Hey there, welcome to the Flash Reviews section of the blog. 🙂
1. What’s a Flash Review and how is it different from a regular Review?
The regular reviews that I write tend to be longer and more detailed, generally speaking.
Flash Reviews are much shorter (as quick as a flash, so to speak), and will give you a flavor for how I feel about a show, without having me dive into a whole lot of detail. It also means Flash Reviews will contain fewer spoilers, if at all. If there are spoilers, they’ll be marked [BIG RED LETTERS!] and you’ll be able to avoid them if you want.
2. If there’s a Flash Review, will you still write a regular Review, or vice versa?
I don’t plan to, as that feels like twice the work, to be honest. So if a show is listed here, you won’t find it in the regular reviews section, and vice versa.
3. The Rating System
Understand more about my rating system here!
Edited to add:
4. Shows that aren’t on this list
If you’re looking for a show and it’s not on this list (like Goblin, Mr. Sunshine or Six Flying Dragons, for example), it might be in this post, or this sequel post, where I talk about dramas that I haven’t written dedicated posts for.
Hope that all helps!
~ kfangurl
Numerals
1% of Anything [Something About 1%] B+
A
A Bad Family [Drama Special] A-
A Love So Beautiful [China] A-
A Poem A Day [You Who Forgot Poetry] B
A Sharply Graceful Girl [Japan] B
A Thousand Goodnights [Taiwan] B+
Across The Ocean To See You [China] C-
After The Rain [Drama Special] B++
Age Of Youth [Hello, My Twenties!] B++
An Empress’s Dignity [The Last Empress] B
An Incurable Case Of Love [Love Lasts Forever] [Japan] B-
B
Because It’s The First Time B+
Because This Is My First Life [This Life Is Our First] A-
Boss & Me [Shan Shan Comes To Eat] [China] B
Bride In Sneakers [Drama Special] B+
Bring It On, Ghost [Let’s Fight, Ghost] B
C
Came To Me And Became A Star [Drama Special] B+
Check Out The Event [Please Check The Event] [Drama Special] B-
Circle B++
Cruel City [Heartless City] B+
D
Dazzling [The Light In Your Eyes] [Radiant] A
Designated Survivor: 60 Days B+
Doctors C+
Dude In Me, The [Inside Me] [Movie] C++
E
Eternal Love: Ten Miles Of Peach Blossoms A-
F
Fall In Love At First Kiss 2019 [TW Movie] C++
Fall In Love With Me [TW Drama] C+
Familiar Wife B++
Final Match, The [Last Match] B-
First Half Of My Life, The [China] A
Five Children [Five Enough] B+
G
Girl Who Sees Smells, The [Sensory Couple] C+
Girls’ Generation 1979 [Lingerie Girls’ Generation] A-
Go Back Spouses [Go Back Couple] B++
Go Ho’s Starry Night [Gogh, The Starry Night] B+
Greasy Melo Guest Review: An Alternative Lens
Gunman In Joseon [Joseon Gunman] B
H
Heartless City [Cruel City] B+
Hello, My Twenties! [Age Of Youth] B++
Here’s My Plan B++
Hey Ana! Let’s Eat! [Web Drama] B+
Home Sweet Home [Drama Special] B+
Hot Stove League B++
How Long Will I Love U [Chinese Movie] B+
Hundred Million Stars From The Sky [The Smile Has Left Your Eyes] B
I
If We Were A Season [Drama Special] B+
In House Marriage Honey [Japan] B+
Innocent Man, The [Nice Guy] B
J
Jang Ok Jung, Live in Love B++
Joseon Gunman [Gunman In Joseon] B
Just Between Lovers [Rain Or Shine] B+
K
Kang Deoksun’s Love History [Drama Special] A-
Keys To The Heart [Korean Movie] A
L
Last Empress, The [An Empress’s Dignity] B
Lawless Lawyer [Lawless Attorney] B+
Leave Me Not [Must You Go?] [Web Drama] B-
Let Us Meet [Drama Special] B++
Let’s Eat 3 C+
