Healing Slice-of-Life Dramas

3 children from 3 different families growing up under the wings of 2 hardworking single dads.

This is a very heart-warming story about how familial love can become even stronger than blood ties if given the right care and nurture. The settings make me feel really nostalgic of my own childhood. Seven Tan, Song Wei Long and Steven Zhang are such an adorable trio that you can't help but fall in love with. There's a hint of romance in the second half, but at its heart this drama is very much about family bonds and values. 

"No blood relationship, no same family name, but we're still a family... I thought God was so good to me for giving me such kind boys. I feel very cherished. I raised them up from such little boys. I hold them in the palm of my hands. Never beating them, never scolding them. But someone had to remind me that I wasn't their father, I'm not a real father, not a family. But where are their real families?" Li Hai Chao

Edit: I can't believe Song Wei Long is the youngest but he plays the oldest so well, meanwhile Seven Tan in just so cute.

Sweet [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]

Bittersweet [1] [2] [3]  [4]

BTS [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Interview (unsubbed)

What's the chance of 5 classmates ending up working as surgeons in the same hospital? 

This is just like watching 5 best friends having fun like the good old times. Each brings a different perspective on the struggles of their own medical specialty, and a different type of quirkiness. Meet the jokester, the priest-wannabe, the secret softie, the quiet realist and the workaholic glutton. I love their weekly band practices, funny banters, pettiness over little things and giddiness over each other's love life. It's hilarious how they all look down on Mi Do's tone deafness in the drama when in real life she's a well-known musical singer while they're just amateurs, well except for Jung Suk that is.

Personally, my favourite character is Jung Won. He's so tactless and naive sometimes but so cute with children, fitting for paediatrician. His mini-romance with Gyeo Wool is super endearing. 

The *LEGENDARY* silent game

Hilarious camping trip

Dorky time [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

One big family

Moving confession [1] [2]

Tsundere Thanos

Some more quality healing time with our 5 dorks. I don't mind another season of this. This show literally kept me alive during COVID lockdowns!

Dorky time 2.0 [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Our endearing Winter Garden couple [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

Chattering with Nah [1] [2]

So endearing (spoilers) [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30]

Well deserved award!

Interview [1]

Hidden Love spin-off (Sang Zhi's brother), my kind of mellow romance...

Trailer [1] [2] [3]

Hidden Love crossover [1] [2]

I'm so in love with this couple [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]

The third-wheel like us

Sorry Sun Jae, I think Sang Yan beats you at simping LOL

BTS [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20]

Promo [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

Hello, Saturday [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Bai Jing Ting's beautiful duet with Mayday (BTS & Zhang Ruo Nan's reaction [1] [2])

Trailer [1] [2] [3]

She fell first but he fell harder [1] [2] [3]

Chaotic siblings energy [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

BTS [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]

Photoshoot

Promo

Interview [1] [2]

Hospital Playlist spin-off

Trailer [1] [2]

I'm already sailing this ship [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38]

More ships are sailing [1] [2] [3] [4]

Oh Yiyoung is such a mood, I love it! [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

BTS [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8 spoiler] [9] [10 spoiler]

Promo [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]

Interview [1] [2]

Chattering with Nah

Hospital Playlist cameos [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Hospital Playlist sunbaes' OST (BTS)

Hi-Boyz MV, MCOUNTDOWN [1] [2], dance challenge [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9], dance practice & BTS (I can't believe they're so serious about this)

Cast reaction [1] [2] [3]

Real OB-GYN doctors' reaction [ep 1] [ep 2] [ep 3] [ep 4] [ep 5] [ep 6] [ep 7] [ep 8] [ep 9] [ep 10] [ep 11] [ep 12]

Koo Do Won in real life

I'm crying a bucket [1] [2] [3]

The spring & traditional aesthetics are so healing and serene!

Trailer [1] [2]

Who's the Fishing Master here? [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [the real master LOL]

Healing couple [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

BTS [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]  [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] [42] [43] [44] [45] [46] [47] [48] [49] [50]

Character deep dive [1] [2] [3]

Promo [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19]

Interview [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Photoshoot [1] [2] [3] [4]

Comedy

Couple goal [1]

Watching this again really hits differently. I love the slow and gentle pace, the mellow and mature romance. There's a perfect balance between comedic banters and heartwarming moments. The first half actually gets better as well. I still don't like the CGI gaming bits, but Yu Tu's career struggles at the beginning feel so realistic and the way Jing Jing comforts him just hits it home for me (8.5 → 9.5).

