Weekly Squee #15
by DB Staff
Welcome to your weekly chat space for all things that bring out the squee. With plenty of spaces to vent and share about dramas — good, bad, or ugly — this thread is dedicated to that uniquely positive punch of excitement brought on by unexpected cameos, the Episode-8 first kiss, and all other too-close encounters by an OTP.
Consider it a cozy place to sit back, take a breather, and open up about the latest drama moment that sent you into a foot-stomping, mouth-covering fit of squeals.
And if you’re squeeing about non-drama-related stuff, hey, throw it in there. We could all use a happy story and rush of feels to keep us smirking throughout the day.
So, what are you squeeing about this week?
Beware of spoilers below!
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1 panshel
June 25, 2025 at 5:10 AM
KPop Demon Hunters [Netflix]
S P O I L E R S
The film was cute, and the songs were catchy. My favorites were "What It Sounds Like" for HUNTR/X and "Your Idol" for Saja Boys (Baby's rapping, squee), as well as the Gwi-Ma song Jinu strummed on his bipa in hell. I love the play on words with Saja Boys' name for both lion (saja) and Grim Reaper (jeoseung-saja). The jokes were all meta not only for K-pop fans but also for fans of Ahn Hyo-seop. I squeed when they played "Love, Maybe" by MeloMance from Business Proposal OST during Jinu's entrance.
I wanted more romance between Rumi and Jinu. The lyrics of "Free" were practically a confession, so when he took her hand, was that not the start of their relationship? Squee at Jinu wearing their bracelet onstage! I wish he had given it back to her at the end and changed what the bracelet seller said, "Don't find yourself a better boy." Rumi's a half-demon, so she would just be following her mother's footsteps by falling in love with a demon.
I LOVE THE GIANT BLUE TIGER DERPY SM!! The way he knocked over the flowerpot and tried to paw it back up, ROFL! Then being fixated on Rumi's knocked over trash bin, LOL! Jinu's tiger and bird even sleep at her house like she's watching his pets. How domestic, SQUEE!!
The other members of either group weren't fleshed out, but this was just supposed to be superficial and fun. Although instead of shipping Rujinu, it would've been a more realistic take on K-pop fandom for fans to ship say, Rumira or Jinabby.
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vienibenmio
June 25, 2025 at 9:42 AM
I found out that one of my favorite Broadway singers, Lea Salonga, did a singing voice for that! It's always funny when my interests collide
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Isa is always time travelling
June 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I have just finished the movie. I liked it more than I thought!
The animation is good, but the best part are the songs (I loved many) and choreos.
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panshel
June 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The choreographies were very creative like the Saja Boys' infectious "Soda Pop" shoulder bounce and my favorite choreo "Your Idol" with the grim reaper concept.
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Nessa🌹
June 26, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Kevin Woo has been promoting this on his instagram quite intensely 😂 And I don’t blame him, he should be proud of his work!! 🥰🥰🥰 Maybe it’s time I also watch haha
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panshel
June 26, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I watched his reaction video on his YouTube channel. "This is giving me Enhypen" is what K-pop fans are saying too.
Yes, do watch to support Kevin! If you've listened to U-KISS, you can totally recognize his voice in the movie!
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Nessa🌹
June 26, 2025 at 12:13 PM
😍😍😍🥰🥰🥰
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ryunami
July 5, 2025 at 11:11 PM
@panshel ❤️ thank you for this, now I can better understand what I just watched.
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2 mmmmm
June 25, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Actor Lee Jun-young's Yeong-beom in Tangerines is so swoon-worthy!!! *squee*
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panshel
June 25, 2025 at 6:45 AM
IMO, Geum-myeong married the wrong man.
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PYC
June 26, 2025 at 5:47 AM
That scene of his driving up to watch her wedding is one of the best.
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3 aigooooo
June 25, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Mi-Ji's little hand on Ho-Soo's scarred arm.
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4 TwoCentsWorth
June 25, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Park Bo-young in Our Unwritten Seoulwins my squee.
It’s already been said in the recap, but when she told her Tiger Dream, I just wanted to Eat. Her. Up. And I’m not even someone who likes aegyo.
Also, I may soon be knocking on the doors of the Jinyoung Fan Club. I haven’t seen much by him (reccos?) but I need to correct that stat.
