As the New Year 2015 rang in a couple of days ago along came a whole new list of Korean dramas I've also wanted to watch this year. Many of them including; Angry Mom, Blood, Heard It As A Rumor, Jekyll, Hyde, and Me, Three Summer Nights along with a few other ones that aren't as popular. But the Korean drama that I'm most looking forward to watching most recently is Pinocchio. Pinocchio is a romantic comedy genre, so if you're into that kind of stuff you should try it out!
Okay I know what many of you are thinking why this Korean drama is called Pinocchio. That was the first thing that popped into my head as well. As I was doing my research like I always do before I decide which Korean drama may be suited for me, I found out that the title of the drama is called Pinocchio because one of the main characters has Pinocchio Syndrome and that means she hiccups every time she lies. Personally I think this drama will be a great start to my K-drama disease. Another reason why I was looking forward to watching Pinocchio was because it had a few of my favorite actors and actresses taking a role in it! Down below is the first episode of Pinocchio. If you're board and have nothing else to do during your free time, why not take a stab at it and see if it was worth your time, or you can just skip around different episodes and try it out!
http://www.viki.com/tv/23066c-pinocchio
Since Pinocchio hasn't completely finished broadcasting and filming this was all the juice I could find about the synopsis. The drama begins with a child, Ha-Myeong (Lee Jong-Sul) growing up in a decent family having a firefighting father, mother and older brother. Both he and his older brother both possess higher than normal intellectual skills and are proud of their father. A sudden fire decides to happen and it ends up destroying his family and his mother dies because of the fire shortly after. The plot doesn't really mention what happens with the father and the older brother but we can assume that they both died in the fire. Ha-Myeong are scooped out of the ocean by a stranger (Byun Hee-Bong).
The man that rescued Ha-Myeong out of the ocean turns out to be In-Ha's (Park Shin Hye) grandfather. In-Ha's grandfather believes Ha-Myeong is his eldest son Dal-Po, who died 30 years ago. Ha-Myeong is then adopted into the family and ends up changing his name to Dal-Po. Since they're living together they have a weird relationship as uncle and niece, even though they're about the same age.
In-Ha has what's called a Pinocchio Syndrome which is whenever she lies she gets the hiccups. In-Ha and Dal-Po get along well until he learns that In-Ha's mother (Jin Kyung) is the reporter that covered the fire incident that destroyed his family. After learning that he tries to keep himself distant between her, but at the same time he begins to develop feelings for her. (Ugh why doesn't he seriously just make a choice, either to distant her or fall in love with her. Don't let feelings control him.) 
A few years later, Dal-Po and In-Ha's family move to Seoul and In-Ha attempts to become a reporter like her mother. Soon In-Ha meets her mother for the first time in years at a job interview for a MSC Broadcasting Station. Her mother is the interviewer and though she failed miserably for the job interview her mother also rejects her for having the Pinocchio Syndrome. A little while later Dal-Po becomes a taxi driver and that somehow leads him to meeting In-Ha's mother. He then becomes very curious of her job and also wants to become a reporter.So tell me my fellow non-watchers of Pinocchio, do you think Dal-Po's decision will move his feelings farther away from In-Ha because he has some contact with her mother? Will he also reject In-Ha because of her Pinocchio Syndrome? Be sure to stay tuned to later news and happy watching!
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