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  • A year in dramas (2014).

    A year in dramas (2014).

    Submitting this retroactively, ’cause uhhhhh I somehow I forgot to do this many years ago. Oops. Still managed to track it though.

    JAPAN
    Aoi Honoo
    BORDER
    Gomen ne, Seishun
    Kagi no Kakatta Heya SP
    Oyaji no Senaka
    Sayonara Watashi
    Second Virgin
    Shinigami-kun
    Shitsuren Chocolatier
    Suteki na Sen TAXI
    The Long Goodbye

    KOREA
    A New Leaf
    Birth of a Beauty
    Cantabile Tomorrow
    Fated to Love You
    I Need Romance 3
    It’s Okay, It’s Love
    Let’s Eat
    Liar Game (2014)
    Misaeng
    My Secret Hotel
    Queen In-hyun’s Man*
    Secret Love Affair
    Surplus Princess*
    Witch’s Romance

    * = did not air this year

    TOTAL: 25! Nice. Watched a lot of Korean dramas this year…

  • Summer ’13 (fin.)

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    Woah! This felt like the longest summer season ever. I’ve been watching dramas quite steadily every week, but it was like things went on and on and only now does it feel like things are finally coming to an end. The wait before the autumn season is going to be unbearable.

    Spoilers for Two Weeks, Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo, Master’s Sun, and a handful of other dramas. (Tread lightly.)

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  • Summer Sampler (2013)

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    It’s still upwards of 100°F here, so I guess I can still talk about the dramas I’m checking out this summer! Even though I was doing a lot of sampling, it looks like I’ll be sticking around to watch… everything. Haha.
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  • Spring Sampler (2013)

    Spring Sampler (2013)

    Rather than writing about the dramas I’m seriously committing to, I’m previewing episodes of everything ever basically. You might also call this wanton “LET’S TRY THIS” foolishness. I still have a grip of dramas from last season to finish, but eh.

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  • First Impressions (Winter 2013).

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    It’s been a struggle to keep up this season, but it’s more from my laziness than anything. That said, I still managed to start two Korean dramas (which I will be discussing soon because whoooooaaaaa). Priorities? Anyway, check out what I’m watching this season after the jump!

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  • A year in dramas (2012).

    A year in dramas (2012).

    This was suuuuuuuuuch a weak year for dramas! Last year had a lot of powerful new dramas (“Soredemo, Ikite Yuku”) and compelling sequels (“JIN 2”), but I knew it was Big Trouble when the winter season rolled around and I just didn’t care for much of anything. Didn’t watch a lot of between spring and summer, but (as usual) I went HAM towards the end of the year. Here’s what I watched:

    Winter
    Shokuzai
    Strawberry Night

    Summer
    Higashino Keigo Mysteries
    Boys on the Run

    Spring
    Kagi no Kakatta Heya
    Kaeru no Ojousama
    Keizoku 2 ~Sho~

    Autumn
    PRICELESS
    Double Face
    Osozaki no Himawari
    Going My Home
    Kekkon Shinai
    Yuusha Yoshihiko to Akuryou no Kagi

    I tried putting everything into superlative categories like “best romance”, “best thriller” and the like, but I don’t actually think I watched enough! Maybe I should change my strategy…

  • First Impressions (Autumn 2012).

    Yes, now we’re getting into the meat and bones! There are a couple of factors I keep in mind when choosing the dramas that I’ll watch: do I like the cast/who am I watching this for? Do I like the sound of the plot? Is it a sequel? Would I subject myself to a crappy story just for the lead? Who’s the screenwriter? Is it just a Johnny vehicle drama? And then, after I’ve watched the first or second episode, do I like it enough to keep going? Things like that.

    I picked a couple quite a few dramas to watch (a grand total of six, which is more than I usually ever keep up with). You can read my pre-watch jitters here, and my first impressions on the first episode(s) after the jump!

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