Drama was consistent throughout with its storytelling and character developments. Not a scene was wasted as filler and every conversation and action made by each character had hints about their motives. This drama, which is a simple story about a group of people's agenda towards a famous painter's inheritance, turns out to be one of... Continue Reading →
Story in a Nutshell Lee Na-eun (Kim So-eun) is an aspiring writer but is currently making her ends meet as a freelance copywriter/proofreader. The apartment that she's living in is old and cracks appeared randomly in the walls one day and fearing for her life, Na-eun moved out and puts up at a close guy... Continue Reading →
With the number of dramas I'm watching weekly, I'm always amused when coming across comments lamenting a drama slump. I think this year so far has a pretty good and diverse K-drama offering, which I very much welcome because there's only that much rom-coms I can handle. I'm a happy couch potato, especially this summer.... Continue Reading →
Last week saw the premiere of the long awaited Flower of Evil and I'm more than glad to have oppa back on my screen. It was also a week of catching more dramas than I should. Here's to hoping I can see all through the end. Good Detective Alas, the rich and powerful made sure... Continue Reading →
Story in a Nutshell Baek Hee-sung (Lee Joon-gi) is happily married to Cha Ji-won (Moon Chae-won), a violent crimes detective. Hee-sung runs a hand-made ironwork (?) workshop, and the family lives above the workshop. Show is running on a central theme of "seeing may NOT be believing", and Ji-won is more than once being described... Continue Reading →
Story in a Nutshell The first episode feels like all other sageuks: our OTP had crossed paths as teenagers and liked each other but were forcefully separated. The second male lead is jealous and unhinged and also likes the female lead. Also, while the male lead Choi Cheon-joong (Park Shi-hoo) is a geeeenius (youngest top... Continue Reading →
I pretty much enjoy all the dramas throughout the week these days. We have several different genres to tide us through the week and it's a blessing from the drama gods. The Good Detective The camaradie between Do-chang and Ji-hyuk gets increasingly better and we learn more about both men's family history. I'm curious about... Continue Reading →
Story in a Nutshell Yoo In-ho (Nam Moon-cheol) is a famous artist who's diagnosed with stomach cancer a year ago and doesn't have much time left to live. He's also super rich and with several kins and close friends, it's no secret everyone is after his monies. In-ho has a child out of wedlock with... Continue Reading →
Thankfully there's no new dramas to catch this week, and I've more or less made up the weekly list of most anticipated drama. Mid-week and weekend dramas are still most interesting, and did any one realise none of the Big Three, especially SBS, is rolling out new dramas for the time being? Will You Have... Continue Reading →
This final review is long overdue and as with most dramas, I don't remember a lot once I'm done watching it. But I'm sure the final scene made a good number of people go "Huh?", and does that mean there's going to be a second season, or THIS IS IT? No matter what, I've pretty... Continue Reading →
I've pretty much enjoyed this drama throughout its run, except for some parts in the middle which I felt was not as engaging somehow. Despite the initial conflicts of the supervisor becoming his ex-subordinate's intern in another company, Show is actually more about working together as a team and the meaning of mutual respect. We... Continue Reading →
This drama had the same problem as most other KDramas - not enough story to sustain a 16h runtime and the writer decided to draw out plot points that ended up being annoying and not enjoyable. I've seen comments saying the original manhwa did not have a near-psychotic ex boyfriend, which means obsessive stalker Jae-hyuk... Continue Reading →
Story in a Nutshell Our leads Seo Do-won (Yoon Shi-yoon) and Han Seo-kyung (Kyung Soo-jin) were related since teenagers in the most dramatic way ever - his father was almost a suspect in her father's murder, it's an almost because his father died some distance away from her place in a hit-and-run. Seo-kyung then lived... Continue Reading →
It's been a long while since we had multiple premieres in a week. Even with slightly more free time these days, there are still some dramas which have to be shelved, unfortunately. Will You Have Dinner With Me? Must we ALWAYS have some vehicle of doom at the penultimate week/episode? It's so facepalm worthy to... Continue Reading →
Story in a Nutshell Episode 1 opens with one of the five friends Ahn Gong-cheol (Yoo Joon-sang) running frantically along an apartment corridor, seemingly looking for an unit. He finally finds it, and after some banging on the door, realises the door is unlocked. As he rushes into the apartment, the scene is intercut with... Continue Reading →
This week sees the premiere of one new drama, which already left me asking for more. I hope it doesn't disappoint. We also bid goodbye to another drama, which will leave the slot empty for two weeks before a new drama rolls by to take the same slot. It's a good thing the new dramas... Continue Reading →
Show was mostly enjoyable although I think it'll definitely benefit from a shorter runtime, and sadly towards the end the slight quirkiness fizzled out and noble idiocy made its very much unwanted eleventh hour appearance. I was annoyed at Yi-sang's (Go Joon) sudden shuffling of feet and gave the excuse of not wanting Ha-ri (Jang... Continue Reading →
Story in a Nutshell Set in the fictitious district of Ma-won, Goo Se-ra (Nana) is your atypical female lead who complains informs the district council/police/any relevant local government office about all sorts of minute happenings/things. She's well known in the district council office and all the officers are afraid of receiving her phone call. Our... Continue Reading →
