[Review] Sungkyunkwan Scandal

Politics, Comedy - Romance, Friendship

This drama was about a young lady who love to study very much. However, at that point of time, women are not allowed to be educated or employed in government department. She has no choice but have to disguise herself to be a guy in order to reduce her family burden. She has a sick brother and an older mother to take care of. Due to her family condition, she has to work part time in bookstore so that she can earn a living. 

There was a time where she met a guy named Lee Sun Joon who caught Kim Yoon Hee  for being cheating in the examination hall. He then later acknowledged her talent and understood her condition. He helped her to get an entrance into Sungkyunkwan (University). They were not only roommate but also classmate and partners. Sooner, they developed a feeling for one another.

Kim Yoon Hee tried her very hard to keep her identity as secret so that she can continue to study at Sungkyunkwan and obtain medical privilege to cure her brother's sickness. At the end, her identity was exposed and the King was pretty angry about. Nevertheless, she wasn't expelled from Sungkyunkwan due to the King forgave her and appraised her intelligence for finding a secret wills from the late King.

Both of them (Kim Yoon Hee and Lee Sun Joon) spent an awesome moment during Sungkyunkwan. Kim Yoon Hee encountered a few difficult situation where she was always being  accused for wrongdoings by the President of Students. Lee Sun Joon always being there to help her out during those difficult times. He taught her and motivated her not to give up on learning archery. Not to forget their friends Moon Jae Shin and Gu Yong Ha too who also have been gone through a lot of ups and downs with Kim Yoon Hee and Lee Sun Joon. They worked together to carry out their duties to carry out mission assigned by the King as well as investigate the true culprit for stealing from the students from Sungkyunkwan.

I have learnt a lot of lessons from this drama, especially Confucius philanthropy. I am also impressed by the actor Park Yoon Chun (Lee Sun Joon) and actress Park Min Young (Kim Yoon Hee) who are acting so well. It was quite a challenging acting for Park Min Young who have to pretend to act as a guy in order to keep her identity secret. Park Yoon Chun was to act as an upright and intelligent man. He was cool and yet a very good speaker who debated and convinced the President of Student to clear the atmosphere for accusing gay between Kim Yoon Hee and Moon Jae Shin.

What an Interesting drama to be watched.

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