Police University: This drama is fine. It is kind of just moseying around though. The head of the snake was predictable though, I knew who it was from the first time I saw him. The romance is whatever though.

Lovers of the Red Sky: Our couple continue to be adorable. Gong Myung is adorable as the prince, he really is, I have a soft spot for him. As for our lovers, how cute are they trying to keep away from each other. I love Cheon Ki’s determination to help him in everything even though it is fairly obvious he doesn’t need help with anything. The man is a whole astronomer who can’t see the stars. I really continue to enjoy this drama a lot.

High Class: So, for some reason they have made the character of Na Yoon unhinged. My girl is unhealthy. Also, dollars to donuts Ji Yong is alive and the client that really want to see Yeo Wool. He is alive and ran away after causing havoc to both his wives and children. What a mess. As for Danny Oh, he is lovestruck and it is kind of funny.

Dali and Cocky Prince: I loved the first two episodes. Episodes 3 and 4 took away some of that joy. I don’t like ML’s who yell all the time, it annoying, it is rude and it accomplishes nothing. That being said he is really sweet to her when they are alone, his crush on her is so obvious to anyone with eyes, it is a wonder no one notices. However, Dali is a fabulous character. I love that she doesn’t at all think of Moo Hak romantically. I love that they focus on her grief for her father, which everyone seems to just ignore. I love that her focus is on saving her gallery. I love how dignified she tries to be in every situation even when she is uncomfortable. I just adore her. I wish they hadn’t saddled her character with debt though, I think writers could have had a great drama without the tired trope of poor girl/rich guy. Park Gyu Young is killing it here.

Hometown: It is kind of boring sadly. Also, because they keep jumping in the timeline and only putting the time at a certain period, I’m not sure when things are happening. There is obviously some demon, cult thing happening but I don’t know what and kind of don’t care. I think I may drop if I don’t care for next episode.

The Veil: Nam Goong Min is the only reason I continue to watch this. He elevates every scene he is in. Otherwise everyone else is run of the mill or badly written.

One the Woman: I enjoy the fact that our leads know that Yeon Joo isn’t Mi Na, it makes everything more interesting. I also like that Mi Na left that horrid family and is living her very best life. It also seems like Sung Woon is actually crushing on his pretend wife and it is kind of funny she doesn’t care about him at all.

Lost: What can I say about this drama. It is the slow unveiling of light in darkness. Everyone is depressed in this show. It seems the coping mechanism for everyone has been to lash out, invert, or cheat in order to get out of misery. Chang Sook is the only one who seems to be coping. Bu Jung is...

The great shaman Ga Doo Shim. I didn’t think it would be Woo-Soo the one in danger but it makes sense as Doo-Shim will do anything to save him. The whole “last student” and the “I made this school the best” sats a lot about Korean school system. Only one episode to go. Waiting for my happy ending.

Hometown Chachacha. What a lovely confession! It was indeed a romantic Sunday. Poor JSH… will he ever get the girl?

The Veil. I love how much fun I’m having with this one. NGM acting is compelling and even if we all see this drama a thousand times before, it’s so well done. Ok, FL characters writing is not the best, for sure, but I still hope they get a brain or a personality (whatever comes first) before drama ends.

After being reassured by many beanies that Son NaEun is harmless in Lost / Human Disqualification I decided to resume this drama and I am so happy. I mean, is intense but I love the storytelling and the music and the acting is superb. I’m on episode 5 right now and it’s just the kind of drama I like (nothing really happens, everything happens).

Lovers of the Red Sky. It’s so long since I like a sageuk this much!! How cute and pretty are our leads? I totally get OldLawyer’s wife when she says Kim You Jung is gorgeous, because she is!! I really liked the fact that HaRam confessed his real feelings to CheonGi and explained how he felt and what it meant to have found her back. Also (I wrote about this before on Sic’s wall) I do believe now that HaRam is alive just because he has MaWang inside. I mean: he really died during the ritual and that was the reason it rained, and there are two moments that support this theory: when Haram and CheonGi are having tea she tells him that he is dead or must live as if he is dead, and then when Haram is with the Prince and the shaman woman she tells her that he came back to life. So he was indeed dead… does this mean that when MaWang leaves his body he will still be alive? Mmmmm. I keep saying that the prologue on episode 1 is about Haram and Cheongi, so she’s drawing the container for MaWang who took away her lover...

Confession (2019). I’m only watching for Junho. The whole drama (and most actors) is too over the top for me and the terrible BGM drags me out of the drama on every single scene. E

I continue my rewatch of Be Melodramatic and getting to the point when Eun Jung breaks down is so heartbreaking. I love this drama to bits and I’m savoring every minute.

