#Choi Min Soo is such a cutie

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An Incomplete List of Kdramas Mu-yeol Makes Hatter Watch With Him

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He tries to avoid anything from like .... pre-2017 if he can help it bc HOLY misogyny and toxicity from these male leads Batman, but sometimes a show is either A. GOOD, B. iconic staples for the genre; or C. so awful he must subject him to it.

This list only has some of the good dramas lmao

Her Private Life

A cute romcom! He started him off with this one. It includes some classic kdrama tropes: memory loss of a specific traumatic event, childhood connection, rich man not rich woman, long-lost brothers. It's cringe and camp enough to be a good primer for K-dramas-- it's good, great even, but not so good that it ruins every drama after it. But it also does avoid a lot of the most annoying and cringe tropes, things that an avid drama watcher might eat up but not good for a first look into the genre. The leads, Park Min-young and Kim Jae-wook are two of Mu-yeol's favorite actors so it's worth it just for them. Also, it goes into fangirl culture and idol fandom which, fan culture IN Korea is it's own interesting subculture that he can use the drama to explain that aspect to him.

Vicky said Hatter's review of it was positive, he had a nice time, which means now Hatfish watch dramas together lmao. Mu-yeol explained that after HPL there were five plans of attack for first-time drama watchers he explains to Hatter:

A. you like the lead actor a lot, so you watch something else he's in (Crazy Love, Marry Me, Mary, or for a small role when he was younger Coffee Prince)

B. you like the lead actress and want to see her in something else (Healer, What's Wrong With Secretary Kim, Forecasting Love and Weather, Marry My Husband)

C. you liked the second male lead (Eun-gi's actor) and want to see a drama where he gets the girl (See You in My 19th Life)

D. "we go to Netflix or Viki and watch the first thing that I've seen before and liked" (Crash Course In Romance, Jealousy Incarnate, Flower of Evil, When The Camellia Blooms, It's Okay That's Love, Oh My Ghost, Twenty-five Twenty-one, Reply 1988)

E. "we go to Netflix or Viki and watch something I haven't vetted yet for cringe level"

Crash Course In Romance

A cute romcom about middle aged people falling in love! Also there's a serial killer subplot lol happens a lot, you and Hatter will get used to those in K-dramas. The female lead is a single mom! Well, tech aunt but that's HER CHILD she raised her!

Jeon Do-yeon is a cutie, amazing as the female lead and Jung Kyung-ho as Choi Chi-yeol is so pathetic (affectionate, highest praise.)

Reply 1988

This is one of Mu-yeol's favorite dramas! Anything set in the late 80s-early 2000s is so nostalgic for him. This is a great period piece for 80's South Korea. It also delves lightly into the political turmoil at the time which he'll happily pause to explain to Hatter in more detail. It's his favorite in the Reply series, even though he really enjoys Reply 1994 and Reply 1997 too, which he eventually makes Hatter watch but not all back to back.

The song that open's Reply 1988, To You by Shin Hae Chul is like one of the most iconic Korean songs. Your cat knows this song if you live in Korea lmao. It's so beloved that EXO, a current K-pop group (well 3rd gen but still active) performed it a few years ago and this massive audience of people who were not around in the 80's when it came out were screaming and singing along, so ofc Hatter had to listen to the whole song too lmao. Just getting a full Korean pop culture history lesson.

Prison Playbook

UGH Prison Playbook is so GOOD. It stars the male lead from Crash Course In Romance alongside Park Hae-soo, one of the leads from Squid Game. It will make you laugh, it will make you cry, it's about friendship! It's about family! UGH!!!!

Twenty-Five Twenty-One

Another one that is SO GOOD. This one deals with the 1997 IMF Crisis that rocked Southeast and East Asia. Mu-yeol has detailed memories of this time period and explains what that time was like as he observed it while they watch this. It's a drama with a bittersweet but realistic ending, it will rip your heart out it will make you laugh, it's everything.

Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha

Another romcom! This time with a proper happy ending! But not without ripping your heart out too :):):) Gongjin is giving Swynlake lmao Mu-yeol thinks Hatter will really like it.

Jealousy Incarnate

Now, this is MY favorite drama. I've watched it 6 times straight through. It's so good and the description doesn't do it justice! I love Gong Hyo-jin but find a lot of her characters frustrating and just not good characters despite her being a great actress. But this drama gives her an interesting character!

And the soundtrack? AMAZING.

Youth Of May

Another drama that takes place in the 80s! This one is centered around the Gwangju Uprising which happened the year before Mu-yeol was born. This one is really good for Mu-yeol pausing to explain history lmao but oh my god this drama is UGH I loved it, he loved it.

When The Camellia Blooms

Another Gong Hyojin vehicle! She's a single mom! Good drama for explaining several aspects of Korean culture, stigmas, norms, etc around single parents, orphans, the concept of your fate affecting people around you.

Welcome to Samdal-ri

I'm watching this one right now. I like it a lot!

It's Okay, That's Love

One of the only sympathetic portrayals of schizophrenia I've seen in media ever. EVER. And the soundtrack of this drama? One of the best.

Also D.O. from EXO is in it!

Love To Hate You

A good palatte cleanser after some heavier dramas. Not the silliest of silly romcomc but a romcom nonetheless. Also Kim Jihoon and Yoo Teo are hot!!!

