VIP I don't see what all those women find in Park Sung Joon... He's always sad, boring... We had to wait for 9 episodes to see him making a sentence containing more than 3 words in his private life...

Catch the Ghost I liked the reason why the killer did what he did. But all the rest was a big mess.

Wednesday-Thursday : I miss Extraordinary You.

Beautiful Love, Wonderful Life There is still a secret... I'm afraid they will break up before I had my kiss scene >_<

No Second Chances I'm just watching it for Kwak Dong Yun and Park Se Wan. They're lovely together :)

Stove League There is Park Eun Bin and just that makes it a good reason to watch! But I liked the first episode and I'm excited to see the rest!

Chocolate A little bit of happiness would be nice.

Crash Landing on You I need this just for SYJ and Hyun Bin.

JAPAN

If Talking Paid - 8.5 out of 10 for 9 straight weeks. wow. This show is in top 3 for 2019. Episode 09 was the right episode to be 2nd last.
Everything is almost perfect. Let's see what Mitsuru decides.

Welcome to our home - 7/10 1 new translated episode for today

The Man who can't get married season 2 - 6/10 funny show but actor looks completely exhausted and tired in this 2nd season. Lack of energy this time around. seems like actor has accepted the outcome of character.

Our Dearest Sakura - 7/10 sometime dramatic, sometime slow but overall nice show with credible female lead.

I have nothing in my House - 7/10 I also don't have much stuff to showcase. Japan knows how to cater to different parts of society

Nee Sensei, shiranai no - typical shoujo romance. 6/10

Follow Saretara Owari - 7.5/10 as said few weeks ago this show is hitting all the write portions of modern tech driven soceity.
Cyber bulling, hacking, misinformation, false news, rumours, hate mongering, SNS abuse, personal data leak, surveillance.
All in all -ve usage or misuse of technology to ruin someone.
The thing that is being tested is - human relationships as well as the depth of the so called long term friends group. Their real nature, their hidden insecurities and resent is appearing on surface in timely manner. Enjoy the ride.

Graceful Family: I was addicted to it. Same opinion as you'll on the ending and the original TOP's loyalty to Han Jae-gook. Shes an awesome villain though. I also liked Wan-soo oppa.

Chief of Staff: Done with the first season. On to Season 2. Second season is just as good so far.

Rewatching Woohoo Waikiki. Just hilarious!

I'm watching Never Twice and I love all the scenes involving Park Ha and Hae Jun, and also the relation between Mak-Rye and Geo-bok. These four have won my heart, but I don't really like Man-ho and Geun-hee (too sobbing for me) and I can't understand why Woo-Jae keeps coming back to Hae-ri.
I'm laughing out loud every episode of People with Flaws. I just love all of them, even the ones I don't like, I hope you understand me!
And I began to watch One Spring Night three days ago and I'm already on episode seven. I understand what people keep saying about the show being so slow, but I'm loving it so far and I find the reactions in every character so real. I'm a very big fan of Han Ji-Min and I find her portrayal of Jeon-In sooooooooooo real. I don't find her mean at all. I can identify with her so much!

I think episode 4 of Chocolate was a bit too much for me. I had great difficulties to keep my suspension of disbelief (especially with regard to the operation when one injured person operated on another injured person) and I was starting getting fed up with all those over(melo)dramatic situations. Well, at least it seems we are finally over the set-up phase.

And then I checked People With Flaws and, hmm, maybe unpopular opinion, but I liked it more than Chocolate 😆 True, I skipped the first episode and just read a recap, as I wasn't planning to watch this... but... then I got a heavy migraine one day and needed to watch something easy to overcome the time before my pills started working. So I watched episode 2... and I actually reasonably liked it. I also guess I'm at the right mood to appreciate the humour 😁 Just very sad for the Real Life tragedy...

