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A warm and beautiful story

"Kill Me, Heal Me" it's a drama about Cha Do Hyun, a man who has suffered a trauma in his childhood, leaving him with a memory lost and 6 personalities: Shin Se Gi, Ahn Yo Na, Ahn Yo Sub, Perry Park, Nana and Mr X. In a twist of fate, he meets Ri Jin, a psychiatric resident who becomes his new doctor, to help him in his daily life, as a way to stop the personalities from doing too much trouble.
With time, the two realize there's a connection between them in the past, since Ri Jin starts having the same flashes of images as Do Hyun and they seem to knew each other.

The truth is that Do Hyun and Ri Jin lived for one year together, as half-siblings, but that wasn't true, since Ri Jin's birth mother made up a lie with Do Hyun's grandfather. When Ri Jin's mother dies, Do Hyun's father locks her up in the basement and abuses the girl, her only comfort is when Do Hyun comes down to play with her. One day, Do Hyun can't take the abuse anymore and that is the day Shin Se Gi is born, his first personality, the one who burns down the house and allows Ri Jin to be set free. She's taken by Sun Yeong, who raises Ri Jin was her daughter alongside with her son, Ri On.
Ri On grows up and learns the truth about his sister past, he starts digging in the story to understands what happened. What he didn't expect is that Do Hyun and Ri Jin would met coincidentally, like fate wanted them to met each other.

Ri Jin and Do Hyun are a really cute couple, the romance is light but sweet at the same time. There's not much space to see them together as a couple, since the main focus of the drama is to see Ri Jin learning more and dealing with Do Hyun's personalities, trying to find ways to help him get better. I have to say the best scenes are when the personalities are involved, specially Se Gi and Yo Na. The humor is a great selling point of this drama!

The drama is really good, it's one of the best stories I have ever seen. The characters are amazing. I loved the way the drama developed the story with Do Hyun's mental problems, showing there's nothing wrong with that, it was his way to cope with everything that happened, even his own guilt and that we all need someone on our side, someone to help, to lean, to understand. It's a beautiful story <3

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Falling for Gong Yoo <3

"Coffee Prince" it's a drama about Eun Chan, she's the breadwinner of her family and because of that, she doesn't have time to care about her looks, so everyone thinks she's a man and since she needs to make a living, Eun Chan sometimes uses that in her favor. One day she meets Han Kyul, he immediately thinks of her as a man and the two begin a friendship, that turns into a "forbidden love" since Han Kyul thinks Eun Chan is a man and she doesn't have the courage to tell the truth, fearing of being rejected.

I totally understood why it took so long for Eun Chan to tell the truth, nobody saw her as a woman, so it was better to be just another guy friend, than trying to confess and be heartbroken. The problem is her feelings for Han Kyul just grew stronger and she couldn't keep it hidden anymore. The scene where Han Kyul finds out Eun Chan's a girl it's really impressive, he felt betrayed, specially because it took a lot of courage in him to confess his feelings thinking Eun Chan was a man, but at the same time, Eun Chan had the courage to tell she's a woman... but it was too late and Han Kyul finds out from another person.

This was the drama that made me fall in love with Gong Yoo. It's a perfect drama in every sense, specially because it's an older one and the romance is beautiful, the way the writers put the relationship of Eun Chan and Han Kyul was really good, it's like a BL, until the moment Eun Chan's identity is out.
It's a must see if you like Korean dramas, it's one of the best that I had ever watched.

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"Somebody" follows the story of a programmer named Sum, who is introverted and has a hard time interacting with other people. She spends most of her time chatting with strangers online through her AI program. She starts chatting with a man named Yun Oh, unaware that he is a serial killer.

Their relationship is quite strange, but that's exactly what I expected, since both characters are like that. Yun Oh is clearly a psychopath, but Sum isn't far behind. She had all the traits of a psychopath, she just never acted on them. At first, I thought she was with him knowing he was a murderer, but later it was implied that Sum thought he was innocent, especially when Mok Won started questioning her.

I enjoyed seeing Kim Young Kwang playing a role like this, he is the biggest reason to watch, since the drama ends up being quite disappointing. There was no depth to Yun Oh's past, his motivations and I think this was essential to understanding the character.

