Although MyDramaList is the service of choice for a lot of people who like to track the dramas they watch, I prefer to keep things local and track it on an Excel spreadsheet. It’s pretty simple, and I have things organized by name and country. On occasion, when I feel very strongly about a drama (immediately afterwards), I’ll add a rating out of three stars. They’re usually classified as follows:
* = recommended with reservation
** = recommended
*** = strongly recommended
And I do add half ratings. As I was looking through this spreadsheet though, I was a little baffled by some of the one- and two-star ratings I’d given to certain dramas. Why did I give Mystery Queen, a drama that brought me SO much happiness, 1½ stars and Surplus Princess three whole stars given THAT ending? Some of them I can understand: Liar Game (2014) got two stars while the original got only one, simply because the remake actually ended up being better, but my entire rating process is in need of some serious review. For anyone curious about the dramas I rated as recommended w/reservation…
Aoi Honoo
Around 40
Beach Boys
Beautiful Mind
Bubblegum
Double Tone
Flower Boy Ramyun Shop
Fumo Chitai
Ghost Writer
Good Partner
Heart to Heart
I Hear Your Voice
It’s Okay, It’s Love
Juken no Cinderella
Kahogo no Kahoko
Keiji Yugami
Kuroi 10-nin no Onna
LIAR GAME (2014)
Love Revolution
Mondai no aru Restaurant
My Beautiful Bride
Naomi to Kanako
Otona Joshi
Sayonara Watashi
Second Virgin
Seirei no Moribito (Season 1)
Shotenin Michiru no Mi no Uebanashi
Tenshi to Akuma
Unubore Deka
Watashi Kekkon Dekinai Janakute, Shinain Desu
(AND WOW HEY Y’ALL I’M BACK!)