The show that entertains me the best still stays No Second Chances 😍 Last time we got a fake kiss and now a fake engagement 🙂 Though the highlight is Hae Joo and baby Yeol Mu together 😀

I’m currently watching Search: WWW and I’m having a shock of my life because female leads aren’t poor useless candies. I hope all three leads remain strong and badass till the end.

I just watched episode 5 and I’m still it sure what’s happening between Ka Kyung and Jin Woo (her husband). She hates her mother-in-law and her husband is cheating on her... so why is she still staying in the marriage?

I said I don't want to watch ongoing dramas but....

I watched Stove League ep 1 and I kinda like it. I will watch ep 2. I'm already rooting for Nam Goong Min's character. Heh.

I also plan to watch Crash Landing of Love. *continue to try not have any expectations*

On the other hand I'm still following SSR updates with hopes he announces his next drama soon. Hahahaha 😆

VIP: I love it. What a great look at infidelity and marriage. Jang Nara is really brilliant in this role as depressed woman, angry woman, and scorned woman. Lee Chung A is great here too. When she outed Director Bae I cheered. I love that she did it both for herself and another woman. I also want to shout out Cha Jin Ho for being the cutest and sweetest man. I ship it now too. Yoo Ri is a trifling heifer, my God, she is shameless. I'm glad I waited to feel bad for her, she is on a one woman train to get her man, not a fan. As for Sung Joon, he is really a piece of work. His reason for cheating is nonsense. She didn't want to be depressed, and she never acted as if she didn't want communication, he just chose not to. UGGHHH, Sung Joon and Yoo Ri deserve each other. I am so glad my fav Mi Na's husband is finally growing up just a little bit, the fact that it took tragedy is sad, but I'm glad it is working.

Chief of Staff: Excellent, well written show. It came to a satisfying end. No complaints.

9.9 Billion Won Woman: I love this show. I think Seo Yeon is super smart even if she makes some missteps. I love that she is very clear on certain things. I hope she gets her money and gets away from all the terrible people around her. Hwaiting.

Chocolate: We've gone through the setup. Now hopefully the rest of the drama is better.

Stove League: Haven't started, but I am super excited.

Crash Landing on You: I hope it is good.

Looking forward to Crash Landing.

@bbstl @hebang @leetennant @egads @azzo1 @katakwasabi @mayhemf @pakalanapikake @ndlessjoie @wishfultoki

Don't forget to watch Hyun bin and me. Or, me and Hyun bin. I should come first, seeing I'm the wind that will start it all. I will be airing his parts, and trying my best, you can be sure of that.

VIP

SPOILERS

I have never been so angry watching a show. I get all tight in the chest every episode. Jung Sun's voiceovers are heartbreaking. The flashbacks to their past are sweet and sad. The flashback to the homewrecker's past makes me sick. Someone posted somewhere that a kiss may be coming soon - if it happens, I'm going to do something very violent. Who knew that a dripping umbrella would twist my heart so? I hope the cheaters pay. And please, don't let Sung Jun get back with that cheating scumbag.

This week I was just able to keep up only with VIP, and I freaking love how every women on that show is written! And those female camaraderie was awesome. NEVER TWICE, I loved how scandalized Kwak Dong Yeon was by his feeling toward Park Sewan's character, I like inn setting but cheabol family is grating, the DILs actresses are too over the top for my liking, same with Oh Jiho.

Currently allowing Chocolate to manipulate me emotionally while the leads have tragedy upon tragedy piled on them. However, things seemed to have settled down now that all parties are working in the hospice. Why am I watching a drama set in a hospice and torturing myself? If you know the answer please tell me. In the meantime, I'll be over here having an ugly cry.

My happy place is the sunshine of No Second Chances. Just go visit @sicarius's fan wall to learn why. Sometimes what you need is a solid and familiar weekender with solid and compelling actors like Park Se-wan and Kwak Dong-yeon. They are so good. So so good here. And there's a baby with a baby mohawk.

