Goodbye "Hana Kimi", Hello "Chu Chu, My Daddy" and "Summer x Summer"

With the final installment of "Hana Kimi"'s 3-part DVD set being on sale now, it's finally time to bid goodbye to "Hana Kimi". I've bought the DVD set, and had finished watching the last episode last night. However, for the sake of those who have yet to finish the show, I shall not comment on the ending.

Now that it's curtains call for "Hana Kimi" already, let me introduce you to another 2 shows by GTV: "Chu Chu, My Daddy" (親親小爸) and "Summer x Summer" (熱情仲夏). The former is already on-air via CTS since 14 February, while the latter would take over "Hana Kimi"'s timeslot.

After watching a few school dramas in a row ("Hana Kimi"'s setting is in a tertiary institute, "It Started With A Kiss"'s setting is in high school and polytechnic, "KO One"'s setting is in high school), "Chu Chu, My Daddy" comes as a refreshing change. Although there's still school essence in the show, it was still not as strong. This show tells the story of Liu Furong, a typical "Tai Ke" (something like a Singapore version of "Ah Beng") who suddenly became the "step-father" of three orphaned sisters due to some unexpected twist of events. This role of "step-father" was somehow very unusual, because firstly, Liu Furong did not have any relationship with the deceased mother of the trio at all, and secondly, Ah-Rong was about as young as the eldest sister, Jenny Hong. Despite the unlikeness of him being a "stepfather" to the trio, he was determined to take care of the sisters, who had very diverse character and temperament.

"Summer x Summer", on the other hand, is another school comedy drama, starring Joe Cheng ("It Started With A Kiss" fame) and Chen Yizhen (a.k.a. "Wu Xiong", "of "KO One" fame). The story was somehow similar to "It Started With A Kiss", telling the story of a plain-Jane Xiaya falling in love with her suave but arrogant schoolmate Ouyang Lei. The show is still not on-air yet, so I'm not too sure how's the whole show like (I've read the synopsis from GTV's website, but it was too lengthy so I stopped after reading a few paragraphs), but I can safely say that the similarity between this show and "It Start With A Kiss" only ends here. Therefore, there's no need to worry if it was a clone of the former.

I've already started watching "Chu Chu, My Daddy", and had finished three episodes so far. This show is rather enjoyable despite there isn't any "stella cast", as it's very funny. At the same time, I'm waiting for "Summer x Summer" to air. Hopefully this show will be available for watching via Youtube just like "Hana Kimi"!