My Girl

FINALLY FINALLY FINISHED IT OMFG, took too long to do it xD

ok, so here we go with the normalities of a drama review. First, summary. We have Ju Yoo Rin, a professional swindler and liar by necessity, her father's in debt to mafia type people and is money greedy, so when he skips town, she's left to own up to her father's deeds, and thus has to resort to disguises and hiding from them. By chance, while on jeju island, she comes upon a summer cottage type house complete with tangerines. She decides since the owner is not around, she will take the tangerines and sell them, however she is caught and has to give back all the money she earned. Turns out the owner is the director of Avenuel Hotel, a big expensive 5 star hotel. But he has a secret. His grandfather had turned away one of his daughters and disowned her, so that daughter had run away and eventually died in an earthquake in japan. Deeply feeling regretful, he has fallen ill with remose and worry with a last wish to see his daughter, who had gone missing since that day years ago and had yet to be found. So it has fallen to this director, Seol Gong Chan, his grandson, to find this person and fulfill a dying man's last wish. However, so far he has failed, and his grandfather's health is starting to decline. Seeming to be running out of time and nto wanting his grandfather to die, he concocts a plan. He finds Ju Yoo Rin, and asks her, with her ability to lie, to pretend to be his cousin, at least until he can find the real one. He will provide her with a home and shelter and pay off her debts and take care of her until a time when he finds the real one. Initially she refuses, but later on agrees (sounds like another fake contract style don't it :P). Things are going well and they are able to overcome the initial doubts about her, genuinely thinking that Gong Chan has really found the grand daughter. However, there is more, Gong Chan used to have a girlfriend, Sae Hyun, who left him to become a famous tennis player, leaving him feeling betrayed and abandoned, and also a best friend, a close family friend, Jung Woo, who also met Yoo Rin and felt there was more to this mysterious girl. We have a nice little love...mess, especially when Yoo Rin falls in love with Gong Chan, Jung Woo falls in love with Yoo Rin, and Sae Hyun returns and wishes to continue where she left off.
There's lots of jealousy and obstacles, typical of a romantic drama. We have the usual contract style agreement that brings the two lovebirds together, the classic previous love, the incoming obstacle who also loves the girl, the lie that if revealed will blow over, especially after being accepted by the family, the revelation, the pain of separation, the package is essentially complete. The romance, while slow, culminates in the two being miserable without each other. Also for others who watch dramas, there's a nice little "cameo" appearance/mini "trailer" type moment at the end which hints at another drama that aired a year later, in the next year's winter season, i particularly liked that, especially since i had already seen the drama it hinted at, quite a nice moment.
All in all, you romance seekers will have no complaints about this drama other than the trouble you might run into trying to find it to watch, as it is licensed and has been essentially taken off most places, although knowing most of you, you should have no trouble beating the system heh.

Enjoy, really a romance drama that those who enjoy this genre cannot miss.