I also checked out 9.9 Billion Won Woman because like @mary I'm always game to see what uri husband Jak-doo is doing. I can't say that I loved it because it's dark and ridiculous, and whoo boy does that nasty abusive husband need to suffer some horrible painful fate.

And yes, I'll be watching the likely ridiculous Crash Landing because I'm not ashamed to admit that I sometimes can't look away from crashes. There's also the baseball one. It's been awhile since I've enjoyed a Namgoong Min drama, so maybe this one will work for me.

If Talking Paid : If there is a show that is perfect for NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training), it's this. I can guarantee that the writer has been a NEET at one point in their life because the show just hits every part so accurately. There's this thing with J dramas where it seems that shorter 43 to 45 min 10 episodes are just enough for a show but on the other hand you would want a few emotions to be elaborated. While 10 ep are good for a tight story, maybe longer time of episodes will lead to more exploration of emotions. That I think Taiwan is doing well, with 10 ep of 73 min makes upto roughly 13 ep of a 60 min show.

Psychopath Diary Psycho is still the best character and dumb and dumber are almost making me drop this show. And a big coincidence had to happen, because it's kdrama.

Chocolate People want this to calm down. I'm here for the amnesias and crazy tropes, bring it on! Logic is not a part of this show.

If Talking Paid I take this slow because Mitsuru is still too much like myself and he can be pushy sometimes but I like it so much.

My Family Goes Viral I like this FL the best this year, the first eps were so good. I love her crazy monster costume and her speeches when she is behind it, I could be saying the same things! Thanks @mango for the recommendation!

Billion Woman The FL went dumb in third ep but I'm glad she's back and didn't gave up the money so that audience could like her better. The cop has become nicer now that he is part of the main plot and I love the villains too. Nice surprise to like any kdrama this year.

Currently airing:
1. Catch the Ghost: The ending was indeed extremely satisfying. So yeah it's now my most favorite drama. Even in the last two episodes I cried a lot. Both sisters finally reunited. Near the end it was all super sweet. It had Ji Seok and Yoo Ryung being super cute and adorable and lovey-dovey, heh. They both ended up happy and I just love it. I am going to so miss these two. What am I going to do now? 😭

2: Pegasus Market: I finally finished watching it. It was a fun watch. Also satisfying. Would watch the spin-off.

3: Chocolate: Tragedy after tragedy all in just four episodes. When it it going to stop. Then again I haven't yet watched yesterday's episode.

4: Psychopath Diary: Things are getting intense. And now In woo knows Dong Shik just thinks he's the psychopath. Even as I found some parts funny and enjoyed them, it's starting to bore me at places maybe because it can get dark.

Can't wait to watch Stove League and especially Crash Landing.

Other :
Ugly alert: Had finished till episode 6 last week but now my sister decided to watch and had caught up with me and now we have managed to finish 14 episodes. The lead is super sweet and adorable but is too nice for his own good. I can't understand who some characters are, cause there are too many characters and they don't even seem to have much of a role. Also can the sister (Jin Joo) just chill. She is too irritating and seems to have become worse.
I tried to start both 1% of something and Doctor John but am stuck at the first episodes of both. Also still on episode 6 of What's with my family (What's with me?) Can't watch cause I keep on rewatching scenes of CTG instead.
Wanted to finish both Suits American and Japanese versions but keep on putting both aside to watch kdramas, heh.

Leverage: 8.5 for the week; 7.5 for the show. Planning a season 2 or just pretending to? Trolling you-know-who?? At least they wrapped up season 1 nicely, unlike those N*****x jerks.

Pegasus Market: 9

Catch the Ghost: 7.0 for the series; only 6.0 for the ending.

