervous when they do, happy when they do and not to mention sad when they do. And honestly, they have to give Lee Seung Gi some award for being perfect as the mix of classical Korean hero/lead and modern humor sorce. The female actress did her job as Gumiho without flaw, and I TOTALLY bought is :P
One more thing I liked was the new personalities of the lead actors. The usual lead actor: arrogant/spoilt rich kid, and usual lead actress: strong/wilful poor girl. This time around it’s different, and these two don’t change each other, they learn from each other.
A complete and total recommendation, and OH! Cain & Abel has been knocked down from its pedestal -> This is officially my favourite Korean drama 

☆☆☆☆½ / 4½ out of 5 stars

♥♥♥♥♥ / 5 out of 5 hearts (But I want to give even more >_<)