Hotel of the Moon / IU Fashion Show: A+/A: Hong sisters should spend the next 1,300 years writing ghost stories :) While we walk that bridge to erase memories of certain other shows.

The Great Show: B+/B-: So much fun to make fun of.... They lost some points in a useless attempt to create conflict/suspense in day 2. There were loan sharks. And some people loudly complain that some other shows are predictable :) Meanwhile, watching the guy adapt to having 4 new kids -- it's *so* much easier to take in stray cats :) They are more obedient too, if you hiss at them.

Doctor John: B-/C:

Joseon Survival: ?B/B? for eps 11/16: Gave up waiting for subs and started the post-cast-change eps raw. When I don't know what they are talking about I judge by antics and facial expressions, and Park Se-Wan becomes the lead :) 2nd lead is the head eunuch. At least I think that's what he is but I'm too lazy to go back to the old subbed episodes to check. PS: if you don't know Korean, don't bother with this show.

Welcome 2 Life: C+/C-: Little kid is still the best part, especially the power walk late in day 7, but you can't expect a 5-year-old to carry a grown-up crime show. Baddies are both over-done and generic.

Rookie Historian Goo Hae-ryung: B+/B:

When the Devil Calls Your Name: A--/B+: Music 👍; predictable 👎; funny 👍.

Doctor Detective: B-/B: Standard/mediocre chaebol villians tied to real-world cases. The humidifier thing has been covered enough in regular news and other kdramas. It's quite predictable; relevance 💯; entertainment 💤; originality 👎. I guess it's hard to be original if you are basing your show on real cases.

- Completed -

Love Affairs in The Afternoon: Hmmm... Errr... I don't know. I'm frustrated because of what the show could've shown during the time skip in the last episode. The real character's growth for almost everyone happened off camera. Before that, there was unneeded drama and sacrifice combined with awful handling of the affairs. From what I got with the writer's message: cheating is bad and you don't deserve to be happy unless you're all alone without the one you cheated with and your ex spouse, no matter how awful she/he was, will lead a happy life after treating badly. Besides that, the directing and the cast were great. I want to see more of Jo Dong Hyuk (the artist).

- Currently watching -

A Moment at Eighteen: Soo Bin and Joon Woo were really cute this week but the Romeo and Juliet's kind of love, more on Soo Bin's side actually, keeps me from enjoying the love line. I don't want SB's mom to keep them away from each other for too long because her reasons aren't enough and it damages her friendship with JW's mom. Meanwhile, I like seeing Hwi Young's facade breaking and I'm hoping he'll find confort in Teacher Oh. Teacher Oh is growing more confident as a homeroom teacher. As expected from Nuclear Handsome Oh Han Gyul! Chan Yeol who just developed a crush on him handled it well by herself. I'm proud of this girl. An other one I'm surprisingly proud of is Ro Mi. She just went for it to make things clear between Da Hwin and Oh Je. I hope these two will become good friends again.

And, Live: Episode 4 isn't subbed yet.

Class of Lies: I never thought we'd see Beom Jin do that to Tae Ra but it's confirmed he has lost once again after Soo Ah's murder. I want the reveal for the finale to be juicy.

Dakara Watashi wa Oshimashita: It's a drama about an office lady becoming a fan of a female idol who unexpectedly inspires her. She discovers fan culture and deals with her new hobby. I like that we get to see a woman fangirling over a female idol for once. There's an event involving both of them that's shown on episode one but I won't say it. So, we see how her fangirl life impacts her work (she's more effective yeah!) her friendships and her social status. There's a group of other fans leading her in her new hobby as she finds out what being an idol involves. I have an idea about the mystery and I hope it's true.

The Great Show: I enjoyed the premiere! Wi Dae Han's antics as a politician and designated driver cracked me up. His "children", especially the youngest are adorable. I hope he'll create a good father-son relationship with the teenage boy who keeps throwing piercing comments. My only complaint so far is that I have a hard time to believe Lee Sun Bin and Son Seung Hun's characters went to college at the same time. We can see she's much younger than him.

Go Princess Go: ep 22. Our time-traveling turned-to-woman playboy is more and...

Finished: Before We Get Married - the ending wasn't bad, though I wish they spent less time on 321 and his craziness and gave this time to more talking between the leads (and to the Wise Sister who I missed dearly). Also, yes we finally got some nice steaming scenes... and yet the highlight for me was when Dawei defended Kefei and asked 321 for an apology.

Dropped: Watcher - the cutting of the fingers in episode 2 and the preview with organ black market was too much for me. Sorry Han Seok Kyu, Seo Kang Joon and others...

