ONGOING
Café Minamdang - Gratified to see the FL apologise sincerely even if she's still not very competent. I'm not sure why the two teams can't just work together.

Link - Gyehoon needs to run far away from this awful neighbourhood and set-up a new life with Jin-ho and Gae-hoon.

Insider - The layers of people listening into and/or recording conversations is ridiculous at this point esp. when people already know they are being recorded. At least we finally have the Fan Bing-bing cameo.

Extraordinary Attorney - The birth secret was handled very well (Young-woo's Dad ♥). Attorney Jung throughout the Sodeok-dong case 💯. Flirty Jun-ho 🔥. Spring Sunshine 🤗. Only jarring note is Min-woo. It's like this character is in a completely different drama.

Doctor Lawyer - The fixation on Jayden getting the heart is dumb (not like he asked for it) but at least the show didn't Truck-of-Doom a child, which by the way is my new measure for whether a show has totally flown off the rails.

Why Her - Most WTF child murder of all time. First time I've wanted to drop a drama at Ep. 14.

Alchemy of Souls - I think I was holding in my breath in that last conversation between Wook and Mu-deok. There was something very moving about the i-love-yous-that-weren't.

WATCHLIST
Immortal Samsara and The Heart of Genius have been added to my never-ending c-drama watchlist. There is too much content!! 😅

Extraordinary Attorney Woo (Episode 7-8) - Mood: B+
I can see what the writer’s trying to do with the weaving of difficulties that autistic people face in life into multiple arcs, however, the troubling issue is that these arcs are in its very essence some of the lamest cliches in dramaland. Yes, the dad called out on the manipulation by CEO Han, yes, Min Woo wasn’t totally wrong calling out the nepotism, but taking a step back, it shouldn’t be impossible to explore the chance of reverse discrimination when it comes to inclusive hiring without hinging it on the birth secret and jealous colleague tropes. What’s doubly frustrating is that the writer certainly is able to subvert tropes as seen by how Soo Yeon chose to put aside her crush, so why not extend that quality into the other parts of the script? That’s much better than trying to do damage control with stuff like Soo Yeon publicly refuting the accusations or Young Woo confronting her mother directly? But I like that there’s a resolution to most of the classic drama conflicts in the 1st half of the show: now I’m interested to see where the 2nd half takes us, in particular, I hope it won’t be a case where the male lead of all characters remains undeveloped. And I pray that CEO Han doesn’t turn evil!

Yumi’s Cells 2 (Series review) - Mood progression: C+ / C / C / C- / D+ / D+ / D+
Regardless of what you thought of Yumi’s endgame (should’ve remained single but wedding photo!), this season was a repeat of the issues the 1st season had, just packaged with a different man. That aside, Babi being a season-long filler was another grudge of mine: where were his cells? The only time we saw his village in detail was Da Eun related, which instantly tells me the writer is treating a main character like a plot device. And I know, some will say that it’s intentional as Babi’s meant to be a walking red flag, to which I say if you took 14 episodes for that sort of plot, something’s wrong.

Link: Eat, Love, Kill (Episode 13-14) - Mood: D
Writer, I get that it’s already the penultimate week and you can’t drag the plot any more but you can’t just haphazardly reveal things: for example, Min Jo finding out Won Tak’s Han Se Jin just because of the same piano melody. Also, I was clearly humoured by the OTP’s reunion, followed by Gye Hoon’s turn to break up, with extra commitment in the preview.

Cafe Minamdang (Episode 7-8) - Mood: D
A third crazy chaebol villain? Man, we’re not even halfway and the show’s plot just lost its life support. Of course, there is a love triangle and the 2ML has all the classic characteristics including some familial relationships that very clumsily foreshadow some future plot point. At least the director seems to be having fun, but I don’t know about that flying kick.

Also watching: Jinxed at First / Cleaning Up / Dear X Who Doesn’t Love Me

Extraordinary Attorney Woo: In Young-woo’s words, wow! I love how this drama continues to surprise me. I’m happy the birth secret was not dragged out and now both Young-woo and Tae So-mi know the truth. I’m interested in what Tae So-mi will do next, as she has a lot to lose but was obviously deeply affected by the reveal. Su-yeon has become my favorite character. I love that she’s such a fierce and loyal friend to Young-woo and that she figured out Jun-ho’s feelings for Young-woo on her own and gave them both a nudge. I hope we learn more about Jun-ho.

Yumi’s Cells 2: I figured we’d get an open ending with a last minute appearance by Soon-rok (or an obscured Soon-rok, in this case), but it’s still b.s. Don’t tell us Yumi marries in Season 1 and then never show the love story. Even Yi-da got a wedding. There was enough filler this season that if they had paced it differently there would have been enough time for both guys. Anyway, it’s not that I didn’t enjoy this season. The cells were as fun and clever as ever, I just was not invested in Yumi and Babi like I was Yumi and Woong in Season 1. Ultimately, Yumi’s Cells was about Yumi’s journey, and I was glad to see her growth as a writer.

Link: Eat, Love, Kill: Poor sweet Gye-young. She could have been saved if not for the stupidity and selfishness of the adults in that town. The man who left her after she asked for help was the absolute worst. He deserves to be haunted for the rest of his life. It’s a good thing Gye-hoon’s restaurant still hasn’t opened because he really should hightail it out of there.

Alchemy of Souls: Ten episodes in and I feel like not much has actually happened. I know Park Jin won’t properly teach UK, but Uk’s lack of progress and the “cheats” he gets annoys me, maybe because he comes across as kind of a lazy whiner. The three guys working together to solve the test was fun. I enjoy the new triangle with Master Lee, Dong Joo and Park Jin though Master Lee might be a little old for Dong Joo lol. I was not a fan of the shift to romance this week with Uk and Nak-su. They work much better as friends. Yul and Nak-su bore me too. I’m all about the Crown Prince and his impressive eyebrow action.

Remarriage and Desires: Episodes 3-8: I wouldn’t exactly call this drama good, but it is highly watchable. Penthouse style makjang is too much for me with all the shouting and slapping but this was just my speed. The masquerade scenes had me rolling. When Jin Yoo Hee busted out her moves, I was dead. It was nice to see Lee Hyun-wook play a decent guy for a change. I thought the head of Rex was an interesting character.

Insider: I miss Sun-oh. I’m having trouble following what is even going on anymore.

