Drama Go Go Go (2012)

9/10 - Okay, I kid (lol) but the first 10 episodes of this drama really deserved this kind of rating so I rate this drama based on that perfection alone. :P Just watch the first 10 episode and the last 5 minutes of the drama and you can thank me later since this drama would be the perfect romance drama for you.

It was a really perfect rom-com -- utterly sweet, heartwarming, funny, romantic and super cute. There were many problems that the two leads have to face together but it is just them against the world and their deep understanding to each other. What made a love story great is when two persons in love fight for each other equally -- and that is exactly what the 10 episodes of the drama is.

I really like Eason confession to Ming Ming;

''Wang Ming Ming, I like you the way you are. The you that’s a little cowardly, often confuse, artistically talented and a little bit vulnerable. I like you just the way you are.''

And yes, all those seemed imperfection qualities made her really lovely as a person. Her cowardly nature made her extremely understanding, her confusion made her utterly likable while her vulnerability made him wanted to protect her even more.

But somehow after the 10 episodes, Ming Ming made a 180 degrees change that made her totally unrecognizable as her initial character supposed to be. I have no idea what the writer is thinking but it was truly a mess after that. The once lovely, likable, relatable and understanding girl become someone unreasonable, demanding, cruel and ridiculous in the face of love.

What I don’t understand is why she is so mad at him and keep rejecting him. He is just honestly helping a friend in need (he was sleeping at the cold balcony for the whole night for God's sake) and he was kissed forcefully by someone and he explained and apologized for it repeatedly for 18 DAMN EPISODES. And he keeps saying sorry for doing that and go up and beyond to win her back but she just keep rejecting him again and again and again. To be rejected multiple times with really mean words over and over again when she was so nice to everyone (even to the girl that destroy her relationship) is just weird. The irony for the whole situation really makes this drama a really frustrating one to watch. She loves him deeply and cant forget him. Yet, everytime he tries to win her back, she rejected him cruelly. She just didnt trust him, think badly of him when he only has her in his eyes from the very beginning and never waver -- not even once. That is why this love story is a very hard to watch. Since you only see his efforts and sacrifices but he didnt receive the same gesture from her. Everyone around her can see his sincerity -- everyone but her.

And I thought the tone will change in the last episode of the drama -- that it was her time to fight for him but noooo, until the end, he is the one who do all the efforts. :( So 5/10 is the real ratings I gave this drama as a whole. They should have stopped at 13 episodes like other Taiwanese dramas out there. What a missed opportunity. It could be THAT perfect rom-com that everyone going to remember for a very long time.

And great soundtrack BTW. Jiro's song 'I Should Love You' is both perfect in melody and lyrics! Its my lifetime song and it will always be perfect no matter how much I listen to it.

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