Playful Kiss: Episode 6

309 September 18, 2010January 24, 2016

by girlfriday

We don’t exactly pick up the same momentum started in the last episode, despite my fervent cheers of, “Come on, Show! You can do iiiiiiiiit!” I just adore Ha-ni’s embarrassingly realistic girl-with-a-bleeding-heart-crush so much that I want more for her. More story, more conflict, more…everything.

In this episode Seung-jo ups his game and starts to show some interesting colors, and everyone goes to the hair salon in preparation for college. Some come out better, while others…do not.

EPISODE 6 RECAP

Ha-ni wakes up in the hospital, with a cast on her leg and a shadow over her mood. Her overwhelming guilt makes her keep everyone at bay, most of all Seung-jo, who doesn’t know why she’s so upset. Duckie and Min-ah come to visit, but she kicks them out, wanting to be alone. Seung-jo stands by her bedside as she cries.

After leaving the hospital, Ha-ni continues to feel so guilty that she can’t face anyone in Seung-jo’s family. She asks Dad if maybe they should move, and he says that they’re more worried about her. She keeps skipping dinner and never coming out of her room, and Mom worries that she isn’t eating.

Seung-jo says he talked to her, making Mom perk up. He says that he thanked her for making it so he couldn’t go to his interview. Mom frowns and takes away his dinner, saying that he can’t eat either. Ha.

Ha-ni decides in a fit of angst to run away from home (where’s she planning to go, the restaurant?) and packs a suitcase with a heavy heart. She sneaks out past the front door, only to find Seung-jo lurking in the yard.

He asks nonchalantly if she’s running away, and when she insists he not stop her, he doesn’t even pretend to try. He offers to carry her bag, in fact, since it looks heavy. He then hands her an envelope from her university, and it’s a full-ride scholarship letter. She reads it, realizing that it’s not for her, but for him.

They’re basically offering him the moon to go to school there, and Ha-ni notes that while it’s such vastly different treatment than what they gave her, he must be getting such offers from every university ever.

He muses that this past year was the most disruptive, crazy year he’s ever experienced, never knowing what to expect and always encountering something new. She starts to say that she’s sorry, but he adds, “…it was fun.” Ha-ni: “So…you’re going because of me?” Seung-jo: “Not because of you. Because of me.” He borrows her own words, saying that until he finds what he wants to do with his life, he plans on having some fun. Aw.

She asks to come back inside, and he carries her bag back upstairs. She asks if he’s known all this time while she was feeling guilty that he was going to the same school as her, and he nods like it’s no big deal. Ha-ni: “Why?” Seung-jo: “Because it’s fun. Why? You don’t like it?” Ha-ni: “No! I do!” Seung-jo: “I know.” Gah. Cheeky!

She does a silent dance of joy by herself to celebrate. How cute are you? She conveys her youthful crush with such embarrassingly true girlish antics—I love her.

Duckie begs for Ha-ni’s dad to teach him his noodle ways, and ends up helping out at the restaurant. Ha-ni picks up a part-time job at a convenience store because she lacks the money to buy Seung-jo a proper present. Shouldn’t you be working at your dad’s?

She tires herself out working late every night, until one day Seung-jo walks into the store. She gasps and hides, not knowing what to do, and by the time he comes up to the register, she greets him looking like this:

Hahaha. He’s startled, especially when she asks him to take his own change, since she can’t see anything with her hood zipped all the way up. Her boss happens to walk in right at that time, so she gets fired immediately.

Luckily, she comes upon a chicken shop with a Help Wanted sign. She starts going on deliveries right away, earning more money than she was before. She heads on one last delivery for the night, and ends up at her own house, delivering chicken to Seung-jo. She doesn’t know what to do, so she greets him one more time, hood zipped up, scaring the beejezus out of him. Hahaha. This gag is hilarious because it’s all visual.

On her way home that night, Ha-ni gets a call from Min-ah, saying that she hasn’t been able to get a hold of their friend Ju-ri for days now. She hasn’t been around much, ever since they both got into the same university, and now she’s MIA. Ha-ni runs all over town searching for her.

She and Min-ah finally find her at school, angsting over what to do with her life. They encourage her to do what she’s really good at and loves, so she decides joyfully to ditch her books and go to beauty school.

Ha-ni finally gives Seung-jo the gift she worked so hard for: a head massager? He rebuffs her as usual, but overhears her telling Mom that she worked part-time jobs to earn the money. He cracks a smile at that, putting the pieces together from that weird night.

It’s graduation day. Already? We sure are moving quickly, Show. The principal announces that both Ha-ni and Seung-jo will be going to Parang University, and Seung-jo takes the stage for his valedictorian address. He gives a nice little speech, ending with Ha-ni’s grandmother’s words, to live a life that’s fun and makes others happy.

Ha-ni then gets called up to join him, to receive their diplomas as representatives for their classes. What kind of a graduation is this? Well, it’s an excuse for them to stand on stage together, and of course Ha-ni fantasizes about it being their wedding ceremony instead. She shouts out, “I swear!” (The Korean version of “I do.”) Duckie objects, Mom objects to Duckie’s objection, and everyone has a good laugh.

To top it off, Seung-jo wants to get off the stage as fast as possible, but on her way down, Ha-ni slips and lands on his back. You should’ve just piggybacked her the first time. Now you owe her double from dodging the first. The universe will always collect on piggybacks owed.

Everyone wants to take pictures with Seung-jo post-graduation, but he pretty much ignores all of them, even leaving Mean Girl’s side mid-shot. Mom wants Ha-ni to go ask him, so she stands near him and looks up expectantly. Aw, I so distinctly remember being nervous to take a picture with a boy I liked. Such a huge deal, for such a little thing.