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panshel
June 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Have you seen Yumi's Cells? Because there is a Park Jin-young (Yoo Babi) Fan Club!
I recommend Yumi's Cells first, then The Devil Judge, which I liked his romance in, but it wasn't super popular, then He Is Psychometric, which is still one of my favorite dramas.
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TwoCentsWorth
June 26, 2025 at 5:36 AM
I have not! (2019-2023, my years of exile). I will watch YC #1 & #2 before #3 for sure. Thanks!
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JH LOVES KDRAMA
June 26, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Jin young as Babi in Yumi;s Cells is a must watch!! Both seasons are really good, but Babi, oh my!
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spazmo
June 25, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Yoo Babi in Yumi's Cells!!
he was really good in The Witch!
i saw him when GOT7 performed at Kcon LA 2015 (sadly, jackson wasn't there)... he and all of GOT7 are adorable!
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TwoCentsWorth
June 26, 2025 at 5:40 AM
I think The Witch might me right up my alley tho on DB it seemed to have gotten some mixed reviews...or was that just the ending? (Won't look to avoid spoilers). But adding that next I think. 🤞
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JH LOVES KDRAMA
June 26, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I really liked The Witch, and not just for JinYoung. It was a bit slow at times but had so many amazing scenes. The art direction and filming was beautifully done. I felt the end/last episode was a bit rushed and would have benefited from another episode, but i was happy with how it ended. It did have mixed reviews from Beanies, but I think that those that loved it really loved it, and i would be one of those! I highly recommend it.
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empressgirl
June 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I highly recommend The Devil Judge (genre: legal vigilante drama set in a dystopic South Korea amidst civil unrest).
Besides the fact that this drama is excellent all-round (I have re-watched fav scenes like multiple times) you will get to see one of the best depictions of unconscious homoerotic undertones ever in a k-drama.
No spoilers, but once you understood the context, it approaches Greek proportions of tragic pathos and obsession. Unforgettable.
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empressgirl
June 25, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Ok, my SQUEE is absolutely Ji Sung in Devil Judge.
He is a walking force field all by himself; and sex on legs
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Midnight
June 25, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Ji Sung is always a walking force field by himself, but I have to say that it was fascinating to watch Jinyoung being simply entranced by him, like he cannot pull his eyes away from him, like he cannot hold himself from being drawn to him like a magnet! I can never be sure how much of it was acting and how much of it was real him being hypnotized by Ji Sung's magic!
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empressgirl
June 25, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I won't be surprised if it is the latter.
The dangerously irresistible charm is the "devilish" pull of the character Ji Sung plays, even as JS once admitted in an interview this role was one of the most challenging roles for him ever to interpret.
Jin-Young just reminds me of Tripitaka (he should so play that role!) -- the utterly pure and innocent holy man whose flesh every demon lusts after.
Coninadisc
June 26, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Their first greeting! Both are of the same hight. That way they can look in each others eyes, unflinching, battling, trusting, manipulating, whatever. One of my favorite top 5 dramas.
Midnight
June 26, 2025 at 5:18 AM
@coninadisc
YES!
Koreans have an incredible knack of using height to deliver different emotions in a way that I have seen no other nation media do.
Same height electricity in exactly the same scenario you mentioned.
Same height in intense love and angst like the Jealousy Incarnate couple.
The way Ryu Duk Hwan is acutely aware of being shorter than Lee Ellya every second of Miss Hammurabi, but never even for one moment in Nobody Knows or in Special Labour Inspector Jo. Yes, he is an amazing actor who can show so much emotions with the smallest movement, but using his height in only one of the 3 great works to give so much information about him and his feelings is so Korean drama.
The way Kim Young Kwang is never threatening/imposing despite his height neither in Lookout nor in Call it Love. But he is terrifyingly towering in villain roles.
The way Moon Sang Min is at least 8 cms taller than Yoon Park, but you never doubt which one is the experienced hyung even when they are walking side by side.
(I dislike the trend of pairing extremely tall male leads with extremely petite female leads, so I'm leaving that category out of this.)
TwoCentsWorth
June 26, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Oh no, dystopia isn't usually my thing. 🫣 But Ji Sung always is! LOL. I'll think about it.
(I love how JS ends up being the center of the convo. Ha!)