This scene lmao

Money Heist: Korea

Based on the Spanish show, also slaps. Mu-yeol finally gives Hatter a Manly TM show to watch after making him watch romcoms. A dudebro show, as a treat. Except it's actually really good!!! and it's got hot middle-aged men (Kim Ji-hoon, Park Hae-soo) for them to look at!

Hell Is Other People

It's homoerotic, it's got Lee Dong-wook, it's got serial killers, it's got homoerotic serial killers, what more do you want?

Touch Your Heart

A cute romcom! Yay!!!

But honestly, Mu-yeol thinks Lee Dong-wook's chemistry is...kinda wack with women. His on-screen chemistry playing opposite other men like in Goblin, Bad & Crazy, and Tale of the Nine-Tailed and Tale of the Nine-Tailed 1938 is SO good, but to him (and me) it tends to fall flat with women.

He's cute here with Yoo In-na though!!! But in Tail of The Nine-Tailed his best scenes are with Kim Bum lmao

Summer Strike

It's just so good!!!

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Prison Playbook/Wise Prison Life

Park Hae Soo as Kim Jae Hyuk

Jung Kyung Ho as Lee Joon Ho

Choi Moo Sung as Kim Min Chul

Jung Hae In as Yoo Jung Woo or Captain Yoo

Krystal Jung as Kim Ji Ho

Jung Woong In as Paeng Se Yoon

Lee Kyu Hyung as Yoo Han Yang or Looney

Park Ho San as Kang Chul Doo or KAIST

Jung Min Sung as Dr. Go

Kim Sung Chul as Kim Young Chul

From the title itself, Prison Playbook, this kdrama revolves inside the prison. The story started when Kim Jae Hyuk, a famous baseball player, defended his sister from getting rape. Kim Jae Hyuk was sentenced one year in prison for assault. The first two episodes where he was spending his time in detention center was kinda boring. The fun of the story begins when Kim Jae Hyuk was transferred into a penitentiary. At first, you will thought that Kim jae Hyuk cellmates will caused trouble based on their initial actions (except for Jean Valjean ofc). But they are all warm hearted and have unique story to tell. Wing 2 Room 6 showcase different kinds of prisoners. Kim Jae Hyuk, our cutie baseball player. Although he was first shown as an idiot in the drama, he was actually smart in his own ways. He was just simple minded person. Although he was just defending his sister, he was jailed because of excessive used of force. He used a glass trophy to hit the rapist. In court, it was filed as excessive and exceeded justified self-defense. As he was spending his time in prison, he faced difficulties and some of it actually leads him into the decision of retiring in baseball. Kim Min Chul, the gangster. He did not actually directly killed someone but he started a gang fight where someone dies. His friend was sentenced to death penalty while he was sentenced of life imprisonment. After his friend died, he regretted that he became a thug. He spend his days in prison regretting, praying and supporting his cellmates(even tho he knows they will never visit him). It just sad that while he is in prison, he never knows about his daughter's identity until 22 years later. He spend most of his time in prison than in his supposedly family. Captain Yoo, he was actually defamed as a murderer. He was called demon captain way back then. Luckily, one of his troops decided to be the witness for retrial. The witness convince others to witness too. Two years after, justice serves. Better late than never. Tho, it was actually sad that money and power takes everything. Yoo Han Yang, the druggies. He took drugs just because he felt no one ever loves him honestly. His boyfriend cannot completely says he loves him and his mom was always thought of money. It was just sad that in the end, when we thought he will be better because finally his bf was proposing and his mom was being supportive now, he took drugs again and was caught again by the police. Dr Ko, an employee. He actually took the blamed/ cased against their company. It just sad that people will never admit that they are wrong. And they will used someone just to cover it up.

In short, this kdrama was superb. They were never dull moments with the squad! I also love Kyung Ho here. His character was very different from his character in Hospital Playlist. The only similarities is that they always yell! Furthermore, I commend the love story. Krystal's acting was so natural here and she have great chemistry with Park Hae Soo. The age gap of the two was actually cute tho. What bothers me is that when the two of them met, Ji Ho was still in grade school or junior high school. It was shown in the drama their huge age gap. Luckily, the directors confirmed in the drama itself that the two of them fell in love with each other when they are in legal age. Aside from the life inside the prison, they also showed as how difficult the life of an athlete and when he encounters the difficulties involving his health(mental or physical). Prison Playbook is a dark comedy. It all had its fun scenes but lowkey showing the injustices inside the prison. Real life prison was never this cute. It was all fun until you realized that in real life, being in prison was never this funny. And there are a lot of people who was actually just defamed. May the justice serves for them.

All in all, the drama was great! In fact, I actually developed a small crush on Park Hae Soo. He was cutesy cutie here. Definitely worth watching. Try to listen to their OSTs, too!

Until the next roll call!

