ICHYV is one of those shows I'm positive about overall and so I tend to forget the fact I found the back half plot semi-ridiculous and even a bit tiresome. If you can get the amnesia plotline then it picks up pace. A lot of people like the amnesia because they like the idea of LJS falling in love with her all over again for exactly the same reasons. I just found it cliched and tired.

Having said that, ICHYV is a show I have a lot of affection for so bear with it!

How about clearing your part with reading DB recaps for an episode or two? This helped me with numerous dramas. I really don't like memory loss in dramas but ICHYV was bearable quickly.

Agreed, JinWoo is a creeper. The hospital scene made me mad. Dude, move on.

I'm still trying to sneak a peek at the Minho-Boyoung ship but @raonah is guarding it too well :<

@KdramaSwimmer_w8ing4_JunKiOppa

Lol mine too! We're in good company w/ chickachunga :-)

I burst out laughing when I saw chickachunga's thumb's down review right after the positive one from javabeans.

well I'm also with @chickachunga also, I don't find "Noona" engaging to me, sorry, because I'm looking for a deeper plot which I can exercise my faculty but the "Ajussi" is the one that caught me, and gave me the depth I look for when watching dramas.

@chikachunga
Wow...what you mentioned are my thoughts exactly. I never expected to love My Ajusshi. I never even planned to watch the show since I wasn't convinced with IU casting and how much I hate "Another Oh Hae Young" but strangely, this drama just touched me in many ways. While it is gloomy, it is just so emotionally rewarding until now.

Pretty Noona is a snoozefest. But actually, you get them see them spending a lot of time with food. LOL. But the sweet treats were overdone and god, I have never seen so much kissing in k-dramas, I started to feel annoyed. Gave the show 5 episodes already and I am done.

There are three reasons I could not get into Pretty Noona Who Buys Me Food. One is that there really is nothing going on except for their affair, their hiding their affair, and then the gender politics thing in the office, which I think is a little too in-your-face and could have been delivered more effectively had it been more subtle. I understand the attempt at mood, and art, and beauty through that deliberate slowness, but I think while that might work for me in a film, it doesn't in a drama. It might if it only occurs in certain spots here and there, but for it to happen throughout just doesn't work for me.

This ties in with the entire mood and feel of it. I like it, but it somehow feels pretentious to me. As a reviewer I read said, it looks like a French film, feels like a French film, has that avant-garde vibe to the cinematography, but it's not. It's something else entirely. Just like that soundtrack. Those songs might induce a certain mood, but there is something off about them, like a designer bag that looks right but is somehow off, but you know is not authentic. There is an air of pretentiousness to these songs, and they grate on the nerves after some time. i do not know what sensibility the director is following but it certainly does not connect with me.

Thirdly and most importantly, and I'm sure this will elicit a lot of anger and flak, but I want to say this is just my opinion and preference -- I do not like the female lead, the noona. Because of that, I could not connect with her and with the drama. I do not like how she is somewhat of a pushover, how she has something of a victim mentality. I do not like how, instead of talking it out maturely with everyone concerned, she prefers to act like a criminal and lie to everyone. I do not like how she seems to be incapable of standing up to her mother, not to be disobedient, but just to carry the point across that she is now her own woman and has the freedom to do as she chooses. I do not like the way she is dealing with the ex. The best thing to do in such a situation is for her to really communicate with him in order to make it very clear that she is no longer interested in getting back with him. She does say this to an extent, but, in my opinion, not with enough conviction, and lacking a certain type of communication that will get her point across clearly and aggressively. In short, she lacks the kind of strength and maturity I like in my heroines. That scene where she was hiding in the closet and crying about leg cramps (others would argue it wasn't because of the cramps, but that is up for interpretation), to me just shows her immaturity. She seemed at that point just plainly crying for attention, and throwing a little tantrum for being left there so long, when it wasn't his fault at all. That was the point I decided to drop this drama.

I like Joon Hee to a certain extent but I also do not like the way he becomes subverted by her. She is the noona in the first...

someone mentioned My Ahjussi and so m here for one hug and love cause you love this drama too...🤗🤗🤗🤗

That dance! 🙌🙏

Have you seen Jang Hyuk rapping/singing/dancing? He even has music videos w/ Jun Ji-Hyun.

I know, it's haunting me in the worst possible way hahahaha. I prefer Kim Kang Woo as an actor though I kinda think that he, in his younger days, was a bit of a cutie.

*in love*

Same same. The only two dramas that I'm watching and enjoying so much.