I dropped DaLi and the Cocky Prince even if I love all three leads, but the romcom with murder mystery is not my kind of drama. I see the beanie all full of love for it and maybe I will resume it, but not now.

I'm so grateful for Yumi these days as it makes me laugh... and so much!! I was in stitches when they introduced the Bear Mode 😂 And then... then came the Lust Cell 😁

I'm also having fun with Muhak and Dali, I think both Park Gyu Yeong and Kim Min Jae have a good comedy timing... and they are great together. I also like their more intense scenes... and that they both have a point during their arguments. My only complaint is... that whenever I see the silent and serious Kwon Yul (as Taejin), I miss the positive energy and bright smiles of Lawyer Min Woo (from My Unfamiliar Family)

Hometown was a bit more serious this time (though Juri among the gossiping crowd and not at school 😂 cracked me up). I liked how the visit of Hyejin's parents wasn't black and white and had so many shades instead. And then episode 10 was rich with all those emotions and true feelings which finally came into the open (and I like how the camera lingers on the faces and lets the actors act). Dushik, fingers crossed for you allowing yourself a new love despite your fears 💕... and Cop, what will you do? 😀

Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha: Lalalalalalala Romantic Sunday. These episodes were good. I loved the build up to the confession, starting with Doo-shik meeting the parents. The confession itself was lovely, but I especially loved the indirect confession over the crabs. I’m really into Mi-sun and Eun-chul too. Mi-sun is consistency a scene stealer for me.

Yumi’s Cells: I’m all in for this drama now, at least Season 1. I love Yumi and Woong. I love that his love cell snuck his way into Yumi’s heart disguised as a frog. I love that Naughty Cell can’t keep its pants on. I hope we see a lot more of Naughtysaurus. Yumi and Woong are navigating their relationship and little cracks are already forming. The scene between Yumi and Sae-yi in the restroom was painfully relatable. Woong needs to stop editing his thoughts.

Dali and the Cocky Prince: I’m not enjoying this drama as much as everyone else. I really only like Da-li but not sure she’s enough to keep me watching. I’m already fast forwarding a lot. The murder mystery and gallery scenes are boring, and there are too many superfluous male characters.

One the Woman: I gave this another try because of the ratings, and I still was bored. Honey Lee’s shtick doesn’t entertain me and Lee Sang-yoon continues to be a huge bore.

High Class: I might be done. These characters are still one-note and everybody and everything against the FL boring.

A Gentleman and a Lady: Another middling weekend drama is here. I’m generally unfazed by age gaps, but the FL looks so young. The drama exploring relationships with stepparents could be interesting, but not sure I’ll stick around long enough to find out. The FL and ML having a chance meeting when she was a kid and he an adult proved controversial, but it just made me roll my eyes.

Yumi's Cells (Episode 3-4) - Mood: C+
As feared, the show is making no attempts at building up the supporting cast: this means it’s heavily reliant on the OTP to carry the show’s plot. If that narrative is a romance story, the odds are not in its favour: based off Sae Yi I can safely say this won’t be a groundbreaker for the genre. Also, I think it’s a little clumsy in the writing that Yumi drops her phone in one episode and then spills her coffee in the next one: those plot devices were just way too obvious for me. With that being said, this week’s episodes were cute! It was amusing seeing Woong’s defence mechanism and his lusty dinosaur.

High Class (Episode 7-8) - Mood: C-
I had already lost all hope for Na Yoon’s characterisation after last week’s cliffhanger but this week’s episodes brought in the cop whose prejudice is yet another feature of police incompetency so commonly found in terrible drama writing. I also don’t know how Yeo Wool thinks that it’s fine to be the legal consultant when she’s the primary witness: isn’t she a star lawyer? The chairman’s death frees Danny up to sincerely support Yeo Wool in the 2nd half of the show but I don’t enjoy the romantic undertones between them: poor Yi Chan doesn’t need another upheaval! Hopefully it’s just platonic.

Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha (Episode 9-10) - Mood: D+
Based on the backstory that the writer dumped on us this week, I can tell that the writer gave zero thoughts about how to write a good second lead: what will happen to Sung Hyun’s arc now that he’s rejected? Well, the show isn’t bothered integrating the variety show together with the village characters and lazily positioned his co-worker as a rebound. But I was honestly more frustrated by the pervert sequence: Hye Jin just let herself be a damsel in distress and of course Du Sik is coincidentally at her home to save her. Girl, you have both a baton and a spray: why aren’t you using them at all?

