Everything watched in 2025 ♥︎

High school, friends, class mates, student-teacher relationship, family, found-family, bromance (the bromance!!!)

Character development, friendship and what it is all about, heartbreak, endurance, forgiveness, going through tough times, thoughtful & meaningful conversations, confessions, fighting scenes, showing what matters, understanding without words

Great acting, chemistry, eye acting

Made me cry: yes

Highschool, class mates, friends, bodyguard

Bittersweet, short

Made me cry: no

University, students

Class mates working on a project together, getting to know each other, misunderstanding, unsure about feelings, not admitting his feelings, being caring through acting and words, being there for each other, going through tough times, thoughtful conversations, insights, confessions

Made me cry: no

Winter, snowfall, city, ocean, beach

Completed: 17.01.2025 - Short Film

Elevator, employees, workplace

Strangers who see each other in an elevator and fall in love at first glance

Inner monologues, different points of view, uncertainty, being shy and cute

Who takes the first step? Timing is everything. Communication is the key.

Made me cry: no

Completed: 20.01.2025

Married couple, who are strangers to each other // Sign language, language of love

Secrets, hide and seek, keeping something quiet, desparation, manipulation, blackmail, lies, control and losing control, doubts, concealing the truth, being invisible, getting closer to each other, recognizing and showing your own feelings, falling in love, confessions, forgiveness, protecting your love

"You can't sacrifize your voice?"

"My wife is my weakness." "She's a brand-new language."

"You're making sounds." "I want to hear it again. Your voice."

"Sincerity, attention, empathy and love. I can give her those things. I'd do anything for her."

"I'm scared to death right now.... Tell her I'll be right there."

"I have absolutely no intention of letting her go."

"When no one else cared about me, you noticed me. [...] Whenever I was scared, you ran over to save me."

"Why didn't you hate me? [...] - Tell me how to hate you. Tell me how to not love you."

Completed: 23.01.2025

Hospital setting, end-of-life care, doctor, detective, police, investigation, murder, death

Brilliant, heartbreaking, incredible. Every episode was so exciting, I couldn't stop watching. Such a great mystery, thriller medical drama. 

Both main leads are fantastic, how they played their roles, so convincing. An overall incredible acting performance. The chemistry was so great. I admire how they were able to portray such a serious topic so meaningful. 

The attic scene in the last episode was deeply moving.

Just perfect from start to finish. Not just as a BL drama, but as a drama itself. 

Made me cry: yes

Completed: 25.01.2025

Hospital setting, trauma center, doctors, nurses, anesthesists, doctor in practical training, medical student, colleagues, supervisors

Big performances, a great team, teamwork, different characters, character development, hospital politics, action scenes, interesting medical scenes, a lot of medical information, action, emergency call operations

Great humor, "running gags"

Made me laugh: yes

Made me cry: yes

Completed: 01.02.2025

Completed: 31.01.2025

Military, military deployment abroad

Soldiers saving civilians, difficult combat missions, teamwork, sniper, dessert setting, getting into an ambush, fighting for survival, heavy combat equipment, tanks, bombs, heavy losses, death, gory, violence

Made me laugh: no

Made me cry: yes

Completed: 01.02.2025

Thought-provoking

Completed: 01.02.2025

Boxer, boxing, athlete, sportsman, sports, fighting, friends, trainer

Injuries, being deceived, unfair game, giving up, fighting back, street fights, endurance, training for a big fight, not giving up

Made me laugh: no

Made me cry: no

Completed: 01.02.2025

A group of thieves, everyone has their job, friends, close-knit team

Bank

Teamwork, robbing a bank, burgling of a bank, tricking someone, a little bit of romance, action, fighting scenes, action comedy

Great humor, funny

Made me laugh: yes

Made me cry: no

Completed: 02.02.2025

Workplace setting, colleagues, supervisor, baking cakes

Café

Searching for love, falling in love, believing in love, self-confidence, green book of advice, making decisions, to woo somebody, misunderstanding, miscommunication, sickness of mother, caring for a relative, burding and responsibility, meaningful confession

