I need your help:
I have decided that I am going to watch some Korean Soap Operas. euterpeslullaby has volunteered to join me, so I am narrowing down our options. I've chosen five, but we don't know which one to start with!
Here are the choices:
MY 19 YEAR OLD SISTER-IN-LAW
This is a story about a 19-year-old girl named Yu Min (Jung Da Bin) who falls in love with a doctor named Min Zhe (Kim Jae Won). Yu Min pretends to be his fiancée so that his mother will not force him to marry a tycoon’s daughter so her business will thrive. But Min Zhe doesn’t know that his younger brother, Sheng Zhe (Yoon Gae Sang) is also in love with Yu Min. Sheng Zhe is a young, handsome, high school playboy who loves to rebel against his mother. Sheng Zhe and Yu Min both go to the same high school. What will happen to his pretend sister-in-law? Will Sheng Zhe end up with Yu Min or will Min Zhe and Yu Min’s fake engagement become the truth?
http://idols-unlimited.com/my-19-year-old-sister-in-law#more-902
LOVEHOLIC
A love story between the disobedient student Kang-uk and his teacher Yul-ju set in a high school in Chuncheon.
Before meeting Kang-uk, Yul-ju has been dating Tae-hyeon, a public prosecutor. But over time Yul-ju and Kang-uk fall deeply in love with each other despite social prejudices, the age gap and the teacher-student relation. One day, Yul-ju accidentally kills Kang-uk' s classmate who intentionally harasses Kang-uk. But due to narcolepsy, Yul-ju doesn't remember what has happened, as she falls asleep during the incident. To protect her, Kang-uk goes to jail in place of Yul-ju.
Five years later, when Kang-uk is released from prison, he meets with Yul-ju again, but Yul-ju is engaged to Tae-hyeon. Learning what sacrifice he has made for her, Yul-ju wants to return to Kang-uk, but this time Kang-uk is not alone - Ja-kyung, his former classmate and currently a radio program host, is beside him. The circumstances hamper Yul-ju from loving Kang-uk, but she is desperate to help him recover the lost five years and become a top-notch cook.
http://idols-unlimited.com/loveholic#more-814
MY LOVE PATZZI
This drama is loosely based on a Korean folk tale which is sort of like a Korean parody of Cinderella. Patji is supposedly the evil, mean, and ugly sister that everyone hates and Kongji is the soft-spoken super-nice girl who ends up with the prince. In reality, Kongji is actually a scheming girl whose smile conceals daggers, a girl who acts nice to get men while Patji, although sometimes mischievious, tomboyish, rude and hell-bent on revenge, is actually a good-hearted girl.
http://idols-unlimited.com/my-love-patzzi#more-797
DEVIL BESIDE YOU
The story begins with Qi Yue planning to confess her liking to the basketball team captain, Yuan Yi. She wrote a love letter and plans to pass it to him. Being as careless as only she can be, she has made her confession to the wrong person, who happened to be the school’s devil, Ah Meng! (her junior, a first year student in school). She is so shocked and embarrassed to see Ah Meng’s face that she drops her love letter in front of Ah Meng and runs away. Ah Meng picks up the letter.
With Ah Meng’s continuous bullying of Qi Yue, she is driven to stop all the nonsense by confessing her liking to Yuan Yi again. In this way, she will not be afraid of Ah Meng’s disclosing the love letter anymore. To Qi Yue’s surprise, Yuan Yi has a similar liking for her.
While Qi Yue assumes that the whole ordeal with the devil is going to end, she receives another piece of bad news - her mom is going to marry the school’s chairman who is also Ah Meng’s father! That means Ah Meng is going to be her stepbrother.
Qi Yue’s love letter is being put up on the school notice board and she misunderstands that it is Ah Meng who did it. She confronts him and storms off. After realizing that she has misunderstood Ah Meng, she apologises to Ah Meng and pleads him to hit her so that she feels better. Ah Meng kisses her instead! Yuan Yi happens to see them kissing and confronts their relationship, Ah Meng yells at Yuan Yi, saying that he wants Qi Yue. After Yuan Yi runs away in anger, Qi Yue looks at Ah Meng and begins to sob. After Qi Yue walks away in tears, Ah Meng has a strong feeling of guilt.
http://idols-unlimited.com/devil-beside-you#more-751
1% OF ANYTHING
Kim Jung Hwa is a young and sincere middle school teacher, who has little interest in money. She is also extremely warm-hearted and loves to help other people. When she helps carry an elderly man’s belongings from the train to another location, the elderly man is extremely thankful. This grandfather turns out to be the extremely rich owner of a group of companies. His grandson, Kang Dong Won is a quick-tempered businessman who rivals his grandfather, but in an almost comical way. In an order to “tame” his favorite grandson, the grandfather agrees to give his entire fortune to the person who marries Kim Jung Hwa, therefore forcing Kang to meet the girl whom his grandfather chose. Although at first Kim and Kang don’t get along because of Kang’s extremely cute but bad temper, their arguments bring them closer together. Kang starts to get jealous when Kim’s fellow teacher starts liking her too. Through the clever conditions that Kang’s grandfather makes, Kang starts a relationship he does not look forward too. However, what looked like a relationship that would 99% not work out, turns out to be the “perfect” match, the 1% chance.
http://idols-unlimited.com/1-percent-of-anything#more-938
Poll Which Korean Soap Opera Should Cali Watch?