Also watched:
- One The Woman (Episode 3-4) - Mood: C-, Was Mi Na trying to escape or hide? The epilogue is confusing!
- Lovers of the Red Sky (Episode 7-8) - Mood: D+, Yangmyung’s character went down the path that I dreaded.
- The Great Shaman Ga Doo Shim (Episode 11): Pretty standard penultimate episode watched at 2x speed.

Sadly, I didn’t have enough time to watch Dal-li and Gamjatang … will catch up on it next week!

JAPAN - busy busy busy

The latest trend of 25min episode dramas from small networks is good. They don't waste Audience time and most of them are coming from the source manga and most of them are easy fluff that i don't have much good views of.

I Mean, I Want to Say I Like It - 4/10 - manga to tv drama.Nothing new, nothing interesting - 25min episode is the biggest factor of the show. Ikemen around heroine and all those shoujo trash cliches. And another episode cleanup dance song.

Koi Dance became super hit and everyone started to copy it.

Can't Run Away from Love - 4/10 - another shoujo trash and ore nonsense. 25min - maga to tv drama

Tokyo Noodle Factory - 6/10 - Timepass and even boring.

OMAMEDA and 3 husbands is on no Netflix Japan. The only +ve boost this week.

Police University The plot is so uninteresting and far-fetched...

Lovers of the Red Sky I really like the painting scenes, they're my favourite. I'm way more interested by HCG's journey as a painter than the demon hunt.

Dal-li and Gamjatang Park Gyu-Young is perfect in this role! She's really shining. I want more scenes with her and less with Moo-Hak speaking about money.

Hometown The story is confusing between the 3 different periods.

The Veil Dr Do Jae-Hak what happened to you O_O

Human Disqualification After 8 episodes, I'm loosing patience. I like the scenes between the leads, but I don't see the story behind them...

Yumi's Cells The contrast between the super cute cells and one of the most realistic love story in Kdrama's story is really interesting.

Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha My happy pill of the week!

Finally got around to watching The Good Detective. I wonder if the banality of the first couple of eps is the writer’s way of drawing in casual viewers who would find the blustering cop, ambitious journalist and cold chaebol comfortingly familiar. But the show does get much more interesting. We see pieces of crucial information being hoarded or withheld by various people for various reasons, and it all leads inexorably to the terrible miscarriage of justice at the centre of the story. To me, it’s the government institutions' smug, detached, business-as-usual attitude towards this practice that's more worrying than individuals who do it for money, revenge or self-preservation. And though I loved the heartwarming elements of the show (the testosterone-deficient Kang Do-chang and his family and friends really do earn their happy ending), I felt that more should have been made of, say, Yoon Sang-mi or Yoo Jung-seok’s total failure to see Lee Dae-cheol as a fellow human being.

On a happier note, the latest episode of Dogs Are Incredible features an excessively frisky Standard Poodle called Ban-wol - a large lolloping woolly creature, a bit like a very leggy lamb with fangs - whose owners entreat the Dog President Kang Hyung-wook to train THEM instead of their dog.

Hometown Cha Cha Cha. . .

THE VEIL (Ep 3 & 4): Han Ji-Hyuk has another gore feast with the Chinese gang. His new partner is now drawn into the field. She may not have the stomach for the bloody action but like just about every character she has an ulterior motive. The hack on the NIS seemed like filler. The feud between domestic and foreign intelligence departments seems childish. Trust no one, including HJH, seems to be the best advice. Whether this roller coaster is going to go off the rails is to be seen.

HIGH CLASS (Ep 7 & 8): The viciousness of the cold, calculating women starts to become apparent as each individual’s secrets, blackmail and betrayals begin to unwind. Na-Yoon finding Yeo Wool over the chairman’s body reeked of frame-up. The arrest of Yeo Wool seems forced at this point; as the clues point to either the CFO or Ji Yong (back from the dead which is my theory). It seems that Ji Yong used women for his personal gain, then discards them. My twist is that his long game could be to destroy both Na-Yoon and Yeo Wool and take his kids to America (to be with his new wife.)

Variety:
THE SIXTH SENSE wrapped up its Second Season with a very interesting episode. Look forward to another season.

For the first time in a long time am watching almost all currently airing dramas.
1. The Veil - This show is intense to the core. You dont know what would happen in the next second. The thrill factor is amazing. I love how everyone is a suspect and there is not one single person whom Ji Hyuk can trust, most importantly he cannot even trust himself as well. There is so more than meets the eye. I cant wait how Ji Hyuk solve the puzzle and lift the veil he is chasing after. I am also loving the chemistry between Ji Hyuk and Yoo Je Yi. Though i am sure nothing will be romantic, but they make such a great pair and team.

