A Business Proposal (Korean Drama)

 

Genre: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Episodes: 12

Main Cast:

Ahn Hyo Seop as Kang Tae Mu

Kim Se Jeong as Shin Ha Ri

Kim Min Gue as Cha Sung Hoon

Seol In Ah as Jin Young Seo

Synopsis:

Shin Ha Ri is a single woman and works for a company. She has a male friend, who she has had a crush on for a long time, but she learns he has a girlfriend. Shin Ha Ri feels sad and decides to meet her friend Jin Young Seo, who is a daughter of a chaebol family. Jin Young Seo then asks Shin Ha Ri to take her place in a blind date and even offers some money for her time. Shin Ha Ri accepts her friend's offer. She goes out on the blind date as Jin Young Seo, while having the intention to get rejected by her date. When she sees her blind date, Shin Ha Ri is dumbfounded. Her blind date is Kang Tae Mu. He is the CEO of the company where she works.

Kang Tae Mu is the CEO of a company that his grandfather founded. One day, his grandfather informed him of an upcoming blind date that he set up for him. Kang Tae Mu is a workaholic and he is annoyed that his grandfather sets up blind dates for him. He decides to marry the next woman whom he meets at a blind date, so he won't be disturbed from his work anymore. That woman is Shin Ha Ri, but pretending to be Jin Young Seo.

On the following day, Shin Ha Ri receives a phone call from Kang Tae Mu. He asks her to marry him.

My Thoughts:

This was a pretty recent drama and was a pretty huge hit being released on Netflix. I will just share my thoughts since it can be pretty obvious why it was a huge hit. Will I be considered showing off if I say for this story, I was a reader before being a watcher? Yes, I mean this drama was an adaptation of an equally if not more famous webtoon/manhwa "The Office Blind Date". And before this drama was even released or I even know about this drama, I have completed reading the manhwa. I think there are some epilogue chapters, hopefully I will get back to finishing those soon hehehe.....

Anyways, to be honest, I really really love the manhwa, so I had a particular bias as I was watching the drama such as hey Kang Tae Mu was not like this, this scene was not in the manhwa, why is it different etc. Though after a few episodes, I decided that the manhwa and the drama are almost two separate entities. Because watching with such a bias was a pain for me... But it does somehow help in understanding parts of the drama better.

Onto the drama itself, it was a full-on romantic comedy. You will get those fluffy moments and sometimes cringe at the actions of the characters. But overall you will fall in love with the characters. The comedic elements are sometimes unexpected which made it more funny and of course some of the running gags that will never fail to make you crack. 

The drama was a star-studded cast which made it all the more worthwhile to watch not only because of their looks ahaha but their acting. It can be said that, since it's them, for sure the characters will come out alright. They each brought their characters to life, with all their quirks and brought about some of the most hilarious and trending scenes.

The plot was a simple and pretty cliche, what makes a drama really good if the ability to bring their own twist or colour to a well-used trope, not making you feel, "been there, done that" but more, "oh, so it can be done in such a way too!" 

In conclusion, there's a disparity between those who only just watched the drama and those who also read the manhwa. The content is close but not exactly same which I would say made it better because making an exact copy would make it more criticized if it did not live up to the original. It is a short drama, only 12 episodes, so don't hesitate to give this drama a try if you have not. You are welcome to share any thoughts you have on the drama.

Extraordinary You (Korean Drama)

Genre: Friendship, Comedy, Romance, School, Fantasy, Drama

Episodes: 16 (32 half hour episodes)

Main Cast:

Kim Hye Yoon as Eun Dan Oh

Ro Woon as Number 13 / Ha Ru

Lee Jae Wook as Baek Kyung

Lee Na Eun as Yeo Joo Da

Jung Gun Joo as Lee Do Hwa

Kim Young Dae as Oh Nam Joo

Synopsis:

What would you do if you found out that you were, in fact, a character in a comic? And an extra character on top of that? Change the course of the story, obviously!

Eun Dan Oh is a 17-year-old high-school student from a wealthy family who suffers from a lifelong heart condition that inevitably means she will not live past her teenage years. However, when Dan Oh realizes she is experiencing long gaps in her memory as well, she comes into the unhappy inheritance of another fact in her life: she is a character in a Korean webtoon and all of her actions are predetermined by the artist who draws her. To make matters worse, she discovers she is only a supporting character in the cast. With her newfound understanding of the world she inhabits, she is determined to find true love in her own plot-line and circumvent the author’s plans for her character by utilizing the flashes of storyboard she alone is able to see.

My Thoughts:

I chose to watch this drama because of the synopsis, the concept of a comic character being self aware has been used before but it feels refreshing to know that this is an extra who got self aware and not a main character of the comic. I like how the different dramas I watch based on this concept has very unique plots and doesn't intersect in their rules of the game. An interesting here to note is that, this story was based on a successful and popular webtoon, if you think about it, a comic book character inside a comic book got self aware and keeps on breaking the fourth wall in a sense. That's a refreshing perspective to look back on the drama.

