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[Sourn Sanneh]

Thisdrama was aired on 2005 so rewatching it does make you feel that so much time has passed. They had cell phones, but they are so old! And the way it was shot, it is not the hi-definition we are now used to seeing in our dramas. So in this area for me the drama does not hold up! Those many years that have passed can be felt when watching it.

Omg!! Finally someone else who liked and rooted for the Hak do..so mature, kind and generous! I had serious second lead syndrome till he went berserk and evil later in the plot.. although I suspect the writers did that to make the viewers root for their original intended otp!

But... he didn't suddenly become 'evil' - from the beginning he was petty and kind of a dick when he didn't get what he wanted. It has admittedly been a while since I last watched the drama, but I do remember him depriving her of a scholarship because she pissed him off. And then when he found out she wasn't manipulating him, he still did nothing to help her - despite knowing how badly she wanted to go to college - because it kept her dependent on him.

@jules you nailed how I felt about Hak-do! But I only realized that after my rewatch. :( I used to like his maturity pre-crazy era too and didn't notice how he was more to blame for ruining Chun-hyang's life more than Mong-ryong, or CH's mom, or even Chae-rin early on in the series.

I felt like the scholarship thing was a mistake (& god knows how many Mong-ryong made) but he did redeem himself later (before going crazy again)... but it's possible I was just so annoyed by Mong-ryong that I sided with him automatically. Watched it soo long ago.. maybe a re-watch is needed!

I felt the same way...it felt like they wrote him nice then purposely changed his behaviors to the bad guy type. It was a complete personality change from an adult who wanted to help the girl he was falling in love with to a petty little boy. It didn't jive with the initial writing for me. But I understood why they did it.

My favorite part of this drama (and I loved every bit of it) was the historic endings after each episode. I missed the first few the first time I watched it--and then went back and found them. SO FUNNY.

oh yeah ,,those ending arw so funny

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i watched it when i was in junior high school and i just thought that those endings were just for fun,,,

but it was really the historical story behind this drama ???

i just knew it recently when i read the folktale about chunhyang

Being in a drama slump, I decided to re-watch this just for the laughs but I still went through all the emotions I did the first time, I laughed, I cried and felt everything they felt! I admit, I did find the way they got married a little silly but I just wanted to see Mong-ryung falling for her and acting all jealous and petty!

HAHA! I just had the exact opposite experience! I mean, I eventually rooted and fell for Mong-ryong the first time I watched it (because Jae Hee is LOVE), but, maybe because the characters themselves gave him such a hard time throughout, I actually thought of his actions in the beginning as a lot worse when I first watched and thought he deserved all the angst he got trying to win her over.

Then, when I went back recently, I had this moment when I realized he was just a freakin' high school kid who got roped into marriage way too young AND Choon-hyang didn't really put herself out there with him either, considering they even made a plan to help him get into his Noona's school. I realized that she never even confessed before she pushed him away. Yes, this was partially due to her thinking she was fighting a losing battle and him being an idiot for not understanding that there was something more between them, but still.

I guess maybe because I came to the first episodes expecting to have to steel myself to his immaturity, it was surprising for me to realize that it wasn't all his fault. BOTH of them were immature in handling/realizing their feelings. It's simply that Choon-hyang's conflict inspires more sympathy and we understand her hesitance to fight for what she wants. I just realized I couldn't blame him for not being able to take responsibility for their relationship when they were so young and didn't even start in the right way. Frankly, aside from the manipulation from the second leads, the conflicts/growth between the young couple in this show proved to be more engaging than I remembered.

Lol, Mong-ryong is still, of course, a frustrating, immature character at points, but he was also super endearing and made up for it. I think what struck me as refreshing about him upon going back is how, even though he fumbled and messed up a lot, he was always, ALWAYS honest to his emotions, even when he was too much of an idiot to figure them out yet. He never held anything back. Needless to say, by the end of my rewatch, I was even more fond of him than before.