The Witch is Alive: Lee Yuri was born to play crazy. By kicking out her hubby, Ma-ri gave him grounds for divorce, plus he has that recording. She’s better off without him, but I’m sure she still has a few moves up her sleeves. Or she’ll turn to that website …

ALCHEMY OF SOULS (Ep 9-10) Things have gotten very Potter. Uk’s return to Songrim is like Harry going to Hogwarts to learn magic. But it also had Naruto/anime characterization as Uk’s learning is not based on intellectual training but emotional cheats to harness his uncontrollable energy. The story problem is that there have been so many souls swapped we need a scorecard.

I really thought the final leg of the servant’s challenge would have opened the gates to Naksu’s energy but it apparently did not. Which is a shame since we all want to see Mu-deok transform into an extraordinary but conflicted mage.

The Crown prince making friends with the Master Seo and Park was great bonding which should play out later as Jin Mu and the Queen plot to use the prince to take out Uk to solidify the crown and Jin clan as ultimate rulers. The capture of So-i to be or not to be Bu-yeon is enough to take down the obsessed Jin clan in some sort of exchange.

Mage men are totally clueless in regard to love. Maidservant Kim’s love triangle is a humorous reprieve from palace politics. I still find Master Lee having the Jiraiya role of the naive, sexually repressed, unrequited lovelorn sage who likes to bend the rules. I think he is still the key to unlocking the potential for both Uk and Naksu.

I do like the series has created a community discussion of opinions and theories about the show, its mythology and direction.

CLEANING UP (Ep.11-12) The reveal that the Captain is a former gangster yields the motivation for his reckless behavior toward Yong Mi. At least she had the common sense to get “new” evidence to protect herself from further harm. But the naive nature of it is troublesome. The writer misapplies legal procedure to release the Captain - - since two former Presidents were charged with corruption, there a new anti-corruption bureau to by-pass prosecutor office to press charges. No matter, Yong Mi’s shining knight must be sacrificed in order to win the game. I do not like that the cleaning ladies have NOT learned their lesson that they are over their heads in playing criminal gambling on stocks. The time jump skipped the apparent hardship of navigating insider bets on their own. Adding a moral component to their stock bet was weakly played since both are losing propositions. I just find the situational stupidity of making larger bets with borrowed money with dubious information foolish.

THE WITCH IS ALIVE (Becoming Witch) (Ep.4) The writer is trying too hard on the fake outs/missing pieces of conversation or information to hold interest to the next episode. Hee Soo is being blamed for Mother’s death and stealing the house proceeds, but I think she did nothing wrong. Her husband and in-laws are the terrible ones. Jin-A’s free spirit life style ends with our long suspected husband death is revealed.

But Ma-Ri is still the focal point. She messed up by kicking Nak Gu out of the house with the recordings. But our fortune teller for the...

Alchemy of Souls - Last week's set of episodes slowed down on the main plot and had us spend time on the various fun character-relationship moments. Still, it managed quite a few reveals and introduce new characters whom I hope will join Team Naksu. Team Mudeok-ie?

Team Minamdang - Writing is clunky, especially with dragging out the rivalry to fill out the episodes, but it's a fun ride, especially when you have Team Shaman pull their tricks on the bad guys. I wish the drama can give us more sincere, amicable moments between the two teams. They did a nice job with the campfire talk.

Extraorindary Attorney Woo "That's disappointing..." *SQUEAL* That was smooth AF. I love seeing Young-woo starting to explore what it means to be an independent adult. The dad's worries and regrets were heartbreaking. Choi Su-yeon is just too awesome. I think the drama does a good job with using kdrama tropes, but make them feel fresh and sincere.

Extraordinary Attorney: like everyone else, I am enamored with this show. It gets better and better each week. A couple of friends have expressed frustration about the pacing of the romance between WYW and LJH, but I think slow is the way to go. WYW would feel overwhelmed if LJH moved too fast. However, I’d like to see more scenes of them together. And I am LOVING Spring Sunshine! I’m happy they didn’t turn her into a jealous, petty FSL. I have to say I laughed when WYW tried to hit and punch that weasel Kwon!

I dropped Yumi’s cells and Why Her for now. Not sure if I’ll go back and watch either one.

She Would Never Know: I binged watched this on Netflix! Lol, I liked it, but I found the other side relationships more interesting, especially CEO Lee and the wedding dress designer.

Cafe Minamdang: So we finally seem to be moving toward an accord with our useless police force, ha, and effective Cafe team. I appreciated that Jae Hui apologized sincerely for jumping to conclusions and being dumb. Hopefully they come to the point where they are actually working together and can have fun.

Link: WHOOOSH, we learned a lot in these past two episodes. Apparently, I had the unpopular opinion that the mom shouldn't feel guilt lol, my fellow beanies soon schooled me on that. 😅 It is all love. I still mostly hold that unpopular opinion, especially when Da Hyun was younger. It is a terrible headspace to be in when you have killed a man and your child is in the hospital, after being kidnapped, and you not even realizing she was kidnapped for basically a full day.

Extraordinary Attorney Woo: PEB deserves all the awards for the scene where she is answering her mother about if she resents her. The micro expressions were perfection and her answer was also excellent. Just kudos to both actresses. As for Min Woo, I actually feel bad for him. He realizes that Young Woo is actually an excellent attorney and she will be hard to beat, which is why he said she was strong. The only leverage he has on her is that he is a better communicator and that she got into the firm through nepotism. So that is what he uses. Instead of thinking we can learn from each other and become better lawyers, he tries to beat her down so he can win. Su Yeon on the other hand is the exact opposite of him, that is why she is our Spring Sunshine, I just LOVE her. As for Jun Ho, that about turn in the office🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥. That being said I hope we learn the reason why he thinks he can't like her.

Insider: There are more insiders. Lol, I hope they take everyone down.

Eve: It was fine. I wish they had developed the romance more because PBE looked constipated and uncomfortable more often than not. Their love didn't land because he didn't look in love or in lust with her. Yoo Sun's turn as a deranged wife was excellent though, I really enjoyed her portrayal here.

Doctor Lawyer: Jayden continues to be the best part of this drama. I mostly don't care that he has Seokju's heart, mostly because it isn't his fault he got the heart in the first place. The fact that two people could get the same heart in the same hospital is very rare, so this was a bit silly. Also our main protagonists, just aren't that interesting. 🤷🏾‍♀️

SHE WOULD NEVER KNOW— Ooh, this is completely and utterly my cup of tea. (You were right on that count, @oldawyer.) It is a cozy night watch for me: lights off, snuggled under a blanket, holding a hot mug of hot chocolate. Can I say what a relief it is to have well-written characters whose choices and actions follow their character logic. Each of our trio act in ways that make sense for the way their character is written so even if I don’t like their choices, I can understand why they were made.

