After many complaints, the show is starting to be less predictable. 6-7 episodes of repetition of the taiwan drama was NOT good. Plus, I think the taiwan one was much better in a few of my favourite scenes, especially the kiss scene. I noticed that your commentaries for this drama is shorter. I guess there is not much to chew on. Imho, It's a fun manga story that goes back to basics. The fairy god mother, the perfect prince, the perfectly evil rival and the belief that hard work wins all. After many heart wrenching stories from the excruciatingly painful Cinderella's stepsis to revenge tactics in other shows, I think Playful kiss came at a right time. Dramas explore the depths of human emotion but also let's us dream. And childhood dreams should be simple and enjoyable and tell us things like "As long as you put your mind to it, anything is possible, so dream even if you think you don't deserve it!"

Such a sweet and simple story. And i agree with you that this show defininitely not a winning horse. But this show is the underdog that keeps on entertaing me with its struggle for finishing the race

will they do the manga all the way out, i wonder. i mean pass the part where they....(i don't know if i should say this). well let's just put it like this... how many eps is this drama and will parts of ISWAK II be in there? all of u who has seen the t ver. know what i'm talkin about and those of u who hasn't have no idea of any spoilers (or atleast not from me) *phew* dodged a bullet, didn't i

thanks gf!!!! you made my day start with a smile because of this recap!

loved the episode 8 because everybody step up its game. from he-ra's confession to duckie's transformations, hani's letting go and seung jo's actions towards hani. the dyanamics are changing and i say bring it on! the more the better!!!

poor duckie, his efforts were not appreciated by hani. but i like to see how seung jo would react if duckie would continue his serious persuit for hani's heart.

b+ for hani's effort of letting seung jo go. but we all know she's fighting a losing battle coz with just 1 smile from seung jo and she's already melted.

so happy for the changes of seung jo, his actions speak volumes of his unspoken words. or maybe because he's still dont really know what words could describe it. hopefully someone could give seung jo an EQ dictionary for him to find out what his actions towards hani means.

im excited on whats ahead, will seung jo continue to be thaw by oh hani's warm and lovable personality or he would snap back to his robotic ways?

no previews for the next episodes so its gonna be an agonazing days of waiting for wednesday and thursday.

PK AJA! FIGHTING!!!

I liked this ep a lot.. I can relate to HaNi so much when it comes to trying to forget the guy you love but he keeps doing things for you that keep you holding on.. I was like that for 2 years on my ex so I can relate so much... I just finished the 25ep anime for itazura na kiss.. I wish they include everything in this drama too considering its suffering on ratings and they might not want to do a sequel, because I love happy endings and it would suck if they won't finish it like the anime version.. But I can always just imagine it in my head.. Lol

wow GF!! thank you for the recap! i'm so glad seung-jo is being nice to hani. so sweet! *squee*
*shuts fangirlness in a drawer* i feel so bad for duckie and the actor who plays him. i'm sure it takes hard work to keep up the accent, but viewers don't even like it. and his character, duckie, is always being so nice to hani, but she never pays him any attention. i wonder if its one of those cases where someone loves the "idea" of someone, but not the actual person...
i also hope seung-jo will do something really good, or become a good person, so he can deserve hani.
go PK!! :D

Thank you so much for your recap! I can't tell you how much I waited for the recap. I kept checking this site for days.

Haha... i love how BSJ is acting in this ep. He's unconsciously drawn to Hani even though I think he would rather die rather than admit to anyone, even himself, that he misses her.
We have plenty of proof though:
1. not happy that hani decided to forget you? mere strangers now? haha, as if you're going to let it rest. so what do you do?....
2. Mr. special-treatment-so-im-never-showing-up-for-tennis suddenly decides to make an appearance. miss her much?
3. given your character, you could have refused the match and get away with it, so why didn't you... isnt it because you wanted to spend 2 days with hani?
4. why on earth would you take out the fork and look at it? we know you have it bad.
5. admit it... as much as you complain about her failures, hani is the only one you'll ever be willing to teach anything for. you might boast about being miracle worker but you'll only ever use you're teaching talents for for hani right?
6. haha. and why would you react as you did when you found hani and sunbae in a "compromising" situation between the bush. as unbelievable and unlikely the fact that they might have been having "fun", you're jealous aren't you. admit it.
7. and why take hani with you, and not haera for the run?
8. just for hani: smile, smile, smile, smile, piggyback+smile... seriously, i'm going to die if you continue. fortunately, i don't mind dying, so keep it up.

