Review
CONTAINS SPOILERS!!!
I've just recently finished this drama a few days ago and I loved every minute of it. If there's one thing that I can say about Taiwanese Dramas is that they try to stay as close to the source material as possible and I commend them for that.
Summary: High school graduate Gong Xi(Kyoko Mogami) gives up her chances for university in order to support her childhood friend and romantic goal, Bu Po Shang(Sho Fuwa), in his pop idol career. Upon arriving in Taipei, Gong Xi starts working on multiple jobs in order to support Shang, whose popularity quickly rises, eventually becoming one of the top idols in Taiwan. One day, Gong Xi catches Shang flirting with his manager, and learns that he only used her so she can help him with his living expenses. Heart-broken and betrayed, Gong Xi vows to get revenge by becoming a bigger star. Gong Xi auditions for L.M.E., Taiwan's largest talent agency, and joins L.M.E.'s new-found department "Love Me" with Jiang Nanqin(Momose), also a new recruit. At L.M.E. famous actor Dun Helian(Ren Tsuruga), disgusted by Gong Xi's reasons for joining the show business, consistently finds ways to annoy and taunt her. As Gong Xi's acting career starts to take off, she begins to discover a new sense of identity and purpose, separate from her initial plans of revenge. Lian also eventually warms up to her, and although at first in denial, he finds himself falling more and more in love with her
This drama was adapted from a Japanese manga called Skip Beat which is still ongoing in serialization. The ost, actors/actress were spot on with their characters and was overall a great live-action adaption. Yes, at the ending there was a little cock tease but it also left the drama open to the possibility of a second season. This drama can be time consuming as each of the 13 episodes are over 1hr each,but the drama is so entertaining and time will seem to fly by as you watch it.
Verdict
A great drama and a definite watch.
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