This is mostly a high school romance story with a blend of fantasy. My favourite combo. Here we got a character who is hell bent on changing her character setting to just enjoy life as a normal high school girl, and how she tries to use every method at her disposal until she met Number 13, an extra who has no role or character setting who suddenly was able to save her from an accident which she saw on the storyboard. She then constantly finds Number 13 to hopefully have him help her. Another side of the story is the leading characters of the webtoon story, where every character in the universe of the comic has to help them get together unwillingly, which becomes a source of frustration for people like Dan Oh who hates that her life is used to bridge the love between the leading characters. But those scenes by the main characters are also what becomes their gossip to criticize the author for the lack of creativity and going with all the cliches of a typical romance story.

The actors and actresses are awesome even though many of them are rookies. The one playing Eun Dan Oh, Kim Hye Yoon was the star of the show especially with her capabilities to perform and switch between two personalities smoothly. One being her comic book personality and another being her self aware personality. Others who got self aware also has those symptoms but none of them as total opposites as Eun Dan Oh. I salute her for her acting. 

I also love the soundtracks and background music used by the drama. It increases excitement and creates tension with ease. About the plot and storyline, it is not too heavy which is good. Whenever the mood of the story becomes sour or the characters is stuck in a troublesome situation, there is always an injection of side stories or random stuffs to balance the mood. The drama really makes you think about the existence of all the extras you see in other dramas and how their existence is what makes the drama livelier and wholesome. 

The love story between Dan Oh and Number 13 or Haru is just bubbly and cute and sweet ahahah... I love watching the process of them falling in love and being in love. They really complement each other and really makes each other happy. It's kinda no wonder since they've been lovers in a previous story. Then, talking about the ending, I love it kinda, it is not a definite ending, but enough of an ending but also have enough to set the story for a second season with all the unanswered questions. I'm not sure but maybe the webtoon which this story is based from is still ongoing or the drama only covered a part of the webtoon, because the drama is certainly not completely ended. It's a open ending in a sense.

Want to know more? Curious about the story? Do give this story a try! If you already did, do type down in the comments about what you think of the ending with a spoiler alert of course. I gave minor spoilers here and there in this review because I can't help it but hopefully just enough to get you all watching this awesome drama. Happy Drama-Watching!! 😼

Clean With Passion For Now (Korean Drama)

Genre: Friendship, Business, Romance, Comedy, Drama

Episodes: 16

Main Cast:

Yoon Gyun Sang as Jang Seon Gyeol

Kim Yoo Jung as Gil Oh Seol

Song Jae Rim as Choi Ha In

Synopsis:

Jang Seon Gyeol has wealth and good looks but suffers from severe mysophobia. He is obsessed with cleaning and even owns his own cleaning company. However, he meets a carefree and untidy girl named Gil Oh Sol after she enters his company as a new employee.

Oh Sol has worked all sorts of part-time jobs while striving for a full-time job and does not have the luxury to date or be clean. She gave up on being neat after facing the tough reality of the world and is known for always wearing her trademark tracksuit. But she has a bright personality and does not mind getting dirty. With the help of Oh Sol, Seon Gyeol faces his mysophobia and also falls in love with her.

My Thoughts:

What first brought me to this drama is the actor, Yoon Gyun Sang. I've been a little fan since his appearance in Pinocchio back in 2014 and was hoping to see the essence of him that I saw in that drama and also him in a leading role and in a romance drama. Damn, I have so many conditions hehehe... As I watched this, I continued to love it more and more.

This story made me think a lot on how I am always drawn to stories where the male lead has a kind of severe OCD or trauma that makes them unable to make contact with other people. A few other being, I Am Not A Robot and currently watching About Is Love which have similar character settings or is it just there being many dramas of this kind coming out.

So, about the story, it is a pretty simple story in fact. What really gives it attention here is the romance and the comedy. There's nothing complex about the whole drama which made it an easy watch. So, about the big romance factor, I really loved the whole cuteness of it and sometimes cheesy moments and how there are just those serious tense moments mixed in between. Yoon Gyun Sang and Kim Yoo Jung make a good couple, they had good chemistry definitely. 

And regarding Kim Yoo Jung, I just checked and was pretty sure before I checked that this is her first drama role as an adult since she's 20 this year which is the adult, 21 year old age in South Korea. So, it is certainly a change of pace to see her being an adult in the drama. All that drinking and everything hahaha...

It is a very fun drama to watch and I hated when they did not air any episodes for two weeks since this drama's airing time clashes with New Year.... because the story was building momentum and definitely stopped at a huge cliffhanger. Watch until episode 10 and imagine not being able to see the next episode until almost two weeks later. The struggle was damn real!

In conclusion, do watch this drama if you haven't. It is a good drama to watch indeed with excellent casts!! Though they tried to make me like a character by providing scenes to make the character good, I still do not fully like the character. And also, if you did watch the drama, do leave a comment on what you think of the drama! And if you watched the drama live as it airs, giving a Wi-Fi hug for the moments when they did not air any episode!

PS. This is the first post after Google+ being shut down so I'm sad to see comments left behind in other posts being deleted.....

My First Love (Korean Drama)

Other Names: Longing Heart

Genre: Romance, Fantasy, Comedy

Episodes: 10

Main Cast:

Lee Jung-Shin as Kang Shin Woo (28 years old)

Seo Ji-Hoon as Kang Shin Woo (18 years old)

Lee Yeol-Eum as Han Ji Soo (28 & 18 years old)

Synopsis:

Kang Shin-Woo is a math teacher with a good looking appearance. He has not forgotten his first love Han Ji-Soo for the past 10 years. By an accident, he travels to the past when he was a high school student. There, he meets his younger self. Kang Shin-Woo struggles to make the younger Kang Shin-Woo's love come true.