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"The Story of Ming Lan" is a drama about the life of Shen Ming Lan.

Ming Lan is the daughter of a concubine. Both she and her mother are mistreated by their relatives, surviving on next to nothing, until one day her mother dies giving birth, due to an evil scheme by another concubine. Ming Lan then goes to live with her grandmother, the only person besides her mother who loves and treats her well.

Time passes, Ming Lan grows up and falls in love with Yuan Ruo, a young man she grew up with. However, their relationship ultimately fails, as Yuan Ruo is the son of a former princess, who refuses to accept her son with a mere concubine. She marries Ting Ye, someone who helped her when she was a child and saved her on numerous occasions. He becomes the support, the partner Ming Lan needed, someone who is always by her side and defends her in everything and to everyone.

The romance between Ming Lan and Ting Ye is so sweet, they have great chemistry on screen, and one of the things I liked most was that the drama focuses heavily on their relationship, forming the foundation for the entire story. We see Ming Lan slowly falling in love with Ting Ye. At first, he's clearly the one who loves her most, but by the end of the drama, Ming Lan nearly sacrifices herself to save Ting Ye, showing how things have changed.

Ming Lan is incredible in every way. She's one of the best characters I've ever seen in a drama, an independent, strong, and audacious woman who goes after what she wants and doesn't stay silent when she sees injustice. She avenged her mother's death by setting a trap for Mo Lan's mother. When they tried to do the same to her friend as they did to her mother, Ming Lan was a total badass, preventing a tragedy, and she did it while pregnant, without any fear. Then they poisoned her grandmother. Everyone wanted to cover it up because her grandmother wasn't related by blood to any of them, but Ming Lan wouldn't let that happen. She fought tooth and nail and saved her grandmother. A total badass!

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"Happiness" is a drama about a group of people trapped inside an apartment complex, trying to survive an outbreak of an unknown virus.

Sae Bom and Yi Hyun have been best friends since they were teenagers and this friendship has continued even after they became adults. In order to get an apartment in the most famous place in the city, the two get married only on paper to have priority access. It all seems like a dream come true and Yi Hyun plans to confess his feelings for Sae Bom, taking advantage of the opportunity of now being married, but everything changes completely when a psychotic outbreak causes people to attack each other for no apparent reason. An infected person is released in the condominium and begins to infect others. Sae Bom and Yi Hyun, along with other residents, enter a battle for survival... the problem is that the infected are not the only danger.

Do you know what message this drama conveys?! Human beings are the real monsters.
When watching this drama, it was impossible not to make comparisons with the movie "The Mist", because both have a very similar setting and narrative. They are about people who are trapped together during a situation that is out of control, in the case of the drama, an outbreak of a virus that turns people into a mix of vampires and zombies. But the biggest problem they have to overcome in reality is not the infected, but the people who are by their side.

There are so many horrible things that happen, that it makes you rethink before trusting anyone, because in the beginning everyone was nice, but as soon as things started to get worse, their true faces began to appear. The killer doctor and the so-called "representative" of the building, it is easy to identify that they are sociopaths, so everything they did during the drama was no surprise, but some characters surprised me. The son of that older couple telling everyone that his mother was infected and then stealing all the food?! Bastard. The worst of all was when they all joined up with the killer to force Yi Hyun and Sae Bom to turn the power back on. People are really the worst.

Yi Hyun and Sae Bom are absolutely adorable. I wasn't expecting romance, but the drama is full of moments between them, the couple is the central basis of the story and everything else is secondary. Every time Yi Hyun saved Sae Bom, it was a confession of his love. The scene where Sae Bom finds out that Yi Hyun is infected is amazing, her expression when she sees him holding the door and seeing that none of the infected wanted him, not even at that moment did she give up on him.
And when she returns to the apartment looking for Yi Hyun, that kiss was incredible, a scene that showed both the love between them, as well as the way Sae Bom trusts Yi Hyun, since he was infected at that moment.

This was one of the best dramas I've ever watched, it has everything. Great characters, a very well constructed narrative and impeccable development.

