This drama is based on the Korean webtoon “멜로홀릭 / Meloholic” by “팀겟네임 / Team Get-Name” which was published from 2010-March-9 to 2013-August-27.
Having the ability to see a person’s true thoughts and feelings can be more of a curse than a gift. Yoo Eun Ho is a young man who has the ability to read people’s minds when he touches them. The ability to read people’s innermost thoughts, and finding out people don’t say what they mean and don’t mean what they say, has made Eun Ho mistrustful and wary of people, especially potential relationship prospects.
But when Eun Ho meets the beautiful Han Ye Ri, he discovers that she is very different from other women he has known. But when that difference includes two different personalities, what will Eun Ho make of Ye Ri?
The drama tells realistically of the many various troubles that high school students can face. Ra Eun Ho is just one of them, struggling to survive in a school that discriminates against rich and poor, and believes that the best students are the ones with the best grades. Eun Ho is a cheerful, upbeat girl 18-year-old girl who's dream is be a webtoon artist. When she mistakenly gets caught up in another student's effort to send the school into turmoil, Ra Eun Ho is framed as the legendary Student X, a mysterious troublemaker whose identity is unknown, and suddenly, all of her aspirations are put at risk.
Joining her is Hyun Tae Woon, the son of the school's director with a difficult personality and troubled past. In a motorbike accident, he lost his best friend and from there, his life changed. He is uptight, aloof and rude, but as he gets to know the polar opposite Ra Eun Ho, his view on the world changes. He falls in love with her, and together with their fellow students, they decide to stand up against their corrupt school system and make a change.
Princess Jung Myung was the only direct descendant of King Seonjo still alive and when she was born, her birth was celebrated around the palace. She had the sweetest smile a baby could have. Queen Inmok was relieved that she had a baby girl instead of a boy. According to the seer Nam Sa Go, the baby she carried would become the true ruler of the Joseon Dynasty, a king of kings and have a princess proved the prophecy to be wrong. But the turbulent times took a heavy toll on Princess Jung Myung. Upon the death of King Seonjo, Gwanghae ascended the throne and his first order of business was to eliminate Prince Yeongchang and banish Queen Inmok from the palace. Then his next target was Princess Jung Myung. When Inmok learned that her daughter’s life was in danger, she sent her into hiding. But assassins tracked Jung Myung down. Through the heroic sacrifice of her bodyguard, Jung Myung was put on a boat that sailed adrift in the sea. Meanwhile, the bodyguard and nanny set their boat ablaze and died to fool the assassins. Jung Myung witnessed her nanny and bodyguard consumed by the flames. Adrift on the boat, Jung Myung lost consciousness and was picked up by a merchant boat crossing to Dejima in Japan. She was sold as a slave.
To survive in the hostile environment she hid the fact that she was a princess. She also vanquished her memories of ever being a princess so that she could focus on how to get revenge. Posing as a boy, Jung Myung worked as a laborer in the sulfur mine. But she discovered hope in the depths of her despair. It was a friendship between Ja Gyung that helped her cling to life. But she never lost her focus on returning to Joseon one day and brings the downfall of Gwanghae who had taken everything away from her. Then an opportunity arose. She began peddling information and secrets in the sulfur mines. Leveraging her strategic location, she followed the Joseon delegation visiting Japan back to Joseon. Finally, her dream to return to Joseon had come true…