JAPAN - I like TBS

But MBS is coming up with crazy stuff - controversial for many fickle minds but not for those who are accustomed to it. Manga allows you the maximum freedom to explore Human Beings. Even Japanese Tv media has become more dependent on manga world to have any meaningful story to portray. Original Stuff is on decline - that's the only thing that can console Kdrama world a bit. Manga crazy twists......

Let's Have a meal Together - 7 out of 10. manga to live-action. Japanese typical niche slice-of-life drama. The problem with this kind of dramas is "Cute Girls" prominence. Subject matter is put aside and to an extent even ignored, whereas cute young girl actor is accentuated to gain attention. Subtle sexsualisation of teens. That infatuation with young, soft skin, soft voice. Overall, main source is quite good, It fit my taste but drama has fanservice Girl-Girl Moments.

O Maidens in Savage Season - 7/10 I had written about it few months back. manga to live-action. Teacher-Student stuff i don't like but i don't object over its fiction either. Es-sex-scs . Title itself is enough to pique your interest. Yamada Anna still look like a middleschool girl so that suggestive scene in 1st episode actually left me a bit surprised. Ecchi.
This kind of teens nonsensical stuff is timepass but quite the entertainment if it starts to go -ve. Like Having a teacher in the play.

Hoomroom - 6/10 - ohhh . Its getting translation now. manga to live-action. teacher-student. Crazy teacher. Nude teacher in student's room - that was so so -ve words. awesome facial expression from Male actor. Last minute nude hero on the roof of school. Yeah. No one in kdrama land have guts to have this kind of show. This is one heck of material.

Shiro to Kiiro - Hawaii promotion - 15minutes of Hawaii ads for 25 episodes.

We are not ourselves - shoujo trash - 4/10

Shinbun - crazy stuff. Shiraishi Sei - What else you want - 7/10

Do You Like Brahms? (7/8): I spend my whole week looking forward to this drama. It’s so comforting and lovely. Hurray for the kiss!!! Tbh, there’s not much to say considering how hard we’ve all been discussing episodes 7 and 8 on the weecap post. Thanks again to @kimbapnoona and @Ally for shedding some light on college-level music, it was so interesting to read. STILL clinging on to hope that Joonyoung will play Arabesque No. 1 or some uptempo Mendelssohn maybe. He plays a lot of angsty stuff. I’m surprised he hasn’t pulled out Rachmaninoff’s Prelude in C Sharp Minor yet 😂

If anyone is interested, I’ve made a playlist of all the pieces featured in the drama so far. I’ll link it on my fanwall as well, and keep updating it as the episodes go on. Let me know if there’s anything I’ve missed out: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7HsPK8BtFMfoFf8N8DnP6s?si=VSHhQ4C_S76DUA1rwmjHKw

Record of Youth (5/6): I honestly have nothing to say. It just lacks a certain spark. I’m not dropping it because I like watching Bogum, but that’s about it for me.

Alice: Dropped. I just can’t get over the incest-y vibes.

18 Again (Episode 1-2)
Despite being a direct remake of the movie 17 Again, I found the process of Dae Young’s transformation similar to that in another body swap movie named Freaky Friday as the client’s tea that Dae Young drank reminded me of the fortune cookies. I do wonder who is the ominous figure stalking Dae Young at the cliffhanger though since whoever it is seems to know of his transformation: it isn’t the client, since the shot of his hands pouring the tea out showed non-black nails and the client had 0 reason to stalk him pre-transformation. But who else would have known? Curiouser and curiouser.

Zombie Detective (Episode 1-2)
Choi Jin Hyuk, why must you go from one weird show to another? I swore that I wouldn’t drop your drama this time round since it’s only 12 episodes long but the premiere week has been a really strange watch that is confusing yet intriguing at the same time with tongue twister rapping verses, zombie dancing as well as a deluge of parodies. I’m not exactly sure how the writer intends to develop a romance between a human and zombie (yes, it is happening given the ‘zombies are cute!’ and ’your heart is warm!’ statements) but regardless I pray that this show will be good for his sake.

Do You Like Brahms (Episode 7-8)
I guess as a viewer I’m supposed to squee and feel excited over the classic episode 8 kiss but funnily enough I actually don’t: both Song Ah and Joon Young need to tackle all their issues first before thinking about romance. I’m aware that my viewpoint isn’t exactly realistic since nobody ever has a clean slate in life but one trope dramas love to use is piling on the love obstacles after the OTP finally accept each other. I get that some angst is unavoidable in a melodrama but we’re approaching the third-quarter stage where characters make stupid choices and my anger rises up consequently.

Record of Youth (Episode 5-6)
There was a few comments I saw online about the possibility of a plot twist where Hae Hyo is actually gay for Hye Jun: I would like to point out 3 reasons why this is impossible, 1) Look at the beginning of each episode where it states that the show is endorsed by government agencies and creative content regulators and note that Korea is still conservative such that homosexuality is not openly approved, 2) Hae Hyo’s ‘love over friendship’ comment was made when Jung Ha left his van and he stared at her, 3) The writer is simply not at the level of being able to create a plot much less a twist.

Also watching: Flower of Evil (Episode 16) / Alice (Episode 7-8)

I checked Dating in the Kitchen... and it was so uneven that I went back to the original movie... and what a great watch it was!! The movie is so so much better, with a tempo, fun and quirkiness, especially the first part. (The drama totally misses some of the points of the movie, like dishes based on the heroine's knowledge of the hero... they also created totally garbage friends 🙄 ... and changed the heroine 😒... The only saving grace is the ML actor.). True, there are no kisses in the movie, but the chemistry is amazing... and... who can see through the food/Happy Rain symbolism knows that many "things" happened 😊😁
Another big plus - the movie lifted my spirit and warmed me up inside (and now I have again this big smile while thinking about the movie). 💕

Brahms - I was cheering when Kim Min Jae in deep voice Joon Young said "shro" at the end of ep.7.
My evolution during watching episode 8:

I actually think that the Manager is right about Joon Young's career and the right choices. And if the competitions go as what they are presenting in the drama, then although I hate what the Professor says, he is also right, math is math 😞
... time to play for joy with Song Ah 🙂

Nooooo, don't let yourself to be poisoned by people around you and be together and play together!!! It doesn't have to be for the exam / competition, but just play together and have fuuuun!!!