"But you are already the rabbit [Yu Tu] who has seen the most stars." Jing Jing

"I've always remembered that your [Yu Tu's] dream is the galaxy." Jing Jing

"How could you say you [Yu Tu] accomplished nothing. Even if you want to give up your previous career and start over, but your past accomplishments are still there. Although I don't know what you actually did, it must be very valuable. So even if you're not doing this anymore, you don't have to deny the past, right? At least you strived for you ideals. It's better to compromise than never try. To me, at least it's not a mistake." Jing Jing  

"I just wanted to defend you [Yu Tu]. I want you to be an aerospace engineer more than anyone else." Jing Jing

"Jing Jing. You belong to the brilliant world. And I, belong to another world." Yu Tu

"I don't want to like someone more than he likes me." Jing Jing "I don't accep this. I don't like less than you do to me... That was because I came up with a few lame excuses. Such as my income, and what I could give you, and if I'd have time to take good care of you." Yu Tu

Kdrama in real life

Go Ahead's Korean adaptation (a different kind of charm)

Trailer

Adorable trio [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

Love this couple [1] [2] [3] [4]

BTS [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Interviews & game shows [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] 

Cast reaction [1] [2]

Zhao Lusi being such a mood [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Adorable couple [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

BTS [1] [2] [3]

He can surf but can't swim LOL

Trailer [1] [2]

Lovely couple [1] [2] [3]

Cute Vlog

Expectation vs. reality in singing LOL

BTS [1] [2] [3]

Promo

Interview

Beautiful couple [1]

This brings out the hopeless romantic in me >-<

Trailer [1] [2] [3]

Slowburn romance [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] [42] [43] [44] [45] [46] [47] [48] [49] [50] [51] [52] [53] [54] [55] [56] [57] [58] [59] [60] [61] [62] [63] [64] [65] [66] [67] [68] [69] [70] [71] [72] [73] [74] [75] [76] [77] [78] [79] [80] [81] [82] [83] [84] [85] [86] [87] [88] [89] [90] [91] [92] [93] [94] [95] [96] [97] [98] [99] [100] [101] [102] [103] [104] [105] [106] [107] [108] [109]

SWL is so captivating & gorgeous [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]

Cute cousin duo

BTS [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] [42] [43] [44] [45] [46] [47] [48] [49] [50] [51] [52] [53] [54] [55] [56] [57] [58] [59] [60] [61] [62] [63] [64] [65] [66] [67] [68] [69] [70] [71] [72] [73] [74] [75] [76] [77] [78] [79] [80] [81]

Promo [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] [42] [43] [44] [45] [46] [47] [48] [49] [50] [51] [52] [53] [54] [55] [56] [57] [58] [59] [60] [61] [62] [63] [64]

Expectation vs. reality

Character deep dive

Interview [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Cast reaction [1] [2] [3]

Soundtrack BTS

Reunion

Hello Saturday [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [full sub] [full sub 2]

***My review***

Dr. Gu is so fine [1] [2]

I feel so single [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

My heart... [1]

BTS [1]

Promo [1]

Sweet Interview

This is a raw, poetic and beautiful reflection piece for those who has loved and has been loved. 

Lee Se Young and Sakaguchi Kentaro are incredibly versatile and expressive. I love the seamless transition between Japanese and Korean, allowing us to feel each lead's perspective much deeper. I also love the contrast between their young, naive selves in the flashbacks and older, poignant selves in the present. Through loss, realisation and regret, the leads were able to gain an appreciation of what love is. The choice of using mostly instrumental soundtrack makes it feel like we're watching a piece of poetry coming to life. 

"What do I believe comes after love? I believe we can gain an understanding of what love is... It's such a sad irony. Only after love do we realise what it truly means. That's why I believe we're always filled with regret. Maybe that's why the deeper our love is, the bigger our regret becomes." Jungo

"A single moment can last forever. And forever can end in a single moment." Jungo

Trailer [1] [2] [3] [4] 

Interviews [1] [2] [3] [4]

Cuties [1] [2] [3] [4]

Kentaro is so fine  [1] [2] 

BTS [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

***My review***

Trailer [1] [2] [3]

Trailer 

Sweet duet

Noona romance [1] 

Promo [1]

Trailer [1]

Sweet [1]

Peak sibling vibe LOL [1]

The seasoned SML [1] [2]

BTS [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

Promo [1] [2] [3] [4]

Interview [1]

What a visual couple... [1] [2] [3]

Script reading

Where can you find a man like him [1] [2]

Ladies, this is how to protect your man

Trailer

I'm falling for the Park couple [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Trailer [1] [2]

Dream husband material

Her husband got some competition LOL

Zhang Ling He gives boy-next-door vibe

Third wheel LOL

This couple's chemistry is so natural & addictive!

Cute yet angsty (spoilers) [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] | [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33]

He set the bar too high (figuratively & literally LOL) [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

BTS [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] [42] [43] [44]

Promo [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] [42]

Interview (PTW) [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Hello Saturday (PTW) [1] [2] [3] [full 1] [full 2] [full 3]

Variety show [full 1]

We often overlook the fact that most police spend their lifetimes dealing with social issues and resolving daily disputes, rather than catching serial killers or drug smugglers like in crime thrillers. Through the lens of 4 new police recruits, we get to witness that being a police is more than just a display of heroism, it also involves learning about humanity, humility and teamwork. Each recruit has a different background and different struggles that they must overcome to become a good cop. The friendship between the 4 of them is dorky and hilarious but also very supportive and reassuring. 

While I appreciate the realistic portrayal of the daily lives of police, I still find some of the characters a bit frustrating to watch. From Xia Jie's overprotective mother to Yang Shu's ambitious master and his insufferable in-laws. And what's more, when you start to think they've changed for the better, they would immediately revert back to their bad habits. I guess you can say that human nature doesn't change sometimes.

The Princess Royal reunion

Trailer

BTS [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17]

Promo [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Sweet moments [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Photoshoot

Hello Saturday [1] [2]

Reunion [1] [2]

Trailer