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Yep review of flowers8/23/2023 Sons of the top of the top families in Korea, they live a privileged life. The F4 are the non-benevolent rulers of Shinwa High and a large part of Korea itself (seriously, everyone has heard of the F4). I’ve given a lot of time here to JanDi, when many would argue that the best part of the show is the boys of the F4. (For the moment I’m choosing to ignore the writers attempts to shoehorn in a fleeting glimpse of plot) He, the one plotline neglected guy of the F4, doesn’t have enough going on to have been changed one way or the other. I truly feel that by knowing this girl, all of these guy’s lives are changed for the better. ![]() I loved the dynamic between JanDi so poor, uncouth, so unwilling to give in and the F4 who are so different than her. I loved all the scenes where JunPyo or one of the F4 would save JanDi. It’s hard to protect someone who had an unnatural ability to sniff out trouble. Despite all this, JanDi remains cheerful, pragmatic, and determined. ![]() If this were a regular person (or me) I’d be curled up in a ball under my bed. This doesn’t count any of the times one of the F4 stood up for her against the changed JunPyo during the second season. – lost on the ski mountain at night during a ‘blizzard’Īnd these were just instances where her life was in danger. – kidnapped (after being locked in a classroom with a smoke bomb) – Attacked by students at school after she’s ruffied at the night club I was thinking of having a top 5 rescue scene post, but upon re-watching BOF for this review, I lost count of the times Jandi was attacked or almost died. Of course, that being said, I haven’t come across a heroine who finds herself in as much peril as JanDi does. Whether they ask for it or not (or even if they want it or not) if she see’s someone suffering or an injustice, she can’t help but jump in. Though poor, she has a strong sense of right and wrong. ![]() Unlike Cinderella there is nothing wishy-washy about the heroine JanDi. If we had to define this in terms of Disney Princesses (and my 5 year old buddy Ryan would insist on this) it would be more in the lines of Beauty and the Beast–but with kick-assier friends. Who can forget the scene when he stays the night with JanDi’s family? Or how much he loved her lunchbox, or when she took him for the ‘$30’ coffee, or when she made him the valentine chocolates, or… I could keep going if you want. JunPyo has a whole, been there done that vibe to him, but Jandi shows him that there is so much of the world he still doesn’t know and that most of the best things are the simple pleasures. This ultimate in spunky heroines, not only bucks the hero at many turns, but she is also one of the only people who sees beneath the gold fur encrusted shell to the incredibly devoted, sweet, damaged man beneath.įor most cases, JunPyo grows and becomes a better person the more time he spends on JanDi’s level, in her world. Whisk a girl away for a luxurious weekend away to a tropical island, yes, that’s going to dazzle anyone–but it doesn’t mean she is going to choose you. But throughout the story, this money, power, and expectations of both, are more of a deterrent. He has all of Korea, even big chunks of the world, available to him at the click of his finger tips. And unlike in Cinderella where the fabulous prince swoops up the downtrodden girl and sets her up in the beautifully decorated castle with the black gold card, whenever this hero tries, he gets firmly put into his place. It’s a Cinderella story if Prince Charming started out as a sadistic jerk and Cinderella cured him with a solid round-house kick to the head. Plus it had my first introduction with a full on baddie/mother.īoys Over Flowers is billed as a Cinderella Story. Everything was amped up 10x from Playful Kiss. ![]() I was so happy to find the second Kdrama I watched was even better than the first–proving my new love of Kdrama was no fluke. A few words to describe BOF? Fantastical, wacky, fun, emotional.
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