He scoffs that she has the gall to ask him for a picture after today, so she slumps down and starts to walk away. But he pulls her back and puts his arm around her for a picture. Everyone around them gasps, and while Mom takes the picture, Seung-jo repeats Ha-ni’s words in the convenience store, to take his own change. She looks up at him, horrified, as he smiles devilishly like the bastard that he is. Haha.

The first class and seventh class end up partying at the same restaurant, where Duckie is about to start a serenade for Ha-ni. She stays slumped down in embarrassment, Duckie sings and dances his heart out, and Seung-jo looks on. He laughs at first, looking down on Duckie the way he does, but then when he gets close to Ha-ni during the song, Seung-jo starts to get jealous. Love it.

Ha-ni’s dad gets swamped at the restaurant, so he calls Duckie to come and help. He’s torn because he wants to stay with Ha-ni, but he decides to make the classic second-lead mistake: he decides to help her silently, in the shadows. He goes to the restaurant to play the dutiful son-in-law. Tsk, tsk. You’ll never get the girl that way!

Seung-jo starts to publicly humiliate Ha-ni for disrupting his life and having a crush on him. Okay, that’s just mean. Knowing she likes you is one thing, even if it’s public knowledge, but teasing her for it publicly is awful. He relentlessly points out that she’s written his name all over her books and everyone laughs, at which Ha-ni finally has enough and takes out her secret weapon:

She passes the picture around and Seung-jo freaks out. He snatches it and grabs Ha-ni by the wrist (gah) and drags her outside.

He leans in close, and Ha-ni starts to get scared, so she announces that all she did was get revenge because he took the fact that she likes him and used it to make fun of her in front of everyone. I approve. That deserves bigger retribution than an embarrassing photograph, I say.

She tells him that she’s done harboring her crush, and that with the end of high school comes the end of her feelings for him. She vows to forget him.

Seung-jo: “Forget? You’re going to forget me?”

And with that, he leans in for a kiss. Ha-ni’s eyes widen in surprise, and Seung-jo leaves, turning back to challenge her, “Try to forget me now.” Ack! He adds the equivalent of “neener” at the end, just to make it extra adorable. Gah, how can you be such an ass and so cute at the same time? It hurts my brain.

Ha-ni slides down the wall in utter shock. In disbelief, she thinks to herself, “I. Kissed. Baek Seung-jo.” Her reaction is so great because it’s such a shock wave to her. He may have just kissed her to pull her strings, but it shakes her to her core.

The next morning, she wakes up with a girlish squeal. God, I love that feeling of waking up the morning after something amazing happens. It’s the best feeling in the world.

She wonders what to say, and how to act, thinking about how awkward it’s going to be to see him. He comes out of the bathroom so she’s forced to confront it head-on, but he’s as mean to her as before, like nothing happened. She frowns, confused and hurt that she’s the only one who’s turned upside-down and he’s the same as before.

He dashes off to school without her, and she meets up with Min-ah and Ju-ri on campus for lunch. Everyone’s sporting a new look for college, and they aw at each other’s grown-up changes. Ha-ni blushes at the sight of another couple kissing, and her friends get it out of her that she kissed Seung-jo.

On their way out, Ha-ni almost gets hit by a car. The driver gets out, and it’s our introduction to Yoon He-ra (Lee Shi-young). So far all we know is that she’s an upperclassman, and she’s lookin’ good.

Ha-ni goes to find Seung-jo in his lecture hall, and is forced to do the awkward, “I was just dropping by…” when He-ra appears in the doorway. She asks if Ha-ni is his girlfriend, to which he replies the equivalent of: “As if.”

Ha-ni can’t believe his answer. But…what about…the kiss?

He-ra invites him out for tea, but he declines and leaves. Ha-ni can’t help but smile, and when He-ra sees her reaction, the claws come out. Ruh-roh. It’s the birth of Mean Girl 2.0.

COMMENTS

My hopes were raised by the cohesive story of Episode 5, but they dipped again when we started to race through choosing college, graduation, and the start of university. I feel like the college-application episode was such a welcome neat little narrative box. Now we’re back to the loose vignettes. Sigh.

It looks like Meaner Girl is going to be an interesting character, not least because she’s played by Lee Shi-young, so I’m looking forward to some meaty conflicts there.

We finally got our first kiss, and it was delightfully playful, as promised. Kudos, Seung-jo. You have successfully made our heroine’s heart flutter and die a thousand deaths in one fell swoop. You walk a dangerously fine line between rat bastard and swoon-worthy dreamboat, but I suppose we wouldn’t have it any other way.

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51 bjharm

September 18, 2010 at 11:24 PM

well I am glad would be girlfriend mark 2 has turned up, the first version was more of a joke than a danger, this one is very much a woman not a girl and thus much more dangerous.
In the TW version the two high school girls teamed up when the third girl appeared. One of the funniest things I have ever seen was the pair of them coming up with a way to breakup the new girl and their crush..by using a ekky bug to scare her..and it falls down and guess who swallows it..I almost died laughing, I do hope they keep that scene in some manner in the Korean version.:-)

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CHshe

September 19, 2010 at 2:29 AM

Yeah I hope they keep that storyline too.. It will be EPIC if so ^^

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52

September 18, 2010 at 11:29 PM

Seung-jo perm: still undecided...

Seung-jo's mom: best mother-in-law in kdrama land

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facetious

September 18, 2010 at 11:33 PM

Seung-jo perm: laughably ridiculous.

Seung-jo's mom: Absitively posolutely.