9.9 Billion Won Woman: 4.0 Don't like watching people act like that. Bye.

Veronica Mars: 10 Season 1 rewatch. Funny how in the beginning of ep 1 they describe Neptune (which I always figured was spiritually just down the road from Buffy's Sunnydale) as a town with no middle class, where you either are a millionaire or work for one. Like kdramaland. Episodes are just over 40 min and almost every one makes progress on the big case-of-the season AND introduces and solves at least one lesser case. Kdramas don't come close when it comes to using their time efficiently. And despite having a season 2, season one's big case gets wrapped up well. Take that, Netflix!.

9.9 BILLION WON WOMAN: The show is turning from dark to evil. It is disturbing that the chaebol husband will do anything for the money, including killing an innocent mother. Except for the ex-cop, none of the characters have any redeeming attributes. Seo-Yeon is slowing thawing into her true personality after being blindsided by the distrustful accomplice. She may wind up more twisted than the other leads.

BEAUTIFUL LOVE, WONDERFUL LIFE: The idea that the ML is dating the FL just to break up with her after trying to get some insight on his brother's suicide rubs me the wrong way. She did nothing wrong to be tormented by his stated plan. The older sister's love triangle is taking up too much run time.

CHOCOLATE: Food heals hunger but we are getting less food and more emotional trauma. HJW is a more broken woman than we first realized. The irony of putting the main couple in the hospice is that it is a place where people do not go to live but to die.

HOT STOVE LEAGUE: It was a typical "Major League" underdog script but with too many forced first episode secondary character introductions. NM's character is too cold and aloof for the management team to rally around him. By keeping the same coaching staff, the new GM lost a chance for player accountability even though some would argue putting the team's best player under the gun will spur him on to transform his juniors into professional players.

Still waiting for subs on CRASH LANDING. That means I will be juggling at one time four weekenders. Yikes.

V.I.P - I'm too far into this to drop it but this show is infuriating, i thought it would be Jung Sun getting revenge on her boring husband but we are 12 episodes in and she has lost her husband, been humiliated multiple times, is being punished for her husband's affair, is being forced out of her job which in turn will have her forced out of her house whilst the plank and his child bride get to live happily ever after.

In episode 11 Sung Jun essentially blamed her being depressed over the fact that she not only lost a child but had to go through hours of labour and actually give birth to the baby, on him cheating. Sure he suffered that was his child too but what Jung Sun went though was worse and depression doesn't just disappear and its not like he actually tried anything in the year after like joint counselling or whatever he just.. cheated. He's an absolute creep.

Woman Of 9.9 Billion - First of all I do not understand how that affair ever started Seo Yeon looks disgusted every time Jae Hoon is anywhere near her. Secondly why would she ever trust him with that money he has scam artist written all over his face and he had just almost killed someone. And finally I hope her husband is dead by the time episode 16 rolls around! Oh and someone tell me why she stabbed her arm with a crab leg please that went over my head

I binged watch When Camellia Blooms this week during my off days after 3 months hiatus from K Dramas. It could be my depleting stamina during the binge watching but i find the latter half of the show lacking compared to the first half. They dragged the Joker plot too long. I guessed who was the killer in episode 8 or 9.

I think individually the characters were fantastic. Most of them felt like real people. Kang Ha Neul was such a sweet guy. Gong Hyo Jin was excellent playing the vulnerable yet tough single mother. I was impressed with range of emotions portrayed by the kid actor. Even Jessica had a backstory.

Yet, i find the conflicts in the story was superficial. Maybe I was raised in a different society from the Korean society, but I didn't why Kang Ha Neul's mum was against the couple when she are friends with Gong Hyo Jin. Specifically, i didn't comprehend when the mum said that she can't bear to see her son go through hardships. What hardships will Kang Ha Neul faced marrying a single mother? All of them seems to get along. Maybe someone can enlighten me on this.

-Waiting for-
CRASH LANDING ON YOU. I’m going into this fully expecting to see a fantasy North Korea country, so I can’t be disappointed right?