2. One the Woman- Never did i start watching this to watch this for more episodes. I just started because the teaser was funny. But am loving the show. We have a female lead who is so confident despite losing her memories. Fake Kang Mina is funny as hell.

3. Lovers of the red sky: I love the leads and their scenes a lot. I wonder how Ha Ram will react when he finds out that demon is trapped in his body, I have a feeling he will get his vision back and the girl will lose hers again in near future. I hope no sad ending for this beautiful drama.

4. Dali and Cocky Prince- Caught up to 4 episodes in 2 days and i am loving the show, I like it how Jin Moohak is so attracted to Dali ,but he is so oblivious to it. He really cares for her even though he sounds so rude. Dali definitely needs a push from Jin Moo hak to save her gallery, Just a tiny push and i bet she can conquer the world of art. Her business sense is a bit lacking and that is what Jin will offer her. But she has her own charm to deal with situation as well. The show is too cute,

5. Hometown Cha Cha Cha- One of the best rom-coms in the recent years and am so stoked with this show. Enjoying every minute of it. Finally both of them confessed and i cant wait for next episode being them all lovey-dovey. Still intrigued to find out what really happened with Dusik and why is he so attached to Gongjin and the root of his nightmares. I am glad he found someone he truly wants to spend his life with and he found his happiness and a person to be by his side. How lonely Dusik has been earlier days.

The Imperial Coroner: Really enjoying this, partly because I love shows that feature female characters who are highly competent professionals in their fields, and partly because it understands how to create "good" characters who are also interesting and fun to watch, not just cardboard cutout paragons of virtue.

Lost / Human Disqualification: I’m still stuck at episode 7 or 8, because err I thought the iQiyi subs were delayed or something. Turns out I have to pay to continue? Lol. I don’t love any of the characters in this show but I’m finding all of them more fascinating as we go along, even the wretched MIL. Everyone’s so flawed and lonely, so human.

I finished my Answer Me 1994 rewatch right on time before Netflix removed the series and I’m so glad I did, because I don’t think I’d given this show my full attention before. This time I was moved by every single one of the Sinchon squad. Their relationships were so lovely to watch, and I feel Haitai and Najung’s friendship is underappreciated. This group just might be my favorite among the Replys.

I MIGHT try Dali and Gam. So far I have only seen clips and I am wooowed by Dali’s English and the way she carries herself! That kind of poise doesn’t come naturally to most actors.

As for non kdramas: I started Money Heist. I am so ready for Park Haesoo’s Berlin in the Korean remake. He’s everywhere these days!! <3

The Veil - Namgoong Min in the fight scenes is fantastic. Who knew?! While everyone in the agency is definitely suspicious, I can't help but wonder if someone is setting Soo-yeon up.

One The Woman - For a comedy, I thought I would be, um, laughing. But that hasn't really happened. The show is not awful, but it could be better. For example, Kang Mi-na's in-laws should be funny, but they're not. Those in-laws are just terrible people.

Human Disqualification/Lost - Watching this, you fear for these characters---for their safety, for their health. Who knows what's going to happen here. It's a very good drama, even with all the sadness and heaviness woven throughout.

Yumi's Cells: 7.8 Now that the novelty is wearing off a bit, it works better at 1.5x speed.

One the Woman: 7.9

The Veil: 8.0 Day 4: Backups, dammit, backups! OFFLINE, OFF-SITE backups. Day 5: they were 8.5 until they got too fancy/dramatic in the last 5 minutes.

Lovers of the Red Sky: 5.5 The Kim Yoo-jung playing Kim Yoo-jung show. Like many things in life she is ok in moderation, but exceeding the recommended dosage...

Police University: 6.5

Hometown Cha Cha Cha: 4.0 Gawd I hate the scenes with Gossip Lady.

Dal-li and Gamjatang: 8.1

Hometown: 4.0 The "Hometown" jinx is strong this week. Their mystery is a total misfire for me. I expected Han Ye-ri to pick a better show than this has been so far, and I wanted to see more of Lee Re. But, "No body not dead", right? RIGHT????

The Great Shaman Ga Doo Shim: __ Did somebody case an invisibility spell on them?

Hi Beanies. Madam Crankypants here.

you know, there's pretty much no surprises in THE GREAT SHAMAN GA DOO-SHIM. The plot points ar e obvious, and the previews give everything away. But I simply do not care. I love this show so much.