...maybe after Parks went off the air). Anyone else watch JTV? I feel like it’s the type of show that many K-drama viewers would like.

you know that subway discussion was such beautifully done scene with no words from her side but her wide eyes affirmed that she was surely missing a right guidance in her life all this while...
The way she is living her life like one strong girl, shouldering all her issues without giving in.. she he must have had no idea what it feels like to have someone to teach or to guide... and thats exactly what's her expressions in that scene.

I was not at all expecting any romantic relationship between 2 till the very last moment of next week's preview..still i am not 100% sure it will be there. i only want these 2 to be happy if they find that happiness being lovers or friends or sunbae hoobae or even oppa yeo-dongsaeng i'd more than happy for them....
whatever direction their relationship takes they should be each other's strength to support during hardships and to have some smiling moments together.

Congrats on finishing a book! My best friend reads at least 3 books a week and I envy her. I'm lucky if I manage one a month.

I think even if Dong Hoon and Ji An developed some kind of romantic relationship DH would still be a father figure to her, obviously he’s more experienced since he’s older.

I don’t know what the writer is planning with their relationship but I’d be probably most content if their relationship wasn’t defined till the end. Just leave the viewers with ambiguity so everybody can form their own opinion.

I was or still am a fan of Jane the virgin before I started watching kdramas. I want to go back and pick it up but for the life of me, I can't remember which season I stopped and I have no time to start watching it from beginning. Which season are you now or what part of the story?

*claps hands and does a happy dance* Ahh, so glad you finished a book! Books are precious things, it always makes me sad when I realize I haven't read one in a while..

I hope you're not in the minority for My Ahjusshi. I too just want them to be very good friends, and he can be like her uncle/dad.. That would be simply wonderful.

Re: My Ajusshi
While I'm stil on "don't really mind if they become romanticaly involved with each other", the last 2 eps made me realized that I would love it more if they just become platonic friends instead. They have a really unique and hard-to-define relationship right now, and I kinda like the idea of them and also us not being able to easily categorize it till the end of the series.

"I don’t know if I’m in the minority here, but I’ve decided that I don’t want a romantic relationship to develop between Ji-an and Dong-hoon."
I am so with you on this one. From the beginning I have not been for anything romantic. It doesn't make sense.
She needs a support system, a guide, a mentor, someone she can trust and relate to. She needs a family.
And i see DH and his family is what she needs.
She needs time to grow up (make up for the time lost during the crucial stage of life - becoming an adult) and learn how to form relationships. DH as a romantic interest means her growth will be limited.

I’m sooo pumped for Life, I really hope the writer won’t disappoint us after her previous masterpiece drama. I’m curious how much different Jo Seung Woo’s character will be compared to his Hwang Shi Mok. It’s probably an unpopular opinion but Lee Dong Wook’s acting just doesn’t work for me.

So life will have Jo Seung Woo in it? Oh I'm so in! I mean he was such a gem in Forest of Secrets.

Is it just me, or why are there a lot of cute ajusshis around this period of time of the year? Why do I see cute ajusshis everywhere? Why oh why? hahahaha

*shy emoticon*

For the great seducer, that is what I said too...

Agree about Hold Me Tight. Second male lead has more chemistry with the female lead, and the female lead definitely show attraction on him. So this is one of those rare circumstance i fall for alternative romance. YSH is just has chemistry with no one except his child in this drama lol

I stopped watching Waikiki after week 1 but if I would ever go back it would be for that cutie.

I think is your post on switch that made me watch it....

Live episode 9 & 10 are out now!

Every gif is appreciated , @ally-le.

Me, me... i am in the Ye-line!!!!!
And, it is not that I don't like min ho, but... I am totally Ye with his discretion, professionalism and, if course: "may I give you an advice?"!!!!! LOL!!!!😂😂😂

Oh, yes. Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo was fun to watch. Yuki Furukawa's Naoki Irie is my favorite out of all the versions. I feel like he really captured the character's nuances. Aww, now I'd like to re-watch some fluffy scenes > . <

I'm also behind The Great Seducer /sigh/ planning to just binge-watch when it's over.

I suggest you should watch behind your smile, you will love it hopefully as I did...

If you're looking for a sweet J-drama, I'd also suggest Dear Sister! At first I was kind of weirded out by the first episode, but as you see more of the characters, you (well, I) just fall in love. Suuper sweet.

Enjoy the Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms !

I really enjoyed 10 miles of peach blossom! Found the start a little slow, but boy, if you ever feel emotionally stunted, this drama is going to hit you with all the different feels so fast you won't even have time to dry your tears before the next round of ugly crying starts. Enjoy!

I just finished re-watching Ten Miles Peach Blossom and I already miss it again. It is such a well crafted show that gets better and better with each episode. Mark Chao and Yang Mi pulled off their roles flawlessly~ Enjoy it!

You wouldn't go wrong with Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms (it gets better and better) or Thank You.