Calling it. Kim Tae Ri is highly likely to receive a Baeksang Award for her role in Jeongnyeon. Eventhough Jeongnyeon can be annoying at times (most of the time 😅), she’s also such a chameleon and so memorable on stage. It’s awesome to see her transformation with each character she plays. She’s so good, she doesn’t only captivate the audience, she renders her castmate speechless too, mesmerized by her performance. As of ep 7, I think it is safe to say she has passed her I-want-to-shine-alone stage, she has proven she’s quick on her feet and a valuable troupe member.
I can’t wait to see the full final musical performance where Jeongnyeon will be the main lead role on stage. Question is…who will be the other main lead?
I gauge how much I like a drama by the amount of fanwall posts I wanna make for the drama. Currently I want to spam my DB fan wall with Seoul Busters gifs. I find SB funny and highly enjoyable. One of the rare dramas I’m glad had more episodes than normal (20 vs 16).
I’ll probably share gifs for a while until I can get the drama out of my system. Drama had too many gif-able moments. For starters, some Yubin gifs from ep 1:
Sua omma and Sun Jae omma are the worst ommas in Crash Course in Romance, especially Sun Jae omma. She ruined her 1st child and on the road to ruin her 2nd child.
But if he’s not wearing his little spidery costume, is he even the real Bael? (I have only caught up until episode 12 and I’m still waiting for Satan’s nightmare spell to show and, therefore, questioning absolutely everything I see)
Does he pop up randomly out of hell without being summoned now? (how much spare time does this hellish leader have? Doesn’t he have a job to do as well?)
There is a theory that Bael at end of ep 12 is an illusion and Bitna is still under the illusion spell. Usually when Bael appears, the tone is blue but ep 12 Bael was red.
Bael scene was Satan’s red. I’m wondering why Justitia doesn’t have any other power. We’ve seen the illusion one done on her twice already by different demons. We’ve seen Mando’s voice power too.
Unless her super power is that she can cook a mean ramyeon and we still have to see it…
My current actor Uhm Tae Goo and my all time favourite Shin Sung Rok were in The Age of Shadows! I forgot they were in the same movie until I saw the movie interview clip (which I have watched before) while searching for UTG clips 😂. I don’t recall they have any scenes together in the movie though.
Pic 1 and 2 below were posted by Shin Sung Rok on his instagram, Pic 3 was posted by Han Ji Min 😆.
Seo Ji Hwan up there with Seo Yi Do as my favourite romcom male lead. My banner is Seo Yi Do, since I don’t remember when, proof how long I like his character hahahaha.
Both are Seo’s but Ji Hwan and Yi Do can’t be more different. Ji Hwan wins with his calmness. Yi Do is chaotic. But both are so sweet. Interestingly both My Sweet Mobster and Perfume has a childhood comnection and both done right!
As much as I like Ji Hwan and Yi Do, I also really like the female leads for both My Sweet Mobster and Perfume. Go Eun Ha and Min Jae Hee/Yerin best romcom female leads in my book.
All in all, My Sweet Mobster and Perfume are my favourite romcoms 😆
My Sweet Mobster is also my favorite rom-com of 2024, and Uhm Tae-gu is my favorite rom-com ML of the year! ❤️ This drama was so funny and so heartfelt and sweet 🥰
The breakup was hmmm. Previously I shared their dating timeline investigation (link:https://dramabeans.com/2024/10/what-comes-after-love-episodes-1-2/#comment-4221980). In summary, they started dating sometime in spring 2019, presummably in April aka sakura season. In ep 3, it was shown Hong started to feel so lonely not long after, because the running inccident happened in June 2019. That\’s barely 2 months in their relationship. I can\’t force myself to believe these 2 are meant to be for each other because they have so little in common and neither meet half way. Obviously both are from different class. Hong is or was rich, Jungo is not rich. Hong doesn\’t understand why Jungo needs to continuosly work. I also don\’t understand why Hong is always at home waiting for Jungo, doesn\’t she have her part time job and school 🤔? Drama also makes it unclear if she is still working, so Jungo not only needs to cover his expenses but also hers? I doubt Hong pays rent and utility bills once she moved in with him. Kinda makes it understandable why he needs to work double, he has 2 mouths to feed.
