Dramas – 2026 Completed

The atmosphere of Can This Love Be Translated felt comforting. I'm a big fan of it being filmed in different countries, them speaking in multiple languages and it featuring actors from various parts of the world.

I went into this drama without reading the synopsis. Although her mental health issues would usually feel a bit out of place in a story like this, I felt like they wove it into the story in a clever way and it definitely worked for me. DID representation in film is rarely accurate, but I think that this drama at least didn't paint it in a bad light compared to other things I've seen.

Although their relationship was a slow burn with many things getting in the way, (like I already said) the drama still had this calm vibe to it. (Spoilers) My rife with this drama is only that I don't see how he is allowed to keep her mental health issues a secret from herself; I think he should've told her that Do Rami talked to him.

I just completed my first drama of the year but January is already close to ending.

I had been excited about this drama since before it was released because I really liked Han Daon (Kim Jaeyeong) from Judge from Hell. I started watching Idol I during Christmas right after the two first episodes had aired. As an idol fan (previous hardcore ARMY, currently a chill LUNÉ and low-key MOA), it was easy to relate to that part of our female lead. It becomes a bit like a self-insert story, in a way. It also shines a light on the toxic parts of idol fans. I heard that this drama got bad reviews in Korea because toxic fans of idols felt attacked by it.

Many seemed to have a difficult time liking the ML. Personally, I didn't have any strong feelings towards his character. There were actually many interesting characters in this drama. The 2ML was a good guy, and I thought that Hong Hyeju's actress played her character really well. The female lead was likeable and so were her coworkers. But I was the most pleasantly surprised by her work rival; her ex-bully; the prosecutor Kwak Byeonggyun. (Spoilers) For one, I find the relationship dynamic of your high school bully becoming your work rival super interesting. He was just a very grey character and I was second guessing my opinions of him repeatedly. Although the bullying is unforgivable and he is being a pain to her at work during the first half of the drama, he actually turns over a new leaf towards the end. It was really nice to see him learn from his mistakes. So although he isn't a fully likeable character, he was definitely very creatively crafted, which I appreciated.

(Spoilers) The ending of the case was definitely underwhelming tho. It felt like we were dragged around only for the solution to be right in front of us. Still, I enjoyed the journey of Idol I and I had fun watching the newest episodes every week!

A really cute and fun JBL~ I'm always attracted to a hidden/double identity story, and I love that it's about punk fashion and modeling! The characters were likeable and the two actors had chemistry~ Really liked the OST too :)