It Started with a Kiss

I finally finished It Started with a Kiss [惡作劇之吻], dramawiki here, today. In actuality, I had started it earlier on the year but had stopped after the first three episodes but recently decided to give it another try, this time with my sister. It's not bad, I mean, it stars Ariel Lin, Joe Cheng, Tiffany Xu, Jiro Wang, and Cyndi Chaw - Arron Yan also makes an appearance in a number of episodes. :) In addition to that, it was one of the most popular dramas in 2005. There were just some things... that I will get into after the synopsis is up:

After an earthquake destroyed Xiang Qin's house, she and her father moved in with the family of her father's college buddy, Uncle Ah Li. To her surprise, the kind and amicable aunt and uncle are the parents of her cold and distant schoolmate Jiang Zhi Shu, a genius with an IQ of 200 whom not too long ago rejected her endless crush on him. Will the close proximity give her a second chance to win Zhi Shu's heart? Or, will her love for him end under his cold words? What happens when there is competition for his heart?

SPOILERS BELOW

It's a really good story, but Ariel Lin's character (Xiang Qin) was portrayed to be particularly lacking in brains. Normally, it's fine, but this time, she over did it, in a sense. The first time I watched it, I couldn't bear taking it without complaining or just plain screaming at her (made the person I was watching it with stop - he said it was cute. O_o Sorry, but there's a fine line between being adorable and blatantly stupid.) This time, I admit it was much the same - except I KNEW what was going to occur. My sister actually watched the entire thing, but for the first thirteen episodes or so, I would have a book at my side just in case something got too much.

For instance: if you see a banner held by a group of people that was taking up the hallway, you go around the people and the banner or under, correct? Well, she ran through it, bounced back, and did it repeated. Finally, one of the guys holding the banner up lifted it up for her and then she went through again. At this point, I was furious at her. Also, with the amount of tutoring she got, you would think she would remember something. In addition to that, if you didn't know anything you would ask, wouldn't you??

Needless to say, for a good amount of the drama, I was on Joe Cheng's character, Zhi Shu's, side saying about how hopelessly idiotic she was. I eventually really got into the drama by the fourteenth episode and the further it went, the more I liked it. In short, even though I couldn't stand most of Xiang Qin's antics and quirks, the drama was good - and she was nice, cute, though a bit low in IQ points. I mean she couldn't do much of anything except stay by Zhi Shu's side.

Ah yes... does Jiro have a thing with taking roles who never gets the girl he wants? I always find myself feeling sorry for him. Zhi Shu's mother is delightful and their wedding is so cute! I loved it all. My sister and I could barely contain our excitement in the last few episodes.

The entire drama is thirty episodes long and we watched it on MySoju. The already completed sequel, They Kiss Again (惡作劇2吻), has twenty episodes. It's next on the list to be watched before I leave for China. :)