Sungkyunkwan Scandal

Hey Everyone!

I just finished another excellent drama called Sungkyunkwan Scandal. At first, I did not want to start watching a historical period drama, but this one was really worth checking out! It is sort of like the Japanese Hana Kimi, where a girl dresses as a boy to enter an all boys school. However, back in those times, girls were not allowed to enter school at all, and so Kim Yoon Hee enterted the Sungkyunkwan school under her brother's name, so that she could make money and get medical supplies for her sick brother. So, throughout the drama, she pretended to be Kim Yoon Shik. Along the way, she met her two roommates, Lee Sun Joon and Moon Jae Shin (Geol Oh). She met SJ before entering the school, because she used to help students get into the school, by being a substitute exam taker (for money of course). But SJ caught her, and made her enter the school, due to her knowledge and writing ability. She met JS because he saved her, in her girl form when she was about to be robbed once. Somehow, the three ended up being roommates after entering the school. SJ is a Noron, which is the richest of the rich (nobleman), whereas JS was the guy that has been failing his year because he skips classes and is a rebel. There is also Goo Yong Ha, who is the most flamboyant and amusing character, and also JS's best friend since childhood. JS is a Soron, which is still upper class, whereas YH is just a regular middle class person, yet hides that through his dressing and appearance. The drama is very complicated, so I won't really get into the nitty gritty (you can watch it for that!), but the main idea is that YH enters the school disguised as a boy, and soon is acknoledged by everyone because she is well educated, and a caring person. The student body president, hates her and SJ, because he thinks they are know-it-all's that should not get so much attention (also because the woman he loves, falls for YH and his father is always obeying SJ's father as an underling). Either ways, in the end, the king orders the 4 to find a will left by his father. Turns out, YH's father and JS's brother, died protecting it. So, they set off on a mission to find it. In the meantime, SJ struggles with the fact that he is falling in love with a man (haha), and JS (already knowing she is a girl) falls for her as well. But, JS easily gives her up (though so sad! =( I liked him), when he realized that she loved SJ. Through many obstacles, SJ finally finds out that YH is a girl, and falls harder for her. They finally get together, but of course then they get the secret mission. In the meantime, JS is the modern Robin Hood, and there were many times the other three had to protect his identity (so glad he didn't die!). In the end, the even though the king finds the will, he burns it to protect YH's identity, and so, YH continues to live as a man inside the school doors (as a professor now), but married to SJ on the outside. It was a cute ending. I am glad things worked out for them. I definitely give this drama a 5 out of 5 stars. A definite watch, for anyone that loves reverse harems (like me!). There will be another post on JS hehe, because he was just too cute! Look forward to it!

I'm off,

- B