Don\’t get me started with the exes or current partners, they also refuse to listen to the other party. Makes it a roundabout of people not talking and/or not listening 🙃.
Overall, I\’m still not sure how I feel about this drama.
Yep. He needs money to pay his tuition. On top of that he needs to pay his bills. He can’t write if he doesn’t have money for school and a roof on his head. Kinda ironic that his argument is he needs to work for money to write but he doesn’t even have free time to write because he’s too busy finding money to finance his writing aspirations.
I found the book (jungo POV) review in Japanese, excerpt from the book review: ‘In order to support Beni, Jungo takes on more part-time jobs, becoming extremely busy, and the two begin to drift apart.’
They changed a lot from the books though. I wonder if they will include some of the arguments from both books in the drama because in the books it had more japan-korea tension.
I don’t know. Not sure if she worked in the book. But even in the drama, after getting together with Jungo, she’s always at home. Doesn’t she have school or work? Her colleagues look like a fun bunch, she has no group chat with them? 🤔
The timeline confused me when I watched because the flashbacks made it look like they dated for ages but their words and voiceovers doesn’t match. So I did some investigating and below are my findings:
1. Hong arrived in Japan in 2019 spring. In present time they said they haven’t met each other for 5 years. 2019 is 5 years before 2024.
2. Hong voiceover it was her first and last spring during the sakura date flashback. I deduct they were together for less than a year
3. There was also a flashback that showed their breakup and her phonelock, the date was visible. 3rd October 2019 (totally missed this when I watched the ep, saw the screenshot on twitter 😅 and found out it was in the 1st scene of ep 1 ). Peak sakura season in Tokyo is early-mid April. From that we can pretty much conclude that they dated between april to early october: roughly 6 months.
I only noticed your point #1, but it contributed to my impression that there’s a mismatch between the length/intensity of their relationship and the angst of their breakup and lingering feelings.
Maybe we’ll see more, maybe we’re just supposed to take it for granted that they loooooooooved each other so much.
Yes. It clear that they only dated for a year or less. And that’s one of the things that was bothering me too.
But thanks to your research we have a more specific timeframe.
Six months, five years ago, and they can’t move on…
How horrible was that break up (the reason for it)? Should they get back together? I feel like that’s not the best idea.
I feel Hong and Jungo breakup reason will make or break the drama for me. The breakup reason must be solid and make sense for both of them to be so stuck in time. Their level of angst is what I expected from super long committed couples like FL and ex-fiance in Love Next Door. Instead we got zilch angst from LND couple but major angst from WCAL in present time. Interestingly both breakup was requested by the FL in both dramas.
FL cancer will relapse but this time she will have a big support system in place because she actually tells her family and friends that she\’s sick. And this time the family and friends will not shout or be angry, they will embrace the news and go through it together. They will all be around her death bed. The drama ends with ML building a memorial house for her.
I think his mother will be sick or something will happen to her. The fact she did weird things like the spoon in the washing machine, the magazine in SR’s mother bag.
There are talks that she has alzheimers. Highly probable. I don’t really understand what happened between ML mum and dad. Why are they so distant? If she has alzheimers, i hope she gets a diagnosis soon and share with her family. But ML family is more distant than FL family 🙃. Won’t be surprised if she does something so weird/dangerous and that’s how her family will learn about her condition.
I think they lived their professionnal life without thinking to their private one.
It looked like she often was absent for her job and because they never communicated, it became easier to continue to leave in another countries than confronting the awkwardness at home.
This has always been my theory but ep 10 made me refine it. Earlier my theory was simpler: she’ll die and he will make a memorial. Latest theory has family & friends involved~
Kairoskat π
November 4, 2024 at 8:07 AM
Roy Kim’s voice is like 🍯. His live singing sounds like a recording.
Also cool video concept, maybe we’ll get more artists singing undercover.
alasecond
November 4, 2024 at 9:37 AM
HE IS BACK!!!??!!!
i am surprised that people r allowing him ot be back
Kairoskat π
November 2, 2024 at 10:59 PM
Calling it. Kim Tae Ri is highly likely to receive a Baeksang Award for her role in Jeongnyeon. Eventhough Jeongnyeon can be annoying at times (most of the time 😅), she’s also such a chameleon and so memorable on stage. It’s awesome to see her transformation with each character she plays. She’s so good, she doesn’t only captivate the audience, she renders her castmate speechless too, mesmerized by her performance. As of ep 7, I think it is safe to say she has passed her I-want-to-shine-alone stage, she has proven she’s quick on her feet and a valuable troupe member.