This is hard, why is everyone interfering? Don't listen! Listen to each other! Talk to each other! Don't drift apart!!!

OMG KISSSSSS!!! 🎉
(Episode 8 didn't disappoint after all 😁)

Zombie Detective: I wanted to enjoy this show, but honestly I was bored. I laughed once at the Last Empress reference and that was it. Oh well, I'm glad other beanies liked it.

Do you like Brahms?: Consistently and without fail. My love for this drama is sky high. For the back half, I want our OTP to have more communications and honest conversations. They are adorable and so precious. Also that kiss🔥🔥.

Record of Youth: Like @stroopwafel I too want to like this drama because of Park So Dam, but this ain't it. The characters funnily enough are much more communicative than in Do you like Brahms? but their relationship in this far less believable. Partially because of lack of chemistry but also because the dialogue is ridiculous, no one talks like that. It reminds me of the terrible netflix seasons of the Gilmore Girls. Shudder.

Flower of Evil: HAHAHA, amnesia. HAHAHA. Whatever, it was fine. I hope LJK and MCW are in another drama, they had great chemistry. Also, the only thing that made me happy was my little Eun Ha got her favorite person back. That was the only saving grace of the episode.

More than Friends: I look forward to this.

Forest of Secrets: I bet we get some answers this weekend!!!

Do you love Brahms. I like you, show. I said I like you. I like you. I like you.

Flower of Evil.Considering my feelings about the show from episode 11, I was quite surprised I didn’t roll my eyes with that ending, although I would have liked it better if Do Hyun So stayed true to his nature. Anyway, I’ll make sure to avoid writer-nim in the near future: you can’t make my hopes grow and love a drama so much, just to smash and throw them away ike an old piece of cloth in the last 6 episodes. I will hardly forgive you. I don’t care if you wrote Naked Fireman. Stick to short dramas if you can only make such a mess of a long one.

Stranger 2. ShiMok smiled and we beanies smiled with him. Such a relief! So everything is about Hanjo, but… what is it so dark that they are hiding everything this way? I have the least idea.

School Nurse Files. I’ve watched episodes 1-3 and, well, this is VERY weird. I like it, but it is REALLY weird.

Thanks to @flyingcolours and her gifs I watched XX and liked it a lot, specially both FL and the way these frenemies deal with trash men in their lives. I liked the way, for once, women didn’t fight with each other over men and directed their anger to the trash men and treated them like that. Also nice discovery of Bae In Hyuk, and Lee Jong Wong will no longer be just WDH’s doppelgänger. I know it’s too soon, but I need him in a leading role.

I finished Misaeng and have already written about it in my wall. I’ve never had the feelings for a character I’ve had for Jang Geu Rae. He was so real, so human, so vulnerable, so strong, so sweet. Just as Dong Sis said, he was just new to life. Or maybe it’s just because I was him a long time ago. I’m sorry it took me so long to watch, but I know it will forever hold a place in my heart.

Record of Youth: I went from indifference to taking three days to finish episode 2 to OMG, I love this show. Clearly, this is a fantasy genre, and I'm a self-insert, but it's refreshing to have straightforward leads who act this comfortable with each other from dating naturally to holding hands so casually. They even speak in banmal (my make-or-break for romances). I have rose-colored glasses, but Bogummie magic is making me immune to everything.

The School Nurse Files: I still do not know whether it was weird because it was supposed to be weird or because it is badly done. What do you think?

THE SCHOOL NURSE FILES - I don't think I can do it. The plot and visuals read like the director and writer were having a fever dream / acid trip when it was written /shot. I really like that there is a male lead/main character with a disability, but I can't.

DO YOU LIKE BRAHMS - the leads and their ability to communicate ❤️❤️❤️. Their eyes are so evocative. I can see all the pain and longing in Park Eun-bin and Kim Min-jae's eyes.

I made the mistake of watching THE UNTAMED (cdrama). Sighhhhh.

Zombie Detective I hope they will continue with this kind of humor!

Do You Like Brahms Aaaaaaaah! I loved the last episode's end.

Record of Youth It's a nice drama with a cute couple. Nothing special about it.

When I Was the Most Beautiful I dropped it. I don't like the characters and the scenery wasn't good enough anymore. I will miss the dramatic instrumental music on the other hand.

Alice I'm not very fan of the FL's character and neither their relationship... so weird.

More Than Friends It was kinda boring... I always watch this actress in the same kind of role...

Missing: The Other Side I missed it the last week.

Forest of Secrets 2 I'm kinda surprised we've already reached the 13th episode... I'm feeling like Shi-Mok and Seo-Jin just met...

The School Nurse Files The first episode was really weird and not so cute.

Go Ahead It's a Chinese drama and there was the cutest and best father of dramas. He just loved kids and was nice with them, so rare.

Hanzawa Naoki, seasons 1 and 2. Heartily recommended from someone who never watches Japanese drama. Warp-speed dialogue, Dae Jang Geum-style miracle saves every episode, shameless overacting (you'd think swords were hidden under the boardroom table and Mifune-san was about to pop out from behind the curtains). The most fun I've had since Graceful Family. Ep. "7-1/2" is a must-see -- the socially distanced (subbed) interview with the actors that aired because of a delay in filming due to Covid.

Forest of Secrets 2. Wake me when it's over. I did win over one more fan to the original series, a relative who liked it a lot. Her comment on season 2: "What's with Yeo-jin's hair?"

I've been dying to watch The School Nurse Files because of the vibe generally and Nam Joo Hyuk's face specifically, and just devoured all the episodes over the weekend.