Checked: I finally checked Melo Suits Her and gosh it quickly got under my skin... and I cried so much towards the end of the first episode. This melo seems to suit me well... What I can't say about Song Seung Heon, I think comedy suits him more than melo 😆 His Great Show is so far better than what I expected and I already love Dae Han's dynamic with his fake children (even if it's sometimes a bit cliche).
(And look who got reincarnated here! Still handsome... and still a seducer 😁😁)

Rookie Historian: I'm consistently wowed by this show - despite the fact the premise seems to draw inspiration from sageuks (fusion, or otherwise) of the past, it keeps doing things I've never seen in a sageuk before. I can't believe it's almost over, actually. I think I'll miss this one~

Be Melodramatic: I can't even vocalise how much I love this show. How I force myself to wait for the subtitles because I can't afford to miss a single line of the witty dialogue, how sunny the soundtrack makes me feel. If it keeps at this pace, it will certainly be my Drama of the Year.

Ashes - 3rd Test - Ben Stokes - What an amazing outcome of such determination, heart, courage and patience. TEST CRICKET is real life as sports. Path to Nirvana

Favourite - Filled my heart with joy and true love+ happiness. Feeling all the +ve and heart has become pure. Tears into my eyes. Butterflies in heart. Path to Nirvana

And, Live - 8 out of 10

Episode 04 - wow. Amazing Episode. Another episode that demands some delicious tears from you. I like both couples and they really suit each other but we know Hero has to be with Heroine in a romantic drama. Thankfully its JAPANESE drama so we can hope for an outcome that is true to the feelings of characters as well as Audience. So Hero-with-Heroine isn't a certain outcome at all.

Watashi Teiji de Kaerimasu - I won't work overtime - 8 out of 10.

This week we saw another Time management aka work-family issue. Those who ever - Marketing or Human resources study - know about - JOB SATISFACTION and this is where this episode makes an impact. Also, networking and favours Asian)business are helpful in Normal environment(especially Asa but also add lot of stress everywhere around. Unfair advantages are taken by the parties and upper hand leads to you being at their beck and call. All with fake forceful SMILES.

I don't Love You Yet - Another frustrating week. It feels quite dragging. The main objective is still there waving hands for an +ve outcome. Its not easy to confess when the strength of your relationship stands with being friends. Hero's words had such an big impact on Heroine and those words were one big reason why they become such personal friends.

BabySitter Gin - It has a manga. wow. gonna start this show today.

Perfect Crime - 6/10 The show becomes annoying later on but gonna watch it for some action. All episodes have translation now.

Noble Guys - 4/10 Honey's female actor. NOISE POLLUTION. mute and watch. Typical shoujo

Okazu-Kun - 7/10 - Waiting for movie translation. Far better than usual kdrama soap opera.

Nagi's Vacation - 6/10 - i'm trying it again after watching the +ve comments at D-addicts. This show suit my taste but don't know why i felt such -ve feelings towards it.

Dakara Watashi wa oshimashita - 7/10. alone enough to beat most of kdramas this year. Shiraishi Sei is becoming such a tough competitor.

Runway 24 - 7/10 I have no time to catch up with this show now. this is what we call variety in profession and environment. Kdrama writers specifically need to learn this lesson.

And I'm also watching Hotel de Luna's finale this weekend!!!
(Fingers crossed it's satisfying... and funny 🙂 Give me back my bickering couple... sprinkled with a bit of chemistry... and perhaps a zebra suit 😄)

Cuwentlty Vatching:

The Hotel That Must Not He Named
**Rrrrring rrrring**
Yes hello? Is this The Defenstration Club? Yes I was just wondering if you had any available spaces? Oh you have to check? No worries, I can ring the arsonist whilst I'm waiting for a callback. You have a good day now!

A Moment At 18
*Bbrrrrrrrrrnnnngggg*
Yeah hi... Are you Lingerie Girl's Generation 79 writer? Uh yeah look I really like what you're doing this time round yeah... Yeah it's really good... It's just... It's dragging a little... And I miss angsty Ong, you know?
...
Oh yes I see last thirditis, I'm sorry to hear that, I hope you get better soon. Yes... Yes... Thank you. Goodbye! *click*

I Wanna Hear Your Song/Let Me Hear Your Song
*rrrring rrrrring*
Hello? Do you guys need a hug or something? Some chocolate? A teddy bear? A therapist?
*click*
Hello?!!!! COME BACK I CARE ABOUT YOU!!

Tree With Deep Roots
**Please leave a message after the tone**
*Beeeeeep*
I'm sorry I put you on hold for lesser shows. I will do better, I promise. I wanna finish you asap!!!
Chae Yoon-ah~ wait for me...

Be Melodramatic
As So Min and Eun Jung interact more due to the documentary in the present, I’m beginning to wonder what happened in the past to have damaged their friendship. From the preview, it does seem that So Min will not ignore Eun Jung’s self talking (unlike A Rang and the housemates) and maybe the reparation of the relationship might just be the way for Eun Jung to let Hong Dae go and move on. Eun Jung will in return force So Min to consider what’s her relationship with Min Joon seriously instead of letting the manager artist divide dictate everything awkwardly. No more orange lights please!