EXTRAORDINARY ATTORNEY WOO—Continues to delight and awe me. I was not expecting to feel sympathy for Tae Soo Mi, but her backstory and that last scene was written and acted to pull my heartstrings and revealed a complicated women rather than a thinly drawn caricature. I also did not expect the intensity of a certain swoony scene. I mean, Jun Ho, has been swoony this whole time for his respect for and admiration of and crush on Young Woo, but THAT walk toward her was almost too much to handle.
Still, what a I love most is Young Woo’s coming-of-age story. You can tell the writer loves this character dearly. They take care to flesh her out so that she feels real enough to cross on the street and relatable to anyone who has struggled at being an adult (all of us, right?).

THE DAY OF BECOMING YOU—Continues to be a delight. Light on angst, heavy on humor and chemistry (not to mention skinship. hahaha). I do wish we had fleshed-out supporting characters earlier, but the main couple more than make up for this lack. Their comfortable yet crackling chemistry remind me of Nam Joo Hyuk and Lee Sung Kyung in WLFKBJ.

ALCHEMY OF SOULS— I enjoyed the playfulness of episode 9 and the well-earned reunion in episode 10. Their faces when they saw each other on the canal! It was definitely a pair of breather episodes—I think we heard all of the OST in the first hour. The focus was on relationship movement and plot setup, but even so, these were some of my favorite episodes. I was beginning to be disappointed in the pause on Mu Doek/Naksu’s story and worried her character was becoming a prop for our hero. But I truly loved the moment when she had to reach deep to win the last stretch of the servant’s race and she proved to herself that her inner strength is the same. As gifted as she was as Naksu, I have a guess that it was this grit that was the key to her exceptional progress in her training as a girl.

MIDSOMER MURDERS (Neil Dudgeon era)—Just had to throw in this one. I have been in a mood for quirky, cozy English mysteries. Not a fan of gruesome murders, but I love watching how DCI Barnaby gets to the solution using his intellectual reasoning and knowledge of human nature. A sharp, perceptive brain behind an affable demeanor.

CRICKET - Real season has started now and test cricket next few months gonna decide who will be in final. Teams place in final depends upon how the other teams perform others. heh.

Just 1 month ago i had talked about how come you play in such heat. dangerous for players and this time around it was all talk about people facing heat wave and at the same time an international match was going on in the same region

Women cricket made big jump as got place into commonwealth - saying from start if you want to expand cricket - then you have to aim for females.That's where business is.
Football is also turning out to be a quite a competition in female sports. So Cricket has this small opportunity to make it count.

I haven't seen any tennis or badminton in quite a while - still keeping up with news but real time action is much fun compared to reading news or seeing few pics here and there.

Alchemy of Souls – What is there to say that I haven’t already extensively hashed out in the comments on the weecap? Only that I’m enjoying the conversation about this show almost as much as the show. Thanks, Beanies. *finger hearts*

Cafe Minamdang – After all my brain power gets used up watching and speculating about AoS, this drama comes along and allows me to watch the ridiculous hijinks of fun characters and the thousand different faces of Seo In-guk, and I’m grateful for it’s silly but occasionally sincere embrace. Come for the colorful suits and shiny hanbok, stay for the impressive profiling skills and teamwork.

Extraordinary Attorney Woo – I’ve just watched the first two episodes so far, and it’s exactly as delightful as I was expecting it to be. The only reason I didn’t start earlier was that I didn’t want to have more than three dramas going at once, so I wanted this one to get a bit of a head start first. Probably my best laid plans will go awry and I will catch up with the live-watch too soon, but so far so good!

Chocolate – this gradual romance was so good. It’s like dark chocolate that you slowly allow to melt on your tongue, and it gets sweeter and sweeter with time. The chemistry between our leads is amazing – I don’t think I breathed at all during the scene where Cha-young was putting the apron on Kang. It reminds me of Jane Austen characters who only betray their feelings by doing something like gripping the back of a chair tightly. Then when they actually got together Kang was the cutest thing ever. I was really happy with Jun’s storyline too, and the fact that he was able to reorganize his priorities to keep being a doctor in the end without all the baggage of his family. My only point against this drama is the handling of the truth about his mother’s last moments. Cha-young says something ridiculous about how the woman might have survived if she’s still had the chocolate – um, false. She was trapped beneath a building and rubble fell on her. I believe in the power of chocolate as much as anyone, but that is a problem it can’t solve. And then Kang didn’t come clean about his mother to Cha-young. She clearly put the pieces together, but he wasn’t ready to admit that the woman in the collapse who helped Cha-young was his mother. Which is fair, but, like, you had 16 episodes to get him to a point where he was ready, and I was hoping for a slightly more perfect understanding between them. But! That was not enough to kill the ending for me. It was great.

Alchemy of Souls - It’s the weekend again. Are we having the proverbial storm after the calm or we’ll experience some more calm. More than our baddies, I’m worried for Jin Ho-gyeong. She’ll be bananas if she loses her 10-year composure, and spell significant damage.

It’s Beautiful Now - Jinju needs to return ASAP. And Haejun needs to caution her brother’s family. I really found it as a shock that she is taking her brother and his wife looking down on Yoonjae’s family at face value, like it should be overlooked. Don’t lose points Haejun. On another hand it just proves Kyung-ae right. And finally, Min-hu shares her opinion, even though it’s in a soliloquy.
I think Mi-rae’s family needs to be reminded that Soojung was adopted at 3 years old. Not 10, 16, or 20 but 3 years old. They practically raised her through most of her formative years.

Remarriageevenge and Desires - Incorporating Greek mythology into the Rex party had me saying wow! True to each character personality. The premiere really had my blood boiling, I had to watch ep 8 ending before continuing episode 1. A satisfying watch.
The romance. Hyungju was the only one striking a romantic chemistry with Hye-seung, Hye-seung wasn’t striking anything with the guys paired with her romantically. Yoo-hui had way better chemistry, for a non-endgame.

Extraordinary Attorney Woo - Woo Hwang-ho really gave up a lot for his daughter. Youngwoo Appa, hwaiting! His protective mode is Cte discolored but also gives off this papa bear feel.
Woo Hwang-ho treating Youngwoo as the adult that she is, expecting levels of responsibility and understanding from her despite the supposed ‘ASD can’t expressly feel or convey emotions' is the main thing that hooked me in to this drama. And to see Spring Sunshine Lady expect the same of Youngwoo when they were in law school…I’m in admiration.
And Kang Ki-young continues to give the wow effect with his performance. For a top shot lawyer, he’s really down-to-earth.