I enjoyed the really specific weirdness of the show, as well as the leads (and the surprise Moon So-ri). The kids also had the intense and specifically awkward energy of young people and I like what glimpses of their dynamics we got to see. Generally there was an indie film vibe which was very enjoyable, although I don't know if it was the syncing of the netflix subs or a limitation of the adaptation/brevity of the series, but I felt like some parts were a little underexplained and I actually went to look up two english translated snippets from the novel online to see if I could glean a little more insight. Overall it was delightful though, and I think I'll probably rewatch to see if I can pick up more details.

Also my favourite thing about watching Nam Joo-hyuk is the little details in his performance -- the small movements and the body language, which I also picked up in Cheese in the Trap (e.g. all the euntaek eating food scenes). I thought he was great here especially in his scenes with Jung Yumi and would love another season of this show.

I also started watching Record of Youth but kind of... forgot to watch the recent eps? I'm not sure how I feel about it and sadly Park Bo-gum's face is not as compelling to me heh

Hey Beanies~ Hope you've all been well this week :)

Do You Like Brahms? - No words needed to describe how much I'm loving this show right now ♡ I'm thoroughly enjoying fangirling with our Brahmsie Beanies (particularly on the topic of wiping keyboards XD) haha Monday please come quickerrr~~ I want to see icecream scene 2.0 so bad!!!

Stranger - my watch progress on the second season has been sooo slow, I guess I'm not feeling the the crime genre right now :/ but I don't want to give up on it so soon either so I'll leave it as 'on-hold' for now

Into the Ring - yay! I finally started this one after reading so many Beanies' love for the lead couple~~I have to admit they are truly very cute together, it's quite a lighthearted watch as well which I appreciate :)

Hospital Playlist Throwback - I guess I was wrong last week in thinking we'd be getting on set BTS videos haha these throwback videos are making me want to watch the musical 'Maybe Happy Ending' so bad! Also, I got chills watching Ha Yoon Kyung's (played Heo Sun Bin in HP) acting in her audition~ truly such a talented actress, hopefully we'll get to see her more often in future kdrama projects! Need to mention as well, Bear Daemyung, you worked very hard learning the piano T^T HP fans are all very proud of you~~ (of course we're also very proud of the other 99ers! Learning an instrument from scratch is not easy at all!!)

That's all for this week.. Honestly my mind has been way too filled with DYLB that I can't seem to focus on my other dramas >-< My current daily routine involves waking up to go on youtube/instagram to rewatch DYLB scenes (repeating this multiple times a day too :P) and swooning endlessly. I just can't wait for Monday eeek

Wishing you all a wonderful and lovely week!

School Nurse Files: I'm so into this. How can a show with jellies make me teary? This drama is very much not going to be for everyone, but it is the right kind of weird and trippy for me .... And it's very weird and trippy but also has a deeper message. I knew I'd like it as soon as the ducks randomly walked through a scene. I feel like I'll need to rewatch to unpack everything.

Flower of Evil: I didn't mind the finale. At first, I wasn’t thrilled with the amnesia trope, but in the end, I appreciated it. I felt it let ‘Hee Sung’ and Ji Won end things and Hyun Soo and Ji Won start anew. There were better ways to do this, of course, but it is what it is. It was a fun ride and great acting by Moon Chae Won and Lee Jun Ki.

Zombie Detective: This drama is a bit uneven but it has some funny moments mixed in with the boring ones. The "Zombie Survival Guide” training and BB cream saga made me laugh.

Do You Like Brahms: I like that Song Ah is quiet but straightforward. Jung Kyung is selfish but could actually be a good professor. I would really like it if Song Ah could learn from Jung Kyung and achieve her dream of moving up a seat/row. Then, I hope Song Ah realizes that she can love violin and work at the Foundation.

Lie After Lie: Eun Soo is not the most subtle would-be seductress. Too bad about the lies because Eun Soo and Ji Min would actually make a nice couple. Did the Chairwoman put 2 + 2 together after seeing Eun Soo with Woo Joo.

Alice: Min Hyuk knows! Looking forward to the father-son dynamic though it will probably be more fighting. I wish the Tae-Yi and Jin Gyeom relationship was handled better because I like the time travel aspects a lot. The Happy Birthday scene in Episode 9 would have been touching if the show hadn't gone crazy with the romance vibes.

Homemade Love Story: The reason I like KBS weekend dramas is why others probably do not: They are long and utterly predictable. From the first two episodes you know exactly how the remaining 48 episodes will go. Homemade Love Story looks to be more dramatic than Once Again, but I’m here for the birth family reveals and secret sister rivalry that will make me want to throw things at the t.v.

Once Again (Episodes 21-24)
I am continuing my watch of Once Again. I haven’t managed too many episodes this week but am still happy with the pacing.

I loved Ga Hee’s warning to her sleazy ex with the three stunt boys. That was fun. Hyo Shin is so sweet to her boy, I love it. But I was surprised that the motorcycle incident was not discussed in their reconciliation.

As if one sleazy ex wasn’t enough we saw the return of Da Hee’s sleazy ex as well, I guess just to give Jae Suk his hero moment. This seemed to be the first romance out of the gate among the siblings but of course it has to face obstacles and the first one was Da Hee’s resistance. This circling around and delays is the bad part of 50 episode weekenders. There was no need for Jae Suk to immediately go and date someone else (and same with Na Hee) but I am glad it didn’t last as long as I feared and Da Hee ran to interrupt Jae Suk’s date. Also, who else taught of Anwer Me 1998 with the shirt gift worn by the brother scene? They are cuter and much more fun than I expected which is good because the couples I am interested in are Da Hee-Jae Suk and Ga Hee-Hyo Shin. The other two I find boring.

Imo’s love triangle started to bore me so again I was glad that it was concluded rather swiftly. I’m glad Chi Soo didn’t waver but I felt sorry for Cho Yeon. I hope they find somebody for her. However, it looked like she didn’t really like Chi Soo so much as she wanted someone to be with. In that sense Chi Soo is better of with Imo.

Na Hee’s dating with the sunbae is really bland and boring but at least it provides some funny moments to her relationship with her ex. The first scene I enjoyed between Na Hee and Gyu Jin was all the dating advice (and it was almost their most friendly and civil exchange as well). Whereas Gyu Jin and noona don’t provide anything fun for me. Boring… (but let’s give the drama its due, better bland and boring than annoying!)