Here are the choices:
MY 19 YEAR OLD SISTER-IN-LAW
This is a story about a 19-year-old girl named Yu Min (Jung Da Bin) who falls in love with a doctor named Min Zhe (Kim Jae Won). Yu Min pretends to be his fiancée so that his mother will not force him to marry a tycoon’s daughter so her business will thrive. But Min Zhe doesn’t know that his younger brother, Sheng Zhe (Yoon Gae Sang) is also in love with Yu Min. Sheng Zhe is a young, handsome, high school playboy who loves to rebel against his mother. Sheng Zhe and Yu Min both go to the same high school. What will happen to his pretend sister-in-law? Will Sheng Zhe end up with Yu Min or will Min Zhe and Yu Min’s fake engagement become the truth?
http://idols-unlimited.com/my-19-year-old-sister-in-law#more-902
LOVEHOLIC
A love story between the disobedient student Kang-uk and his teacher Yul-ju set in a high school in Chuncheon.
Before meeting Kang-uk, Yul-ju has been dating Tae-hyeon, a public prosecutor. But over time Yul-ju and Kang-uk fall deeply in love with each other despite social prejudices, the age gap and the teacher-student relation. One day, Yul-ju accidentally kills Kang-uk' s classmate who intentionally harasses Kang-uk. But due to narcolepsy, Yul-ju doesn't remember what has happened, as she falls asleep during the incident. To protect her, Kang-uk goes to jail in place of Yul-ju.
Five years later, when Kang-uk is released from prison, he meets with Yul-ju again, but Yul-ju is engaged to Tae-hyeon. Learning what sacrifice he has made for her, Yul-ju wants to return to Kang-uk, but this time Kang-uk is not alone - Ja-kyung, his former classmate and currently a radio program host, is beside him. The circumstances hamper Yul-ju from loving Kang-uk, but she is desperate to help him recover the lost five years and become a top-notch cook.
http://idols-unlimited.com/loveholic#more-814
MY LOVE PATZZI
This drama is loosely based on a Korean folk tale which is sort of like a Korean parody of Cinderella. Patji is supposedly the evil, mean, and ugly sister that everyone hates and Kongji is the soft-spoken super-nice girl who ends up with the prince. In reality, Kongji is actually a scheming girl whose smile conceals daggers, a girl who acts nice to get men while Patji, although sometimes mischievious, tomboyish, rude and hell-bent on revenge, is actually a good-hearted girl.
http://idols-unlimited.com/my-love-patzzi#more-797
DEVIL BESIDE YOU
The story begins with Qi Yue planning to confess her liking to the basketball team captain, Yuan Yi. She wrote a love letter and plans to pass it to him. Being as careless as only she can be, she has made her confession to the wrong person, who happened to be the school’s devil, Ah Meng! (her junior, a first year student in school). She is so shocked and embarrassed to see Ah Meng’s face that she drops her love letter in front of Ah Meng and runs away. Ah Meng picks up the letter.
With Ah Meng’s continuous bullying of Qi Yue, she is driven to stop all the nonsense by confessing her liking to Yuan Yi again. In this way, she will not be afraid of Ah Meng’s disclosing the love letter anymore. To Qi Yue’s surprise, Yuan Yi has a similar liking for her.
While Qi Yue assumes that the whole ordeal with the devil is going to end, she receives another piece of bad news - her mom is going to marry the school’s chairman who is also Ah Meng’s father! That means Ah Meng is going to be her stepbrother.
Qi Yue’s love letter is being put up on the school notice board and she misunderstands that it is Ah Meng who did it. She confronts him and storms off. After realizing that she has misunderstood Ah Meng, she apologises to Ah Meng and pleads him to hit her so that she feels better. Ah Meng kisses her instead! Yuan Yi happens to see them kissing and confronts their relationship, Ah Meng yells at Yuan Yi, saying that he wants Qi Yue. After Yuan Yi runs away in anger, Qi Yue looks at Ah Meng and begins to sob. After Qi Yue walks away in tears, Ah Meng has a strong feeling of guilt.
http://idols-unlimited.com/devil-beside-you#more-751
1% OF ANYTHING
Kim Jung Hwa is a young and sincere middle school teacher, who has little interest in money. She is also extremely warm-hearted and loves to help other people. When she helps carry an elderly man’s belongings from the train to another location, the elderly man is extremely thankful. This grandfather turns out to be the extremely rich owner of a group of companies. His grandson, Kang Dong Won is a quick-tempered businessman who rivals his grandfather, but in an almost comical way. In an order to “tame” his favorite grandson, the grandfather agrees to give his entire fortune to the person who marries Kim Jung Hwa, therefore forcing Kang to meet the girl whom his grandfather chose. Although at first Kim and Kang don’t get along because of Kang’s extremely cute but bad temper, their arguments bring them closer together. Kang starts to get jealous when Kim’s fellow teacher starts liking her too. Through the clever conditions that Kang’s grandfather makes, Kang starts a relationship he does not look forward too. However, what looked like a relationship that would 99% not work out, turns out to be the “perfect” match, the 1% chance.
http://idols-unlimited.com/1-percent-of-anything#more-938
Poll Which Korean Soap Opera Should Cali Watch?