(Review) My Thoughts:

Let's just say I am quite a fan of Seo Ji Hoon which is why I started this drama because he was excellent in his other works or pose quite the presence. But, the drama really interacted with my senses where I am interested in any minute details the drama has. I did not have any doubts over how great this drama was since the very start. And so, let's get this review started.

The first few episodes were very intriguing and cute to watch at the same time. I really questioned every single mystery the story posed. Heck, I even did a video about the first two episodes. It was to that point of me really wanting to know everything that's going to happen or had happen since the start was the characters in the present day. There were so many clues as to what had happen. Anyways, this was a cliche time-travel drama to erase the regrets of the past. I expected as much but seriously the romantic moments were just so beautiful and cute. And, it truly defines destiny in its fullest form. No matter what happen, or how things change, if you're meant to be together, you will be together.

As I said, I was a fan of Seo Ji Hoon, so the moment the story went to the past or had flashbacks of the past, I was so happy to see him. Hehehe....  He has just so much presence when he acts that I really love his acting. This story was on how Kang Shin Woo tries to fix what he did wrong or did not do in the past. And the first few episodes, I truly got mad at the older Kang Shin Woo and felt super pity for young Shin Woo (or Seo Ji Hoon). I felt like my feelings as a fan fanned the flames of anger.

I'm like, you're supposed to help out your younger self since you know everything that happens in the past. I know nothing ever goes right at first when someone time travels in a drama but the older Shin Woo truly made things worse to the point, I wonder whether he is there to repair or to destroy. He maddens me a lot. 

One point to note here if you have not watched the drama, he is an excellent math teacher in the drama but he can't even figure out that the reason his phone does not receive signal is that his phone number was not registered in the network of those days. He even doesn't realize his card was never supposed to work. He knows everything that happens in the past and yet somehow sometimes he doesn't know. There were a few holes in the plot that seemed pretty weird to be honest. You'll see when you watch it but it did not affect the drama much, it just annoys me or puzzles me at times.

I came into the drama thinking that I was for sure able to predict where the story can go. And watching the OST video, I thought I knew better. But, seriously, I can't at all predict completely how things will go. I thought it would be this way, but the story goes another way. And that's what I really like about this drama as I watch it to the end, how I never always know what's going to happen. Enabling me to wait excitedly over how things will unfold. Enabling me to hope on how things will unfold. It is again amazing when I look back at how the editors of the drama gives glimpses of scenes that happened at the past and then lengthens the scene as each episodes pass and us viewers getting to know more as much is revealed with just a few more seconds of the scene is given. There were just too many twists and turns in the drama. I just can't keep up with each of them and absolutely loved each of them. I do dislike how some things were unchanged to the end of the drama but I saw in the end that they were left unchanged for a good solid reason. One thing I can see here which is super beautiful is how a person can fall in love over and over again with the same person. And even more, how destiny ties them together no matter how wrong things get. The last episode of this drama was beauty at its best. I'm telling you I was more than satisfied at how it ends and how they left nothing behind. In that, my questions were all answered and nothing was not known. It was a perfectly wonderful ending. I mean after all that struggle and pain and then they got together happily as they were always meant to be.

So, in conclusion, Seo Ji Hoon acts great and in great dramas. Hehehe.... I was worried for a bit when the story got to the present day but there was nothing to worry about as they still provided the past a chance. It is honestly a great watch. Simple but beautiful. Seriously a beautiful drama full of ups and downs. Always exciting, never a disappointment. Come and watch!!And then comment on how it made you feel because I felt so fluffy because of it!

I Am Not A Robot (Korean Drama)

Genre: Romantic Comedy, Sci-fi

Episodes: 32 (Half an hour each)

Main Cast: 

Yoo Seung-Ho as Kim Min Kyu

Chae Soo-Bin as Jo Ji Ah / Aji 3

Uhm Ki-Joon as Hong Baek Kyun

Synopsis:

Min-Kyu is the largest shareholder of a finance company. He is handsome and intelligent, but he lives in seclusion due to his allergy of people. Meanwhile, Ji-Ah is an aspiring entrepreneur and works as a personal shopper. She receives a phone call from her ex-boyfriend Baek-Gyun. Her ex-boyfriend is a world renown developer of android robots. His latest creation is the android Aji 3, which he built with the same physical appearance as Ji-Ah, but an accident has broken Aji 3. Making matters worse, he has received an order for Aji 3 from Min-Kyu with the promise of more investment money if he's satisfied. Being in such a predicament, Baek-Gyun offers money to Ji-Ah if she will go to Min-Kyu's home and pretend to be Aji 3. Ji-Ah is in need of money and accepts the offer.

My Thoughts (Review):

As always I like to usually skip over a drama at the first glance before watching it at the second glance.This is another one of those dramas. I at first thought the male lead would be actually attracted to a robot and so I have no intention of watching a robot-human love story. Also, I had thoughts where Yoo Seung Ho seemed too old to play said character. I don't know why I thought of that but those were my primary reasons not to watch. But I came across an OST of the drama and and had to recheck the plot again and discovered that it is not what I thought. Besides, Yoo Seung Ho was actually younger than the age of said character. Thus, I decided to try watching it.