The unexpected scene for me was the stunt boys and Kimbap unni’s girls. One of the stunt guys is into Ga Hee and she is clearly meant for Hyo Shin so I was wondering what would happen to his unrequited love. Looks like in true warm and fuzzy weekender fashion they will couple everyone up. I didn’t see that one coming.

Liar Game (Episodes 1-2)
Part of the reason I watched so few episodes this week is because I started my rewatch of Liar Game finally, which I wanted to do again pretty much as soon as it was over but I was hoping to watch it with hubby and six years later is when I get to do it. So this is hubby’s third Kdrama venture after Mysteries of Alhambra and Circle. He enjoyed the latter more as he is a big sci-fi fan and it was the better drama but was annoyed we learned nothing about the alien. This time we have my sister joining us and she is a Kdrama virgin. As I was the first time I watched it she was very frustrated with Da Jung’s naivete (in fact they both think she is a idiot,...

I managed to catch Part 1 of the Coffee Prince documentary and I found it fascinating. When the series first aired in 2007, I wasn't into K-drama but I still managed to catch an episode here and there just out of curiosity but didn't feel compelled to sit through the whole thing, mainly because romance drama plots back then made me automatically run for the hills. But since then, I've come to know that Coffee Prince was the gateway drama for a lot of K-drama fans, so I can appreciate the impact it had.

I've always liked hearing about what the cast, director and/or scriptwriter of a film/drama think, and given the global impact Coffee Prince had, what they have to say now 13 years after it first aired makes it even more interesting to me. I read before about how it totally changed the public's perception of Yoon Eun-hye as an actress, but I didn't realise how much of a turning point it was for Gong Yoo as well. Even though Part 1 didn't really touch on it, I felt a tinge of sadness when they showed short clips with Lee Eon in it. Perhaps they'll feature more of him in Part 2. The bits in Part 1 which made me laugh the most was Gong Yoo and Yoon Eun-hye feeling royally embarrassed at rewatching their kiss/romance scenes, and Kim Dong-wook and Kim Jae-wook deadpanning and asking why were they watching scenes of Gong Yoo and Yoon Eun-hye's characters kissing, heh. Chae Jung-an strikes me as a really thoughtful person. I enjoyed her and Lee Sun-kyun's humourous comments as they were rewatching certain scenes.

Hello everyone! I missed a couple of weeks, so I still need to review what I finished late August and share my first impressions of what I recently started.😀

Mori who stole the Beanie’s hearts (30/30): @wishfultoki Madame Jo died a slaaaveee!!! I have been chanting for the death of that woman since her first appearance, but this is poetic justice!👏😆 One possible regret I might have is the timing. The numbness I was feeling after a loved one nearly died miraculously detached me from most of the bloodshed and wailing during the last third of the sageuk, something I usually cannot stand to watch. Unfortunately, the numbness and absent-mindedness also made me not as super invested as I usually am while watching K-dramas, which feels like a disrespect to this show and the people behind it. Especially when you read the fangirling on the Dramabeans recaps back when it aired.🥺 Despite this regret I proudly proclaim this one my introduction to sageuks, who-are-you-calling-Orabeoni Mori🔥 and I-expose-myself-with-a-bang-Hong Gil-Hyun🔥!❤️

Reply 1988 (3/20): @sc325🎵Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You…🎵 The sing-a-long reminded me of my Korean language classmates and I singing K-pop:*silence**belting English phrases**silence again*😆 Born in the early 90’s, I ironically experience more nostalgia now than I did while watching Reply 1997 or Reply 1994. Probably because Reply 1988 more often references things that are not exclusively Korean, like world famous songs, or spending all your free time around the block hanging around with the neighborhood kids.🏡 Apparently knowing the husband and other main spoilers before pressing play does not always guarantee freedom from Feels while watching. In Reply 1994 it worked, in Reply 1988 it only moves up the heartbreak.😭 The problem is not the OTP but the other guy, who can do no wrong in my eyes and dares to play my type!😤 I will be fine, though. After a couple Sobangcha rewatches.❤️

Looking for time to watch: Do You Like Brahms, The Zombie Detective, 18 Again, More Than Friends, The School Nurse Files, Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol and Tale of the Nine-Tailed. And I have been meaning to watch Old School Intern, but 8 K-dramas is probably a bit too much, huh? 🤔🤣

I'm watching a few things, but I only really want to talk about 18 Again.

I liked the premiere. The way they've adapted the story is mostly brilliant, subtly relating things to Korean culture. I didn't actually realise how much I like the original film until I watched the drama, though. I had to revisit it, and this film that I remembered as a ridiculous cringe-fest is actually a riot, hilarious but with a grounded message. It feels unfair to compare them (tonally, the drama is going for something different, even if the plot beats are the same), but I almost don't understand why Korea would want to adapt this film. It's removed all of the harsh edges the film had. The bullying, for instance, has been seriously played down compared to the harshness of the original. In some respects this is fine - I hardly expect Korea to imitate the sex education scene with condoms, etc. But the one thing that bothers me is the hero. In this version, the hero is a hard-working, beaten down man trying to provide for his family. This was technically true in the original, BUT they've removed most of the unlikeable aspects of his character. Here, he doesn't outright blame his wife for the direction his life took, which is what he needs to realise is wrong in the original. Here, he doesn't understand why she is divorcing him, which I think makes her look like a villain unnecessarily. Misunderstandings-as-plot is a classic Korean drama thing, which has worked so beautifully in dramas like Go Back Couple, but it just rings hollow here. Anyhow, cute first episode with spot-on casting, but I wish they would be a little more bold and adventurous with the story.

Stranger 2: It's okay but nothing spectacular.

Do You Like Brahms: The main couple is lovely, but I am uncaring still about the friend group and a lot of time is spent on them. If as one beanie once said a drama should be judged in full on how the supporting characters are written, this one is a fail. However, I reeeeally like the main couple so I'm sticking with it. I actually don't like the background schmaltzy music which is unfortunate.