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"Newtopia" is a dark comedy drama about people trying to survive a zombie apocalypse.

The story revolves around two groups in different parts of Seoul, one with Young Joo and the other with Jae Yoon. The two are lovers, Jae Yoon is in the army and Young Joo basically spends the entire drama trying to get to where he is. I have to admit that I didn't expect the girl to be this badass, but I have to applaud her for killing the zombies with the chainsaw! It was amazing.

Ji Soo's acting isn't anything spectacular, she made me laugh several times, but in the more serious moments, she couldn't keep a straight face, like in the train scene, but since the drama focuses on comedy, this doesn't end up being very relevant.

Arron Park is amazing, he ended up stealing the show several times. And is it really true that he didn't end up transforming because he was drunk? But does that mean he needs to drink all the time? The moment his body no longer has alcohol, he will probably transform, like what happened to that boy who was with Young Joo's group.

Speaking of Young Joo, it seems like the girl was tripping on acid during this zombie apocalypse, everything that happened to her seems impossible. The zombies talked to her, shouting her name the whole time and she was even saved by the ghost of a train station employee. Oh, we can't forget how she suddenly met Jae Yoon's favorite singer and he was just singing, in the middle of all this and the worst part is that we can't even say it's a lie, because she has the tape signed by him. HAHAHA'

I don't know if there's a need for a second season, I even liked that they didn't explain much about how the outbreak started, we just saw all the chaos it caused. I didn't expect anything from this drama and I ended up being surprised, it's very fun.

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"KinnPorsche" is a drama about the romance between Kinn and Porsche. Kinn is the son of a Mafia boss, and one day he unexpectedly meets Porsche, a bartender who helps him escape from someone who was trying to attack him. Kinn then hires Porsche to be his personal bodyguard. As they spend time together, Kinn and Porsche realize that there is a clear attraction between them.

The romance between Kinn and Porsche is intense, passionate and engaging, their chemistry is literally breathtaking. Of all the BL dramas I've watched, they were the best couple, without a shadow of a doubt.

Pete and Vegas aren't far behind. The romance between these two started unexpectedly, but at times, they stole the show even from the main characters. There was something very tragic between them, as Vegas initially kidnapped Pete and tortured him to get information about Kinn for his father, who is part of a rival Mafia. The problem is that Vegas and Pete end up falling in love, because by spending so much time together, Vegas opens up to Pete about his feelings, his life, his traumas and the two connect, but at the same time, Pete was traumatized by everything Vegas did to him. It is a really troubled relationship, but it really grabs you, you want to see them both doing well, having their happy ending... sometimes even more than Kinn and Porsche.

This was one of the best dramas of 2022 and I'm not just putting it in the BL category, the story is incredible in every way. There's a lot of comedy, especially because of Tankhun, who is simply magnificent. I loved how he watched Korean dramas and always thought someone was going to die, when in fact it wasn't even horror. HAHAHA'
Special note for when he made Porsche dress up as a mermaid and the funeral he held for Pete, even without knowing if he was really dead. It had to be Tankhun.

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"The 8 Show" tells the story of 8 people who decide to participate in a strange and secret reality show that will pay them only for their time. At first, it all seems like a dream, since each of them has a huge debt to pay off, so it seemed like a good idea to earn money just by spending time there... but the reality is much darker than that.

The players discover that each room earns money at different rates, dividing people into two classes: the upper apartments and the lower ones, and the real problem begins when they choose a place to be the bathroom; this is the turning point. The chosen room is number 8, since it earns more money and basically does nothing, but the crazy woman simply cannot stand it, and this marks the change in the atmosphere of the group and in the entire story.

It was obvious that the people in the upper rooms would use the lower ones to do all the work, but I could not imagine the crazy and horrible things they would do to these people. They discover that the time they earn outside their rooms depends on the spectators, on what they find interesting and funny and what they think of doing? Torture them. The four players invented little games and the fun was to see the others get hurt, in various ways, and they also took away their phones and created a system for them to eat, turning them into slaves.