The premise of the story was interesting in that a human developed an allergy of human contact through skin. I still wondered how exactly that worked, I mean how the brain was wired to accept skin contact into an allergy reaction. Maybe the answer is there in my head but whatever. The character's life in the end became that of a seclusive loner, accepting his sickness and being able to adapt to situations where he has to meet people. Though I did wonder, why don't people question his instructions of having to stay away from him way before he announce his sickness? And so, by having this allergy, he lost the warmth of a human. And then, this robot came along who seem so lifelike and yet is not life itself. That bypass his allergy to skin contact (Again, if his allergy is initiated through skin contact, why didn't it realize Ji Ah was a human?) And so, I deduced that his allergy is only initiated if he himself believes body and mind that the opposing party is human and if not or he has doubts over the identity, his allergy won't act. 

It is also interesting how there were many chances where Ji Ah gave away that she is human but him despite having an IQ of over 150, can't seem to notice and just believe the situational lie they put forth. One of the funny moments, was when he called Ji Ah as Aji 3 a genius for being able to solve a problem and she was like, 'Should I be happy at being called a genius when I just have an IQ of 94?' Kim Min Kyu is to my surprise actually a cute and lovable character. When he was on the brink of losing his one and only friend in a long time, he really worked hard to try to earn points to keep his friend back. He was so excited at just the aspect of Ji Ah as Aji 3 recognizing him when he had his rashes. You can really feel the joy he has in the company of Ji Ah. All smiles and grins. It is such a fun watching him. There are just so many sides of him that I can't not like.

And so, their relationship developed and it really pains me to see when they have to separate since they really depended on each other lots. Particularly Min Kyu, since he finally found a friend and then he has to let her go. At the final episodes, it was particularly worrying to see him go into shock at finding out he had been lied to all along. Once they resolved their troubles, I was extremely happy to see him all smiles again as they hug and kissed. They really had it tough especially how hard it was for Ji Ah to hide her identity despite all she wanted was to be with him. And then Min Kyu trying to revive Aji 3 by doing the same things over again but realizing his friend is gone. When they finally made up, it was like saying their struggles are over and they can finally be happy and be truthful.

All in all, this drama truly did serves its aim at being a romantic comedy because there were moments where it was just so funny in different ways. Against my prior judgement, this was actually a really good drama. The chemistry between Yoo Seung Ho and Chae Soo Bin was evident. And their sparks just keep flying all about. I find myself really invested in their love story in the end. In short, if you haven't watch this drama yet, give it a try and comment on your thoughts of it down below!

Tomorrow With You (Korean Drama)

Genre: Romance, Comedy, Fantasy

Episodes: 16

Main Cast:

Lee Je-Hoon as Yoo So Joon

Shin Min-A as Song Ma Rin

Jo Han-Chul as Song Doo Sik

Kang Ki-Doong as Kang Ki Doong

Synopsis:

Is it possible to prevent a future of misery? Yoo So Joon (Lee Je Hoon) is the successful CEO of a real estate company who has the ability to time travel when he takes the subway. Going back and forth in time, he sees his future self living a life of torment and unhappiness. To try to offset his doomed future, he decides to marry Song Ma Rin (Shin Min Ah), a cheery photographer, even though he does not love her. Can Ma Rin help So Joon change his unhappy future?

My Thoughts (Review):

To be honest, at first glance, I didn't felt like watching it. I thought there's nothing particularly interesting about it. So, I put it aside for months and just recently I cam across it again and decided, Why not? And when I researched more of the drama, i was surprised to learn that it was Lee Je Hoon acting as the male lead and that pretty much was one of the reasons I decided to watch because he is a favourite since watching Signal. He was so good there that I kinda was hoping the same from him here and he does not disappoint.

On to the story, it is of course a cliche 'Knowing the future and trying to change it if something bad happens' kind of story  I was going along it, accepting it as that. But, it being a cliche just serves to improve the watching experience, thinking how the male lead can change the bleak future he has seen, and how he creates parallel worlds with his actions. Though there was no mention of the parallel world since this story focuses on one timeline, but it is evident in the story line. The story keeps on providing mysteries to be solved by the viewers and even if some questions were never answered till the end but surprisingly, even if unanswered, I still love the story and the plot. 

About the cast, of course Lee Je Hoon played his best but I was more surprised at Shin Min Ah, I don't know where I got it, but I had felt that she somehow doesn't suit the role despite not even watching the drama yet. Like the story's gonna go bland because of her. BUT, watching the drama, she totally showed how the role is hers. How there's no one else who can perform Song Ma Rin like she did. And My God, the chemistry between these two was just too fiery. They hit it off immediately. Their characters are both so different and yet they managed to find a common ground and were able to act on it and fall in love. They were just too cute and full of love that it made me smile during those moments when they are trying to understand each other.

There's so much I want to say about them since it's mainly because of them that I got so invested into this drama, going on marathon to finish it because I can't help being curious about what's going to happen. There are times when I get so worried about them, worried that they're gonna get hurt or anything. Also times, when I just get so happy when they get those calm moments before the storm despite knowing they will in the end face the storm. I just am so shocked at how much I felt involved in this drama, how the characters felt like someone I know. It just goes to show how well they developed the character. That to me, is one of the strongest point of this drama.

