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It was in the comments earlier (yesterday?). But I think if you post a question, someone will reply :)

I don’t know what happens in the novel. Hes not likable now, but if he matures and improves his character, I wish him well.

Ah, yes, I think I accidentally read a spoiler she will try to get with ML’s cousin who is a likely heir to the company.

You are welcome! “Amidst…” is my designated winter drama. A lot of it was shot in Finland 🇫🇮 so there’s a lot of real snow ❄️— they didn’t need to make fake snow like in most dramas. The drama is from the same author as “Love Me, Love My Voice” which is also a very nice drama — unlike many dramas, there’s really no stress/breakups/misunderstandings. Just heroes & their friends eating/cooking a lot of delicious foods, singing, and traveling (+food).

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Put Your Head on My Shoulder would also be high on my list to recommend. But watch Netflix version if you can — I like Netflix subtitles better for that drama (watched Viki version later on). It was actually the first C-drama I watched — Netflix recon it to me and started watching without realizing it was a C-drama instead of K-drama :)

ZJM is very good indeed. If you like historical dramas, check her out in The Princess Royal. If you like slowburn dramas, check her out in Amidst a Snowstorm of Love (even more chill and stress-free than this drama). And there a 15-episode drama Reset that’s universally beloved (modern drama with time loop twist).

Coworker Chris is very nice. I wish RiskChris 😎 all the best in her inevitable battle with SnakeRong 🐍

Did you rate TFF? I don’t see it on your list (which, I must say, is very close to my taste/rankings 😁).
BTW, I’d also suggest When I Fly Towards You. It’s from the same author as The First Frost and Hidden Love, but it’s a lot more chill, worry-free and feel-good. It’s also very short (24 half-hour episodes).

Need to hurry up and finish Fight for Love :) I like Victoria — her dramas are usually pretty chill and more adult-themed. I even liked the drama about porcelain making :)

No idea how FH is still at 8.7; perhaps, from strong early reviews which people didn’t change after dropping. Still watching Fight for Love but it got some hate/antifan pushback if I recall.
At the end, MDL ratings are only slightly more reliable than Viki ratings, lol

P.S. Sometimes it helps when dramas star lesser known stars and there’s no massive smear campaigns. “When Destiny Brings a Demon” is a great example from this year — the comments section was super nice and friendly (for the most part) 😁☺️

We haven’t seen that person in the drama yet although she has been mentioned multiple times.

This drama is based on the novel of a very talented (albeit, very slow!) writer Gu Man who is also a screenwriter here (she also wrote You Are My Glory among other dramas). I think people enjoy it because both leads are of about the same status (so not a typical idol drama plot) and ML isn’t really arrogant. He’s pretty much a nice guy (green flag) and only acts a bit weird in the beginning because of the misunderstanding that happened in Episode 1 (the accident occurred when he was on the way to meet FL but FL never visited him in a hospital and now completely doesn’t recognize him). But even though he acts a bit tough toward to FL, he is still protecting her but transferring her to his department and then working with her to bring down the bad manager.

Got it! Maybe I should wait too — so many dramas to watch already. And I’m still not over what happened with Fated Hearts (great first 15-16 episodes and then the rest went downhill very quickly).

Watch beginning of episode 1. ML’s friend convinces him to drive up because supposedly a woman has been asking about ML. ML initially refuses to come but changes his mind when friend tells him the name (FL’s name) — ML had seen FL at some party previously, liked her so he agreed to drive up to FL’s hometown. And, of course, on the drive over, he had the accident when caused his to stop being a surgeon. But FL didn’t come to visit him in the hospital at any point. And now, when they met after a year, FL seems to not know ML at all and doesn’t have any interest in him. So ML is confused about that and tries to get FL to remember him but fails. Now, there’s an explanation for what happened and why this misunderstanding occurred but we haven’t gotten to it in the drama yet :)

Oh, thank you for this info 🙏
How’s The Unclouded Soul so far? I really like both Seven and Neo but a bit scared to start watching it because Love in the Clouds is still fresh in my memory 🥰

99.9% of us feel the same! But very soon it will be mostly ML + FL and only sprinkles of 2ML

ML definitely took her to a good place and not a Temu retail store 😁

Sigh 😔… The less I think about 2ML, the better, lol… But the same author did a great job exploring status inequality in You Are My Glory. I think that was done very reasonably/realistically. But JerkXu is a far, far cry from Yu Tu 🙄

Totally understand your feelings. I think most C-dramas start at 2 per day but then platforms roll a random number (0, 1, 2) to determine how many episodes to air. And then Viki/Netflix usually have their own delays. Trying to keep up with TFF was very confusing for my friends who use Netflix 😳