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Light shop

It seems that I will end 2024 with this drama (probably) but what a good year, ending with this one is really good, the same way it began - Death's game - and as far as this two are different I see some similar aspects, maybe just both were amazing, with great cast, story and acting.
If there is Park Bo Young I will for sure watch it sooner or later.
Light shop supposed to be a horror drama, there are some scary moments or rather the way of portraing them make them scary, for sure it is darker type of drama but still there are more sad moments than scary. Story of mother - daughter & father - daughter was for me the saddest and made me cry.
I feel like this drama is really one of the must have to watch - especially if you loved Moving (maybe finally I will watch it too).

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Friendly rivarly

Hmm how to start....okay first thing I have never watched anything with Lee Hye Ri, I have considered May I help you but still nope, I do not know, I just did not like her, without any reason to be honest - this drama change it and I for sure will give her other roles a chance. She played really well - in two scenes she looked a little like idols - Aisha (from everglow, I love this group) and Karina.
Second I know many people watched it because of girl love and some will not watch it because of it or will not watch because there is not enough of this - either way you should give it a chance, it is really a good drama. Although if girl love really bothers you, you can easily avoid this scenes - spoiler - in my opinion there is only one scene you can not like in matter.
You can watch it as they are really really close friendship - in my opinion it is clear that they care about each other very much and ot is clear for me in which way but still can pass ad friendship if you prefer it that way.
Hmm what I do not really like was masturbation part but at the same time it is normal, so not big deal, it was made with taste?
If you are afraid that there are nudity or anything then do not worry, well it is clear when they talk about sex etc but still made "family friendly".
In the end I actually like all main characters - I know that Choi Young Je was bad guy but still I like him. I find it funny how there are Yeri and Seulgi - my Red velvet heart likes it XD
One thing that does not make sense for me in last episode - spoiler - why they make a surgery and not make her vomit? I do not understand it from medical point of view, from story point I understand that it was more intense - so yeah in this terms it makes sense.
Let's move on to the ending - I like it, I do not think they need a second season.
To sum up - you should totally watch it, only 16 episodes which last only 30 minutes, it makes it so easy to watch, the storyline is great, there is some mistery and dark reality. In my opinion really good drama.

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Tale of the Nine-Tailed 1938

When there were rumours about second seasons, I did not believe them - good they proved me wrong, I hope that they will do the same about third season.
I do not know if some thing in this sentence count as spoilers - I love Jo Bo Ah's cameos, wish she had more scenes, love the acting - especially Lee Dong Wook, love Kim Bum's character love story but Kim So Yeon's character annoyed me a little.
It was good drama, after rating Tale of the nine taield 10/10 it is suprising that I rated this so low (not really, 7/10 is still a good rate), especially when I was hyped after teasers. So what went wrong? - well it is fully my fault, after view episodes of this The uncanny counter season 2 started getting released. I was simply more hyped up about TUC and I do not enjoyed Tale of the nine-tailed 1938 as much as I could. So yes, it is still a very good drama but I just watched in wrong time.

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Doona!

Oh wow, it was out in 2023, I thought it is one of 2024's dramas, my bad. This one has a lot of mixing reviews, some people hate it, some love, some find it boring when some think it has perfect plot. I watched it because of Bae Suzy (It was after I finally watched Vagabond). In my opinion it actually is not a easy drama, it may seem like that because it is about an idol, but it shows more struggles than her happy moments. Bae Suzy's character is toxic, let's be real but it looks like she really wanted to be with Yang Se Jong's character. It shows how young people struggle with "normal" life after being in entrertaiment industry, how they want to be in it and at the same time are not happy.
It is something worth giving a shot, maybe you will like it or not, everybody has different taste, so if you like cast or this genre then just check it out.

