dramas '25

OH THE AMOUNT OF TEARSSSSS I WAS LOSINGGG!! this felt like a masterpiece to me, a bittersweet life story, loved the multigenerational story here and how it was mainly focusing on the female characters' story and their struggles. oh and the struggles and misery kept coming and coming, i don't think i've ever cried this much for any other drama before, i was bawling multiple times for almost every eps. i loved the potrayal of how aesun and gwansik were navigating through life, their love story was so so beautiful, also how they still appreciated life in some kinda way by just having each other and how gwansik was always trying his best to support aesun in any way she needed him to <33 i also loved how they told geummyeong's life next to aesun's altho i have to say it did confuse me at the beginning. i loved how complex the relationship between the children and the parents were, it felt so relatable and yet heartbreaking. i loved how geummyeong's love story was developing and just generally how she as a character was growing, starting to learn to appreciate her parents and acknowledging everything they went through. the only thing that i didn't "like" was how the younger brother's story felt more like on a surface level to me and how problems kept following the family, it did feel kinda exhausting sometimes to me. it's still a beautiful drama tho, i'd definitely rewatch this one so for the tears

CRIED SOO MUCHHHH... i loved the main cp so so so much, it was so heartbreaking and i just loved the whole deal with the doom and how their relationship was developing, how the doom started to learn to love through her, how he loved so hard to sacrifice himself. i loved their chemistry so so much SKDJSJ. it's been so long since i've felt so attached to a cp honestly, one of my fav dramas honestly altho the plot wasn't that perfectly written. now the thing i hated about this drama is the second lead cp and their whole story, it was so ???? i love lee soohyuk and his character was lowkey iconic but this love triangle??? it was taking me out, i don't even understand what the second leads were seeing in each other, they don't even know each other that well imo??? idk they wasted way too much screentime on them, i would have preferred to see more of the main cp. the ending scene was kinda unsatisfying tho - the last scene could have been a better one, why are they not showing me getting married or smth, it felt kinda abrupt, i wanted more closure :( this drama was also the start of park boyoung becoming one of my fav actresses!! 

i liked the plot but still feel kinda lukewarm about it? idk i didn't really like the ending that much... i was really invested into the backstory between goo ryeon and park joonggil but the ending/last ep felt kinda rushed. they also built so much tension between them just to waste it in the end to have them end up kinda as normal colleagues?? what was the whole build up for?? in my world, i believe they still love each other even tho park joonggil was reborn after his previous timeline with goo ryeon. i liked the different stories about the different people throughout the drama altho i felt like it wasn't as fully developed as i wished it to be to be really emotionally invested in those, i was more into the history between goo ryeon and park joonggil (lee soohyuk looked fine af in this one heheh)

i would say i liked this show and i know beomseok has his own issues and stuff bUT PLSS HE IS SO UNSERIOUS???? like man was so jealous because of a girl befriending herself with his friends and instead of properly communicating, bro was just projecting and kept pushing with his dramatic ass revenge plan bs, get help LMFAOOO

anyways, a very solid good show altho i have to say that the pace was kinda slow for me, was watching it in 1,5x (park jihoon's acting was INSANEEE)

i feel like i might like this season more than the last one?? idk, the character's seemed more interesting to me and even tho my logical mind is thinking that these school boys are all just so ridiciulous and dramatic, i still enjoyed watching this. the acting was just as amazing as in the last one and i loved how sieun was learning to open up and befriend himself with people again <33

just baek yijin dying in the end was so ??? to me like brooo, why so dramatic even after all this whole fight thing. that was so sad... and the way he still cared about humin and yet he died. i feel like there'd have been much more to his story :')

a cute watch but the main lead romance didn't stand out to me as much as i would've wished. i was more invested in the second lead's couple story and altho their ending was more realistic, it felt like so wasted to me.i was very dissapointed on how their story ended after all this buildup.  i have to add tho, i think not everyone might like the second lead couple as much as i did, i just loved the angsty part in all of this.

 whereas for the main characters, i liked their individual stories, their romance was cute to watch but the story was really not that captivating for me personally, it was more like a slow developing romance?