Also, this story provided so many variables that it just keep on clouding my ability to somehow predict the story. Like, there was one time when the male lead found out he's suddenly married to the girl. I was wondering how the love story would develop to reach that point that fast. But, a different thing unfolded and I found myself fooled. It doesn't stop putting in different variables right to the end. Sometimes I felt like they can't fight destiny and then yet again, sometimes it feels like they could. As the time keeps ticking to the fateful day, it really feels like the best ability would be to pause time as the lead male mentioned.

All in all, I was pleasantly surprised at how well thought out this drama was and especially the awesome chemistry between Shin Min Ah and Lee Je Hoon. I was so happy to watch how their story developed when their destinies were never meant to intertwine in more ways than one, or were they always meant to be together? I may never know but what's for sure, they're in love and I'm in love with them. So, come on and don't miss this awesome drama!

While You Were Sleeping (Korean Drama)

Genre: Romance, Thriller, Comedy, Fantasy

Episodes: 32 Half Episodes (16 full episodes)

Main Cast:

Lee Jong-Suk as Jung Jae Chan

Bae Suzy as Nam Hong Joo

Jung Hae-In as Han Woo Tak

Lee Sang-Yeob as Lee Yoo Beom

Synopsis:

Hong-Joo lives with her mother and helps her run a pork restaurant. Hong-Joo is haunted by seeing the future deaths of others in her dreams. What's worse is that she does not know when the deaths will happen, but she tries to stop her dreams from becoming reality. One night, Hong-Joo dreams about the death of her own mother.

Meanwhile, Jae-Chan is a rookie prosecutor. He meets Yoo-Beom at the prosecutors’ office. Yoo-Beom was Jae-Chan’s private tutor when Jae-Chan was a student, but an incident caused Jae-Chan to dislike him. Yoo-Beom was a prosecutor, but he now works as a lawyer. He takes on any case that brings him money.

Jae-Chan and his younger brother move to new house and they become neighbors with Hong-Joo. One night, Jae-Chan dreams that Yoo-Beom drives Hong-Joo's car and this leads to a chain of events including the death of Hong-Joo's mother and then Hong-Joo. When Jae-Chan senses that his dream is about to become real, he takes extreme action to stop it. Yoo-Beom becomes furious at Jae-Chan, but Hong-Joo hugs him and thanks him. Jae-Chan and Hong-Joo later work together to solve other cases.

(Review) My Thoughts:

This was the first Korean drama I watched after the big companies in Korea started making moves to salvage their profits so at first I was confused at the arrangement. Like was it 2 half episodes per week or 4 half episodes per week? I was completely blur until the weeks went by and I understood that it's still the same 2 full episodes per week with just a few tweaks... Anyways, of course this drama is awesome and still ongoing.

Lee Jong Suk is super awesome as always. I like the way he portrays his characters and how he brings them to life and not just plain boring characters. Suzy, to me, has improved by leaps and bounds compared to last I saw her. I mean, comparing her to when she was in Dream High, she is so much better. She seems much more natural in here and delivers her character with so much sass. Together, these two has such an amazing chemistry on-screeen. I absolutely love it and moreover, this story is not petty to include ridiculous love triangles to lengthen the story. To me, I feel that this shows a certain degree of confidence in the writers and concept maker, that they are able to engage the audience with a wide variety of cases that is winding the thread into an impactful plot which definitely requires an amount of episodes to unfold. I hate dramas where the plot gets heavy and I'm like turning to the couples for support and yet they have drama created by obnoxious exes. Here, their interactions are a breath of fresh air.

On to the story, this drama feels like it brings life to 2017 again after many dramas that looks not so interesting, the plot was cliche in the sense that using superpowers to prevent crisis. But, the writer who wrote this story was amazing because they were able to put forth so many variables in the story and also look at things in so many different angles that it makes me as a viewer really get my brain going to thinking mode on understanding the variables and the angles to better understand what the writer is trying to convey. The writer is even genius in the fact that she was able to use these known variables against us viewers, developing the variables into something much more powerful to keep us on edge, clueless as to what might occur after the development of the variable. The way she arrange her plots and hints is so deep that cliffhangers are so common. Cliffhangers here as in as a viewer, I seriously don't know how something shall unfold. And that's what makes this drama so great. You don't know what's going to happen and the build-up of excitement makes you desire for more. 

All I can do at the moment while watching the drama, is gathering whatever clue I can see in the story to somehow predict what could the character decide on doing. Sometimes I'm right, sometimes I'm wrong. Being wrong sometimes also is what again makes the writer so damn good. She is able to put the viewers off the track that they think is right by putting forth new substances. When the dots are connected, she could just put in a new path. She/They must have thought very far into this drama, thinking what else they could expose to engage the audience attention. There are so many cases and many are so unique in their own way. The research put forth into writing this drama is worthy of immense praise.

I won't really mention the actual plot and story, You should check it out yourself. All I'm doing here is to build up excitement for this drama which is sometimes bad for I am making you have high expectations for the drama but I believe that this drama has the confidence to not disappoint ever. If that's not enough, this drama also casted pretty interesting casts that made me felt nostalgic of past dramas and also made me sick to the stomach from laughter. Surely, they light up the drama even more and some are even scene-stealer hahaha...

