2025 asian shows diary

<COMPLETED> added in dec 2024 bcs reviews | 8.75 rounded to 9 | time: 2 days | 12-13 jan

<COMPLETED>. added 2024 bcs li xian | time watching: 11 days | 22 jan - 2 feb

<COMPLETED> watched 2025 bcs in viki homepage, zhou ye | finished in 8 days,26 jan - 2 feb 

<COMPLETED>. started jan 3, finished feb 9. total watching time : 36 days

dropped 12/01/25

watched 01/01/25. 1 ep.  dropped 01/02/25 

(desperately seeking more romance after love me, love my voice) 

ep 1-2 :  1 feb

(desperately seeking more romance after love me, love my voice) | dropped. ep 1 :  31 jan

<COMPLETED> watched bcs reviews. finished. total time watching: 34 days 14 jan - 18 feb

ep 1 jan 25

off the watchlist.  watched+dropped  01/01/25. 1 ep. 

<COMPLETED> from on-hold list (put on hold sept 2024) | watched bcs of the leads | started 2 feb, finished 9 feb  | watching time: 8 days (+152 days)

 off the watchlist. started ep 1 jan 08. dropped jan 12

dropped. off the watchlist. 

ep 1, jan 3 

watched bcs zhang linghe

1-4 : 9 mar

5-7 : 10 mar

8-12 : 11 mar

13-15 : 12 mar

16: 12-13 mar

17: 13 mar-25 Mar

18-20 : 25 Mar 

20-23 : 29 mar

24 : 1 apr 

25 : 9 apr

plan to watch : bcs of xu kai , put on hold bcs seemed not interesting

re-try in 2025 and turns out it's fun! more like contract/fake marriage between adults so communications are well done and tropes are less cliche-y 

ep 1-5 : 5 april 

ep 6-11 : 6 april

ep 12-26 : 7 april

ep 27-32 : 8 april

<DROPPED> watched bcs avenue x review (bad technical aspect but good narrative) 

ep 1-3 : 6 april

watched bcs song zuer. comments.
ep 1 : 16 ap
ep 2 : 18 ap

watched + dropped  01/02/25.  1 ep. 

off the watchlist. watched + dropped on 1/2/2025. 1 ep. 

dropped. (desperately seeking more romance after love me, love my voice) & li xian

on hold, just can't sympathize with any of the character. the aesthetic is too old. but again, it's li xian! 

ep 1 :  1 feb

dropped. 

ep 1 :  1 feb

dropped. 

dropped. 7 eps. 

dropped. off the watchlist. 

ep 1&30 : 2 feb 

dropped. off the watchlist. 

ep 1: 2 feb

dropped. 9 feb.  off the watchlist

off the watchlist.

dropped after 1 ep, feb 10

dropped 2024. retried watching. dropped again. 

ep 1 : 19 feb. 

marked not interest 2024

retry 2025 bcs zhou ye

ep 1 : 23 feb

ep 2 : 26 feb

dropped 2024. retry bcs cynn-lynn rec

ep 1 21 feb

ep 2-4 25 feb 

ep 5 26 feb

dropped. 

ep 1 26 feb

dropped. 

ep 1 : 27 feb

ep 2: 28 feb

dropped. 

ep 1: 28 feb

dropped

ep 1-5 25 feb

ep 7-10 26 feb

ep 11-13 27 feb

dropped. 

cont. from 2024

ep 18 : 10,11 feb

dropped. checked out the recaps in dramabeans. 

ep 1 : 13-14 march 2025

ep 2 : 20 march 2025

dropped. 

ep 1 : 21 marzo

ep 2 : 21 marzo - 

mostly skimming bcs it's very different with novel. 

ep 1-2 : 14 march 2025

ep 11-16 ; 16 marzo 

ep 17  ; 17 marzo-

<DROPPED 4 april> the story is not interesting enough. 

watched bcs chen duling. gorgeous poster/costumes. 

ep 1-7 : 25 Mar

ep 8-15 : 26 Mar 

ep 16-17: 29 mar

ep 17 : 4 april <DROPPED>

dropped.  lost interest in ep 2. 

ep 1-2 : 9 april

ep 1 : 27 feb

<DROPPED> read the recap in dramabeans. 

rewatch. 

(i know, at this point it's an annual rewatch. next year i'll challenge myself to not watch this drama) 

ep 1-8, 10-12, 20-22 : jan 08

24 : jan 15 

26-27 : jan 16

28-37 : jan 18 

rewatch because moonlight mystique makes me miss ALP 

ep 17 jan 15

ep 19-23 jan 18

rewatch 

ep 1 10 jan 

ep 2-3 11 jan

ep 5 14 jan

ep 9-11 feb 11

ep 12-19 feb 19

ep 20-22 feb 21

ep 23 - 24 feb 23

ep 25 feb 24

rewatch. 

feb 22 1 - 4 

feb 23 5-11

rewatch. skimming. 

ep 10& 11 : 27 feb

rewatch. 

ep 1-3 : feb 11

ep 4-7 : 14 feb

ep 8 : 15 feb 

ep 9-10 : 16 feb

ep 11 : 18 feb

ep 12 : 27 feb

rewatch. skimming. 