the acting was impeccable but honestly, even tho i was pretty invested in the drama but the plot was losing its narrative the further it went. it starte so so good but the way it got so messy, cant even say that i'm surprised honestly... there was just a lot going on and also i loved the fl in the beginning but her chracter was slowly falling into background and also the ml who kept shutting her out, which i do kinda relate considering the things in the beginning like abondonding him and marrying someone else without any notice. their tension was crazy tho even tho u have to say that it felt insane to me that they still kept seeing each other after her getting married. and for the ending, besides the plot being messy already in between like introducing this illegimate son of the chairman, fl's stepdad being the ml's biological dad, him trying to kill him off and just do wild stuff was lowkey taking me out, felt more and more out of reality to me. it seemed so promising at first but i feel like revenge dramas nowadays always fail to keep this potential throughout the whole storyline and the ending always gets messed up. and mind you, the one thing i actually liked the fact that the ml didn't fully forgive and give in to the fl after her family lowkey screwing him over and messing his life, also her just marrying someone else?? bro definitely needed space to digest everything. but also the illegtimate son of the chairman throwing his nephew off the roof was so ??? yeah, i hated that, the nephew was the most innocent out of the whole thing and he didn't even wanted to have the  business in the first place... and also just those side characters' story didnt get developed as much as it would have been necessary

this season was lowk just to kill of everyone, did not like the plot, cant even really call it plot imo

another comfortig watch for me, my only major issue was that mirae's own story felt so disregarded at some point, especially towards the end. i wanted again to see more of her ending, how it develops with her love interest(?) and wether she's able to go back to working in finance since it seemed like smth she was genuinely interested in

but park boyoung's acting in this was amazing as always, i personally find her acting 2 completely characters is very impressive. and jinyoung did so well here as well SDBSD

i have a lot to say about this, i loved and hated it at the same time.... first of all, getting into the whole thing was kinda draining?? OHH HOW I HATED THE 8TH PRINCEE, haesu was so fucking delusional, it pissed me so off like GODDAMIT GIRL.  like i hated how she was so stuck on him, her cousin's husband like hello????? girl what the hell are you doingg, besides the fact that he was just horrible imo, he was such a pick me, giving her empty promises and never doing anything actively to actually protect her. and the 4th prince is acutally the person he needed, i hated the fact she started to avoid him and also how they were always kept apart like oh the different kind of pains, i went through... but also my all time favorite prince was the 13th one like UGGHHH loved him so so much! and also the 10th prince and his love story, i was crying so hard, ofc i was also crying at the ending but i don't think anything in this drama made me cry as hard the 10th prince.... in general, i had to invest a lot of energy into actually to watch up until the first half because of the bullshit of romance story with the 8th prince. but luckily it got better later on and again, i love a good hertbreaking story so that's probably why i could last so long and actually finish it but i had a lot to rant about 

this is a very classical 2016 kdrama for me, typical over the top and mix of genres kinda drama. i loved it so so much tho, the chemistry there and even tho this was a mix of romane and thriller, i didn't feel llike the thriller was too much overshadowing the romance part for me. i was mainly here for the romance and the couple was so so adorable, absolutely loved them.  2016 kind of dramas are on my favorite eras so i'm definitely very biased here and especially since two of my favorite actor and actress are the main leads here :))

lowkey plot was boring, fl was also lowkey annoying about her first crush... she was uncomfortably cringe about it for someone who's supposedly in college... and just in general, her on her own was annoying to watch most of the time for me, not my fav character. the plot was more like a lightwatch/more simple so it gets kinda boring sometime, also the ml's story was too much overshadowed/rushed. the only thing that kept me really going were the scenes with the fl and ml together, they had me giggling and shit (nam joohyuk a cutie heheh)

overall overhyped if it wasn't for the chemistry

i was lowkey confused the whole time??? it started so interesting and the concept was hella interesting but then it got messier. wtf was the last ep, i don't get the it lmfao
besides that lee soohyuk was fine as hell :)

not this making me officially getting into exo content by just all of them being hilarious as fuckk SKJSBSHED i love this sm, what have i been doing all this time LMFAOOO

also this confirming my biasline heheh :P

a pure mess, the writing, the directing, the special effects, hell even the acting felt so fucking bad, even a crazy good cast cant fucking save a drama like this. i had so much expectations cause of park hyungsik, seo inguk and just generally the cast looked very promising, the plot idea was also interesting before the drama dropped... god knows where tf they messed it up (all the money probs went into the cast lmfao). i cant even tell what i hate the most , it was so hard to watch but i was also set to finish this one cause its so entertaining how bad this was.

