2013 Drama: I Can Hear Your Voice

The Four leads are extremely entertaining characters and wonderfully portrayed.

An older girl and a younger guy romance, has been handled in many Korean dramas. And it is mostly interesting to watch, if handled well. In "I Can Hear Your Voice" (2013) this romance is handled spectacularly.

With a little fantasy element in it

This 2013 drama is different in many ways as it has a little fantasy element in it. It is a drama about a high school senior Park Soo-Ha, who can read people's minds. He has for the past 10 years loved a single girl, a girl he met once, she came forward as a witness in the murder trial of his father. At that time Soo Ha had promised to protect her.10 years later he still hasn't found the girl, Jang Hye-Sung. And then he meets her again as she has become a public defender, just as the murderer of his father is released from the prison with plans of the taking revenge from the witness who put him in the prison. 

The show stars Lee Bo-Young (Athena: Goddess of War, Save Tha Last Dance For Me), Lee Jong Suk (Secret Garden, School 2013), Lee Da-Hee (Air City, Spy Myung-Wol) and Yoon Sang-Hyun (Secret Garden, Three Fathers One Mother).

The drama was extremely well acted and the story was amazingly acted. Unfortunately one of the minor characters, who had an emotional story to portray was not that good an actor. Kim Byung-Ok could not handle the amazing story line he was given.
The best character which was also well acted was played by Kim Hae-Sook, her character was so strong and admirable. Her acting was memorable, though for a character this good, the screen time given was too less.

A younger guy and older woman romance,
which is well handled.

Another thing I loved about this drama was that the female lead is a strong woman, not physically but emotionally. She doesn't need the men to protect her from the harsh realities of the world, and she reprimands them when they try to do so. The second lead has her faults, but she isn't obsessed with any single man, she is a career oriented woman who is strong as well. Both women love their careers. Through out the drama all characters grow up and learn some important practical lessons. 

And unlike many other dramas, this one does not advocate revenge, instead it tells that going after revenge is the weakness. As one character says "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, makes the whole world blind". And this sentiment is what I loved about "I Can Hear Your Voice".