-Ongoing dramas-
HOT STOVE LEAGUE (Ep.1): for someone who knows nothing about baseball, I got the gist of it: the team stinks, and the managerial office too. I’ll give it 4 episodes to decide if I’ll continue. More Namgoong Min please show.

-Older drama-
BICHEONMU/THE DANCE IN THE SKY (Ep. 5): Ah, yes, there’s nothing like a good old epic with sweeping romance, galloping horses and swordfights to my heart content. The martial arts sequences are better than most kdramas I’ve seen, and this was in 2008! Thanks for the recommendation @pakalanapikake! Uri Cliff of Non-Doom just made a dramatic appearance.

Pegasus Market (Episode 12)
While the show stayed true to its comedic genre and subtly reversed any serious moments in the show, I do think it will have benefited from developing the villain characters more: I was hoping that instead of having Dae Ma being the deus ex machina that resolved the corruption issue, there was some way that the infectious good-natured spirit at Pegasus Market was able to change II Woong, Young Goo and Gab for the better. Despite the minor quibble there, I enjoyed how the show used the theme of family to ground the chaotic fanfare cooked by the two leads who did a perfect job acting.

Chocolate (Episode 3-4)
How do you highlight to your audience that your show is a tear-wringing melodrama? By having a random car crash of course! I thought that was the end of the blatantly inorganic drama but we had more with injured Kang stapling himself and doing surgery on Cha Young (unrealistic as well). The fake amnesia arc which I thought was interesting lasted like 20 mins and after yet another time jump we have everything in the world conspiring to let our leads meet once again. I do like how Jun seems more complex as compared to his family: so far there is great layering to his tension with Kang.

Psychopath Diary (Episode 7-8)
The show now moves onto the phase where the villain has all the info and the leads are bumbling idiots: I can’t believe that Bo Kyung happily spilled all the private details to a customer at her family cafe when she could keep secrets from her own partner! It’s a little frustrating that the plot is only moving forward due to Dong Sik somehow being able to find the case notes (of course In Woo will always at the right place and time to observe this) and we have thrown away the other side characters (In Woo’s family, Dong Sik’s family, workplace colleagues, PI) who are just rotting in the cast list.

In my case this comment deals with what I might be watching, because otherwise I only have weekender No Second Chances to talk about for this week. Then again, Kwak Dong-Yeon does not need my introduction or explanation. ;)

One week without premieres and I am already making the mistake of looking forward to doing something not K-drama as soon as I run out of episodes to watch. It is especially common during November and December, since the dramas that start airing then still air in the next year and do not count as beans in my personal yearly bean count. So I usually do not watch such dramas and instead finish all my episodes before the new year, in order to make up my final bean count and look forward to January to start anew.

I made the mistake this fine morning of reading the premiere watch post, and my resolve is weakening. Seriously, you could not wait 2-3 weeks for your premiere dates? I know you like being dramatic, Mori, and I know Namgoong Min is Namgoong Min, but this is just cruel. It is 2 fine men against this poor Beanie, help! :P

Currently trying to close out the books for 2019 in preparation for 2020. I was able to finish VAGABOND while traveling so PSYCHOPATH DIARY is the only current drama I am live watching but in catchup mode. I picked up at episode 3 last night. What can I say. I am a YSY fan and I like it. It is a strange one for sure. Also this is my first Park Sung-hoon drama and I am intrigued on what he will do with this part.

I am passing on the current drama cycle and will finish the excellent MISAENG picking up at episode 13. (I may back track to Siwan’s HELL IS OTHER PEOPLE although maybe too late to get a 2019 bean.)

With a second series coming I intend to watch over the holidays ROMANTIC DOCTOR, TEACHER KIM which I have had queued up on Viki for ages. The only drama I have seen Han Suk-kyu in is WATCHER which I really enjoyed being a Seo Kang-joon fan.
Reminder: SKJ’s next drama in 2020 is (of course there are multiple titles so I chose this) I’LL GO TO YOU WHEN THE WEATHER IS NICE with HEALER alumna PARK Min-young.

