Yunho is Bong-gun, a soccer player with the potential to represent Korea in the World Cup.  But because of a past crime, his future as a player was bleak.  Things changed when he met Kang Hae-bin (Go Ara), a rookie sports agent who was willing to gamble on him.

Bong-gun and Hae-bin seemed to be made for each other but there are some people bound to be hurt along the way.  One of them is Bong-gun’s childhood friend Yeon Yi (Lee Yoon Ji).  She secretly loves Bong Gun and didn’t see that Dong Ho (Kim Jae Seung), Bong Gun’s teammate, was in love with her.

But the main antagonist of Heading to the Ground is lawyer Jang Seung Woo (Lee Sang Yoon).  The writers did a good job with this character.  You would really hate the guy all throughout the series.  He made Bong-gun’s life miserable.

Another interesting character from Heading to the Ground is Byul, played by Bang Joon Seo, who is Bong Gun’s younger sister.  She’s only six year old but she acts older than her age.  The Cassies, I mean Bong Gun’s fans were funny kids as well.

After going through all sixteen episodes of Heading to the Ground, I could say that it is a fun drama to watch.  In the end everyone’s happy except for the evil lawyer . After Hae Bin finds out that he was the one who committed the hit-and-run and blamed it on Bong-gun, she got angry.  The chairman finds out about it and don’t want to see his face again.  In the end, Yeon Yi gets Dong Ho and Bong Gun gets Hae Bin.  Even the coach and the manager became a couple.

I wish that Heading to the Ground had more soccer scenes although the sports scenes were well-made and looked real.  Overall, it was an interesting and enjoyable drama series.  I’m wondering why it got low ratings in Korea.

Since she was a little girl, Subaru dreamt of becoming a ballet dancer.  She shares this dream with her twin brother Kazuma.  But due to a hereditary disease, Kazuma died and since then she turned to dancing to find happiness.

One of those who recognized her talent was cabaret owner Isuzu Hibino (Kaori Momoi).  A former ballerina herself, she taught Subaru as well as allowed her to dance in the nightclub.  Her Bolero performance left the drunken audience awe-struck.  Speaking of Bolero, DBSK’s Bolero was used in Dance! Subaru.  The group also had a cameo in the movie.  BoA’s Eat U Up was also featured in the movie.

Dance! Subaru showed how competitive professional ballet can be.  It’s a world full of betrayals that you don’t know who your real friends are.  Subaru entered an international dance competition and found out that Liz Park (Go Ara) was also in it.  Liz befriended Subaru to keep her enemies close.  Mana (Miku Sano) is a childhood friend who’s jealous of Subaru’s talents.

Well to be honest, I watched Dance! Subaru because someone said Go Ara was in it.  I became her fan after seeing her in the Korean drama series Heading to the Ground.  She did well as the rival ballerina.  I didn’t know that she spoke Japanese and she handled it well.

In a way, Dance! Subaru reminded me of Julia Stile’s Save the Last Dance.  There was a scene where she turned to the streets to work on her group dancing skills.  But this movie is not just for dance fans.  It’s not another Step Up or any other movie in the genre.  It’s full of drama and did a good job of touching its viewers.