This drama is just wow, wow, wow. I feel that it is on pretty much the same level as W~ Two Worlds that Jong Suk also starred in but this is from what I've seen less dark and much more mystery than W itself. Get ready to rack your brains on understanding the multitudes of variables and clues given by the writer. But also, prepare your heart for the cute romantic interactions of the couples hahaha and also the amazing wide variety of soundtracks for this drama. All are amazing and sound so perfect for the scenes they were placed in. I've been hearing them on a playlist for the past couple of days because they are just so intense, angelic, impactful and all the other descriptive words you can say. ANYWAYS, what are you waiting for if you have not heard of this drama yet? Go and watch the first episode, and get hooked on the ride until the final episode!! XD

My Secret Romance (Korean Drama)

Genre: Romance, Comedy

Episodes: 13

Main Cast:

Sung Hoon as Cha Jin Wook

Song Ji-Eun (Secret) as Lee Yoo Mi

Kim Jae-Young as Jung Hyun Tae

Jeong Da-Sol as Joo Hye Ri

Synopsis:

Cha Jin Wook is a son from a wealthy family who runs a large company. He usually only pursues short-term love, but when he meets Lee Yoo Mi, who has never had a boyfriend before, he changes. In a dating world full of busy people who tend to flirt and chase “some” relationships rather than having meaningful connections that allow them to show their true feelings, this couple has a one-night stand. They meet again three years later, whereupon they kick off a shaky push-pull romance that’ll keep them on their toes as they fall in love.

My Thoughts:

To be honest, I did not pay much attention to this drama at first because I felt it lack the attraction that I desired. That is until I saw a few FMVs of the couple that I decided okay, why not let's try giving this story a chance. 

It is a simple love story and that is probably what I liked the most about this story. Everything was not over exaggerated. They did it within the realistic ranges of relationships. Two people, one guy and a girl, met by chance, went through a series of embarrassing happenings, through them, seriously took notice of the other. They had a meaningful conversation and from there, they bonded, followed by attraction. Supposedly, this would just be your one-way ticket to happily ever after. But, we won't get 13 episodes of them if it just ended like that. Fast forward in time, they finally got to know each other's names and from there, it all started again. It was love paused in time, and then the play button was hit. They don't even really hate on each other. Once they found each other's feelings, that's when they really get it on. 

Their love was just cheesy and sweet. Hahaha... remembering the days when I have to feel second hand embarrassments are just funny.... The lead male was just a real flirt with the female lead. How they cared for each other and just took noticed of the little things that they found out about the other person. How they took each challenge in stride and solve each misunderstanding. Sometimes they just get so sweet to each other that I feel diabetic. Their simple romance blossoming was just a thrill to watch. 

Finishing this drama was of course sad, because I loved their simple love interaction and the look on their faces when they felt each other's love. The situations they made up to get closer to the person they love. This is a worthy drama to watch for sure!

Strong Woman Do Bong Soon (Korean Drama)

Genre: Romance, Comedy, Fantasy, Thriller, Action 

Episodes: 16

Main Cast:

Park Bo-Young as Do Bong Soon

Park Hyung-Sik as Ahn Min Hyuk

Ji Soo as In Gook Doo

Synopsis:

Do Bong-soon was born with superhuman strength. Her strength is hereditary and passed along only to the women in her family. Her dream is to create a video game with herself as the main character. She desperately wants to become a willowy and elegant woman, which is the ideal type of her crush, In Gook-du, a police officer. Thanks to her strength, she gets the job of a bodyguard, to a rich heir Ahn Min-hyuk, the CEO of a gaming company, Ainsoft. Contrary to Gook-du, Min-hyuk is an odd man who is playful, a little spoiled, and has no regard for rules, and dislikes policemen. He has recently received anonymous threats, blackmails, and has even been stalked at an occasion.

One day, a series of kidnapping cases break in Dobong-dong, the district Bong-soon lives in, and she is determined to catch the culprit after her friend was targeted. Under the help and training from Min-hyuk, she manages to control her strength to use it for good causes.

My Thoughts:

OMG, OMG, OMG, this story is just too good to be true. Man, I was utterly, body and soul hooked to this story and those two up there. Have to say, I was intrigued by the setting of the story. A girl who obviously seemed very weak actually possessed superhuman strength, stronger than 100 men combined and this strength is hereditary from the maternal side and only get passed down to female members of the family. In this kind of setting, you can't have a "I will protect you because I'm the man" line coming from the lead male because the lead female is many many times stronger than the male and of course that produces an interesting story that strays quite far from cliche. No damsel-in-distress as long her powers are intact. 

On to the drama, the content is very wide-ranging, I mean it can go high up to down low easily and quickly. Like happy and bubbly, to sinister and evil the next second. It's hard to keep up sometimes. Like, I'm not even ready to let go of the romantic scenes and then its the dark scenes. The writers are pretty good at developing both sides of the content and truth be told, I like it like this, Compared to pointless external forces disturbing the balance of the romantic relationship just to develop the story to 16 episodes, I like that the external force in this story, the antagonist, is independent and secluded from the relationship and develops by itself and does not require the relationship. I hope you understand what I'm trying to say. Both plot lines develop by themselves to an intersection point. I believe that's when a story is good, they don't need anything to back it up and it's good enough by its own.

