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It's been just over a month since I posted about a Korean drama and I though this time I would share with you the South Korean television series Hi! School: Love On.
The series is written by Lee Jae-Yeon and directed by Sung Joon-Hae and Lee Eun-Mi, it aired from the 11th of July 2014 and concluding on the 19th of December 2014, the series contains 20 episodes and aired on Fridays at 20:55 kst on KBS2.
Main Cast:
Nam Woo Hyun as Shin Woo Hyun
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Kim Sae Ron as Yi Seul Bi
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Lee Sung Yeol as Hwang Sung Yeol
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Choi Soo Rin as Ahn Ji Hye
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Jung Jae Soon as Gong Mal Sook
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Cho Yeon Woo as Hwang Woo Jin
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Supporting Cast:
Shin Hyun Tak as Kang Ki Soo
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Kim Young Jae as Choi Jae Suk
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Kim Min Young as Na Young Eun
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Na Hae Ryung as Lee Ye Na
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Kim Soo Yeon as Lee Da Yool
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Kim Min Suk as Park Byung Wook
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Baek Seung Heon as Yang Tae Ho
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Jung Yoo Min as Kim Joo Ah
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Lee Shi Hoo as Go Chun Sik
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Lee Chang Joo as Senior Angel/Chun Byung Chul
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Hi! School: Love On is a teen fantasy romance series about an angel who has no choice but to become human after unintentionally saving a male student in danger. The now-mortal angel then interacts with teenage high school students and learns about love, friendship and what it means to be human.
Sung-Yeol and Woo-Hyun are two 18-year old boys who are both tormented by the emotional scars of broken families; Woo-Hyun longs to see again his mother who left him as a child, while Sung-Yeol lives with his stepmother that he detests and whom he blames for the break up of his parents' marriage. Both are considered asocial by Korean norms, although popular, brave and public spirited Woo-Hyun drifts through school refusing to apply himself to his studies, Sung-Yeol is studious and does well academically but is dismissive and disrespectful of his parents, aloof and detached from his classmates, appearing cold and arrogant. The lives of the two crash together when an angel falls from heaven.
For the first time since watching Goblin aka Guardian: The Lonely & Great God, I've come across a drama, where I loved pretty much all the OST, and I'm took back to certain scenes from the series when I hear these songs.
The series is written by Lee Jae-Yeon and directed by Sung Joon-Hae and Lee Eun-Mi, it aired from the 11th of July 2014 and concluding on the 19th of December 2014, the series contains 20 episodes and aired on Fridays at 20:55 kst on KBS2.
Main Cast:
Nam Woo Hyun as Shin Woo Hyun
Kim Sae Ron as Yi Seul Bi
Lee Sung Yeol as Hwang Sung Yeol
Choi Soo Rin as Ahn Ji Hye
Jung Jae Soon as Gong Mal Sook
Cho Yeon Woo as Hwang Woo Jin
Supporting Cast:
Shin Hyun Tak as Kang Ki Soo
Kim Young Jae as Choi Jae Suk
Kim Min Young as Na Young Eun
Na Hae Ryung as Lee Ye Na
Kim Soo Yeon as Lee Da Yool
Kim Min Suk as Park Byung Wook
Baek Seung Heon as Yang Tae Ho
Jung Yoo Min as Kim Joo Ah
Lee Shi Hoo as Go Chun Sik
Lee Chang Joo as Senior Angel/Chun Byung Chul
Hi! School: Love On is a teen fantasy romance series about an angel who has no choice but to become human after unintentionally saving a male student in danger. The now-mortal angel then interacts with teenage high school students and learns about love, friendship and what it means to be human.
Sung-Yeol and Woo-Hyun are two 18-year old boys who are both tormented by the emotional scars of broken families; Woo-Hyun longs to see again his mother who left him as a child, while Sung-Yeol lives with his stepmother that he detests and whom he blames for the break up of his parents' marriage. Both are considered asocial by Korean norms, although popular, brave and public spirited Woo-Hyun drifts through school refusing to apply himself to his studies, Sung-Yeol is studious and does well academically but is dismissive and disrespectful of his parents, aloof and detached from his classmates, appearing cold and arrogant. The lives of the two crash together when an angel falls from heaven.
For the first time since watching Goblin aka Guardian: The Lonely & Great God, I've come across a drama, where I loved pretty much all the OST, and I'm took back to certain scenes from the series when I hear these songs.
Jung Gi-Go Feat Min-Woo of Boyfriend - 아까워 (Too Good)
Mad Clown & Yozoh - 쇼콜라 체리밤 (Chocolate Cherry Night)
Urban Zakapa - 야야야 (Ya Ya Ya)
Lel feat Linzy of Fiestar - 내 맘이 그게 아닌데 (What My Heart Wants To Say)
A. Nisa
Afternight Project - 너의 왈츠 (Your Waltz)
Afternight Project - 너를 (For You)
Standing Egg - 작은 별 (Little Star)
Infinite F - 가슴이 뛴다 (Heartbeat)
Bonus
Nam Woo-Hyun - 작은 별 (Little Star)
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I actually decided to watch this drama because I thought it sounded like something I would enjoy and also because I was already aware of Kim Sae Ron from watching the series To Be Continued. I really enjoyed this drama, I thought the casting was perfect, the chemistry on screen between everyone was on point and I don't think they could have had a better cast ensemble. Even though I find all romance drama's pretty predictable there were moments that threw in a curve ball making you wonder what the outcome would be. I think when it comes to Woo-Hyun and Sung-Yeol they were pretty stereotypical, one has everything, thinks he's better than others so is arrogant, while the other has to work for what he wants and has, so is more easy going and is happy to make friends with anyone and everyone no matter their background. Normally in the romance dramas I've watched it's normally the closed off character that falls in love and ends up with the girl/guy, but it was actually nice to finally see a character whose walls are broken but has to learn to move past being in love with someone who isn't in love with them. I loved Kim Sae Ron in this drama, it's definitely made me more interested and intrigued to see all her other films and dramas to see how she pulls off different characters, she's definitely an actress that will continue to rise. I'd love to praise both Sung-Yeol and Woo-Hyun with their bromance and chemistry together but it's something that comes naturally for them, with them already being close friends and working together in INFINITE, I preferred watching them in scenes when they weren't getting along as I think it would have been harder for them to act out, it also made me wonder how often they laughed while filming those scenes. I normally really despise the bully characters but at times I couldn't help feeling sorry for Jae-Suk, for me he bullied because he was bullied at home by his "family". I also thought it was nice to see Chun-Sik stand up for himself and prove not only to himself but to others that he wasn't as weak as they all thought he was.
Personally for me this drama was 5 stars, it made me laugh and cry, it really did pull on the heart strings, twice it had me full on bawling, with one of those times being the "my dear Woo-Hyun" scene, if you've watched the dram then you know what I'm talking about and I think it's the scene that made every viewer breathe a sigh of relief, the song 너를 (For You) always makes me think of that scene which in turn brings tears to my eyes. I'd happily sit and watch this series all over again and fall in love with each one of the characters and cast.
Have you seen Hi! School: Love On?
What or who intrigued you to watch the series?
Were you a fan?
Let me know in the comments below.
See you soon!
안녕
(Annyeong)
さようなら
(Sayonara)
再见
(ZaiJian)
Bye
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