like for the characters, we have angels each representing one zodiac animal and one human helper? their mission is to protect the humans but why tf were they all so weak?? The only somewhat strong one was taesan but even that, i dont understand why the tiger zodiac is stronger than the dragon zodiac mirr? Especially since her dragon soul was so important to unlock the door to hell and she was the only one who had her powers which wasnt explained either?? and then this girl couldnt protect herself for shit, its embarrassing how useless she actually was. and her love story with ogwi played by phs, there was not chemistry whatsoever. I couldnt care less about it, didnt even bring up how they got together, this whole thing just felt forced. OH and all those characters dying?? I felt fucking nothing which just shows how bad this whole character introduction was, it was barely there so you feel no attachment at all. 

then finally we have the ending which was so shitty, i was either laughing or being confused. the last 20 min showing only how the 12 angels live again happily again, pls i didnt give a fuckk. but i thought okay, 20 min left, there is smth supposed to happen? yeah the last scene showed mirr seeing something dark, taesan looking straight into the camera with an unreadable expression and ogwi laying on a table and the hellstone in him glowing red, are they trying to hint on a 2nd season?? fuck no AHAH

i loved this sm, such a comforting drama to watch and the pacing was SO good, the 20 eps didnt even feel enough tbh. i loved most of the characters and the story was all so so interesting and i was crying as expected heheh

i have to say one of my fav story was yeongju and hyeon's , they were SO cute!! how hyeon was always ready to give yeongju everything and take responsibility of everything and how he was always worried about her, i just want to protect them. i wished they  showed more of their future together, whether yeongju got to go to medical school and generally how their life with her baby would look like. and also eungi's and chunhui's story!! their relationship made me cry so so much... eungi was also such a cutie!! OH and we have yeongju's and hyeon's fathers' friendship with eunhee, them sitting together at the hospital while yeongju was giving birth and all, i was tearing up so BAD. i love their friendship so much and also the 2 grandmas' friendhship was so adorable!! <33

now to what annoyed me, yeongok. istg this woman was lowk pissing me off, even after her "character development", she'll always be selfish to me. the only part i liked about her was her relationship with jeongjun and that's mainly because of him. a pure green flag, willing to do everything for her and always supporting her and being on her side. and when yeonghee appeared in the story, the way yeongok was again so selfish for wanting to abandoning her sister even at her age now. okay, ofc she wants a life of her own and i dont think her sister was really holding her back in jeju but her making her sister as her insecurity was lowk crazy to me, the fact that her bf had more patience with her sister than her, even at the end is insane which made me dislike her even more. 

anyways, despite all of this i still liked the whole drama, just wished we could have seen more of every indivual's life in the end but i do understand that its hard with so many characters in the drama 

it started so good, i really liked the drama up until fl was falling into depression... this blew everything off for me since considering her working in mental health departmentm it didn't make sense to me that she could fall into depression so easily all of the sudden through one single incident. i understand that working in this department puts a toll on your own mental health but in this case, it didn't feel alright. looking past this, i liked how they were displaying all these single person with their issues while still being respectful about it, without overplaying or exaggerating it. i really liked the individual stories here and how there was never judging on anyone here. however, i personally found the love story kinda overshadowed or kinda unnecessary?? especially the love triangle that wasn't even really there. the dynamic between ml and fl was really cute and very mature too but to me, it felt like the drama would have done just fine withoutthe main couple's love story. BUTT the side couple absolutely my heart, especially yeohwan being SO supportive of deulre, they were so adorableee and he was down so bad and such a green flag, respecting her boundaries like not just giving her money despite her financial struggle and finding another way to support her in a way she'd accept and need since she still wanted to do it on her own. and also him not falling for her mother's schemes!! oh we love a man who can read the fucking room

i was so invested in this, it has been so long since i watched a drama with a more intense plot. the main couple was so cute to me, i wish they had more happy moments in the drama altho i acknowledge that this wouldn't fit into the genre as much. the stroyline had me on the edge of my seat, i never really knew what to expect which i always appreciate. whereas for the plotline towards the end, i felt like it was kinda getting lost (as in many dramas). there were aspects that were mentioned but never really cleared up or mentioned again for example the old chariman's son or how they switched him in prison with an innocent guy or also about the lab that was so horrible and that one paper kept a secret. idk i felt like it was too much brushed over even tho it was quite important to elaborate more about it and its content. and also the villain in the story being lowkey a psycho just to die so stupidly, didnt feel very satisfying to me. it was too simple for all the horrible things he did, wished he was suffering more and it just felt kinda too rushed for all the build up from the plot before. idk, towards the end, a few things felt kinda loose and unreseolved to me but overall, i really liked the acting and also lee jongsuk in a dark was deinitely a slay for me

i loved this SO much, loved the cast and also the characters, the concept of dreaming about each other's future and how they were connected with each other, i personally to also think they did the classic cliches from back then pretty well.

