ROFL, Soong Joong Ki as a Gisaeng?? I'll be waiting for that.

lol i agree with you that Song Joong-ki is the quintessential pretty boy! ^^

If the quintessential beast man rep, Taecyeon, takes off his shirt one more time, I'm seriously going to unplug my tv/turn off my computer monitor. It was nice the first time, the second time, the 1000th time, but it's getting old. I feel like I know the every inch of that man's choco abs and pecs.

I welcome the return of the pretty boys... for now.

I like guys who are a mix of both... pretty on the outside and manly on the inside.

Lee Jun Ki is probably my favorite and probably the most well known "pretty boy", but if you watch some of his dramas like "Time Between Dog and Wolf"... his kisses are anything but girly.

I don't think looking "pretty" makes a man any less of a man! I especially hate when people assume or claim that "pretty" boys are gay. (And so many fangirls do that with Asian stars.. it's pretty sickening.)

But yeah.. I'm glad they are back in!

Song Joong-ki has got the pretty face out of the three. Now I think about i properly, the 'pretty boys' are everywhere. I think No Min Woo in MGIAG deserves a mention here, and kim bum, and a load of others ;]

I agree with you on the pornstaches, although i prefer to call the pedostaches, for obvious reasons ;]

No, no, no!!!! What are we mortal woman going to do if these boys get even prettier???
Quick, where is my cure-all pic of Cha Seung-won? Aaaah, much better! LOL

Micky Yoochun pretty? haha his ugly if his pretty in korean damm they got low standard.

I've always thought that Koreans had a little thing for flower boys ever since I was little because my mom would always say, he's such a handsome kotminam this and that.

But I never thought of beasts as being very popular as the current generation of K dramas seem to be censored. In the Americas, actors shamelessly and show off their hot choc ab's on the cover of magazines, movies, and television.

To me the beast phase was more like, hey here's the deal i really don't have the face [cough Bi] but I'm going to sell myself with my hot ab's. Doesn't have the face so might as well sell the body. As I told my friends a couple of months back, he reminds me of a primate [as in monkey, but more like a ape].

The only beast that I love is SiWon. He's got the face and the hottie ab's [drools]. But he doesn't come close to KHJ [faints]. Granted, he's pretty shy when it comes to showing off his body, but man that smile. Like the Helen of Troy was the face that launched a 1000 ships, KHJ is the man who melts the hearts of a million women and counting.

I totally agree on everything you've said about song joong ki. In triplicate.

'I certainly hope there’s a chance to see him in drag. He would kill it as a gisaeng. '

I think this is what sets a typical asian women apart from the rest: the immediate thought of how a guy that has sparked an interest in you would look as a girl (if you are asian girlfriday lol) and before I get hounded by non-asian people having similar tastes - I'm just pointing out that it's much more normal and acceptable in Asia for men to cross-dress because their women want them to.

Although personally I'm quite content with seeing Song Joong Ki in his frivolously coloured men-robes in SS.

I don't know how Micky made the cut - I've always found his look distinctly masculine - or perhaps his band-mates just surpass him in girly looks?

I wouldn't say that the 'beast men' is fading (although choco abs just have me rolling my eyes these days) because I just heard of Eric Mun's impending release from the army and my heart just stopped for a moment thinking of his ruggard(?) charming character in Phoenix.

I'n still waaay in it for just THAT. :D

Can we have Candy boys with facial hair? If we could find the perfect beastly/candy boy, I would die happy.

Candy is sweet but it lasts only a short time. Too much candy is bad for our teeth!

stop the 'stache stop the 'stache!!!

oh how i heart all the pretty boys! lee jun ki tops my list! kjh is so so....as for the beastly men i dont see the point of overly muscled men, when their muscles start having muscles of their own its time to stop! i like my men reasonably toned thank you very much!

song joong ki <3 is indeed the quintessential pretty boy. though i'm not gonna deny how biased i am because of my unwavering love for him :3 i'm glad he's getting more famous now, because he's actually really talented and SO ADORABLE. SO. SO ADORABLE.

hey you forgot about the foxy hunter who could pass as a gisaeng without even notice that he's No Min Woo at 183 cm or even Kim Jae Wook (recently in Bad Guy-even muscular he's not that "beastly"-look at his pretty face) and Yoo Seung Ho (God of study this year and soon with another drama)
and GAWD Yoon Shi Yoon (remember in Korea he really has 45%even we don't watch the drama)is pretty as Lee Jun Ki

sorry, but No Min Woo is way too girly for me. Is it OK to say this or will I get flamed?

