Completed dramas 2025 (ranked & commented)

Many people will find this overrated, but it'll always hold an irrationally special place in my heart. The no-drama all-fluff healthy relationship (but not without issues) was just exactly what I needed. Also started my journey to study Mandarin that has brought me so much joy. 

Apart from moving me on a very personal level, this was just high-quality. The amazing acting, the red string, the message, all the tiny details that make it worth rewatching. Definitely my safe space. 

I already loved Go Ahead, but this fixed some of the issues I had with the original. A lot of healthy decisions that one day hopefully won't seem too utopic for us. This was a really good remake. 

Review: https://kisskh.at/profile/Invisible_Soul/review/427902

A BL not without its icky tropes and isssues, but certainly one that doesn't create drama out of nothing and solves issues fairly quickly and healthily. You won't be able to play trope-bingo with this one. 

Not only do I approve of the depiction of autism here, it was also deeply moving. I wish it had been a bit more episodical and less personal, but I'm probably quite alone with that. 

It's very short and had absolutely nothing original to it, but I was rooting for the characters every second of it. If you have half an hour to spare and need something easy and cheerful, you won't waste your time. 

Seeing the actors behind the scenes was so wholesome. Of course it all could have been an act, but everything looked very consensual, open-minded and healthy and the actors seemed like two nice young men doing their best. I often rewatch when I'm feeling down.

This was such a vibe ✨ Wen Yifan's experiences resonated a lot with me. The drama had so many issues, but the atmosphere was great and I still like listening to the OST. 

Review: https://kisskh.at/profile/Invisible_Soul/review/455588

Watched with my family and hence will always have a special place in my heart. Made us all laugh a lot, gave us insiders we still talk about and also made me roll my eyes in disbelief several times each episode. Don't expect any medical accuracy and you'll have a great time.

I loved the easy fluff of it. Forget realism with this one. They certainly were one of those couples that didn't have sparks flying flirting, but the moment they got together they had swoon-worthy chemistry. The OST is such a cheer-up gem, too. 

They took the typical western crime series-formula and gave it a nice twist. Good acting, nice developing friendship, several different cases and a nicely wrapped-up finale. 

Review: https://kisskh.at/profile/Invisible_Soul/review/445678

Sit back, ignore the plot and enjoy. This treats disabilities considerably well (not even near perfect, though), the chemistry was there, the relationship developed in a steady pace. 

Review: https://kisskh.at/profile/Invisible_Soul/review/422768

From on hold

The last plot arch annoyed me a lot, but from what I remember it felt like a grown-up, realistic relationship between two adults which I highly appreciated.

One of my first C-dramas. Wouldn't rewatch, as the romance sucked, but the e-sports part was so thrilling and the teams and their dynamics were outstanding. 

Review: https://kisskh.at/profile/Invisible_Soul/review/418416

I was living for that bromance. The action was decent, the plot nothing outstanding, but Si Eun had the same calming effect on me he had in season one. The developing friendships felt a lot more well-rounded and heartfelt to me than in season one. 

The friendships felt a bit superficial as they were formed from ulterior motives, so it didn't emotionally catch me as much. Si Eun and his original way to get out of (or: into) trouble was depicted a lot more skillfully. 

This was my first business-centered drama and although it wasn't very realistic and a bit lenghty and slow at times, I found it to be a lot more thrilling than anticipated. I liked all the main characters as well as the use of music. 

I loved this colourful happy fluff so much. The way they learned to deal with conflict healthily, fight for their own beliefs and navigate school life was very romanticised, but still nice to see. I'm glad younger audiences now get to grow up with role models like that. 

Very thought-provoking. It's pretty and calm and bright yet still makes you question your own sanity when you're indecisive whether to root for the main characters or vilify them. This was the most realistic portrayal of unhealthy dynamics feeling right in all their wrongness I have encountered in a long time. 

Pacing and lacking characterisation frustrated me. 

If you want to glorify youth, that's the drama for you. There are no issues here, just perfect friendships and perfect relationships. Your 30-minute doses of happy fluff.
The OST is very fitting if you want to get into a good yet nostalgic mood. 

I was looking forward to new episodes each week. Didn't expect it to get so violent though, it was a bit too unserious for that. But at least they stuck considerably close to the webtoon with it. 

A standard action-watch, pretty cruel, but gripping. A bit too violent and trope-y for my taste.

Review: https://kisskh.at/profile/Invisible_Soul/review/434192

From On Hold

 A nice grown-up story about relationships, work life and books. 

Review: https://kisskh.at/profile/Invisible_Soul/review/424412

A visually stunning mystery case with not much mystery and a lot of family drama made this a short but satisfying watch. I liked many of the characters, despite the lack of insight. Don't skip the intro.

Review:  https://kisskh.at/profile/Invisible_Soul/review/436220

I couldn't watch it subbed so I didn't understand more than the gist of things, but it was really cute. The low quality gave it an almost self-made vlog style that enhanced the genuine and heartfelt atmosphere. Really liked the slow transition from friends to something more. 

