By: @jerrykuvira
When I look back to the dramas that aired this year, it is fraught with mostly displeasure, betrayals, and disappointments. But there were a select few dramas that...
We've handed out the Bean of Greatness, the Bean of Disappointment, and the Bean of Squee. For our final bean of the year, we're awarding the Bean of Hiddenness. You...
I'm somewhat of an Oliver Twist, so even after I spend 16 hours of my life on a drama, I sometimes still want more. But I'm not just pulling my greed...
"Life can’t always give you everything you want, but it sometimes hides small gifts here and there."
-Twinkling Watermelon
If there’s one lesson K-dramas like to hammer in...
By: @gadis
As a drama year, I started 2023 with a doom portent. It might sound like an exaggeration, but how else would you describe a year of drama adventure that...
One of our favorite features at Dramabeans is our annual Editors' Picks, which is the product of much voting, deep internal debate, hand-wringing – and of course, fangirling. While some of...
2023 was a year of cutesy, cuddly, can’t-get-enough-kisses couples. It was also a year for intense pining that saw some couples repel like same-pole magnets the more they tried to...
The power of squee — defined as a word used to express great delight or excitement — cannot be denied in dramaland. While a drama can't float for 16 episodes on squee alone (...
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. 2023 definitely brought a lot of surprises to dramaland. Some slogs, some gems. Some squee-worthy OTPs. Lots of regurgitated...
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[2023 Year in Review] Eight recollections over 12 months
by Guest Beanie
By: @jerrykuvira When I look back to the dramas that aired this year, it is fraught with mostly displeasure, betrayals, and disappointments. But there were a select few dramas that...
Tags: guest beanie, year in review, year in review 2023
[2023 Year in Review] A soundtrack for the season
by solstices
Before penning this essay, I stared at a blank page for a long while, racking my brain for a way to sum up my year of dramas. Then I thought...
Tags: editorial, year in review, year in review 2023
[2023 Year in Review] Bean of Hiddenness
by DB Staff
We've handed out the Bean of Greatness, the Bean of Disappointment, and the Bean of Squee. For our final bean of the year, we're awarding the Bean of Hiddenness. You...
Tags: Finland Papa, One Day Off, The Matchmakers, Trolley, Unlock the Boss, year in review, year in review 2023
[2023 Year in Review] Side plots, supporting characters & spin-offs
by Unit
I'm somewhat of an Oliver Twist, so even after I spend 16 hours of my life on a drama, I sometimes still want more. But I'm not just pulling my greed...
Tags: editorial, year in review, year in review 2023
[2023 Year in Review] Serendipities of 2023
by mistyisles
"Life can’t always give you everything you want, but it sometimes hides small gifts here and there." -Twinkling Watermelon If there’s one lesson K-dramas like to hammer in...
Tags: editorial, year in review, year in review 2023
[2023 Year in Review] K-drama: My reignited first love story
by Guest Beanie
By: @gadis As a drama year, I started 2023 with a doom portent. It might sound like an exaggeration, but how else would you describe a year of drama adventure that...
Tags: guest beanie, year in review, year in review 2023
[2023 Year in Review] Editors’ Picks
by DB Staff
One of our favorite features at Dramabeans is our annual Editors' Picks, which is the product of much voting, deep internal debate, hand-wringing – and of course, fangirling. While some of...
Tags: Alchemy of Souls 2, Call It Love, Choi Hyun-wook, Editors' Picks, Han Hyo-joo, Lee Sang-yub, Moving, My Dearest, Revenant, See You in My 19th Life, Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938, The Kidnapping Day, Twinkling Watermelon, year in review, year in review 2023, Yoo-na
[2023 Year in Review] Couples that killed it
by Dramaddictally
2023 was a year of cutesy, cuddly, can’t-get-enough-kisses couples. It was also a year for intense pining that saw some couples repel like same-pole magnets the more they tried to...
Tags: editorial, year in review, year in review 2023
[2023 Year in Review] Bean of Squee
by DB Staff
The power of squee — defined as a word used to express great delight or excitement — cannot be denied in dramaland. While a drama can't float for 16 episodes on squee alone (...
Tags: Destined With You, King the Land, Romantic Doctor Teacher Kim 3, The Secret Romantic Guesthouse, Twinkling Watermelon, year in review, year in review 2023
[2023 Year in Review] Beanie Awards
by DB Staff
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. 2023 definitely brought a lot of surprises to dramaland. Some slogs, some gems. Some squee-worthy OTPs. Lots of regurgitated...
Tags: Beanie Awards, Beanie Polls, year in review, year in review 2023