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My Romance Kdrama Rankings and rec.:

*warning: possibly a lot of spoilers but tbh mostly just a redone synopsis of the shows*

Also a bit lengthy as hell

#12. Melting Me Softly

This show didn’t do that well as much as it was expected to, considering it even had Ji Chang-Wook as the male lead and the adorable Choi Bo-min who was introduced and quite possibly helped quick start the recognition for his kpop group Golden Child. I’ll admit I expected more of this and I don’t hold anything against the script writer who I heard did Strong Woman, but I kept in mind that the whole premise itself was also very complex to work with. Besides the fact it had two very cute and good looking male leads to draw me in, what really did it was the said premise. This is coming from a girl who is in love with Fallout 4 where the playable character was cryogenically frozen and then thawed out two centuries later, that shit slaps with me for some reason and I was excited to see it play out in this.

The romance is okay I guess, still “aww” worthy and has an intense kiss scene that’ll go down in Ji Chang-Wook’s kissing portfolio no doubt, as well as a hot kiss with his former and now aged flame that is only dreamt of. What drives the romance is the male lead with his puppy dog eyes and loving gaze, only a few have COMPLETELY mastered this in the kdrama buisness. Choi Bo-min was a complete adorable cutie who seemed to have fallen in love for the first time and I couldn’t help but fall in love with him (we’re also the same age but that’s besides the point and I’m completely in love with Rocky from Astro so like, I gotta keep this professional).

Time and time again I have issues with female leads in dramas and feel like the men pick up the slack when it comes to acting, this was one of those times. She was funny and quirky but seemed very out of focus on serval aspects. I think her most redeeming trait besides being made for the media and entertainment business in the show was her completely devotion to her brother.

#11. Suits

I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again, Park Hyungsik is my favorite korean actor hands down.

I’ve seen bits of the American version, the original version, and it didn’t interest me in the slightest. I took a chance on this because I saw this cutie wearing a suit and converse and maybe that’s my kink, who knows, but I was fucking HERE for it. Now I’m a huge slave to romance and the shows, romcoms, that shit. I need to ship, I need to see the love, possibly write a fanfic of it, save gifs of the couple being cute or someone pining. But this show didn’t focus on the love story brewing on the side, it focused on its original intent and purpose which was Park Hyungsik and Jang Don-Gun’s partnership as mentor and mentee, the practice of law, and Park Hyungsik’s storyline as someone who got mixed up in the wrong crowd and fauxed having the license to practice law. The love story you get is the reason it’s on this list and why it’s ranked lower, but all in all this was a good show and one of the few exceptions to a non romance focused show.

#10. Suspicious Partner

The only reason this doesn’t have a pic is because I can only use ten and I gotta figure which would need one and which wouldn’t.

To start off, this show is fucking hilarious with the cast dynamic. It was like what, 40 episodes? I didn’t realize I needed a prolonged show until this came along. At times, it seemed like the main plot was dragging and I was reminded of why I prefer typical kdrama fashion of a one season within 12-32 episode limit, but it made up for it.

Yes, yes, Ji Chang-Wook, the god of kissing, stars in this. My first introduction to him was actually Melting Me Softly and because of how he did in acting with what he could, the emotions he portrayed, I sought out another show of his pre-military duty. God, he fucking serves in glasses and a suit. His character’s jealousy regarding Nam Ji Hyun (his romantic interest) and Choi Tae Joon (Ex best friend, slow burn, exes to friends to platonic lovers that’s one sided while the other can’t stand him, 35k words) instilled the notion that he is fucking funny as hell when needed and such a mood. You want to see the (not even romantic rival bc Choi and Nam are best friends) spraying with a water hose on your lead’s rival? Want to see a hot guy like Ji Chang-Wook panic and try shoving him out of the house when the girl catches them working out? It’s gold.

The feud with the moms -granted they didn’t realize the knew they were the mom’s of the leads-, the slow burn of enemies to friends with the girls, the redemption of a broken friendship, the crackhead and large old baby played by Lee Deok Hwa and the poor father figure who is tired of everyone’s shit portrayed by Jang Hyeok-jin. It’s everything you need for at least a week. It’s possibly a great starter show to ease one into the fact that most dramas don’t hold to that many episodes.

The romance is great, the fucking pining on Ji Chang-Wook’s side is great, the kissing scenes are fucking one for the history books, and you’re guaranteed to be giggling to yourself in several scenes.

Oh and there’s like, a serial killer but yeah, romance!

#9. What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim?

The reason why it’s not so high on my list despite being popular is quite possibly some of the side cast.

While Park Seo Joon and Park Min Young severed as a fucking power couple and their tandem dynamic was strong as hell, there were characters who made the show’s story seen to drag out despite it being 16 episodes (see what I mean by usual number??). For one, we learn that a brown haired Lee Tae Hwan is not gonna make for a silent crush in this show. No, brown haired Lee Tae Hwan just gets on your nerves and despite it being purely because his character is mentally blocked in this twisted memory, he forces the main character into staying isolated within his own pain and nightmares from what really occurred when they were children. He lies to his family, keeps it hidden from those who are close to him and love him, suffers alone. It’s what keeps him away from chasing after Secretary Kim besides his egotistical personality -which I never thought could be so great but it is. The main character’s brother in his endless pursuit to chase at Secretary Kim himself starts to gnaw on your chill as you watch him subconsciously force this notions that they’re tethered to one another, deserve each other, etc. While you can’t entirely fault him for how he is given the psychological trauma he endured, you can get annoyed with him very easily for the other accounts and purposes.

