Japan's remake of 'Itaewon Class' doesn't live up to the original

Article: "Why couldn't they produce it like Korea?" Japan's Korean remake of Park Seo Joon's drama was a 'flop'

Source: Herald Economy via Naver

1. [+1,087, -10] At least Japan buys the rights to remake the dramas... China just steals it and rips it off

2. [+203, -10] It's okay, Japan's good at making anime... they missed the opportunity to turn this into an anime

3. [+145, -9] There are a lot of fun Japanese dramas but the sentiment is usually different from Korean dramas so remaking each other's stuff usually doesn't turn out successful

4. [+150, -19] Our Park Seo Joon is a lot more handsome and better at acting

5. [+52, -15] Just how big of a flop was it that Japanese viewers said they'd rather rewatch 'Itaewon Class'? ㅋㅋㅋ That's so funny

6. [+23, -1] Not everyone can be good at the same things! Japan is good at producing animes while Korea's good at producing dramas and webtoons! It's better that we win win from our respective fields ㅋㅋ

7. [+14, -0] Sorry but just starting with the casting, it's all wrong...

8. [+8, -0] Japan will probably be more successful pushing their anime industry than dramas or movies

9. [+6, -0] It's okay... Japan's good at producing other things...

10. [+6, -0] They needed to have permed the male lead's hair in a down perm. Leaving his hair dry like that makes him look like he's some army ajusshi.

11. [+5, -0] I remember when Korea remade 'Nodame Cantabile' and it was so boring

12. [+5, -1] There are a lot of Korean remakes of international works that flopped, so...

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