dangermousie | Sep. 27th, 2011

Sep. 27th, 2011

I believe I may be the only person on my friendlist who has watched Sunshine Angel, the currently-airing twdrama with Wu Zun and Rainie Yang.

YOU GUYS MUST REMEDY IT ASAP!

I have only started it today - but I have watched 9 episodes in one day (!!!!). It takes a few episodes to get going but at some point by ep 4, I realized I was madly in love with this romantic, warm, sweet drama.

The story of a plucky cheerful maid (Rainie) and a reserved, perfectionist CEO with issues (Wu Zun) is nothing that hasn't been done before - in fact, this seems to be a remake of the Successful Story of a Bright Girl kdrama (or so I've been told, haven't seen the kdrama in question myself). But what makes this story a delight are the sharp colors, the fast pace and the out-of-this-world chemistry between Rainie and Wu Zun. It also helps that both have an immensely likeable on-screen vibe and play likeable characters. And, as is de rigeur in twdramas, there are some swoonily romantic moments. The one in the cap above is one of them. My favorite scene so far though is the one where he tells her about his parents dying rescuing him and how he doesn't believe in permanence any more (and OMG, I realize that he went into the water to rescue her despite this triggering his biggest issues).

Btw, she is only a maid for the first half of the drama, if that is an issue...

Will this drama change your life? Likely not. But it's a lovely story about lovely people, and a perfect way to while away a rainy afternoon.

KizunaFS has picked it up. However, I don't believe they released any subs as of yet so the best way to watch it is on youtube, where an awesome user has subbed the first 12 eps so far. Trust me, it's worth it!

Have a MV:

I defy you not to give this wonderfulness a chance after this MV.

I know, I know, I am only on ep 30-something and this is from the final ep. But I got brief glimpses of this scene in MVs and simply had to see this for myself.

Suffice it to say, it was glorious. My inner 12-yr-old was squeeing like mad. This just might be my favorite sequence in the entire drama.

I am not sure whether to feel awful for Shang Xiang because she has the worst father in history, who aparently thinks it's a great idea to get his daughter possessed by demons so that she can kill her OTP and all her friends, or to feel happy she has such an awesome OTP. Dilemmas!

( Behind the cut are tons of caps, summaries and thoughts. Go go go go Xiu/Shang Xiang! )

Yeah, I know it was a ton of caps, but seeing that I started with over 2400, that's less than 10% of total.

I know, I know, I am only on ep 30-something and this is from the final ep. But I got brief glimpses of this scene in MVs and simply had to see this for myself.

Suffice it to say, it was glorious. My inner 12-yr-old was squeeing like mad. This just might be my favorite sequence in the entire drama.

I know, I know, I am only on ep 30-something and this is from the final ep. But I got brief glimpses of this scene in MVs and simply had to see this for myself.

Suffice it to say, it was glorious. My inner 12-yr-old was squeeing like mad. This just might be my favorite sequence in the entire drama.

I mean, ep 11 gives us baths of angst, starring Wu Zun and his marvelous arms:

Argh, evil cousin of Wu Zun's character, I hope you die in a fire. Seriously, wtf, psycho! Dude just manipulated the situation to take away not only the company but even the house and is now gloating in WZ's face for being too trusting - i.e. not thinking his family is a pack of two-faced hyenas. DIE! I mean, the rationale isn't that WZ ran the company badly or treated people awfully - nah, it's just that he trusted his family. WTF.

He was about to propose to Rainie, too, and you ruined it! On plus side, it did result in the above-mentioned bath, so it's not all bad.

( In case you need more convincing, two shippy scenes from ep 11 - one funny and one touching )

My current/asap twdrama roster is this, Love Keeps Going, Material Queen, Calling for Love, I Do, KO 3an Guo, The X-Family, That Love Comes, Marry Me, Because of You, Bump Off Lover, Roseate Love, In Time With You, Ring Ring Bell, and Material People (though I suppose the latter is a cdrama). Plus a few others. And I feel like rewatching Wish to See You Again. Good Lord.