The side story of the roof top guy with the one suit -I’m sorry, he’s great in 2PM but I can’t stand him in about every drama he’s in- and the seemly rookie girl become more of an obstacle when you just want to watch the main focus. The driver of the main character is hilarious but his romantic interest is over the top at times. Sometimes it just takes away from the show.

#8. Hotel Del Luna

Ah, I wish I could’ve put a pic.

To kick this off, can we like get a spin off with Kim Soo Hyun? Thanks.

FINALLY, A FUCKING FEMALE LEAD I STAN COMPLETELY AND WOULD WATCH EVEN WITHOUT YEO JIN GOO THERE FOR A ROMANTIC INTEREST.

This bitch, IU, fucking slays in her role as a hotel owner for the dead before the leave for the after life. Everything she does is iconic -yes, the fucking cocking of the rifle, the child like smile seeing diamonds, blessing the poor boy with the ability to see the dead then let him get chased per her own amusement before business. I really would’ve watched the show even if there was no romance. Whether it’s modern times or her orignal lifetime before being condemned to a life of immortality hell and aimlessly running a hotel, she makes for a strong lead. Her reasons for wanted to avoid love seemed so valid compared to other female leads who completely brush guys off. She doesn’t want love, and yet she doesn’t want anyone else touching Chan Sung (Yeo Jin Goo) because she’s not dumb enough to let go of something that makes her feel alive. While her character is legitimately described as cold and greedy, her intentions for holding onto him reveal an insecure part of her that’s been tucked away for centuries. His dedication to the hotel and her, to helping the ghosts move on and such, it’s great and makes for a binge full night.

It’s only ranked lower because the ending sadden me when I realized it was him picturing how they would meet one another again. And because they teased us with Kim Soo Hyun, like that’s cruel.

#7. Guardian: The Lonely and Great God (aka Goblin)

Tbh, this show would be lower if it weren’t for the Reaper and Sunny, as well as Deok Hwa.

I’ll probably get a lot of hate for this, but I couldn’t stand Kim Go Eun in this. I’ve watched her in Cheese in the Trap and thought she was good and stuff, but this I found myself growing annoyed and glaring at the television while my mom preached upon her behalf. The goblin was funny, his dynamic and weird polar friendship with the Reaper is quite possibly what really made the show, but I failed to see the spark between them until the time skip. Then, THEN, I could tolerate her a bit better.

Maybe it’s because she was protraying someone around my age in high school, but she went from this independent and driving girl to someone who became too needy and clingy. She acted like a little girl in front of a crush when she could’ve handled it more marturely with the said maturity she showed before meeting him. Granted, I know she had a very difficult home life after her mom died and she saw ghosts everywhere, and her living with the Reaper and Goblin was like this warm family she felt safe in, but I just couldn’t. Her endless pursuing of the Goblin got on my nerves and she would get upset, but then again did she ever act like an adult and do the most natural thing? Aka sit down and discuss the whole situation.

“If you’re comfortable, can you tell me why you think I’m your bride?/Why is there a sword in you?/What happens if I pull it out?/ What do you want me to do?/etc”

No, instead it was a constant “I’m the goblin’s bride”, “I’m your bride”, there was this bratty entitlement laying underneath the cutest exterior that was so apparent for someone my age, and I got pissed when she admitted to have seeing the sword the first time around. Like this man has been in total agony for fucking forever and you strung him along hoping for the possibility that you may be the key to him finally getting the ending he thinks he’ll get. It was selfish, she didn’t even know him but insisted on seeing how to be his bride. She should’ve stepped back and thought the situation out carefully. It wasn’t until that blessed time skip that I started to like her better. She wasn’t a kid then and became mature like she needed to be. There’s the need to flaw a character, but her’s was always biting at me.

Oh yeah, Sunny and the Reaper are the true couple in this story and their love that’s star crossed in two lives really hits you. There was more chemistry than the main couple, there was confusion in flirtatious banter, there was stupidity for first time romance against a tired experience woman, there was the hidden history that they both remembered after the time skip. The angst, the pure acceptance, the guilt and remorse. They made the fucking show alongside the Goblin and Reaper’s bromance and Deok Hwa’s “I just want a credit card and to be irresponsible but these two dumb fucks keep almost revealing their true selves to the world and I’m fucking done with these children”, on top of God taking his body as a vessel and becoming 10x cooler with that hairstyle while drinking with Fate (such a badass who loves her children I can’t, I stan the side character too).

#6. My ID is Gangnam Beauty

Oh my god, my introduction to Astro. Cha Eun Woo (aka Lee Dongmin). My god, if it weren’t for my mom, sister and I officially ruling Cha Eun Woo as god tier in terms of looks and making him this untouchable bias we can’t have, I would have never let this adorably hot as hell dancer and rapper distract me. Really, I kept wanting to be distracted by Rocky but I felt like I couldn’t miss the visual god in the front. Blessed I finally was able to divert my attention to the one I wanted to watch so very much and became my bias wrecker. Mom loves Moonbin like he’s her own son and we’re not her children, sister loves MJ’s psychotic idiocy.

