It Started with a Kiss

[Milady]

It Started with a Kiss

2005

30 or 20 episodes depending on the version

Adaptation of the manga "Itazura na Kiss" by Tada Karou

There's also a season II


Starring:

Ariel Lin >>> Yuan Xiang Qin

Joe Cheng >>> Jiang Zhi Shu

Jiro Wang >>> Jin Yun Feng

Tiffany Xu >>> Pei Zi Yu

Cindy Chaw >>> Jiang Zhao Zi

Zhang Yong Zhen >>> Jiang Wan Li

Tang Tsung Sheng >>> Yuan You Cai

Zhang Bo Han >>> Jiang Zhi Shu



Synopsis:

Xian Quin has been in love with Zhi Shu for quite a while and finally decides to confess but she is clearly rejected since Zhi Shu thinks she's too dumb to be with him. She's very hurt and get angry but she just can't stop loving him.
Not long after that, the house she just moved in with he father is destroyed by an earthquake. But Zhi Shu's parents and Xian Quin's father once were best friends and so Xian Qui and her father are invited to Zhi Shu's home. Since they have nowhere else to go, they accept and Xian Qui finds herself living with Zhi Shu.

What I think:

ISWAK's idea isn't very original. In fact it's just another story about two people having to live together. At first she likes him and he hates her but seeing how good-hearted she is, he will fall in love with her progressively. And of course there are rivals, quiproquos, and forced kisses. It wouldn't be funny if there wasn't!

There's a pretty girl, and a pretty boy and I don't think that this dorama is for girl only. Okay, since it's quite a classic Shojo story, it is mostly for girls, but guys can watch it too cause it's never really serious. Most of the time, it's just funny. Oh there are touching moments of course! But it's not "too much" if you know what I mean.

The music is nice and I liked the opening song. It was my first time hearing Korean rap (or is it RnB?) and I wasn't used to it but somehow I didn't hate it.

The way the dorama is directed is okay too. There are faults of course, but still, it's quick enought, so we don't get bored. The actors aren't bad either. Sometimes they overact, trying to be funny , though. For example Xian Qin is really stupid and the actress is really pushing it, almost becoming exasperating. Too bad…

And the last episode pretty much sucked. I think the previous one would have made a perfect conclusion but nooo, they had to go further and I just hated the last episode so it's highly improbable I should watch the second season.

If you want to have some good time, I think ISWAK is great for you ^^ plus Joe Cheng isn't ugly xD