This transferring of team members to a meaningless department to placate public outcry about something or other is SO jdrama esque but I love it. I love it a lot
Category: watching
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A year in dramas (2015).
Instead of doing some mega essay about why so-and-so was my favorite in such-and-such category, I’m just gonna share highlights. It ended up being 1500+ words anyway. Here’s what I saw:
JAPANESE
Dakara Koya
Date
Fuben na Benriya
Garasu no Ashi
Ghostwriter
Gisou no Fuufu
Hitorigurashi*
Hondana Shokudo
I’m Home
Ishi no Mayu
Ishitachi no Renai JijouItsumo Futari de*
Kageri Yuku Natsu
Kamoshirenai Joyutachi
Mondai no aru Restaurant
Mutsu
Okashi no Ie
Orient Kyuukou Satsujin Jiken
Otona Joshi
Tamiou
Tenshi to Akuma
Utsukushii Hito*KOREAN
A Wife’s Credentials*
Awl
Bubblegum
Heard It Through the Grapevine
Heart to Heart
Hogu’s Love
I Remember You (Hello Monster)
MaskMissing Noir M
My Beautiful Bride
Oh My Ghostess
Orange Marmalade
Producer
Punch
Splash Splash Love
Valid LoveTOTAL: 38
New record! And that’s even after taking a mini-break after Oh My Ghostess. Yes, it’s a lot. I’m not a college student anymore (for now anyway), and it’s easy to unwind by watching a drama episode or two after work. I usually watch a few at once and finish them around the same time (usually j-dramas because they’re on the same schedule, even though they’re subbed slower). That’s all there is to it!
Now onto this year in dramas:
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RE: Oh My Venus 6
Although. I will be the first to admit: “Your body belongs to me so you can’t say no.” I just…………… (LOUD RECORD SCRATCH NOISE TEARING ACROSS THE FABRIC OF THE UNIVERSE)
Nip that line in the bud, writers. Nip it!
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RE: Oh My Venus 1-4
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is the first time Jung Kyeo-woon is not playing a total assface.* Like most people, I was afraid he’d be rehashing his character from Birth of a Beauty, but ‘tis not so. Unfortunately, Oh My Venus is not completely exciting and didn’t capture my heart the way I wanted to, which is bad news because I sense a mean angsty streak coming up and I’m not even loving the good times. I also want Shin Mina’s character to stop being saved. FOOL ME ONCE. FOOL ME TWICE. FOOL ME TH—just kidding, this is annoying, I don’t care!
Speaking of other Korean dramas: VERY THANKFUL that Answer Me 1988 is delaying their broadcast a week because it’s the perfect opportunity for me to catch up before the finale! Have not yet started Six Flying Dragons, but I feel like it’s a drama to watch not on my modest monitor, but on something a little more substantial…
Anyway, not really loving Bubblegum anymore. Not bad by any means. I’m just unimpressed. My soul died a little when both Haeng-ah and Ri-hwan cried at the end of episode 10. Such angst!
* to be fair, I’ve only seen History of a Salaryman, Birth of a Beauty, and this.
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RE: Gisou no Fuufu 5
And I’m still watching this.
For a romantic comedy (lies), it’s sad. And not in melo way, but more like… ouch. Hah.You can see the love in Hiro’s eyes when she thinks about the old days and the night of her life (which I’m assuming is the night the then-dating couple became intimate, thx dinner party exposition). Then when she’s finally ready to confess her true feelings to Chouji/reciprocation be damned … he takes that as his cue to confess to delivery guy Tamotsu. 💔💔💔 That heartbreak though. I felt that!
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A Wife’s Credentials (fin.)
(I’m really good at this updating once a month thing, huh?)
I feel like I get like this whenever I finish an exceptionally good drama — Misaeng being the most recent example — but A Wife’s Credentials (jTBC / 2012) is in my heart of hearts. On paper, a drama about a housewife trying to educate her son and falling in love with his handsome dentist sounds boring, but I assure you it is not! This show is definitely the best of the best, maybe even among the Top 5 of all the dramas I’ve ever watched. (Someday I’ll be brave enough to do a definitive ranking.) The opening chords of The Byrd’s “Turn! Turn! Turn!” get me all glubbed up and it’s only been a week.
This post is sponsored by Tae-oh’s Jeep Rubicon (harbinger of doom), and my endless tears.
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RE: A Wife’s Credentials 7
(Trying to update from my tablet…)
I started A Wife’s Credentials on my flight home today and it is safe to say I was captivated by the first two episodes. There wasn’t anything remarkable about Warm & Cozy for me to recognize Lee Sung-jae but daaaaaaang he really burns it up with Kim Hee-ae.
Subject matter was a surprise to me – I went into it for the Ahn Pan-seok/Jung Sung-joo/Kim Hee-ae combo, but it’s very mature and emotionally “raw”. Feeling feelings kind of stuff. It’s also interesting to see the societal/personal fallout AFTER a speedy/emotionally consuming affair… things happened so quickly (not TOO quick) and I’m still just on episode 7. Definitely a must watch.
(Getting back into the swing of watching dramas, but probably won’t get too serious until after early November.)