Let’s Eat Something, Anna [Web Drama] B+
Let’s Fight, Ghost [Bring It On, Ghost] B
Liar Game C+
Life On Mars A-
Light In Your Eyes, The [Dazzling] [Radiant] A
Lingerie Girls’ Generation [Girls’ Generation 1979] A-
Little Forest [Korean Movie] B+
Longest Day in Chang’an, The [China] B+
Love Cells B-
Love Knot: His Excellency’s First Love, The [Moonshine And Valentine] [China] C+
Love Lasts Forever [An Incurable Case Of Love] [Japan] B-
Love So Beautiful, A [China] A-
M
Mask C++
Miss Kim’s Mystery [Drama Special] B+
Mix [Mixed Doubles] [Japanese Movie] B
Modern Girl [Drama Special] B+
Moonshine And Valentine [The Love Knot: His Excellency’s First Love] [China] C+
My Friend Is Still Alive [Drama Special] B+
My Holo Love B-
My Husband Oh Jak Doo [My Husband, Mr. Oh] C+
My Secret Terius [Terius Behind Me] B
My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday [Japanese Movie] A
N
Nae Il’s Cantabile [Cantabile Tomorrow] [Tomorrow Cantabile] B-
Nemureru Mori no Jukujo [Sleeping Jukujo] [Japan] B+
New Year Blues [Korea] [Movie] B+
Nirvana In Fire [Chinese Drama] A++
NIF Open Threads: E1-3 | E4-6 | E7-9 | E10-12 | E13-15 | E16-18 | E19-21 | E22-24 | E25-27 | E28-30 | E31-33 | E34-36 | E37-39 | E40-42 | E43-45 | E46-48 | E49-51 | E52-54
Nirvana In Fire 2: The Wind Blows In Chang Lin [China] A
O
Off The Course [Drama Special] B++
Oh My Ghostess [Oh My Ghost] B+
P
Please Check The Event [Check Out The Event] [Drama Special] B-
Poem A Day, A [You Who Forgot Poetry] B
Positive Physique [Positive Constitution] [Be Positive] [Web Drama] B-
Producer B+
Q
Queen Of The Ring [Three Colors Of Fantasies: Gold] B
R
Radiant [Dazzling] [The Light In Your Eyes] A
Rain Or Shine [Just Between Lovers] B+
Reason I’m Getting Married, The [Drama Special] B+
Reason We Can’t Sleep, The [Drama Special] B
Reason Why I Can’t Tell You, The [Drama Special] B+
Red Teacher, The [Drama Special] A-
Review Notebook Of My Embarrassing Days [Drama Special] B++
Rich Man, Poor Woman [Japan] C+
Rise Of Phoenixes, The [China] B
Romance Full Of Life [Three Colors Of Fantasies: Green] B-
Romance Of Tiger And Rose, The [China] B
Rookie Historian Goo Hae Ryung B
S
Scholar Who Walks The Night C+
School Nurse Files, The B | Guest Post: An Alternative Lens
Secret Love – Have You Ever Had Coffee With An Angel? B
Sensory Couple [The Girl Who Sees Smells] C+
Shan Shan Comes To Eat [Boss & Me] [China] B
Shanai Marriage Honey [Japan] B+
Sharply Graceful Girl, A [Japan] B
She is WOW C+
Sleeping Jukujo [Nemureru Mori no Jukujo] [Japan] B+
Smile Has Left Your Eyes, The [Hundred Million Stars From The Sky] B
Something About 1% [1% of Anything] B+
Star Of The Universe [Three Colors Of Fantasies: White] B++
Story Of Minglan, The [China] B+
Stove League B++
Suddenly Seventeen [Chinese Movie] B+
Suits B
Surplus Princess C++
Sweet Home B+
T
Takane And Hana [Takane to Hana] [Japan] B
Taste of Curry, The [Drama Special] B+
Terius Behind Me [My Secret Terius] B
Three Lives Three Worlds, Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms [China] A-
The Best Hit B-
The Dude In Me [Inside Me] [Movie] C++
The Final Match [Last Match] B-
The First Half Of My Life [China] A
The Girl Who Sees Smells [Sensory Couple] C+
The Last Empress [An Empress’s Dignity] B
The Light In Your Eyes [Dazzling] [Radiant] A
The Longest Day in Chang’an [China] B+
The Love Knot: His Excellency’s First Love [Moonshine And Valentine] [China] C+
