DramaHeroine

I would definitely add A Thousand Good Nights to this list. It's a slower paced, thoughtful drama with a very realistic story, and a great example of the what modern Taiwanese dramas can be.

I wish there were a way to bookmark articles on this site, because I would bookmark this one and the one you did on Xinxia dramas just to keep for my own reference. I don't currently watch either of these genres, but I want to eventually, so these articles are very useful.

I'm not even finished reading and I just had to stop to say that the non-stop metaphors and similes and alliteration and puns and absolute literary MAGNIFICENCE of this article is a thing to behold.

Here I am with my feet firmly planted calling out to the drama gods to say 'We want season 2! We want season 2! We want season 2!'

Definitely gonna watch this.

I started the first episode over the weekend and was really enjoying it until I got towards the end of the ep and realized the romance in this might be more physical than I'm interested in, then I read a comment that said there's 1-2 sex scenes per ep. Can someone please spoil it for me and let me know how graphic these scenes are? Is it more implied, is there straight on nudity, or is it like the original Fated to Love You where the leads just rolled around in sheets in a manner that was mostly kind of funny to watch cause there bodies were clearly not touching? I'm not interested in watching anything stronger than what you see in dramas like Last Cinderella (Japanese) and Just You (Taiwanese), so thanks in advance for the spoil.

The heck YES I want to see this. It's my baby, Seo In Guk. How could I Not?!

I agree with jjonghaos about the shaman bits. They only seem to show up when the writer needs to make something happen then they disappear for large chunks of time and I kind of forget they're in the story. I would have liked that aspect of the story to have been weaved in a bit better and have a little more prominence. Not a whole lot as it works for that stuff to be working in the background, but I would have liked to see into that world just a bit more.

There's been romance. It just hasn't been flashy or overt. But she's definitely starting to notice him in a way she hadn't before.

I second mangoapricot's comment. This drama definitely focuses more on the female lead overcoming her past and learning how to really live life again. The romance is a nice little bonus to the story.

I very much agree. I hate the new hairstyle.

Hello, Me! really is a unexpected gem. I wasn't expecting much at first, but it's really grown on me as I've watched.

Wait......What? THIS IS ACTUALLY, FINALLY HAPPENING?!?!?!

I finally got my episode count for this sorted out on my currently watching list, and now it says I've watched 24 of 16 episodes.... I think I'm just gonna give up at this point, lol.

I would highly recommend A Thousand Good Nights for anyone looking for more Slice of Life style drama recommendations. It has a really peaceful pacing to it and is all about family and love forgiveness and growth. Just a lovely series that I would like to see get more love.

I do feel for him, even though I'm totally happy with the main pairing, lol. His young self is too stalkery and pushy for me, but his adult self has proven to be a lot more thoughtful and respectful than I initially thought. Meeting her again and those feelings being renewed has seemed to change him for the better, and now I just want him to be happy.

I agree. It makes the most sense for the story and is also just a well-written punch to the gut in terms of emotion. I really hope it's the case. If it is, I think it also means that when grandma was talking about taking her instead, she meant her dying in place of young Ha Ni which leads me to suspect that maybe grandma is going to sacrifice her life for young Ha Ni so that fate or whatever will be satisfied and let her go back to the past, which again, I think would be another well-written punch to the gut for this story. Truthfully, I wasn't super impressed with how the whole time-travel, shaman, mystery, fate part of the storyline was progressing, but if our suspicions are correct, I'm actually a little bit impressed now. I thought this was would be an easy, turn my brain off for the more outlandish parts drama, but it's seems to be turning into something more, which I'm totally down for.

Ji Eun didn't end up going through with it. It's disappointing that she seriously considered it, but I understand feeling such a strong desire for a loving mother figure and to be valued for who you are that I can understand why she might have thought about doing it.

Sorry for the book, lol. I've had a lot of thoughts on this aspect of the drama and no one to tell them to.

I don't think she doesn't know that adult Bahn Ha Ni is her granddaughter. She's been too aggressive with her so far not to have some idea of who she is. Otherwise, why would she try to beat up a complete stranger when that doesn't appear to be something she generally does? I assumed the difference in treatment is because Adult Ha Ni is the one who caused her son's death, but young Ha Ni hasn't done it yet, and that's why she hates adult Ha Ni but not young Ha Ni. It's a 'this one killed my son' versus 'this one is my favorite' kind of thing. (We also have to remember that Ha Ni's sister remarks at one point that it's unusual for her grandmother to remember any of them.) I could be wrong though. Personally, I hope your theory is wrong, because I think it would kind of ruin the story. I know the death of her father and the way it fundamentally altered her life is extremely heartbreaking to watch, but it's also a very human experience, and going back in time and 'fixing' it would take away the message. Why would Ha Ni need to find redemption and her family learn to forgive if no accident ever happened? I really like that potential message, and I would hate to see it tossed aside. Adult Ha Ni being a 'glitch' would also really cheapen her what she's experienced because of the accident, her trauma and heartbreak, rejection from family members, the self-hatred and fear of living. Because after all, she's not the real Ha Ni so her struggles are not real either. I think Ha Ni deserves better than that. I've actually been wondering the last couple weeks now how all of the time travel stuff is ultimately going to be handled, and no matter how I look at it, there's one fatal problem (aside from what it does to the drama's potential message) with young Ha Ni going back and changing everything. If young Ha Ni goes back to her timeline and changes everything, adult Ha Ni won't meet our male lead when she grows up, because the miserable situation she found herself in due to how she's lived her life because of the accident is also the entire reason why she reconnects with him. If young Ha Ni saves her father, adult Ha Ni won't end up in that situation in the first place thus prompting them to meet. I guess if the writers really want to write it this way, they could add in some particular reason for why he would still meet her. Maybe he's been searching for her since they were young or maybe they are destined to be together and would inevitably find each other in every timeline, but let's be honest. How many dramas take the time to set up these sorts of stories properly and Also ensure they don't leave bizarre loose ends in the last ep like the leads still meeting in the altered timeline even though it doesn't make sense for them too? As much as I enjoy this drama, I don't think it's writers are quite good enough to pull something like what you're suggesting off. I would rather they not try doing anything too ambitious and just let their drama be a redemption story, because I think it's doing a pretty decent job at it so far.