Heartstrings

I kind of came into this drama expecting to see lovely Shin Woo and Go Mi Nam as a girl. Although I got to see a girly Mi Nam in Gyu Won, Shin Woo as Shin was not so lovely.

Gyu Won is a friendly and warm hearted classical music student with an overbearing grandfather. Shin is a cold and arrogant modern music student and lead guitar and vocal of the campus idol band, The Stupid. The whole drama revolves around the build up to the Centennial performance, as Gyu Won is thrust into the lime light and Shin moves on from his crush on the dance teacher and starts to develop feelings for Gyu Won. There is a little side plot of the adorable yet child-like drummer, Joon Hee, falling for Gyu Won's rival, Hee Jui, despite her manipulative and selfish personality.

Shin's head: 'I know, I'll kiss my new girlfriend, who is terrified of having her hair ripped out by my crazy fangirls,  for the first time in front of all of them!'

I have to admit, to begin with, I wasn't hooked by this drama, despite it's recognisable cast (CNblue and FT Island made up The Stupid). It all seemed very melodramatic with Shin fawning over the dance teacher, and Gyu Won starting to fawn over indifferent Shin, and the rest of it was far too High School Musical for me to be able to enjoy properly. Although the slave deal was somewhat amusing, when Gyu Won lost a bet and had to be Shin's slave for a month, even if it did mostly seem to involve getting him coffee, which was clearly him not taking advantage of an awesome opportunity. It picked up a bit when the rehearsals for the big performance started, as the characters developed and more things started to happen, although it ended somewhat abruptly.

It was predictable as anything, though. You knew from the start that Gyu Won and Shin would end up together (even though their kisses were lame, and  the wide-eyed-shock-statue response was over used), just as much as you knew that Joon Hee's innocence would rub off on Hee Jui and turn her into a better person. However, I did enjoy it, partly for the main characters and the plot, partly for an insight into traditional Korean music, but mostly for Joon Hee. That boy was just too damn adorable.

Next up is My Girlfriend is a Gumiho. A gumiho, from what I gather, is a liver eating fox demon in Korean folklore, so that should be fun.

<3 x