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dangermousieI confess to being excited by upcoming twdrama Hayate the Combat Butler from day one, mainly because I think the title cannot be beaten for sheer awesomeness.
But there are other reasons to be excited by the drama about a poor young man who contemplated a life of crime to get out of debt but instead ends up rescuing an heiress from a kidnapping attempt. The heiress, who is constantly under kidnapping threats, then hires him as her butler.
1. Park Shin Hye. I love her. I liked her character in YAB a lot longer than I would have if anyone else played her. I want to see her in a twdrama (though likely dubbed) because I think her cute vibe would really fit twdrama world.
2. I have been craving some romcommy goodness. And while I cannot be sure this will have romance, I am pretty sure that is the reason they aged the heiress from a 12-yr-old kid to...well...Park Shin Hye.
3. While jdramas and kdramas don't work for me when they go for odd wacky concepts, twdramas usually do.
4. While even a few weeks ago I wouldn't have considered the drama's leading man, George Hu, either a detriment or an asset (I've seen him in Love At First Fight and TGH and was fine with him in both but I didn't go starry-eyed or anything), it all changed after I checked out the inspired insanity that is KO 3an Guo. Now I have a massive crush on his Guan Yu and am definitely looking to checking him out in another drama.
Hopefully it will be a fun ride - sort of like Mei-chan without all the power dynamics problems I had with the latter. Worst case scenario, we'll get something like Romantic Princess - which actively made me leak brain matter and fast-forward for the sake of my sanity, but was ultimately inoffensive. But hopefully it will be cooler than that.
Hayate is supposed to air in April but I haven't seen any traces of a trailer so I am not sure how accurate that start date is (ah, twdramas, and their last-minute scheduling which drives me nuts). I did find this adorable video of PSH and George Hu practicing ballroom dancing, so have at it:
There is also a twdrama coming out which is, apparently, called Girl in Boys' Dorm Room which I must applaud for its getting straight to the point.
But there are other reasons to be excited by the drama about a poor young man who contemplated a life of crime to get out of debt but instead ends up rescuing an heiress from a kidnapping attempt. The heiress, who is constantly under kidnapping threats, then hires him as her butler.
1. Park Shin Hye. I love her. I liked her character in YAB a lot longer than I would have if anyone else played her. I want to see her in a twdrama (though likely dubbed) because I think her cute vibe would really fit twdrama world.
2. I have been craving some romcommy goodness. And while I cannot be sure this will have romance, I am pretty sure that is the reason they aged the heiress from a 12-yr-old kid to...well...Park Shin Hye.
3. While jdramas and kdramas don't work for me when they go for odd wacky concepts, twdramas usually do.
4. While even a few weeks ago I wouldn't have considered the drama's leading man, George Hu, either a detriment or an asset (I've seen him in Love At First Fight and TGH and was fine with him in both but I didn't go starry-eyed or anything), it all changed after I checked out the inspired insanity that is KO 3an Guo. Now I have a massive crush on his Guan Yu and am definitely looking to checking him out in another drama.
Hopefully it will be a fun ride - sort of like Mei-chan without all the power dynamics problems I had with the latter. Worst case scenario, we'll get something like Romantic Princess - which actively made me leak brain matter and fast-forward for the sake of my sanity, but was ultimately inoffensive. But hopefully it will be cooler than that.
Hayate is supposed to air in April but I haven't seen any traces of a trailer so I am not sure how accurate that start date is (ah, twdramas, and their last-minute scheduling which drives me nuts). I did find this adorable video of PSH and George Hu practicing ballroom dancing, so have at it:
There is also a twdrama coming out which is, apparently, called Girl in Boys' Dorm Room which I must applaud for its getting straight to the point.
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