I'm watching Alchemy of Souls, which could go either way.

I'll be trying out both with Alchemy of Souls getting more leeway due to its cast. Watching Jinxed at First purely to fill the space left by Love All Play.

I want to watch these too!!! How am I going to watch 5-6 shows all at once? 😆

I will likely try both of these out, assuming they are available somewhere easy for me to watch.

The entertainment biz bias for tall men and petite women is really on display in that Alchemy promo pic - all three women are wearing high heels, and yet even the shortest of the men is a head taller. If LJW has a kiss scene with any of them I expect he'll have to fold himself in thirds.

I am looking forward to Jinxed at first but hoping it doesn’t go down the gross and over the top physical humour route to try to get cheap laughs, yes I am looking at you Welcome to Waikiki.

I need some mid week shows as everything I am watching is at the weekend now.

Alchemy of Souls will likely end up becoming a car crash by the middle point (because its the Hong sisters), i like cast enough to give it a chance.

Hoping Jinxed will fill the hole left by Shooting Stars.

I've been hyped for Alchemy of Souls ever since I heard LJW was in it and lowkey wasn't aware of Jinxed at First Sight till like the other day - so as it usually goes for me, I'm now fully expecting the long-awaited show to not quite measure up to my hype and the question mark "unknown" show to instead steal my heart (the way Showtime did).

Either way, I'm glad I'm free of Uni exams in time for these two in particular - I was mourning the fact that exams got in the way of the finales and premieres that just passed, but I guess the forced break and rushed catch up now means less time for a big Love All Play shaped void to grow and I can fill my plate up again with the new on air shows.

I hope that Alchemy of Souls will be good but the trailer was very convincing. There is a weird modern vibe.

From the promos, I'm more likely to watch Alchemy of souls than Jinxed at first but let's see what goes

I’ll definitely be checking out both of these. I like the leads of both, but Alchemy of Souls seems like it has a stronger overall cast. Having read just the basic synopsis of Jinxed at First I’m a little dubious it’ll have the legs to go for 16 episodes, but we’ll see. I’m definitely in the mood for some rom com goodness so *fingers crossed*

I'm not expecting much from Jinxed at First, but I like Na In Woo and will give it a shot. Just give me something cute, and I'm in.

Honestly, Alchemy of Souls looks like a hot mess from the promos and the cast does nothing for me. I'll try it but there's probably no way I can last 20 episodes. Who thought it was a good idea to give the Hong Sisters 20 episodes to fill anyway??

My hiatus is over and I am so glad there is no availability angst.
Maybe ‘hope springs eternal’ so I think both JINXED (Viki US) and ALCHEMY (Netflix) will be great.
Before the end of the month I should have two other upcoming dramas on my viewing card: SIG’s CAFE MINAMDANG (Netflix) and
back from the dead: KBS’s DEAR M (Viki US).

I’m skeptical about whether Jinxed at First has the legs for a 16 episode run, but I’m still looking forward to it. This is definitely a case of me falling for the promos because the what we got was just so freaking cute lol.

And speaking of skepticism. Ooh boy, Alchemy of Souls. Honestly a better way to put it is, what part of this am I not skeptical of? Dramaland has never really pulled off the sort of original world-building, high-fantasy setting that the Hong sisters are going for here. Not the mention the weird pseudo-3 Kingdoms, xianxia thing they’re going for here. Maybe I’m being anxious for no reason and the Hong sisters will deliver - unlike how they half-assed all their previous works. Whatever, I’m not saving my breath - I gave up on the fantasy of decent fantasy kdramas a long time ago. I’m mostly here for Lee Jae-wook.

Watching Alchemy of Souls with trepidation. Finished all of the hong sisters dramas (except warm and cozy). I do like them but for the past decade, it's been up and down with them. Loved hotel del Luna so suspect this may be time for one that I don't like as much.

I like the premiere episodes of Jinx. NIW is adorable as ever 😍
Dropping Woori and will watch Jinx instead. Can't wait for next week's episodes!