Cast: (Credits to DramaWiki)

Inoue Mao as Fukunaga Mio
Ito Hideaki as Kano Kazuki
Hiraoka Yuta as Yuki Akio
Matsuyuki Yasuko as Takagi Renko
Gekidan Hitori as Shindo Ichiryu
Abe Sadao as Nikaido Masaru
Takenaka Naoto as Banba Dai
Natsuki Mari as Fukunaga Rieko
Sakai Wakana as Saito Haruna
Warabino Tomoya as Shohata Takeo

Synopsis:
A bitter-sweet and uplifting comedy drama about a young girl Mio and her brother Kazuki. To treat her illness overseas, Mio has been living away from her older brother Kazuki for the past ten years. After learning about the upcoming surgery, which she has only a fifty percent chance of survival, Mio decides to fly back to Japan to spend time with Kazuki. Looking forward to seeing his sweet younger sister, Kazuki anxiously awaits Mio's return in Japan. However, their reunion is nothing but full of surprises as Mio has transformed from the innocent sickly girl Kazuki remembers from ten years ago into a sassy woman with an attitude. Kazuki has difficulty dealing with his wickedly selfish younger sister, but soon learns about the truth of her medical condition and has a change of heart. --groink (Taken from DramaWiki)

Review:

Inuoe Mao's second role as a leading actress after Hana Yori Dango? Her character seems the same as Makino's just the only difference is that she is sick :( Good drama to watch, especially if you like Inuoe Mao as an actress.

Rating out of 10: ******** 1/2

Proposal Daisakusen (Operation Love)

Cast: (Credits to DramaWiki)

Yamashita Tomohisa as Iwase Ken
Kitamura Kaito (third grade)
Nagasawa Masami as Yoshida Rei
Matsumoto Tamaki (third grade)
Hashimoto Kurumi (primary school)
Fujiki Naohito as Tada Tetsuya

Synopsis:
Iwase Ken and Yoshida Rei have been friends since elementary school. Ken, is obstinate and unskilled in love, but he fell long ago for the lively and cheerful, Rei. But Rei is about to get married to another man. While Ken and other friends from high-school attend the wedding ceremony, a fairy appears and sends Ken back in time, giving him a second chance to win the girl he loves. (Taken from DramaWiki)

Review:

I used parts of this series for my tech Ed. project that I had to do :P It really reminded me of those Back to the Future movies that I used to watch before. It was pretty sad that she was about to marry someone else, while all along her one and only love was making a speech...letting her get married to whom she didn't really love :( The special episode was a little pointless, I just wanted them to get married already :\

Rating out of 10: ******** 'for Yama :)

The Legend of Brown Sugar Chivalries (Hei Tang Chun Hsia Chuan (Hei Tang Qun Xia Chuan))

Cast: (Credits to DramaWiki)

Wang Zi as Linghu Cong 令狐聰
Xiao Xun as Ren Ying Ying 任瑩瑩
Ah Wei as Guo Jing 郭敬
Ya Tou as Lu Jian Ning 陸見寧
Xiao Man as Xiao Long Nu 小聾女
Ah Ben as Wei Xiao Bao 韋曉寶
Xiao Yu as Chu Liu Xiang 楚琉香
Xiao Ma as Yi He Cang Tai 伊賀蒼太
Carmen Tang as Lan Feng Huang 藍鳳煌
Mei Mei as Guardian Sheng Nu 聖女護法
Mini Chang as Guardian Xie Nu 邪女護法
Michelle Zhang as little nurse

Synopsis:
The story took place at West Side High School, during a time when the Jianghu was still the goods against the evils. For the two legendary martial art books which is hidden in 4 different schools, both of the groups uses all their power to get it. The ones who gets it will have the power to rule over Jianghu. People from all over the place whether it's male or female gathered together to search for it.
Amongst the students of West Side, Linghu Cong is the most powerful. A person who doesn't care about fame and wealth, who just wanted to be with his Lu Jian Ning. Meanwhile, he slowly developes a friendship with Ren Yin Ying, the seemingly-cold daughter of leaders of the Evil Clan. Later on Guo Jing has caught up to him in martial art and also develop feelings for Lu Jian Ning. Because of saving someone he lost all his internal power. In the end he learned "Gudu Swordfight" and "Yijingjing". (Taken from DramaWiki)

Review:

For all the Lollipop fans :)

Rating out of 10: ******* 1/2

Brown Sugar Macchiato (Hei Tang Ma Chi To (Hei Tang Ma Qi Duo))

Cast: (Credits to DramaWiki)
Ao Quan as Ao Quan
Wang Zi as Wang Zi
Xiao Yu as Xiao Yu
Xiao Jie as Xiao Jie
William as Wei Lian
Ah Wei as Ah Wei
Ya Tou as Ya Tou
Chou Yi Chun as Da Ya
Gui Gui as Gui Gui
Julie Cai as Tong Tong
Mei Mei as Mei Mei
Xiao Xun as Xiao Xun
Mini Chang as Xiao Jie
Apple as Apple
Xiao Man as Xiao Man
Xiao Ma as Xiao Ma
Li Quan as Li Quan
Ke En as Ke En

