The Magic Bunny Book is a children's book that tells the story of a bunny named Sparkle who discovers a magical world hidden in her garden. One day, while playing in her backyard, Sparkle stumbles upon a mysterious trapdoor underneath a big oak tree. Curiosity gets the best of her, and she decides to venture down the rabbit hole. To her surprise, she finds herself in a whimsical land filled with talking animals, enchanted forests, and sparkling waterfalls. As Sparkle explores this magical world, she meets new friends who help her on her journey. There is Rosie, a friendly squirrel who loves to collect acorns, and Benny, a wise old owl who knows all the secrets of the forest.
Witch yoo hee korean drama
"WITCH YOO HEE" KOREAN DRAMA
Yoo Hee is a business woman who works as an executive in an advertising company. She is cold and seldom showing her smile. Black dresses are her favorite cloths. She looks very unfriendly and always gives everyone her critics. She is such a killer manager for her workers. They all are afraid of Ma Yoo Hee but when their boss is not around, they start talking about her. Her bad temper makes her called “witch” by most of people in her company.
Yoo Hee hasn’t got a boyfriend, it hard for her to be a lover. She often has so many blind dates but always failed before the romantic feeling going too far. Most of her blind dates partners leave her when they start talking with her. Yoo Hee is really a woman who can’t express herself.
In another time, Yoo Hee has a date with Chae Mu Ryong (Jae Hee). Mu Ryong is a chef who is offered some money by his best friend to pretend to be someone and go to a blind date with Yoo Hee. At the first time, Mu Ryong refuses it because he has a girlfriend. But at last, he agrees to have a blind date with Yoo Hee. When he meets Yoo Hee and has a conversation, at the end of the date, he falls a sleep. Yoo Hee gets mad and through a glass of water on his face. He is shock and irritated and tells her to keep her behavior when she has another date next.
An accident happens when Mu Ryong is delivering some foods from his father’s Chinese restaurant. He hits Yoo Hee’s car. Yoo Hee asks some money to Mu Ryong to fix up her car damage. Unfortunately, Mu Ryong has no money but he said that he will work for her to pay it. No matter what kind of jobs, he will receive it. Yoo Hee decides to let him to work for her as a house keeper.
Meanwhile, Seung Mi (Mu Ryong’s girl friend) works in an international restaurant where Jonny Kruger becomes a new head chef. Jonny is Mu Ryong’s idol chef but he is also Yoo Hee’s friend. And another man Yoo Joon Ha who is Yoo Hee’s first love has come back from his studying in abroad. Yoo Joon Ha is a doctor.
Since he is working as a house keeper in Yoo Hee’s house, Mu Ryong realize that Yoo Hee goes on rejecting by her blind dates. In one of her conversation with Yoo Hee which is telling about Yoo Hee’s bad luck blind dates, Yoo Hee challenges him how to change her and fix her love life and if he succeeds she will forget about his debt and Mu Ryong agrees.
He starts his program to change Yoo Hee’s appearance and her behaviors to become a real woman. He gives her the instructions what should she wear, how should she smile and be polite to everyone, etc. Yoo Hee asks him to pretend to be her boyfriend until she has found his lover. He agrees but thinks again Johnny could be a possible candidate.
Seung Mi finally has known that her boyfriend Mo Ryung is living in Yoo Hee’s house as a house keeper and she starts jealous. And Yoo Hee also still loves her first love Joon Ha and she has a special relationship with him. Mo Ryung knows about a secret between Yoo Hee’s father and Joon Ha, and he tells the secret to Yoo Hee. When her feeling is growing deeper to Joon Ha, she realizes that Joon Ha is just like what has been told by Mo Ryong. Joon Ha and his father made a deal that if Joon Ha stops seeing his daughter, he would send and finance him to abroad for studying. Joon Ha doesn’t love Yoo Hee sincerely because he only needs her father and his financial gains from the relationship. Yoo Hee leaves him and runs away with Mo Ryung who also has broken his engagement with Seung Mi since he realizes that the one he loves is Yoo Hee.
Yoo Hee’s father has known about the relationship between his daughter and Mo Ryong. He doesn’t like it and always tries to separate them in wily ways. Joon Ha gets an accident when he received a call from Yoo Hee who told him that she has already known his lie. His hand was hurt and Yoo Hee feels responsible and guilty. She leaves Mo Ryong and back to Joon Ha side. Another lie made by Joon Ha again. He pretends that his hand still in pain which in fact his hand is fine.
