Reading all this posts is actually much more fun than watching MLP, I watched it 5 or 6 years ago, it didn't leave me any strong feeling, the eye candies definitely a plus to make me finished the drama. Story wise, this is not a good drama that worth to discuss about. The acting is not that impressive either. To me it is just the timing of the Korean Wave swift all over the world and this drama happened to produce at the same time that it became well known and popular at then.

My idea about the JNR's love interest is towards KRW, her ending scene with both guys did not change my feeling. She chose to stay and that's enough say to her decision.

This is my 2 cents.

"Lord, this is fun! I love that this old drama has created so much passion. Can you guys find another show which you disagree passionately and argue about that next?"

WORD TO THAT! This is possibly one of the single most awesome debate I've ever read online... Love the passion that comes with the writing!

I thought it'll end with the rebuttal... but this is very erm... Samsooki!

I remember vaguely watching it when it was on TV and oh yes it was un-memorable... I remember Sucessful Story of a Bright Girl better maybe coz of Jang Hyuk? But thanks for the trip down memory lane...

Thanks for bringing the awesome-ness JB,Dahee, Samsooki and not forgetting Thundie... You guys rock...

the screencaps tell me to anticipate bad acting from Jang Na Ra. Hopefully I will not cringe when I watch the drama.

@ Agent Darwin

Have a safe and enlightning trip to the Himalayas! Don't let the DB rotating banners hit you on your way out. Sorry you had to waste your time reading DB posts and comments rather than working to solve the tragedies and problems of our time. Your admonition is greatly appreciated, and if you can find someone to watch my kids, I'll book a flight to Haiti to help with the relief efforts, but for now, I've just sent financial aid, hope that is good enough?

This scene told me: Duh, she chose KRW. But the later part where KJW comes back makes me wall: "Buuuuh? I thought--"

If they hadn't included that ending bit later on, I would totally agree that this was a decisive ending and that she definitely chose KRW. But because of that dumb-ass addition, I don't see it.

I enjoyed all the discussions and comment. It's actually better than MLP. I've seen Jang Nara in Bright Girl and I already found her annoying there so to watch MLP was a definite no for me. She definitely gets an A for overacting of the little I've seen of her. Kim Rae Won is okay but I'm not into him. I'm glad I passed MLP back in the day but I'm sure glad for this enjoyable discussion everyone is having.

whoa i think i will start to watch My Love Patzzi now.. just because it's equally entertaining and crazy for our bloggers to be in this deep discussion of a drama that aired ALMOST A DECADE AGO.. I want to be part of the cool crowd. ^^

@ samsooki

you never give up do you? hehe. i love the patented Kim! Rae! Won! hug. Thanks for the visual as well as the translation/recap to the ending. :)

I remember watching this when it first aired, and I remember being frustrated with Jang Nara's character (and Kim Rae Won's hair). As stated in the rebuttals, I couldn't understand how and why two great guys would fall in love with that girl! And then the ending.. I remember thinking, Okay she ends up with Kim Rae Won.. wait, she didn't? What? What was the whole point then??
If I rewatch the drama, I MIGHT have a different feeling about it, but I don't really have a desire to rewatch it.

But this whole debate thing, and reading the different angles and opinions.. it was very interesting and entertaining. Thanks to the three writers. You guys should do this again sometime. :)

Something should be said for the male point of view. Both Dramabeans and the other blogger are female so perhaps what men find cute in a girl may not be so for female audiences. Since such dramas primarily cater to female ajummas and fangirls, it is important that the main character appeals to their sense of what is appropriate / irritating etc. If you can make concessions for a hot mess like Boys Over Flowers simply for its fangirliness, the same standard should apply to Patzzi that somehow works for guys that find cuteness irresistible. How many of your reviews even take such "fan-guy" feeling into account?

Guys this is fun..more entertaining than watching drama...enlighten me pls.how did this war start?

@samsooki
one thing i always hear from my dad you will never win an arguement w/ women
better give up...sorry :(

I'm watching MLP right now...i think she chose friendship..
i dont like Jang Nara something wrong w/her mouth?lips or teeth?!......i love both guys :)

Regardless of who she ended up with, It's kinda nice to see a drama where all the characters are still close friends at the end in spite of all the rivalry/drama they went through during the main story. Often the loser is forced to move away to America or something, or go wander off alone to hopefully find some other love interest.

Personally, I'm all for the Happy Threesome ending, where she gets to end up with BOTH of them (why choose?! lol) and they all live happily ever after together ^_^ But alas, that is not likely to happen :)

I can't let this go. Here is my very last word...for now.

She didn't end up with either guy. She was so wishy washy that they both decided to become buddies and they walked away leaving her smelling the flowers or something. I distinctly remember them both sitting on a bench and she was behind them and they just looked at one another and got up and walked out of the scene.
Or did I only remember how I wanted it to end.?
It's all in the mind...

Peggy

From that recap above, I would think she ended up with Kim Rae Won's character.. then I went down and read JB's comment ..I'm still so confused. LOL

Oh well, moving on.

Does he always hug that way? The patented KRW hug? I never noticed that before.

so, uh, dahee - did you ever do samsooki's laundry!?