The Witch is Alive - I really don’t know what to say about this one. The husbands are total douchebags in every word of it. Hee-soo’s is the sorriest of them all. I’m not putting a kid out of wedlock past that man. I hope we get more insight into her characters actions this week. Mari is better off with Lee Nak-gu out of that house, no matter who files for the divorce, alimony or no alimony.

Link - I miss the humour. The episodes are too serious and people too reckless. 🙄 (And although I expected something like that, I still can't believe that Truck Ajusshi really left poor Gye Young on the street. 😳 ) The only remaining funny thing is coming with another reason why not to open the restaurant 😆

Spring Sunshine and Attorney Woo - I wish they didn't let Junho approach Young Woo in that kdrama romantic manner, it just didn't feel right for a person on the spectrum. I was also disappointed with the mother-daughter reveal, I really had thought it was a red herring... on the other hand, I admired Sumi for going against the world and having Young Woo. That must have been hard (and I see it also as an act of love for YW father).
Spring Sunshine Su Yeon ❤️ said it well, instead of nepotism Young Woo suffered by unfair treatment when other companies refused to hire her because of her ASD (and she showed her competence more than enough by now). I like both Young Woo's friends, they are not handling YW with gloves and push her to better understand and function in the *normal * world.

Alchemy (until E09) - I'm fascinated by The Eyebrow of Crown Prince 😆

Heyer Book Club - I somehow couldn't get into Cotillion and after a couple of attempts I opened The Grand Sophy instead... and what a joy it was! The main heroine felt like a cross of Emma and Elisabeth Bennett 😁 (with her own spark still) and I was entertained from beginning to end.

Then while visiting my family I found Faro's Daughter in the local library and read it in one day (the benefit of a hot wave outside). I didn't like it as much as Sophy... though... Mr. Ravenscar did remind me a bit of Mr. Darcy. 😁

Alchemy of Souls: 8.5 How much of that Chaste Tea will Master Lee be drinking next week?
Remember when everyone was wailing over the prospect of Hong sisters running the plot off the rails? Why pick on them when so many other shows run off the rails and nobody was predicting such doom and gloom from them. "Why"?

Why Her?: 4.5 A hack writer dives in headfirst into a pool of kdramas trying to out-kdrama each other by pulling more and more of the same kind of tricks, and we end up with crap (Appropriate Word™) like the end of day 14.

Doctor Lawyer: 6.5

Link: Eat, Love, Die: 6.4 We need a year-end poll question like "Best Appliance" or "Best Fridge". Maybe also Best Chair of Doom.

Cafe Minamdang: 6.0 Phone tag

Jinxed At First: 5.5

Extraordinary Attorney Woo: 8.6 Is the real tree a national monument??
When I was describing types of whales a while ago, I submitted to soon an neglected to mention the the False Killer Whale really, really need to learn to never pick up the bloody narwhal horn.

Again, my favourite show to watch this week is EXTRAORDINARY ATTORNY WOO, the series is so warm and entertaining.

LINK: EAT, LOVE, KILL I still love watching, but now it's time for the series to end.

I'm not quite as huge a fan of ALCHEMY OF SOULS as some others here, but even though the series has a few lengths, it's very entertaining.

In YUMI'S CELLS 2 I discovered a new favourite cell, the cold virus in the form of a hornet. So fitting.

How glad I am to be through with WHY HER? soon. Whereas since the last six episodes I've been more busy with other things than watching.

I've also finished HOSPITAL PLAYLIST 2 and now I have a big crush on Lee Ik-jun.

Link The Shaman was not wrong when she said it was someone from the town, except it's everyone...

EAW It's so good. PEB deserves every awards. For Minho, I understand his insecurities, he seems not to be from a rich family. Sunshine has a judge as a father, YW lives with her father, he looks like he can count only on himself. But the message was bad, because the father never asked for the job.

Café Minamdang Without SIG, I would have already dropped it...

Why Her The show is better when there aren't the students but only the adults.

Yumi Cell 2 The second season was disapointing. We missed the important moments between Babi and Yumi like when they agreed to get back together or when she said yes to his proposition....

AoS The show is entertaining but I don't really care about the characters and the plot.

Dear M I really can't with actresses who use a cute voice to talk... The story was banal and the actors not good enough to make it better.

Currently Watching-
1. What do you really do about love?: I was sincerely hoping with its food-setting, the cast (Alice Hirose, ftw!), the production quality, and release timing, we'd have a repeat of last year's 'Kikazaru Koi ni wa' success... but nope, very underwhelming & passable. 7/10

2. Liar: I want to visit Japan and start a 'Please feed your idol boys' campaign. They look fiiinee in their shirtless scenes, but I can't help but think they need a sandwich. Also, it's uncanny how Mikami Ai is Komatsu Nana 2.0. 7/10

3. Yumi's Cells 2: How can you immediately pledge loyalty and your everything to a faceless character? Is this the power of destiny/ fate/ foresight? I need a movie starring Mr. Endgame. Now. Whiplashy & mediocre end. The writers went on a Woong-torture fest. 7.5/10

4. Familiar Wife: I couldn't watch the j-version right after finishing an Alice Hirose drama! And Ji-Sung/ Han Ji-Min pairing is too hard to resist! Unfortunately, that's all that was going on for this wonderfully rife-with-potential drama with a mediocre writing. The leads hard-carried this one. 7.5/10 cuz they made me tear-up once.

5. Dream of Splendor: Chen Xiao's absence in last arc is not making me finish this faster. Cliched misunderstandings & tropey character-developments. This better finish off with a kick-ass grand-wedding b/w the leads. 8/10 for the leads & visuals!

6. Attorney Woo: Was a solid (and the only) 9.5 on my watch till the 'who's the mom' arc came along. Shockingly, I'm not even mad cuz it could have been so much worse. PEB is too precious. Ah, Eun-Bin! 9 for you! <3

Doctor Lawyer. The only drama I watched the last few months. It ended today, thus the wait for another Shin Sung Rok drama starts. May I don't have to wait for too long 🥲

Minwoo in Extraordinary Attorney Woo has become the centre of hatred in South Korea (probably around the globe) that, an Olympic Archery medalist is threatening him "Beware of your back of head ... and don't stand 70m before me." Haha ...

Source (Chinese and some Korean)

Finished:
1. Remarriage & Desires - This was flawed but highly entertaining. Low level makjang which is just fine for me. The subtle romance and quiet chemistry between Hyesung and the Hyungju were just enough to keep my heart fluttering. I was rooting for them all the way. I want more kdramas on match-making agencies. The opening song is dramatic and soulful. Saved it in my Spotify. 4.5/5 stars.

