Smile, You

My second post about a Korean drama!
Actually, this drama ended a few months ago, but it's my favorite drama. There weren't many famous top stars involved in the drama, but there were many talented actors and actresses who made the drama more fun and interesting along with the well-written script. The main story line of the drama is a love story of Jung-In, a spoiled girl who got abandoned by her future husband at the wedding, and Hyun-Soo, a polite, skilled man who is timid when loving someone.
Although the two families don't like each other, the families of Jung-In and Hyun-Soo were related from a long time ago because Hyun-Soo's grandfather had worked as Jung-In's grandfather, a president of a big company's, private driver. Because Jung-In's spoiled father failed to run his father's company well, he lost all of his money, and moved into Hyun-Soo's family's house. Hyun-Soo's grandfather called him in because he wanted to turn Jung-In's father into a real person, who doesn't just go for his own interests and benefits, but knows how to take care of his family. As the story continues, Jung-In's family change from a spoiled one who only know how to spend money to a family who truly care for each other and earn money for themselves.
The love line of Jung-In and Hyun-Soo is at first distracted by Jung-In's older sister and former fianc, a spoiled successor of the company Hung-Soo works for. Jung-In's sister was Hyun-Soo's first love for eight years from the time when they were in college; Jung-In's former fianc came back to her and pleaded her to come back to him, saying that he didn't realize how much he had loved her before. Also, when Hyun-Soo and Jung-In first told their families that they love each other, there was a strong disagreement from the families.
Anyway, the story ends with a happy ending where the two families care for each other even more than what other real families do, and live happily ever after! The drama was more interesting than the others to watch because of the comical scenes and lines added on to the well-written story. Even after the drama ended, there were several commercials where the cute couple of this drama came out, and I really want them to just marry each other in real life!
I strongly recommend all of you to watch this drama!


Hyun-Soo feels sorry for Jung-In, who is sad because of Hyun-Soo's mother who doesn't want her as her daughter-in-law


Jung-In (Lee Min Jung) and her former fianc, Han-Se during their wedding


Jung-In and Hyun-Soo on a magazine!

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Animal Yokocho

Many Japanese animations that are dubbed into Korean are broadcasted in Korea. They are usually broadcasted at four o'clock, which is the time most little kids watch television at home after they return from their schools or kindergartens. Yesterday, I got to watch an animation called Animal Yokocho for the first time, and I decided to talk write a blog post about it because I thought it's really cute and fun!

Animal Yokocho is about a girl who meets three talking dolls who eventually become her friends. These are the characters:

Name: Mr. Lee

He didn't come out much until now, but I am expecting him to be a very random, funny character who introduces the Animal Land to Ama.

Name: Yi Ssa

Yi Ssa is a panda who makes other people feel comfortable when he is talking to them. Although he looks timid and weak, he is actually very strong and he knows how to do many things.

Name: Canta

Canta is a bear who is usually nice to others, but who can be offensive sometimes.Also, he feels lonely very easily, and is often teased by Yi-Yo for his mistakes.

Name: Yi-Yo

Yi-yo is a rabbit doll with a very random characteristic. She dies (or should I say her soul exits her body) when she feels lonely or feels like she is abandoned by her friends. For example, when Ama rejects Yi-Yo's help or offer, Yi-Yo faints and her soul comes out of her body.

Name: Ama

Ama is a girl whose room has the door to the Animal Land, where the talking animal dolls live. She is surprised by the dolls at first, but later takes care of them and becomes friends with them.

Unlike what you would expect from an animation made for children, there are many comical, humorous lines in this animation that I don't think children would understand; therefore, I think Animal Yokocho is a great animation for older people too!

These are some clips of the first episode.

Sources:

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=5793

http://www.crunchyroll.com/user/-SUZUNE-

http://www.animeclick.it/anime.php?titolo=Animal+Yokochoooooo

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