Actually I didn't watch the anime, nor read the manga. I watched the taiwanese series and I...didn't like them much. *hides from the fans* I think it would have been better if there were fewer eps (I got over my fear of fast-forwarding while watching them. I FF-ed through most of s2 Heh). I didn't particularly liked the acting either (I didn't like the writing, either, for that matter), but I do admit the leads, Joe Cheng and Ariel Lin, had lot of chemistry together. The thing is, the story and the characters have a LOT of potential and I'm sure, as a kdrama, it could be awesome. Which is why I'm bummed at his casting. Let's assume he grew as an actor after BBF, that's still not going to cut it. Any of the actors mentioned in the article I linked above would have done a better job (they are all veterans compared to KHJ and they can act already) and yes, I'm prejudiced now, but I just don't see how KHJ can do well. Will he study hard, improve and do the best he can? Sure. Will that be enough? Ahem. Will I still watch this? Most likely, yes. *g*

I dropped BBF, meh. I couldn't get past ep 11. And I do love Lee Min-ho so it was painful for me to drop the drama. His acting was soooo good; the drama was a mess, though. Hehe. Re:Yoon Ji Hoo. Hmm, I don't know. Me? I loved Rui in HYD, and I tried really, really, really hard to like Yoon Ji Hoo and KHJ's acting (and I'm fairly open-minded so I wasn't against him because I liked Rui, if you know what I mean?). The thing is -and this applies to all my tvshows- I can endure anything, story-wise (painfully boring/crazy/unbelievable/silly/[insert adjective here storylines) if I "connect" with a character, which usually happens when 1)the acting is good, 2)the character is good enough as it is (meaning no matter what actor played him, I would have liked him) and I just couldn't connect with Yoon Ji Hoo. :/ I really, really hope KHJ fares well with his new drama...but heh, I'm not expecting much.

You're right in so little time he can't suddenly become an experienced and good actor (because his only acting experience keeps being just BOF)... I just wish him the best.

As I said before I'll be watching anyway because I like him... ;)