Sweet romance, but not forgetting the seriousness of life

Made me cry: yes

Completed: 04.02.205 

Workplace setting, friendly colleagues, new employees, supervisor, customers, sales department, HR, development department

IT consculting company

Change in society and working life, unemployment, finding your way in a new work environment, onboarding of new colleagues, insecurities, shyness, courage, supporting each other, daily working life, showing commitment, luck, relationship between friendly colleagues, age gaps, character development, wisdom of life, stages of working life

Very funny, great humor 

Made me laugh: yes 

Made me cry: yes

Completed: 06.02.2025

Crew of a space ship which collects garbage

Teamwork, diversity, robots, found family, strenuous life, lost family member, catastrophes, action, CGI, power struggle

Space

Made me cry: yes

Completed: 08.02.2025

Four masters have to protect the imperial city (and the world) from a malovent serpent. 

The serpent threatens to emerge. Therefore the masters travel to the imperial city. 

Teamwork, Qingming and Boya, from enemies to..., bromance, friendship, destiny, desire, love, demons / humans, character development, mythical beings, magical power, overcoming boundaries, action, fighting scenes, CGI

Beautiful scenes with lanterns

Moods captured beautifully with light, work with light remarkable

Made me cry: yes

Wonderful Music/ OST

Completed: 09.02.2025

Romance, Comedy

Searching for love, contract marriage, cohabitation, getting to know each other, going on a trip together to celebrate marriage, marriage photo, ex comes back, misunderstandig, confessions of love, married life, single life, friends, office setting, wooing somebody, rich man/ poor woman, cute, sweet, fluffy

Confessions on a brigde

Made me laugh: yes

Made me cry: no

Warm fluffy feeling: yes

Joyful Music/ OST

Completed: 10.02.2025

A team of smart swindlers

They steal money from the bad guys, from unscrupulous, greedy, rich entrepreneurs and help weak people who have been exploited. 

Great beautifully detailed, exciting stories, every episode a different case (case-to-case), interesting insights in different occupations, branches of industries and themes

Every episode starts with a meaningful quote, getting in the mood for the episode

Breaking the fourth wall in the beginning of each episode in which one of the main leads speak to the audience

Sometimes the bad guys have a change of heart, showing that it's not alway black&white

Made me laugh: yes

Made me cry: yes

Joyful Music/ OST

Completed: 25.01.2025

Wuxia, Fantasy, Comedy, Romance

Main Lead Xu Qi An  transmigrates from the modern world into a new world, experiences adventures and solves mysteries. He meets new colleagues, friends, family, his mentor and his love. It is about trust, not giving up, fighting, learning and finding allies. 

It is about death and life, yearning, torture, power struggles, life lessons, revenge, anger and sadness, friendship, camaraderie, cohesion, scarifice. 

Great world-building, fantastic fighting and action scenes. Big meaningful moments

Superb humor and funny scenes. 

Many very likeable characters: Wei Yuan, Xu Xin Nian, Yang Yan, Li Yu Chun, Chu Cai Wei...

It was never boring. 

Made me laugh: yes

Made me cry: yes

Great Music/OST

Completed: 10.02.2025

Rating: 5.7 as of February 10th 2025

High school students, Judo competition

Secret crush, falling in love, confession, unrequited love, insecurity, misunderstanding, lack of communication, (not) being aware of their own feelings, jealousy, time jump, open ending (?)

A few cute moments, but somehow I felt like the plot was disjointed and I had difficulty following.

Made me laugh: no

Made me cry: no

Completed: 13.02.2025

Workplace Romance, Office setting, Sales Department

Secretly in love, shy, life doesn't go according to plan, unexpected marriage proposal, getting to know each other, falling in love, caring for the injured, going on a trip, misunderstanding, despair and desire, love confession, romantic gestures, taking yourself back, wanting to make someone happy, making decisions, long-distance, age doesn't matter, age gap, older woman/ younger man, kisses, hugs, at the sea, to be meant for each other

