BlancaTrueba

Wow, 9.3 rating. This confirms When Life Gives You Tangerines at the top of the MDL's "Top Dramas" list of all time, surpassing the previous top holder Twinkling Watermelon.

Revised standing as of today (30 March 2025):

https://kisskh.at/shows/top

1. When Life Gives You Tangerines (2025) - 9.3
2. Twinkling Watermelon (2023) - 9.2
3. Move to Heaven (2021) - 9.1
4. Weak Hero Class 1 (2022) - 9.1
5. Hospital Playlist Season 2 (2021) - 9.1
6. The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call (2025) - 9.1
7. Nirvana in Fire (2015) - 9.1
8. Alchemy of Souls (2022) - 9.1
9. Flower of Evil (2020) - 9.1
10. Moving (2023) - 9.1

She is portrayed by the same actress (Yum Hye-ran).

Most likely. Or at least, this drama will have the most nominations and most number of wins.

Done. :)

Doe, a deer, a female deer.

I have a hunch that this drama will get many Baeksang nominations when it's announced sometime next week.

Top 10 dramas of all time in MDL (based on the ratings as of today):

https://kisskh.at/shows/top

1. When Life Gives You Tangerines - 9.2
2. Twinkling Watermelon - 9.2
3. Move to Heaven - 9.1
4. Weak Hero Class 1 - 9.1
5. Hospital Playlist Season 2 - 9.1
6. The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call - 9.1
7. Nirvana in Fire - 9.1
8. Alchemy of Souls - 9.1
9. Flower of Evil - 9.1
10. Moving - 9.1

All are Korean dramas except Nirvana in Fire, a Chinese drama.

I am just sharing the fact based on the current MDL rating. You can see it here:

https://kisskh.at/shows/top

I haven't watched TW so no comment on that. But so far only these two dramas managed to get 9.2 rating, the rest of the top dramas are 9.1 and below.

She is the editor that helped to publish the book for Aesun's poems. She was the little girl who picked the ring and the slightly older girl who came to the market with her mom and bought squid from Aesun. Her adult version was portrayed by the same actress who portray Aesun's mom: Yum Hye-ran but it's just that she portrays two different characters in this drama. Just like IU who portrays 2 characters: young Aesun and Geum-myeong.

Yes, there are only 2 dramas rated 9.2 now, this drama and Twinkling Watermelon. Those are the top two.

This is IU's drama, since she portrays two characters in the story. IU has the most screentime among all actors spanning from episode 1 to 16.

Remember that So-ri and Hae-joon didn't appear much in the first 6 episodes.

This is a slice of life drama so to answer your question:

1. Romance = mediocre.
2. No love triangles, except slight one when Bu Sang Gil is almost marrying Ae Sun.
3. Not much romance. Not slow burn or fast-paced, it's in between, with timeline switching.
4. Bittersweet ending.

Wow, the rating has increased again; now it's 9.2.

According to this:

https://kisskh.at/shows/top

9.2 is the highest rating any dramas here in MDL can get so far. There are only two dramas that have this rating now:

When Life Gives You Tangerines
Twinkling Watermelon

The rest of the best dramas have a rating of 9.1 and below.

Correct me if I'm wrong.

He's more like Jun-young, like cameo or special appearance. While his character is significant (as Geum-myeong's husband), he doesn't have much screentime even on volume 4. So yeah he's more like a guest role rather than support role.

It's not love triangle. Geum-myeong ended her relationship with Yeong-beom because of his mother. They broke up in good terms. She only started relationship with Chung-seob much later.

Episode 8 is still RAW, waiting for the Eng Sub version...

Noted, thanks for the info.

No new episode (ep119) yesterday? I only see up to ep118 in Viu.

Still waiting for the eng sub version of episodes 7 and 8...

Me: But "How many" is not a yes/no question.
You: Exactly, that's the whole point!

LOL.

Have finished episode 11. A beautiful drama with a unique story about childhood trauma. The scene when Kanghee meets the child version of herself is really touching.

Looking forward to watch the final episode soon! (not now, a bit busy lol)