Yoo Hee then saw Joon Haa who was ready to do a surgery and she saw that his hand is fine. She catches him and her father lie together to make her to stay far away from Mo Ryong. She leaves her father but her father gets a heart attack and she chooses to stay though Johnny has called her and told her that he and Mo Ryong will go abroad.
Meanwhile Mo Ryong and Johnny is at the airport, hoping that Yoo Hee will come. And yes, Yoo Hee really comes because when her father has waken up, he said that she can leave as he feels so embarrass by what he have done. Joon Ha at last gives up and let Yoo Hee catches her love Mo Ryong, he escorts her to the airport to meet Mo Ryong. At the airport Yoo Hee meets him who canceled his departure because of his love to Yoo Hee and they are hugging and kissing each other. And, as what I wish … the story is happy end ^_^ I love it :)
Witch yoo hee korean drama
” As the director of her father’s advertising company, Ma Yoo Hee (Han Ga In) is known as a witch for her ruthless, no nonsense character. After a string of failed attempts to hire a housekeeper, she (literally) runs into Chae Moo Ryong (Jae Hee), ex-medical student turned aspiring chef. As a way to work off his debt for crashing into her car, he agrees to become her housekeeper and personal love affairs coach for one month. Gladly, he gives her a makeover that attracts both her old friend Johnny Kruger (Dennis Oh) and her first love Joon Ha (Kim Jeong Hoon). Despite having a girlfriend, Sung Mi (Jun Hye Bin), Moo Ryong eventually finds himself falling for Yoo Hee. “
A short summary taken from DramaWiki, but in fact the story is not just like that. Taking three days to finish the show, i pine for the show whenever i am not watching it, this funny feeling has not been there for very long, well at least not since when i last watch Princess Hour. In short, i asked myself why did i not watch this show earlier. The beauty of Korean Drama is fully reflected in this show.
Han Ga In
The heart and soul of the drama. From a “Witch”, she transformed into the beautiful Yoo Hee who yearn for love, the man of her life. At the start she was portray as a Witch being ruthless and no-nonsense character. But slowly we find out the way she is was partly due to her childhood. Later, she meet our Mr. love coach, Chae Moo Ryong, who gave her a makeover to look attractive, and taught her the way to handle her love affairs.
Her acting is really good, she’s a natural. You could follow her laughing when she is happy, or cry together with her when she is weeping. How can somebody cry so sadly, while still looking so beautiful? Han Ga In plays a sassy girl role, but also shows her lovely side when she is with her man. Her expression together with her tone is tune perfectly. She can be haughty one moment, innocent the other. Her expression changes really well with each different scene. Oh man, i really don’t know how to explain, you ought to watch the drama just to see her, my new love.
The hair-factor. Now now, long hair used to be the thing for female, but nowadays there is this trendy-looking short hair going around. Han Ga In wears it really well. I felt that the hair style did not suit many actress, think Jolin tsai, Hebe. But even though Han Ga In looks gorgeous in her long hair, she looks stunning in her new short hair-style too.
The Three Hunks
Well, we have not one, but three handsome male leads. Joon Ha (Kim Jeong Hoon), Johnny Kruger (Dennis Oh) and of course Chae Moo Ryong (Jae Hee) our main lead. Lets start with Joon Ha first shall we?
Joon Ha (Kim Jeong Hoon), this should be one of the reasons why people are looking into this show. Kim Jeong Hoon of Princess Hour fame. Need we say more? Dashing, charming, cute, gentleman, and the list goes on and on. But too bad in this show he isn’t really the good guy. His character is scheming, and will do anything to get what he want, which includes hurting Yoo Hee.
Johnny Kruger (Dennis Oh). Another charmer, his character is really good. A friend to Yoo Hee and Moo Ryong whenever they need help. One reason to watch the show will be for his fans to watch him i suppose.
Which leaves us with our Main character Chae Moo Ryong (Jae Hee). Maybe among the three, Moo Ryong is consider less ‘hunk’, but i still think he is a acter with a lot charisma. Don’t be mistaken when i say he is less hunk, compare to the other two male leads. But i still think that he look very nice, just that in this show his hairstyle a bit not as good as his previous ones. Anyway, he taught Yoo Hee how to love a guy, and ends up falling for her. N’uff said,
Romance is in the air
The show is really good in this, romance. “Shall we be a couple”, “Love, i love you” all this are written on slips of paper put inside the popcorn for Yoo Hee to discover. A ring is hidden inside the ice-cream Yoo Hee is having. The video they took to each other, Him is her superman who will come to her call, and Her is his wonderwoman. Cute!