Ah yes, I am also still watching ONE THE WOMAN. Sighhhhh. I am trying, I really am, but slapstick comedy really isn't my thing. It also feels rather disjointed. There's the sedate, serious drama Lee Sang-yoon is in, and then whatever it is Honey Lee is on about- two separate dramas.

On the CDRAMA front, I am watching A FEMALE STUDENT ARRIVES AT THE IMPERIAL COLLEGE, and what a waste of a plot to make this a comedy. I find it extremely unfunny and would have expelled Zhao Lusi's character posthaste. (well, the male students aren't much deserving either). This would work so much better as a more serous drama/romance. But alas!!!

I finished THE FERRYMAN. Eh.... Not good, but not bad either. That Taiwanese actress needs to be in nothing else.

I haven't yet started watching, but am looking forward to several of the new crop of JDorama.

I thought this year was going to be a dry spell for me in terms of my Kdrama watching, but then came Darli.

1. Darli and Gamjatang: Yes, @quirkycase, I freaking love Darli, too. She is such a refreshingly understated, elegant and quiet character. I think I might be used to the FLs that speak non-stop, so it is a nice surprise to see an FL that is quiet yet smart and dignified. She also can speak English well and carries herself gracefully, has a good sense of humor, taste in clothes, well-educated and strong on the inside. What else can I ask for in an FL? This alone might have made me last for the whole drama; so this, together with so many interesting characters such as the ML who is so loud in all levels, has been a very enjoying ride. I am eagerly looking forward to its next eps. (I was really disappointed when ep4 ended because I had to, again, wait for another week.)

2. 18 Again: I am binging this one slowly. The show makes me feel like I am having a cosy night with a cup of hot chocolate in winter every time I watch it. I'm also liking this one.

Korean:
Dali and Cocky Prince - Dali is the most French-is Korean I've ever seen. I just love her elegance and quiet grace. Good chemistry between the leads. Very intense first evening that almost became "something" followed by major misunderstandings and heroine's tragedy. Hoping that we get more romance going forward.

Hometown Cha-cha-cha - In it to finish even though I'm finding a bit about nothing. Still rather charming. If I get bored I can count the number of times we see the dimples on either the FL or ML.

Gentleman and Young Lady - I am also not usually hung up age differences (Goblin never bothered me) but this gap seems especially big and exaggerated by the female lead acting really young AND the male lead acting really old and buttoned-up. How old is the actor, really? He's played mid-30s characters in recent dramas.

One the Woman - doesn't really stand out but sort of fills the want of a comedy/mystery/romance

The Second Husband - The only daily I'm following right now. Plot has a lot of similarities to Secret, with a few differences thrown in (SML and SFL marry about a third of the way into the show, ML is more nice and clueless and doesn't have the tragic backstory, for example). Has all the typical daily unnecessary filler thrown in, like falling-flat so called comic relief (mainly from the SML's family).

YUMI's CELLS is such a fun ride, loved the the lusty dragon, the love cell disguised as a frog and all the others, trying to help Yumi. The birthday present scene was priceless.

Right after all this cuteness comes the bloody VEIL. Not my usual kind of drama, watchable probably only because of Namgoong Min's performance.

POLICE UNIVERSITY is back and the reveal came earlier than expected, although the identity of the culprit did not come as a surprise. Interesting twist about his motivation.

No escape from the sadness in HUMAN DISQUALIFICATION. Still, I the acting from all the actors is very good indeed and I am hooked on this drama.

Both DALI AND THE COCKY PRINCE and ONE THE WOMAN are great fun to watch. Kim Min-Jae is struggling a little with this level of vulgarity of his character, he is just not that coarse, but I give him full marks for throwing himself into his role.

LOVERS OF THE RED SKY drags on a little. I love all the art scenes, but the evil ghost plot does not draw me in. Neither the love triangles.

It's surprising how i used to be all about the story but the three shows that brought me back to dramaland are all about characters being their strong suit.
Yumi's cells
The romance is atypical but still refreshing because we don't get to see angst free and slice of life romances. But the cells are the real charm of the show. I love how the writer converts all emotions into a whole scenario in the cell village which ends up teaching me about myself too. The cells here are stronger than the leads but they too are cute enough.
Dali and Gamjatang
I'm not interested in this drama's story at all but the leads are charming.
Homecha
This one probably has the least interesting story of all of the three but i still enjoy it? In fact i enjoy it a lot. Again it's the leads and actually the actors playing the leads that are remarkable here. Anything else without them is skipped forward.