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Dear Hongrang

I was waiting for this drama because of Jo Bo Ah and she was the reason for watching, I did not have any high expectation for plot or any other aspect of this drama - maybe it is a reason why it was even better - but yeah this drama is just great. So moving on to actors/characters, then ending and story ( I will repeat warning - THERE WILL BE SPOILERS - so read only if it does not bother you).
Jo Bo Ah - I just love her acting, her crying scenes were heartbreaking here, I feel like her character was the only one which we could actually put in morally good category, I liked her chemistry with other actors, I also feel like she likes when dramas have some historical aspect, but she looks great in hanbok so I understand her, I loved her high ponytail hairstyle in 10 episode I think, maybe it was 9 - now I want her to play assassin in some historical drama
Lee Jae Wook - my first drama with him where is main character, I do not know yet if I fully like his acting style, sometimes he looks like lost child but at the same time it made perfect sense with his storyline, oh my how much his charactered suffered, it is crazy, and I am happy that he knew since the beginning that they are not siblings cause otherwise it would be weird (so good thing that she also suspected it), I liked their kiss scenes (yeah, maybe dark drama but it is still romance so we got it!), SPOILER: there really was not a way to prevent his death and that is probably the saddest part about it
Jung Ga Ram - I did not recognize him at the beginning, he is guy who got a gilr from Love Alarm (yeah, I was team him in that drama XD), here his character was sweet at the beginning, then you literally start to hate him, SPOILER: good thing that in the end he choosed to be good and protect her
Kim Jae Wook - he know how to play crazy characters/villains, just perfect acting but story is crazy, I expected him to be a villain and at the same time I thought he was not, SPOILER: scene with lost hands felt a little like from anime, not my favourite part but excellent "revenge" for him
Well the rest did great, everyone acted perfect, although I have to admit that I had some hard time to recognize who was who because of mustaches and beards.
Hongrang - poor sweet child, he only wanted to protect his sister.....and I hate his mother, eventhought well no, I just hate her
Great fighting scenes, great villains, still I do not know who was The snow man......., beautiful romance, more bitter than sweet ending, yeah more sad than anything, how she lost everyone she cared about but I do not think people really expected something light, even poster made it clear that we will cry during this
I do not really understand the last scene - if it was her imagination or if it was after she died because of old age - but it made the ending a little sweeter.
A little bloody but I do not think it was too brutal.
Totally worth watching, even amount of episodes is great, just give it a chance!

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The judge from hell

One of the best drama of 2024, it really has everything - fantasy, comedy, romance (OMG that one kiss in last episode), action, criminals. There is a lot of violence but it is not as brutal as for example in Death's game. Great acting, plot and music. I really love everything.
Park Shin Hye proved that she is amazing actress - she was great in Doctor Slump ( I also loved that drama, also 10/10)
Kim Jae Young was also great. And their chemistry was just perfect.
I love the ending, it was everything I wanted - I quite guessed how it would end but I am really happy with that.
Suprising is that I actually liked Jung Sun Ho' character (J killer's brother) - for me he was morally gray character and I like this type of character.
It is really worth watching!

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Doom at your service

First drama I have started and my favourite, also I rewatched I think 4 times. OST is so freaking good, Breaking down is a masterpiece. Park Bo Young's acting just wow, Seo In Guk amazing, their chemistry together - there's no other their role partners where I like their chemistry as much - I really need next drama with this two as a couple. All actors did amazing job. Also love triangle for second leads was well done. Storyline was perfect, I cry everytime I watch this drama and I am so happy with the ending - I know that many people would like different ending and to be honest I would still love this drama exactly the same. I always recommend this when people ask about something to watch.

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Newtopia

I need to say that Jisoo is one of my favourite idols, so many people may think I am biased - still it is my first drama with her. So she was my first reason to watch this,second was zombies (yeah, it is weird combination of choices). Well after explaining myself I will go into drama's details,cause I do loved it and in my opinion any lower rating would not be fair - it started with 7/10 but with every next episode (especially since 6 it was becoming higher and darker) - I really had great time and waiting for next week was hard (eventhough I watched other good dramas in the meantime).
Jisoo - in my opinion she played really well, she portrayed perfectly bubble and stressed side of character - especially episode 6 (spoiler - traumatic). Her chemistry was cute with Park Jeong Min (I wished they had more scenes together, so yeah give them season 2!). Also now I need her to act with Lee Hak Joo - yes it can be survival again or maybe spy/criminal - I just need them as a couple! Also his character was perfect, I wished he stayed longer. Spoiler - also the one who turned into zombie but survive so long because of alcohol whose name they did not know (yeah, I also do not know and could not match actor......shame on me) - he was also great, he could play Jisoo's brother in some drama! Sad part - unfortunately team Jisoo did not survive - and it was really great team, they did everything to protect her. Kang Young Seok's character was annyoing but he cared and tried to keep her alive - and did not deserved what happened.
Kim Joon Han - amazing! Hong Seo Hee - great female strong character!!! Team Park Jeong Min was also great, I am really happy that most of tchem stayed alive. To sum up - I just love the cast and the characters.
Episode 6 & 7 - were soo good. Episode 8 - when she was running away from man, it was actually scary, like there was no way to not be stressed if she will survive - I felt like I was watching some scene from The last of us (my favourite game), I was as stressed when Ellie was running from canibal. It was stressful, there was moment where I thought that it will really end the sad way. Also I am curious if Jisoo's character was seeing ghosts or just too much stress and she was imaging things, it seems like that and would make sense actually.The only thing I wished that happened was a kiss!!
Zombies are so well done like it is actually crazy to see them having half of body and still being dangerous. And since it is a zombie series there is need to be a little gore. It also seems that the only way to become a zombie is when they bite you.
Some behaviours were stupid or illogical but they actually made sense - we also would not act rational if suddenly there was zombie's attack.
There are a lot of happy and funny scenes (COMEDY) and a lot of sad, traumatic and dark (episode 6, Alex, guy without name, episode 7) and a lot really a lot of gore (do not eat during watching, and if you are sensitive for this stuff just do not watch) - it is like a mix of Resident evil (game - in terms of bleh) with Zombieland (comedy). In my opinion it was well balanced, cause it was really dark, especially second half. Effects were great, in general visually it is so well made.
Yeah I just loved it!!! Now I need edits with zombie by everglow (my ultimate group, dark parts would fit really well to this song - also #everglowdeservesbetter) and maybe by Purple kiss for comedy parts.
To really sum up - in my opinion it is really great zombie drama, something different than usual, my rating is high but I really like it that much, worth giving a chance especially now when all episodes are out.

