#Oh Sung-soo

[seonpremacy]

episode 10 basically unraveled the love languages of haein and hyun woo, and it was beautiful

[namjhyun]

DRAMA REVIEW | Perfect Marriage Revenge (2023)

There’s an argument to be made about how Perfect Marriage Revenge had a perfect execution because it was a 12 episodes long drama and didn’t waste time for unnecessary conflicts. Everything took its right time and was resolved in a cohesive way with the characters development.

Both leads were compelling and had amazing chemistry, but the secondary characters were equally interesting to watch. All the performances outstanding and you can tell the actors are enjoying themselves in their respective roles.

On a story about a woman looking for revenge against her own family, this kdrama had a perfect balance between makjang and romcom. Making it an easy and fun watch. I highly recommend it!

[conscbgb]

YES 🙏

[whumpetywhump]

Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area

Rio

01:

- Shot in the chest while wearing Kevlar, dragged to safety, gasping for breath

04:

- Paralysed with shock

- Manhandled, threatened, tied up

- Forced to perform surgery on someone, sweating, vomiting

05:

- Choked with a belt until he passes out

08:

- Pistol whipped, holding his jaw, bloody lip

- Grieving, sobbing

- Hit over the head, collapses and passes out

- Tied to a table, gagged, struggling

09:

- Still tied to the table from last episode

11:

- Dream: Paralysed with shock, knees buckling, caught in an explosion, thrown to the ground, gasping, shot dead

- Grieving, sobbing

Denver

03:

- Beaten up in a fight, bruised and bleeding, struggling to stand

04:

- Donates blood to someone, pale and weak

05:

- Hit over the head, knocked out, bleeding from the head, tied to a chair, suffocated with a bag, kicked repeatedly in the gut, rescued, needs help to stand

06:

- Still bruised and bloody from last episode, has the wounds cleaned and treated

08:

- Grieving, sobbing

11:

- Dream: Shot repeatedly in the chest, collapses to his knees, shielded by his father

- Grieving, sobbing

12:

- Emotional reunion, crying, comforted

- Repeatedly slammed into a wall, bloody lip, gasping for breath, clutching his chest

Berlin

04:

- Tied to a chair

05:

- Still tied to a chair, pale and sweating, experiencing hand tremors and convulsions, seizure, escapes

06:

- Still experiencing hand tremors

- Injecting himself with medication, pale and sweating

07:

- Flashback: Injecting himself with medication, sweating, passes out

08:

- Hand tremors, sweating, mental breakdown, collapses, seizure, twitching while unconscious

- Flashback: Tied to a chair and collared, electrocuted, screaming in pain, covered in cuts and bruises, collapses, convulsing, denied his medication

- Wakes from a nightmare, gasping

09:

- Flashback: Injecting himself with medication

- Self medicating, hand tremors

10:

- Still sweating and having hand tremors

11:

- Dream: Shot in the chest, collapses, bleeding from the head, limping, blows himself up with a grenade

12:

- Volunteers to sacrifice himself, says goodbye to his brother over the phone, caught in an explosion, ringing ears, clutching his head, rescued, needs support to walk, knees buckling

Cha Moo Hyuk

07:

- Stabbed in the thigh with a syringe, collapses, passes out, kidnapped

08:

- Cuffed to a wall, blindfolded, bruised wrists

09:

- Still cuffed to the wall

10:

- Still cuffed to the wall, wrists still bruised, dislocates his thumb to escape, on the run, hit by a car, unconscious, bleeding

11:

- Still unconscious and bleeding on the ground from last episode

- Comatose in hospital with a neck brace and his head bandaged

12:

- Still wearing a neck brace, arm in a sling

[somanykdramas]

THE PLAYER 2: MASTER OF SWINDLERS

GENRES: Action, Drama, Comedy

SUMMARY: The players are at it again, seeking both personal revenge and national justice.

THIS SHOW HAS EVERYTHING: Gourmet eats, sham gallery owners, despicable real estate dealers, sadist millionaires, car chases, chaotic punches, stabbings, bombs, idols, drugs, grey suits, and conflicted Presidents.

HOT TAKE: The first season of this show, just like this second season, was silly action fun with som decent cast chemistry thrown in as a nice bow. Nothing too adventurous to worry about--the lead is handsome, the tough guy is unbeatable, the hacker is the best in the world, and their driver can hold her own wherever she goes.

Did we need another season? Not really, but I'm not going to complain that we did. Are we getting another one after this? You betcha.

[moviemosaics]

Cobweb

directed by Kim Jee-woon, 2023

[okabehk]

My top 10 Korean Actresses ❤️

1. #ParkBoYoung

2. #SeoYeJi

3. #LeeHyeri

4. #ParkMinYoung

5. #KimGoEun

6. #KimSejeong

7. #LeeSungKyung

8. #OhYeonSeo

9. #ImSooHyang

10. #KimSeolHyun

These are my favs at the moment for sure 💕

[dramaddict-and-proud-of-it]

Alchemy of Souls (Seasons 1 & 2)

Year : 2022 | Country : KR | Nb of episodes: 30

My rate: 9/10

Synopsis :

Set in a fictional country called Daeho that does not exist in history or on maps, it is about the love and growth of young mages as they overcome their twisted fates due to a forbidden magic spell known as the "alchemy of souls", which allows souls to switch bodies.

