Dramas I’m watching right now:
Show |
Patreon |
|---|---|
| Love in the Clouds [China] | 🎬 Early Access |
| My Royal Nemesis [Korea] | 📺 Early Access Plus |
| Dazzling [China] | ⭐ Premium |
| The WONDERfools [Korea] | 💎 Ultra |
Dramas I plan to add to my plate, soonish:
- See You At Work Tomorrow [Korea]
- Dream To You [Korea]
- Overdo [China]
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I am enjoying My Royal Nemesis! No question about Lim Ji Yeon as the lady lead, she is one of the best lady leads. But my current apple of the eye in kdrama verse as the male lead is Heo Nam Jun! He is not a typical flower boy next door guy but he is so handsome and sexy to me plus he really is a good actor. I hope you review this drama as well. Just finished The Perfect Crown. Lovely couple as usual and the second male lead is a beauty too. But I how I wish there is deeper story-line for the Perfect Crown. I am currently watching Gold Land too.
I noticed you took We Are All Trying Here off your watchlist but I’d love to read your review. It’s heavy and takes a few episodes to get into. But the writing is phenomenal
I kept coming back to see if “We are all trying here” will be added to the watchlist. Hopefully, she’ll do later. I want to read her review on this one.
KFG did a voice note on this one and, while she said it seemed like a quality show, she was not planning on going further on it because it didn’t work with her current mood. She may come back to it later.
Perfect Crown. If you liked Hotel De Luna and thought: I need to see IU rocking more high fashion, with crazy situations and over the top emotion. Well, here you go. Modern Korean Monarchy, rom-drom. Kind of like a Joseon court drama transposed to the present day.
Hi there … just finished watching Love Between Lines … Chen Xingxu and Lu Yuxiao (who I watched for the first time) were amazing!
Going live on Pursuit of Jade! The wait is killing me. Went in for Linghe but everything else is serving. Praying it keeps up till the end.
Yep, am still alive. This drama took me out of lurking. 😂
Boyfriend on Demand is surprisingly decent. It’s a nice palette cleanser, if you know what I mean. Jisoo’s acting isn’t the best but it’s definitely improved and I feel like this type of drama suits her abilities very wel.. And Seo In Guk is amazing (and GORGEOUS) as always, hehe.
Just started Pro Bono and this is an under the radar awesome show. Highly recommend it
I hope you cover ‘Idol I’! I know you’ve been thinking about it.
It’s from the same director who did Call it Love, and it’s giving Lovely Runner vibes.
If anyone watches dramas on netflix in the US, wow! A whole bunch of classics and all stars just showed up. I hear your voice. The Master’s Sun. Secret Life of My Secretary. Secret Garden. My Love from the Star. More. I don’t know what deal was made, but this is great.
Yes! SBS signed a deal with Netflix. I’m so excited! Netflix in the US now looks almost as good as it does everywhere else.
Have you watched 100 Days my prince? Would love your view on that.
Hi there Jim, welcome to the blog! I have not checked out 100 Days My Prince, unfortunately, so I’m unable to share any views on it. 😅 Have you seen it, and how do you like it?
Thank you so much for your reply. I wasnt expecting it. I recently started kdramas and after having fun in BAYM – my first one, I stumbled upon Goong! Since I am almost same age as Yoon Eunhye. I totally fell in love with goong! The age of the characters and the pure emotions won me over. Then I watched 100 days my prince. Found it funny! Its not heavy and light hearted. The actors have done good job and visuals are good but then the story itself is no where near the perfection goong had! After watching goong its hard to find something that pure raw in emotions!
Jim….welcome to The Verdict! I think you’l find that you and KFG have something in common with Goong….
Welcome, Jim! If you liked 100 Days, I’d suggest trying Under The Queen’s Umbrella and Alchemy of Souls. Both are fun, suspenseful and have some good characters!
Are you going to watch Dear X with Kim Yoo Jung?
I’ll take a look at it and then decide! So it’s a maybe, at this point! 😁
It’s sooooooo good 😍
Yay! I saw you added Dear X to the dramas you plan to watch. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have been 😊
Hi there. Is there any chance you are going to watch Nice to Not Meet You in the future?
I’ll give it a look, but at the moment, I don’t have strong plans to watch it. Have you checked it out yet, and if so, do you recommend it so far?
Hi, I would love to hear your reviews on love’s ambition 😆
Any chance you might do a review on REBORN with Zhou Yiran & Zhang Jingyi?
Our movie is extremely underrated! literally one of the most relevant plots done in such a beautiful, heart-aching way. Please give it a chance!
Hi there Anicia! I did try the initial episodes of Our Movie, but I’m sorry to say that it didn’t grab me and I wandered away. 😅 I think this one’s just not for me, somehow. 🙈
Wow! I’m actually surprised to hear you say that, because we usually have similar taste. I ended up really liking and getting a lot out of Our Movie, though of course I had my critiques, but it certainly held me a lot more than some of the other 2025 dramas like Bon Appetite, Your Majesty. I finished Our Movie with a lot of stirred emotions. Very poignant and reflective.
Anyone with a plus/minus on “Brewing Love”? I liked watching the leads in other shows, so tempted to give this a try.