2. Yumi's Cells 2 - Haiz. I am saving my rant for later. Even so, there were some really touching moments that made me teary-eyed and heartbroken and made me reminisce my own life. Yumi comforting her Love Cell gets my vote for the best cell interaction from this season. 3.8/5 stars.

3. Can't Write?! - This Jdrama is a gem. I'm glad I played it due to the storyline about writers. I was bored and in need of a jdrama that isn't 16 episodes. It is witty, warm, delightful, inspiring. Nice to watch creatives inspire one another. There is one arc that is a little unsettling but digestible. Quirky characters. I haven't laughed this much watching a drama since True Beauty. Also, watch for the socks. 5/5 stars.

Ongoing:
The Witch Is Alive - Dark comedy indeed. Can't really figure out who will be the culprit, if any. Love Lee Yuri. Her comedy agrees with me. The mistress - I somehow can't hate her. Her interactions with Mari are so entertaining. Not sure if I can watch this till the end though. May drop if it is going somewhere too slow. 3/5 stars.

Of currently broadcasting shows our hands down favorite is EXTRAORDINARY ATTORNEY WOO. It is simply so well done. My wife and I both really love this show.

This week my wife watched the historical movie THE KING’S MAN: WWI + The Zimmermann telegram. If you know your history, you know what I am talking about. It is a very good movie.

If you have Netflix and you had not previously watched MY UNFAMILIAR FAMILY- take advantage of the fact that Netflix just added it. Do not miss out. It is really that good.

Other happy news- the excellent Cdrama YOU ARE MY GLORY starring the always stellar Dilmurat Dilraba will start on Viki in just a few days while the very fine Chines Costume drama A DREAM OF SPLENDOR just appeared there a few days ago.

My wife continues to enjoy the highly rated Chinese Costume Drama LOVE LIKE THE GALAXY. She eagerly awaits the new episodes. In the meantime, she has enjoyed the Sageuk NOKDU FLOWER. Like the superb MR. SUNSHINE it is a Sageuk from the end time of the Joseon dynasty (unique for a Sageuk: In MR. SUNSHINE the ML is actually American- and a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps). But the bottom line for her for both dramas is the same: "It's heartbreaking”. True, but both are very fine dramas and well worth watching.

Courtesy of Amazon Prime my wife also got two enjoy a seven-episode adaptation of VANITY FAIR (2018 version). By largely omitting Becky Sharpe’s tragic childhood the series could be done in only seven episodes. While it is not a dramatically complete rendition of Thackery’s masterpiece - the childhood events are important to understanding Becky’s later character- it was still very entertaining. This was another thing she watched while waiting for more episodes of LOVE LIKE THE GALAXY.

Makjang time for the weekender IT'S BEAUTIFUL NOW. Nasty relatives are making the lives of our main characters miserable, but more waves are coming- is it possible that this weekend we will discover that our very mature Lady Lawyer is- pregnant? Fun times. I am really enjoying this weekender. Unit, the sad truth is that in Korean culture there seems to still be considerable prejudice against adopted children because they are not ‘blood’. The writer of this show has chosen to expose this as the underlying theme of this drama.

Did I mention the excellent Chinese Costume Fantasy drama currently masquerading as a K-drama? Complete with Korean actors speaking in Korean? At least the Hong Sisters did not insist that ALCHEMY OF SOULS is a story set in Korea: From the beginning it was made clear that what we are watching is a story that happened in ‘another country’- and so far they are doing a very credible job of imitating that splendid genre. Give a lot of credit to the performance of Jung So-min and all of the other very fine performers in this show. It is quite entertaining.

After reading all of the comments I have now added REMARRIAGE AND DESIRES to my watchlist.

Currently Airing:
Extraordinary Attorney Woo. The end of Episode 8 was WOW. Wonderfully written and acted. I can't fault the bio mom, to carry her for nine months with her parents probably disapproving and her social/economic status, says a lot. I hope we see more of the bio mom and EAW duke it out in the courtroom, plus she's up for minister of justice.

Insider. Hmmm. I like that I get to see a lot of Kang Ha-neul's acting but the script is seriously ambitious. I love non-linear stories but this show, IMO, has a problem with editing.

Finished:
The Red Sleeve. I liked the story. Jun-ho did good, deserved that Baeksang.

Down the rabbit hole she goes! After a halfhearted attempt to watch a modern Chinese drama I gave up all together. Due to a heat wave I was poking around my sites, happened on Love Like the Galaxy and hit play. Here I am, four days and 21 episodes later completely enthralled. Thanking @oldlawyer for his wife's recommendations and for planting the seed. The show is an historical but with more family drama than political/battlefield plot (although there is quite a bit of that as well. The smoldery general and the sassy daughter are on fire. Once part 1 concludes I'll go exploring for more wuxia (?).
EAW is my tender-heart joy of the week. I echo all previous comments but feel bad that the actor playing Minwoo is getting grief. He needs a sweet rom com ML to wash off the bad karma.
Alchemy of Souls makes me so look forward to weekends. Can't wait to finish lunch and tune in.

Alchemy of Souls: Slightly terrified that I’m still loving this because that just gives the Hong sisters more ammunition to hurt me down the road. This might be a first for me, but I’d be okay with Mu-deok/Naksu/Bu-yeon(??) ending up with ANY of her three guys. Now, there is potential for at least two happy endings if part 2 rumours are true, but I guess we’ll have to wait and see.

Cafe Minamdang: Team Minamdang, you guys are great. Everyone else…eh. That Goblin did make me laugh out loud, so well done. Whoever miscast Oh Yeon-seo in this should re-evaluate their career.

Dear X Who Doesn’t Love Me: Short and cute! Definitely lighter and sillier fare compared to everything else on this list but I’m having fun.

Extraordinary Attorney Woo: What is there even left to say? This show is fucking perfect and I love Park Eun-bin with the passion of a thousand stars. Never in my YEARS of drama watching have I seen a parenthood drama resolved so quickly and with so much grace and maturity. We’re witnessing history here, folks.

Link: Eat, Love, Kill: Everyone in that town is irredeemably awful. I need Gye-hoon to leave that place ASAP. And preferably take Da-hyun with him because they are actually lovely together.