I can’t wait to see the full final musical performance where Jeongnyeon will be the main lead role on stage. Question is…who will be the other main lead?
john
November 3, 2024 at 6:46 AM
This looks interesting, will give it a try.
Kairoskat π
November 1, 2024 at 9:19 PM
The guys minus their leader…but I expect leader-nim to be just like these 3 😅
Leave it to the only lady in the team, Detective Seo to save the day!!!
#seoulbusters
Kairoskat π
November 1, 2024 at 8:20 PM
Everyone should run and watch Seoul Busters 😂
Lord Cobol (Kdramas, like water, flow downhill)
November 1, 2024 at 8:31 PM
Some of us prefer to watch sitting down π
Kairoskat π
November 1, 2024 at 8:47 PM
Hahahahaha
Midnight
November 1, 2024 at 9:12 PM
Will do! Soon!
Kairoskat π
November 1, 2024 at 9:28 AM
I gauge how much I like a drama by the amount of fanwall posts I wanna make for the drama. Currently I want to spam my DB fan wall with Seoul Busters gifs. I find SB funny and highly enjoyable. One of the rare dramas I’m glad had more episodes than normal (20 vs 16).
I’ll probably share gifs for a while until I can get the drama out of my system. Drama had too many gif-able moments. For starters, some Yubin gifs from ep 1:
Midnight
November 1, 2024 at 9:29 AM
I’m looking forward to watching this.
HopefulRomantic π¦ Tigermoth π¦
November 1, 2024 at 3:31 PM
I love it!!! 🥰 Looking forward to more Seoul Busters gifs!!!
Kairoskat π
November 1, 2024 at 12:32 AM
Me not getting what I ordered in my parcel 😑
#seoulbusters
Kairoskat π
November 1, 2024 at 12:33 AM
Also me not getting Sungrok drama news 😑
Midnight
November 1, 2024 at 1:55 AM
Is that Kim Dong Wook?? The glasses make him look like Uhm Ki Joon’s twin!
Kairoskat π
November 1, 2024 at 2:18 AM
Yes. Kim dong wook is yubin in Seoul Busters 😆
Kairoskat π
November 1, 2024 at 12:17 AM
Me when my online shopping parcel arrives 😆
#seoulbusters
Kurama
November 1, 2024 at 12:24 AM
I hope you’re not as disapointed as him after you opened it 😅
Kairoskat π
November 1, 2024 at 12:35 AM
Hahahaha. Poor Yubin not getting his fuel aka chocolate 😂
Kairoskat π
October 31, 2024 at 8:37 PM
Sua omma and Sun Jae omma are the worst ommas in Crash Course in Romance, especially Sun Jae omma. She ruined her 1st child and on the road to ruin her 2nd child.
Kairoskat π
October 30, 2024 at 2:35 PM
Happy 4th Anniversary to Kairos!!!! 🥳
4 years have passed but not forgotten. Still one of the best dramas out there 😎.
πΈ Seeker πΈ
October 31, 2024 at 2:38 AM
Hmm … makes me wonder what was your display name before Kairos!? 🤔 😂
Kairoskat π
November 1, 2024 at 12:38 AM
Hahaha. I don’t remember what was my last display name before kairoskat 😂
πΈ Seeker πΈ
November 1, 2024 at 3:39 AM
Now this is the type of amnesia I approve of. 🫰🏻👏🏻
Kairoskat π
October 29, 2024 at 6:10 AM
Best looking Bael is Bael without spider legs. Still don’t understand why they made him a spider 🫠
Kurama
October 29, 2024 at 7:00 AM
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/Bael.jpg
It could have been worst.