On my recent flights I watched one Korean film: INNOCENT WITNESS (2019) and 2 Japanese films RAMEN SHOP (2019) and THE GREAT WAR OF ARCHIMEDES (2019).

@mary Yes I do remember Jo Yeo-jong in Perfect Wife. She's the reason I went back and watched it a second time. I watched Beautiful World because of her. Wondered where she came from, then found out she had a rep for doing racy sageuk roles in movies earlier in her career. She seems to be getting typecast now as strange or mistreated wives. She's interesting, different. 9.9 Billion -- it's almost like two dramas that haven't quite come together. The detective's part is trite and clunky, but the stuff about the two married couples and the theft of the money is compelling. Somebody stitch it together, please.

VIP. Wronged wife turns out to be as wrong as the guy who done wronged her. A year of deliberate emotional separation, then she puts her icy drama queen face on when the husband strays?

PAPAKATSU: 6,5 / 10. Finished this morning. It's only my 2nd jdrama, and I still don't know clearly what to think about [SPOILER] a fake father/daughter relationship turned love story, plus a little final creepiness. I liked to be surprised about the little daughter, and I didn't expect a happy ending.

CHOCOLATE: haraboji's story was heartbreaking. I confess that I like only Joon, and, if I were watching this alone, I would probably consider dropping it. But my sister wants to know where the story will go, and I enjoy spending time with her watching kdramas.

VIP: even if it was hard to watch, I liked the way the show talked about sexual harassement. Hyun-a is a great character, and I hope she will have a little joy. The portrait of the affair is very realistic. I thought SJ would be more active once the truth was out, but he continues being silent and almost emotionless. About YR, I don't hate her, but don't like it was her to send the text. JS's confession at the children's party was heartbreaking.

it's been a while I haven't posted on WWW,
copy-paste my fanwall posts for two drama recommendations :

Drama recommendation : Yong Jiu Grocery Store – 用九柑仔店

Life got busy, I only started it last week and I finished it today,
Wapzy thank you so much for the recommendation 😘.
It’s now my turn to recommend it 😄.

Synopsis (mydramalist) : “The main lead, Jun Long, has left home to study in Taipei, only to return to be the keeper of the family grocery store after his grandfather has gotten ill. However, he is not just guarding the store, but also the rich emotions and sentiments within it, and Jung Long’s memories of growing up are once again reawakened by his return.”

I’ve had so much pleasure watching those villagers that were like family more than neighbours.
This drama has it all : daily life moments, friendship, heart flutter of a new couple, pain of losing someone, people going on with life little by little after tragic events, urban sprawl affecting a rural village, and much more. So be careful this drama can make you laugh, swoon, be melancholic and then make you cry within a single ep 😌.

The opening song (shared on the wall) is so upbeat and happy. It’s also used for a few seconds after commercial breaks so it’s played 3 or 4 times within an ep, I was always humming along 🤗.
On the opposite, the ending song was like a stab in my heart, hitting too close to home 😔.

Hoping you’ll enjoy it as much as I did, if you watch it : do prepare your tissues.
(also almost all the bgm songs are subbed 🥰)

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Drama recommendation : Your Fukubukuro – 你的未来已签收

This is a 12-ep drama with each ep being 30 to 45min-long.
It covers several stories dealing with different aspects of life, with a tiny magic touch in the plot 😊.

You add AvenueX (let’s introduce her as the C-drama Javabeans for me) commenting
“I feel my life is so well respected by this drama” 🤩, because it’s so short and so good 🥰.

It was a very nice little journey and such a satisfying drama watching 🤗, it reminded me of my happiness when I binge watched Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo over a weekend years ago.

AvenueX’s video doesn’t spoil the story so you can watch it and see if this could be on your to watch list.
Hoping you’ll like it as much as I did 😘
(read the video comments to see where to watch with subs 😉 )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iSg1rqOJPM