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Jenny

September 19, 2010 at 1:40 AM

"Absitively posolutely"

Lol love it!

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facetious

September 19, 2010 at 7:03 PM

:D Yeah, pretty fantabuously splenderifous term. ^_^

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Hannah

September 19, 2010 at 5:26 AM

I know right, it's like the greatest love story ever between a mother-in-law and daughter ♥~~

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reverie

September 19, 2010 at 10:56 PM

ha..ha.ha.. first time ever, love your comment

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53 Ashley

September 18, 2010 at 11:37 PM

That was possibly the most enjoyable hour of television I had spent in a LONG time, and reading this recap has helped me live the experience again. I'm so sad that online viewers don't count for anything in terms of ratings, because this show would be doing MUCH better if they did.

By the way, the mother is the BEST character, hands down. Ha Ni cannot move out of that house because I would CRY if we saw less of the mother.

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anicasreign

September 19, 2010 at 1:12 PM

Ditto! I want more angst from SJ when she leaves. The mom should really lay it on him thick. Let's see KHJ's suffer in silence face. =P

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54 Flower Pot

September 18, 2010 at 11:38 PM

Thanks so much girlfriday and javabeans for your recaps... You truly make my PK viewing experience more enjoyable and i'm glad you are enjoying the series as much as we do despite its shortcomings...

Personally, i think that PK is not bereft of conflicts altogether... It might be small conflicts but it is present in the story... After all, what can be more pressing in the reality based life of Seung Jo and Ha Ni during their transition from teenager to adults than than that of how ones future can be like or where life is heading after high school or how one will go through parent angst and when one's teenage crush will blossom into full on true love?

Watching PK and more specifically Hani and Seung Jo sometimes reminds me of my own struggles as a high school kid going into adulthood... of a time when my future seems murky and unsure and of how when i get to college that is the only time that slowly i felt the rest of my life taking shape right before my very eyes just like what's happening to them right now...

The only difference is i don't have a champion like Mama Baek by my side... She is truly a winner in every sense of the word as Ha Ni's guardian angel come to life and man DO I LOVE HER!

Seriously Junpyo's omma from BOF should learn a thing or two from her!

Ha Ni's determination really knows no bounds and i guess it is that sunny attitude that is rubbing off on Seung Jo in every way possible... I guess the greatest praise that he had ever given her ever since he first knew of his existence was
Spoiler
that speech he gave out during the graduation wherein he indirectly admitted that her words influenced him...

I found myself laughing out loud not one too many times over in this episode...

That jacket of Ha Ni's and the story sorrounding it was hilarious!

As for her imagination? I so feel ya girl! Because if my crush was as Hot as Seung Jo? I will be dozing off to dreamland with him in it too for most of my waking days...

The storytelling for PK is laidback and languid at most but i don't find myself getting bored... Far from it...

Instead, i look forward to every change in Seung Jo's facial expression that gives me a hint about his warming feelings towards Ha Ni and i also anticipate Ha Ni's look of surprise whenever Seung Jo does something totally unexpected...

One thing is for sure though... Seung Jo might be all cold but man... HE DOES COLD SO HOTLY!

That pama and crazy hairstyle change can not do anything to ruin his good looks and if curly hair does not make anyone less hotter? Then it's a testament that he is HOT in every sense of the word... (Again, hate to compare but does the name Goo Junpyo ring a bell?)

(Someone on viikii said HJ looks like an Asian Peter Pan with that hair and i am so loving that description!)

As Yoon Hae Ra comes into the picture, i can totally feel for Ha Ni... Her rival is not out of the ordinary and even if a girl is not insecure but if competition is like that? Man, it would really make you feel inferior at one point or the other...

I literally went dun dun dun dun when her demeanor changed towards Ha Ni from their first meeting when she was so pleasant and when she suddenly became beeyatchy when she knew that Ha Ni was competition for Seung Jo... If that look that she threw Ha Ni at the end is not a declaration of war i don't know what is...)

Oh, Ha Ni believe me... Your hell has just started because Hae Ra will make your heart ache like it had never ached before in the past... But don't despair... In the end, as the beatitudes say... blessed are those who are patient for they will inherit the earth...

Well... I'm just saying...

I have saved the best part for last but OMONAAAAAAAAA... that kiss was merely a lip press but why did it feel so HOT to me?

i guess it's the circumstance sorrounding it... the build up of the tension plus Ha Ni's mouth saying something else when her heart feels other wise and Seung Jo's angry reaction towards it... (hehehe! You just can't let her forget you, right, Baek Seung Jo?)

I literally jumped up and down with giddiness from my seat during that part and i literally felt my world stop turning...

Perhaps it is because i imagine how it would feel like to be in Ha Ni's shoes that's why my reactions are a tad too over the top...hahaha!

(I swear my heart raced so much i felt as if it was me that he was leaning over on!)

And that last part when he said Merong instead of sticking his tongue out?

OH SOOOOOOOOOO MANLY! I love that twist... it made him look mature and sooooooo much more crush-able right at that very moment...

(One more thing... i never thought i'd find more reasons to love Hyun Joong but can i just get this out in the open? His speaking voice is soooooo darned sexy it makes me want to jump him!)

As the story of PK progress, HaNi and Seung Jo's problems slowly grow along with them... Ratings be damned but honestly, i am loving this show too much to even give a frickin A!

Let the next episode begin MBC! Thursdays can't come soon enough and though i hate you for just giving us 16 episodes from 20, i still love you for giving me this drama that now feeds my addiction like its crack!