Love Like the Galaxy: Just started this and while I find a lot of the family drama tedious, the leads are great and I can’t wait for their slow burn to begin. The female lead actually being pessimistic and highly manipulative is so refreshing after having to endure dozens of doormat damsels who remain literal angels despite suffering vitriolic abuse. Because yes, sometimes victims can and should be resentful/angry at how they were treated. Zhao Lu Si never lets me down.

Healer
Started to watch this week as it came highly recommended by a high level beanie. Due to the content I will be watching carefully but episode one gripped me in the first 10 minutes so hoping to see it through to the end. Timely, that I became an Errand boy just as I start to watch the elite level errand boy this beanie level is named after. I will enjoy reading the episode recaps that are a work of art in themselves and looking through the comments section where the voice of beanies past can still found.

Yumi’s cells
So sad to see this go. I do wish I had binge watched the 2 seasons as one I think it would have maximised the enjoyment for me.

Why her
💪🏆🫘 I am debating if this is the equivalent of an ultra marathon or self transcendence where you run the same 59.6 miles for 52 days in a row. Either way it is an amazing achievement or a sign of stubborn determination to stay when all hope was gone. Never again will I hold out just for the bean.

Miracle (2022)
Enjoyed this weeks developments. On a side note this is the first time I have registered someone changing into ‘wear at home clothes’ on a drama. Usually they are sitting in their coat eating dinner or wearing a tie when put to bed drunk! I have to confess that if I don’t find the male or second lead good looking I am much more likely to be watching from the meta position. How is the white t shirt being worn daily and staying white and what happened to his clothes from the hotel or why isn’t someone else loaning him some clothes to wear?

Dear X who doesn’t love me
Finding this an interesting watch as the female lead’s self sabotaging rationale is like an addicts: it’s all about the high. That first month of dating is wonderful and she is happy to experience it even knowing that it won’t last. She purposely distanced herself from the voice of reasoning, personified by her friend and when confronted tried to convince him that she was justified to use this coping mechanism to manage her life.

Flower boy Ramen shop
Started as filler while waiting for last episode of why her as promised myself would not watch Yumi’s cells until after Why her so could cleanse my palate😬

Completed:

The day of becoming you- Chinese
Rom com fantasy. Body switch male Idol to female entertainment journalist light and fluffy. An enjoyable watch realistic noble idiocy, happy ending.

Moment of 18
Darker school drama but an enjoyable watch end with a sense of hope and new beginnings.

He can never marry - Japanese
I didn’t enjoy because even with his few redeeming features being brought out by others I was not interested in the male lead. His ‘funny’ traits like conducting the orchestra when listening to classical music at home were not funny even the first time so seeing it throughout the drama was irritating. It reminded me of Fated to love you where the male lead was known for his distinctive laugh so they used it as a tic throughout the drama and believe me it was old...

Alchemy of Souls: I’m starting to hope against hope that this will stay good. If only there were a way to love without expectations. I enjoyed all the interpersonal development and the eyebrow waggling. I do want more swords and spells and fewer heart-eyes (except maybe with Dang-gu) this week, though. Plot needs to hitch its wagon and move along.

Link: Eat, Love, Kill: I’m criticizing it so much because I’m enjoying it so much. That makes sense, right?

I’m also on ep. 3 of Chief Kim. This is the first time I’ve seen Namgoong Min and holy crap he’s a force of nature. The show’s frantic humor is exactly to my taste so far, although the cheesy electronic scare music during dramatic scenes makes me unsure what tone this is ultimately going to settle into. It’s also cracking me up that Junho’s character is called Seo Yul since he could hardly be more different from our doe-eyed lovestruck mage in Alchemy.

Doctor Lawyer (Ep 15-Finale) - Jayden's story 5 years prior is finally revealed and in the end it's really Gu Jin-gi's greed that caused all the tragedies...All in all I think Doctor Lawyer is ok for casual viewing. The story isn't really that great but there's So Ji-sub plus pleasant OSTs so everything is forgiven hahaha

Cafe Minamdang (Ep7-8) - The fun continues with this show. There are 10 more eps to go for this drama so I think the main villain will not make his appearance so soon (I have a suspect since a few eps back) thus will be looking forward to some crazy ding dong's between Team Shaman vs Team Cop

Link E,L,K (Ep 13&14): So we know who the culprit is and I suppose he's going to get to Da-hyun but I'm actually more curious about the fate of the Gye-hoon's new restaurant though cos it's such a waste of nice decor if it's not gonna open for business :P

SIG's Cafe (Ep1) - Really like his throne room.

Link: ELK - unexpectedly looks like I'm going to binge this after its done

Love Like the Galaxy - perhaps it wasn't the best that I watched Minglan all last week because that made me quite aware of social norms that LLTG seems to disregard. Also where they brought in Granny from the palace to teach them manners... feels like it should have been repeated in LLTG. Niaoniao acted like a tourist in the palace and honestly don't know how she avoided getting punished for rudeness. Is it also that hard to remember 4-5 things before entering the palace? NN seems to be acting this way as a way to fight back against her mom but really it just seems to negatively impact her.
I read somewhere that NN's relationship with her parents would get better but I don't want either should be redeemed. There seemed to be a truce for a moment with her mom, which then her mom ruined in the latest episode. It really didn't make sense that her mom would socially destroy her like that because it made the whole family look bad. But I dislike her father more because he's constantly abandoning NN to whatever her mom decides, even when he disagrees.

Blue Whisper - didn't care much for the final battle, except for that tail slap.

The Backpacker Chef i appreciate Ahn Bo Hyun here than in Militaru Doberman. His real life personality is much better than the character he plays on hia dramas. Dindin can be a whiner but he works really hard here. Chef Baek is amazing and I get jealous of all the people that gets to each the food he creates.
Cafe Minamdang I am still watching this for the Minamdamg Gang. I have resigned myaelf to the ideq that the FL is annoying and ML is immature.
Alchemy of Souls this is my favorite atm. The fantasy elements is what I like the most. Also I like most of the characters in the show. Someone pointed out the similarities to Hogwarts and I do not mind one bit. I love HP and I agree on the similarities so maybe that is why AoS was able to capture my attention despite my initial hesitance in watching the show. I still need to watch this weekend's episodes.
Our Beloved Summer just rewatching for Yeon Soo and Ung. I still love this show but I didnt realize the filter. It seems the colors are so washed out. And the music still brings back the feels.

