at one point these dramas seemed to be every where. i have seen some that i loved and others i can't quiet get what they were thinking. not only drama's but anime and manga seem to also have a love for gender benders. all the ones i am talking about are girls dressed as boys... i have seen mangas and animes doing it the other way with boys being girls (one of the ones i mention in this list has a very small amount of boys as girls) but i haven't seen it much in dramas.
5. Ouran High School Host Club live action (Japanese drama)-
let me start by saying this is one of the worst dramas i have every seen. i absolutely loved the manga and anime, so much so that i went to met the English voice of Tamaki! when i saw they were doing a live action i was quiet excited even more so when i saw who was playing Tamaki, Yamamoto Yusuke who i had seen in other dramas and loved.
the problem is they did a really bad job. it was over the top and i just couldn't get into it.
i also know I'm not the only one who thinks this. i have spoken to people about it before and of course Eat Your Kimchi's Martina said it was bad too. P.S if you don't know who Eat your Kimchi are GO NOW FIND THEM AND LOVE THEM!
4 To The Beautiful You (korean drama)-
this is a remake of Hana Kimi a Japanese drama (which i have put a little higher) also originally a manga. i loved the manga just like with Ouran. it was one of my favourites. however when i watched this i was left thinking WHAA!! firstly this has a lot of Kpop stars in it which i feel gave it more appeal. Minho from Shinee, Sulli from F(x), Hwang Kwang-he from ZE:A we also have Kim Woobin and lee Hyunwoo who i love!
my younger sister watched this with me and she hadn't read the manga or seen th Japanese version so i spent most of the first episode trying to explain what was going on. i feel the first episode is the worst with out giving too much away I'll explain why. in the manga our female lead meets the male lead at a athletics camp in America some 'stuff' happens and he gets injured and she blames herself. so what do you do dress as a boy and enrol at his all boys sport academy! however we don't get this explanation in the korean drama. we see the lead female watching an athletics competition on the TV and she see our male lead do the high jump with no problems. then Sulli chops her air of tell her American friend shes 'gotta do this' and then she goes to the all boys school. this is one of my main dislikes of the whole drama. it had potential to do so much better.
my other tiny annoyance is Sulli is far to cute to be a boy! but i could get past that if thy had done a better job of the story.
3 Hana Kimi (Japanese drama)
this is one of my favourite Japanese dramas. first it was fairly true to the manga. i also really liked all the characters there where a lot of people in this drama but they all had different things about them. this was when i first saw Yamamoto Yusuke and love his character even though it was a small part.
i liked how the school building really felt like a school i could believe kids went to (unlike the Korean version). again i can't say the female lead really looked like a boy. if the Korean version had done better on the first episode it would have been at 3 instead of four. i would say if you have watched the Korean version give this one a go too!
** the top two were very difficult to pick they both have points that made me want it at number one... however we are doing a top 5 gender benders not my top favourite dramas so when i thought that way i made my choice!**
2 You're Beautiful (Korean drama)
this is my favourite drama EVER! so it was hard to put it at number 2. we have Lee Hongki play Jeremy, i dear you not to fall for him in this role. not only do you get the lead singer of FTIsland you also get Jang Yonghwa (CNBlue) as Shinwo who is equally lovable and lets not forget the really tight pants he wears when following Go Minnam around.
what really put this drama at 2 is Park Shinhye, she has the same issue that Sulli has far to girly and cute. i can't see how no one can tell that she is a girl.
but this drama is a must see WATCH IT!
1 Coffee Prince. (korean drama)
to most people this is obvious it has to be up in the top Gender Benders. this was one of the first Korean dramas i had seen. Eunhye does an amazing job, not only does she do a better job at looking boyish she acts it too. which is one thing all our other females had quiet got.
as with most of the other dramas i mention there is a moment when one of the male characters thinks ' oh god i am gay... i like a guy' but this drama does it better.
Gong yoo's character hires Eunhye's character to work in his all male staffed coffee shop after getting her to play his 'gay' lover. so they act as a gay couple to keep his grandmother off his back. there a more twists and turns before Gongyoo figures out she is a girl.
also this drama has 'that' kiss scene!
so that was my top five gender bender dramas. i had a few i wanted to add, Nail Shop Paris was almost in, also i had serious thoughts about putting secret garden in but i wasn't sure if that really was classed as a gender bender or not.
If you guys have any gender benders i missed or any opinions on the ones i mentioned feel free to leave your comments.
i will be back soon with more drama reviews, top 5's and more!
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