Of course, there's the problem there that I was afraid to happen when I first noticed these separate plots. When two plots are different and not relying on each other, it'll be hard to continue working on developing these two plots to reach the satisfying conclusion for the viewers. Usually, a writer would have to end up focusing on the one that viewers were most likely to watch, to conclusion and just give a simple finishing to the other. BUT, the writers for this drama was really good at balancing the two plots, though there was the problem of perfect transition between plots but the effort to develop both plots at the same time makes me disregard the transition. The questions are being answered even though late but better late than never.

DID I Mention the feels I have for this drama???? I don't think so so OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!! The romantic relationship side of the drama was just so cute and the right amount of cheesyness and respect!! Min Hyuk did not force himself onto the Bong Soon and slowly let their relationship develop and blossom into more than just colleagues. The treatment he gives to her is just goals hahaha.... and the fact that he doesn't treat her coldly and with fears is just pure great respect. He respect her as a person and just slowly decrease the distance between them. They are such a cute cute couple. The way he reacts to her is just adorable af, how he can't stand just seeing her smile at him. What am I doing and what are you doing reading this? GO AND WATCH IT NOW! I am not ordering, I am just squealing out of excitement. By far, the feels of this drama almost can come close to Just A Smile Is Very Alluring and that's saying a lot because I super super like that drama.

I guess opposites do attract well towards me. I feel if a story just continues smoothly and have that feels all the time, I am so gonna have a hard time finishing the drama. The dark and crazy parts of the story just brings the mood down faster than the speed of light. You get to see the plans and actions of the villain and see how his work is executed in a pure absurd way. I can't believe that guy sometimes. I just don't know what to say about that part, just that the villain is a super genius and psychopath on the loose. He plans his actions really well. Like, becoming a witness to one of his crimes, for two reasons, direct the police the wrong path and also putting a hidden camera in the station to know what they're up to. I watch his parts to see what kind of crazy antics is he up to or what kind of clever way he is using this time?

This story packs a powerful punch in its contents. It's not just a simple love-hate love story. It hides an evil and sinister crime by a crazy genius psychopath. It cleverly intertwines the two different sides of a coin which increases the value of that coin to me. This story is a real roller-coaster unlike any other, it brings your emotions high up to the sky and then bring it down lower than the earth. These emotions are strong and hard and real and will make you enjoy this ride so completely. So, go ahead and watch! I promise it will be more than just good, it will be AWESOME!

Introverted Boss (Korean Drama)

Genre: Romance, Comedy, Business

Episodes: 16

Main Cast:

Yeon Woo-Jin as Eun Hwan Ki

Park Hye-Soo as Chae Ro Woon

Yoon Park as Kang Woo Il

Kong Seung-Yeon as Eun Yi Soo

Synopsis:

When a young, energetic employee joins a public relations firm with an introverted and severely misunderstood boss, she makes it her life’s mission to show the world who he really is.

Eun Hwan Ki is the boss at a PR company. he is really shy. So shy that even his employees don't know him that well. he prefers to hide in his office. everyone thinks he is a cold, prickly, arrogant grouch. They call him the "Silent Monster".

Chae Ro Woon is a recent hire at the same company. She is energetic, bubbly, loves to be the center of attention and always has something to say. the exact opposite of her boss, who she seems to have an old grudge against. her goal in life is: to expose the big boss man for who he really is and take her revenge.

The same company also employs Kang Woo Il, co-boss at the company. He, unlike his partner, is warm, sensitive and well-liked. Eun Yi Soo is a chaebol heiress who has been engaged for three long years. 

My Thoughts:

I seriously don't know what's with this drama, I don't know what specifically pulled me to continue watching this drama. There's just something that is so charming about this drama that makes me want more and more and watch more and more. Maybe it's the theme of the drama itself about an introvert boss who is just bad at speaking in front of people and takes what people says at face value in fear of burdening other people. He cares too much about people to the point he thinks he is being selfish for wanting to do some things.

Or maybe it's the humor of misunderstandings that this story gives that makes it that much more fun to see what kind of things these people can make up about Hwan Ki. Like looking into his eyes can kill a person or he carrying suitcases that can fit a person. That's not all, I tell you. There's many more. Besides how ridiculously funny those rumors were, the even funnier part was the truth behind those misunderstandings.

This show is just ridiculously funny. I guess that happened after the rewrite. Yes, this show had rewrite while still being released. The change is noticeable at that it was pretty heavy and dark at the beginning but after doing so, it became light and much simpler and less moody. But that "noticeable" was only after a few more episodes because I was not so seriously watching this drama. I just focused on watching it and less comprehension probably because I binge-watched it. Other viewers were able to notice the discomfort of the story and then the change in atmosphere immediately. I on the other hand, only "noticed" it after a while, when the story really piqued my interest, and I began comprehending the characters and the story.

About the characters, I realized that they are all onions. There are just so many layers to them, Layers I did not thought existed and seem imposed upon and unnatural at times. Layers that I did not thought they would possess. Layers that just makes me love them even more despite the tear-jerker. Layers that seem so sudden that I just take it in stride and accepted them and begin to love the story even more. Another thing that probably caught my interest was the portrayal of the introvert character is so relateable to me that I just love Hwan Ki even more because I understand him so much. I so much want to stay hidden in my hood away from prying eyes. Hwan Ki is pretty much, a wallflower, standing in the background watching people interact and seeing through people that way.