Conclusion: dude, you might not now it but you're surely falling in luuuuv.

i love you kim hyun joong!!! <3

lovelovelove. I FRIGGIN LOVE PK.

KIM HYUN JOONG IS AWESOME.

I found the fancams to the hospital scene.. guess we're back to the anime storyline now.

Fickle fan that I am, why is it that I no longer wish to see Seung Jo in a white coat? Must be all those philosophical BS in ep 7.. they've gone and made me long to see a Bohemian, rumpled-looking Dr. Baek Seung Jo (PhD) instead of the no-nonsense, hardworking Dr. Baek Seung Jo (MD) I wanted to see before.

i want more duckie!!! lol...i agree seungjo needs to earn han ni...he has it too easy....nd i want to see this prince sweat it out before he gets something

Thank you for the recap.

"Stalker" Ha Ni reminds me of my jr hi and hi school days...not that I was that obvious (maybe I was..hehe). I would take the longer way to class just to possibly run into him...oh hi, what a coinkidink. Or...me and my girlfriends just casually walking by his house...destination nowhere. Omg the prank calls just to hear his voice...lol. Or...going to the skating rink knowing he and his friends would be there. We were complete dorks!!!

I really adore PK and JSM is so so so wonderful as OHN. Her facial expressions are just a joy to watch.

^Ami....I was thinking about PhD BSJ...because of the philosophy stuff in Epi 7 and then his mom mentioning that she has depression. Could that be possible?

lol.... i would never admit to this in my personal life to anybody but i stalked too in high school.... and it was not even that bad of a crush. i wouldn't even call it a crush with introspection... it merely lasted weeks. and yet, i also tried to be at places i knew he would be even though that meant taking a totally different route, staying longer at school, finding excuses to be wherever he was, even having to wait hours in vain. i never even brought myself to talk to him.... and the whole time, in my head, i was thinking "what on earth am i doing? i'm completely insane. this is not even worth it" and yet, i couldnt prevent myself. so i totally understand why hani would do the embarrassing that she does to someone she's been loving for several years.
as for the ending... in the end, the guy actually noticed me and approached me first, with the encouragement of his friend a few meters behind. he was blushing as well. it was totally cute to see. and then, when he finally talked to me. i became scared and rejected him. -_-" i know. i'm COMPLETELY stupid. i kept kinda stalking him though... except, i think, since i rejected him, he thought i was there for other reasons. haha.

I'm really digging into this drama! Although it's not enjoying the limelight it shld be soaking in, but the productions and actors/actresses hard work is not to be belittled. They really wrk very hard during the filming...look at HJL during the filming, he's looking very tired. My heart goes out to him. So, dun criticise this drama, it deserves some praise.
Anyways, i'm so anxious as to how the Hani-Seung Jo-He-ra-Joon Gu love complex will wrk out. It's getting more exciting! Just a little infor, Hani will moved back to Seung Jo's house either in ep 9 or 10 :)
Jungnanseuran Kiss, FIGHTING!

Yay! Yay! At the ending scene (which I loved the framing, what a dynamic!), I screamed to my screen ALRIGHT! This is it! (Michael Jackson).LOL.

I love this ep more than the previous, sweet, more dynamic between the couple, and seriously hot Duckie with his new hairdo.

When SJ piggybacked HN after the accident and he smiled (Damn, so cute), this is the first time I felt something for this couple and really felt these two belong together. The background music was better too.

Phew! relieved, what a show making me staying on my toes wanted it to become better. And my permed Peter Pan really do the magic this time. I hope I can breath properly from now (I have to admit I cringed so many times of HN's behaviors i.e. stalking SJ, etc...).

The thing I couldn't swallow in this ep, eh...that stupid banner saying HN is over with SJ, c'mon in uni? If I were HN, I would have strangled Duckie to death, too childish and what a public humiliation too. All in all, love this ep, congrats PK, you are better!!!

thanks for the recap and your comment!
I 'm starting to love this drama a lot! it's fun and sweet, exactly what I need right now! ^^

Waa for the first time, Duckie looks cute!
Thanks, GF!

That Kyung-soo just look too old to be a high school~er.. O_o

i love episode 8, the best episode so far

like everyone here, i think the piggyback scene is hot

more hotter than the first kiss scene actually

What i like about his episode is that we got to see more of Seung Jo, his emotions, his care & his love, which i find awesome..Ang yeah, now more than ever i can't wait for his coffession ^^

Thanks GF for the recap!