I am happy with the outcome of YUMI, but the whole Babi story should have been told in a different way. Babi to me was a person who tries to avoid conflict. Pretence, being nice and supportive and telling white lies is typical for the way they cope with tensions and difficult situations. The most telling scene was the marriage proposal. He felt unable to tell Yumi about his accident and injury which clearly shows that there is a problem in the relationship. So he proposes marriage, because people who are married are close and share everything. He fails to understand that people decide to get married, because they are happy to share everything, the good and the bad. A wedding ring is not a magic trick to achieve this. That should have been the lesson of Yumi 2, but unfortunately was not.

EXTRAORDINARY ATTORNEY is far better at looking with a sharp eye at people's motivations. I loved the scene where Su-yeon challenged Jun-ho over his interest in Young-Woo by comparing it with her own experience during law school. She liked listening to the whale stories at first, but by the time it came to the river dolphins she struggled. Only a very honest and self critical person could have shared this, but she did it to protect Young-woo, if Jun-ho's motivation is pity and not affection. Also beautifully done and acted are the scenes between mother and daughter.

I am glad that LINK is coming to a close, soon. I like it, but it dragged a little. I hope for an ending with the opening of the restaurant!

Watched REMARRIAGE. It is certainly the kind of drama I normally avoid, but somehow it was quite watchable, although I admit to using the FF button very frequently. CEO Choi was an interesting character.

Link: i'm very pessimistic we will get a satisfying ending but i hope love wins.
And dramagods, please let Yeo Jingoo and Moon Gayoung be in the same project, a very good one please, once again.

Just Between Lovers: finally finished! I'm glad i met this drama. Even though i don't like the sudden illness, despite the drama has been hinting at it for some time, it's still a good drama for me.
I wish we have more scenes with Moonsoo's mom. She might not be a good mom like other kdramas but i wish she knows her daughter is doing good things. I wish they have more mom-daughter scenes.
And i can't believe until the end Moonsoo doesn't know who is Seo Joowon's dad? Did i miss something?
I still don't get HOW can Seo Joowon likes Moonsoo. Our FL may be charming and is good at many things, but no... just no. But i like the drama hints that he's getting his own happy ending.
But what about Jung Yoojin?☹
I'm thinking about rewatching this drama since i'm sure i came to it to cry...
I also want to know if i really like the drama or it's just an okay drama to me.

Yumi's Cells 2: i have a confession to make. I haven't watched season 1 and jumped straight to season 2. It just happens.
Will it be weird to say something about this drama without watching season 1?
I dropped this drama few weeks ago but i decided to watch last 2 episodes and skipped some scenes. Ep 13 is hard to watch but i think i enjoyed ep 14? I think they wrapped it better than i thought. What a journey. For me, it's fine that they ended it with season 2.

Link
This drama isn’t about a romantic link between two people, and I guess we will never get to know why and how this works, but it is about how everyone has their guilt for actions or not doing things they should have done in the past… I found that very well expressed in the last episode.
Café Minamdang
I’m still enjoying it, but the transitions from crazy funny to romantic/sincere/introspective sometimes are so sudden, it makes my head spin. Loved the karaoke scene, and the pants split at the beach was real!! And the best scene: the backlit hero walk! I laughed so much! Obviously, the mystery is not so important to me. But I still don’t trust the chatterbox prosecutor.
Insider
Is Sun-Oh actually dead? We didn’t see him in these two episodes… Thanks show for a thorough recap of the first 12 episodes before unveiling Yi Han’s plan from the start. There are wheels within wheels, always a backup plan, and I enjoy watching very smart people outsmarting each other. (Perceived) allegiances changed so often in these episodes that I don’t trust anybody, and I don’t know if Yi Han does? I found these episodes gripping and well written, and am looking forward to the show’s final to find out which side Soo Yeon is on (my bet: entirely her own).
Why Her Ep.15
At the beginning of Ep.15, I thought for a moment that show could turn it around, the men’s reaction at the funeral was actually good. But after that, it went downhill again. Nothing to redeem this, I’ll just watch the final to have it done with.
Yumi’s Cells 2 – finished
I was wary before, but I liked how this wrapped up. I really felt with Ung, it was so sad to see his love cell crying. But he overcame that and was really supportive for Yumi, which was also the right thing for himself. We hadn’t seen Yumi’s love cell for a while, so it was obvious where Babi’s story was headed. I also liked how that was done (their few words, breaking voices and that cut of their hands – lovely). With Babi’s male assistant sitting next to him on the plane, my BL mind sees another reason why he isn’t going on blind dates… 😉 Everyone else got their happy endings. And of course show didn’t show us Mr. Shin on purpose. Did anyone else think there’s only one actor that could be Mr. Shin to Kim Go Eun?? It wasn’t him, though. Looking back at season 1, I found the cells a lot more enlightening there, they shed a light onto what might be happening inside a person. This season, they were there more for comic relief.
Jinxed at First
I didn’t understand the money transactions and the hysterics at the market, maybe that’s due to the subtitles, the editing that confuses me, or maybe I’m not paying that much attention? Anyway, I like that the storyline is taking a turn to the tragic, the different styling of Seul Mi and her mother, and the use of string quartet music. Also, Dong Shik in a lavender suit <3 . (Soo Kwang’s suit looks a size too big, though)
Extraordinary Attorney Woo
Just as I wanted to write that I...

Currently Watching just 2 Kdrama.

Link: I was so angry with the man that refused to help the girl. He just has no excuse. He could have helped her by taking her to the Police Station. Eun Gyehoon should leave the neighborhood. They are just plain wicked.

Alchemy of Soul: I love both UK and Mu-deok's interactions. They enjoy each other's company. Watched the latest episode and I laughed hard while watching.

Also watched some Animes. Fruit Basket, Strike the Blood and many others I can't remember their names.

The Story of Ming Lan: A smartly written show full of complex characters that stays engaging even as it explores all the varied horrors women face in patriarchal societies. I just wish Ming Lan had had more direct agency in the final plot twists.