Kairoskat π
October 29, 2024 at 7:46 AM
Eeeeeeeeee 😮
Kurama
October 29, 2024 at 8:00 AM
worse* >_<
πΈ Seeker πΈ
October 29, 2024 at 8:20 AM
🤦♀️🙈 Yes, we should count our blessings!! 🙏🏻
Kurama
October 29, 2024 at 8:22 AM
Yeah, not sure the 3 heads would have worked 😅
πΈ Seeker πΈ
October 29, 2024 at 8:32 AM
Well CGI can always make *something* out of nothing but I’m glad just to see Shin Sung-rok’s face. 😍🥰
Kairoskat π
October 29, 2024 at 8:54 AM
No 3 heads and no 8 legs 😵
πΈ Seeker πΈ
October 29, 2024 at 9:11 AM
Sigh, yes. We can do without the extra appendages tyvm.
Nessa (Bebe) πΉ
October 29, 2024 at 12:34 PM
@seeker
I donβt know why I find the word βappendagesβ so quirky and funny 😄
πΈ Seeker πΈ
October 29, 2024 at 5:58 PM
💪🏻🦵🏻are serious business @bebeswtz 😂
RenOIshi
October 29, 2024 at 4:13 PM
The addition of a demonic cat would have been cool!!!
Kairoskat π
October 29, 2024 at 4:56 PM
I would definitely prefer shin sung rok appearing with a cat in his hands over him with spider legs 😂 Hahaha
πΈ Seeker πΈ
October 29, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Definitely cool. Great idea. Like that pearl wearing mobster.
RenOIshi
October 29, 2024 at 10:12 PM
Demonic but cute or Cute but demonic. Cats are the bomb!!!!
πΈ Seeker πΈ
October 30, 2024 at 2:49 AM
😻😻😻
Cecee is done DramaQueening
October 30, 2024 at 5:15 AM
But if he’s not wearing his little spidery costume, is he even the real Bael? (I have only caught up until episode 12 and I’m still waiting for Satan’s nightmare spell to show and, therefore, questioning absolutely everything I see)
Does he pop up randomly out of hell without being summoned now? (how much spare time does this hellish leader have? Doesn’t he have a job to do as well?)
Kairoskat π
October 30, 2024 at 2:28 PM
There is a theory that Bael at end of ep 12 is an illusion and Bitna is still under the illusion spell. Usually when Bael appears, the tone is blue but ep 12 Bael was red.
Cecee is done DramaQueening
October 31, 2024 at 5:11 AM
Bael scene was Satan’s red. I’m wondering why Justitia doesn’t have any other power. We’ve seen the illusion one done on her twice already by different demons. We’ve seen Mando’s voice power too.
Unless her super power is that she can cook a mean ramyeon and we still have to see it…
Kairoskat π
October 26, 2024 at 6:29 AM
My current actor Uhm Tae Goo and my all time favourite Shin Sung Rok were in The Age of Shadows! I forgot they were in the same movie until I saw the movie interview clip (which I have watched before) while searching for UTG clips 😂. I don’t recall they have any scenes together in the movie though.
Pic 1 and 2 below were posted by Shin Sung Rok on his instagram, Pic 3 was posted by Han Ji Min 😆.
Kairoskat π
October 26, 2024 at 5:15 AM
Seo Ji Hwan up there with Seo Yi Do as my favourite romcom male lead. My banner is Seo Yi Do, since I don’t remember when, proof how long I like his character hahahaha.
Both are Seo’s but Ji Hwan and Yi Do can’t be more different. Ji Hwan wins with his calmness. Yi Do is chaotic. But both are so sweet. Interestingly both My Sweet Mobster and Perfume has a childhood comnection and both done right!
As much as I like Ji Hwan and Yi Do, I also really like the female leads for both My Sweet Mobster and Perfume. Go Eun Ha and Min Jae Hee/Yerin best romcom female leads in my book.
All in all, My Sweet Mobster and Perfume are my favourite romcoms 😆
Kairoskat π
October 26, 2024 at 2:28 AM
Found my favourite 2024 romcom:
My Sweet Mobster!
Seo Ji Hwan best 2024 romcom male lead! Petition for more funny roles for Uhm Tae Goo 😂
HopefulRomantic π¦ Tigermoth π¦
October 26, 2024 at 4:39 AM
My Sweet Mobster is also my favorite rom-com of 2024, and Uhm Tae-gu is my favorite rom-com ML of the year! ❤️ This drama was so funny and so heartfelt and sweet 🥰
Kairoskat π
October 5, 2024 at 5:41 PM
Watched WCAL ep 3.