The Reason I’m Getting Married [Drama Special] B+
The Reason We Can’t Sleep [Drama Special] B
The Reason Why I Can’t Tell You [Drama Special] B+
The Red Teacher [Drama Special] A-
The Rise Of Phoenixes [China] B
The Romance Of Tiger And Rose [China] B
The School Nurse Files B | Guest Post: An Alternative Lens
The Smile Has Left Your Eyes [Hundred Million Stars From The Sky] B
The Story Of Minglan [China] B+
The Taste of Curry [Drama Special] B+
This Guy Is The Biggest Mistake In My Life [Japan] B-
This Life Is Our First [Because This Is My First Life] A-
Tomorrow Cantabile [Nae Il’s Cantabile] [Cantabile Tomorrow] B-
Traces Of Love [Drama Special] B+
Trip [A Jaunt] [Drama Special] B++
U
Under The Hawthorn Tree [Chinese Movie] A
V
VIP B++
W
We Married As A Job [Japan] A-
What’s Wrong With Secretary Kim? [Why Secretary Kim] B
When The Devil Calls Your Name B+
Where The Lost Ones Go [China] C+
Why Secretary Kim [What’s Wrong With Secretary Kim?] B
Wok Of Love Guest Review: An Alternative Lens
Wonderful Days C++
X
Y
Yong Pal C
You Are Closer Than I Think [Drama Special] B+
You Who Forgot Poetry [A Poem A Day] B
You’re Pretty, Oh Man Bok [Drama Special] B++
Z
YEAR-IN-REVIEW
I’ve included links to my various Year In Review posts, coz those are essentially collections of flash reviews.
Here are a few Japanese Movies you should watch:
– L ❤️DK(super cute)
– Heavenly Forest (need tissues)
– Close Knit (need tissues (maybe))
– Brain Man (dark psychological movie, but the movie has a great plot)
– Rurouni Kenshin trilogy (great action scenes)
– Rinne no Ame (drama special)
– From Me to You (Kimi no Todoke)(super cute)
Those are my favorite one so far
Thanks for the suggestions, Ivy! I’ll keep an eye out for them 🙂
Hi. I just found your blog and I’m thoroughly reading your reviews. I love them. I’ll probably check out a few of the movies and dramas that landed on your list of faves.
You should definitely check out Love In the Moonlight or Moonlight Drawn By Clouds if you haven’t already done so. I enjoyed it and it was the last Korean drama I’ve been able to fully watch because everything has been a pass for me in 2017.
Glad you’re enjoying the blog, Lin! I loved Moonlight Drawn By Clouds <3 You can find the review here, if you’d like to revisit some of the feels with me 🙂
Hi! Can I ask that you make a flash review for Uncontrollably Fond?
Hi there Viviana, I actually dropped Uncontrollably Fond, you can find my dropped post here. 🙂
Hello, I really like your flash reviews as well as has your full reviews. I would recommend you to watch KBS’s drama ‘What Happens To My Family’. Although it is quite a long drama with 53 episodes. I would also like it if your would review KBS’s ‘Producer’ when it comes out and KBS’s ‘Who Are You: School 2015’ when it comes out as well. Thank you and please reply if possible.
Hi there Amy, welcome to the blog! 🙂 It’s great to know that you’re enjoying the reviews, and yes, I do plan to watch and review both Producer and Who Are You: School 2015. It might take me a while, but I’ll get there!
Thanks for the recommendation on What Happens To My Family.. I’ll keep it in mind, but am unlikely to be able to check it out anytime soon, to be honest. I’ve got way too many dramas on my plate and on my watch list, so it’s already challenging to make time for those, while making time for Real Life too. If I do check it out, I’ll let you know!