The School Nurse Files: I gave it 20 minutes. It seems like a J-drama. Probably won't go back.

Flower of Evil: Yes, probably better if it had been 12 episodes but they started doing better with the ratings when they went a little makjang so I get it. I actually didn't have much of an issue with the memory situation but it was handled in an odd way. I wanted that moment when he finally accepts he is going to give it a go and wanted to see how he got there and I feel like that moment was missing. He just kind of meandered into it. I also wanted to see missing woman visit her poor husband in jail. I actually like that, in the end, the mom who seemed to be a nervous wreck actually is the one who accepted her new reality while the jerk dad showed his true colors by escaping it all. One of my favorite scenes is when reporter confronts dad about confronting and accepting what deep down they know to be the true reality. It wasn't a deer. Rationalizing is how people do so much wrong and accept so much wrong done to them. This drama was never really a thriller for me but always about these 4 people which I think is why I forgive some writing lapses.

This one also gets credit for having the most unexpected bromance scenario in all of k-drama. I honestly didn't know how the writer was going to get out of the first few episodes.

Record of Youth: I'm dropping at episode 2.

Zombie Detective: I might give this a go only because it is 12 episodes which I like that more dramas are doing. I wasn't sure how serious this drama was gonna be so the campy route sounds like a fun way to go.

DYLB: I could go on and on and on about this drama. I haven't had such a drama high in forever. It's almost Monday!

Record of Youth: With my love of Park So Dam you'd think I'd be caught up with this drama but I can't get past episode 2. Idk I feel like Show is forcing me to "feel" things. Like, okay you're suppose to laugh at this scene or feel sympathetic in this scene. It just doesn't feel very organic to me. I REALLY want to like this and I'll keep trying for my girl but it feels like homework at this point and my after school treat is DYLB.

I've heard varying opinions, half of viewers say it gets a lot better in future episodes and the other half say it doesn't. So I'm at loss for what to expect.

Beans who watched The School Nurse Files....how was Yoo Teo's character? Did he at least have a storyline? Hohoho

Currently watching:

Doctor John. Ep 12 or 6. I started because I wanted to watch Lee Se Young in a drama. Her last drama I watched was The Best Hit. I like Doctor John so far. Not really sure what is the aim of the drama though. Jisung is 😊. Lee Kyu Hyung and his voice is 🤩.

Alice...no mum-son relationship please. The story is intriguing. But I find it weird that Tae Yi looks the same in all timelines. Are all Kim Hee Sun characters the same person 😅?

LIES OF LIES (Episode 7): This show really sprints toward conflict with no filler. There are so many dangerous, obsessive characters now on the main stage the show can go in a myriad of directions (which is a good thing).
Variety:
HOW DO YOU PLAY? The double manager arc seems twice redundant since YSJ is going to be everywhere with the sisters (since he is the star of his own show).
THE SIXTH SENSE: The unique exercise show was very good (and was symbolic as YJS continues to get lady punched like a boxing bag by his cast mates.) The show wins raves for set design and premise.
Meaning to Watch: IU's Sketchbook concert. I heard it was very good.

What have I been watching this week you ask?

Well...Do You Like Brahms?, Do You Like Brahms? BTS, Do You Like Brahms? compilation clips, Do You Like Brahms? OST MV...I think you get the picture.

I'M NOT OBSESSED I PROMISE!!

Aside from that, I also watched:

To Jenny - a 2 episode musical drama starring Kim Sung Cheol from DYLB? (hmm...there's a running theme here...) and the songs in it were so catchy that I've got the words 'Tiramisu Cake' stuck in my head.

My Dear Youth: Coffee Prince Ep.1 - I think this was perhaps my 4th or 5th KDrama so it really brings back memories. Love seeing the cast again, although it would have been the icing on the cake if they were all together in one room. But can't complain.

Koi wa Tsuzuku yo Dokomade mo aka Love Lasts Forever - Rewatching this for the 3rd time after reading the insightful drama analysis on BOD. The OST still gets me giddy and excited every time.

The Social Dilemma - documentary on Netflix about social algorithm. Quite interesting and once again reminds me that we really shouldn't trust everything we see these days.

The Bravest Warriors Season 3 - super random but all the episodes were made into one video on Youtube and just decided to watch it, mainly because I LOVE CATBUG!!

Love O20: this was my second C-drama and was a nice filler while I was in my K-drama slump. It was nice seeing a girl with an IT major, though her role got much more stereotypical towards the end (getting food, arranging sleep seytings, taking care...) I would have loved to see her get an awesome job in IT after graduation. Both leads were too perfect, but that made it so swoon worthy! Overall, a nice watch!

Memorials: stuck on episode 11. Put on hold. Will eventually pick it back up

Do you like brahms? I am so happy to be watching this gem as the 1st drama after my ~2 months slump. This is so nice. It is so quiet, and the silence between the leads says so much at the same time. I will surely binge watch and catch up. Am glad I let it run a bit; it would have been too hard to wait for the next episodes!

War of the Arrows: 5.0 (Movie) Constant running, fighting and general excitement got boring. Hyper camera work was eye-strainy.

Missing: The Other Side Postponement: Sigh.

Flower of Evil: 5.0 for the week; 7.4 for the series. Damnesia :( The writer must be the psychopath.

AliceIn Kdramaland: 7.5 Day 8: He knew the lock was broken and waiting to trap people for how many years and never called a locksmith? Day 9: ok.

Find Me in Your Memory: 4.0 days 12 / 16. The lead actress is sometimes ok, but often she goes into stilted time-to-act-like-an-actress mode and it's awful. Ending was a bit lame.

Zombie Detective: 9.7 ROFL.

School Nurse Files: 8.0??? Don't really know what to think after catching just one episode. Trying to challenge Zombie for the Demented Genius Comedy championship??

