Last night the Koreanovela "Pure Love" featured in ABS-CBN concluded. I think it is the one of the best Koraenovelas I've ever watched. Koreanovela has this way of capturing my interest. It is like watching a Hollywood chick flick every episode. They have a certain formula for "kilig" - maybe it is the simplicity of acting, the amazing Korean romantic environment, the sense of style in the set or the unfamiliar (compared to Filipino actors/actresses since we can barely separate them from their real lives sometimes) and extremely good-looking characters. I also think that OPM soundtracks used as background songs in Koreanovela complement the scenes.
Pure Love, though, is more on the dramatic side. Pure Love is about a girl (Diane) who had been in an accident and was given a second chance to live if she could collect three teardrops that she could only get from people who love her purely. Easy as it sounds, she had a hard time since there are different kinds of tears and a tear from a pure love is extremely rare. She could not also collect from family members. In the end, she was able to collect three teardrops, but there was a twist: she would not be able to remember her 49-day travel; meaning, the moment she wakes up from being comatose, she would forget what she discovered which is the fact that a certain guy (Dave) loves her - even before the accident happened. The Scheduler gave her a choice between (a) being able to remember her 49-day travel but she would truly die in 6 days or (b) forgetting everything in her 49-day travel and that she would continue to live. She chose the former.
I watched Pure Love to see who will cry for her, who really loves her purely. But twists in the end exemplify what pure love really is outside the collection of the three teardrops. The choices made by Diane herself and the Scheduler show what pure love really means – that is sacrificing their personal happiness, interests and even their lives for the people they love. Diane chose to die so that she would be able to remember that Dave truly loves her.
"Pure Love" shows the love of family, friends and romantic love. It shows Diane, Isabel, Dave and the Scheduler's unconditional love - one which transcends death.
Watching "Pure Love" had been a good way to end my day. I hope more stories would be as captivating.
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"Death ends a life, not a relationship". - Tuesdays with Morrie