(this is based off the fact that you dared him to do it in your post's comments)

hehe - the thing is, samsooki, the ending that you described in this post only applies to your argument - not the drama as a whole. the last thing people are going to remember is the three of them walking off into the distance. admittedly, i have never seen this drama, but i saw the last ten minutes of it to see what the fuss was all about.

i think she "ends up" with KRW in the sense that she chooses to stay in korea with someone she's comfortable with. but i think she sees it as platonic love, while he sees it as a more amorous love. and with that, he's basically stuck to waiting until JNR comes around.

perhaps the writers did not want to upset any fans, so they tacked on the one year later ending to satisfy all palates.

*you guys are all so hilarious!* =)

Samsooki, you are awesome! But I agree with those who say that the ending is ambiguous. I believe that the reason why Song Yi stayed behind was not because she wants a romantic relationship with KRW but because she is more comfortable with him and working at the park than going to Germany with KJW. :-)

This debate would be a lot more interesting if it was done on a more intelligent DRAMA

hahaha... Baby lamb! Samsooki, I highly doubt that!
lol, like the rest, I've been catching up with this debate for days and hours. Very entertaining and refreshing. You guys should do another session in the future!

Thanks!

I've never seen My Love Patzzi and may watch it in the future due to this debate. I'm just confused about Jang Nara's claim that her first coin wish for True Love came true and her comment "whether this is really lurrrve, or whether it is only friendship, or if not both of those, maybe it is some of crazy mix… I really don’t know…". How can she be make that claim while not really knowing whether it's True Love or not. That seem like a contradiction to me because if she really don't know, then she shouldn't conclude that her wish came true. Or should I throw out common logic when watching this drama?

samsooki a baby lamb?!? HA! that's my laugh for the day ;)

@76 lovenyc52
LOL! Totally choked on my drink when I read that!

Samsooki, as others have mentioned your argument is not exactly accurate when you didn't show/discuss the real final scene of the drama. I would've agree with you that she had chosen KRW if only the drama ended at the fountain scene. But good effort! Though, I'm not surprised how adamant you are on protecting JNR and MLP since you have been a vocal advocate regarding both for a long time :)

I had so much fun reading the discussion b/t you three! And I agree, please do this more often!

@ 54 ockoala

"@ Agent Darwin

Have a safe and enlightning trip to the Himalayas! Don’t let the DB rotating banners hit you on your way out. Sorry you had to waste your time reading DB posts and comments rather than working to solve the tragedies and problems of our time. Your admonition is greatly appreciated, and if you can find someone to watch my kids, I’ll book a flight to Haiti to help with the relief efforts, but for now, I’ve just sent financial aid, hope that is good enough?"

And maybe Agent Darwin could use a patented Kim! Rae! Won! hug, too, on the way out the door.
_____

Samsooki the baby lamb... ???? Our samsooki? I don't think so.
Oh, now I'm thinking about lamb. Lambchops. Mmmm.

More: 'This debate would be a lot more interesting if it was done on a more intelligent DRAMA'
I think you just confirmed the point raised by samsooki on the idea of so called elitist dramas.

I am so happy to see this debate.
I watched My Love Pazzie more than 5 times. ^__________^
In 2010, dramas like this are hard to appeal viewers' passion.
We are already used to watch stories like MLP, but in 2002, it was enough refreshing for me to be obsessed with it for several weeks.
I spent my entire life in seoul and I never thought the ending would be confusing international viewers. ^_^;

" Then the guys both get up and leave jokingly, saying she’s too mean so they’ll let her be single, which again would not make sense if she were actually dating Kim Rae-won. " (Javabeans)

Javabeans' comment is actually logical enough, but it seems it's a bit different from typical korean sentiment. ^_^; I think most koreans sometimes casually, jokingly can say like that. Actually, the last line of KRW in korean was less serious and more light-hearted than translation in English., so I could be pretty sure that Songyi would be together with KRW, maintaining friendship with Mr. President.

As kdramas get more popular, I found that not a few scenes and lines in kdramas would confuse non-korean viewers or koreans who didn't spend their entire life. For adult koreans who totally understand korean sentiment, I think the ending is never deliberately ambiguous. ^_________^>

(i posted this in your first post about MLP). :P

samsooki, you are so right! i think many of javabeans’ readers are influenced by her taste that when she doesn’t like a drama – they don’t like it either.

There is a term for that in psychology.

OBSERVER BIAS.
The researcher’s own subjectivity may influence the objectivity of the data.

The observer-expectancy effect (also called the experimenter-expectancy effect, observer effect, or experimenter effect) is a form of reactivity, in which a researcher’s cognitive bias causes them to unconsciously influence the participants of an experiment.

So basically, while everyone has their tastes in dramas – because we’re reading javabeans’s opinion on it, we’re also influenced by her own bias. :)

Props to you for fighting it!

sorry, correction..;
I mean " not a few scenes and lines in kdramas would confuse non-korean viewers or koreans who didn’t spend their entire life IN KOREA " ^_^;;

In conclusion, I am with Samsooki. ^__^
When it aired in Korea, there was no different insight on the ending between people around me at least. I remember we just agreed that KRW deserved to get heroine because he trusted and supported Songyi even while KJW doubted her honesty.