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empressgirl
June 26, 2025 at 5:58 AM
"All roads lead to Ji Sung" 🤣❤
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JH LOVES KDRAMA
June 26, 2025 at 11:46 AM
I finally watched The Devil Judge last year on my Ji Sung bing and fell in love with Jinyoung! Both were amazing and their chemistry was just too much!
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5 zindigo
June 25, 2025 at 7:53 AM
My squee this week is an episode from MBC's "Single Life" from about a year ago that floated into my YouTube feed the other day. It's about 15 minutes (with English subs) of Park Jin Young visiting Lee Jungho at his apartment after he returns from military duty. Apparently they're good friends (who knew?!)
You'll laugh (a lot), you'll gasp (you'll know when you get to that part), and you'll most definitely squee. Their personalities are on full display, lol. So cute and funny.
If you missed this in the last year (or even if you didn't, haha!), this is a must watch if you're a fan of either or both! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hkj8khZrWhI&t=10s&ab_channel=MBCWORLD
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zindigo
June 25, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Clarification: It's after Jin Young returns from the military. I didn't phrase that clearly.
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panshel
June 25, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Oh, I thought this was with Lee Jung-ha, but all of JYP Nation is close (2PM, GOT7, Twice, DAY6, etc.).
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zindigo
June 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I didn't know that :-)
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Midnight
June 25, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Yes, they are very cute with each other (all sunbae, hubaes)
Here's another hilarious one between ChanSung and GOT7, it's very old and very short:
https://youtu.be/tlCYWlFYyTs?feature=shared
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Isa is always time travelling
June 25, 2025 at 10:38 AM
I watched it at the time. It was funny.
My friends and I had a good laugh with Junho's dressing room.
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Midnight
June 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
That episode was filmed and aired 4 years ago, and Junho still gets asked/teased about his dressing room on fan meetings, even though he has moved since, and nobody has seen his new house/room! 🤣🤣 Imho he deserves it! 😈
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JH LOVES KDRAMA
June 26, 2025 at 12:08 PM
So cute! Thank you for sharing. I love both of them!
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6 ladynightshade wants her own ryu sunjae
June 25, 2025 at 11:04 AM
I just finished the premiere episodes of Head Over Heels, and Jo Yi-hyun is so cute! I lowkey just wanna wrap her in bubble wrap and protect her from all those bullies and standoffish boys. And whoever is styling her in the shaman hanboks need a raise.
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aigooooo
June 25, 2025 at 11:50 AM
This show had a lot more depth than I expected. I really liked it, and I love her!
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Isa is always time travelling
June 25, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The second episode was better than the first one. The plot was deeper than it seemed.
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aigooooo
June 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Yeah, it reminded me of the Witch in some ways, but I liked it so much more. Gender switch maybe? Or that a supernatural element had already been introduced so this strange supersition wasn't coming out of nowhere?
I think it was really what the grandmother said after she was dead, though we didn't know it at the time. It's people who kill people. It's people who spread the negativity and make people feel alone. Weeper, and I didn't expect it to be. Really looking forward to the next episode.
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ladynightshade wants her own ryu sunjae
June 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The conversation with the grandmother was already heartbreaking - and then we get hit with the reveal of her death. Poor Gyeon-woo. He's lost so much at such a young age. I really hope Seong-ah and the new archery coach keeps him from despairing further.
7 roko
June 25, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Rewatching She Would Never Know. The douchebag boyfriend from Kim Sam Soon is a weirdly cute, and nice!, chaebol grandbaby here. His romance with the lovely eldest sister is the part I most look forward to in this drama. I keep thinking she could totally pass as Ji Chang Wook's sister.
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empressgirl
June 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
My squee was Rowoon's little niece -- the superb child actress Park So-Yi. Her acting here sealed me as a fan
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8 sadhahada
June 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Miji/Hosu and Mirae/Sejin :3
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9 oosiee
June 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
My squeeee~ for this week goes to Mr. Tadha and his loyal secretary Wenai 😁
Mondays are the new fundays!
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10 Midnight
June 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
My squee this week, legends from different genres, eras, and generations being absolute legends:
Jung Yong Hwa and Young K:
https://youtu.be/uZC77Bu_dik?feature=shared
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Isa is always time travelling
June 25, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Wonderful!! I love them.