ANYWAYS, the female lead, Kang Mi Rae, was stiff as hell when watching it a second time around and at times, knowing their age gap can be bothersome, but it was a cute slow burn of her and Cha Eun Woo’s character, Do Kyung Suk (sounds badass too, doesn’t it). While he appeared stiff as well, probably could’ve played a robot if he wanted to, I felt like he did well portraying his character who grew up in a dysfunctional house where their political father’s position took presidence over family. He was taught it was unmanly you cry, he never smiled (idk how Cha Eun Woo did it, this cutie never stops smiling or laughing), he never spoke up, etc. He appears socially handicapped until Mi Rae appears back in his life and he slowly let’s go of this anger as the story progresses. She learns she doesn’t have to be so self conscious about her plastic surgery or who she used to be because he loves both.

The villian of this story was well thought out (only kdrama where my dad actively participates in the discussions because he hated her so much and says her name with such spite while bragging he knows at least one Astro member so that’s his “idfk what a bias is but I’ll go with the Gangnam kid”). She brought the tension and there was the window to pity her and realize something was most definitely wrong in a tragic way. She sought after Kyung Suk like a prized trophy when he didn’t express interest, stepped inbetween blooming relationships, set boys off a progressive course away from her, and turned one kid psychotic. That was just with her obsession to have the boys fawn after her; completely disregarding her endless efforts to knock Mi Rae down a peg or two in meticulously planned schemes. She was incredibly smart and cunning, it can’t be denied and she drove them closer together in spite of her tries to wedge between them.

Really, this made me wish that the Webtoon True Beauty that’s supposed to get a drama adaption will cast him as the main male lead Suho. It’s almost similar but Suho seems more dimensional and expressive and I feel like he would truly shine there.

Stan Astro.

#5. Extra-Ordinary You

Ah, this one hurts me. @macaknight, just watch it.

This is a young love one and one of the few that’s not absolute cringe worthy. Set in high school where yea, there’s drama and it’s in Asia so there’s that weird “all mighty and supreme group that conquers the school” called the A3, a girl (Kim Hye Yoon) with a heart condition learns she’s a character in a manga -doesn’t realize she’s not the main one tho and that’s hilarious alone. She finds a focus with this unnamed student who stays in the background and shadows (portrayed by SF9’s Rowoon). The girl, Eun Dan Oh, is someone to worship and cherish, especially since she’s so young and very promising. I thoroughly enjoyed her character and how her efforts to derail the natural progression of the story with the catalyst of student number 13, later on Haru. There’s so many fucking twist and turns, characters to let your heartbreak for as you wish to adopt them and protect them from the world, it all hurts so much but in a masochistic against yourself kind of way you can’t let go of.

Those who are aware they’re in a comic book, they all struggle to break their “character’s” roles and expectations. The second male lead of both the drama and the drama’s manga is sick and tired of playing the violin and being this unrequited love interest that’ll lose in the end, forever the friend. Dan Oh is livid she’s expected to die from her heart disease and is forced to endlessly pine for her childhood fiancé Baek Kyung who is a complete asshole to her while in character. Number 13/Haru is tired of being an unnamed background character who continuously suffers and gets toyed with by the author. Dried Squid Fairy lunch maker is sick of how he must remember shit that’s kept a secret as he tries in vain to keep the story on track to avoid repeated mistakes and consequential devastating punishments to those who don’t follow the storyline. Yeo Ju Da (the main character of the manga) wants to experience the love story she wants without the drama. Baek Kyung want to prove himself and that he genuinely cares for Dan Oh but is forced to be an asshole because that’s how he’s written.

It’s a fucking mess and it’s fucking fantastic. The friendship of A3 (Lee Do Hwa the vionlist, Oh Namju and Baek Kyung), Lee Do Hwa and Dan Oh’s powerful best friendship after being self aware and confiding in each other (honestly I want a drama with just two of them, they’re so cute and funny together), the A3 that happened outside for those self aware between Dan Oh, Number 13/Haru, and Do Hwa where they all genuinely care for one another, Dan Oh’s acceptance that her manga best friend is a bitch but nice to her and the male lackey of their group is funny, etc.

I didn’t think another self aware comic book character show could happen without ripping off W-Two Worlds, but it did. They did it.

#4. Angel’s Last Mission: Love

That song that goes “It’s alright, it’s alright” in a sad melodic way? Yeah, they play it when it’s not alright.

This show has heartbreak galore, even in the first episode for numerous reasons. They don’t want you to be alright for the most part and yet our sadistic selves can’t help but suffer through it. L’s portrayal of being an angel is such a gift, I didn’t know I needed it. I was dead set on living my life until I saw this and felt myself crumble to bits.

You want sacrifice? You got it. Tears of cute boy and a girl who can’t catch a break? Check. Plot twists? Lmao, it’s a kdrama. Yea. Angst and hurt? Fuck yep.

While you’re at it, listen to the song too so you can suffer some more.

#3. Descendants of the Sun

THIS WOULD BE AT THE TOP IF IT WEREN’T FOR THE FACT I AM COMPLETELY IN LOVE WITH THE FIRST ONE AND THESE TWO GOT DIVORCED IN REAL LIFE. I still wish the best for them and their child. I still hurt but love them.

So much fucking chemistry and angst, so much hurt and wounds (it’s legit a show with a military background and characters), so much cool fight scenes and surgeries. Their soundtrack slaps, the backstory of characters really set the tone to their current stories, shit overlaps somehow, the female rivalry is hilarious, the cat and dog friendship of the male leads warms my heart. They have such iconic stills and scenes.

