It’s now February 2018 and I just finished watching Queen In-Hyun’s Man. I loved it and the series deserves the A+ rating that was given to it. I previously liked Yoo In Na’s performance in “My Love From Another Star” so when I saw she was in another time travel romance I wanted to watch it too. As everyone has previously stated, the chemistry between her and Ji Hyun Woo was wonderful and I’m not surprised they were a real couple for a while. The time travel was well done and the supporting characters were engaging. In addition to the many charming scenes mentioned by other commenters, I especially liked the bicycling scene. This series was well done on many levels (e.g., writing, cinematography, and acting) and I’m glad I found it and also this review.

Girl that deleted scene had me like 👀.

Its the end of 2016 and i just got to watch this awesooooome kdrama!!! I love everything about it. I watched this because of the good reviews this drama has via asianwiki. I only read your review when I was in ep16 already. And all I can say is… I agree to every word you said.
I ship Ji Hyun Woo and Yoo In Na for reel and for real. Not sure maybe because they have feelings for each other when theyre filming thats why everythings seemed to be real. But gaaaaah! Im sooo hooked! Why did they even have to split? Hope they get back soon. I heard theyre both single.
I buy the phone thing in the end. Thats the only way he could go back. The phone is somewhat “memorable” to them as they only communicate through it.
Aaaand I love the kissing scenes! I like the pasta kisses to be honest. and when he “we should be eating this everyday” lol.
Oh and the deleted scenes. Steamy. Hahaha
Hope I can watch a drama like this again. But I want to “kno” Ji Hyun Woo more so probably Ill be watching his latest works after thanks!

감사합니다 For this review!

Hi. I started watching korean dramas last year and I just finished Queen In Hyun’s Man, the 31st drama which I finished. After watching, I always check for reviews online to see if I share the same opinion as others, and to clear any misconceptions or confusions. Your reviews in particular are well structured and comprehensive for me so this is one of the sites I check after finishing a drama.

I would like to thank you for the explanation regarding the phone in the last episode. I was one of those who didn’t like it at first because I thought too that it was too convenient, but after reading this and analyzing the plot again, you’re right it actually makes sense. Since I enjoyed almost everything else in the drama, the storyline, the chemistry of the actors, the music, and many more, I couldn’t accept that the ending lacked logic.

We appreciate the reviews that you wrote. When I finish more dramas in the future, I will surely visit this site again. 😀

Hi, I’m new to this and not entirely new to Kdrama but haven’t really watched many, maybe a couple of shows? Maybe it’s because I’ve caught scenes from dramas that people were watching while I happen to be there that I felt was very clichéd and may have seen some early ones that made me think all Kdramas are melodramatic angst-fests with protagonists and antagonists that just don’t make much sense in real life. Admittedly, an early childhood diet of Hong Kong dramas have kinda dulled my interest in most series because they are so prolific, with good production values. The downside is after a while, a lot of shows seems the same to me, and some early Kdramas I watched reminded me of the HK ones. I’ve skipped most Kdramas, because I don’t even watch that many shows (of any country) on a regular basis. I think the only Kdrama I enjoyed watching from way back was Pasta, and I remembered thinking how normal the characters were, and the people in the romantic square (another thing I learnt from your blog, lol) wasn’t super mean/nasty, but it didn’t really encourage me to find more. The synopsis from most of the popular ones don’t grab me either, so I didn’t bother for years.

However, I recently watched Coffee Prince because I was bored and looking for something and remembered that my sister liked it. LOVE LOVE LOVE the show, omg, the acting was awesome, and Gong Yoo’s expressions love-struck expressions were so amazingly realistic I hoped the stars ended up together after the show. I fell in love Gong Yoo and Yoon Eun-hye, which led me to watch Goong, which I didn’t enjoy quite as much (fast-forwarded through many non-couple scenes), though I found the lead pair charming. I was looking up reviews for Goong when I found your blog a few days ago, and decided to pick an A-list drama from your list to watch, and resisted reading the review until I was through.

I watch You From Another Star in one sitting (total binge, thankfully on my off day!) and it was AMAZEBALLS. I’m now also in love with Kim Soo-Hyun too. Then I picked QIHM from your list and omg, LOVE IT! I see what you mean by this being an early review because I don’t see the character breakdown that you did with other reviews, but may I just say I love how you melt, swoon and rawr your way through reviews. It’s always at points where I’d rawr, swoon and melt myself.

I was slightly surprised with the phone bit at the ending, but I don’t think it was too weird. My theory was that the palace probably has some sort of magic to it as well, since it’s still standing in the modern day and may be a place where time ‘leaks’, and I think the writers of the show foreshadowed that with the scene where they were both standing back to back in the courtyard in different centuries and she started to feel something again even after forgetting him. That may be a factor, the other being the fact that it’s probably their destiny to be together, which was why they were thrown together repeatedly early on. I feel though, that the palace itself, or its proximity, had something to do with the call being able to come through. As in, the walls through time were thinner there, because he made his jump from there the first time. That’s just my theory, but what do you think of it?

I kept waiting for the scene from the first episode of the show, which didn’t happen? The one where he was on a horse and jumped the wall and landed in modern day Seoul and she got out of her car and they just stood there and stare at each other? Or did I miss something? I have to confess that I do fast-forward through some bits when I’m binge-watching.