Thanks for sharing it!
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Midnight
June 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
You're welcome!
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11 too_much_tv
June 25, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I for some reason decided I needed to rewatch a few episodes of The Lonely Shining Goblin. (Why does everyone have a different name for this drama?) The internet is what is making me squee, because someone posted an English translation of the poem that Gong Yoo reads at the end of episode 4, "The Physics of Love." I do not mind a schmaltzy poem every so often! https://davidbowles.us/poetry/the-physics-of-love-by-kim-in-yook/
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miso
June 26, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I love that poem so much that I listed in my favourite k-drama line 🥰 - https://dramabeans.com/2023/11/drama-chat-favorite-k-drama-lines/
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JH LOVES KDRAMA
June 26, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Beautiful poem and scene. Thank you for the reminder and the link.
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12 Nessa🌹
June 25, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Being able to re-live beloved dramas even when I’m not the one watching, but someone else is and they choose to discuss with me 🥰🥰
Thank you for letting me re-live the joy that comes with viewing and chatting about THE OATH OF LOVE
@cliosservant1846 😘
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Clios Servant
June 26, 2025 at 3:56 AM
I'm slowly watching OATH along with a bunch of other rewatches this week while visiting family; and mourning the very last chapters of GRANDMASTER OF DEMONIC CULTIVATION vol. 5.
Other rewatches: MINGLAN (Feng Shao Feng that rascal), LOVE LIKE THE GALAXY (better second time round) and YOU ARE MY GLORY (casting perfection with great cinematography).
New watches: YONG JIU GROCERY STORE and MY TREASURE. Roy Chiu is film magic; what a gifted actor. When I return to home base, I'll start a rewatch to finish ZANG HAI.
There are so many good options available now with streaming, what a great era for drama watching.
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Nessa🌹
June 26, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Busy busy!! ☺️
Speaking of GRANDMASTER OF DEMONIC CULTIVATION— today in China (June 27th) marks the 6th anniversary of the premiere of THE UNTAMED 🥹🥹🥹😍😍😍😍😍😍
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lillamy
June 26, 2025 at 11:56 AM
If you're ever in a mind to, I can highly recommend the audio drama for Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation (MZDS), it is a faithful adaptation to the book and insanely well produced. I've had difficulty finding it the past year but made a new search just now when your comment reminded me and found the entire drama uploaded to dailymotion. 😍
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Nessa🌹
June 26, 2025 at 12:17 PM
I should than you as well for the reminder that it exists— I’ve found it on YT and have saved the playlist for future listening 😅
I’ve worked my butt of to pull away from the drama—and almost everyone /everything affiliated— because I found myself going very deep into the rabbit hole in an unhealthy way at some point 🥹 But the anniversary pulls me back in ever so slightly every year, because this drama is just so special to me 🥰🥰
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lillamy
June 26, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Trust me, the audio drama will indeed worsen your condition. It is absolutely splendid!
Clios Servant
June 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Oh interesting! I did try my local library audio service and also Audible without any luck whatsoever which honestly surprised me. But I'm old enough to remember more than one great read that took a while to surface as audio. Eventually, Audible will pick it up if they want their audience to expand. They aren't stupid. Pricey, but not stupid.
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Nessa🌹
June 27, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Squee Moment #2 this week:
There seems to be no stopping in the reach and influence of Legend of Zang Hai any time soon! It continues to garner buzz online, overseas (even Taiwan), and even a domestic prestigious award show seems to have uses the drama for clout—which, I am still undecided about whether or not I like that it happened, because I don’t like people and think using other people and things for clout usually 🤔 Other minor networks in China have begun—or will soon begin— airing the drama on their own platforms, so I don’t see any slowing down of this momentum any time soon! There have even been questions about another season 😊
Great job to the cast, directors, and the production crew altogether 🥰😍😘♥️ They all deserve it! As this truly is a quality drama— from beginning to end in writing, in acting, in production quality, in ALL of the details. It seems as if some of the cast— the not-a-traffic-star cast and some of the veteran cast— are all still in humble disbelief about all of the love, ongoing attention, and buzz that this drama has been receiving, as many of the interviews I’ve seen of the cast continually show their gratefulness and their genuine surprise of the drama’s buzz and how it’s basically exploded (even being labeled as the network’s— YOUKU— most explosive and popular drama in recent years) 😊 It’s no wonder the network took the opportunity to announce their next project with Xiao Zhan is already in the works, and the fact that they even have a “next project” with him
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13 lillamy
June 26, 2025 at 12:02 AM
This week, I've been squeeing so hard over the husband of the fourth daughter in Cdrama PERFECT MATCH, undoubtedly the best of them, and played to absolute perfection by Liang Yong Qi. I knew I was right to persist on his account when the eldest daughter marriage started to alternately vex and bore me. There is so much to say concerning all the arcs of that show, but on the fourth daughter, I have nothing particularly negative to say about it. I did sigh a lot when it became apparent they used the amnesia trope but they did it so delicately and with such sweet results I cannot be bothered. Instead, that face he made when he was forced to eat something bitter is the single cutest thing I've seen these couple of months and something I lament I cannot rave about during december on the fanwall.
