She was just saying it to warn Seung-jo not to be so snooty, but Joon-gu is, adorably, thrilled. But when Seung-jo goes so far as to call them “pathetic,” she has to speak up: What’s pathetic about working hard? She gives Joon-gu an inadvertent compliment by saying he’s super fast and athletic, which makes his day. Worse than insulting them is his air of “Oh, we’re so above that,” and Ha-ni has to hold back Joon-gu from launching into a fight. (I sorta love how Seung-jo tries to pretend he’s so superior to Ha-ni, but he can’t resist poking and prodding at her, when a truly indifferent person wouldn’t bother.)
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You care so little that you have to announce just how little you care, in case they thought you cared. He says indifferently that Class 7 is sure to win, because his class just doesn’t care. It’s pretty cute how enthusiastic they are, so of course haughty Seung-jo has to rain on their parade by sniffing at how silly they look. Motivated by pizza - and yeah, beating Class 1, although mostly the pizza - the class practices for the competition, performing drills and running through relay simulations. Class 7 isn’t terribly enthusiastic, but are won over with Kang-yi’s bribe of pizza if they win all three events. They even go so far as to speculate about cheating, though they make no accusations.Įach class has an upcoming outing planned, and Classes 1 and 7 get stuck in an athletic competition at Kang-yi’s suggestion, because she’s determined to prove that her class can beat the snooty Class 1-ers at something. The other teachers are unconvinced, however, particularly the pretty teacher (whom I suspect will be Kang-yi’s rival, or at least her foil) and Class 1 teacher Ji-oh. He asks Class 7’s teacher Kang-yi if she finds that odd, but she answers simply that hard work can yield good results. One such example: the vice principal, who takes great pride in Seung-jo as the school’s star pupil and therefore can’t understand how Ha-ni squeaked through. Ha-ni’s presence in the study hall is such an anomaly that you can practically hear the minds being blown as people try to figure out how she got there. Wait, drama, aren’t we supposed to like her? You’d think she would have a little bit of sympathy for this predicament, but she hasn’t learned the lesson from her own humiliation and bursts out laughing at the other girl, even pointing a finger literally as she guffaws. Ha-ni is cheered when Seung-jo rejects the girl’s offer of a soda. But how does that explain all the dumb snobs I’ve met? And poor jackasses? Ha-ni’s the odd duck out in study hall, where we hammer in the stereotypes inherent in this drama: that all humble, average-brained folks are nice and friendly, while smart people are rich snobs. That totally explains her fit of jealousy in special study hall when another girl tries to flirt with Seung-jo, right? He’s cold and mean and lacks any spark of humanity. Now he asks suspiciously if Ha-ni still likes Seung-jo, to which she blurts that she doesn’t. Ju-ri and Min-ah reproach him for interfering, and he’s so dense that he thought he was being helpful. Joon-gu’s more aggressive, and (literally) sweeps Ha-ni off her feet to carry her outside. What ensues is a double-wrist-grab competition of whose back she’ll climb on.
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Joon-gu steps in and offers the piggyback ride instead, and while Seung-jo hadn’t been eager to carry her, damned if he’ll be upstaged by this guy. He grabs her wrist (oy), and protective Joon-gu arrives on the scene at just this moment, seeing Ha-ni struggling against Seung-jo’s grasp. Three-year crush notwithstanding, being called a public menace can go a long way in quashing the warm fuzzies, and Ha-ni refuses.
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If everyone’s going to assume he’s a flake, he’d rather just get it over with. He grumbles that she’s a public menace, but sighs and tells her to go ahead and claim her piggyback ride. Ha-ni mutters to Seung-jo not to misunderstand - she had nothing to do with this. The two had privately agreed to nullify that bet, but can’t explain that to the others without revealing that they’re living together. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.Īfter Ha-ni surprises everyone with her high test score, the students (led by teacher Kang-yi) chant for Seung-jo to live up to his promise of carrying her around the school. Lee Seung-hwan with Park Shin-hye – “Wonderful Day” Īudio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Funny how television can romanticize the unromantic, and vice versa. Go for the perfect meanie who needs to be convinced of your worth, or the loyal lackey who already knows it?Īnd of course, the answer (in a drama) is always the opposite of the one we’d advocate in real life. 199 SeptemJanuPlayful Kiss: Episode 3 by javabeansĪh, the eternal kdrama conundrum.