#the matchmakers

[dangermousie]

2023 Kdramas I am excited for

We have only a bit over two months in the year left, but it looks like kdramas saved the best for last. Here is the list of kdramas I am excited for...

Boyhood/Once Upon a Boyhood (November 24) - Siwan hasn't done a bad drama and I am in the mood for a nostalgic 80s piece. I am a little amused that a 35 year old is gonna be playing a high schooler, but in a fond way.

Castaway Diva (October 28) - I am very fond of Park Eun Bin and if anyone can sell the whimsy of a tale about a woman who was a castaway and then becomes a pop star, she will. Not fond of the new trend for 12 eps but it is what it is.

Goryeo-Khitan War (November 11) - my most anticipated for the rest of the year. Every casting and crew choice, every promo makes it look like an old school politics and war heavy sageuk that does not cater in the least to youth or even fusion sageuk subgenres and I am here for it so so so MUCH!

Gyeongseong Creature (December) - not a big fan of netflix originals but I am there for the cast and the setting.

The Matchmakers (October 30) - looks like a wacky period romp with Rowoon and Cho Yi Hyun. I don't have high hopes for it because I like my period stuff angsty, but whatever else, it's gonna be pretty pretty pretty!

Moon In the Day (November 1) - except for GK War, my most anticipated for the rest of the year. Reincarnation/time travel story that flashes back between modern day and Silla - GOD YES!

My Demon (November 24) - sounds like shoujo crack about a demon who loses his powers and enters into a contract marriage (of course) with a human. Done many many times before but I am always a sucker for the trope.

Perfect Marriage Revenge (October 28) - first of all, I have a huge weak spot for Sung Hoon. He's a limited actor but between New Tales of the Gisaeng and his role in Faith, he won my heart forever. But also, this plot is so old school melo the way they don't make it nowadays. Our FL is betrayed by her sister and her husband and dies. But she wakes up before her marriage and decides to do things differently and get revenge. She gets married in a contract marriage to our ML, a chaebol (of course) played by sexy Sung Hoon and...doesn't it all sound like those delicious transmigration novels made flesh?

The Story of Park's Marriage Contract (November 24) - I love time travel/time slip stories and the fact that this is a woman who ends up in the modern day where she comes across the dead ringer of her deceased husband makes it high class Durian, plus Lee Se Young is a wonderful actress who rarely picks wrong.

Tell Me That You Love Me (November) - a remake of my favorite jdrama of all time, Aishteiru to Ittekure, this story about the relationship between a deaf painter and an aspiring younger actress is going to give me the adult love story I crave. The fact that the legend that is Jung Woo Sung is back in dramas, and is playing the ML, is just the perfect thing. (His last proper drama was Padam Padam in 2011!!! He is mainly a movie star.)

Vigilante (November 8) - I am just here to see Nam Joo Hyuk kick people in the face.

Welcome to Samdalri (December 2) - Shin Hye Sun and Ji Chang Wook in a romcom mmmmm. I don't have any pics so have:

[clubfluffer]

Kdramas deciding to throw all the good stuff at us right at the end of the year and at the same time, and me trying to keep up with them all:

[estelle-sim]

The wedding night

[makesomehistory]

Did this woman just rescue me? You almost bumped into the crate.

[liveasbutterflies]

what is he saying? The Matchmakers 혼례대첩 (2023)

[kdramadaily]

Soon-deok, Jung-woo, and their morning routines

THE MATCHMAKERS (2023)

[ariays]

I love how Rowoon consistently does 'loser in love' characters in his dramas and he does it so well. It has literally become his signature.

Haru? 'willing to risk everything for her even if I ceased to exist' type of loser.

Hyunseung? 'will do anything to make her love me back even if I'm just a hoobae to her' type of loser.

Jiwoon? 'will love him/her and it didn't matter if he/she's a man or a woman and a king' type of loser.

Junwoong? No romance but 'will love my grim reaper team mates forever even if I don't remember them for the years until my death' type of loser.

Shinyu? 'it started with a love spell but it didn't matter because they're just my inner real feelings anyway so I'm just gonna act on it' type of loser.

Jungwoo? an upcoming 'am in love with her but can't admit it because our love is not lawfully right and also because I'm a virgin and have no clue what all these feelings are about' type of loser.

+ Bonus:

Mujin? 'am in love with a shaman with a lowly status and willing to run away with her' type of loser.

[ctrb92]

The last months have felt like a little bit of a drought for kdramas and bls. And now everything is coming out all at once. I don't have enough time to watch everything.

[whenthegoldrays]

[yeo-rims]

[nbkdramathings]

Soooo, these new group of dramas I’m watching have been KILLING it.

[asiandramastoke]

Oh booooy... you're in big trouble inspector. Trouble with the agent of love. 😆

I can't wait for them to be matched together!!!

[estelle-sim]

E16

[myfavoriteskdramas]

At this point I don't even know how i'm watching a lot of dramas at the same time it's crazy lol

[liveasbutterflies]

Who is that man? The Matchmakers 혼례대첩 (2023)

[jupteur]

rowoon's character in the matchmakers is pathetic as FUCK i'm in love with him already look at this idiot