아름다운 그대에게
7/10 ♥
To the Beautiful You snagged my attention the first time I heard it was to be made back in summer 2012, and for good reason. It hadn’t been that long since I had finished Japan’s first Jdrama version of this apparently timeless manga story Hana Kimi. My brain exploded. Korea? Is remaking this? With an idol cast? Save me now… Which is to say, from the moment episode 1 became subbed and available, I was on board – but for all the wrong reasons.
The story should be a familiar one for most drama watchers. American born Korean girl Goo Jae Hee (Sulli from f(x)) cuts her hair, moves to Korea, and dresses up as a boy to attend an all-males sports focused high school for pretty boys, and ends up rooming with the star of her life, a former legend at the high jump Kang Tae Joon (Minho from SHINee). The reasons and explanations vary from version to version, but basically her aim is inspire the injured and lackluster former star back into jumping. And for some reason, Jae Hee thinks she’s the only person capable of doing this – also that she can pull off such an undercover feat without being caught. Why am I picking bones with the story? It’s a manga. We should just be cool with it.
More on the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly coming up! (No Spoilers)