Caring male and female lead

Sweet, cute romance, romcom

Breaking the Fourth Wall

Inner Monologue

Made me laugh: yes

Made me cry: no

Warm fluffy feeling: yes

Joyful Music/ OST

Completed: 13.02.2025

Sweet, cute You Are Mine Special, love confession, romantic gestures, kisses, beautiful lights

Made me laugh: no

Made me cry: no

Warm fluffy feeling: Yes

Completed: 16.02.2025

Workplace Romance, wedding planers

Contract relationship, spending time together, meeting on tuesdays, lack of communication, shyness, uncertainty, not being aware of their own feelings, a question of timing

Made me laugh: no

Made me cry: no

Completed: 15.02.2025

Crime, Mystery, Police 

Female police detective working together with a professor male lead, different personalities, working together, getting to know each other, getting used to each other, investigation, solving mysterious deaths, every episode a different case (case-to-case) except last two episodes have one case, calm male lead, confident female lead, special relationship between male/ female lead, no romance

Made me laugh: yes

Made me cry: no

Completed: 22.02.2025

Action, Thriller, Crime, Drama

Dark, extreme violent, scarifying, thrilling story, great fighting scenes, the twist (!), the ending scene in the snow...

Made me laugh: no

Made me cry: yes

Completed: 05.03.2025

Action, Thriller, Mystery, Drama

Overwhelming, stunning fighting scenes, I held my breath almost the whole time, unpredictable storyline, it contained surprising twists, fast paced storytelling, dark and violent. A drama about trust, not giving up, believing in yourself, sacrificing for someone else, fighting to the bitter end

Great Soundtrack/OST

Made me laugh: no

Made me cry: yes

Completed: 12.04.2025

A story about a family, grandmother-grandson relationship

Showing the beautiful and ugly sides of a family, slice of life, about trust, hardships, love, kindness, great character development, story about illness (cancer) and worshipping the deceased

Made me laugh: no

Made me cry; yes

Quote

M: "You're my number one." 

Completed: 02.03.2025

Romance, Comedy

Cute, funny romcom movie, surprisingly serious tones, great chemistry between the leads

Made me laugh: yes

Made me cry: yes

Completed: 19.02.2025

BL, Romance, Comedy, Life, Youth

Cute, sweet, funny, lighthearted, happy about falling in love, serious undertones concerning the question: What is luck? 

Made me laugh: yes

Made me cry: no

Completed: 02.03.2025

Made me laugh: yes

Made me cry: no

Completed: 23.03.2024

Made me laugh: yes

Made me cry: yes

Completed: 01.03.2025

Made me laugh: yes

Made me cry: yes

Completed: 27.03.2025

Made me laugh: yes

Made me cry: yes

Quote

„Do what you like. And… love the one you like.“ – Orca, Ep. 12

Completed: 03.03.2025

Made me laugh: yes

Made me cry: yes

Completed: 16.03.2025

Made me laugh: yes

Made me cry: yes

Completed: 15.03.2025

Made me laugh: no

Made me cry: yes

Completed: 30.03.2025

Made me laugh: yes

Made me cry: yes

Quotes

„Ha Jin. [...] If you find it hard to trust me, just keep being suspicious of me. 

I’ll continue to prove myself, then. That I’m someone you can trust.“ - Kim Sin Won, Ep. 12

Completed: 26.03.2025

Made me laugh: yes

Made me cry: no

Completed: 21.02.2025

Made me laugh: yes

Made me cry: no

Completed: 17.02.2025

Made me laugh: yes

Made me cry: yes

Completed: 04.04.2025

Made me laugh: yes

Made me cry: yes

Quote

„You‘re allowed to be weak. At least with me. You said that to me, remember? I’m saying the same thing to you now.“ - Akk, Ep. 7

Completed: 17.04.2025

Action, Mystery, Fantasy, Supernatural

About self-sacrifice in the fight against evil.

• Would you fight against evil if you knew it would inevitably devour you and eventually overwhelm you, causing you to become evil yourself? 
• Would you fight against evil if you knew it would ultimately make you evil yourself?
• Would you still choose to fight against evil if you knew that it would mean that in the end (if you became evil) you would be killed?