Also, any fans of Lee Jong Suk? He has a brand new legal drama in early episodes. “Law and the City”.
I rated Brewing Love a “solid” 3 stars on my list. I enjoyed it particularly because of the leads. You may want to give it a try.
I love me some Lee Jong Suk and my wife keeps reminding me that Law and the City is next on our list. Hope you’ve seen him in Romance is a bonus book and While you were sleeping.
Got through Brewing Love b.ut it was kind of a ho-hummer
OK so I can see that you do not have When The Stars Gossip on your list! On my K-Drama journey I have tried so very hard to like Lee Min Ho … like really really tried, but alas, it cannot be forced as you say. From all accounts he is great in Pachinko, which I have not watched. But, yes, I did not like his character in WTSG, but having said that the story did not do him or any of the actors any good in my humble opinion!
When the Stars Gossip. This is an unusual show. There are lots of high budget space scenes (much of the first 4 episodes, what I’ve seen so far) happens on a space station. Someone put a ton of work simulating a zero G environment, from my point of view, a very nice job. Lots of big star talent. I’m not sure how the plot will work itself out (or not) but if you’re in the mood for a kdrama unlike you’ve seen before, try this.
PS. Sorry about this one. It did not turn out well.
I’m very happy to see that you’re currently watching Tell Me That You Love Me. I watched it months ago when it aired and it’s one of my favorite K-Dramas in a long time. A truly touching and moving story and oh, do I love the main theme song. I really hope you enjoy it as well and I’m looking forward to reading your review!
Hi there WALLOWend, welcome to the blog! I’ve enjoyed Tell Me That You Love Me, and you’ll be pleased to know that the review is coming out tomorrow – so you can look out for it! ❤️
I just read your review and I pretty much agree with everything you pointed out. I agree that writer-nim should have had our main characters break-up earlier in the story to have them coming back together mean that much more but in defense of writer-nim, I feel like placing a convenient neat bow around the issues that still remain around them having a relationship would have been too easy a route to take.
I want to believe that what writer-nim might have been trying to do through the first 14 episodes was to demonstrate just how deep the connection between our OTP was, that their love really did transcend the romantic feelings they had for each other and that these were two soulmates who just so do happened to find each other but from then on, did all they could to understand each other and stick together.
Of course, even if Jin-woo could hear, him and Mo-eun would still face issues as a couple (just like any normal couple would). I feel like the time apart would have offered some much needed perspective of what a future would look like for our OTP and them taking the long walk together at the end was a sign that no matter what those issues were, they had finally decided to stay together and figure it out (of course, it also helps that Mo-eun’s friends and family ended up being accepting of Jin-woo and supportive of the relationship, as well as our OTP having Ki-hyun and So-hee as friends to always lean on). I want to believe our OTP will be just fine ♥️
Hi there WALLOWend, could we move this discussion to the review itself? I feel it would be helpful for other readers. I will send you an email to help in moving your comment! 😊
When the Phone Rings. No spoilers. If you liked Queen of Tears, try this. Beautiful people. Exaggerated emotions. Somewhat unrealistic. Enemies (kinda) to Lovers.
I’m 10 episodes in and I’m enjoying it. A very decent watch, all things considered imo.
Hi! Do you plan to watch Beyond Goodbye [Japan]?
Hi there Fire! Welcome to the blog! I’ve actually watched 3 eps of Beyond Goodbye, and have good intentions to keep going, but have admittedly had it on the back burner for a while now. 😅 I think I will get to it, but I wouldn’t hold my breath on that necessarily happening anytime soon! 😅
i am so happy that i see romance in the house in your watching list !!! such an underated show!
Hi there sarra, thanks for endorsing the show! I’ve just released E1-2 notes on Patreon, so it’s early days yet. I like it so far! ❤️
i have a feeling you will really like it. the title is a little bit misleading because it is mostly a family drama. Enjoy your watch 🙂
Thanks, I do enjoy a good family drama! 🥲
Plug for Midnight Romance in Hagwon (very light spoilers that you should get in the first 10 minutes anyway). This is like Crash Course in Romance (based upon the high pressure world of high stakes tutoring in Seoul). But the vibe is darker (not Glory dark, but darker), the cinematography is literally darker (many scenes at night, poor visibility). This show reminds me most of Something in the Rain – noona romance (probably), a gritty realistic feel, characters pressed by their social environment. It has the same quality that it feels like these could be real people in a real workplace. The characters are good looking but not obviously blinged out like Hae In from Queen of Tears. They seem to have real and relatively realistic problem. No one is a chaebol in disguise. The leads are very smart but it does them less good than you’d think. There is this feeling of empathy for the kids and some adults stuck in this madness (even if they are so far minor characters). If this sounds like your ship, give it a try. Hope they stick the landing.
Hi! I was waiting for the review od Amidst a snowstorm of love (that I really appreciated), I was eager to have your input…
But it’s no longer on your Watching list and I didn’t see a drop post either…
Hi there! I did finish watching Snowstorm, and will review it – it’s now on my backlog list, coz a bout of vertigo threw me off schedule and I didn’t manage to write any reviews in April as a result. It should be out in the next month! 😊