Record of Youth - so slow. Will watch while working
18 Again - I expected something from this but still keeping it
Zombie Detective - funnyyy! A fave!
Homemade Love Story - with the fun teaser I expected it to be funny but looks like it's not. Well it's a weekend drama after all.
More than Friends - cliché first love scenes (shoelace, headphone, hidden glances) but still Ong Seongwu so keeping it.
She Is Nineteen - 2004 kdrama. Makjang rom-com
Alice - I really don't like the romantic part.

Just came here to say

Lies Of Lies - Yes yes yes! I binged all I could get this week. Now I have to change pace sadly, because I am all caught up. I love the Male Lead, excuse my french, he is just SO hot, even though he is a fluffy dad in this. Perhaps my attraction stems from his excellent take on the host for the killer in Possessed. Still, SO hot.

Also watching: Do You Like Brahms, Stranger 2, Zombie Detective - all good. Next up: The School Nurse Files, finally!

Oohh so many good dramas starting but I still can’t seem to move on from Brahms. Watching Age of Youth 2 now for Park Eun Bin and I just realized some things:

Song Ah and Dong Yoon were castmates here, and Joon Young’s mom in Brahms was cast as Song Ah’s mom here. Hmmm... and in real life, Song Ah’s dad in Brahms and Joon Young’s mom in Brahms are married. *mind blown*

Also watching Enola Holmes for Henry Cavill but crushing on Louie Partridge instead.

The School Nurse files! - I loved the whole bizarre, weird thing. And those corridors, those bloody long corridors! I am going to dream them for a while! And for a change a show where leads were okay to not look aesthetically pleasing.

Alice, Brahms
Dating in the Kitchen
This Is Not What I Expected, Wonderful film.
Fallen Angels Film, 1995
The Pig King Fell asleep

seems like School Nurse files is the only drama Netflix has that I am semi interested in others all unavailable to me.
if I get tired of zombies ill take a look

Last episodes of Flower of Evil were a difficult watch - shoddy police work and loss of pace sadly overshadow excellent acting. Still, I am very happy for Lee Joon Gi for being able to play such a interesting role. He looks much better than his last two dramas, kudos to the styling department. Moon Chae Won was surprisingly good, as well Kim Ji Hoon (the villain), whom I've never seen before.
Zombie Detective is crazy, but we've seen some crazy this year, so why not?
To diversify things, I started watching cdrama Sisyphus. The reviews are mixed but it's a short drama, so I want to check how it treats time travel.

Flower of Evil: episode 15 made me hope that the finale would be actually a lot better than it was. It felt like all the growth HS went through was for nought, and that JW was robbed of a chance to come to terms with 15 years of deception. Not cool. At least Eunha got loads of egg tarts!
School Nurse Files: on episode 3, and still struggling to figure out what is going on. But I like this kind of weird, so I'll stick around.
XX and Mr Heart: the overbearing EDM background music sometimes gets on my nerves, but I'm finding out that webdramas are a good option for when I don't have much time/attention span.
Seeing all the love DYLB is getting, I'm on the verge of giving it a try. I'm suffering from Tempted backlash (why did I even watch it, having been warned by Beanies? Why? Why? ...it's the power of Woo Dohwan's tears): I see Kim Minjae and I get angst-triggered, so I've been holding out uexpecting this drama to become an angst-fest 😂

I am watching a bunch of stuff, and I am going to add more, because suddenly I am in a Kdrama mood like I haven't been in quite some time - thrilled about the good shows and tolerant of the weak ones (which is a rare state for me).
Perhaps the reason is the Good Times Had by All aka Do You Like Brahms aka Yes Indeed More Than I Thought I Did; I love the show and I love the warm and enthusiastic weekly weecap. Thank you to everyone who makes it such an interesting and informative and fun space!
I am also still watching When I Was the Most Beautiful - probably the only Beanie still hanging in there, lol. I admit I fast-forward over the tedious corporate shenanigans, I am still watching for the cinematography and the relationship dynamics and Ji Soo. So I think I should start referring to it as When I Was Most Shallow.
I have the last two episodes of Flower of Evil to go, and the only thing dragging me to the finish line is the acting chops of our fabulous leads. The story is shot, the villains are whack, everyone else can just leave already and let our couple be epic.
I started Record of Youth/Flower Boy Runway but man is it a slog. I see the indignities and injustices large and small in our leads' lives but I can't really care because so far I don't really know them, I just know what has happened to them. Big difference.
My husband and I are re-watching City Hall with our daughter, and it was interesting to see someone experience it for the first time because she brought up all those issues first-timers have with City Hall - the plodding start, the initial dislikeable qualities of the leads, especially Jo Guk, and the continuing moral issues. She really does not like Jo Guk and does not see how a cheaterpants like him is hero material. I just sit tight, interested to see if and when her opinions soften; anti-heroes are like that.

@kiara, last week you pointed me in the direction of Lee Jungmyung, the writer of Tree with Deep Roots. Thanks for the tip! I'm reading The Investigation (unfortunately, TwDR isn't translated to English), and it's turning out to be quite engrossing. Love it when people in books love books

Do you like Brahms: As always, I love every moment our leads spend time with each other. Introverts who actually communicate is something I didn’t know I wanted. Kim Min Jae keeps making me fall in love with that deep voice of his and that dimpled smile. And Park Eun Bin is wonderful, just wonderful. I can’t wait for Monday to come, a sentence I never thought I would say. Lol.

School Nurse Files: I might be from the minority but I actually LOVED it. Of course Jung Yumi is amazing cuz she’s such a talented actress. I never expected to cry watching a weird acid trip show like this (when her friend died I felt it). Nam Joo Hyuk is amazing and has really good chemistry with Jung Yumi (unlike some couples who do communicate with each other is a weird cartoonish way). The only bad thing about this is it only has six episodes. I want MOARRR!

Eighteen Again: Loved it !! Lee Do Hyun is absolutely killing it as an ahjussi in a teenage body. I can fully believe it. And it’s really hard to live up to Yoon Han Sung’s acting unique acting skills but Lee Do Hyun makes me believe that he’s a teenage Yoon Han Sung. I can’t wait for the Father-Son bromance to begin and if I’m correct, his daughter is gonna fall in love with him too. Which is going to be HILARIOUS. I can’t wait for it now.