After watching Yu Yu Hakusho, I was in the mood for a fantasy drama with action/ fighting scenes. I found the sword fighting very interesting. That was new to me.

When I started watching this drama, I hadn't imagined it would deal with such profound philosophical decisions. It explores the question of what it means to fight against evil. In this story, it literally means self-sacrifice for the main lead. It moved me deeply.

There are a lot of fighting scenes, it's about episodic case solving but with an overarching arc, It's dark and sad, but somehow hopeful and encouraging. A thought-provoking drama with a meaning behind it.

Quotes

"So long as humans exist, filth will remain." (Godo Shin, Ep. 9) - "Yes, malice resides within people. However, their hearts can be appeased. - (Osagami Kakeru, Ep. 9)

„Nevertheless, even if another Blade of Filth were to appear, I’m sure „they“ will protect us. No, I know they will." (Ishidome Karen, Ep. 9)

Completed: 17.04.2025

A Business drama about the work of a M&A team of the company Sanin Group and the story of its teamleader, who paves his way uncovering past events surrounding himself and his brother. 

Yes, it's about business. It's about the takeover and purchase of a company by another company, the preparatory analyses (speaking of "due diligence") and negotiations and their impacts on both companies.

Some might find it very dull and boring. It does indeed deal with complex economic and legal issues, and at times it may be difficult to follow the plot. On the other hand, it is very interesting and you can learn a lot.

Furthermore it focusses on relationships between employees at different hierarchical levels, colleagues of the same age and different departments, subordinates and superiors, secretaries, relationships between team members and their team leader.

But it also tells the story about a father and his daughter, about the daughter and her mother's overwhelming expectations and about meeting old school friends. 

And it's about finding the truth. For yourself. For your family.

The narrative feels slow, but still something interesting and important is always happening. It's not depressing, but it's not light and happy either. You can tell by the colouring or the soundtrack alone.

I'm very glad, I watched it while airing. At first I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to follow the plot because I had to wait a week for the next episodes. But because of the business heavy topic a break was ideal. If I had binge watched it, I don't know if I would have had interest to stick with it, because it was sometimes overwhelming and tiring due to the plot. 

Last but not least, it was surprisingly really funny and I laughed a lot ("dry humor"). 

I am content with the ending. And then - the big great twist occured! 

Oh that twist! Wow! Wonderful, beautiful. Perfect.

- - - - - - - - - - 

Made me laugh: yes

Made me cry: yes

Completed: 21.04.2025

Historical, Mystery, Romance, Supernatural

I was skeptical about what to expect. I'd never seen a Japanese historical drama before. But my worries were for nothing; as it turns out, it's now my absolute favorite drama!

It's not just one of those sweet, fluffy, quirky, romantic dramas. It's much more than that. The romance is subtle and gentle. It's about friendship, perhaps friendly love, which can become more. A detective and his assistant (with a special ability) solve cases together. In the process, they get to know each other, learn to trust each other, and grow together.

The relationship between Sensei and Kanoko is something truly special. It's tender, loving, gentle, and caring. The acting is remarkable, and I'll continue to follow both actors. The drama is like a warm blanket that wraps you around and protects you. What I particularly like, is that there's no stress, no anxiety. This drama is healing and wholesome in the truest sense of the word.

Nothing bad happens to our protagonists. It’s calm and relaxing.

But the plot is by no means boring. It shows how good communication and relationships can work. It deals with human fears and worries, but as well as friendship, cordiality, trust, and love (in the broadest sense).

Made me laugh: yes

Made my cry: yes

Quote

„The point is that I’m here to accept you, powers and all. I thought we should talk about it. You’ve been worried about how I feel, right? That I may be put off, knowing you’d see through my lies. I’ve never once thought your powers were simply useful, and without detriment. I recognize that if we stay together, there will be pros and cons to both the one hearing the lies, and the one knowing they’re being heard. But I don’t want you to worry on your own. Because you’re not alone, not anymore. We stay together, we worry about this together. I’m here to share the burden, okay?“, Ep. 3, Soma/ Sensei to Kanoko

Completed: 21.04.2025

Office Romance, Comedy

Sweet, lovely, modern romance drama which is about love relationships between colleagues at work. It's about falling in love, getting to know each other, love confessions and showing the relationship life and misunderstandings and challenges. But problems are fortunately solved quickly. 

