Emily

I'm loving this, but I feel like it's starting to feel a little bit cramped, like they're running out of episodes to tell the story they want to tell.

Good, but not as good as I thought it'd be from all the hype. It's on the average side of good.

To me, the Japanese one is like an uncut gem. It's very flashy and unpolished, but it's interesting to look at. This one is like that same gemstone cut by the most unimaginative gemcutter out there. It's still okay, I guess, because the base gem was great- but it lacks charm and character, and it definitely could have been done better.
If one is used to anime, manga, and a certain portion of Japanese dramas, the zaniness and cheesiness isn't all that hard to look past, I think...

This is the epitome of an average drama. Don't expect something great, but it really isn't all that bad either. Solid.

Seems like it'll be good, and it's fairly short so the ending might not suck.

Amazing start, weak ending. Still worth watching.

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But yeah, I'm envious of myself from a year ago. That concert was amazing. But yeah, it seems downright ridiculous that there were no concerts in Europe! There are so many VIPs in Europe, they were seriously missing out. I think that no matter what, one day you'll get your chance to see them c:

and yeah, @steph- woohoo! A fellow Primadonna :D

I feel bad, but I was genuinely shocked on those episodes when she was wearing shorts and short skirts. Her legs are scary thin.

It kills me that as much as I want the gay subplot, it will almost definitely not actually be one. Argh!

Also, this chick is frustrating me because if I was her I'd have jumped that boy's bones on Day 2. Yang Yang is damn attractive.

I love love loved the ending. So bittersweet.
Amazingly written deep characters except for the main villain. He was weak and a little bit one dimensional. There were a couple slightly draggy spots in the plot, but nothing too bad. This drama made me cry twice. That's really impressive, especially considering one of those cries wasn't even about a main character.
Wonderful balance of romance and politicking imo.
Acting was so good. Jang Hyuk acts a little strangely sometimes, but it's effective in making his characters unique and memorable.
This drama is way better than I ever expected it to be. Just a very very solid sageuk.

Thanks for the awesome giveaway! I've been meaning to check out bibimbox for a while now.
My favourite Asian singer or band... that leaves me a bit conflicted, but I have to say G-Dragon. Back in my earlier days of drama watching, I'd only just moved into watching Korean dramas, after having watched Japanese dramas for three or four years. I learned about good ol' kpop through one of the first k-dramas I watched, You're Beautiful, and figured I'd check it out. This happened to be around the time Big Bang was coming back with Fantastic Baby, and one of the very first things I saw in my new venture into kpop was the teaser for that very music video.

"Geez," I thought to myself. "Who is that beautiful person with the pink hair!?" That 30 second clip became my obsession, as did Big Bang when the actual music video was released. G-Dragon being my favourite was only affirmed when I learned more about Big Bang, their music, and their stories. All that is history to me now, but Big Bang and G-Dragon's place on the very very top of my list are likely never going to change.
(I saw them last September in concert- there were tears.)
(Special mentions go out to FT Island, Junsu, SHINee and KAT-TUN. I like you guys too, I swear!)

That's a rather strange synopsis. Yoon Shi Yoon though, so it'll no doubt be cute.

This drama is going to _kill me_ first episode and I'm already dead. I think this one is gonna be a little bit more action ninja-y political than the Chinese one, and that's fine by me. I'm impressed with IU, gotta say. She reminds me a lot of the original main. EVERY ONE IS SO PRETTY TOO. I CAN'T HANDLE IT.

This drama is crapping all over my emotions. In a good way.

Also, Lee Jong Suk is so freaking beautiful. If I were HHJ's character I'd literally ditch everything and just live a happy cute life with him for the rest of time. Not even joking.

Just to avoid confusion for some people- this is currently on Netflix, and has more episodes than the 24 it lists here. The episodes are shorter than an hour and a half, however.

I've seen Im Joo Hwan in quite a few things before now, but this is the first time that I'm actually really digging him.

I have a feeling that if you've never seen the Japanese one, you'd think this is great. But for anybody who HAS seen the Japanese version, and loved it for all it's craziness, this one is really rather lack-luster. The biggest shame is that this one is rated higher than that one, which leads me to believe that there's a general disparity between the standards of each respective dramas' audiences...

One of those ridiculously cliche dramas, specifically made to make fangirls squeal. And holy shit does it do the trick. I was grinning throughout the entirety of the first two episodes.

I didn't think Heirs was unwatchable- it was just INCREDIBLY boring. BoF was a unique case in which it's ridiculously cringey nowadays, but for somebody who's an OG drama watcher, it holds a special place in my heart. I remember how much I loved Hana Yori Dango and a lot of that passion still lingers.

Now- for dramas that were painful for me to watch? Honestly, I'm a nice person when it comes to dramas- I never stop watching because they're bad, I just lose interest really easily. But these two dramas were trainwrecks, absolutely horrible. I dreaded every episode. (yet interestingly enough, I watched both of them all the way through)

Thousandth Man- EASILY the most atrocious drama I've ever seen, ever. It wasn't the fault of the cast though, or the main story idea. It was the execution. For the first time I saw what a drama could be like without a technical crew/writers/editors that knew what in the seven hells they were doing. Every questionable choice, every awkward transition, every energetic music choice over what should be a tragic scene, and vice versa... It was horrible. The word trainwreck has never fit a drama better.

Kill Me, Heal Me- I will fight to the death to defend my opinion of this drama. It's trash. Ji Sung and Hwang Jung Eum had fire-hot chemistry and stellar acting in their previous project, Secret, but this drama demolished any residual positive feelings I had about that drama with the absolute nonsensical bore of this drama. It's an aspect of the drama genre, that kind of portrayal of mental illness, I know. But when Hyde, Jekyll, and I was airing at the exact same time and had such a better realistic character with a mental illness, it really put KMHM in to perspective. Also, if I ever have to hear Hwang Jung Eum over-act again, I'm going to set myself on fire.

Based on how much I adore Hana Kimi, and how much I DON'T adore Minho, it's definitely for the best that I've never watched To The Beautiful You. It'd probably induce a fair amount of rage in me. (One of the best things about the original story is the humour- Korean shows rarely do comedic tones well in comparison to Japanese dramas)

If this was all-encompassing dramas, rather than just kdramas, I'd have to include Lee Hong Ki's Muscle Girl. Lol. Such a horrible drama. Marathoned all 10 episodes and had the time of my life, make no mistake about it, but it was baddddd.

I'll agree that Birth of a Beauty wasn't great- the concept was really interesting but the episodes just dragged on horrendously around the middle, so it's probably for the best you dropped it there. But I'd say that My Girlfriend is a Gumiho is really a good one. Someday you should give it another chance, when you've lost any residual bad feelings for it. Go in with a fresh state of mind.