Oh SJ’s mom, I am officially your fan. You moved me with your little speech to your son about his life. I honestly thought that you didn't know what was going on with him. It now seems like in the entire eight episodes of this drama, you were the the one who knew everything. Now I understand that your troublemaking ideas, your disguises, and your little antics were for your family (and for your own sake).

Oh BSJ, you are smitten and you don’t know it. Don’t think that we don’t know you go to tennis practice because HN is there. You agreed to the match to spend time with her. And I think you gave her a piggy back ride to sort of declare your territory to the tennis club president. Since she is not at home, you then seek her out by being where she is. As they say, if Mohammed cannot go to the mountain then the mountain will have to come to Mohammed!

I wonder if Duckie is really in lovewith Ha Ni or he is just consumed with extreme gratitute. Now don’t get me wrong here, I’m not saying he doesn’t love her because I know he does. It is just that I can’t help but compare his ‘love’ for Ha Ni to a hostage victim in debt to his/her rescuer. Like a patient, rescued by a doctor. I think he loves her in the sense that he wants to give all that he could for her, like giving back what she did for him.

What do you guys think?

I dunno why but i have a feeling that Seung Jo is actually using Ha Ni when he volunteered to piggyback her when she fell. Hae Ra was there and I sorta felt that it was only an act showing Hae Ra that he's not interested in her, just like how he avoided her question by pulling Ha Ni away for practice. But then, I don't really get why he agreed to go for movie with Hae Ra..Anyhow, the piggyback scene + Seung Jo's smile is so sweet. Love it lots!! Can't wait for Epi 9 and 10. :)

best couple...km hyun joong and sung so min
u guys are talented in playful kiss

best actor , best actress also
amazing couple in this series

thks goes to teams of Playful kiss!
aja aja fighting

best couple ...KIM HYUN KOONG AND SUNG SO MIN

WELL DONE GOES TO TEAM OF PLAYFUL KOSS

KEEP IT UP

best couple yoo…KIM HYUN JOONG AND SUNG SO MIN!!

GOOD LUCK

The one thing that ticked me off was the tennis bit. In the Taiwan version her character played with the hurt ankle while in this he just gives up before they play the game. I liked the other way better. It showed her determination better than how they tried to approach it with the training.

With how they wrote it for this version, it doesn't show her determination but plays off of Seung-Jo showing concern. It made the scenes where she trained so hard amount to squat cus he got her out of the game entirely.

That was my only beef with this episode, because I would have liked it a bit more if they showed that side of Ha-ni rather than just the weaker part of her personality.

DUCKIE! So so so manly and cute! The jacket he wears on his first ever 'makeover' is totally 'kyaaaah!" That hair? even better than Seung-jo's! I hope that 'Catherine' character will soon appears to sooth Duckie's sweet big hearts. COME ON, SHOW! Give us the lurrrveee..

Thank you Girlfriday for the recap.. have been waiting for days! :)

the show just keeps getting better and it got me hooked. though i have to lament on ep 7 that they could have showed a few more seconds of SeungJo holding on to the toy dog keychain instead of just cutting it off abruptly.

not sure if the rest of you felt that SeungJo's change in attitude towards Hani was a bit sudden and abrupt? One second he was cold then the whole of ep 8 his emotions came pouring out.. from the cafeteria where he seemed unhappy at Hani's declaration of having no relations to him to the smiles during the tennis practices. Like suddenly he knows how to smile and warm up to Hani?!

the piggy-back exit at the tennis court was really a sloooooow one.. it seemed as though he was savouring every moment of her on his back, listening to her heartbeat.. sweet! i like it now that he seems more human, more pro-active and warm towards our lovelorn Hani.

actually i am not hoping for SeungJo to "work hard" to get Hani's affection (not that he needs to work for it since she is so helplessly in love with him) despite Duckie now becoming a more obvious opponent. I just want him to feel the jealousy, to feel the threat and then react to it..

Thanks for the recap :)
LOOOVED loved loved this epi , it was BSJ smiling all the way , almost from the begining till the end .
Loved his kind of sad expressions when OHN declared she doesn't love him anymore , loved when he went to the tennis club to see her ( though he is not admitting it ) , loved when he helped her with cooking , loved when he decided to train her and when he came to help her standing up when that gang guy pushed her , loved also his jealousy when he found her with Kyung-soo and how he dragged her , but for me the best scene of epi 8 was the last tennis scene , he was smiling at her and didn't take off his eyes from her and then comes the pyggyback that was soooo cute .
I'm so waiting for the next epi , if someone have the link to epi 9 long preveiew then please post it here , really not able to wait till wednesday , that's too tough for me :P

PK=perservering snail! hopefully who wins in the end! i can dream right???

someone requesting for this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCsCK8hZznc&feature=player_embedded

episode 9 preview

this was by far my fave episode so far!!

where can i get a guy like bong joon gu..??
wish i can have one like him..