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hahaha

September 19, 2010 at 2:53 AM

love reading your comments!
into details and... just love it! :)

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CHshe

September 19, 2010 at 2:59 AM

I'm sooo agree with you... we're on the same page on every level...

I would say that I grew up enjoying INK (the J-dorama, manga n anime), ISWAK and now I get to watch again with PK... I dont know why, I still anticipate into watching this show, knowing what's going to happen next...

It has that fulfillment feeling in your stomach and I keep getting hungry for more... Especially when the 2 leads are extremely adorable.

PK Fighting!

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anicasreign

September 19, 2010 at 1:21 PM

Probably one of the best reviews I've read to date. I agree with everything you said. I feel the exact same way. SJ's already so in love, but because of his high IQ his emotions are pretty much null and void. HaNi is truly a savior to him and I'm starting to see that he's slowly grasping that fact. He's just so darn cold it burns me from the inside out. WOO!
PK fighting!

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Ladymoonstone143

September 20, 2010 at 6:32 AM

Enjoyed reading your comments...can't express my feelings more than what you wrote. today is Monday...2 more days and PK time again..:)

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55 sansukini

September 18, 2010 at 11:59 PM

thanx for the recap. I'm not watching PK right now but i'm so enjoying your recaps. Sadly, i think this is as far as I go with PK. I really can't find the will to watch this after I've seen the first episode.

I loove ISWAK and yah the story seemed slow sometimes but I found a lot of enjoyable moments there. One of which is my favorite scene in ISWAK, when they kissed. I must have rewatched that scene over and over because I love how they both reacted over the kiss. i still find a lot of similarities between this and ISWAK so I'm not really tempted yet to watch this, and i'm really enjoying MGIAG and SKKS right now so maybe later when i don't have anything to watch, I might see PK> But for now, I'm satisfied with just reading the recaps.

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Jenny

September 19, 2010 at 1:52 AM

Honestly? I went over to youtube right after watching this episode to see what the big deal was with the TW kiss and I was really disappointed. The TW kiss was so awkward. The PK kiss was actually quite sweet in comparison.

Plus, how am I supposed to like the TW lead male? His hair looks like an ahjumma's. Sooo NOT sexy!

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hahaha

September 19, 2010 at 3:03 AM

me too! I got to youtube it out and was really disappointed. Especially when the boy sticked out his tougue!!??!!

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justkat

September 19, 2010 at 5:30 AM

Hehe...me too. I was expecting alot of er..movement..but it was really just lips touching too.

Maybe because it was out of context...but I didn't see why that kiss was so memorable.

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56 Dara

September 19, 2010 at 12:00 AM

While listening to the Air Supply, "... I know I'll be the one to lose if I 'm so wrong...don't be afraid to put your heart on the line..."

OK, PK, I did put out my left and almost my right foot to jump off you ship, I came back in because of ep5 and now ep6 totally sealed the deal, I'll be with you all the way!

I loved both 5-6 eps, entertaining and lots of laugh too. Ha-ni's chicken gag had me cracked so hard. But what I loved most was SJ, I found KHJ's SJ very interesting and want to see how he will develop his character to the end.

Ha-ni was good and cute but then I became bored, no significant change whereas SJ just kept changing and getting better. I like KHJ's SJ more now and I think he's starting to hold his own, good diversions from the original too. I hope he will not give up and try harder (my permed Peter Pan).

Little things I didn't like was the editings, some scenes should stay longer, some should cut it shorter and the lighting too, is it only me? I found some scene a bit too dark and hard to see. I feel the director is trying to do too many things at once, beauty as 'Goong', cool as 'BOF', crazy comic feels as J-manga. Well, gotta trust the man and hope at the end it will work and hold its own. (Request again, Mr. director cut short those dreaming scenes, make it precise!)

Thanks you quys, GF and JB.

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57 mellowyel

September 19, 2010 at 12:00 AM

okay, so this show may win me over with cuteness. i may start watching it only to get warm fuzzy feelings inside. is this shallow of me?

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58 princess sarah

September 19, 2010 at 12:01 AM

the kiss... was... argghh.. so lovely!! :)) i love it when guys get jealous especially seung jo. hahahah!! XD made my day soo much. :)

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59 Jenny

September 19, 2010 at 12:02 AM

For me that kiss was a huge let down, I kind of expected to be as passionate as in the tw version where they are fighting(that was really intense acting from Joe and Ariel). Now it was cute kiss though but it didn't make mo squeel.

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bjharm

September 19, 2010 at 4:40 AM

I have a felling you not going to get much in the way of heavy drama [acting] in this version. The lead guy could not deliver it for a start, so they being smart keeping it very light.

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60 princess sarah

September 19, 2010 at 12:06 AM

oh by the way, seung jo's permed hair made say "what the?".. somehow he looks good with it. XD

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61 luraaa

September 19, 2010 at 12:10 AM

Wow. One look at Seung Jo aka KHJ and this is the first thought that came to my mind: MOTOHARU YANO?! What on earth are you doing here in Itazura na Kiss?

Okay, that didn't make sense. Yano's a Bokura Ga Ita character, a manga that never seems to run out of conflicts that it's turning out to be a classic Kdrama.

I'm still not sold on this show and I prefer just reading the awesome recaps which is more enjoyable for me.

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CHshe

September 19, 2010 at 2:24 AM

U should watch this episode ^^
Especially the chicken jacket gag part, LMAO
It wont be a waste of your time

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62 angskeet

September 19, 2010 at 12:14 AM

WTF!!! Why did they give him a effin perm! it looks like my dog Chu Chu's hair..Come on! leave the man alone and let his hair be. Am I the only one who thinks his perm sucks?