Wow!! that drama was long time ago and I can't even remember the ending. But it's fun to read Dahee and Java againts Samsooki. Hi Thundie, maybe you should watch MLP and give us your respected opinion. Just a request.

@Agent Darwin -- pinky swear?

@ockoala -- totally agree.

Samsooki Oppa, one of the things I love about you is your loyalty and persistence...but I'm sure Mrs. Samsooki can also say it's a flaw at times. lols. But I'm sure she still loves you, just like us.

Again, I haven't seen the drama in almost 8 years but I remember being sorely upset for weeks over the ending (Unlike Dahee though, I'll reserve my tombstone engraving for MFL). B/c I obviously concluded it was a purposely ambiguous ending, with only a leaning for KRW, rather than a definite conclusion.

For what its worth, I really enjoy reading these Drama Wars commentaries. Can we have another one? Or I am being too much of a malicious bystander? Hehehe.

Never seen this drama, but it looks...ick. I'm not a big Jang Nara fan (tried listening to a song, liked it the first time and afterwards it got dull). She's cute, but she looks much better with black hair (what's with the early 21st century and dying your hair to look like a runny brown? I know people who would die to have my Korean hair).

In terms of ending, wishy washy endings are a no. From what I've seen this ending seems too ambiguous and it doesn't help to ultimately conclude things. Yeah, she may be like, "Hey, I like you better." but that doesn't mean anything. A weak ending is a sign of a weak story telling (though not always the case admittedly). It looks fun, but at the same time just really really...annoying (sorry).

I feel like for you your biggest positive for this drama is Jang Nara who is "majorly cute". It's not bad to want to see a drama for eye candy (I do it all the time), but to make it one of your big points is kinda eh. Samsooki the Deluded, indeed.

The things that still remain my mind about this series are that I like it at first but then hate the ending.

If I'm asked to make a recommendation my advise would be: "Don't see it, unless you want to upset yourself for nothing."

Even after all these years I still can feel the frustation it cause. It's not worth it.

I remember that I like it at first, but then truly hate the ending. My advice: "Don't see it unless you want to upset yourself for nothing."
After all these years, I still remember the frustation it caused.

oh man, I totally LOVED this kdrama back in high school. My very first! I remember rushing home so I could catch it on TV. KJW was uber cute, I remember him everytime I see Onew now. :D

so THIS is what fanboylism looks like! :P

I just finished watching this drama on DramaFever. I was aware of this discussion before watching it, so I looked carefully at hints throughout the drama.I believe that Kang, Seung- joon KNOWS that Yang, Song-yi loves Kim, Hyun-sung. My feeling from the acting and characterizations is that Seung-joon loves her enough to let her go. He gives her every opportunity to follow her heart, because he knows her heart. He proves this by believing in her from the start, even though others despise her. She is grateful to him for paying attention to her and gets swept away by his caring and love. it is very clear that she enjoys being with Hyun-sung MUCH more than with Seung-joon. The quarreling is what makes their relationship so fun. They are comfortable with each other and have difficulty with serious talk.This is a manifestation of their personalities!!! It is very obvious that she never wants to go to Germany. She is stewing about it at the airport and Seung-joon notes this very profoundly. I think the threesome at the end is there to show us that the "bad little GOOD girl" gets both guys hearts in the end and the "good little BAD girl gets neither. The quarreling continues between Song-yi and Hyun-sung, but they know it is true love. There is no need for jealousy at this point. This is my impression of the well acted series. Kim, Hyun-sung's heart is fixed, remember? That says more to me than the coins!!!

i want the Kim! Rae! Won! hug too...... :D

In my opinion, I think she likes Seung Joon but also feels grateful to what Hyun Sung did for her and also she knows that he has heart problem. Even we know that she decides to stay but their relationship is none other than friendship. The ending wants to emphasize the friendship between three of them. Even the ending likes this, but i still prefer Seung Joon to her.

i agree with#14lilly...I much rather prefer Song yi end up with KJW character...their love scene is so good and besides I am a KJW fan!!!WOOHOO!!!^_^

I suddenly thought of this post when i read something related to 'baby faced beauty' and 'can you hear my heart'.

After reading the comments here and the comments on youtube i realize mot people preferred KRW & JNR.

I think she didn't end up with either person as i want her to be with KJW. When i watched this show , i thought KJW is the lead guy and back when i was young i thought the lead girl MUST end up with the lead guy.

After watching this drama , i become a KJW fan and didn't really care JNR and KRW.(But i like KRW after watching attic cat)

Kim rae won always reminds me of Kimura Takuya. is it just me? Also everytime i see kim rae won im stuck with a distant feeling like nostalgia ._. because of these feelings he gives off it's intriuging to watch him. these stars have one thing in common other than looking alike, they both act real naturally <3 Kimura takuya is more handsome tho x3

oh i don't like ending -___-

I vote for polymorphism and she gets to keep both the men. It was a fun ride and almost unbelievable, the young KRW to his current day self.