SUMMARY: Geum Jan Di, an average girl from a lower class family, gains entrance into Shin Hwa High School when she saves a boy from jumping off the roof of the school and is offered a scholarship as a reward, as well as to deter the negative publicity the incident garners the school. There, she encounters the F4. The four richest, most popular boys in school, led by Goo Jun Pyo. The entire school, with the exception of Jan Di, worships the F4. Jan Di wages war against the F4 in defense of her friend, and becomes a target to Goo Jun Pyo. What begins as a rivalry against each other becomes a source of entertainment to Jun Pyo, who's attentions sart to shift as time goes on.

main cast: Koo Hye Sun, Lee Min Ho, Kim Hyun Joong, Kim Bum, Kim Joon, Kim So Eun

review: none yet.

SUMMARY: Yang Eun Bi is a college student preparing for her civil service exam with the dream of being a high school teacher. She accidentally encounters Cha Chi Soo, the arrogant son of the biggest food conglomerate in Korea. Eun-bi is attracted to him before she finds out that he is only a high school student and thus several years younger than her. However, her student-teaching assignment finds her not only working at the high school that Cha's family owns, but teaching his homeroom class. She grows to dislike him for his arrogance and lack of empathy. He, on the other hand, becomes fascinated with her because she is tough and athletic, unlike the other women he knows. After losing her student teaching job because of hem, they both end up working in her deceased father's Ramen shop, which was left to Choi Hang Kyuk by Eun Bi's father, in hopes the two would form a relationship together. The three of them, along with two other out of luck high school students, work together to build up the ramen shop, but against the wishes of Chi Soo's father, who wants to buy the shop to tear it down for his own profit.

main cast: Lee Chung Ah, Jung Il Woo, Lee Ki Woo, Park Min Woo, Jo Yoon Woo

review: Despite there being some shoddy character progression, and a few unnecessary side characters, I enjoyed the show. There were things I wish had been changed or improved on, but I really did like it overall. The plot was fun, and the cast had great chemistry together. Rewatchability, to me, is so-so: I won’t be rewatching it any time soon, but I can see it happening eventually. The cast really did make it a better show, and had they not had such a good group, I feel like it wouldn’t have been as enjoyable as it was.

SUMMARY: Oh Ha Ni, a lively but slightly clumsy student who isn't particularly interested in studying, has been in love with Baek Seung Jo ever since entering high school. Baek Seung Jo is a student from the same year as Oh Ha Ni, but with a brilliant mind. He is often considered to be a genius, having been the only student to constantly acquire a perfect score on all school exams. His tall, athletic figure and attractive features also make him the object of desire for all girls in the school, but he treats everyone with indifference and coldness, always looking down on those he considers inferior. One day, Oh Ha Ni decides to confess her feelings for him through a letter, but she immediately gets harshly rejected. However, fate intervenes when an earthquake crashes the newly built house of Oh Ha Ni and her father, which forces them to move in with a childhood friend of Oh Ha Ni's father until the house is rebuilt, who just happens to be the father of Baek Seung Jo.

main cast: Jung So Min, Kim Hyun Joong, Lee Tae Sung, Hong Yoon Hwa, Yoon Seung Ah

review: I know it probably sounds awful, but my main problem with this show was the relationship between Ha Ni and Seung Jo, and it is essentially the one thing that ruined the show for me. Did I completely hate the show? No. But it definitely wasn’t as good as I expected or wanted it to be. It was cute, and if you don’t mind the forced feeling behind the relationship, you will probably enjoy this show. I just felt like there was no chemistry there, and when the central plot of this show revolves around Oh Ha Ni winning her guy over, you would think she would actually win him over at some point and not just have him seem to begrudgingly agree to be with her… Rewatchability is kind of… Eh. I skimmed through the episodes again to do this review, since I haven’t watched the show in about a year, but I didn’t have a huge interest in rewatching it all over again. I might one day, but I also don’t think I will be all that disappointed if I don’t.

SUMMARY: The management company of the idol group A.N.JELL insisted on adding a new singer to the group as the lead vocal, as their current vocalist, Tae Kyung’s, voice was hurting. However, the person chosen to be the new member, Mi Nam, had to go to the States to repair a botched eye job just before signing the contract. His agent came up with the idea of having his twin sister, Mi Nyu, to stand in for him and pretend that she was her brother. The two of them grew up in an orphanage and Mi Nyu, who was all set to become a nun, agreed to this charade as she didn’t want to spoil her brother’s chance of fame, which would make it easier to look for their mother. However, time drags on, and what Mi Nyu thought would be a quick charade turns into her living with, and forming friendships, with the boys in A.N.JELL. The longer she stays, the harder it is to keep her secret, especially when she starts forming feelings for one of the members.

main cast: Park Shin Hye, Jang Geun Suk, Jung Yong Hwa, Lee Hong Ki

review: I really loved this show. I think it was just a collection of small things that kept it from being five stars versus four, but overall it was honestly a really good show in my opinion, with likable characters and a good storyline, with just the right mix of elements to keep it from going too far in one direction. Rewatchability on this one is pretty good. I’ll probably rewatch it sometime after I get through more on my to-watch list.