Moo Ryong will always be there for yoo Hee whenever she needs him. It can be painful when they obviously fallen for each other but yet they didn’t realise. When they confess to each other, obstacles came flooding in, they stand strong against them, and their love didn’t fade.
Prelude
The show might not fare very well in terms of the TV ratings or reviews, but do you watch a show because of good ratings, or do you watch a show because it is good? In the drama, Yoo Hee and Moo Ryong always ask whether each other is touched, i am sincerely touched by the show. Okay, lets keep this short shall we, nonsense is starting to come out. Please watch the show if you haven’t : )
” I am your superman, and you are my wonderwoman “
Witch yoo hee korean drama
As I’ve said before, there are a few directors whom I’ll follow from project to project based on the strength of their prior work. Jeon Ki Sang is definitely one of them. I fell in love with his work — his direction, artistic styling, comedic timing, editing — in 2005’s Delightful Girl Choon Hyang, and only loved him more with last year’s My Girl.
I’ve been eagerly awaiting Witch Yoo Hee (aka Witch Amusement) ever since I heard it announced, first because of the director behind it, and then as each successive cast member was added. This series has got quite the all-star cast. I thoroughly expected to enjoy this drama, and as far as first episodes go, I thoroughly did.
SONG OF THE DAY
The Classic – “Magic Castle” (마법의 성): Classic late-’90s ballad from side project of balladeer Lee Seung Hwan (former Mr. Chae Rim), and ultimate karaoke song choice. If you saw Bad Family, Heechul (of boy band Super Junior) sings this song while playing the piano for Choi Hana’s character. [ Download ]
BACKGROUND
I get a kick out of wordplay in titles. This one (in Korean, “ma nyeo yoo hee“) plays with words three different ways: First, Han Ga In’s character is named Ma Yoo Hee. Second, the word “ma nyeo” means witch, and by all indications Yoo Hee’s pretty bitchy, so it’s Yoo Hee The Witch. Third, “yoo hee” also means amusement or game, so it’s “Witch’s Amusement.”
I love titles that work on multiple levels, like Hana Yori Dango and Hello! Miss.
Plus, did anyone notice that the upbeat song that incorporates an electronica version of Beethoven’s Fifth sounds an awful like the theme song “Never Say Goodbye” by Mario & Nesty from My Girl? I’m willing to bet it’s the same group.
Anyway. You can probably attribute most of the buzz about this show on the cast. There are a lot of young, hot actors, that’s for sure.
First, Han Ga In‘s acted a bit and made a name for herself doing series like Super Rookie with Eric, as well as a lot of CF advertisements, but this may be her definitive role. I’m not too familiar with her work, but she’s a gorgeous woman and I’ve heard good things about her.
Then, you have Jae Hee of the Many Facial Expressions, whom I have an inordinate amount of affection for as Mong-ryong in Delightful Girl Choon Hyang. This marks his second series with this director, or third if you count his very brief cameo in My Girl. Jae Hee stole the show (or was it already his to steal?) in DGCH and proved himself funny and endearing with a knack for comedic timing and physical comedy, but he really proved his versatility (in my humble opinion) in Kim Ki-duk’s quiet (almost wordless) film 3 Iron (aka Bin Jip). You might almost not recognize him, having played such silent intensity there. My love for him is so vast that I can overlook his weirdly elfin haircut here and just pray that the next eight weeks allow him to grow out his bangs. And when I feel my faith in the miracles of hair growth faltering, I reach for handy pictures like this one to tide me over.
Kim Jung Hoon is someone who made watching the original Goong a lot more interesting for me, since I couldn’t for the life of me sympathize with Shin. This is his first big gig after Goong, so a lot of his fans are eager to see him back onscreen. Fans lamented that he’d be playing second lead again (therefore doomed to not get the girl, and possibly turn into an evil or manipulative bastard, per the mandates of kdrama convention), but if Goong taught me anything, it’s that if ever there were an actor who could make the second lead male sympathetic, it’s Kim Jung Hoon.
Dennis O (or O’Neil) is another example whereby I’d invoke the Kim Samsoon Curse (pretty + male + half-Western = painful acting), but it could be that having seen Professor Alex’s awkwardly wooden performance in Goong S may have numbed me to bad acting forever. Dennis surprised me by speaking Korean pretty well and, for the moment, not noticeably sucking.
EPISODE 1 SUMMARY
We open with a beautiful but ultimately irrelevant animated segment about how a handsome prince goes to save the beautiful princess from the witch’s castle, only to be captured himself when the princess turns into the witch. She cackles in glee.