Tomorrow With You
I finished it earlier this week. Like I said last week, Shin Minha and Lee Jehoon were cute together. However, there were one too many plotholes by the end. I wish the writer had taken more time to really flesh out the time travelling storyline. A lot of it just did not add up and it took away from what could have been a great time travelling romance.

Beyond Evil
Now this writer knew how to tie up loose ends! Everything would make me scratch my head in confusion was later explained in a satisfying matter. The heart of the show was definitely the tension between Yeo Jingoo and Shin Hakyun. I am not surprised to see blogs on Tumblr dedicated to their bromance (emphasis on the "mance") hahaha
As a crime drama, it was great.

A Piece of your Mind
I started this morning. I am loving the tone and feel of the drama. Perfect for a autumn watch. However, I did not expect this storyline. I am very confused but intrigued.
Also there is a reason Jung Haein has been typecast; he is very good at playing these "boy next door" type of character. I don't mind it at all.

The Great Shaman Ga Dooshim
Looking forward to see how Season 1 will end. Please no big cliffhanger.
Nam Dareum is an actor too look out for. How is he so charismatic at his age? I hope Kim Saeron will have even more lead roles after this.

I guess I'll have to watch Squid Game since it is all everyone is talking about these days. It looks very similar to Alice in Borderland (which I liked) because both dramas have deadly children games.
For people who have seen both, which one did you prefer?

Watching: dimpled male leads from k-drama land...
Home-Cha : The confession scene last week is one of the most heartfelt confessions I have seen in a while now. This really feels like free therapy, tbh. Best part about weekends! :')
Yumi's Cells : HOW cute, wholesome and endearing are Woong & Yumi together? ^^ Cannot believe an animated-frog made me cry. Surprisingly, loving how the cells work into an otherwise overly-done slice-of-life plot. Or maybe I was just in a mood to watch anime? Heh!
Dal-ri & Gamjatang : Huh, I *really* like the leads, but the story set-up is too cliche. I really want something new to this plot. Not enough heart or feels to make me stop guessing what's bout to happen 5 scenes later. The shirtless-thugs, opera-music & the squawking crow in the BG make my day! xD

Older dramas:
Beauty Inside (10/16) : Why do I sense some noble-idiocy break-up arc coming? T_T
Forever & Ever (8/30) : This is feeling agonizingly long. Should I just watch a Allen Ren/ Bai Lu supercut on bilibili instead? :O

Loving 3 airing dramas now. I have not been into this many new dramas in a long time( pre coronavirus anyway). They are-
1. Lost/HD
2. Hometown Cha Cha Cha
3. Yumi's Cells
I expected to Like Hometown Cha Cha Cha, but Lost and Yumi's Cells have taken me by surprise. I'm in kdrama heaven right now. Too bad they are all Fri,Sat,Sun dramas.

Behind on my dramas - looking forward to catching up on Lovers of the Red Sky and Great Shaman Ga Doo Shim.

Hometown Cha Cha Cha: My happy pill. Doo-shik's interactions with Hye-jin's parents just highlight how he can be annoying and charming all at the same time. I dreaded Sung-hyun's confession but it was well done and I hope he gets with his colleague. I was happy to see our OTP recognize their feelings and kiss, but I dread them running into Doo-shik's commitment to not commit.

Yumi's Cells (up to ep 4): Just too adorable. I thought it would be weird switching back and forth between live action and the cells, but it's really well done - kudos to the writing, directing, and acting. Woong's love cell who snuck into Yumi's heart as a cute frog melted me.

Cocky Prince and Dali: Watched it on my commute since it doesn't require a lot of attention. A charming drama with characters in familiar kdrama tropey situations, but with non-tropey delivery and reactions. Kim Min-jae really suits the flashy, nouveau-riche style. Looking forward to the OTP teaming up to bring the museum back from financial collapse.

I’m enjoying everything I’m watching! That is so rare…

Dal-li and Gamjatang: Park Gyu-young is AMAZING as Dal-li. It’s so cool to see a female lead who’s elegant, intelligent and poised like this. Even her hair doesn’t bother me (that much) anymore. Kim Min-jae is also a blast. His loud mannerisms and nouveau-riche tendencies would’ve been obnoxious if played by a lesser actor, but he just makes it work so well. It’s hilarious how obviously smitten he is for Dal-li. Men falling first is *the* superior trope for het relationships, that is a fact. For the more dramatic parts, I just…don’t care.

