It’s not just me who doesn’t know what to pick up next for a live watch. Even DB doesn’t seem to know what to recap next! There’s nothing added after💄 sunbae. Hah.

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    I know what I’ll be watching in March (Mouse is out March 3) but there’s a whole month till then and I have no plans.

    Maybe I should do something other than watch kdramas 😅

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      yeah @wapz suggested Mouse to me too! I’m not sure I’ll pick it up if it has a sci-fi angle though. That doesn’t excite me :/

      If this is up your alley, I’d recommend what I just started live-watching: A tw-drama about three women entrepreneurs, slice of life / office drama, called “The Arc of Life”. I loved the first 4 eps I watched already. 2 eps out every Sunday. I am able to access this on iQiyi. I think this is going to be my live-watch for the next few weeks now.

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        It’s been ages since I watched a tw drama, I might check it out – would need to get iqiyi though, hmmm

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        Taiwanese drama-slice of life-women entrepreneurs.
        These words go so well together. Planning to check it out today.
        I remember the time there used to be a dearth of slice of life dramas in C, K and T dramas and I was left waiting and complaining after watching Misaeng that why do they not make such shows more often. Now we’re blessed with lots of them, even if some are just preachy and nothing else but unfortunately they are not in the next kdrama batch. Looking forward to no kdrama at all for now.

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    RUN ON is my only live drama right now. My card is going to fill up soon however with RIVER WHERE THE MOON RISES, VINCENZO and probably a couple of others.
    One romantic mystery/dramedy (?) was not on my radar but I just added it to my queue on Viki (US) after watching this teaser for DEAR M. I never thought I would hear Julie Andrews singing in a kdrama:
    https://twitter.com/kdrama_news/status/1356750301773004803

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      OMG!!! I didn’t know whether to sing along or LOL while watching this!!!

      I have watched bits of the web drama of which this is supposed to be a spinoff, and it’s cute. This might be too. I doubt that this will be a mystery though. I think it’s an all out rom com.

      I’d have pencilled in VINCENZO if it had shown signs of being a comic thriller / action comedy, but so far, it does not.

      (RUN ON is my only current live watch too! – I can’t usually live watch more than one show at a time. I started the tw-drama The Arc of Life as my backup, although I’d have liked a kdrama to fill in the gap. Sigh.)

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        Glad you enjoyed it. Likewise I found myself humming along.

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        Speaking of tw-dramas, did you happen to watch YONG JIU GROCERY STORE (2019)?
        I had it on my Viki queue for awhile and let it drop but I remember it get good reviews and since I am between dramas I think I will try to work it in. Ten episodes is also a plus.

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          Yes! YJGS was lovely! I highly recommend it. When the Taiwanese do a good job with a drama, they do a darned good job.

          Another tw-drama from last year in the same genre – meditative, minimalist, thoughtful, and slice of life – that I really liked was “I, MYSELF” (also ~10 eps, I forget the exact number). It doesn’t have outstanding performances, but the storyline was very unusual, and felt very personal to me (it analysed the spectrum between solitude and loneliness, in and outside of relationships). I loved the theme and the presentation. I don’t know if this is up your alley, though. The few folks who watched it on my recommendation preferred YJGS over this.

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    Cdramas 🤔🤔🤔😏😏😏

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    I’ll give it a try to LUCA and to River where the Moon rises, mainly because they’re on Viki.
    As for the rest, I really don’t know.

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      Yeah, I’m not excited about those two.
      I’m going through my back catalogue instead – besides the tw-drama that I started.
      And oh I binge-finished JUST DANCE!!!
      I LOVED it, like you said!!
      I have plans of putting up a fanwall note on it sometime soon.

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        I knew!! It’s such a gem!
        When I was watching FoS2, the oppressive atmosphere and the tiredness of the leads remind me so much to this drama, I was all the time wondering if that “I can’t breathe” feeling was part of the PD’s touch.

        Oh, and regarding new dramas, I’m dying to watch Vincenzo because it can be such a disaster… or maybe a fantastic one (I’m leaning on my first option though), and because I need to see SJK speaking Italian and acting as an Italian in his heart. I could even pay to watch this…

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          Italian SJK 😂

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          For me, the biggest common factor between FOS2 and JD was a technical thing: the super-smooth transition between the camera angles and the scenes, and the multiple camera angles to show the same conversation from different POVs. I don’t know if this was an editorial decision or if the director had some control. Seeing the similarity, I feel the director had something to say (unless it’s the same editor-director combination working here).

          The oppressive atmosphere – hmmm – My note to self while watching JD was that it was seemingly a very simple story (coming-of-age + underdogs winning), but actually sooo much more complex. This was definitely because of the script, but the director also made sure that the script didn’t collapse into the stereotype. I loved it. It’s a top quality show.

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