And we meet MA YOO HEE. She works in (what seems to be) advertising, only wears black, no makeup, severe glasses with a severe hairstyle, seems to enjoy nothing and finds only the fault in things. She’s the boss at her company, so the others are simultaneously afraid of her and whisper behind her back. She’s quite aptly called ‘witch’ by everyone when she’s not around.
Not surprisingly, she’s not doing so well in the romance department. She goes on tons of blind dates, but never manages to get to a second date. To us, it’s more than patently obvious why — she criticizes everything, laughs at nothing — but she has no idea what’s wrong.
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She finally manages to meet a guy who requests a second date, and she’s surprised and happy — not because she likes the guy, of course, but because she succeeded in getting to a previously unattainable level. Unfortunately, just at that moment, she sees another customer harassing a female server, and her ass-kicking feminist emerges in time for her date to freak out and book it the hell out of there.
Meanwhile, CHOI MU-RYONG is an aspiring chef of French cuisine whose good taste literally gets him into trouble. He’s more interested in perfecting a dish than half-assing it and getting it done quickly, and has a keen ability to know what’s wrong, or off, with various foods. This innate ability insults the head chef, who can’t believe a subordinate dares to criticize his cooking, and fires him on the spot. This probably isn’t the first time that’s happened, either.
His parents (which include the actor who played his awesome father in Delightful Girl Choon Hyang, yay!) aren’t happy, and demand he return to medical school. He’s taken some time off to pursue his dream, but now they want him to go back. Mu-ryong goes to re-enroll… but can’t go through with it, and instead withdraws entirely.
He tells his best friend about it, who wonders what he’s going to do now. His friend cajoles him into going on a blind date in place of someone who backed out at the last minute. Mu-ryong already has a girlfriend (played by Jeon Hye Bin), but his friend’s in a bind and offers to pay him for his trouble. All he has to do is fake being the date for one night, and be warned that the woman’s a little… particular.
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So Mu-ryong meets Yoo Hee. Normally, she’d bite his head off the instant he arrives, but after her last failed attempt, she’s been trying harder to succeed at dating, reading how-to and self-help books. Plus, the guy’s pretty cute and he’s (supposedly) a 28-year-old doctor.
With that in mind, she forces herself to try to be pleasant (which is an arduous task for her impatient and unyielding personality). But she’s not as good at pretending as she thinks she is; Mu-ryong can tell she’s practically a ticking bomb.
Yoo Hee refers to some tips she’d recorded in her cell phone to help her through her date, but in her myopic and misguided fashion, she makes a muck of it (unknowingly).
(Try to act cute. Have a good appetite. Act interested in the other person. Try to find things in common.)
Finally, she loses patience when Mu-ryong dozes off for a moment, being very tired, and throws water in his face, calling him rude. He gives as good as he gets, and tells Yoo Hee that she should take some care into her appearance if she’s going on a blind date. They leave each other on mutually annoyed terms.
Mu-ryong is now working part-time as a deliverer for his father’s Chinese restaurant, as his parents believe he’s enrolled back in school. While out on a delivery run, he gets into an accident, and happens to crash into Yoo Hee’s car. (It’s pretty much his fault.)
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Seeing his insurance information, Yoo Hee is none too happy to realize Mu-ryong lied to her on her date, and he’s not who he said he was. First off, he’s younger than her — he’s 26, she’s 27. He’s not a doctor, and he only met her because his friend begged him to. He’s very apologetic, even kneeling in supplication, but she’s hard as nails. Yoo Hee tells him she won’t report him to the police as long as he pays her back for her car repairs — a whopping 4,000 manwon (or 40 million won, approx $40,000, which is ridiculous, because why don’t you just buy a new car already?). She wants it in one week.
Mu-ryong doesn’t have that kind of money, but Yoo Hee’s uncompromising. If he can’t pay, then he can work it out with the law. So Mu-ryong does the only thing he can do, which is use his school tuition, now that he’s withdrawn. But as luck would have it, he gets mugged on his way out of the bank. With nothing else left, he prepares to beg his parents… but can’t bring himself to ask for 4,000 when his younger brother asks for 1,000 and gets a sound scolding.
Mu-ryong also can’t tell his family that he dropped out of school, but they find out when his friend accidentally lets it slip. The only way out of the situation is to lie that the reason he withdrew from school is because he’s going abroad to study in New York. That news, at least, is acceptable, and stops his mother short of having a major tantrum.