I don't know how I feel about this, but I do agree I'll be glad to see the moniker 'beast' die out a bit.

I have to be honest the first couple of episodes of Oh My Lady I wondered how many time SiWon's character was going to take his shirt off.

In these situations I always wonder if it had something to do with the clothing budget. I mean I like choco abs, but not for the sake of odd man flesh moments that make little sense.

*chants* "Song Joong-ki! Song Joong-ki! Song Joong-ki! Song Joong-ki!..."

sorry Micky's fans, but i never saw him pretty nor handsome

as for Kim Hyun-joong am not saying he is not pretty, but some of his SS501 are prettier than him.. but he is definitely charismatic

Song Joong-ki.. now that's what I call a pretty boy.. even his prettiness doesn't annoy me like some other pretty boys.

Not gonna lie, Song Joong-ki is my favorite out of those 3.
But, it does make me wonder... does he have abs? (Hehe.)

KHJ just looks really tired all the time. :( I hope that boy is getting some rest.

Well, GF if this is the case in Kland, I will have to depart until the real actors/men come back and take center stage in the dramas. It's been good while it lasted--- since the fall of 2009. A break will do me good......

And there's also Jung Il Woo...oh, and Kim Hye Sung.

you're crazy? as pretty as? Kim Hyung joon is wayyyyy cuter then the female lead.... lol

I think this article would have been better left not translated girlfriday. I wondered if I was at allkpop when I saw this title.

Come on now....

??? that is a lot strange to me ,first i am a man and to me ,boyish girls aren't my taste so wht in the opposite some girls will want a girly guy ? also i don't like the idea of look girly (i am writing about me) i prefer for me a masculine appearence ,or is that cultural ? i am from mexico !

LOL you should've not included Micky in this category..

He is not pretty..yes but he is not ugly too..

Fans like him because of his dorky personality and chunface..

If you consider Micky as pretty then his co-member Jaejoong is a Goddess.. XDDD

Song Joong Ki is indeed the hottest candy man!Pretty face with a masculine sexy voice...ggrrrrrrrr

Balance is good in all. Huge abs and bodies that look less like actors and more like bodybuilders aren't nice. Neither though, are men who look like women and act like them. Again, I'll talk about Jang Keun Suk's recent "fashion" sense and behavior.

Natural is the best. No man should be a monster OR a transvestite unless that's their main occupation or way to make a living, or how they get their kicks.

Celebs should be role models for a good health and a normal and healthy body and attitude. Not for a steroid-type of monstrosity and neither for a scrawny nancy-boy without a hint of testosterone.

This is the worst trend ever! I'm so sick of pretty boys that I could vomit. I'm not even calling for more choco abs... I think the gratuitous flesh mongering is just as pathetic. I'm saying, can't we live in the happy medium where men are HANDSOME, instead of pretty? There is a difference. I'm so sick of these androgenic girly men passed off as dramatic heroes. Maybe it's my age, but I can't swoon over a man who looks like he just stepped out of my middle school yearbook. Even the prettiest of the Coffee Princes pulled it off while still remaining manly.

Jang Keun Suk, Kim Hyun Joon, No Min Woo, and Song Joon Ki (who I LOVE but this is getting ridiculous), I just want you guys to know that it OK to look like a man. Think Gong Yoo, Kang Ji Hwan, Lee Min Ho, The Voice and so many good examples. Even Choi Siwon is handsome even with his shirt on.

Join the revolution! Bring back MEN with no qualifying adjectives attached!

I GLEEFULLY PRANCE AROUND AT THIS NEWS. Why? Because I <3 <3 <3 pretty boys, and have always loved them. In everything. Manly men have never been attractive to me for some reason. xD And you're totally write, Song Joong-ki blows Micky out of the water (sorry fans. xD) KHJ is pretty, but doesn't have SJK's boyish charm. How can that boy be in his twenties?! He also has the talent to boot.

Hell Yeah! Down with the porn-stache!

aldjslkdjkasdhaskjdah I used to watch that anime when I was a kid *thinks fondly of childhood memories* Ahhhhh, good ol' times.

I can't possibly be the only one who thinks that the pretty boys of today will be the beast men of tomorrow. For some reason I always thought that when guys hit 30-35, esp k-actors, they start working out more, pay more attention to how they look etc. LIke they go through a premature middle-age crisis? Sort of? ^^

Song Joong-ki! He totally rocks in Sungkyunkwan Scandal, but that has nothing to do with how he looks and everything to do with how he acts. I can totally buy when he's being -or looks- naive and innocent, but I can also buy when he's more dangerous and "naughty"? *fangirls him* I can't wait till he gets a "dark" role, possibly that of a very twisted villain. It'd be awesome to see the contrast between his angelic face and the character's dark soul. Oh and of course as a lead ^^

oh man, Song Joong-ki definitely ROCKS this category. His character portrayal was STRAIGHT out of a manga!!! I LOVE it!

