Intro PART 2:

In 2002, I watched Yoo Seung Ho’s first movie “THE WAY HOME” in the theaters (he was 9 years old). A year later, I watched him in LOVE LETTER as little Jo Hyun Jae’s character, playing as a priest in love.  I actually own the DVD.  In 2007, I watched him in THE LEGEND as a young prince Damdeok (Bae Yong Jun’s young character).  He was amazing there as a prince pretending to be dumb to stay alive.  In 2009, I started watching Queen Seondeok just because of him, but I stopped before he appeared in the later episodes, a 62 epi drama.  In other words, I was fond of him, calling him little SJS, but it was just that, a light smiley fondness without consequences.  

In 2010, My husband watched MASTER OF STUDY.  I told him then, that as much as I like YSH, the plot looks boring.  My husband then showed me clips of YSH’s first drama Daddy Fish, where he played the role of a boy with leukemia.  My husband never forgot the impression this little boy made on him.  Even now, 20 years later, he remembers this 7 year old’s tears. Jui

So back to the present 2020, when I first watched RULER, OWNER OF THE MASK, I was logically watching in order to see L’s raw acting, but in the back of my mind, I was also curious to see how little SJS grew.  That light smiley fondness for him, suddenly blossomed and my heart screamed.  WOW!!!  YSH is HOT!!!  And I had thought L was hot.  But next to YSH…  How can this be?  YSH possessed an aura.  And his eyes was like a magnet.  My heart fluttered every time I watched him.

So I really enjoyed whatching Ruler, the entire drama without fast forwarding.  I know…  the writing failed us in many ways.  Instead of showing us how the king grows up from a naive weak prince to a strong warrior, they focused too much on saving the damsel in distress (who btw risks everyone’s lives based on her misunderstanding).  But Ruler really showcased YSH’s charisma.  He definitely looked and acted as a King.