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63 dennreed22

September 19, 2010 at 12:15 AM

Thanks for the recap. I watched the old Japanese live action and the anime. I love the anime better.

It is a good thing that they stay faithful to the storyline and I like both lead characters; the mom, oh how I love the mom and Ha-ni's dad.

Could someone please tell the production team that whoever advised them to give Seung jo a perm like that, really made a BIG MISTAKE. It absolutely made him look like a handsome dork. It didn't give him a mature look that they hope to give him. The girls' gradual transformation is all right.

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64 angskeet

September 19, 2010 at 12:16 AM

I AM DEFINITELY RANTING ON KIM HYUN JOONG'S PERM!!! cause it sucks. we love asian's straight hair not some ugly ass perm

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Jenny

September 19, 2010 at 2:14 AM

What's with the nasty haircut?

THIS is how Kim Hyun Joong does the sexy perm>>>>>>

http://fuckyeahkimhyunjoong.tumblr.com/post/812963413

http://fuckyeahkimhyunjoong.tumblr.com/post/812559076

I would jump sexy perm any day!

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Annony

September 21, 2010 at 11:53 AM

Those are actually my fave pics of him.
Love him with toussled hair, probably wht I loved him in WGM so much, with long(ish) hair. Fodder for you to just reach out and move it away from his face.
>_<

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Annony

September 21, 2010 at 11:55 AM

Btw, I'm an asian with curly hair! I did the straightening but found after a while I loved my textures better than the sleek. XD It gives me more character, spunk.

LIFE

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65 Q

September 19, 2010 at 12:23 AM

Good looking people get away with so much; seriously, if BSJ wasn't hot, I would just hate him for being a meanie :<. It's like he has the EQ of a four year old and the only way for him to express his feelings is to pull her hair and call her names. And his hair is ... Yea ... Better than the first BOF haircut anyway. Thanks for the caps!

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Alyssa

September 19, 2010 at 12:46 AM

hehe yup hyun joong can get away with it but i love it! i don't think he's as mean as joe from the taiwanese version though! not trying to compare cause i love both guys! <3

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Ashley

September 19, 2010 at 9:20 AM

I agree. If he wasn't so darn pretty we'd all be screaming at him to get over himself, and at least he didn't grow his hair out to be frighteningly feminine again.

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Q

September 19, 2010 at 3:56 PM

We're just shallow like that ~_~ sigh.

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Annony

September 21, 2010 at 11:57 AM

I happen to like his long hair! Color and length at the end of WGM (or I like it long but tied up) but not the color and style of the beginning of BoF. That was cringe worthy.

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66 Faith

September 19, 2010 at 12:36 AM

I just hope that it will remain a 20 epsiode serial and not reduced to 16 episodes due to low ratings.

Love it so, darn cute and adorable to the core.

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67 okitokki

September 19, 2010 at 12:40 AM

i kind of expected the quick time leaps cos the taiwan version did it too. within episodes even. one minute they were in school and suddenly! hey look, its summer vacation. and just as quickly, school's back in session. but yeah, i figured theyd either be cutting a lot of things out or just moving more quickly, especially since this is 16 episodes (itd be like this even when it was thought to be 20) episodes...

heheh.. i know we're not doing the comparison thing anymore, lol. sorry:)

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68 Athene121

September 19, 2010 at 12:43 AM

Don't forget -- Seung Jo still needs to figure out what he's going to do with his life and career, so there is still that arch. And he needs to grow up and accept his feelings for Hani! Those two major arc storylines can be just one intertwined thread pushing the plot towards the future destination. C'mon Seung Jo -- you can do it! Poor robot. He's just an extraordinary person wishing to be ordinary. That's got to be as hard to accomplish as for someone ordinary to become extraordinary. Or maybe not so hard. :)

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69 sarangf

September 19, 2010 at 12:48 AM

PK is very real.i feel like i meet again with my high school self.everything happened so far in the show i experience it at least once, dont you?. that why i love this show.

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70 Lala

September 19, 2010 at 12:53 AM

And again another reason why I love this version. The kiss was perfect for the scene..I hated that one in taiwan version because it was too forceful..

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CHshe

September 19, 2010 at 2:19 AM

100% Agree!!

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Mia

September 19, 2010 at 10:51 AM

Yeap! 100% agree!
It's just right for the first, young kiss.

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71 Athene121

September 19, 2010 at 12:56 AM

Also, I was trying to figure out why the kiss set up was bothering me (and, no, t's not because the TW version was better or anything).

I think it's because of poor editing. I wasn't sure *why* Seung Jo even grabbed her outside and then kissed her. But now I think it's becauiytse he was jealous of Duckie and Hani. So since he was in troubled mood after Duckie's song, he decides to pick on Hani. And then even takes it further and kisses her to make sure she'll *never* think of anyone else other than him. So it was all about Duckie and jealousy! :)
Ok, I think I'm ok with the kiss now.
Btw... Duckie? Yeah, I'll just go with that.

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CHshe

September 19, 2010 at 2:06 AM

IMO its not about jealousy at all...

The Duckie play part in helping to initiate the insulting scene by BSJ which then lead to photo revelation by OHN...

At this point BSJ seemed to have lost his battle against OHN, so he leans in, testing, further intrigue by OHN declaration to forget him, he goes further for the ultimate move which would shut OHN down... the teasing kiss...

In his logic senses perhaps, the kiss wont matter to him, but from his reaction, little does he know, he felt something but being a jerk as he always been, he kept his posture and continue being mean to OHN

But that's me ^^

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anicasreign

September 19, 2010 at 1:29 PM

Agreed!