Record Of Youth: Dropping it. Still don’t know why I sticked to watch it. Maybe it’s because it’s Park Bo Gum’s last drama until he comes back from the military? I’d rather watch his other dramas than waste time on this disaster.

He watching Ten Miles Peach Blossom because it's so good and Mark Chao is amazing *slow claps*

Seems like I need to check out Brahms though! Everyone is loving it here

School Nurse Files is amazing. It's fun, it's weird, and Jung Yu-mi is perfect, and I mean perfect as a toy gun toting jelly fighter. Don't @ me if you disagree because I'm not taking any questions about this at this time.

Seriously, just go along with the ride.

Netflix sent me word that DO DO SOL SOL LA LA SOL is coming very soon. I am looking forward to it but am kind of glad that it was delayed because it gave me a chance to really appreciate DO YOU LIKE BRAHMS? This week’s episodes were fabulous. And the kisses at the end of episode 8 were worth waiting for. This is good drama- well written and well acted.

My wife is still watching the period costume C-drama MAIDEN HOLMES. When subtitles run out she watches an older show. Right now it is THE STORY OF MINGLAN. She is presently on Episode 45,

As a family we continue to watch SYMPHONY’S ROMANCE, which is quite good. My son and I have also been watching LOVE AND DESTINY, which serves up our fair share of fantasy. I have not yet seen the first episode of SCHOOL NURSE FILES but understand that it is now available on Netflix.

There is a new weekend family drama that has just started: HOMEMADE LOVE STORY. I have seen the first two episodes and, at this point, it just seems to be one big mess. But it is just starting so I will give it some more time.

I am also looking forward to MORE THAN FRIENDS, Viki has posted the first two episodes but at this moment the first is only 17% subtitled. With luck I can watch it tomorrow.

Do You Like Brahms?
I'm currently only watching this drama after 3 or 4 months not-watching-anything❤️❤️ I'm telling you, this hits different. At first, I didn't get my hopes up, I just waiting this because of PEB. But, it's turn out I'm in love T^T Can someone pls help me to stop me from loving DYLB too much..? I'm desperately waiting for monday-tuesday since this drama air 😭
DYLB feels like rollercoaster for me(and many others too, I guess). It gives me such a sad feeling, happy, angst etc in only one episode! And I just love the actors and actresses, they're really good portraying they're character 😊❤️
About the kiss and CONFESSION!! 🎉👏😆 I was shocked when it happened! it's such a lovely scene with the 4 JY's confession, I'm melted >.<
Monday.. come faster 😭😭 but pls don't too fast cuz I need to do my assignment😀

Well, one more..
I found an information on twt, said that DYLB is actually korean novel published in 2006. The novel titled 그림자 밟기 / Shadow Tag. You can check this following link😊https://twitter.com/shjky/status/1309096785156214784
Have a nice day!

SF8 - Watched episode 5 and 6. Undecided if I liked episode 5 more than Joans Galaxy or not. Two points about episode 5: it was the only episode so far that had nothing to do with technology. The other point: I am still not sure if I liked the end. BUT. If you are gonna do an open end, do it like this! Because it was freaking amazing. I am still thinking about it. About episode 6 (and I need more people to watch share their opinions with me on this one): it had the potential of being as good as The Prayer. The theme is a great one, bullying. The story was great, but... that was it. The photography was bad. Acting was bad. Directing was weird. Of all the episodes this was the.... ugliest(9) one. So much potential. It had all to be a great episode, but it wasnt. I am upset about this. I cant wait for episode 7, because Siwon makes me smile.

18 again - I know a lot of people didnt like the idea of this drama. But I watched and....did they put a high school girl pregnant in the first episode? I havent watch the original, but for korean standards... That was surprising. The show is funny. I dont need to know quantum physics for the plot. Lee Do-hyun playing a middle age man is great! I love that in a way, the mother is also back in time (in the interview they put her as 28, when she is actually 37), so they are both in the same situation. I thought at first that we would not have enough material for 16 episodes, but the family problems and the father being a teenager again, remind me of that other drama that we all loved.

Do you like Brahms - I am still watching it. It is still cute, but earlier today I was making a list on where to put this drama on my top dramas of 2020 and I am not sure if above of "A piece of your mind", or under it. So I guess that says it all about how I feel about this drama.

Alice - Finally catch up. This drama has its problems, but it is my guilty pleasure. I needed a time traveling drama this year to erase that hot mess that was Eternal PPL Monarch.

Misaeng - On a short break.

Do you like Brahms? : Damn !!!! That confession and kiss. My heart had multiple explosions. I liked it how he decided to take a step forward and own up his feeling for Song Ah. I wanted to try and understand JK but she is not just growing on me in a good way. I loved it when Hyun Ho finally wrapped up things with her and decided to move on.

LONELY ENOUGH TO LOVE: Nothing specific happens in this drama. I liked the developing bond between our leads though I wish for the drama to explore more regarding the side characters.

Zombie detective: My goodness !!! It's so refreshing to see Choi Jin-hyuk in a quirky role. So far I have seen in him in serious roles only so good to see him playing a different role this time. I loved the first two episodes. There is nothing interesting about the female lead yet. The concept is interesting and let's hope the drama continue to keep up this high standard in the coming episodes too.

RECORD OF YOUTH: No much plot development apart from the romance part. Still watching it only for Park Bo Gum.

When I was the prettiest: My patience level is not on saturation yet which since I manage to endure this torture. I appreciate Seok jin and ji soo for taking these characters and give them justice even when their characters show zero character development so far. Week by week the story just goes in circles with all the previous questions in answered. I am not a fan of Im soo Hyung. She has only one constant expression whether she cries, laughs or frown. The plot development only happens at the last 10 min of each episode and you won't miss anything even if you watch only this 10 min. Jin has been a total jerk this week but somehow I can't really blame him. He is broken insecure and worried that his brother can protect Ye Ji more than him. Given that he should have been honest with her regarding how he lived all these years and what actually happened during the race. As much as I love Ji Soo, It would be disappointing if the writer actually pushes Hwan and Ye ji towards a relationship. This series is total torture but still, I watch it every week because I have invested 11 hours in it already to drop it.