This show is as good as the rating you gave it, and I can’t wait to go through your list of A-list shows to see what else you’d recommend. I might even venture as far as the B-list O_O We’ll see, but thank you so very much for your recommendations. Thanks to it, I’ve just seen two lovely, lovely shows that have left a deep impression. I’ll definitely be dropping by again. Thank you for all your hard work! <3

I loved this drama’s ending! Even though I found my way to see Rooftop Prince’s ending as happy, just as you did, I love that there was no question that this pair had a happily ever after 🙂 That makes QIHM much more re-watch worthy for me. I’m not sure yet if I will ever revisit Rooftop Prince, but QIHM definitely!

I never had a problem with the “phone ending” and I was surprised to find that so many people did. It really added to the magic for me when that phone lit up after all that time. Some people were saying things like “how did it stay charged all that time?” and “how could he get a signal?”, but I think that’s the point, it’s magical, beyond reality (just like time travel).

You mentioned Secret Garden in one of your comments above….did you do a review for that? I didn’t see one but maybe I overlooked it? I tried to watch it recently but I’m stuck around episode 5. So many people love it, and I like the idea of it, but the leading male character (I can’t remember the character names just now) is so mean to the lead female, I can’t imagine rooting for a romance between them, so I gave it up for now.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh OTP means “One True Pairing”! (just saw your glossary-> really helpful^^)

I’m thinking about which couple I loved the most in dramaland and I do think that they are the one! (maybe equally ranked with the Nine: Time Travel Nine Times’s couple though^^). Reading your review make me want to re-watch this drama! SO MUCH! I hope Ji Hyun Woo’s new drama will be as awesome as this one (even if Yu In Na is not his partner. I was so sad when I learnt that they had broken up T-T they were so lovely together…)
(silly question but what is the meaning of OTP?)

May I share this superhawt clip…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTOUKwLn_Z8?feature=player_detailpage&w=640&h=360

The first thing I did after watching this drama… read this review! Girl, you are so right! It’s SO GOOD! Especially the last two episodes. Simply daebak! This is my conscious introduction to Ji Hyun Woo.. and I was wondering why in the present scenes he always seemed too dreamy. As an administrator his eyes were so purposeful, however, in the present those same eyes revealed he was afloat. So that was it! That he was taken by the most beautiful woman on earth was for real! So cute! And yes, the kisses! I like the car kiss. I could feel them! hehehe. I love that Yoo In Na responded to those meaningful kisses. Right… lucky Ji Hyun Woo. Oh wait… it was her character that initiated the kisses… love that in the heroine… 🙂

And I LOVE YOUR REVIEW! 🙂 The pictures and the video. Thank you so much!

I started to get frustrated as the ending approached because I expected a tragic ending. It really was a beautiful drama and a sad ending would ruin it. But at the last part of episode 16, I was speechless. THIS DRAMA WAS SO GOOOOOOD! The best I have seen so far 🙂

I’ve been watching Korean Dramas for so long and so much that it seems that I have watched every plot possible. There was even a time where I had to stop watching Kdramas for its own sake, for me not to turn my back on it forever. But after I watched (and practically become obsessed with) QIHM, I remembered why I was even in love with Kdramas in the first place. Sadly, after watching this, I am in search for another Kdrama that will sweep me off my feet again since it left quite a high standard. This drama has the perfect blend of intrigue that doesn’t make it too draggy but is not too fast as well. Great review, two thumbs up! 😀

I started this one not too long ago then got distracted with other shows. But I love time travel themes so I will definitely pick it up again. Great review! And they really do look cute together.

Honestly, it should be noted that In Na also [admitted] developing strong feeling for Hyun Woo during filming and she wanted to hold back until after filming to explore it further to ensure she wasn’t confused (as can happen when filming). Everyone makes it sounds like it was for the most part a one-sided love and In Na just decided to give it a “chance”. I also watched the drama and though I respect her as an actress (she’s quite underrated) it is also quite clear she looked at him with the same puppy dog eye’s as he did and that her expression’s were coming from some place very real in her heart.

I WAS SUPRISE THAT YOU HAVE THAT KIND OF ACTOR. SWEET.

the best !!! still waiting for another heart breaking asian drama 🙂

Your review is definitely my favorite! I didn’t like the “phone-ending” initially but your explanation makes sense. Will definitely re-watch this drama! 🙂

Yes the spin turn in the library! Haha. I have replayed that scene so many times! So great to have you ladies to squee with! Btw what does it mean to “ship” someone? There is a lot of interesting lingo that goes with watching Kdrama.

Lovely site. Love its clean look and layout. There’s a lot of good stuff here for me to read – makes me happy to find you.

It may be too early to say this, but this will probably be my favorite show of ALL TIME! I have watched it endless times, and, in Episode 5 at that moment in the stacks, beginning when he does that spin turn, (you know the rest) was the most perfect call-back EVER in a drama.
If they ended the series there, I would have been satisfied. 🙂 But they kept all of those tiny gems of perfection coming. OMG. I still squee.

Hi kfangurl! So I just finished this drama based on your all-time fav list/review and you are right. SO. GOOD. I watched ji hyun woo’s public confession and then yoo in na’s confirmation of their relationship on her radio show and it was so cute! They are my fav couple 🙂 I’m going to re-watch this drama. Thanks again. I don’t think I would have watched this if it wasn’t for your recommendation!