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It occurred to me that a few people who might be interested in this may not have seen it yet, and so I bring you the trailer for the Korean adaptation of Antique Bakery. I am told by those who know such things that it's actually much gayer than the manga. (Which, actually, is kind of interesting. With Korean dramas, you usually have to interpret a hug as kissing, and a few pecks as a makeout session. But the movies? Not so conservative... At all.)

Anyway, trailer:

I have to say, even though I'm not very interested in the movie, the trailer is addictively cute (I think it's the music) the food pr0n looks amazing, and that's the first time I've ever thought Joo Ji Hoon looked attractive at all. (Yes, I know, heresy, but I've never understood why he's so popular.) ~~The Very Very Gay baker is cuter, though.~~ If nothing else, it looks much more entertaining than the Japanese adaptation. How anything with Fujiki Naohito and Abe Hiroshi managed to be dull is something I'll never understand.

Meanwhile, I'm thinking of starting a drinking game for anytime someone says Yoon Eun Hye should have been cast as Makino in the Korean Hana Yori Dango. Seriously, did she even audition? And, frankly, I can't picture her in the role. I like her, but in 24 episodes of Goong and 4 of Vineyard Man, I've seen her stand up for herself exactly once. For about 7 seconds, and then it was back to the cutesy protesting. Still, I have 12 episodes of Vineyard Man and all of Coffee Prince to watch, so my opinion could change. If nothing else, Vineyard Man is already a vast improvement over Goong.

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This did not bother me because I never actually disliked Ye Rin (if that was even her name)... at least, I never disliked her more than the heroin. I felt prickles of annoyance when she turned out the dancing contract and came back for more cold shoulder for the hero. All in all, both girls where set up as mirror opposites, but in the end, it turns out that they have more in common than meets the eye. Beyond the whole sweet&silly v. smart&prickly, they were both ultimately independant in their own way. The last episode emphasized that, although that last minute twist made me want to hit my head against a brick wall.

In conclusion, watch Coffee Prince.

Hyo Rin. The only character in the series I actually liked aside from the grandmother. The only thing she ever did that annoyed me was that she actually thought he was worth risking her dreams for. I never thought he deserved either one.

I actually liked him, but thought he needed to figure himself out. Both girls were fully realized (within the boundaries of their respective clichés at the very least), but he constantly wavered. I feel this happens quite often: having the guy be more of an instrument to raise passions and stuff. He is a prince, check; he is broody and maladjusted, check; he has a caring side, check; but beyond that...

Confession time: my favourite character was the long-haired best friend of the heroin.

I loved her. But she wasn't around enough to have any impact. In complete honesty, I thought Shin was a self-centered jerk who treated both girls horribly. I can't make my opinion on him any kinder than that. Goong as a whole was a collection of all my least favorite shoujo tropes from the first 10 minutes, and I found most characters to be more caricatures than infividuals. I kept watching because everyone told me it was so great, but it just got worse and worse for me.