Great Shaman Ga Doo-shim: It’s almost over and I’m not ready to let go. This was a gem of a drama and I’m so glad I gave it a shot despite its short runtime and my lack of time. Hoping for a happy ending and a second season.

Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha: My weekend seaside vacation is going strong! Haven’t watched this week’s episode yet, but I’m still squeeing from the confession last week. I can’t wait to watch the new episodes. I just know it will deliver on all the dimples and romance I need. This show is my therapy now so I can dismiss any number of small issues. I’m only nervous on how they’ll handle Ji Seong-hyun’s character from now.

Human Disqualification: I should’ve watched it when I’m in a better place myself, but the acting is so good and the story is so beautifully told that I can’t help myself. It might’ve genuinely been my favourite ongoing drama if my psyche was up for something this contemplative.

Lovers of the Red Sky: I think my favourite scenes are the ones dealing with everything artistic and scenes between Cheon-gi and Ha Ram. The leads are so beautiful together and the chemistry is palpable. I’m looking forward to them interacting a lot more now that they’re in the palace. The fantastical elements are still disjointed and messy, but maybe integrating them more with the artistic parts will make it more interesting. Oh well, I still adore this drama to bits. They will totally make Gong Myung break my heart though, won’t they? *deep sigh*

The Veil: Namgoong Min is THE reason to watch this. The action parts are thrilling and extremely well-made, but he’s the one truly elevating every moment of the show. The writing for the female characters is still abysmal, which is a damn shame but I have some hope it will improve. It’s gory, violent and fast-paced and I’m having fun watching.

Yumi’s Cells: The animation and design for the cells still freaks me out. I wish it wouldn’t distract me so much because they’re freaking hilarious otherwise. I love how the cells work and how they influence their humans to behave and feel. Kim Go-eun is perfect here and it’s so nice to finally see her in a drama that fully appreciates her acting abilities. I did not expect to like her and Ahn Bo-hyun together as much as I do, but they’re great too! So many good OTPs these days. If anything, watch...

Still loving Lovers of Red Sky. Sometimes we can see the drama's seams too much, like, it feels like they want to give us all the pretty scenes and
they pop out of nowhere (piggyback riders and bathing Evil Prince, I'm looking at you), but everything is just so pretty that I don't care. And Mawang is back, yay!

Yumi's cells: after a delightful start, episode 5 was all about the love triangle and, more importantly, about the issues that can end up being the fault lines in a relationship - lack of transparency, insecurity... Drama is following the source webtoon closely (the present was different, though, ah!), and this was also a least favourite moment for me while reading, but then it became clear that this isn't your typical OTP-centric story. It's all about choices, and how some relationships end up failing but help you grow, so, yeah, I didn't like episode 5 too much, but I know that it is necessary for the story arc, ​unlike most kdrama love triangles.

Dali and Prince: episodes 1 and 2 are delicious cotton candy.

Human Disqualification: iqiyi is being really stingy in my region, so I only got to watch until ep 4. Loving it, it's so affecting I can't even start to talk about it.

Beyond Evil: I can never watch murder dramas fast. On episode 13 now, and still loving this slow ride.

You raise me up: Yoon Shin Yoon, why? 😭 I now understand the concept of hate watch.

On hold: Racket Boys (ep 13), Wok of Love (ep 16, not even Junho's face can get me to watch yet another cooking contest)

Last Sunday I also watched animated movie Silent Voice 💚💚💚

HOMETOWN CHA-CHA-CHA : I like this, but I think I would like it better if it wasn’t so aware that everyone loves KSH right now so he needs to look cool and attractive. It stops his character feeling real.

DALI AND GAMJATANG - a lot of people don’t seem like the mystery, but I like a good rom-com with mystery hijinks so I’m happy. It’s kind of a shame they went the route of making her broke because I liked the dynamic of old money, new money but probably makes for better drama. I cannot get behind her hair though.

POLICE UNIVERSITY - it is there, I am watching it. It’s not amazing but it’s fine.

YUMI’S CELLS - I’m not sure if I will continue, the multi-season thing puts me off even if I know it’s planned.

Older dramas -

I finished rewatching THE GREATEST LOVE (for the millionth time) and it’s just the best.

HOMETOWN CHA CHA CHA continues to rock - we love this show.

But we love DALI AND GAMJATANG as well. This show just put smiles one our faces. It has the most endearing and perfect OTP I have ever seen in a romcom.