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Mu-ryong hears from his friend that he got fired from his job… and he stalks over to Yoo Hee’s office, full of resolve, accusing her of not playing fair. Even if she was pissed that the guy misrepresented her blind date, she shouldn’t go this far. Yoo Hee just cares about her money. Mu-ryong doesn’t have it, and tells her he’s sorry, but he can’t come up with it so quickly. But he’ll be willing to work it off, whatever she wants him to do. She scoffs, but then remembers that she’s been having a hard time finding a housekeeper — she keeps firing them, so no new ones are willing to work for her.
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She installs Mu-ryong as her housekeeper, cleaning up her messy apartment and stocking her fridge. At the end of his first day, she curtly dismisses him (appearing as a witch to his tired mind).
Still, she’s pleased to see that he’s cleaned up nicely, and even cooked a delicious meal for her:
Meanwhile, Mu-ryong’s girlfriend SEUNG MI works for her father, who runs a fancy restaurant, and greets their new hire, famous hotshot American chef JOHNNY CROOGER (I almost can’t bring myself to type his last name. I’m sure they meant “Kruger,” but those Koreans, man… do your fact-checking, please!) Although personally I don’t get the appeal with Dennis O, everyone else is ready to swoon at his feet, particularly when he speaks in Korean. Seriously, you can almost see the guys wishing they were women so they could have his babies.
Interestingly, though, Johnny seems to be on familiar terms with Yoo Hee, as he tells her (in Korean), to everyone’s envy, “I’ve missed you.”
While Yoo Hee is out meeting Johnny, Mu-ryong is killing time in her apartment, and accidentally falls asleep. His younger brother (whom you may recognize as Yoo Rin’s friend’s brother in My Girl — although it’s amazing what difference a haircut makes!) has announced that he’s intending to marry his bimbo-tastic girlfriend because he got her pregnant. As the family believes Mu-ryong’s going to New York in two weeks, Mu-ryong gets kicked out of his room, so instead of going back home, he hides out in a spare room in Yoo Hee’s apartment, without her knowing.
Yoo Hee hears a noise and goes to investigate, obligatory kitchen-utensil weapon in hand, when she suddenly feels a pain in her side, and collapses to the ground.
Mu-ryong debates for a moment whether to reveal himself, but ends up rushing to see if Yoo Hee’s okay… and he comes face to face with her answer…
There is Rosie, a friendly squirrel who loves to collect acorns, and Benny, a wise old owl who knows all the secrets of the forest. Together, they embark on exciting adventures, solving puzzles, and unraveling mysteries along the way. Throughout the story, Sparkle learns valuable lessons about friendship, courage, and the beauty of the natural world.
She discovers that even the smallest creatures can make a big difference and that magic can be found everywhere if we open our hearts and minds to it. The Magic Bunny Book is not only a delightful tale but also a tool for sparking children's imaginations and promoting a love for reading. With its vibrant illustrations and enchanting storyline, it captures the essence of childhood wonder and encourages young readers to embrace their own curiosity and creativity. In conclusion, The Magic Bunny Book is a captivating children's story that takes readers on a journey through a magical world. Sparkle's adventures teach important life lessons and inspire young readers to explore their own imaginations. Whether reading alone or with a parent, this book is sure to delight and entertain children of all ages..
Reviews for "Get Lost in the Whimsical World of The Magic Bunny Book"
1. Sarah - 2/5
I found "The magic bunny book" to be quite disappointing. The story was predictable and lacked depth. The characters were one-dimensional and felt unrealistic. The illustrations were also subpar, lacking detail and creativity. Overall, I was not impressed with this book and would not recommend it to others.
2. Jack - 2/5
I was not a fan of "The magic bunny book". The storyline was unoriginal and felt like a rehash of other children's books I've read before. The writing style was simple and lacked imagination. The illustrations were mediocre at best and did not enhance the reading experience. I was hoping for more magic and excitement, but I was left feeling underwhelmed by this book.
3. Emily - 1/5
"The magic bunny book" was a complete letdown for me. The plot was uninteresting and failed to capture my attention. The characters were forgettable and had no depth to them. The illustrations were bland and uninspired. I was bored throughout the entire book and struggled to finish it. I would not recommend this book to anyone, as it simply did not meet my expectations.
4. Mike - 2/5
I was not impressed with "The magic bunny book". The story lacked originality and failed to engage me as a reader. The characters were forgettable and did not resonate with me. The illustrations were simplistic and did not add anything to the story. Overall, I found this book to be unremarkable and would not recommend it to others.
5. Lucy - 3/5
While "The magic bunny book" wasn't my favorite children's book, it wasn't terrible either. The story was predictable and lacked surprises, but it had a positive message about friendship and believing in oneself. The illustrations were decent, but nothing extraordinary. Overall, it was an average read, but I wouldn't actively seek it out again.