SUMMARY: Makino Tsukushi is the only poor student at Eitoku Gakuen, the school of the ridiculously rich and privileged that is ruled by the F4, a group of four boys who come from extremely powerful families: Domyoji Tsukasa, the leader and heir of the Domyoji World Finance Group; Hanazawa Rui, the introverted son of a large company; Nishikado Sojiro, a player who is the heir of a tea ceremony school; and Mimasaka Akira, a madam killer with ties to the underground. If a student gets on the F4's bad side, he/she gets a red notice and is bullied and driven out of school. Makino hopes to pass her days quietly-- without drawing any attention to herself-- but one day, she stands up to Domyoji in defense of her friend. The next day, Makino gets the dreaded red notice. Even though she is harassed, Makino decides to keep going to school because she is a "tough weed". She declares war right back on the F4. Her resolve gets the attention of her crush Hanazawa Rui and oddly enough, rouses romantic feelings in her worst enemy, Domyoji Tsukasa.

main cast: Inoue Mao, Matsumoto Jun, Oguri Shun, Matsuda Shota, Abe Tsuyoshi

review: none yet.

SUMMARY: Robot maker, Kronos Heaven, has developed "Night Tenjo", the perfect male humanoid programmed to be devoted and completely loyal to his lover. The company chooses temp worker Izawa Riko to take part in a 5-day free trial. At first, Riko only sees Night as a household appliance. But when she finds out how deep Night's devotion to herself is, Riko finds herself falling in love with him. Joining the love triangle is Asamoto Soshi, a distinguished young executive at Izawa's company who has feelings for her.

main cast: Aibu Saki, Hayami Mokomichi, Mizushima Hiro

review: none yet.

SUMMARY: Han Qi Luo, an extremely shy art student, goes to the same college as Chen Ling, a popular play boy. They meet by chance at a park one day after Chen Ling asks Han Qi Luo for directions to a hospital where he is to visit his friend who was injured in a bike racing incident. Hurriedly Han Qi Luo draws him a map, unknowing that she is drawing on the back of one of her sketches. She runs off before he can thank her, and later, he notices the sketch of a mother holding a baby and is touched by it. In school Han Qi Luo is sexually harrassed by a teacher and Chen Ling comes to her rescue. They began to grow fond of each other, but each of them has a secret past that needs to be addressed and overcome before they can accept and love one another freely.

main cast: Vic Zhou, Barbie Hsu, Xiu Jie Kai, Megan Lai

review: none yet.

SUMMARY: Lee Shin is a university student majoring in modern music. He is also the vocalist and guitarist of the band "The Stupid." Shin is known for his good looks and strong passion for music, but in reality he is cold, lacks interest in anything unrelated to music and has neither dreams nor plans for the future. He initially likes Jung Yoon Soo, a dance professor at university, but this all changes when he meets Lee Kyu Won. Lee Kyu Won is a bright and outgoing student who was born into a prestigious family and is majoring in traditional Korean instruments, especially the gayageum. Kyu Won's grandfather, Lee Dong Gun, is one of the top 3 traditional musicians of his age and his biggest wish is to see his granddaughter become a traditional music prodigy. Trying to live up to her grandfather's expectations, Kyu Won immerses herself in training and becomes a university student who knows nothing outside of her studies. As her friends are fans of "The Stupid", she was forced to go to the band's concert with them. There she saw Lee Shin performing live, and is immediately captivated by him. The two initially butt heads, but come together as they work on their school's 100th anniversary musical together, discovering new things about themselves while bringing together their two different types of music.

main cast: Jung Yong Hwa, Park Shin Hye

review: I liked the show, and I actually do plan on rewatching it sometime in the next few months. I think it could go up to a four star the second time around, once I am watching it without the initial expectations I had before going into it, or anything of the sort. The story tied together well though, and I enjoyed the show for the most part.

SUMMARY: Wi Mae Ri is the cheerful, pragmatic daughter of a failed businessman who had grown used to being constantly on the move to escape from debtors. She becomes fast friends with the free-spirited indie singer Kang Moo Kyul when she nearly ran him over in a car. Meanwhile, her father Wi Dae Han is saved from his debtors by his old friend, Jung Suk, who had just returned from considerable success in the Japanese entertainment industry. Jung Suk, who had harboured a secret love for Mae Ri's mother, sets up a deal with Dae Han to have Mae Ri marry his son, Jung In. Desperate to escape this predicament, Mae Ri begs Moo Kyul to pose as her husband, and finds herself in even more trouble than before when her father proposes a 100-day period in which she has to divide her time equally between Moo Kyul and Jung In, after which she has to decide who to marry.

main cast: moon geun young, jang gun souk, kim jae wook

review: none yet

SUMMARY: Seo In Ha and Kim Yoon Hee, an art student and a shy beauty, met and fell in love with each other during college in the 1970s but unfortunately their love was fated to never be. Now in the present 21st century Korea, Seo In Ha's son, Seo Joon (a liberal photographer) meets and falls in with the daughter of Kim Yoon Hee, Jung Ha Na, a cheerful and energetic girl who's personality is different from her mother's. Will their love for each other keep them together or will they have to face the same fate as their parents?

main cast: Jang Geun Suk, Im Yoona, Jung Jin Young, Lee Mi Sook