The breakup was hmmm. Previously I shared their dating timeline investigation (link:https://dramabeans.com/2024/10/what-comes-after-love-episodes-1-2/#comment-4221980). In summary, they started dating sometime in spring 2019, presummably in April aka sakura season. In ep 3, it was shown Hong started to feel so lonely not long after, because the running inccident happened in June 2019. That\’s barely 2 months in their relationship. I can\’t force myself to believe these 2 are meant to be for each other because they have so little in common and neither meet half way. Obviously both are from different class. Hong is or was rich, Jungo is not rich. Hong doesn\’t understand why Jungo needs to continuosly work. I also don\’t understand why Hong is always at home waiting for Jungo, doesn\’t she have her part time job and school 🤔? Drama also makes it unclear if she is still working, so Jungo not only needs to cover his expenses but also hers? I doubt Hong pays rent and utility bills once she moved in with him. Kinda makes it understandable why he needs to work double, he has 2 mouths to feed.
Don\’t get me started with the exes or current partners, they also refuse to listen to the other party. Makes it a roundabout of people not talking and/or not listening 🙃.
Overall, I\’m still not sure how I feel about this drama.
RenOIshi
October 5, 2024 at 10:16 PM
I just commented to you under my post regarding the timeline lol
Kairoskat π
October 6, 2024 at 12:15 AM
Hahaha. I just replied to your comment under your post 😂
Kurama
October 6, 2024 at 1:49 AM
It’s hard to guess because we don’t have all the informations.
But for the work, he said he needed it to write and to pay college. So it’s not only about bills but to gain experience and write about it.
Kairoskat π
October 6, 2024 at 1:59 AM
Yep. He needs money to pay his tuition. On top of that he needs to pay his bills. He can’t write if he doesn’t have money for school and a roof on his head. Kinda ironic that his argument is he needs to work for money to write but he doesn’t even have free time to write because he’s too busy finding money to finance his writing aspirations.
Kairoskat π
October 6, 2024 at 4:23 PM
I found the book (jungo POV) review in Japanese, excerpt from the book review: ‘In order to support Beni, Jungo takes on more part-time jobs, becoming extremely busy, and the two begin to drift apart.’
They changed a lot from the books though. I wonder if they will include some of the arguments from both books in the drama because in the books it had more japan-korea tension.
Kurama
October 6, 2024 at 8:58 PM
What it means In order to support Beni, she was supporting herself before they started to date. Why she needed him after?
Kairoskat π
October 6, 2024 at 10:18 PM
I don’t know. Not sure if she worked in the book. But even in the drama, after getting together with Jungo, she’s always at home. Doesn’t she have school or work? Her colleagues look like a fun bunch, she has no group chat with them? 🤔
Kurama
October 6, 2024 at 11:21 PM
Having the story by flashbacks makes it difficult to understand what really happened.
Kairoskat π
October 2, 2024 at 6:02 AM
To those watching What Comes After Love…did you guys notice they only dated for a few months before breaking up?
Lostpanda is celebrating My Ajusshi π
October 2, 2024 at 6:41 AM
That wasnβt clear to me. How did you figure out how long they were dating?
Kairoskat π
October 2, 2024 at 7:39 AM
The timeline confused me when I watched because the flashbacks made it look like they dated for ages but their words and voiceovers doesn’t match. So I did some investigating and below are my findings:
1. Hong arrived in Japan in 2019 spring. In present time they said they haven’t met each other for 5 years. 2019 is 5 years before 2024.
2. Hong voiceover it was her first and last spring during the sakura date flashback. I deduct they were together for less than a year
3. There was also a flashback that showed their breakup and her phonelock, the date was visible. 3rd October 2019 (totally missed this when I watched the ep, saw the screenshot on twitter 😅 and found out it was in the 1st scene of ep 1 ). Peak sakura season in Tokyo is early-mid April. From that we can pretty much conclude that they dated between april to early october: roughly 6 months.
Elinor, Team Glasses team co-captain
October 2, 2024 at 9:53 AM
I only noticed your point #1, but it contributed to my impression that there’s a mismatch between the length/intensity of their relationship and the angst of their breakup and lingering feelings.