Thank you, GF. My comment is one amongst many to express how much we luved that recap. Can't wait for the next episodes, especially after seeing the Japanese and Taiwanese versions.

About the piggyback, I figured that Seung Jo also had in mind to check on Ha Ni's heart, whether it was still beating fast for him or not (like the 1st time he carried her) after she stated at the cafeteria that she was over him. That's our clever boy, huh? ^^

Does anybody know yet how did PK fare with the ratings last week? I know it sounds crazy but been praying that the ratings will go up so we can have the 20 ep and not 16...

PK addiction is just so hard to cure...been reading this recap and comments so many times...lol

I agree with gf. I want Seung-jo earn Ha-ni's love! Make him sweat a little, will ya Show? :)

thank you GF and JB for your recaps. like some who have mentioned... i find myself checking DB for recaps of PK (and MGIAG) before watching the episodes. i've also found myself being satisfied with just recaps with MGIAG, but heading over to viikii to watch PK in order to satisfy my addiction.

tried to watch the TW version, but couldn't get past the 1st few minutes O.- this version had a slow start, but its undeniable, unexplainable charm has pulled me in. the piggyback scene was too extended to be effectual IMO. but KHJ random smiles at random times (awkward as they may be) gives some life to his portrayal of SJ. agree, his acting has improved from his BOF days. he would totally pawn this with more facial expressions accompanied by snarky dialect.

Seriously, I would prefer if they held hands instead of SJ grabbing HN's wrist! (What's with the Korean guys grabbing the women's wrist again?)

anyway I wanna watch Cyrano Dating Agency too!

I hope Chris come into the Kdrama for Duckie... I really loved that couple! :)

Anyone know yet if they are going to find some random white chick to play her?? I hope they don't just end up making her Korean to make it easier!!! lol

This episode was okay.. I'm just waiting for the better moments coming up ahead!

Hi, there!

Thanks GF for recap! It's awesome as usual :)

I totally enjoyed 8 episode, especially, the ending! One thing that made me sad was Duckie's suffering...Poor guy, I was crying...It was so touching when he made dish for Ha Ni, my heart was melting! I'm really sorry for him! Nothing can conforts his heart :'( But I sincerely hope he'll be happy, this guy really deserves it!
Btw, his new hair-cut rules ;)

Finally Seung Jo began showing his actual feelings!!! We can see that he really admires Ha Ni! Jun So Min is great cuz she shows us the REAL *kotoko*! She is sweetheart girl with good and strong personality, just not too clever and troublesome! I can clearly see why Seung Jo felt for her!

I hope next episodes will be even better :)

Aww, most of the comments are about Duckie and deservedly so. Cute makeover and some real heartfelt emotions. But good grief KHJ is one beautiful boy. You don't even notice the bad perm (and any hairstyle originating in the 80's is bad!).

Thank yo so much GF and JB for the recaps! :-)

Ugh, why does every second female lead has to be either evil, bitchy, or just damn annoying??? Even some second male lead has a fighting chance with the female lead. Why do we ever not see one second female lead with the same chance and support? It sucks.

I don't get why people think Duck's so great. I find him really obnoxious and creepy.

Duckie...duckie! I trully feel bad for him! He's so cute! I liked that he walked away and accepted defeat! Good for him!

I love the MOTHER! Oh how I wish my mother would be -little-lot-like-her! She is so graceful infrom of the camera. I love watching her!

Thanks Girlfriday!

AHA! so they WERE watchng Cyrano...i wtched the epi...&i thought so! i wnt to watch it soo badli! but i personalli loved this epi..its getting soo good! :D i like how he helps her up in the end..he held onto her hand! awwhz..but poor duckie..i hope they bring some1 in for him or something..hes just so cute...my heart goes out to him<3

wow, does anyone still watch this predictable drama with lots of cliches?

the story isn't deep enough unlike Gumiho or Baker King. people don't get why Koreans don't watch this show? i mean, why would you tune in on a drama that's all about being cute and predictable outcomes, with no weight whatsoever?

Don't kill me for saying this.
But I think Duckie looks like Rain with Double eyelids...
From certain angles he really looks like Rain... :X
*Dodges bullets from all the Rain fans*