From On-Hold

The pacing was a tad too slow, solutions to problems a bit too convenient and the balance between romance and plot slightly off.

Characters, atmosphere, music and general topic were really good. Additionally, I appreciated the way this show displays tenagers as people with hopes, dreams, opinions and their own issues outside of school that are to be taken seriously.

From On-Hold

Final rating turned out a bit low for all the issues I couldn't overlook, but I still recommend it. It's calm yet tense , dark and disturbing in a way that slowly sinks into your bones only after you've put it away.
The bromance was bromancing a lot and didn't nearly get enough screentime. Them interviewing suspects together was the most thrilling interviews I have seen on screen so far. 

The OST was also pretty darn good. I want more of this drama.

One of the best short stories I watched so far and the only one I wish was a proper series. 

Review: https://kisskh.at/profile/Invisible_Soul/review/430104

It actually had a plot and the comedy was great but faded towards the later episodes. I liked all main characters as well as the decision to go all over board with special effects for comic purposes, not beautifying ones. 

This was a very comical parody for the first half with an interesting setting, but ended up being too slow-paced and too much focused on the dating part later on, leaving the ending dissatisfyingly half-baked. 

No expectations, just watched it weekly as a brain-off romance with a satisfying resolution (to me at least). 

Review: https://kisskh.at/profile/Invisible_Soul/review/448546

A nice BL that shines especially in giving characters a proper background story and character growth in a short amount of screentime. No skinship. 

Review: https://kisskh.at/profile/Invisible_Soul/review/423442

Again one of the few short series I actually enjoyed. Stereotypical to the very end, but nicely told. 

It was nice, but the mystery arch dragged on for too long and took away screentime needed for the development of the relationship. Also, many plot devices that were in the morally grey area weren't even neccessary for the plot at all, so why include them? 

This was a mess and while most people wished for the main plot to be explored in more depth, it was the main plot that I hated the most. Every time I started to like this drama, they got back to the main issue and I put it on hold again. 

The OST is very good though. 

The ghost concept really failed to deliver and took away screentime needed for the relationship to develop in an actually realistic pace. Chemistry was there and they were cute as a couple, they just never quite got on eye-level. 

It was a cute special that didn't add much to the story or the characters.

The chemistry, the cuteness, the relationship was addicting, but consent was in the grey area at best and the constant red flags didn't help to get in the mood either. 

It was cute, but a bit too long and got sooo trope-y towards the end. Also, of course the kid was only acting as  a bait and wingman and it barely had any depth to it. The couples were cute, but had nothing more than friendship chemistry. 

Review: https://kisskh.at/profile/Invisible_Soul/review/416938

A short high school teenage drama with a nice message but bad acting. 

Review: https://kisskh.at/profile/Invisible_Soul/review/449352

From On-Hold

It was beautiful and I liked FL and ML's relationship as well as the OST. But that's about it. It felt very detail-oriented without ever allowing for a coherent bigger picture. I wish I could have loved it, but it just wasn't for me.

From On Hold

I found both FL a bit annoying at times but it the depth towards later episodes saved it. 

From On Hold

I didn't like the setting but hoped I could get into it as I wanted to try something different. The finale was thrilling, but everything else didn't quite catch me. I'll probably stay away from Sci-Fi dramas like this in the future.

It wasn't nearly as bad as I thought.
The plot elements actually were coherent and didn't have holes in themselves, almost every episode had something funny to it and the chemistry certainly was there.

Review: https://kisskh.at/profile/Invisible_Soul/review/471714

Actually really nice to hear some thoughts and get some insights from the main cast, but still pretty short and a lot of recap. 

Short and watchable. 

Review: https://kisskh.at/profile/Invisible_Soul/review/426508

Not sure if I even found the correct one, but this was cute.

It was funny, it was honest and it had nice landscape shots. And potatos. Then it suddenly had unneccessary drama, dishonest characters and stretched-out problems and I found myself rooting for the bad guy. Poor innocent potatos were harmed during filming. What a disappointment. I loved ML and wish he was put into a proper plot.

From On-Hold

Started off well, got even better, then suddenly turned into the exact thing it wanted to criticise. 

Review: https://kisskh.at/profile/Invisible_Soul/review/443292

It was short and it was surprisingly hot, especially considering they were supposed to be school kids. Nothing new plot-wise, but the concept of Poker was really interesting. 

The OST was great, the subtitles were hilarious and the plot mostly didn't even need them. A story like any other with a cute kid, a cheery OST and a nice ML. 

This somehow lacked substance. If you like a support character the most, then something's off. All the characters felt so onedimensional. And the story had nothing new to it. The message it was supposed to send didn't come across to me either. 

From On Hold

It wasn't bad, but didn't catch me. Not a cute romance story, which was something different at least. I've had my fair share of red flags already though. 

Review: https://kisskh.at/profile/Invisible_Soul/review/431890

From on Hold 

I'm very ambivalent about this one. Great concept but lacked execution for me. It was just so inconsistent in almost every aspect.