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The divorce insurance

Yeah I am probably biased, since every drama I was waiting for this year is rated at least 8/10 but I really feel it is right rating, in my head it feels wrong to give it less - well in this case 7,5/10 would be great but I made my mind long time ago and I do not give 0,5.
Biggest problem - that it was ongoing, it was problem from almost all dramas this year - expect Newtopia but I love zombie (and yet I still waited for most The last of us episodes out) and maybe friendly rivarly but I started when almost all were out, ongoing is just not for me (but I probably still make that mistake, for example with Our unwritten Seoul).
Next problem - it would be better with just 10 episodes
Now positive things - I love how cast is Lee. Plot reminds me of Brewing love - so if you like that you will like this. Characters felt a little like Business proposal but "adulter" adults. Well in all this cases it is about developing some product. So it easy, dailylife type of drama.
And that is probably the reason why it also worked so well for me, cause I often watch or read something dark and having something in contrast is great - and this was this drama, little light in my month of dark books.
But at the same time there are moments to cry, OMG story of older couple was perfect.
Moving on to cast:
Lee Dong Wook - yeah reason to watch, not much to say I just love his acting
Lee Joo Bin - I am happy that she was female lead for LDW, I like their chemistry, they were so cute, in general she is perfect for cute/romcoms roles (and that makes me also believe that she would play perfect villain, with such sweet face, it would be mind blowing), oh and I loved her hair here
Jo Bo Ah - yeah, my girl! I am so happy that she had cameo, that she was even mentioned later, and that she played such cute role, spoiler - we all knew she would play ex wife, but their story was really good, there was still love but just different kind.
Second couple - Lee Kwang Soo and Lee Da Hee - I do not know if I really liked them, character wise, cause as couple they made perfect sense and at the same time I expected them to be more crazy in love/hot couple
EXY - she reminded me of Yujin from Ive/I*zone and some other idol but now I can not remember who, her romance was more interesting for me than second couple
"Old man" - his love life was also interesting story, it showed that sometimes it is important to change
Plot - it was not to encourage divorces, yes they created insurance but point was to avoid them
All in all I liked it, but definitely better to watch when is all out and meantime something darker (of course if you like calm type of dramas, you do not need such contrast).

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Melo movie

Well Park Bo Young is the main lead - of course that I would watch this. And of course I love her here - maybe not my favourite role but still really like her, a little something different, more bossy? Her character is like mix of Doom at your service (where's SIG to take cigarettes away as PBY did for him?!) and Daily dose of sunshine. Love her friendship with Cha Woo Min - he actually was a highlight of the drama.
Chemistry with Choi Woo Shik was cute - maybe more as friends to be honest but at the same time there are two kiss scenes which simply are one of my favourite from her - like Days and this have the best kisses in my opinion. Also his scene at the beginning - I need him in action like that
About second couple - hmm I was not really into it, not bad, they have a lot of good scenes - spoiler - I do think that the way they ended was pretty realistic although at the same time I think that in the future they would be friends again, maybe not lovers but still they would be close.
There were some really funny scenes but also a lot of sad, so if you think that you will not cry and it is easy to watch, then you would be dissapointed - but that is what made me like this more. The biggest problem this drama shows is miscommunication or just lack of communication.
Also visuals/colors/aesthethic of this was soo beautiful.
The only thing that bothered me a lot was how much they were smoking.
In conclusion - I am probably a little biased cause PBY is in it and since the beginning I wanted to like it, I considered if it should be 7/10 and I did not feel good with this rating, that is why it is 8/10, personally it was fun,healing and worth watching.

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So not worth it

Well totally agree with the title. It was first korean drama I have finished, just my first I have started was ongoing and thank god that one was amazing cause I do not know if watching only this I would watch any other korean production. Well maybe for sitcom it was not as bad, but nowhere good. Jokes were often stupid, although acting was pretty good. I can not say only bad things afterall. I really liked main couple, they played the best in my opinion. I also like Choi Young Jae and romance part for his character and Minnie's and there goes bad stuffs again cause why would they make her cheat......Also her character was annoying, unfortunately, not the best acting debut - I know she sometimes act so bubble in real life, but as character it does not work even a little, but blonde, clothes and hairstyle were good.
I would never watch it again, I do not even know why or how I finished it, maybe because of few parts I really liked.

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