Anyways, this is a great drama to watch, filled with unexpected surprises and of course, a lead who takes charge of his own life and begin growing stronger to support himself. It is truly a pity that it got reduced to 16 episodes from the intended 20 episodes. FYI, I am a pretty good Yeon Woo Jin fan, and seeing him here is probably what piqued my small interest to check out this drama. And damn he's good at acting as always, his emotional expressions are just fantastic especially being an introvert. Like when he's blushing, oh so cute man! Want to experience them then go ahead and watch this drama!

Love In The Moonlight (Korean Drama)

Genre: Romantic-comedy, Historical, Drama, Coming-of-age

Episodes: 18

Main Cast:

Park Bo-Gum as Crown Prince Hyomyeong (Lee Yeong)

Kim You-Jung as Hong Ra On

Jin Young as Kim Yoon Sung

Chae Soo-Bin as Jo Ha Yeon

Synopsis:

Hong Ra-On disguises herself as a man and counsels men on dating. Due to a love letter she wrote for a client, she meets Crown Prince Hyomyeong. Hong Ra-On is unaware that he is the Crown Prince and Hyomyeong is unaware that Hong Ra-On is a woman. The Crown Prince becomes interested in Hong Ra-On. His eunuchs become aware of this and attempt to get Hong Ra-On to become one of them.

My Thoughts:

This was an intricately laid out drama with many twists and turns that I absolutely loved and hated at the same time. Loved because of the depth of emotions laid out in the open by the actors and actresses of this drama, hated because of what it takes in the plot to reach those depths. Anyways, besides those other stuffs, there were genuine funny moments in the story, gag and slapstick comedy that truly gives off a laugh while I was watching it.

This drama came out long ago but I would guess the craze is not over yet. It took 18 hours to finish this and it was not 18 hours of pure enjoyment because there were moments when I truly felt I couldn't finish this drama because I could definitely see where any certain scene will lead to and I don't ever want it to materialize into reality. It did unfortunately but I am glad I persevered to see the ending this story deserves because while watching it, I got some historical information from the comments that definitely scares me due to finding out this story had some adjustments to correspond to history but I was glad that the ending was worth it and they adjusted it to make sense of things.

This story overall was filled with cute romance that is just lovely and beautiful just like anything being shone by the moonlight at night. I enjoyed the story despite the darkness behind some things because of how the main characters brings forth emotions in their relationship and their longing for each other. Seriously, the interactions between the leads once they confirmed their feelings is just to die for and lovely. I could just die at the cuteness of their interactions. Hahahaha.....

This is a drama that must not be missed and has to be in the list of dramas to watch. Besides, it entered the year's list of main actors who dramawatchers' fell in love with in 2016.

Jealousy Incarnate (Korean Drama)

Genre: Romantic Comedy. Drama, Family

Episodes: 24

Main Cast:

Gong Hyo-Jin as Pyo Na Ri

Jo Jung-Seok as Lee Hwa Shin

Go Kyung-Pyo as Go Jung Won

Synopsis:

Weather caster Pyo Na-ri and news anchor Lee Hwa-shin are long-time colleagues at SBC broadcasting station. Na-ri has had a crush on Hwa-shin three years ago but things change when she meets the perfect man Go Jung-won, a chaebol heir and close friend of Hwa-shin.

My Thoughts:

I just barely binge-watched this drama for a few episodes and I'm hooked. The synopsis is so unfitting of the drama itself which is actual reason why I held off watching this drama in the first place but Jo Jung Seok's cameo in LOTBS and the commenters got me into watching this drama finally and glad I did. I do have to mention I have a slight problem getting used to Go Kyung Pyo's character in this drama since in previous works where I seen him, he plays off the funny, goofy and fun character and the image of him is totally opposite and I do have to say gives off a different charm to him in that manner. I'm like finally seriously noticing him when he's all serious like that. 

On to the story, it is seriously comedic, sometimes exaggerated and sometimes plain funny. I just can't hold on my laughter on the plain funny ones and the huh? at the little exaggerated ones, and exaggerated that it's weird. Anyways, the story is plain intriguing and I'm liking how I am always like "Go, Pyo Na Ri, go!", I am seriously rooting for this character who I saw is plainly underrespected and misunderstood and the times when she stood for herself is when I'm feeling super proud and happy. 

There are so many love triangles in this story that I'm enjoying it but there are too many characters that I get lost as they never gave way to truly explaining a character, it made me like I don't care who you are, let's just get on with the story. The ties between each character is still vague at this point and I can't wait under they fully developed each character correctly because though I am blur about the characters, they are slowly revealing layers of the characters which give them a whole outlook and image that I am intrigued to discover more of what's hidden inside.

The romance parts haven't officially started yet and the fun parts are not reached yet based on news I got while this drama was still airing. And I am excited for those to come because the pace is still endurable at this rate and I can't wait until I don't need to endure anymore. But at this point, the cuteness is still so so cute and the whole "I am definitely not in love with her" act is making it more bearable to watch. The little sparks in between scenes is just divine haha.. 

The story is just getting started and I can't wait for it to start. If you haven't watch this drama, then come watch, because it is super worth it. Besides, you can marathon it to the end while waiting for your other dramas to release new episodes like I did. ENJOY!!