It's about three couples (maybe even four if you want) and each couple has approximately the same amount of narrative time, it is well balanced.

What I like is, that in each episode the title of the drama "The Reason we fall in love" is taken up and some opinions and answers of our leads are given. 

Made me laugh: yes

Made me cry: no

Quotes:

„Only my heart, lost in love, wavers with uncertainty.“ - Morita Aoi, Ep. 2

„Love between adults is difficult. You only get better at making excuses, leaving the important things left unsaid.“ - Kurosawa Tomonari, Ep. 2

„Why am I so terrified  of being honest with myself?“ - Kurosawa Tomonari, Ep. 3

„But you’re really just scared of stepping into someone’s life. Right? What are you trying to protect? You’re only reliving your mistakes.“ – Ichikawa Ayaka to Kurosawa, Ep. 3

„It’s ridiculous to hold back on the things you like, because of what others may think. Life is much more fun if you focus on cherishing yourself.“ – Ozu Kei to Oshima Kei, Ep. 3

Completed: 23.04.2025

Completed: 25.04.2025

Romance, kind of (?) workplace setting

I liked the beginng more than the ending, in the last two episodes happened so much, I actually never really understood the "crime" plot and why "that" happened in the last episodes, I didn't feel chemistry or closeness between the main lead couple Tang Du Zhi and Wang Zhan, the story and relationship of the second main couple was somehow tiring/ arduous to watch, the funeral director/ company plot was interesting, so was the music aspect

Would I recommend it someone, to watch? - Hm, not sure. Certainly not if it was someone's first Taiwanese (BL) drama. 

Made me laugh: I'm not sure/ don't remember.

Made me cry: no

Quote

„But on that day, I felt like someone caught me as I fell.“, Ep. 3 Tang Du Zhi

Completed: 03.05.2025

Action, Crime, a few supernatural inexplicable moments

Nice funny movie, to have a good watch and good feeling afterwards. It could have been longer. The story certainly has potential as a drama. I wish some things had been expanded upon, but the movie didn't allow for that.

It had funny, interesting moments. When there were only 10 minutes left, I wondered how they were going to finish it and I was worried. But they turned things around. The ending was a bit abruptly, but it was okay for me. 

It was overall entertaining, and I really like the male main lead and his sincere and cheerful character. 

Completed: 04.05.2025

BL Romance

What a short sweet, delightful watch! When you have a bad day and would like to watch something short to lift your mood, this is for you. 

Since it is a very short drama (about one hour in total) I didn't expect much, but I was pleasently surprised. It's almost better as a normal length series. It offers romantic moments, a lovely getting-to-know-each-other-and-getting-closer love story, a bit of "drama", even oh excitement and funny moments. 

I loved the chemistry of the two main leads, the eye contacts, those little shy, flirty moments. I could feel everything. 

The ending was satisfying for me, too. The drama leaves a warm, cozy feeling, a sigh and smile. Everthing you need to feel good. I loved it.

Completed: 06.05.2025

Completed: 17.05.2025

Mystery, Comedy, Drama, Supernatural

After I've watched "Psychopath Diary" I looked up its recommendations and found this drama. The plot sounded really interesting! A detective and a murderer switch souls/ bodies?! Wow! 

But somehow it was a dark topic for me and I had to pause it in between. 

The story was never boring, the happenings, investigation etc. were captivating. 

The acting performances of the ML and FL particularly stood out. If you want to know what good acting means, this is it! I found it fascinating how the characters changed after the body swap, damn, you could even tell by the expression in their eyes! Amazing!

I also liked the supporting characters, I grew fond of Yamaki Hideo and Kawahara Mitsuo was great in his on way. The ending was satisfying for me.

Made me cry: yes

Made me laugh: yes

The great soundtrack/ OST will stay in my memory for a while. 

Completed: 17.05.2025

Completed: 17.05.2025