Now, i was looking forward to this show so much, you have no idea. I've seen both Japanese versions and the Taiwanese version. I don't like to compare because each drama is going to be its own unique self, but in this case, I have to. If you make a drama based on a manga, you CANNOT take out everything that makes the manga what it is. I won't go into the specifics because other reviewers already have, but I was disappointed that they cut so much out. And not necessarily because i enjoy those things in the manga/previous versions, but the series actually needed them. TTBY had virtually no story...
The acting: Minho and Sulli were... satisfactory, in as much as they weren't as bad as they could have been. Sulli was great in the scenes where she was supposed to be having fun. But if she needed to have some kind of emotion show on her face, that was where she faltered a bit. Sometimes i'd look at her and think "what exactly are you supposed to be emoting right now?" It was the same with Minho. He wasn't bad, but he has this smile that just looks fake. His face kind of looks like a statue, and he's being forced to move his lips. Lee Hyun Woo was definitely the best actor, but then again, he did have the best character (EunGyeol).
Overall, I gave this a 5 rating, because I did watch it until the end, and there were some very cute scenes. Plus, the dorms were amazing, and aesthetically, the drama was beautiful. But i'm fairly sure nothing at all happened in the last half of the series. They just went around in circles. JaeHee just never had a good enough reason for being there, and quite frankly, if any guy is attracted to her crazy stalkerish ways, i'd be a bit concerned for them.
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