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Playful Kiss
(2010 - Viki, 16 1:05 eps)

Warning: toxic relationships everywhere (at least 3)!

The ML & FL are in a kor-ercive relationship flipped around. The stupid, powerless, clumsy, inept FL is hopelessly in love with the genius, handsome, rich ML. He humiliates & insults her ruthlessly. The FL character is annoying & stalkerish. ML's mom is manipulative & also stalkerish, but cute(?).

The story is awful & the FL's character is so far gone that you can't even be sympathetic. But the FL, Jung So Min (AoS, First Life), is amazing even in this horrible role! This is her 2nd main role & you can see her star quality. She steals the show. In the last 2 eps, we finally get some meaningful character growth. I would only recommend it if you are on a Jung So Min quest.

https://mydramalist.com/20-playful-kiss

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Boys Over Flowers
(2009 Viki, 25 1:05 eps)

The popularity of "Boys Over Flowers" helped ignite the K-Wave & it became a cultural phenomenon. Looking back at it, even with all the tropes, the terrible portrayal of women, lack of character development, plot holes, & noble idiots, I *loved* it. I binged the last part of the series.

A spunky, poor girl ends up involved with 4 rich & handsome guys. Due to this, her life becomes awful. It has some great characters to hate & love. The biggest problem with the story is that you don't find out the reasons the boys act the way they do until well into the series.

In the end, some side characters just disappear & there was too much forgiveness for the villainous characters. Yet, I will most likely rewatch this at some point because it was so fun!

https://mydramalist.com/2987-boys-over-flowers

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