The main leads connected so fucking well they got married in real life (we don’t talk about the end result, I’m still crying but I get it.) This kdrama is probably one of the staples to korean dramas in general.

Another female lead I really liked as well as the second, I just struggled at times with Song’s character at times because of the pain she put them both through.

#2. W-Two Worlds

This is my go to for recommending korean dramas to someone for the first time -I got an ex hooked on it that he cried several times throughout it/life 1/4 of the varsity boy’s soccer team has seen this because of me.

This is the comic self awareness show that I didn’t think could be redone, but kudos to you Extraordinary You, you created an orignal that breaks my heart.

This show hurts so much as well, I don’t watch them if they don’t hurt in one way or another.

Lee Jong Suk stars as the main character (Kang Chul) who is also the main character of his own comic book he stars in. The issue is that he’s self aware and that there’s something wrong with his world and life. His webtoon/manga creator is trying to kill him because having his creation alive is driving him to insanity and was the only comfort when he pushed his family away for his career and alcoholism. The creator’s daughter is alerted that her father went missing while cooped up in his room while drawing Kang Chul’s death and end to the manga without a resolution to his storyline (Think of a korean Batman without the suit and brooding personality). Plot twist that’s in the synopsis, she gets pulled in by Kang Chul inside the comic and can come and go if it pertains to him because he controls it without realizing.

You have a main character who is written as this playboy orphan and sole survivor of his mass family’s murder that questions his existence and purpose BEYOND how we do. He meets this girl who speaks almost cryptically to him without realizing and knows more about him than needed or given, and now he’s experiencing oddities besides the notion of love that he can’t understand because it’s not how he is written and the glitches in his world.

This show is twisted in a psychological sense that messes with a comic character who is now alive and real, fucks up the mentality of the creator, puts the daughter in an immense amount of stress when she was just trying to be a fucking surgeon, yes, black haired Lee Tae Hwan is crush worthy in this unlike brown haired Lee Tae Hwan in Secretary Kim. (It’s the hair, you change the hair on a character and everything is different).

The exploration of what love is that works alongside the devoting dark plot of the culprit murderer really drives this show as well as the couple’s endless efforts to save/protect one another in any means necessary, even if they both suffer from it.

These two truly can’t live without one another and it shows with all they do for each other. There’s nothing they wouldn’t risk to keep one another in their arms.

And Lee Jong Suk delivers his share of being one of the King of Korean Drama Kisses as well, gif saving worthy and iconic ones as well.

#1. Strong Woman Do Bong-Soon

Park Hyungsik. Park Hyungsik. Park Hyungsik. Park Hyungsik.

Need I say more?

We stan Park Hyungsik’s character, Ahn Minhyuk, in this blog. We basically stan Do Bong Soon as well for how happy she makes him.

This is possibly totally bias but this is one of my two white noise korean drama shows that I continuously find myself rewatching time and time again. And that’s saying something since I only have one white noise show that’s in English. Three shows total.

People had issues with the script and what the actors had to say, but for the most part I thought the love story and the rival one was pretty well written, then again I kept watching different translations on different sites. So I wasn’t bothered at all. People also didn’t like the side characters and stories regarding the sketchy well dressed gang she hospitalizes in the first episode that stuck around until the last but I felt it was important to have them to prove how having Bong Soon in their lives can change a person and how she has this affect on people overall.

My god, the love story. Bong Soon has this massive crush on police officer and high school friend she was sweet on, Guk Doo, who doesn’t seem to acknowledge her feelings and is all about protecting the law and stuff (I can respect, I’m a LEO kid). He isn’t aware of her abilities of being incredibly strong and nearly indestructible. Nah, instead, CEO of AIN Software, Ahn Minhyuk, accidentally finds out and is like super chill but excited and curious about it and her??

He hires her as his bodyguard in the mist of receiving threats regarding his family company and they find an odd balance with each other while Minhyuk falls in love with her so hard, he literally tries to protect HER from danger. He’s so wonderfully extra that it’s no wonder Park Hyungsik and Park Seo Joon are best friends in real life, they both have the ability to play someone so over the top in a cute and funny way that you appreciate it about them. A cutie with a button nose and weird ears decked out in monochrome color scheme and dark sunglasses, whistling as he rides a hoverboard around? Die for 100%. Someone who gets crazy jealous and presents it in a healthily humorous way by dramatically posing to securitygates of his company that open automatically for him? Stan. Wants Bong Soon’s attention while she’s in a room away from him so her opera sings her name loudly and dramatically? Worship.

While it’s hard to watch the slow progression on her end yet the obvious budding of it, it’s understandable since she’s been in love with Guk Doo ever since high school and has assumably never had a boyfriend in hopes that he would reciprocate her feelings. So the second time watching it and stepping back to analyze, I could forgive her.

All the while, Minhyuk making Heart Eyes ™️ at Bong Soon for literally everything she does makes you feel. The way he holds her and treats her like she’s this precious porcelain doll that could break it handled the wrong way speaks volumes considering he knows of her Herculean strength. He openly loves her when he comes to realize what she means to him -which is a lot sooner than you’d think but welcomed-, and looks at no one else but her. The love story probably would’ve also happened faster if everyone didn’t think Minhyuk was gay (that’s a solid fact, I’m not joking), only those close to her and see how he acts/looks at her realize “lmao, he ain’t gay Hunni”. Minhyuk is this cute hottie that girls wish were straight (it’s fucking hilarious) who acts like a complete lovesick dork with Bong Soon. He freaks and spazzes out when she calls him a nickname or acts cheeky with dropping honorifics, speaks aloud to himself of his thoughts regarding her, literally can’t contain himself when she acts cute to get on his good side and distract his anger.