since it's always about solving different cases throughout the drama, i didn't really feel bored either. sure some stories weren't as catchy to me but all in all, i was quite seated for this one. i also loved how the relationship between hongjoo and jaechan was building, altho like most of the time, i always find the pre relationship phase cuter than after they get together. i also had a heavy second lead syndrome, i loved haein as wootak so much, he was such a cutie ... i wish they could have shown a bit more about him and his background story, especially towards the end it felt like they were just briefly brushing over his story. and also him always holding back his feelings for the sake of the trio's friendship, just for them to show only a few trio scenes </3 and him risking his job in the end also made me tear up ngl

one thing that was bugging me were some plot holes like how did hongjoo even start to dream about people's future. in the beginning she was dreaming about random people and for wootak and jaechan, their dreams were always somewhat related to each other. most of the plot was logical but like how hongjoo's dreams started wasn't even touched upon on which i find quite hard to miss since this is literally how everything started, why jaechan and wootak (and also mr choi) started dreaming was logical compared to hongjoo. also yoobeom, he was such a complex character and i felt like there was more potential to dig up about his personality but in the end, i felt like they threw his complexity just away and then him just losing his mind and just hitting mr choi with his car?? i did see it coming but it felt unnecessary to me, especially with him being a lawyer, made no sense to me for him to do that tbh

i've read the webtoon before and ofc, they changed a few things in plot in the drama. i have to say, a few things i really liked as for example ahjin's relationship with  inkang's grandma and her relationship with inkang in general. i still believe if inkang's grandma survived, ahjin could have been able to learn how to genuinely love someone, maybe she would have broken up with inkang anyway but things wouldn't have spiraled the way it did. i really liked that this part got switched up compared to the webtoon and as well as ahjin's chaebol husband was lowkey also adding so much more interesting plot to keep the viewers capitvated. altho i have to say i felt like his potential lowkey got lost towards the end, there were so many things about him that i wanted to know more of. and lastly, the final ending? bruh joonseo was annoying me so much at some point but the endiing gave me the final push, his whole relationship with ahjin was weird to begin with and toxic too but him deciding to destroy her career "out of love", just to have her alone with him again, how does it make him different from her possessive husband... and his action just invalidated the fact that jaeoh sacrificed himself for ahjin to be able to live which pissed me off so bad. he was just overly obsessed with her till the end. as for ahjin, i get that many ppl hated her but in the end her being a egoistic sociopath was what made everyone keep watching altho i have to say i didn't feel like she had as much control after the 2nd half of the drama as the drama pictured it... and i do get the ending, she still haven't learnt but she lost everything and everyone which seems like a much deserved ending for her but i still didn't like it, maybe it was the pace towards the ending which was bugging me. it was a pretty okay plot honestly but i watched it mainly because of the acting which i felt like was something that never dissapointed 

this drama doesnt really have much original plot imo, they kinda focused veryy much on food (which always looked yummy). it was enough for me to keep watching but the time travel thing and her falling in love with the king, reminded me of scarlet heart so it didn't feel super original to begin with, but the drama was still entertaining enough to me but the flow of the romance felt kinda rushed to me, ml was falling for the fl was too quickly just because her feeding him reminded him of his mom... okay ig?? i have to say the romance later on felt more authentic but i didnt really understand why she fell for him either?? a little sudden, same with the ml character development given the fact that he's supposedly already a tyrant before she came into his life. there were so many things i felt like they didn't address properly , i felt like the main point of the whole plot was basically all the cooking competitions. mind you, the cooking competitions felt lowkey kinda useless to me since fl is from the future and almost all her dishes were french inspired?? like it ain't hard to guess which dish is gonna win since everyone was always surprised cause "they've never tasted anything like this". this drama just felt way too long for the little plot they actually had but given the idea for the show with the time travel, i was sold to watch it since i was looking forward to the end. the ending actually kinda healed me from scarlet heart's ending ngl, i was tearing up just because of that but if i had to keep it objective, even the ending was kinda lacking since nothing was properly explained again... after watching the whole drama, i felt like i really liked this show but after giving it some thought, the plot felt kinda lacking once i stopped focusing on the food and the ending lmao. the acting was okay, very romcom and nothing very mindblowing imo. all in all, this drama was pretty mid but i loved the ending (mainly because of scarlet heart tbh)