It follows the story of an elite assassin named Naksu, whose soul is accidentally trapped inside the weak body of Mu Deok—Jang Uk's servant from a powerful and noble mage family in the country. The young master of the Jang Family, Jang Uk, holds a dark secret about his scandalous birth. He wants the formidable assassin to help change his destiny.

Main cast :

Lee Jae Wook as Jang Uk

Jung So Min as Mu Deok

Hwang Min Hyun as Seo Yul

Shin Sung Ho as Go Won

Yoo Joon Sang as Park Jin

Oh Na Ra as Kim Do Ju

Arin as Jin Cho Yeon

Yoo In Soo as Park Dang Gu

Go Youn Jung as Naksu/Cho Yeong/ Jin Bu Yeon

My thoughts on this drama :

I hadn't loved a Korean drama so much in ages. Wow! Everything is so so good in this one. The casting is amazing, for both seasons. Although I understand their choice to switch actresses for the main lead in season two, it still felt a bit jarring at first.

The story is fantastic, and the actors all aced their roles. The season two felt like the opposite to season one (Alchemy of Souls: Light and Shadow is the subtitle of the season/part 2). It was sometimes a bit hard to follow, but the story is amazing and very satisfying.

A Favorite ?

YES

[kaiowut99]

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX Episodes 102-104 Subbed (Finalized)

(Previously: Episodes 99-101 Subbed [Finalized])

(Check out my Subbed!GX Stream Masterpost!)

TURN-102: The Pulse of Light VS the Neo-Spacians

Ed was defeated in his battle against Saiou, who was taken by the Pulse of Light. Saiou asks Judai for his key to the laser satellite in exchange for Ed, pushing him into a corner. Right then, Neos appears and prevents the key from getting to Saiou--causing a furious Saiou to duel with Judai and settle this. As with his bout with Ed, he predicts the future, leading the duel to play out in his favor. For his part, Judai uses his Fusion specialty to summon Monsters, but...

TURN-103: Judai in a Pinch! The Light Barrier Field Magic

Saiou, taken by the Pulse of Light, activates his Light Barrier Field Magic. This barrier has an effect that even weakens the power of Card Spirits, driving Judai's Monsters into a corner. Saiou also summons his "The World" Arcana Force and pounces on Judai. Elsewhere, with both laser satellite keys in hand, Prince Ojin--being controlled by the evil Saiou--activates the satellite. Kenzan tries to stop him, but he's already too late as the laser satellite fires its beam right at the Earth. Will it be possible to...

TURN-104: Whither Victory?! Judai VS Saiou

Judai summons his Glow Neos and destroys Light Barrier, waging a direct attack against the evil Saiou upon turning the tables. Driven into a dilemma, the evil Saiou tributes The Material Road, The Spiritual Road, and The Heavens Road to summon his ultimate card, Arcana Force Extra - The Light Ruler, using it to deal him an intense blow. For his part, Judai also has Gran Mole and Neos do a Contact Fusion and summons Gran Neos as he shifts into a counterattack, but...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

A bit delayed due to some life stuff going on (like moving!), episodes 102-104 are now up and finalized as we make our way into the Season 2 finale!

that Saiou eyecatch is haunting my nightmares all over again

As this three-parter gets underway, we have the aftermath of Ed losing to Saiou as the Light within him decides to use him as leverage to get the second SOLA key from Judai; once he does and tries to get them for himself, Neos shows up to stop that, forcing him to duel Judai for them (I do like how, when Judai tells the Light he'll give up on his plans if Judai wins after he's given up his key, Saiou correctly notes, "The keys are already with me and you expect me to agree to your terms?" lol). This is one of my favorite duels because of how much it emphasizes Judai's attitude of "the future's not set, we change our fates with each card we draw!" that he first told Ed about in episode 53, along with the foreshadowing we get to the events of Season 3--and the huge literal shadow it puts into play. At the same time, we have GeneX finishing up as Rei makes her surprise comeback and duels Manjoume for the championship, and I like that it serves as good cutaway material from the Judai/Saiou duel, though I do wish we got to see more of Rei's deck (especially since, 17 years later, her Mystic cards have still not been printed). Ojama Yellow also gets to make the finishing blow, to the onlookers' chagrin, which is fun, and Saiou and Mizuchi get to satisfyingly reunite in the end which is cute.

Also, Kenzan's dino DNA helps him turn into a Space Saurus to help bust up SOLA--A+ content.

(Quick Translation Note: As Manjoume and his group approach the remaining Society of Light members, he's holding a Gunbai baton (the Gunbai being "a type of signal baton and Japanese war fan," per Wikipedia) with the Japanese text 一意専心 on it, translating to "with heart and soul." I translated it for the hardsub, as covered here, in the two scenes it appears in by applying the English text over the Japanese text in Photoshop--similar to the edit worked on by Kay for episode 9's "Fighting Spirit" banner. I was also inspired with "Whither Victory" for 104's title translation after looking at a Dragon Ball Kai title used for the dub that more concisely conveyed the "where is victory" idea in the JP title here.)

