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dangermousie(Yes, still about Hanadan. No, I don't want to stop).
I have seen some people complain that the Korean version tamed down the bullying a lot which makes it impossible to understand why Jandi hates Joon Pyo so. WHAT? Clearly these people are not on the same planet I am.
Let's see. If there was a guy who I saw bullying and humiliating people for the sheer pleasure of it and making others join in (and some of such bullying resulted in a guy being literally almost beaten to death and trying to jump off the roof as other students egged him on).
If that guy ordered me to lick his shoes, and he was not joking either. If he declared a bullying open season on me which resulted in people throwing eggs at me, caking me in flower, stealing my school books and defacing my desk as well as the pool I swam in, not to mention posting about what a slut I am on line and all over the school.
Oh, and did I mention that to curry favor with him, three guys almost gang-raped me, and would have succeeded except they got interrupted (even if he got pissed at them for it, Jandi doesn't know it, and more importantly, when he gave people carte blanche to do whatever it takes to humiliate her, he is responsible for the outcome).
Yeah, I think I would hate his guts and probably dream of decapitating him. Seriously, what planet do people live on? Now, I grow to love his character but that is because we get to know more about him and also because he grows up and also proves worthy of trust. Not because "oh well, how can the heroine not like him right away, he didn't break her legs" mentality.
Also, I finished ep 2 of Korean Hanadan, and oh, oh SUCH LOVE. Whether it's Joon Pyo being honestly puzzled by the fact that Jandi says that there is something money can't buy, his eager anticipation to see her on the school trip (which turns to irritability and then the hilarious boat scene. Hint: not the way to win her over), Shizuka's gorgeousness, Rui giving Jandi his shoes (she is getting quite a Rui clothes collection here), the awesome rugby/shower scene, JoonPyo beginning to realize she might like Rui and not him, the nosebleed thing, Soujiro and Akira being so amused and the only sane ones really, and (so delicious), JoonPyo literally dropping his plate when he sees Jandi in Shizuka's evening gown at the party (I love that earlier he was going over to help her, but Rui beat him to it). Jandi is such a darling but I confess my heart belongs to JoonPyo, because Lee Min Ho plays him with such a pitch-perfect mix of dorkiness and intensity.
GUH. I want eps 3 and 4 right NOW!
I will capsecond half of ep 2 later, but for now:
I love how he is trying to be kind but doesn't really know how.
I have seen some people complain that the Korean version tamed down the bullying a lot which makes it impossible to understand why Jandi hates Joon Pyo so. WHAT? Clearly these people are not on the same planet I am.
Let's see. If there was a guy who I saw bullying and humiliating people for the sheer pleasure of it and making others join in (and some of such bullying resulted in a guy being literally almost beaten to death and trying to jump off the roof as other students egged him on).
If that guy ordered me to lick his shoes, and he was not joking either. If he declared a bullying open season on me which resulted in people throwing eggs at me, caking me in flower, stealing my school books and defacing my desk as well as the pool I swam in, not to mention posting about what a slut I am on line and all over the school.
Oh, and did I mention that to curry favor with him, three guys almost gang-raped me, and would have succeeded except they got interrupted (even if he got pissed at them for it, Jandi doesn't know it, and more importantly, when he gave people carte blanche to do whatever it takes to humiliate her, he is responsible for the outcome).
Yeah, I think I would hate his guts and probably dream of decapitating him. Seriously, what planet do people live on? Now, I grow to love his character but that is because we get to know more about him and also because he grows up and also proves worthy of trust. Not because "oh well, how can the heroine not like him right away, he didn't break her legs" mentality.
Also, I finished ep 2 of Korean Hanadan, and oh, oh SUCH LOVE. Whether it's Joon Pyo being honestly puzzled by the fact that Jandi says that there is something money can't buy, his eager anticipation to see her on the school trip (which turns to irritability and then the hilarious boat scene. Hint: not the way to win her over), Shizuka's gorgeousness, Rui giving Jandi his shoes (she is getting quite a Rui clothes collection here), the awesome rugby/shower scene, JoonPyo beginning to realize she might like Rui and not him, the nosebleed thing, Soujiro and Akira being so amused and the only sane ones really, and (so delicious), JoonPyo literally dropping his plate when he sees Jandi in Shizuka's evening gown at the party (I love that earlier he was going over to help her, but Rui beat him to it). Jandi is such a darling but I confess my heart belongs to JoonPyo, because Lee Min Ho plays him with such a pitch-perfect mix of dorkiness and intensity.
GUH. I want eps 3 and 4 right NOW!
I will capsecond half of ep 2 later, but for now:
I love how he is trying to be kind but doesn't really know how.