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linkyo

September 20, 2010 at 12:47 AM

for me, and this is a very assuming thinking (and a quite angsty and a lil bit darkening Seung Joo's character), that actually, Seung Joo didn't intend to kiss Ha-Ni at the first time. But because Ha Ni vowed to forget him, that's why he's kinda "insulted" as in.... He is the ever perfect guy in school, where he get everybody's attention without doing anything. So here, there's this girl who he knows to be head-over-heal toward him (and that's normally what every girls at the school did) but she VOWED TO FORGET HIM? Heh, I think his pride was kinda insulted. Hence, he kissed her to prove himself that "I will get her reaction as what it should be--Nobody can every forget me".

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72 Purpleclouds

September 19, 2010 at 1:05 AM

The show is cooking pretty good. I wished it was 25 eps. Isn't he so bad/good! She's so cute! Again, I really like this show.

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73 roxyelias

September 19, 2010 at 1:08 AM

the story is really going strong !!!!!!!!!!!! i can´t wait to see the jelous :)

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74 Faith

September 19, 2010 at 1:13 AM

It was announced to be a 20 episode serial isn't it? I hope it will still be 20 episodes.

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75 sorcente

September 19, 2010 at 1:45 AM

i like the perm hair.. because from the beginning i didnt like the straight girlish hair.. so it's a good change.

also i was actually scared by the new female rival! i mean she looks so confident :O

by the way i just dont have any interest in hani's friends' stories.. i push myself not to have any prejudice and keep on watching but no :D i barely watch it for Hani.

and whats making me reallllly angry that whenever the friend of hani begins to shout " HANIIII, OH HA NIIII" to take the attention of BSJ! what the???? i mean are you a 4 year old kid???? wwe dont even do that in middle school! arrrghhhh i hope she stops doing that because she ruins and breaks into small pieces the reputation of Hani i think....

anyways good episode :)

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76 DiOnIsSa

September 19, 2010 at 2:51 AM

Hi :)

Thank you, girlfriday for wonderful recap! Always like reading them! And, Dramabeans, I totally in love with you! LOL)))))

Bloop and Athene 121, guys, I'm completely with you. I really enjoyed ep. 6 cuz namely here the story itself has fully begun!
The name of the manga/anime/TW/JP and Korean version is "Playful kiss", that means that the story of main characters relationship began namely after the kiss shown us in the last episode! What I want to say was almost clearly expressed by Bloop! This kiss is extremely important cuz it was the 1st time when BS's actions were not entirely dictated by the "pampering" if we can say so... That was the 1st time when he almost completely acted under the influence of his emotions and feelings rather than mind! He was really hooked by her words about forgetting him forever and get angry cux deep inside his soul he doesn't want her to forget him! It means that there are alreade feelings to her inside of him! SO, GAME ON!!! The story finally recieved the plot and some sort of tension (though, tiny). The main thing now is to show it properly! Mr. Director, I'm relying on you!

As for the new girl, I just wanna tell that she's not that evil like she may seemed to you! Further, you'll see, why I was telling that (if only koreans won't change her character somehow...)

As for the directing of this episode, I can agree that there were shortcomings, especially, after the day of graduation when they went to Uni the following day! Or I didn't get something...HEY!!! But what about the holiday?! I know, it doesn't affect the plot, however, looks a bit incorrect...And I don't like BS's curl hair! I just think that it doesn't suit his character!

Duckie, oh, duckie, you really make our SG jealous))) I love you for that and, at the same time, I'm sorry for you! You try so hard but it won't work, anyways...But, don't be worry, you'll be happy then! His performance really made my day! Second Best scene after the kiss one!

Oh, just a little bit about the kiss...The scene was great and so close to anime version! It was mean but, at the same time, very tender and sweet kiss! And actors did great in performance here, so, I give them 5 stars! They could show a sense of eyes! And BSJ was so hot and tender here, oh my...)))) SORRY, SORRY AND SORRY FOR THE LAST COMPARISON EVER WITH ISWAK! but I didn't like that kiss cuz I didn't felt a lot of feelings there, it was just rude and dry...(just my opinion)

Looking forward for the next episode and for the next recap, of course :)

And, I still love the Mom, best Mom ever!!!!!

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77 Dory

September 19, 2010 at 3:08 AM

I like sj's perm, makes him look mature. As for the rival, reminds me of those girls at uni... Definitely not a good sign for hani.

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78 justine

September 19, 2010 at 3:13 AM

it's irritatingly cute how Ju-ri shouts Ha-ni's name to get Seung-jo's attention.

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79 ednacutie

September 19, 2010 at 3:30 AM

thanks for the recap JB and GF! the 'perm' debate had me cracking up! LOL! and the kiss..*SIGH* brings back the memories...one of the reasons why a lot of us are hooked on kdramas! :D

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80 cha

September 19, 2010 at 3:31 AM

will they be married in the series like the taiwan version?

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81 Dara

September 19, 2010 at 3:32 AM

I actually liked the kiss in all version I saw. All were good in their own and according to the story, it supposes to be a tease not a hot kiss. I think KHJ pulled that well.

Hope they won't cut it less than 16 eps, want to keep the Korean DVD along side with other versions.

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82 Mona

September 19, 2010 at 4:00 AM

"She looks up at him, horrified, as he smiles devilishly like the bastard that he is. Haha."

I LOVE this line! It reminds of my boyfriend, he's such a bastard but in a really good way ;)

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83 bumpkin

September 19, 2010 at 4:15 AM

Thanks for the recap GF! As for the perm, I still have to think about it if I like it or not.

I looove SJ's anger in this episode.