This is something that might be interesting to y'all. There's been some interest and research put into why women are attracted to feminine vs. masculine men, and some sources are blaming it on the birth control pill.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5973OT20091008

I don't know if that's entirely true, but I do know that there are certain times of the month that certain guys appeal to me and other times when they just simply don't.

Except for TOP. He's still dreamy all the time.

You know, too much candies and your teeth will start to ache...
I think what's more annoying is the fact that producers and directors, and all those big fat fishes over at broadcast company look for Kkotminam (flower boy), and not for the actors.
I'm not into overbuffed guys, no, but when I see a guy and I ask myself where did he buy his lotion for hair or a foundation, I think there is something wrong, and not necessary with me. Those pretty boys can't act. Let's face it! I counted Kim The Table Hyun Joong facial expressions and I counted up to 2.5!

And for the record: anyone who calls Kim Namgil-nim a "pretty boy" will meet his demise in a shady corner...

pretty boys are sweeping the kdramaland as of the moment but no complaints from me b'coz i love them!

song joong ki, for me has the crown for this one!
he's so pretty that he could really pass as a girl!

my runners up would be jung il woo (whom i love!), kim hyun joong (he's adorable as a performer!) and no min woo (like him in MGIAG).

i think eventually these pretty boys will turn into beast men so i suggest to let ourselves enjoy while it lasts.

I'm not usually into pretty candy boys but can always make an exception for Jang Geon-suk and Song Joong-ki.

Then again, I don't like beastly rippling muscle types either. Guess I don't have a type. Maybe I just like guys for their 'personality'. :p

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2wbuteovbw&feature=related

Just like the sand in No Min-woos hourglass, this "age of candy men" will pass. If there was a surge of adorkable boys, holla at your girl Janna. I will be #1 in that line. ...It's never going to happen is it. Well, once in a while is good enough for me!

Guys: Just promise to lay off ascots and we can be cool about pink pants and longer hair and stuff.

yeah...thats why the three of them have produce such a low ratings programs...hohoho...PK sat rerun ratings is 6% tho....

Pretty boys you have to love them. XD

I absolutely love Kim Jae-wook! To me he can seem androgynous or manly depending on how he works his stuff.

Well, pretty boys have always reigned in kdramas (as well as twdramas and jdramas) so it was only a matter of time before they made a comeback. I think they might be eclipsed again though with the coming of dramas like Athena and Runaway. I like my candy men too (c'mon, who can say no Song Joong Ki?) but beast men aren't bad either, even though I'd rather have another word besides "beast" for manlier men.

diff'rent strokes for diff'rent folks.....

all i know is that my day isn't complete without Jo Hyun Jae who is pretty handsome, pretty manly, pretty talented...... just pretty awesome!!!!

This is an Asian phenomenon that I can't really understand, and no matter how much I'm into Asian pop-culture, probably never will. And it's definitely not making a comeback, at least, not in K-pop anyway, where 'Candy men' or 'Pretty boys' have always been the staple.

I'm all for gender equality when it comes to certain things such as in the workforce, sports, politics etc. but a man should never - EVER - spend more time in front of the vanity mirror than a woman.

Personally, I find 'Pretty boys' very unappealing, and I'm an Asian myself, so imagine what Western men such as #27 Allen from Macho Mexico thinks...

i agree with you Song Joong Ki really is more prettier than the two of them...and as a giseang yes...he will be like Jung Il Woo in the Return of Iljimea they are more prettier than the girls...yummy...

oh here's a list of those i think are pretty boys and i <3 them for their androgyny!

lee jun ki
kang dong won ( though he looks a lot less feminine than LJK)
heechul of suju
lee dong wook (pretty features than most girls would kill for!)
kim jae wook

ill give an honourable mention to kim nam gil here cos his features are pretty but his persona jus smacks of sexiness and that badass voice of him grrr! siwon, kim bum are baby faced if nothing else are darn cute but in a non girly way!

Personally, I find ‘Pretty boys’ very unappealing, and I’m an Asian myself, so imagine what Western men such as #27 Allen from Macho Mexico thinks…

You know what American men think.....c'mon.