2024 watched/dropped dramas

[dropped at ep 8] Park Ji Hoon is the only redeemable quality of this drama. Other than that, it's a low-budget drama stretched beyond belief.

[dropped at ep 6] Couldn't stand the awful boat CGI...

[dropped at ep 2] Tried for Woo Shik, but it definitely doesn't stand the test of time.

[dropped] The Hope shows that a 30ep drama about students learning for their high school final exam can be a thrilling ride. But The Midnight Romance In Hagwon does not introduce us to any student really, teachers' stories are also not engaging, neither is the romance. It's a political drama and it's tiring and boring as hell. And here I was waiting for another One Spring Night.

[dropped at ep 6] Had really high hopes for another Sky Castle or even Penthouse type drama, but it did not deliver. It was not commited to being a revenge story,  andnot fully commited to be a makjang. Many insufferable characters, no one to root for, the FL was neither likeable nor clever. And from what I read, it gets even worse as the story goes on.

[on-hold at ep 3] I can't lie, I got lost in the political/economical plot.

This was a pretty cute drama. Nice chemistry between the leads. The ML basically carried the whole thing for me. However, the drama is cliched as hell, and doesn't really bring anything new to the table. Not saying that it must, but I'm feeling more and more that kdramas tend to follow the same patterns. At least there wasn't a murderer in the background or something (for more than 2 eps at least).

I am pretty mad with one thing tho - the whole aspect of ML's 'healing' journey. ML tormented by a thing from the past, that he must work through - that's ok with me, I'm all for redemption stories. HOWEVER. In most dramas, the ML is not really responsible for any wrongdoings. So how is it healing when it's not even their fault? People do mistakes, yes, and need some examples in culture to show them that it's possible to live on. But here the ML did NOTHING wrong imo. Maybe it's the difference between Korea's culture and mine. But it's been bugging me lately. Say that I caused a road accident, it was my fault but I didn't wish that to happen. Will I get any comfort from watching kdramas? No, cause it always turns out that the leads take accountability for something that wasn't even their fault. Sigh. Some examples - My Lovely Liar, 30 but 16, just from the top of my head...

[dropped at ep 2] I'm not a fan of crime dramas, unless they have at least one intriguing element, but this one does not... Just another run of the mill 'dark' D+ drama, nothing that would get me through the first 3 eps.

[dropped at ep 8] Cringy 30+ year-olds acting like little kids. Not my cup of tea.

[on-hold at ep 2] It's pretty low budget, which throws me off. The fact that I know how it ends doesn't help with picking it up again.

[on-hold at ep 2] Same with Winter Begonia - started it while on a drama slump, but didn't suck me in from the beginning. So I had no patience to go forward.

[on-hold at ep 6] Again, crime dramas have to really suck me in for me to enjoy them. This one has a great cast but I get lost in the drug plot.

[on-hold at ep 2] I started it during a drama slump, and it didn't engage me from the start, so I put it on-hold. Might come back later.

[on-hold at ep 2] Barely started it. Will go back when I'm ready for such a long drama again.

[dropped at ep 12] I tried for LYN, but it really tired me out...

[dropped at ep 12] I could only take one drama of Esther Yu acting like a 5 year old, and that was LBFAD.