I find that SJ turns to anger to mask the other feelings that he doesn't like or cannot understand. It's like trying to suppress a faucet with your hand. SJ, you can only do that for some time. Eventually you will lose. (and finally realize that you actually like the girl you claim to hate!!!)

I know we are not supposed to compare the versions but I'm sorry. TW version wins the kiss scene for me.

And so the wait for the new episodes begins.... Thanks again GF for your recap!

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84 shin mi rae

September 19, 2010 at 4:33 AM

i love adorable ha-ni since episode 1. i never thought it is possible to love her more but after episode 6, i love her even more. she reminds me of how it was and how good it felt... one look, one smile, one word, one sentence... all those little things from your crush that can send you to seventh heaven or brings your world to a crushing end..

in that scene when ha-ni was so happy because baek sung jo chooses to go to Parang University - her dance of joy, her giddish giggling reaction up and down the sofa - sung jo min just scored a perfect 10 for me. her acting is so perfect that at the end of the scene i thought "that is me".. then again that is all girls who were at that age reacting to a little bit of something our crush did. why is it perfect? because i little bit more giggle or dance or jump and it would have been painfully irritating.

and jb.. you are so right about the morning after... the awkwardness, the uncertainty, the happiness....... are the writers and PD females??? how can they know all these things to a T????

how about that kiss... i love how they encapsulate the story behind the first kiss... ha-ni was angry enough to tell sung jo that she will forget him... well how was that for a reply... a kiss to forget him by....

im loving this drama. very few dramas get the emotions right..... made me miss those days when we were young and untainted.....

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justkat

September 19, 2010 at 5:19 AM

I've been agreeing w/all your comments.

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shin mi rae

September 19, 2010 at 8:12 AM

thanks.

im so loving this drama. im so loving the exchange here.

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85 ccricket

September 19, 2010 at 4:43 AM

Gah, I hoped that he was able to go to the interview and still chose to go to Parang U. Tch.

More than the kiss, I loved the parts when Hani had her hoodie zipped up. Kills me. First time that the show made me really laugh.

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86 dramas4ever

September 19, 2010 at 5:17 AM

In some ways I wish the 2nd new girl wasn't so hot, urgh... I am cringing for Oh Ha-Ni. I don't mean to compare ISWAK but Tiffany Wu seems so harmless compared to this new one, I loved all the comedy that occurred between them all. I can't imagine this new girl being a part of it. :(

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87 justkat

September 19, 2010 at 5:18 AM

Thank you.

The kiss was sweet...very kdrama kiss...but I wouldn't want it any other way.

The hair...yamapi?...though I think KHJ's looks better...Pi's hair looked so greezy.

Loved the randomness of the chicken hoodie scenes and the look on BSJ's face when confronted the second time. hehe...he's being stalked by a chicken...kinda scary really.

Best mom ever! I loved her objection at the graduation.

Noone has yet mentioned the random "glee" moment in the classroom when the girls were singing. I don't know why, but I just loved it. It just felt so fun. OHN has the best girlfriends.

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shin mi rae

September 19, 2010 at 8:14 AM

you made me LOL with the "being stalked by a chicken" comment.

all those chicken hoodies comment made me LOL. and it was midnight where i was.... i sounded like a crazy person laughing in the dead of the night.

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88 chahaya

September 19, 2010 at 5:47 AM

lol for GF and JB's comments about Seung Jo's hair. I don't realized it at first but many people said that his hair look like Yamapi's hair in Buzzer Beat. Even though I don't really like Seung Jo new hair but at least the hair style is not really worse like Goo Jun Pyo's hairstyle :)

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89 Ami

September 19, 2010 at 5:57 AM

*Gah, how can you be such an ass and so cute at the same time? It hurts my brain.*

I know I'm probably biased coz I'm a KHJ fan.. but I'd like to think I totally get what you're saying there. My worst fears about PK is that KHJ is gonna play Seung Jo so well I'm gonna be hating him by the end of the drama (like I hate his predecessors in the anime, j-version and TW-version) but so far I'm liking the k-version very much and KHJ plays Seung Jo with just the right mix to make me raise my fists several times at the monitor when he's in his meaneuvering moods while still exclaiming "OMO..why r u so cute??" LOL

I like the kiss too. I don't want it to be more intense than the one delivered (like asked for by many netizens). It's Seung Jo's first kiss, he of the Robot Boy fame from your ep 5 recap.. so it'll look weird if he's suddenly lingering and nibbling like a pro, or zooms in for the kill and kisses her forcefully.. eeep. Forceful kisses bruise virginally tender lips, ok. Which also shows that even though BSJ is verbally mean towards Hani, he's not physically abusive. I thought it's sweet how he invades her space for many minutes, looks at her lips, touches them briefly with his and then leaves with a cynical parting remark. Trademark Baek Seung Jos style.. LOL

I thought the impromptu karaoke session in the classroom was epic. Such a fun drama! Korean viewers are missing out on a tonne of saccharine when they decided to dump this show for some plot-heavy alternatives. Their loss.

What course is Seung Jo pursuing? Does it say anywhere on the college acceptance letter? That lecture room doesn't have a medical department feel to it. Is he not gonna be a doctor like his predecessors before him?

Looking at Hani's love rival.. maybe we're not gonna have the Chris character in the k-version, esp with the shortened length of this drama. I think Yoon He-ra can deliver to us all the love conflicts we need in PK.. :P

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CHshe

September 19, 2010 at 8:15 PM

Aww really I was looking forward for Chris arrival ^^
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The thought of OHN and Hae Ra spying was really intriguing... Oh about BSJ's course, based on the application form it was shown empty, but he will be joining in Medical Department soon, after Eun-jo incident...

