#also wiriting this post i realised I SUCK at wrting synopsises lol

[lavenderbyun]

Since I’ve been really into KBS drama specials recently, I thought I’d do a recommendation list of sorts to introduce more people to them! And the great thing about them is they’re short and sweet aka 1 hour long specials! (with the exception of 1)

(All the links lead to the KBS World upload of the episodes on youtube.)

and since emojis are always helpful:  🌟- personal favourites (but really i like all of them) 👩🏻 - female centric (most of the ones that dont have this emoji are really 50/50 though, and some do focus more on the girl)

Light Hearted/Romantic

Let Us Meet (one of my favourites - set in 1937, about a girl who joins a matchmaking agency to find a husband) 🌟  (Jo Bo Ah and Son Ho Jun)

Bride in Sneakers (another favourite, its fun and its cute!) 🌟 (Lee Chung Ah and Kim Jin Woo)

Miss Kim’s Mystery (hilarious antics as an undercover investigator and a company intern try to find a company spy) (Dasom and Kwon Hyuk Soo)

Review Notebook of My Embarrassing Days (another really cute one about a math teacher who is chosen as an exam writer and an on-site police officer) 👩🏻 (Jeon So Min and Park Sung Hoon)

Funny Woman (a sweet and fun 2-part romcom about an aspiring comedian who wishes to change her name to Go Ri La and the judge who keeps rejecting her application) 👩🏻 (Moon Ji In and Kim Ji Hoon)

Buzzcut Love (i dont know how to explain this one without giving spoilers but its sweet) 👩🏻 (Kang Yeon Jung and Kim Jung Hyun)

Forgiveness/Morality (i don’t know how to explain these plots w/o spoilers so i’ll give KBS’ synopsis instead - they don’t sound like wowow but trust me they’re good!)

Glass Prison (Sujeong lost her younger sister in a hit-and-run accident 10 years ago. She tries to find the suspect but the limitations period has passed.)   👩🏻 (dir. Lee Eung Bok)

Pinocchio’s Nose (The protagonist has become a psychologist to expose a lie that turned her life into a nightmare.)   👩🏻 (Lee Yoo Ri)

So Close Yet So Far (Yeongju was a promising curler but she suddenly started getting a ringing in the ears which hindered her play.) 👩🏻 (Kim Min Seok and Park Yoona)

Melancholy Romance

Too Bright for Romance (this one has mixed reviews for sure, but its my favourite - its subtle and realistic) 🌟 (Choi Kang Hee and Go Joon)

Dancing The Waltz Alone (form KBS: “Someone else’s misfortune is my happiness and vice versa.” What if your lover becomes your competition?)  (Moon Ga Young and Yeo Hoi-Hyeon)

The Expiration Date of You and Me (a story about missed timing and missed opportunities) (Shin Hyun Soo and Lee Da In)

The Long Goodbye (after 8 years of dating, a novelist and an editor’s relationship begins to dwindle) (Jang Hee Jin and Lim Ju Hwan)

Come To Me Like A Star (two people at rock bottom fall in love - as noted by KBS “a touching and yet coldly realistic love story”) (Jung So Min and Kim Ji Suk)

Why I’m Getting Married  (Seunguk and Jiwon have been engaged for a while, but wedding planning is not the sugar coated dream Jiwon expected; and as an old friend returns to the picture, she becomes conflicted.)  (Park Hee Von and Hong Jong Hyun)

You Are Closer Than I Think (KBS to avoid spoilers: The bride disappeared on the day of the wedding. She left her wedding dress in the waiting room and left for Morocco by herself for honeymoon.) (Kim So Eun and Lee Sang Yeob)

Family/Found Family

Oh Man Bok Is Pretty (i think this was the first drama special i watched, its so warm and sweet and also has a bengali actor in it!) 🌟👩🏻  (Ra Mi Ran and Kim Hyang Gi)

Fake Family  (you know when you watch a drama, and the female lead is constantly putting up with her trash family and you just wanna scream “LEAVE THEM ALREADY!” well, finally someone heard those screams and made a drama special about it!) 🌟👩🏻 (Lee Ha Na)

My Mother’s Third Marriage (i don’t want to say its kind of like Tempted, but it is kind of but 100x better and focused on a mother-daughter relationship before anything else) 👩🏻 (Lee Yeol Eum)

Three Female Runaways (3 unappreciated/unloved women from very different backgrounds find solidarity with one another)👩🏻 (Seo Ye Ji, Jang Hee Jin & Park Hae Mi)

Kang Deok Sun’s Love History (set in 1926, this story follows a young girl as she joins a band of female rebels)👩🏻 (Kim So Hye)