L.O.V.E. Just love. The first teaser trailer for the upcoming TW-drama adaptation of the popular Japanese manga Skip Beat has finally been released. The drama’s Chinese title is called 華麗的挑戰 (English literal translation being Extravagant Challenge) but it’s English title has been confirmed to mirror the manga and be called Skip Beat.
The drama stars Ivy Chen (stepping in for Ariel Lin), and two awesome Super Junior boys – Choi Siwon as Dun He Lian (Ren in the manga) and Lee Donghae as Bu Puo Xang (Sho in the manga). The first trailer doesn’t have the dialogues of the SuJu boys dubbed yet, which I know it will be, but is nevertheless ridiculously amazing. I loved every second of it.
I love Ivy and Donghae’s chemistry based on the trailer alone. Confession: I second lead ship in Skip Beat the manga – I think the chemistry between Kyoko and Sho (the scorned girl who gave everything for the man she loves, and the man who takes for granted the woman who loves the very air he breathes) BURNS. I know Kyoko will end up with Ren (the mangaka said as much), so it was to my conflicted sadness and everlasting gratification to see in the trailer that my second lead shipping was merited. Donghae and Ivy’s intensity, anger and dismissal of each other, twist my inside into knots.
Don’t get my wrong, I lovelovelove Siwon, and I think Ren is an incredible male lead, but damnit my heart tells me that if I were the mangaka, I would redeem Sho and make it so that the childhood sweethearts can somehow end up together. I’m so K-drama-ish like that. I’ve already offered to recap Skip Beat to my twitter pals (though I was pretty drunk on birthday bubbly when I made that offer), but if the drama is as good as the trailer make it seem, it would be my greatest pleasure to watch it live.
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o my lord this looks soooooo good...i LOVE Ivy Chen.....she is so intense for such a cute person.....cant wait!!!..so u're also considering recapping this as well..thank you!!!...never knew the day would come when I'd get to read Taiwanese drama recaps
o wait why is there korean in the trailer? are they playing Korean pop stars in Taiwan (kinda like what they already are???)..not that i'd mind eitherways
i've been told siwon/donghae's voices are going to be dubbed. i don't know how much truth is behind that however
@kelly oh really? I actually rather liked the fact that the original voices would be kept. I am not sure why but I am particularly averse to dubbing, especially in the chinese movies.
One sentence.... I'm IN LOVE. with the trailer that is. XD
Hello! Do you mind talking about Skip Beat! here instead of over there?
I didn't write much in the other topic because I was afraid I was breaking some rules...
This trailer looks great! I wonder when this will be broadcasted~
First comment here at the playground. Really can't believe that... any way... It would be awesome if you recap this! It looks good. And I'm a huge Skip Beat! fan. I can't believe you're for the Sho/Kyoko pairing. I mean I can see why (you know after I read the manga for the third time) but I'm Ren/Kyoko all the way. Funny enough it's because of their childhood connection. Umm since I'm posting anyway... Thank you for your hard work.
thx captain 4 brings the cute trailer here.....
l love donghae n he is so damn cute....n yes he has chem with ivy...arrggghhhh.....can't wait!!!!!!!
I am also a Sho fan. Too bad he can't get Kyoko:( It seems I will like Sho more in the drama too. Ren might be perfect but isn't he a little boring compared to Sho?
Interestingly enough, I find Ren's character the most intriguiging due to his dark past, which admittedly has only shown up in flashes in the manga. Definitely watching this, and Kyoko/Ren all the way - although I like Sho as a main character. I wonder if the drama will make Sho more likable from the get-go.
Oh.. Thank you for posting!
I also L.O.V.E the trailer... DongHae in particular exceeded my expectations. He is the sweetest person you could find and his character is so remote from Shou that I doubted whether he could pull the role off.
Well, I don't mind your confession about shipping ShoxKyoko since I am conflicted myself between the two leads. I keep switching sides. But... I'm saying but... If we follow your scenario, do you reallly want to go through the heartbreak of seeing Ren, after all he has done, discover that he amounts to nothing compared to a "jerk"?
Well, all of this is hypothetical of course since it is quite obvious who Kyoko ends up with.
But you're right. The chemistry between KxS is extremely strong.
SPOILER from manga... After all, he is the one who got her first kss even though Ren would not want to consider it that ENDS SPOILER
It's the typical nice perfect guy vs intense chemistry conflict but Skip Beat makes it especially hard to choose.
I just observed that the reason in the trailer, Sho and Kyoko (I will try to learn the chinese names) look like they have chemistry is because Donghae and Ivy look like they have chemistry in real life as well in interviews. Ivy just keep looking towards Donghae in any case, despite the fact that Siwon is more fluent.
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YAY!!!!!! Thank you thank you thank you!!!
I have been waiting to watch this drama for a long time now and I want you,Koala unni, to please recap it!!! Thanks a lot.
YES! Please recap it!!!!!