A Moment at Eighteen
The cliffhangers for both episodes this week were as inspirational as they could be, pardon the sarcasm. I wasn’t even feeling hopeful that Song Hee would change despite what Yeon Woo has done because of her history but this romance conflict is overpowering the whole story. At some point, I had hoped Sang Hoon and Hwi Young undergo the enemies to friends development while Oh Je faces some conflict between his crush Hwi Young and friendship with Joon Woo, but I instead got yet another romance crush from Chan Yeol. Why is the writing terrible when there’s potentially better arcs?

Hotel del Luna
While it’s gratifying to see Ji Won being manhandled by the people he killed (I’m quite sure that’s why he wasn’t erased straight away from existence by the Death Angel so that they can have their revenge), I feel that it would have been so much better if Sanchez, his very first victim from school, could have some closure on his own painful past. With almost everything wrapped up this week (Sun Bi better resolve his grudge in the finale!), I’m now afraid there will be the cliche obstacle in the penultimate episode with something like Man Wol forgetting Chan Sung. Will my hopes & prayers work?

I cant believe it, after Designated Survivor 60 Days, I am only watching Be Melodramatic. And without realized it's 7 eps already. The show is too enjoyable to watch and its realistic. Every scene is important... they share deep messages in a fun show. Laugh and tears.
I really really love this dramaaaa... good job, show.

I Don’t Love You Yet (In Time With You JPN ver - marathoned the 14 episodes in 2 days. I love and hate this drama at the same time. Makes me want to have this kind of relationship too. Ren is such an ideal best friend (I want one). I do understand Yo’s dilemma but if she does decide to go with the wedding knowing perfectly well that she’s comprising, that’s not the wedding life a person should enter (for me)

DS60 - a fitting ending to an awesome drama. I’m now a fan of Son Seok-gu!

Be Melodramatic I LOVE! It’s like work version of Age of Youth!

Let Me Hear Your Song I'm watching it only for the 2 main characters.

A Moment at Eighteen Can we just push the bad parent in fire pit and let their children to be happy?

The Great Show Those 2 episodes look like a big intro. I'm impatient to see the family in action, it will be fun. Not sure about the Lee Sun Bin's character place in the story.

Rookie Historian Gu Hae-ryung The scenes with Fabien Yoon speaking French were so funny. I like how they show every angle of the historian job. I was expecting Prince Dowon's secret, not GHR's one.

Doctor Detective I would have prefered a case by week than a big case against a big villain.

Class of Lies The son is worst than the father... What a family.

When the Devil Calls Your Name The OST is so great!

Be Melodramatic I would like to see a little more Lee Eun-Jung and Hwang Han-Joo and less Im Jin-Joo's writting issue.

Hotel del Luna It's the end this week-end. I want a happy ending!

I don't Love You Yet The same frustration with the heroine I had with In Time With You.

Welcome 2 Life: I have no real idea why I am still watching this show. It is weird and has completely ignored the other world and wondering if we ever get back to it. I do really love Bo Na though, what a charmer that baby girl is.

A Moment at Eighteen: OH NOOOOOOOOO, that ending, YIKES. I get that Soo Bin's mom was raw from the divorce, but that insane over reaction was too much. I hope she apologizes at the end of this. I guess there is something deeper there, but Yikes. Bravo Oh Je, sweet sweet boy, I hope he is okay. I also want to give my sympathy to Da Heen as well. She really liked him and he kind of broke her heart, that fact that she didn't realize he didn't like her in that way is not her fault, so I empathize with her pain. Also Pil Sang, my poor boy, Romi took all the joy from him and that was sad. As for Sang Hoon, mess stuff up.

A Great Show: Very entertaining. I can't wait for family shenanigans. Lee Sun Bin was completely miscast in this role, but here we are. Hopefully any romance is very very slight.

Justice: OOOOOH, we are coming to the end. Tae Kyung is about ready to take responsibility and the Chairman was moved by his poor son. So let's see what the last 2 episodes hold.

Doctor Detective: I realized the cartoon villainy of Mo Sung Kook is necessarily because they are combining all corporations into one giant one, but wow. The PSA's at the end are still the most informative.

Class of Lies: Beom Jin, wow, he is needs years of therapy and then prison. He really knows how to deflect blame.

When the Devil Calls your name: Please don't be a romance, please don't be a romance, please don't be a romance. Now will she give him her soul? She seems to be in love with him. This should be interesting.

Graceful Family: Mo Seok Hee is a BOSS. I love her. Also Harlabuji is wake, the plot thickens. I am excited for what happens next. I hope she gets TOP, they are awful.