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Clios Servant
June 26, 2025 at 3:58 AM
You know, maybe I should give this one another try. I made it to ep. 15 and boredom and subpar production got to me (also the mother, ugh) but you aren't the first one to highlight fourth daughter's arc. May I ask what episode does her story begin?
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Isa is always time travelling
June 26, 2025 at 7:39 AM
I only watched four episodes. I didn't like it enough.
But my friends enjoyed it a lot and I think their favorite plot was precisely the fourth daughter's.
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lillamy
June 26, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Fast-forward ahead to ep 20! The current arc is indeed difficult to get through and I'm afraid it drags on more.
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Nessa🌹
June 26, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Maybe I should start this 🤔 The cast has quite a few members I’ve seen before in other dramas and I like them ☺️ Xuan Yi, Wang Xing Yue, Lu Yu Xiao
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14 Isa is always time travelling
June 26, 2025 at 7:34 AM
The Chinese series Reborn, which I'm currently watching on Viki (I've watched 12 of 23 episodes), hasn't exactly been cheerful or squee-worthy so far. It's a sad, slow-moving series with a tough undertone. But in the last two episodes I've watched (on Viki), the main couple begins to share some very tender and endearing moments, and they have wonderful chemistry. So I'm finally watching them with a smile. They are very cute together, innocently planning their future.
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15 Dorotka
June 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Taec is totally squee worthy in Night with Duke 😍 ...all his smiles, happy, amused, satisfied... and then his character as Prince, with his unwavering love for Heroine is so swoony.... and then you want to play in this queen selection? Ok, I will let you have fun. But don't forget I will choose you anyway. ... and his reaction to the past with the terrible boyfriend of her friend? Perfect!!
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Isa is always time travelling
June 27, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Actually, now I'm watching the show only for Taec, the actor more than the character. I don't know why but after the last episodes my interest for the show has dropped a lot.
Although there was something interesting in the preview of episode 7 and an actor I like is playing a new character 🤔
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Dorotka
June 27, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Oh no, is ep.6 not good? 😬 I haven't watched it yet.
I enjoyed Taec as an actor a lot in ep.5, I think I have never enjoyed him as much as here in Night with Duke. He also seems to have fun with this role. 🙂
And I think they click nicely with Seohyun.
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Isa is always time travelling
June 27, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Episode 6 is better than episode 5. You'll like it!
I enjoyed Heartbeat much more than First Night with the Duke 😅
Taec in Heartbeat played such a lovely character.
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Dorotka
June 27, 2025 at 5:49 AM
I.... dropped Heartbeat. 😅😅
Though not because of Taec, he was very fine there. 😊
Dorotka
June 27, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Isa, I'm not squeeing, I'm blushing!! 😊😊
# ep.6
empressgirl
June 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Here to SQUEE about Duke show too!
I only finally started watching yesterday and binged the first 4 episodes - so good. THIS is what I need now!
I have dropped both Good Boy and Oh My Ghost Clients and just want a light and happy show to uplift my mood and DUKE is it.
The last line of FL when she runs to the wedding selection seals it for me: "I will devote the remainder of Cha Sun Chaek's life to this man. I will bet my life on him." It is her character's turning point to embrace both *fate* & agency after witnessing the devotion and sacrifice of ML to save and nurse her during the plague ❤❤❤
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