Review: https://kisskh.at/profile/Invisible_Soul/review/423430

From On Hold

I don't even know what the hell I watched there, but the OST was nice. Do you believe in magic? Because the only thing I believe in is authorial fiat. 

From On Hold

Absolutely forgettable, but good enough to watch while doing other things and missing nothing. They were cute together, I just never found out why they were together in the first place. It was the typical "I like you because you're you" romance. 

OST had some nice upbeat tracks though that I listen to when cleaning. 

A hot mess. If red is your favourite colour, go for it. The plot had holes on end but somehow still ended up being very detail-oriented in other regards. The OST was well-chosen.

https://kisskh.at/profile/Invisible_Soul/review/428114

You're hot then you're cold, you're yes then you're no...what a ride. One I didn't enjoy, sadly. 

Review: https://kisskh.at/profile/Invisible_Soul/review/427460

From On Hold

I didn't like the anime already so here I go, not liking the adaptation either. Surprise. 

This was absolutely forgettable nice college-fluff-stuff. Would recommend. 

From On-Hold

It was cruel, but it was good at it. Seriously disturbed me though. It was so, so violent and the plot had barely anything new to it. And that ending...highly disapprove. 

OST was  really nice, I listen to it on my way to exercise. 

From On-Hold
ML was such an interesting (and cool) character and the team dynamics were nice. I liked the overall atmosphere and the focus on plot and characters as a whole instead of the leads only. Sadly, this not only was very slow, but also very political with lots of back and forths. 

From On-Hold

The leads had no chemistry, the comedy was cringe and the whole plot was full of decisions I couldn't relate to. 

From Dropped/On-Hold

The initial setting was nice and they were so cute as a couple, but the plot overall was too convenient. 

Somehow this was cute with a nice message while at the same time being flat with a message I strongly oppose. The music was nice and different from what you're used to, but nothing special either. 

From On Hold 

This might have been cute when it was released, but I'm so over stone-face ML who only likes FL bc the plot says so. The plot got really repetitive after the first half. They were so cute in the last episode though, why couldn't they give us more of that? 

Review: https://kisskh.at/profile/Invisible_Soul/review/445336

From On Hold

From on Hold

Maybe you need to be interested in the world of social media to enjoy this, because it had as much appeal to me as social media. I don't use social media, never have, never will. 

There was so much superficiality and screaming, yelling, manipulation... the more I think about it, the more it sounds exactly like social media. 

Grown men playing high school boys just doesn't work for me, and here it really didn't fit the plot.

Review: https://kisskh.at/profile/Invisible_Soul/review/427602

I didn't understand much without the subtitles but I liked what I did understand.

From On-Hold

Making a drama about "a special task force for sex crimes" just to then put the plot's main focus somewhere entirely different and almost unrelated really didn't sit well with me. The amount of unprofessionalism and favourable coincidences in this was crazy and character development nonexistent.

It was a bit chaotic and I wasn't a big fan of the voiceover. 

From On-Hold

The first part was so annoying and it took up almost 3/4 of the drama, really didn't appreciate the lies and deception. The final part got so, so much better, if the rest of the drama had been like the last couple episodes, it would've been a 7/10 at least. 

From On-Hold

I don't even see potential for improvement. It was full of fillers, onedimensional characters and lacking plot. It had its moment, but that couldn't make up for the time I wasted watching the rest. You can't make a balloon if you just blow hard enough, you have to fill it with actual gas rather than thin air. 

Review: https://kisskh.at/profile/Invisible_Soul/review/484472

This was such a red flag but morally still okay (no spoilers, but don't worry about the age gap, really). 

FL had such a stone face but her backstory made me stay. 

They were so cute together but somehow it failed to get me rooting for the characters. Never thought I'd say that about a short drama but this was actually too long for the plot it had to tell.

A tropey mess that decided to leave its potential untouched for a deep dive into fanservice.

Review: https://kisskh.at/profile/Invisible_Soul/review/450208

I'm too old for teenager-drama. If it doesn't have a nice message or cute moments, I'm out. 

It was REALLY hard to follow along with all the plot twists, but at least they were hella twistey.

Red flag, red flag!. Why did I still find them cute though?

Nope. Nope. I can't believe I watched this and now will have to live with the disappointment forever. You want to hear me rant, you ask me about this drama. 

(rantfree) Review: https://kisskh.at/profile/Invisible_Soul/review/439288

This was just as bland as my cooking. It had absolutely nothing. If you're looking for a series to watch while doing other things, that's the only use I think you could make of this series. 

You can't put modern shampoo bottles into a historical drama. You can't xD

I disliked all characters. The plot was barely existent. Facial expressions were barely existent. 

Review: https://kisskh.at/profile/Invisible_Soul/review/484604

I don't know what I expected of a mini, but this really had nothing good about it. 

I don't know what I did wrong, but nothing made sense, the villain arch was so over the top and weird, finishing this took me ages. 

What was supposed to be funny was simply overexaggerated cringe. This didn't even make me smile once.