School nurse files: I watched it with a bit of extra excitement and found myself disappointed. I have just watched 2 episodes so far and finding it really hard to continue but I might endure it since it's only 6 episodes. I am confused if I should find the jellies cute coz I am finding them creepy and disgusting. And man!!! that monster in the first 2 episodes was damn ugly. I am not into the plot yet and felt many portions were boring and questioned myself on what the hell Am I even watching...

Twenty twenty: I started this because of the shorter episodes (hardly 20 min) and though it was nothing new there is something regarding the way teenagers explore their transition to early twenties. I was worried about getting a second lead syndrome halfway through the show before he completely became a jerk...

Just Forest of Secrets 2 this week: Like several others, I'm suspecting that there isn't one big conspiracy like how it was in season 1, but a matter of looking at how the system drives people to act/react. I have little hope for Seo Dong-jae. It's been 5 days tied up, possibly living on only a few bottles of water, and with some serious injuries. Unless the kidnapper is a doctor by some miracle, can't see a good resolution for Seo Dong-jae. I've been a little impatient for it to be over so I can watch it again, but now that this weekend is the penultimate FOS2 weekend, I'm very reluctant to see it end.

Long time no post. Been on a show hiatus of some sort for awhile and didn't have many opinions or feels to want to post. But! I have LOVED some shows lately. All cdramas so not totally the right setting but maybe some can relate still.

- Go Ahead: excellent all the feels drama. You get the romance, the great second lead without SLS (I love Steven Zhang and he was honestly the better brother) cause it was obvious who she liked, the touching unconventional but relatable family and all the nostalgic feels. It was like Reply series level writing and humor. Only criticism was the last couple eps dragged. Honestly this show would have been like a perfect 20-30 ep drama.

- My unicorn girl: Super silly drama. Honestly don't take it seriously but easy watch that also gives you feels. Main couple had really good chemistry.

- Maiden Holmes: SOOO good. Sabrina Chen is on my radar as my one of my fav female chinese actresses. Great chemistry between characters. I am currently loving this. Hopefully it stays good.

On radar: considering Record of Youth when there is more eps.

I just watched first episode of a J-drama called Homeroom. Need some downtime. Too much weird in one day!

just finished school nurse ahn eun young and what do you know i loved it. probably one of the best things i've seen in general this year. it rly inspired me. the feeling and what i saw outweighs the negative critiques i have. i have no need for logic here, though i do want answers, and it made me just as confused about life as i was before but a smidgen more hopeful. like when camus bullies you into surviving life

about to rewatch FoS and then i'll either see ep 13 today or see ep 13/14 tmr. if i get through it and can pay attention. cos uh school nurse files was 6 whole hours i can't even watch a fuckin movie (which is very bad lol) but i can't wait for that.

anyway i got a compelling surprise with school nurse and i want to reiterate that it is an absolutely insane show and that's the way i like it baybeeeee

Into the Ring - continues to be entertaining.

Zombie Detective - is amusing so far. Unfortunately I’m pathetically bad at zombies so I can’t watch late at night 😂😂😂

Six Flying Dragons - Am enjoying this the most of all the dramas I’m currently watching. I kind of wish I knew more of the history but at the same time am deliberately holding back from looking everything up because I think not knowing makes me more engaged as a viewer.

Gu Family Book - The first couple of episodes are way more brutal than I remembered. And there are a multitude of terrible wigs.

I'm still chilling here in Slump Land but I must admit that this week I opened a window. Not to climb out of but to let some fresh air through. And that fresh air was the wonderful whacky crazy world of Zombie Detective and The School Nurse Files. So what is a drama slump when you have three dramas you love? Well, a slump is when the majority of airing dramas just don't interest you enough to make you press play at all. So I'm still in Slump Land. It's just that this week it got a bit of an airing.

Forest of Secrets: I am in awe of this writer who is just so amazing at writing such an intelligent and nuanced piece while working with the rest of the production team to put you in the emotional space of her main protagonists. If FoS is heading where I think it's heading then it will possibly surpass its first season and that's saying something.

The School Nurse Files: I'm only halfway through this short crazed whacky little gem and I have no idea what's happening. None. But I love that it embraces it weirdness, doesn't stop to explain itself to idiots like me and just cracks on with it. I've always said that Nam Joo-hyuk just needs the right part and the right people to bounce off to give a good performance and he's good here as is Jung Yu-mi.

Zombie Detective started this week and it is just such a glorious gleeful mashup of zombie references, random noir elements and standard kdrama cliches and in-jokes. Yes this means we have Candy in all her poverty-stricken, justice-questing cheesiness but Park Ju-hyun is such a great upcoming actor so if anyone can pull off this part it's her. I can't say I was into the inclusion of the romance elements but since this show is trying very hard to be a classic kdrama that just happens to have a zombie in it (gosh the humour that comes from a male lead that monosyllabic, grunty and emotionally-incapable because he's literally dead) then romance and a love triangle is probably inevitable. All the callbacks to the wonderful film Warm Bodies put me a bit at ease. For once the love of a warm-hearted Candy will turn the male lead human and I won't want to stab everybody to make it stop. Anyway, I luff it. I want more.

Who else is watching Missing: The Other Side?
I really really love this show!
I was so sad it didn't air last week due to COVID-19....

Missing: The Other Side: It's like a mystery/suspense version of Hotel
Del Luna. Heo Joon-ho is fantastic!

Alice: Getting confused...

More Than Friends: I love Ong Seong-woo's acting but I was a little disappointed in Ep.1... Nothing special... Sigh

Homemade Love Story: Typical weekend makjang drama. I'm watching this because of Jeon Sung-Woo and Kim Sun-Young.

Zombie Detective: I'm in love with it!

Do You Like Brahms: Love love love

Eighteen Again: Lee Do-hyeon is AMMMMMAZING!