Oh and there’s like this serial kidnapper too so there’s badass scenes of the two working together, power couple def.

Their soundtrack slaps too and you somehow end up vibing with it. The song You’re My Garden on it, I learned to sing it because it’s one of my top favs.

They’re just the cutest with their hamster and puppy dog relationship. It’s my go to show and I won’t stop watching this. It’s so obvious how Park Hyungsik grew to fall in love Park Bo Young (that’s a legitimate fact) when filming and their bts cuts are too cute, I wish they were dating in real life.

(Also, we have another King of kiss scenes -to those who watched this drama already, you know the scene, iconic 🔥🎼)

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Inner Duchess’ Thought of: 9 K-Dramas Premiere’s Week

Last week felt like a very busy week since we had 9 K-dramas’ premiere episodes along the week. I repeat, NINE K-DRAMAS! I feel proud of myself for watching (or at least peeking) 6 out of that 9 dramas and I will share my thoughts about them. I’m not ranking them but order it by alphabetical instead.

Because This Is My First Life / 이번 생은 처음이라

Our leads: Lee Min-ki and Jung So-min.

Such a refreshing drama! The story is about Nam Se-hee and Yoon Ji-ho, who end up live together in one house where Se-hee is the landlord and Ji-ho is the tenant. Se-hee needs to pay the house’s mortgage so he rent one of his room in his house and Ji-ho needs a place to live in Seoul. Many things happen, Se-hee and Ji-ho decide to tying the knot, even though they know each other not long ago and yeah, no love between them (yet).

This drama gets my attention because of its slice-of-life genre and all the characters’ problems feel so close to me: things about getting a good job, things about survive in a big city, things about married a perfect man, things about live separately from parents, etc. Because the characters are 30-ish years old, I feel like their problems are (or could be) my problems since age 30 is just a few years away from me :’D This drama also like questioning me what would I prioritize for my future: good career or having marriage (or maybe both?)

Black / 블랙

Our leads: Song Seung-heon and Go A-ra.

Honestly I didn’t plan to watch this drama since I kinda bored with the theme. But well, later I found this drama quite interesting. The story is about Kang Ha-ram who has an ability to see the shadow of death, the “thing” that will appear on someone’s back when their death is around them. She and people around her thought her ability is a curse and Ha-ram herself afraid of that thing decide to wear sunglasses everywhere she goes. Then she meet Han Moo-gang, a detective whose actually her childhood friend. Things happen and suddenly Moo-gang possessed by a grim reaper.

One thing I wait from this drama is Ha-ram and the possessed Moo-gang hand-in-hand help people from their death. Episode 1 is more interesting that episode 2 but this the point: the ending scene of each episode is such a tease and make me want to watch the next episode so bad! 

Go Back Couple /  고백부부

Our leads: Son Ho-joon and Jang Na-ra.

Just like Black, I didn’t plan to watch this drama. The story is about an unhappy married couple, although they've married for a long time. Choi Ban-do and Ma JIn-joo used to love each other but then they regret married in young age. They decide to separate and divorce, wishing they could turn back time when they were a stranger for one another. One morning, their wishes fulfilled and they back to the time when they still a 20 years old university student.

Jang Na-ra is really no aging at all. She’s almost 40 years old but this role of 20 years old university student still suit her. I only get peeking on first episode but I will try watch the second episode this week. It’s not like I don’t like the drama, but I still have no interest in the drama. Hope will like it because the story is kinda light and no need to thinking hard XD

Mad Dog /  매드독

Our leads: Yoo Ji-tae, Woo Do-hwan, Ryu Hwa-young, Jo Jae-hyun, Kim Hye-seong, and Hong Soo-hyun.

The main idea of this drama is about a team leads by Choi Kang-woo, a former detective, which have a role to investigate insurance fraud’s cases privately. BUT YEAH THERE’S WOO DO-HWAN EVERYBODY! My current crush after watch him in Save Me :x

But not only Woo Do-hwan, I found Ryu Hwa-young is so great in this drama and I didn’t expect I’ll love her! Anyway, I feel a little Lookout’s vibe as they work as a team, just like in the Lookout drama (but I hope Yoo Ji-tae has a different fate with Kim Young-kwang in that drama XD). I’m such a trash about this genre and definitely add this drama to my Wed-Thu schedule!

The Package /  더 패키지

Our leads: Jung Yong-hwa and Lee Yeon-hee.

Another drama that I didn’t plan to watch to. The story is about a small tour group from South Korea travels to France and lead by a Korean tour leader in France, Yoon So-so. The travelers themselves have their own stories and how they end up taking the tour, including Yoon So-so herself.