Animation error-wise, interesting mix here. I worked on about 30 of them altogether (a bit fewer than in 99-101), not counting the additional hardsub-only edits I made to translate the "With Heart and Soul" staff Manjoume carries for two clips in 102 or fix re-applications during the recaps; part of the delay with this was my moving and adjusting accordingly, as it took a few days before I could work on these fixes. About half of these were little quality-of-watching fixes, mostly split-screens but including fixing a stat-counter SFX error in 102, while the rest were mixes of incomplete-drawing errors, card errors, and card-related consistency errors--with a little "missing Burstlady shoulder strap" for good crowd-favorite measure. More in my separate post here with my usual fix/edit breakdown for the interested, due to Tumblr’s dumb link limit in posts yeeting them out of the tags used and limiting their reach, to give you a more visual element to it! (And had to split it in two again due to that) have I mentioned my love for this show is like an Ojama

Quick housekeeping: made a slight revision to 101 to update Saiou's line as he summons Light Ruler vs Ed for consistency with the tweak I made in 102. The 101 link in 99-101's release post now links to the re-uploaded version; I've updated its link in the Masterpost and will be posting the re-finalized hardsub/script/MKV on NAC soon as I post these.

Anywho, enjoy! Feels really good to get Season 2 taken care of, as that makes 104 episodes I've finalized my translations for; while I did like most of my last-go-around work on 102-104, it was good to make some updates to match my current style. With that, of course, comes a brief little Season-ending lull period; I'll be doing a little housekeeping to correct a few ending-credit typos in episodes 83 and 89, and a minor sub-styling correction in episode 81, which I'll post on NAC once done. After that, I'll putting in a little more work on a special project in progress that I'll hopefully post about soon over the next few weeks, along with work to prep for finalizing Season 3, including touching up my last textless edit for Teardrop V1 (which wasn't released officially textless and has Judai all sad with Johan, used from 105-112) and some work on some other side projects. All told, thinking I'll start small with work on 105 starting later this month, since a clip-show episode works well to come back with and all, lol; stay tuned!

[stuff-diary]

Wedding Impossible

TV Shows/Dramas watched in 2024

Wedding Impossible (2024, South Korea)

Director: Kwon Young Il

Writers: Oh Hye Won & Park Seul Ki (based on the webtoon by Song Jung Won)

Mini-review:

Well, this drama was entertaining, but nothing more. It was especially funny at the beginning, thanks to that sort of 'rivalry' between the leads. However, once they solved that and started moving into purely romantic territory, the story began to lose steam quickly. Tbh, I kept watching to the very end because of the sizzling chemistry between Jeon Jong Seo and Moon Sang Min. And I guess I wanted to see how in the world they were gonna clear up the mess created by the characters, which was pretty fascinating. I feel like the show would have been better if the director had put more thought into its style, cause the whole thing looked pretty cheap and bland. But still, Wedding Impossible is fun enough, and I can see fans of classic romcoms enjoying it a lot.

[passionforfiction]

Perfect Marriage Revenge

This series is based on the webtoon with the same name. I read the webtoon before watching the series and I must say that I liked the adaptation. It didn't drag the situations, the changes they made worked and I liked the story line.

I liked this series.

Poster from Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_Marriage_Revenge

[genkinahito]

Bear Man 웅남이 (2023) Director: Park Sung-kwang [New York Asian Film Festival 2023]

Bear Man  웅남이 　 「Woongnami」 Release Date: March 22nd, 2023 Duration: 97 mins. Director: Park Sung-kwang Writer: Kim Hwang-do (Screenplay), Starring: Park Sung-woong (Na Woong-nam/Lee Jeong-hak), Oh Dal-soo (Na Bok-cheon), Yeom Hye-ran (Jang Kyeong-sook), Lee Yi-kyeong (Jo Mal-bong), Baek Ji-hye (Yoon Na-ra), Choi Min-soo (Lee Jeong-sik) Website IMDB Look at that title. Bear Man. What does it make…

[jackredfieldwasmyjacob]

amaia is a national treasure <3

[binging-asian-dramas]

Graceful Friends. 7

Story: 8

Acting: 10

Chemistry: 9

Comparable to: Penthouse (kdrama); Sky Castle (kdrama); The World of the Married (kdrama) the Glory (kdrama)

This drama will definitely not be for everyone. It’s very melodramatic, it’s very soapy. Every character is basically an blackmailing cheating asshat so it’s hard to choose who you want to root for. It’s basically one of those dramas you want to stop watching but can’t seem to 🤷‍♀️

[camyfilms]

오징어 게임 2021

You have a reason to get out of this place, but I don’t. I thought hard about what I’d do, if I were the one who got out, since you asked me earlier. No matter how hard I thought, though, I got nothing. The one who has a reason should get back out there... that’s what’s right. You can do it. Don’t die in here, okay? And go meet your mother. Go get your brother too. And go to Jeju island. 

[what-breaks-my-heart]