Unfortunately, I took to the second lead even worse this time around. Because, for me, there is no excuse for a grown man to be acting the way he did, even before his most problematic behaviors showed. I could honestly never really forgive him for the way he set up a scholarship for her, only to snatch it away at the last moment because he got jealous and felt betrayed by her. I'll admit that I think that Choon-hyang was very clear-cut about how she felt about him and that there wasn't much room for him to form expectations of her.

Agree wholeheartedly with everything you said. I just always found it creepy and stoopid (yes stoopid not stupid) that that grown ass man had a thing for a child in high school then got upset when she acted like one.

I was much older than you when I watch this drama...probably a couple years after it aired. I was already there with your feelings on your second time around. I could not relate to the hate that was being spewed out by the commenters for Hak Do and actually thought he was the better guy for her, until they wrote him into a bad guy. I fell in love with UTW in this role and have been his fan ever since (not getting into recent events). I've said to a lot of responders to my comments that old eyes like mine see dramas in a much different way than the young do. Our life experience definitely affect our view of what is happening on our screens and our tolerance or intolerance for certain behaviors is vastly different. There are way more shades of gray for many of the things we see, but also some definite lines that are drawn too.

I'm the opposite. I watched this when I was young and initially liked Hak-do more at the start. He was nice to her and seemed more mature. I also hated the fact that Mong-ryong "made" Chun-hyang lose her scholarship when she had to carry him to the motel.

It wasn't until a rewatch years later when I realized that Hak-do was a manipulative jerk early on when he offered and rescinded the scholarship on a whim, then acted like the hero for Chun-hyang and her mom.

Memories. This was the third kdrama I've watched since I was introduced to it. I remember being creeped out by HD being obsessed with a high school girl. I rewatched this last year and sadly it didn't hold up as I ended up skipping episodes. The high school years were fun but when they got to college, I ended up skipping thru it.

This is my favorite drama! I've revisited it so many times. I remember hating Hak-do when I was younger, but I find that I continue to hate him as I grow older, although for very different reasons. I found it unacceptable for a man his age to be so petty and selfish, and that lack of maturity, for me, was different from Mong-ryong's immaturity because Hak-do's was dangerous in real-world ways due to his financial and powerful capabilities. I love that you point out Mong-ryong's spoiled nature, though, which of course is almost insufferable in the early episodes LOL. Thank you so much for spotlighting my favorite show :)

I started to watch this drama a while ago. I really like contract relationships, although paradoxically, most of them in Dramaland have dissappointed me (For instance: fated to love you, prime minister and I, full house, and the worse of all: lie to me).

Anyway... i started to watch this one and couldnt finish, then i read the Plot in wikipedia, and i realise i would hate the subplots so much that it was not worth to watch it. I found both second leads' motivations so stupidly unreal that i just left it dropped. I only watched part of the last episode, to see if at least the end was worthy.

Sadly it was not.

Now in this post i found out this is the first drama from the hong sisters!!!

Well... that explains everything! LOL???

I apologize if my opinion is harsh. I have watched several dramas from the Hong sisters and they love playing with noble idiocy, absurd villains, crazy situations that you never understand where do they come from and lies and intrigue.

It is sooo bizzarre!

I suppose i belong to the minority who cannot enjoy the Hong sisters' productions.

But that doesnt mean you guys should think the same..

I am glad you had fun revisiting an old drama.

And i would also like a

Han Chae-young comeback drama. ?

Not challenging, but could you explain to me what's the problem with Lie To Me? Lie to Me was one of my 1st K-dramas (maybe that's why I can't see some of the flaws) but I don't understand why it gets so much hate... I feel like I've seen much worse K-dramas...

This is one of my earliest kdrama watch too. Haven't got the time too rewatch, but i still love/listen to the OST occasionally. The 'haengbok hagil bare' / sad song still can make me feel sad and melancholy.

I usually re-watch my dramas but this one never got a re-run. I guess becuase I can still remember how I felt in the last few episodes. I didn't like that they had to separate like that. Hope to see more of Jae Hee (in good roles and good dramas) soon though.

I found the angst and the separation unnecessary, but I think they needed time to grow up and settle down in their professions. But I hated all those second lead interferences and the immaturity of the main leads too.

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