I grew up as a tourism high school’s student and at first I only want to check the drama since I never found a drama with this theme before. And actually, I love the drama! I usually love travelling show since I could feel like I join the journey and no wonder I love this drama. And add Jung Yong-hwa, he’s such a cutie pie hereeee! :3 Oh yeah, there’s Yoon Park here too, he appears as a mysterious man and I kinda sure he’s So-so’s ex fiance, but we’ll see. Oh by the way, I found out that Air France sponsored (what is the correct way to say it?) this drama and no wonder it sets in France. OH I’M SO EXCITED OF THIS DRAMA and definitely will add to my Fri-Sat schedule ^^

Witch’s Court /  마녀의 법정

Our leads: Yoon Hyun-min and Jung Ryeo-won.

MY FAVORITE ON-GOING DRAMA! Honestly this is another drama I didn’t plan to watch to BUT IT TURNS OUT TO BE MY FAVORITE! Ma Yi-deum is not like another heroine we had in legal drama: she’s more like an anti-heroine, acted perfectly like a witch, and kinda annoying. She uses many drastic methods to make sure she always win all her cases. After got an incident with her senior, she is transferred to a special division that handle any kind of sex crimes. She teams up with Yeo Jin-wook, an older-rookie prosecutor who used to be a psychiatrist. 

Ma Yi-deum is soooo annoying yet so refreshing for me and Jung Ryeo-won nailed it. She’s the reason why I hooked up with this drama. She is so fragile since her mother left her when she was a teenager but she won’t show it to the world. She acted so tough and sometimes so witch-y and that’s why I love her. On the other hand, we have a calm, gentle, and good-looking rookie prosecutor, Yeo Jin-wook who could balance Yi-deum. And yeah, they really have a good chemistry! I don’t know will Yi-deum and Jin-wook end up together or not but I really love them as a partner at court. This drama topped my on-going drama list and yeah definitely add it to my Mon-Tue schedule.

As you could guess, I didn’t watch another 3 yet: 20th Century Boys and Girls, Revolutionary Love, and Avengers Social Club but I think I will try to watch the first 2 episodes. Avengers Social Club most likely to be the first I will check out since I kinda like the synopsis. For Revolutionary Love, I think I will check it out for Gong Myung (ah he’s such a cutie with his spectacles ;D) and for the 20th Century Boys and Girls, I didn’t think it will suit me but we’ll see.

So, wishing you have a busy week till November! :D

[kdramaindonesia]

Sinopsis Drama Korea Do You Like Brahms?

Sinopsis Do You Like Brahms? mengisahkan seorang siswa di sebuah sekolah musik bergengsi dan orang-orang dalam hidup mereka, seorang siswa yang mengalami pelajaran, pelatihan, pertunjukan, dan kompetisi sejak usia yang sangat muda bersama dengan orang tua mereka dan guru yang terobsesi atas proses ini.

Park Joon Young (Kim Min Jae) mulai bermain piano ketika ia berusia enam tahun. Ia terus memenangkan tidak hanya kompetisi paling bergengsi di Korea, tetapi juga banyak kompetisi internasional. Dia kembali ke Korea untuk cuti panjang, dan bertemu Chae Song Ah (Park Eun Bin) selama musim panas.

Chae Song Ah seorang mahasiswa senior jurusan pertunjukan biola. Setelah lulus sebagai jurusan Bisnis, ia masuk Universitas yang sama lagi untuk masuk ke sekolah musik karena mengejar hasratnya terhadap biola setelah empat kali mencoba dan tujuh tahun lebih tua dari teman sekelasnya.

Details Drama Korea Do You Like Brahms?

Title: 브람스를 좋아하세요? / Beuramseureul Joahaseyo? Also known as: Liking Brahms Genre: Drama, music, romance Episodes: 32 Broadcast network: SBS, Viu (international) Broadcast period: 2020-Aug-31 to 2020-???-?? Air time: Monday & Tuesday 22:20 Original Soundtrack: Do You Like Brahms? OST

Daftar Pemain Drama Do You Like Brahms?

Main Cast

Park Eun Bin as Chae Song Ah Kim Min Jae as Park Joon Young Kim Sung Chul (김성철) as Han Hyun Ho Park Ji Hyun as Lee Jung Kyung Lee Yoo Jin as Yoon Dong Yoon Bae Da Bin as Kang Min Sung

Kyung Hoo Culture Foundation

Ye Soo Jung as Na Moon Sook Kim Jong Tae (김종태) as Lee Sung Geun Seo Jung Yeon as Cha Young In Choi Dae Hoon as Park Sung Jae Yang Jo Ah (양조아) as Im Yoo Jin Ahn Sang Eun (안상은) as Jung Da Woon Lee Ji Won (이지원) as Kim Hae Na

Seo Ryung University

Gil Hae Yun as Song Jung Hee Baek Ji Won as Lee Soo Kyung Joo Suk Tae as Yoo Tae Jin

Supporting Cast

Kim Hak Sun as Song Ah’s father Kim Sun Hwa as Song Ah’s mother Lee Noh Ah (이노아) as Chae Song Hee Kim Jung Young as Joon Young’s mother Go So Hyun (고소현) as Yang Ji Won Song Ji Won (송지원)

Production Credits Production Company: Studio S Director: Jo Young Min Screenwriter: Ryu Bo Ri

Notes: Director Jo Young Min and screenwriter Ryu Bo Ri previously collaborated on the 2019 SBS drama 17 Years Old Condition.

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