We continued to watch the Chinese rom-com GO INTO YOUR HEART on VIKI. There was a fun scene where the FL comes home to find her father crying in front of the television after a particularly heartrending scene from the great Chinese costume fantasy drama ASHES OF LOVE. A scene that my wife had just described to me two days before. She binged ASHES OF LOVE this week, and I could see why she liked it so much- there is a reason why it is considered one of the best of the Xianxia genre. It really is that good. In any case GO INTO YOUR HEART is light but good.

There are now a few more episodes of the Chinese costume drama JUN JIU LING which have been subtitled- my wife has really liked this show.

LOVERS OF THE RED SKY is back and we continue to love it. My wife will literally ask me, every evening, is there more RED SKY yet? I think that this show is really well done.

BE MY DREAM FAMILY ended this week. So what to watch now? There is a new weekend family drama starting: YOUNG LADY AND GENTLEMAN. I watched the first two episodes and so far it seems to be OK, but we will see.

(b)HOMETOWN CHA-CHA-CHA (/b): (I tried bold writing, so plz forgive me if does not work). What a beautiful confession! I've been waiting for Episode 10 recap for ages, I can't wait any longer, so I'll vent my happiness out here a little. Can a Seaside romance be this beautiful? It really helped she confessed first. Waiting for Du-shik to finally spit out those words would take years. I'll spill out the remaining later.

(b)ONE THE WOMAN (/b): I was looking for another weekend drama to keep me busy since Hometown Cha will be ending in a couple of weeks, and I found this. It's quite bad and okay at the same time. Fake Kang Mi-na is the only thing keeping me glued on it. I seem to like the fact that no one in her in-laws house knows who she really is. The mild suspense is quite funny.

Are no Minions and no Beanies watching Squid Game? Here I thought I was the only one. I keep reading about how it’s a global phenomenon and thought that was a joke.

I'm watching BACKSTREET ROOKIE with beautiful Kim Yoo Yung !! In my opinion the most beautiful Korean actress.

The show is as fun as it can no longer be done in the West due to wokeism and paolitically correct.

Lovers of the red sky: I haven't watched this week's episodes, but I binge-watched it until episode 5. I particularly love the supernatural and the absence of court politics which sometimea can make sageuks too difficult to follow.

Hometown cha cha cha: I think the acting and the visuals are playing a huge part in why I am still watching this. The story is absolutely nothing new, but it's still nice to watch. I was a bit annoyed by Du Sik's way of interacting with Hye Jin's Dad, and I rolled my eyes when she stepped into the rain and recalled that day when Du Sik's pushed her into doing something she wasn't comfortable doing; also annoyed that it ended as a trigger to realize that she likes him, and I couldn't help but think about her poor friend that she left stranded with no ride back to Gongjin! Bref! Still watching this. Lol.

Human disqualification: I loved the first two episodes; but I am having a super hard time with episode 3. I feel like it's moving a bit too slow for me. Not much is happening. We still don't know a lot and I just want things to move along. I guess I am just not in the mood right now for something in that genre.

Hospital Playlist 2: Although the HP series is among my favorite series, I have to admit that season 2 left me a bit underwhelmed. Still, it was a nice watch.

Oh My Venus: 5/10 for the series - Solid, average show. I was looking for more Shin Min-A and this was one show of hers I hadn’t checked out. The chemistry was…fine, but I have to admit the teaser that I saw before the show was way sexier, and I was kind of hoping it had a bit more of that vibe.

Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha: Still good, and I’m so glad the love triangle didn’t end up being angsty. They’re all friends, and grown ups, so it was a nice touch to not have this devolve into standard kdrama tropes. At least in this regard. Still plenty of tropes of course.

The Veil: Brutal, with an unreliable narrator as our main character. Definitely not a single character is trustworthy, and that’s one way to keep us guessing.

Dali and Gamjatang: Definitely better since the duo has entered each others’ orbit again. I could use a little less of our ML yelling so much. It’s that awkward yelling when he gets flustered, and I’ve known people like that, but it’s certainly going overboard. Nothing standing out, and if I’m honest, it’s not as good as I was hoping (especially because I love both the ML and FL). Of course I’ll keep watching for now, as it still has room to improve…or get worse. I suppose we’ll see!

The Veil (Ep 5&6) - It's scary to think that technology can allow people to manipulate surveillance feeds for harmful intentions. At this point anyone can be your friend or foe depending on their agendas. Still intriguing so far, can't wait for next week.

Hometown (Ep 3&4) - The latest episodes seems to indicate that there are more than meets the eye with those who have come in contact with the VHS and cassette tapes. I do believe that the gas attack tragedy has more than one accomplice.....should I be surprise if Jung-hyun and her friends might have some role in it?