Misaeng👨‍💼(18/20): Chief Oh, why do you not exist in real life? So many office workers, me included, dislike office politics as much as you do. Alas, I have a bad feeling about how this storyline will be resolved in the last two episodes. At least the newbies have bonded! Seok-Yul certainly made sure of that. Sadly, that cannot be said about his relationship with his boss, but it is a recurring theme in this show. Young-Yi, Baek-Ki and Geu-Rae also had their struggles to get accepted by their team members and they all seem to have found their place more or less. Geu-Rae in particular has found a place inside the hearts of his team members, and it is both heartwarming and heartbreaking because of that bad feeling.💔

Shining Inheritance💍(16/28): Eun-Sung got herself into the middle of more drama, this time 2 love triangles! I should rewrite that sentence, because it is the same bunch of drama queens and suitors that drag her into the middle of their lies and misunderstandings and not the other way around. Also, one triangle is actually a quartet, because Seung-Mi is becoming too much like her mother to be overlooked in the future episodes. On a superficial note: I do not notice the infamous bad hair you all keep mentioning, Beanies. You tell me whether I am blessed or cursed.🤷‍♀️

Fruits Basket (2001)😾(26/26): I knew that this fun anime had some dark background story lurking underneath, but it still felt very sudden when the last 3 episodes unraveled it all. Or at least everything that had already been published in the manga back then. In a K-drama this would be bad pacing, because the angst should be introduced sooner to make the transition from fun times to bad times more natural and because the audience wants to know what is going on beneath the surface. In the end I cannot say that I am bothered, it only made me put the complete 2019 version next on my anime list!🥳

Been a while since I posted on What we’re watching, but stuff to be said!

Cafe Minamdang *6/10*
Honestly don’t really remember this weeks episodes, and that may say something right there. It’s been fine, but not amazing.

Extraordinary Attorney Woo *9/10*
Still crushing it and while the case this week wasn’t as interesting as the ones preceding it, the character drama was still exceptional. Bunch of good moments from everyone, with the standout probably being the mother/daughter talk near the end. Though close runner up to Sunshine belting out the truth to the onlookers in the firm. In typical Extraordinary fashion, they didn’t draw things out and gave us a really great interaction that will likely provide some great future developments. It definitely didn’t subvert expectations, but much like a good shonen, I’m fine with tropes when they’re done well.

Alchemy of Souls *7/10*
The overall pace of the show could be picked up. We’re definitely starting to drag a little at this point. I understand there’s 20 episodes so they can really stretch their legs, but they need a better filling to keep me satisfied. I love a good character moment, or a nice quiet meaningful look, but this feels like padding more than either of those.

Link: Eat, Love, Kill *7/10*
Coming up on the end here, where the dominos are starting to fall. Our leads are definitely doing that kdrama noble idiocy thing, but I’m still mostly here for it. They’re just never going to open that restaurant are they? I’m expecting it to be a scene in the last episode where they’ve finally opened (wherever it ends up being). I really liked the reason why our ML became a chef, but outside of that, there’s definitely not been much to do with the cooking aspect of things.

Remarriage & Desires *6.5/10* for the series
Was alright overall, above average in some respects, and stock standard in others, hence the rating. I really enjoyed our FL and while the villains were mostly pretty one note, it still worked for me. Ending fell a bit flat, besides the revenge which was pretty satisfying. For a kdrama ending though, probably(sadly) a bit above average.

Insider *6/10
I’m still watching, so they’re doing something right. But it’s starting to stretch even more into incredulous territory. I could suspend my disbelief earlier on, but I’m definitely finding it harder as time goes on. The gambling aspect I found pretty novel at first is mostly relegated to the background now, so we’ll see how things end up.

Cafe minamdang: Dropped. In my excitement to watch SIG on screen I completely forgot who the heroine was. OYS is one of the artists whose acting I can’t stand (esp the way she rolls her eyes every now and then during dialogue delivery). Kind more of an artist trauma after watching Hwayugi. So although I am sad I am passing this. Even my love for SIG can make me watch a OYS show.

Yumi’s cells 2: Haven’t watched the finale yet but I actually don’t care about it anymore. The season was such a disappointment in terms of writing.

Extraordinary attorney WYW (1-8): Such a great series. I am late to join but I ended up binge watching. Such a good work and PEB is just rocking her role. I loved the development of bond between Su yeon and YW. Going by kdrama norms she seemed to be a mean girl character at first but I am happy to proven wrong. The way she stood up for YW is really commendable. Min woo is an annoying weasel and I hope he gets his character development fast. I also loved the way the birth secret revealing was handled.

Last note: The show really teased us with Jun Ho and YW. The expression change was priceless.

Remarriage and desires: I was not expecting this drama to be addictive. There is something about the show that sucked me in and I end up watching all 8 episodes in one go. The chemistry between Hyung ju and Hye seung was on spot and I ended up wanting more romance. The last scene was unexpected too.

k drama Woo , behind on Alchemy , will pick On the Verge of Insanity back up, I somehow had started it and lost it . Doing a retro rewatch, Tamna the Island
C drama Love Like The Galaxy
J drama Hirowa Reta Otoko /Lost Man Found
YouTube Poirot mysteries

EAWYW
This is my highlight every week. I was unhappy with episode 5 and told myself, I wouldn't watch, and wait until is fully released, but boy I couldn't stop watching and rewatching what we have.
What can I say different than what other beanies have said?? Not much. I love Park Eun bin... I love the female friendships here, I also dislike min woo...
I am slightly in love with Jun-ho...
I can't wait for Wednesday!!!!

Minangdam cafe
Dropped sadly. Not so much because of the female lead, although I have also discover I don't like her acting, but because it is too dark, too much police and politic oriented to my taste.
I dropped it when they found the corpse of a woman. I love SIG even when he plays an immature and yet genius guy, but I won't watch it anymore....
Maybe in the distant future, with lots of FF for sure....

Who rules the world
Slow, very slow watching, because Real Life is full busy.
But I like it a lot. I hate also ancient Chinese politics, being fantasy or not, and in this case, I can't even fast forward it, because then I cannot understand😒
But yes, that's what it is... I will keep on watching very slow. Thanks Netflix!

Atty. Woo - I hope the show continues with its track of exploring cases, and the journey of Atty. Woo as an autistic adult learning how to function in a society that it is already challenging for a neuro-typical person. The romance is a side story, and while it is cute, I hope that the writers do not sacrifice its narrative on autism and its challenges for the sake of moving forward the romance. I think the audiences should know and be able to understand the multiple challenges autistic people face, love and intimacy do not come easy for them, but they do deserve them.

AoS - I miss the bad-ass Naksu. These last episodes felt like mostly the characters being love sick , or being bratty, and not much growth seen and not much forward movement in plot. Again, the show seems to sacrifice lore for more romance.. I hope I am mistaken and the next eps will be better.

Cafe Minamdang - dropped. Can't stand the Tom & Jerry loop now..

Extraordinary Attorney Woo - I think there's nothing more to say than WOW! (In WYW's voice.)

I recently started Be Melodramatic. This drama is weirdly delightful. It isn't satisfying like other dramas but I find myself going back to it just like My Mister. I don't know when I'll ever complete the two dramas but they're beautiful in their own way.

I think I'll start A BUSINESS PROPOSAL while waiting for the next episode of Extraordinary Attorney.