11-14 : 21 feb

15-19 : 22 feb

20-21 : 24 feb

25 : 25 feb

1,36-39 skim : 16 jul

ep 40 : 17 jul

rewatch. skimming. 

ep 28 & 29 : 25 feb

rewatch. randomly. probably bcs love scout. 

ep 1 - 3 : 18 feb

ep 4-5 : 22 feb 

rewatch. 

ep 1 : 11 feb 

ep 2 & 3 : 12 feb 

ep 4-6 : 16 feb

rewatch 

ep 10-11 : 27 feb

ep 12-22  : 28 feb

rewatch 

42-46: 19 march

55-56 : 29 mar

70-73 : 29 mar

5-32 : 30 mar

31-39 : 31 mar

5-8 : 19 march.

ep 7 : 7 april

ep 8 : 10 april

ep 9-12 : 11 april

ep 1 : 23 feb

ep 3 : 3 mar

ep 1 : 3&7  mar

ep 2 : 7 mar

read on dramabeans

read the recap

read the recap

<ON HOLD> watched bcs trailer looks good, actress of the female lead

ep 1 : 22 april. on the fence. 

<rewatch> 

ep 1-3 25 april

ep 4 : 26 april

ep 5-7 : 27 april

ep. 8-9 : 2 may 

<CURRENTLY WATCHING>

ep 1 : 28 april & 

<DROPPED> can't hold interest. checking out the recap instead. 

ep 1. 29 april

ep. 2-4 : 30 april

<CURRENTLY WATCHING> from watchlist. 

ep. 1 6-7 May 2025

ep 2. 7 may 2025

ep 3 30 may

ep 4 31 may

<REWATCHED in 8 days, 9-16 may> bcs kingdon had iksong potential lol.

<COMPLETED> from the watchlist | time taken:  17 days | started 13 may finished 30 may

<CURRENTLY WATCHING> 

ep 1 13 may & 

<DROPPED> from the watchlist. the review said it's bad. 

ep 1 : 18 may

<COMPLETED> off the watchlist. finished in 12 days 

dropped after 1 ep. feb 10

retry again bcs of liu yuning. 

1 : 29 may
2 : 30 may
3 : 3 june
4-10 : 4 june
11-14 : 5 june
15 -16 : 6 jun
17-19 : 7 jun
20-25 : 8 jun
26-30 : 9 jun
31-40 : 10 jun

24 may --> ep 479 w/ kang june, gunnavely appa, and saya's husband

29 may --> ep 480 children's day

2 jun --> ep 483 w/ gidle

9 jun --> ep 484 w/ divorce camp hosts

9 jul ---> ep 458 w/ culinary class wars chefs

17 jul --> ep 485 (sangmin's wedding), 460 (kyunghoon's wedding), 461 -skim- (jaesbee)

22 jul -> ep 490 (superjunior)

28 jul --> 491 (ballerina couple, actor+basketball player couple) 

19 aug --> ep 459 (sat special. lee jangwon, mimi minu, hong songbeom, kim yooyeon)

<REWATCHED> in 3 days 30 may -1 june 

watched bcs found a fansub. 

ep 0 -> jun 9 

<DROPPED> too manga-like. watched bcs recommendation from discussion forum 

ep. 1 --> 8 jun

jun 15, 18, 21, 24, 25

20 jun  --> ep. 2.1

25 jun --> ep. 3.2

29 jul --> ep 6.2 ; 7-1 ;

30 jul --> ep 8.1 ; 8.2

<REWATCH> 

ep 1 --> 15 jun

ep 2&3 <skim> --> 21 jun

ep 4 --> 24 jun

<COMPLETED> from on-hold list. 23jun-14jul. 

CURRENTLY WATCHING. bcs insta cut on rachel x kim san business relationship. 

ep 1-2 --> 26 june

ep 3--> 27 june

<COMPLETED>  bcs of liu yuning. 26jun-12jul time watching: 17 days

<DROPPED> from the watchlist. 

ep 1 --> 26 jun

ep 2-6--> 30 jun 

ep 7-8 -->  2 jul 

ep 11 --> 13 jul

DROPPED bcs too easy plot. 

<DROPPED> bcs seohyun. losing interest bcs ML felt 1 dimensional. checked the recap in DB. 

ep 1-3 ---> 2 jul

ep 4-6 ----> 3 jul

ep 7 ---> 10 jul

<COMPLETED>  3-25 jul. 22 days.

<CURRENTLY WATCHING> 

ep 1 ---> 5 jul

ep 2 ---> 7 jul 

<COMPLETED> 8-10 jul. 

8 jul --> ep 1-3 w/ byun yohan

11 aug --> ep 7 w/ kentaro sakaguchi

<CURRENTLY WATCHING> 

ep. 1 11 jul

<CURRENTLY WATCHING> 

ep. 1 10 jul 

ep 2 11 jul

ep 3 12 jul

<REWATCH> 

ep. 1 11 jul

27 jul --> ep 357 <w/ alldayproject>

<REWATCH>

1 agt --> ep 1 -private gambling hall i-

2 agt --> ep 2 -private gambling hall ii- 

3 agt --> ep 3 & 4 -abandoned hospital i & ii- 

4 agt --> S2E7 -hope institute I- 

5 agt --> S2E11 12 -murder prison i & ii- 

6 agt --> S2E13

<CURRENTLY WATCHING> from the watchlist

6 aug --> ep 1&2

<CURRENTLY WATCHING> from the watchlist might read the recap instead

6 agt --> ep 1

<COMPLETED> from the watchlist 

5-9 aug 

<CURRENTLY WATCHING> from watchlist 

ep 1 --> 7 aug 

ep 2-4 --> 8 aug

<currently watching> from the watchlist. 

ep. 1 --> 10 aug

<DROPPED> from the watchlist 

ep. 1 --> 10 aug

<DROPPED> 

ep 1 --> 4 aug

ep 2&3 --> 5 aug

<CURRENTLY WATCHING> bcs of sun zhenni 

ep 1-7 --> 12 aug | ep 8-12 --> 13 aug z| ep 13-14 --> 14 aug | ep 15 --> 2 sep