Ma Boy serves up gender-bender school romance... with a twist

106 August 8, 2012August 21, 2012

Ma Boy serves up gender-bender school romance… with a twist

by javabeans

There’s another gender-bending youth romance on its way… but before you write this one off, there’s one big difference from all the others: This time the boy’s dressed as a girl. Hee. It’s about time!

The short mini-drama is called Ma Boy and the main character is played by Kim So-hyun, a child actress you probably recognize from playing villainous characters in Rooftop Prince (as young Jung Yumi) and The Moon That Embraces the Sun (young Kim Min-seo). She’s in her first leading role as Geu-rim, a student at an arts high school who dreams of becoming a pop singer.

At school Geu-rim gets a new roommate in Irene, who’s actually a boy, HAHA. Irene is played by idol boy Sun-woong of the pop group Touch, and her persona is a pretty (female) CF star. His actual name is Hyun-woo… and I suppose we’ll have to just watch to find out how Hyun-woo became Irene, because we’re not given much information on that origin story.

In the poster above, the tagline for Hyun-woo reads: “This guy has a special secret.” YOU DON’T SAY. Then at right, Irene sports a matching tagline, “This…girl also has a special secret.” O RLY? So much ridiculousness, I can’t wait.

Sadly, Ma Boy is only going to have three episodes. It airs on a cable channel, Tooniverse, and premieres on August 16. I’m not sure how available the show is going to be, but you can bet I’m going to scour the sites for it. With this premise, how can you not?

Via TV Report

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51 Christopher

August 9, 2012 at 11:40 AM

At first, I was totally turned off by the idea of yet another cross dressing drama especially with the Hana Kimi remake coming around the corner. But that boy is really pulling it off.

I thought he was supposed to be crossing dressing in the picture on the left (he looks a bit like Amber there), but that's him as a boy. Seriously, I think this may be the first show in this genre (other than Coffee Prince) where the cross dressing is going to be done well.

I don't know much about Touch. I think they're just sticking it out but have had a lot of member changes. But if I remember correctly, their last music video also featured that exact same girl. I'm betting there is some sort of connection with that concept and this special.

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52 Sammy

August 9, 2012 at 11:54 AM

My God! I still can't figure out which is the actual girl and which one is the guy pretending to be a girl. *rubs eyes*

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53 Denali

August 9, 2012 at 12:53 PM

I really really don't get how cross-dressing is popular or looked upon favorably in the Korean culture - and others, while homosexuality is considered a taboo and a shame. This is so wrong in too many ways.

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54 ~Feather~

August 9, 2012 at 1:02 PM

I was wondering why there wasn't any guy-dressed-as-girl dramas yet. I'm pretty sure this is from the manga that has been mentioned in the above comments. I just hope it gets subbed.

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55 suju4ever

August 9, 2012 at 5:11 PM

lol, while i was reading, i was listening to Killin' Me by Touch. now that's pure coincidence. or maybe not??

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56 A-M

August 9, 2012 at 8:30 PM

Yes! I was waiting for some other gender swapping. Let's get Shakespearan! (Or just cheesy fluffy)

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57 Yee

August 9, 2012 at 8:32 PM

looks cutee!!!!!!

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58 tiney

August 9, 2012 at 11:43 PM

The plot is like the manga TENSHI JA NAI, ne?

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59 tiney

August 9, 2012 at 11:45 PM

The plot is like the manga TENSHI JA NAI, ne?
Might watch it in the future haha

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60 Joe

August 11, 2012 at 8:19 AM

List Under Dramacrazy.net Most-Recent:

The link:

http://www.dramacrazy.net/korean-drama/ma-boy/

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61 Cha

August 12, 2012 at 7:05 AM

JYJ's Jaejoong would have been perfect a few years ago...he is so pretty http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8nb12CABW1r2mzp5o1_500.jpg

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62 JO- Mari

August 12, 2012 at 10:41 AM

HAHAHAH!! Sun Woong is a handsome guy<3 i can't believe that he's going to act as a girl!! BUT i have to say it that he turn out to be a beautiful young lady after all ! KKKKKK i can't wait to see this kind of dramas <3<3 FIGHTING<3<3