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Never watched BL before, but these short ones might be a good first watch. I also wanted to watch a Drama from the Philippines, thank you!

I now actively avoid the "successful guy, aspiring girl" trope, also if the visual is very pastelly and heavy on the filters, because then you already know how this story goes. I find the story is sometimes more interesting in low-budget productions.

What was the Mini-Shows you watched?

In the Thai version of Full House the girl has curly hair and I was actually surprised that it wasn't mentioned.

What?!? I was constantly distracted by a need to put a hair clip on that fringe. I was having secondhand annoyance by how it kept falling into his eye.

The synopsis and the trailer... well, at least it seems unpredictable?

Apparently it caused a trend though, and many guys wanted PSJ's haircut.

Fun fact about Moo Myung from Hwarang: The reason why he had a ton of different unflattering hairstyles in that drama was because the costume designer kept looking for one he would look handsome in and they found none. Considering how well the wig fit some of his cast-members that is just sad.
I am surprised that you didn't mention Lee Gun from "Fated to Love You", because that was a satisfying transformation and the hairstyle in the beginning really suited his quirkiness.

Thank you for the article. I didn't have this on my radar, but it sounds like just the thing after a long workday in front of my laptop.
I can also recommend the YouTube channel of Liziqi, a Chinese lady farmer, that also is gorgeous and relaxing.

Came here to ask the same thing. I just can't with Vampires, otherwise I would have watched that one.

Came here to ask the same thing. I just can't with Vampires, otherwise I would have watched that one.

Yeah, nobody knows how to do the wistful heartstring-pulling like the Chinese. I honestly didn't notice the dubbing at all at first, and now I that I hear it it's super grating at times. I especially hate it, when they give the girl a squeaky high-pitched voice, when the actress in the BTS has a perfectly nice voice.

Fall in Love is a Drama, where the heroine is a sensible adult, but... the guy is kind of immature? Can't escape that trope, haha... There is also a second lead couple, where the girl is a badass and the guy is a softy.

I get the feeling that this is just as far as these actresses are willing to go, which is fine. But then maybe, I don't know, at least close your eyes? That's normal reaction to a surprise kiss you didn't know you wanted or if you didn't want it, push his face away. They could also not focus on their lips, face but do a classic from the distance, from behind or whatever camerashot, so we get romantic gist of it without having to watch the atrocity of dead fish kiss.

Yeah, I hate that too. They always go along with everything, teary-eyed... I know this might be a fantasy for some shy girls, but not every single time. Often there not even an arc where they learn to assert themselves... I drop those shows now.

I hate this too. I am also bored when this happens, because it's not like you don't know how it's going to end.

While I also hate the childhood - connection thing, because why? Some (almost all) of these work perfectly as two people who just met at the point when the drama starts. Most couples meet for the first time as adults, after all. I don't get this at all, is this a cultural trope?
But what I hate the most, to the point that I will drop the drama, is the separation close to the end. This may be a nail biter the first time you watch a drama, but now it's just an eye-roller. If you want to show that the protagonists are growing, why seperately. Spend some episodes on that instead of the silly filler episodes with second lead drama. I would love to watch that, but I know that is the hardest to write. But I have seen it done, CDrama You're my Destiny did it extremely well.

Haha, I am glad you took the roller-coaster and kind of liked it. Like you at first I was rolling my eyes at Mue and her endless adoration, I only stuck around because I saw why she liked him so much, but I really liked her by the end. I loved how she directly addressed his bad behaviors and ambivalent situations.

I am glad you liked my review. This drama stuck with me for a long time and inspired me in real life too. I avoided Go Ahead, because it seemed a bit heavy for my current mood, would you recommend it?

You got me really curious. I love a food drama, but never heard of this, and the trailer would not entice me. It looks like a dark comedy, I would have thought the family ends up eating some of their guests... But now it's on my to-watch list.

I wish I could give you a hundred thumbs up. You don't need chiseled abs to be healthy and most diet plans (protein only) to achieve such a body are really hard on the kidneys.