Emily

I thought Come Back, Mister had a fine ending? Same with City Hunter? Then again I don't remember it 100%, but I liked it at the time.
I will agree, Missing Nine was a shitshow.
Soul was a great drama even with the ??? ending. That entire drama was so off-beat the ending didn't detract from it too much imo.

I loved the ending of 49 days. There weren't any loose plot hooks or anything, it wrapped it all up nicely. I was emotionally devastated for days, though. It was great.

The writers ruined nothing. It followed the original almost perfectly. It isn't really supposed to be a happy ending. Even in the little bit they didn't include from the original Chinese version- the main female character seeing a modern day version of the Emperor- ends with her turning her back on him. It hurts, but it's supposed to.

There will never be a second season.
I'd say less than 1% of Kdramas ever have sequels, and even then they're usually just based around a similar concept (Full House, for example) rather than a continuation of the first one.

Something interesting about that drama... I watched the whole thing, I know I did. But I'll be damned if I could tell you what it was about. Or even a single plot point.
Which is really strange for me, because SJK dramas tend to always be wonderful.
Maybe it's because I watched it when it was currently airing? I don't know.

The ending of Gu Family Book pissed me off only because
(spoilers!)
she gets shot, and it takes her DAYS to die. Literal days. But they don't even try and save her or anything? Maybe disinfect the wound? Take the bullet out? SOMETHING? It was stupid and ridiculous.

I'm surprised Missing 9 wasn't mentioned here though. That drama started out as a creative, fascinating, mysterious story. It turned into a slog of "What ridiculous thing is happening now?" and "Really? That's how you're ending it? Just forgiving this guy for killing multiple people and trying to kill you guys too? ok"

Anywho, I haven't actually watched Diamond Lover, but I read that Rain wasn't available/affordable for the last few episodes so they sort of Frankenstein'd together an ending without him, hence why he doesn't get the girl. From what I heard she ends up with a friend anyway, which is honestly more realistic.

Also I think this article needed an editor.

There were a lot of things they were doing to "help" their singing that I found... questionable, to say the least. Guess pansori is just a whole other beast compared to "normal" singing.
(The "medicine" part is flat-out disgusting.)

I thought I'd have more of an icky feeling about the romance in this, just because of the ages. It really wasn't too bad, though.

Honestly Suzy's acting wasn't PERFECT, but she did a better job than I thought she'd do, especially when it came to the singing. However, it bugged me how the background music was often too loud, draining out the singing..

I assumed this would be a 2 episodes-a-day. 5 days a week drama. Only Thursdays and Fridays, though!? My heart! I would have rationed the first 24 episodes over more than just 3 days if I'd have known;;;

This is probably gonna sound REAL weird to most people, but rn I'm finding that both Ling and Zhan remind me of Feng Shao Feng. For very different reasons.

This took a nosedive on the quality scale REAL FAST.

I was a big fan at the beginning, but the drama then devolved into a flailing mess of "what exactly was the plot again?".

Oh shit, is Seohyun the lead? I saw Im Joo Eun was in it and was hyped, but I have to admit I'm a bit doubtful of Seohyun as a lead. I didn't think she was an actor. Also is Ji Hyun Woo good in this? I've only seen him in one thing before.

One of my all-time favourite actresses. I freak every time I happen to see her in something. She needs to be more popular!

Think I'm going to tackle this (finally!) after I'm done my current drama, Empress Ki. Commenting here, so I gotta stick to it!

It's been confirmed that there isn't gonna be any romance between the leads.Turn back, all ye romance-seeking fangirls who enter here!

Kind of wish there was a separate entry for the Director's Cut. I'm only through the first couple episodes so far but it already feels noticeably better.

Every time I see my comment off the first page I feel the need to reiterate how bad this drama is lmao

Damn, I need to get back into Jdramas. Kame started my entire obsession! I owe it to him to start watching his dramas again :( If only Japan wasn't so terrible at getting foreign distributors of their dramas;;;

Yes! Okay, let me think...
I'll have to give what I'd consider 'light' fantasy dramas, in that there's some sort of fantastical element ingrained into the concept of the drama, even if the actual drama isn't jam-packed with dragons and flying and magical powers.This is simply because you don't find many Korean dramas with that in them- that's very much more in the domain of Chinese dramas, or even Japanese dramas. The only one I can think of off the top of my head is Faith, and well... I can't really recommend that one in good conscience. Not that it was bad- it wasn't. It just wasn't very good. Lmao.
First on the list I have to say I Hear Your Voice. I see it's on your Plan to Watch list- that's good- GET ON IT. Because while I ADORED W, and I thought Pinocchio was pretty decent, I Hear Your Voice is better than both of them combined. It's absolutely fantastic. It isn't TOO fantasy-y, but with his character having the ability to read minds I'd say it technically counts. One of my top favourite dramas.
Queen In-Hyun's Man! I can't recommend this drama enough! VERY marathon-able, and the chemistry in this one (similar to I Hear Your Voice) is OFF THE CHARTS. Time travel romance that has all the plot-points of a melodrama with none of the drawn-out crying sessions. Pretty funny at times too. Another one of my very favourites.
Rooftop Prince, thematically similar to In-Hyun's Man, another time travel romance that takes the concept of fate and runs with it. Also comedic.
49 Days! Melodramatic, EXTREMELY likely to make you cry, a little bit light on the romance, and a very interesting premise.
My Girlfriend is a Gumiho, a very popular rom-com about a guy that falls in love with a fox demon. Classic. Not a very heavy drama.
Come Back, Mister- not very romancey, and it kind of flew under the radar popularity wise, but like 40 Days, the idea of reincarnation and a second chance at unresolved business makes this drama worth checking out. Bittersweet.
Of course there's You Who Came From the Stars- VERY popular, very light on substance, but a hot alien that looks like Kim Soo Hyun is a hot alien that looks like Kim Soo Hyun. Worth watching for sure.
The Master's Sun is another one that was very popular, but IMO it was kind of a better drama than You[...] Stars. It's about ghosts. A girl who can see ghosts. Cue being possessed by a ghost, all the heart-warming Ghost Whisper "Walk into the light." sentimentality you could ever want, comedy, and of course, a hot chaebol. I really liked this one, and the cast is phenomenal.
Er... there's probably a couple more I could mention but I think that basically covers the best/most relevant ones I can think of.
Another one off the top of my head that is SUPER underrated (a relatively nugu cast, didn't become very popular domestically or overseas, was on a random station) but imo very interesting and worth watching is a drama called Bride of the Century. IIRC it isn't SUPER heavy on the supernatural/fantasy, but I know there was something about it that had that. I have a bad memory.

Oh my god, I just remembered the fact that this drama exists. IT MAKES ME SO MAD, because it was legit fabulous until the very end where clearly the writer's edibles must've kicked in and made them say, "Fuck it. Resolve everything. Most obvious solutions. No consequences for anybody. DONE."

I'm not sure I'm getting the criticism for this so far. I like it a lot? Lmao. Then again, I have both a soft spot for fantasy dramas and a general lack of nitpicking except for the most dreadful of dramas.