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90 lavenderskye

September 19, 2010 at 6:06 AM

To put it simply, I love this drama! I do not care one bit about the low ratings, it won't deter me from watching it.

JSM & KHJ have such great chemistry and they're so "adorable" together! So sad that they cut it down to 16 eps, but I'm still looking forward to seeing their university lives. (Btw, I haven't read the manga (manhwa) or seen any other version, so I have nothing to compare it to...which is a good thing I think)

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91 fromdblock

September 19, 2010 at 6:41 AM

the best episode so far... (because of the "playful kiss"! HAHA XD)...

i'm just falling inlove with this drama more and more... and i commend F4 Jihoo for his acting...he's just getting better and better ;) (i always forget his real name, mianhae...)

one thing though, i don't think the ending was a good cliffhanger... just an opinion ^^

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92 mojaslatka

September 19, 2010 at 7:32 AM

Is it because I haven't seen the other versions except few epi from TW which didn't interest me, that I really really enjoy this drama? I totally loved it especially this episode. This episode maybe a bit flat when it comes to the plot but I think this is importamt as a base for the development of the story. New school, new level, new challenges. And KHJ's facial expressions here totally won over over. I really really doubted him when he was named as cast but now,I am really happy he is Seong Jo. But with the chicken-hood scenes especially the 2nd one, I loved his shocked,scared, confused expression seeing the chicken hood handing his chicken.HAHAHAHA.

And the kiss, I loved it more than the famous TW one(sorry for comparing). PK's one was genuinely playful but but it ended as a trigger for Seong Jo to give out a shocked expression(realization of reacting from emotion and not from brain) and it will also trigger for him to realize more of his feelings towards Ha ni.

I love his mom so much. I wish all mother in law to be are like her.

As always, JB and GF, thank you for giving us the joy in recapping this series. My salutes to you.

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93 anonymous

September 19, 2010 at 7:53 AM

thanks for the recap GF! i enjoy many things in this episode, when seung jo told hani about parang (aww so sweet), the random glee moment (super!), the chicken hood (lol), the second-time chicken hood (lol^2!), the random head messager gift (where did that come from??!!), the wedding imagination (comeon, we've all been there), the perm (hotness alert!)... and the kiss.... @FlowerPot: I almost did a Tom Cruise too! LOL !

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94 Khris

September 19, 2010 at 8:03 AM

i dont like seung-jo's permed hair. :(

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facetious

September 19, 2010 at 7:05 PM

HUZZAH I'M NOT ALONE IN THE WORLD!

*high five*

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95 shin mi rae

September 19, 2010 at 8:24 AM

so much talk about the permed hair....

@ jb. i remember when you wrote about Brilliant Inheritance some time ago about Lee Seung Gi's character. You wrote that you like the way the director uses his hair as a metaphor, how it went from curled messed up hair to straight and fixed, like how his life went from messed up to having directions. this time, baek seung jo's hair maybe a metaphor on his "humanization". like you said, he was a robot devoid of emotions. he himself said he does not know what fun is or how it feels to like someone or something. like his life, from being straight and limp to messed up and fun.

did i ever say i love this drama???? can't wait for wednesday.

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96 wulanastasiaz

September 19, 2010 at 9:01 AM

i don't like to seeing lee siyoung's skeleton sexy body.. she's too skinny.. and looks old too..

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97 vie

September 19, 2010 at 9:53 AM

I agree with some posters here. Because I watched the Taiwanese version I thought that kiss was much more powerful - in that SeungJo's character didn't realize what he was doing - it was something he had done impulsively...reacting to his own emotions. And on Joe Cheng's face - you could see his own confusion in kissing her and childish reaction.

In this version - he's doing on purpose...the intention of kissing her really makes it much less romantic.

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98

September 19, 2010 at 10:03 AM

the meaner girl is ridiculously pretty i might i enjoy her meaness unlike other mean characters in the past . Seungjo hasn't won me over yet , i know his supposed to be cold and mean but what about the tiny moments all mean guys have that the audience have to go .. OH ! his not THAT bad . i think this show is good in it's own way , i wish it had better ratings . i LOVED crazy hair boy in this episode , first time . he should take the satoori down a notch it makes it harder for me to like him .

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99 badmamajama

September 19, 2010 at 10:04 AM

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100 odess

September 19, 2010 at 10:08 AM

"You walk a dangerously fine line between rat bastard and swoon-worthy dreamboat, but I suppose we wouldn’t have it any other way."

Oh yes, we wouldn't have it any other way. For the exact same reason that we love our mean and brooding Byronic heroes... remember Rochester, Mr. Darcy, Heathcliff? In fact, the dynamic between Hani and Seung-jo reminds me of Jane Eyre, though Jane and Rochester were not as easy on the eyes as our SJ and HN, but the interaction is very similar - girl is forced to live in boy's house so he is already in the position of power, boy is aware of girl's feelings for him and boy uses it to his advantage all the time.

Though SJ is not quiet as devious or as manipulative as Rochester (and his antics are more like a Gilbert Blythe hair-pulling variety :P), the alley kiss reminds me of the part when Rochester told Jane that he is getting married to someone else, thus forcing Jane to admit her feelings for him only to be told later that he it was her that he wanted to marry and not the other woman. The same deliberate taunting that SJ did to HN in that kiss and the "try to forget me now" remark at the end.

And holy smokes, did I just really compare Playful Kiss to Jane Eyre?!!! I must be more addicted to this drama than I thought. Yikes.

Thanks JB and GF! I really enjoyed the discussion about Seung-jo's bedhead, by the way. *silly grin*