[REVIEW] Final episode of TV series "Minamishineyo"

In the last episode of SBS TV series "Minamishineyo", Go Mi-nam (played by Park Shin-hye) said to Hwang Tae-kyung (Jang Keun-seuk): "You (pretending to) pick stars from the sky for me? You have really changed a lot!". Like so, Hwang goes through the most changes and developments with each episode of the drama.
Go's ability to love someone with a pure and honest heart was what changed Hwang who was a neat freak with an infinite number of allergies and a personality which is overly sensitive and finicky.

Hwang is someone who tried to distance himself from Go because she said she feels more pain the closer they become and he did not attempt to hold onto her when she said so because not even once, had he been properly loved by someone nor had loved anyone.

But in the last episode, all the characters join in to help Hwang realize his love for Go -- from Jeremy (Lee Hong-ki) who always knew how to express himself honestly, to Kang Shin-woo (Jung Yong-hwa) who had the courage to confess his love although he knew he may be rejected, to Hey (Uee) who discovered how to be honest amidst her lies, and to even Mo Hwa-ran (Kim Sung-ryung) who realized that true love is about not letting the one you love lose what they consider precious. And with that, Hwang becomes a man who 'asks' to be loved, from someone who used to 'permit' the other to love him.

The ending may have been better had all four members of A.N.JELL performed on stage. And however awkward it may have seemed when Hwang's fans did not even attempt to reach out to touch their idol who walked through the crowd to reach Go during the concert, the hug he gave her was the perfect ending for "Minamishineyo".

Viewers were able to see both the loveable characters within the drama and the actual actors themselves mature with each passing episode. We will not see them on our Wednesday and Thursday nights anymore but we are "happy this drama was born".

Reporter: Yoonina, TV critic
Editor : Jessica Kim jesskim@asiae.co.kr