Maybe we’ll see more, maybe we’re just supposed to take it for granted that they loooooooooved each other so much.
tabong
October 2, 2024 at 10:50 AM
Yes. It clear that they only dated for a year or less. And that’s one of the things that was bothering me too.
But thanks to your research we have a more specific timeframe.
Six months, five years ago, and they can’t move on…
How horrible was that break up (the reason for it)? Should they get back together? I feel like that’s not the best idea.
Kairoskat π
October 2, 2024 at 1:27 PM
I feel Hong and Jungo breakup reason will make or break the drama for me. The breakup reason must be solid and make sense for both of them to be so stuck in time. Their level of angst is what I expected from super long committed couples like FL and ex-fiance in Love Next Door. Instead we got zilch angst from LND couple but major angst from WCAL in present time. Interestingly both breakup was requested by the FL in both dramas.
tabong
October 3, 2024 at 1:52 AM
Now that you mention that I can’t think of one break up that is requested by the guy… 🤔
Kairoskat π
September 26, 2024 at 4:15 AM
Everytime I see NGNL on the bean wall, I read : not gonna lie 😅
Healerβs
September 26, 2024 at 7:33 AM
Same, same 😂
πΈ Seeker πΈ
September 26, 2024 at 10:09 AM
💯 same, same!!
bbstl π§Ή
September 26, 2024 at 10:27 AM
Tooooootally same, same! 🤷♀️
Kairoskat π
September 22, 2024 at 2:05 PM
100 days left in 2024 🤯
Kairoskat π
September 20, 2024 at 10:49 PM
Hopefully Shin Sung Rokβs next drama will be a reunion with Jang Nara.
Hopefully Jang Naraβs next drama will be a reunion with Shin Sung Rok.
Isa is always time travelling
September 21, 2024 at 2:23 AM
I’d love watching them together.
tabong
September 21, 2024 at 11:50 AM
Love, did you watch Judge from Hell already? The show has a present for you. 🙈
Kairoskat π
September 16, 2024 at 4:37 PM
Shin Sung Rok needs to be in a drama with this styling! I want a Shin Sung Rok winter drama with long coats 🥲
Isa is always time travelling
September 17, 2024 at 12:17 AM
Where comes the gif from?
He looks great.
Kairoskat π
September 17, 2024 at 4:20 AM
From a jtbc variety show earlier this year~
https://youtu.be/SiJbojNs2nE?feature=shared
Isa is always time travelling
September 17, 2024 at 5:13 AM
Thank you! 😊
Kairoskat π
September 16, 2024 at 3:14 AM
My theory for Love Next Door..
FL cancer will relapse but this time she will have a big support system in place because she actually tells her family and friends that she\’s sick. And this time the family and friends will not shout or be angry, they will embrace the news and go through it together. They will all be around her death bed. The drama ends with ML building a memorial house for her.
Kurama
September 16, 2024 at 4:33 AM
I think his mother will be sick or something will happen to her. The fact she did weird things like the spoon in the washing machine, the magazine in SR’s mother bag.
I think (hope) SR is good for now.
Kairoskat π
September 16, 2024 at 4:41 AM
There are talks that she has alzheimers. Highly probable. I don’t really understand what happened between ML mum and dad. Why are they so distant? If she has alzheimers, i hope she gets a diagnosis soon and share with her family. But ML family is more distant than FL family 🙃. Won’t be surprised if she does something so weird/dangerous and that’s how her family will learn about her condition.
Kurama
September 16, 2024 at 4:58 AM
I think they lived their professionnal life without thinking to their private one.
It looked like she often was absent for her job and because they never communicated, it became easier to continue to leave in another countries than confronting the awkwardness at home.
wapz
September 16, 2024 at 5:01 AM
Oh it makes it so much sense. Theu started with SH’s fascination of memorials. But I really hope that’s not what happens. I didn’t sign up for this.
Lelly19
September 16, 2024 at 9:46 AM
Do you mean it or are you trolling? Lol
Kairoskat π
September 16, 2024 at 3:29 PM
This has always been my theory but ep 10 made me refine it. Earlier my theory was simpler: she’ll die and he will make a memorial. Latest theory has family & friends involved~