Be Melodramatic: STILL PERFECT. I literally just enjoy this show. I have no comments other then if you are not watching, you should be.

Hotel Del Luna: Yeon Woo the real VIP. Unfortunately, Chang Sung crying at the bus stop, although sad didn't move me, mostly because their romance isn't believable to me. Aside from that, the Chung Myung thing just ended with a whimper, how MEH. Hopefully the last two episodes are more exciting.

Hell is Other Peopke: Can't wait to watch.

KING’S DAUGHTER SOO BAEK HYANG is the only show I’m watching. A+ for fast-paced fun, B for occasional lapses in writing. (Ep. 40)

A MOMENT AT EIGHTEEN: Was this a high school romance all along and I was wrong to expect more? *Sigh* On hold. (Ep 11)

WELCOME 2 LIFE: Welcome to my list of dropped dramas.

Waiting to start:
THE GREAT SHOW
ARTHDAL Part 3 😆🔥

Gosh, I just love "Melo Suits Me..." I love how the characters are really odds and relatable, including the little Hwang In-gook..... And I suddenly want to put my shoes in In-gook's position living with her single mom, her two best friends, and the brother from his mother best friend who could be a gay.. I him answered Jin-joo when she asked how did In-gook confess to So-young, and the boy just said, "She confessed it first..." and when her other told him not to fight with Soo-young, he just said, "I don't fight with her. She hit me...." I just love the set-up.

The only character I find is still in lost is Jae-hoon. He completely knew that his girlfriend might be having an affair, and his love life could be such a messed, but he still can't decide what he needs to do....

There is only one currently airing show that I am watching.
Melo is my Nature
And I LOVE it, last week there was some beanie who complained about PPL in this show and I think ep 6 answers your complains perfectly, The writers know what they are doing and they know what they want to do.
More about this show,
I love every second of it, its heavy on dialogue and I am blown away by the depth and meta of this which makes it extremely relateable.
- The shooting of documentary of our "normal actress" is so amazing and I have developed a deep respect for that girl, I can totally relate to sometimes feeling of pressure of a thousand sand bags on the job that you love that you end up doing it badly.
-The guilt trip to work, I use that so much, watching dramas and reading books all day, so that tomorrow I will feel guilty enough to work all day.
-Spending hours staying still because sometimes the body is working too much to digest food, also I would have worked hard to cook that food and then I finish eating it in 15 min, so sad.
- Finally putting up with people's unreasonable demands with a smile, even when they are at wrong and they violated contract because its way faster to do that and be done, then take the legal route.
-And being jealous and also admiring the same person, that is so true, we are so much like that.
-The bad presentation was hilarious, I could totally feel him. I have done so many bad ones before my teachers explained how not to do them, hahahhah. He did a PPT, I did a black board version of it, it was also amusing and hilarious, only in hind sight.

(This feels like a That's me, post, lol)
And then the hearts this show deserves ... 💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝
(The hearts with ribbons because the show was made by Santa , no?, then why do I need it so much?)

The second show that I am watching is completed The Forest of Secret
The hearts that I promised to @mary last week for the weasel king: 💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗
I am on ep 11, but already my heart is beating too much for weasel King, and Bae Donna will get the hearts next week, because right now I am busy adoring and looking up to her and being envious of her.

The Last Empress ep 4-5: Hyuk being despicable with snake Yura, Na Wang Shik being dense and finally not dense and Sunny being gullible. I missed quite a lot during my first watch. This time I noticed Hyuk viewing Sunny differently in ep 5, it might be the start for his Sunny admiration! Hehe

Devil ep 9-10: finally some progress with Harip's contract stuff. Lucca's imminent death pushed him to do something.

Hyena ep 4-16 binge rewatch with fastforward button: for Shin Sung Rok's arc. Hahahaha

Defendant ep 1-2: Eum Ki Joon's character Cha Min Ho is so unhinged and scary!!! The way he drags his golf club in ep 1 was like a horror movie. Huuuuu

Looking forward to Vagabond! Maybe I'll make a countdown for it. Ki Tae Woong come soon!!! Excited 🤣

Currently watching only four dramas: A MOMENT AT EIGHTEEN, I love the slice of life slow pace, teen romance is cute but I hope there will be more school focus next week, WHEN THE DEVIL CALLS YOUR NAME watching it only for actors and music, BE MELODRAMATIC Beanies already listed all reasons, I just want to add how much I love the deadpan delivery. HOTEL DEL LUNA, fingers crossed for finale.
And after THE UNTAMED I keep dipping my fingers into Cdrama world, now watching THE LEGENDS and loving both lead actresses. After YANXI PALACE and DETECTIVE L, I must admit I like the variety of females character in Cdramas more. Any Chinese recs??