Ah, I know, I know, I have that Goddess series to finish. I'm on it, I promise. But I just had to draw this because I can already feel my Asian-drama-high for this show fading.

This is a silly picture of the drama It Started With a Kiss. Not exactly the same chibi style as for my Hana Kimi picture
but I still wanted to evoke the same idea.

Basic premise of the show? Ariel Lin's character has had a crush on Joe Cheng's character for years and decides to give him a love letter--the problem is, he's got an IQ of 200 and doesn't like stupid girls, and she's not exactly the brightest crayon in the box. Life starts off pretty sucky for her--she gets rejected pretty harshly, she loses her home in an earthquake, and then finds out she is going to live at her dad's friend's house. And of course, her dad's friend happens to be the father of Joe Cheng's character.

And also, Jiro Wang plays, yet again, the guy pining after the girl (except at least here, he knows she's a girl, ha), yet doomed to lose out to the heartthrob of the show. Except here, his character is slightly more serious and less comedic than in Hana Kimi.

Ridiculous and incredibly contrived? To say the least. But lovable and adorable? Clearly.

If you want a glimpse of what the show is like, watch the music video for the ending song: [link]

I must say I'm annoyed that Ariel Lin doesn't look right at all despite trying multiple times to redraw her face, and Jiro looks bizarre, as apparently I can't figure out what he looks like at all, even if I'm only drawing part of his face. I guess Joe Cheng's half-smirk makes up for it.

Oh yeah, and the reason Ariel looks tiny in comparison to Joe is because he's 6'2". Which is ridiculous in Taiwan. Especially when she's 5'3" and had to stand on a box for some scenes. Ah but it's so cute.