At first I liked Kara's Superstar, just because I heard it first. Please, My Bus! and Hello Hello was catchy and appropriate for the scenes, but in the end the keepers are the slow ones - Mu Gyul's theme and I Will Promise You will be on my laptop forevah!
More on the original song - It's called Naitari Shinai De (i.e. Don't Cry) written by the man himself, Fukuyama Masaharu and arranged by Takayuki Hattori. What's best is, the lyrics here retains the essence from the original song too:
I Will Promise You - Jang Geun Seuk
Don't just sit there and cry; please hold my hand
I'll protect your everything
I won't let you go and leave you alone,
because my heart is already in yours
I want to understand your every heartache
I want to convey you this warmth
Don't just sit there and cry; please look into my eyes
Those past memories will tell you
All the things that you've lost; let's just forget it all
For you I'll stand here forever
I want to understand your every heartache
I want to convey you this warmth
I will promise you,
Because of you I made this promise
I will protect you; forever and ever
In your eyes oh; you'll have me too
It's fine even if its a few times, as long as we start over it's okay
Please do not doubt this precious dream
I will promise you,
Because of you I made this promise
I will protect you; forever and ever
In your eyes oh; you'll have me too
Forget all the sadness; hold on to my hand,
I'll embrace your everything
I won't let you go and leave you alone,
because my heart is already in yours
I promise you
Chloe Says: Hey, on the subject of Fukuyama Masaharu, have you guys watched Galileo? In my opinion, it's his best role to date and it's one of my top ten favorite j-doramas of all time; please do not miss it! ;)