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Rich Man, Poor Woman Review

I’m having too much fun on my vacation that episode 6’s general crapitude doesn’t bother me anymore, other than a sense of what-could-have-been with Rich Man, Poor Woman‘s story development. I don’t need the OTP to get together or even the story to be romance-focused as opposed to toggling office-driven plot twists, what I do need is for whatever is told to be compelling and make sense. So far Asahina’s takeover plot of Next Innovation is all sorts of ridiculously overwrought (he smashes his foot!) and extreme (he’ll tank NI just to wash out Hyuga’s shares). I thought the guy was smart (and he was introduced as such), but suddenly he’s become a thumb-twiddling villain that thinks with his simmering jealousy.

I don’t doubt he’s got issues playing Hyuga’s number two, I just think it laughable that one put down from Sakaguchi could flip the switch on him.I just want the drama to get back to what it does best, which is show Hyuga trying to figure things out and Makoto’s different perspective helping him along. I even want the missing-mommy bit to come back to play. Hello? He’s been looking for her for years, and now that Makoto has told him where she lives, he doesn’t even go find her? A day trip would be fine. Anything other than hanging around his house where Yoko can make a sneak attack and show up with her smiles and wine and take advantage of him being down. Until episode 7 redeems the dorama for me, I’m off to stare at more cute pictures of Hyuga-Makoto.

 

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  • Loving this drama!! Can't wait for episode 7 and more Makoto & Hyuga cuteness!! ^__^

    Btw THANK YOU for the OST downloads! Can't get enough of the songs from this drama either.

  • Ooooh! Thanks

    I do listen to both versions all the time in the car and when I have to do a lot of non-thinking work.

    I love the song, and it gives me that giddy feeling I get watching the show, and when I watch the show and hear the OST, I get that giddy feeling from listening to the song. So it's an ouroboros thing.

  • THANK you for providing the OST download link!

    I'm excited to read your future recap about Makoto & Hyuga's cuteness esp Makoto. That girl is tooo adorbs!!

  • Thank for the download link!
    I'm onto Ep 4 now, can't say I love it... only love the OTP scenes.
    I really like the theme song though, so catchy.

  • Thank you. I agree with you about the plot-lines. There should be more of Hyuga and less of Asahina, more about Hyuga's mother and more of Hyuga and Makoto solving problems together. Or just simply being together :-)
    I actually haven't watched ep6 yet. Waiting for the 7th to watch them back-to-back to dampen the disappointment. Or so I hope (that the 7th ep will go back to the good stuff).

    As for the OST, what is the translation of the names of the songs?
    "To The Light" and "That's me"?? A very wild guess from google translate :-)))

  • I am actually looking for the slow version of the English remix! Or the 'musically-box' like tune. Guess I have to wait till the OST is released :[

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