Synopsis:
One day, six boys with different personalities and backgrounds are notified they shared the same father. And on top of that they are entitled to a large inheritance. There is only one catch. They must attend the same school and live in the same house for one year to become loving brothers.
But, the boys not only hate each other, they have to deal with nine mean girls from their class. Will the brothers band together and successfully pass the inheritance test? Or, will falling in love with their classmates pull them farther apart? (Taken from DramaWiki)

Review:

Totally unrealistic :P Hahah, but if I were to dream of becoming rich, probably this is how it would've happened :) I loved Lollipop in this drama :) Wang Zi ♥ Gui Gui was really funny as always :)

Rating out of 10: ********** 'I have to say it, even though it's not realistic. The casting was great :)

Let's Go to School, Sang-doo! (Sang Doo Ya, Hak Kyo Ka Ja!)

Cast: (Credits to DramaWiki)
Bi as Cha Sang-doo
Gong Hyo Jin as Chae Eun-hwan

Synopsis:
Cha Sang-doo (Bi) and Chae Eun-hwan (Gong Hyo Jin) grew up as the best of friends. One day, Eun-hwan's family goes bankrupt and debtors rushed to collect their belongings. When her father's old record player was being taken, Sang-doo goes after the guy, accidently killing him. After being released from prison, he finds that his family and Eun-hwan have left him. Years later, he becomes a gigolo (with his uncle) to pay off his sick daughter’s hospital bills. He eventually meets his long-lost first-love, Eun-hwan as a high school math teacher. In an effort to regain her love, he returns as a high school student in her class. As everything seems to be going smoothly, circumstances prevent them from staying together. (Taken from DramaWiki)

Review:

An okay drama, I don't exactly know why I put this one up. All those who are fans of Bi Rain might be interested in this one I guess :)

Ratings out of 10: ****

A Love to Kill (Jukilnomui Sarang)

Cast: (Credits to DramaWiki)
Bi as Kang Bok Gu
Shin Min Ah as Cha Eun Seok
Kim Sa Rang as Han Da Jung
Lee Ki Woo as Kim Joon Sung
Kim Young Jae as Kang Min Goo (Bok-ku's older brother)

Synopsis:

In A Love to Kill, Bi (Rain or Jeong Ji Hoon) plays a tough guy as the role of a K-1 Fighter, Kang Bok Gu. Bok Gu is a character who is dynamic in nature and grew up in a foster home. He falls in love with a woman whom he should not love. It was because of the woman, his emotionally-wounded brother fell off from the rooftop and became a human vegetable. So, his love is forbidden and inevitably tragic.
The woman is Cha Eun Seok (Shin Mina) who is a TV talent and movie actor. It was not that she jilted his brother on purpose, but upon a basis of misunderstanding, his hatred toward Cha Eun Seok grows more and more burning.
By becoming Cha Eun Seok’s private bodyguard, Bok Gu keeps concretely practicing his revenge upon her. He only desires ‘to bring his brother’s woman to her knees.’ He is gradually taking Cha Eun Seok to destruction, while he feels his love toward her growing deeper and deeper in his heart.
Bok Gu is a cold guy character without any special concern for woman. Martial art of hand-to-hand fighting was just kind of his escape he choose from the shock of a spinster’s death whom he loved from a distance. (Taken from DramaWiki)

Review:

The title of the drama really says it all. This is one of those typical sad korean dramas where you know that they have to die in order to be together again. I hated it when that moment came up in the end. I have to say their acting towards the end was really believeable, haha..but them dying ruined my moment of them wanting to be together again. Especially when they both died at the same time, just after they promised to part away from each other again. So sad :(

Ratings out of 10: ******** 1/2

Full House (Pool Ha-woo-seu) *Wanting to Watch!

Cast: (Credits to DramaWiki)
Bi as Lee Young Jae
Song Hye Kyo as Han Ji Eun
Han Eun Jung as Kang Hye Won
Kim Sung Soo as Yoo Min Hyuk

Synopsis:

Han Ji Eun is a naive writer who got swindled out of everything she owned including her house by her best friends. Stranded in China, She managed to borrow money from an actor Lee Young Jae to return to Korea. On her return, she found out that her house was bought by Lee Young Jae. In an attempt to get her possessions back, she entered in a contract marriage with Young Jae for one year. In spite of losing all, Ji Eun manages to be cheerful and takes things in strike and the business relationship between the two becomes personal as they start to rely and care for each other. Based on a popular manhwa of the same title. (Taken from DramaWiki)

Reason:

Smiling Pasta was based on this drama! And I've also watched bit of it in the Philippines. Also I really want to watch the sequel of Full House as well, but in order to do that I must watch the first season to get the story :)