When number 6 was in control, the others were tortured physically, but when number 8 takes over, this changes drastically, since the torture is now psychological. She basically turns them into an experiment, putting them into a depraved sleep and showing them videos over and over, trying to break their minds, and the most shocking thing is that number 8 was not doing this for the viewers, but for herself, she liked to see the suffering and it turned her on. Yes, she is that level of psychopath. HAHAHA'

The drama is clearly a critique of society, how money rules our lives and how our greed can be our downfall. This is the case with number 1: if he had been satisfied with the money he earned and never tried to change rooms, he wouldn't have lost all his money and wouldn't have done that crazy thing that killed him in the last episode. It's really sad because he said exactly that, that he shouldn't have been greedy, but since he had always been on the bottom, he wanted to see what it was like to be on top.

Honestly, I wanted to see revenge for numbers 1, 2, 3 and 5, they deserved it. Number 8 getting arrested at the end wasn't enough, and number 6 being okay after almost killing them didn't seem right. Number 5 should have done more than just castrate him.

For me, this drama was more intense and violent than "Round 4". It's easier to kill people, especially by imposing rules that take away the guilt, but breaking a person's spirit, making them want to kill themselves, especially because you don't know when it will end, the endless waiting, that's pure torture.

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"Till The End of The Moon" is one of the best cdramas I've ever watched.

Susu is a woman who goes back in time to stop a man named Tantai Jin from becoming the devil god and destroying the entire world. To do so, she assumes the identity of Ye Xi Wu, Tantai Jin's wife, and her mission is to destroy his evil bone, which means killing him before he becomes evil. But the problem is that, as she spends time with him, Susu discovers that Tantai Jin is not a bad person, but the way he is being treated will turn him into someone bad. So, she tries to make him fall in love with her, thinking that this way he won't become bad. The twist here is that Tantai Jin is a liar and that was his plan all along: to deceive her, because he was not innocent.

The couple basically has three lives throughout the drama: first we see Ye Xi Wu and Tantai Jin, then we have Sang Jiu and Ming Ye, and lastly Susu and Jiu Min. In all their lives, they made a beautiful couple <3

I was dragging my feet to watch this drama because I knew it wouldn't have a happy ending, as most dramas of this style barely have one. Couples who become enemies are a recipe for someone to die in the end. HAHA!
But I'm glad I watched it, this drama is incredible, it's a spectacular production in every sense. The couple's chemistry is simply perfect, with sweet and passionate moments. The kissing scenes really surprised me and Tantai Jin is a very intriguing character, sometimes he seems like a villain, sometimes he seems very sweet, he's a mystery. I wanted a happy ending for him, but I understand why he had to die, it was his way of redeeming himself for everything.

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"A Shop For Killers" is an action and suspense drama. The story is about Jing Man and his niece Ji An. One day, Ji An receives a call saying that her uncle is dead and after that, her life is no longer the same.
She discovers that Jing Man had many secrets and dangerous people start chasing her... but Ji An is not an innocent young girl, since Jing Man trained her since she was little to be prepared for basically everything and the girl is a badass.

Lee Dong Wook and Kim Hye Joon working together is truly a dream.
The scene where Ji An kills Seong Jo is spectacular, the sequence in the entire house is incredible. Only that smart girl would think of taking over the shop for herself and buying the killers.

The ending gives the impression of a possible second season, since Jing Man is alive, but even if that doesn't happen, it was a good ending.
The drama is simply amazing, in every way. The story is great, as is the acting and the action scenes. You can't take your eyes off the screen for a second.

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"Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace" is a harem drama that shows the life of the emperor, his concubines, all the conspiracies, lies and secrets.

It's a spectacular drama, one of the best cdramas I've ever seen. I initially started it because it reminded me of "The Story of Yanxi Palace", because both stories are about the royal family and life inside the palace, but this drama is much heavier and darker, with lots of deaths, pain and romance taking a back seat. In fact, that's one of the main themes. Ru Yi's love is gradually fading away, as the emperor is becoming someone she no longer recognizes.

Ru Yi never wanted this life or the place of empress; all she ever wanted was Hong Li's love. The problem is that he never truly trusted her. The former empress had prevented her from having children since she got married and Hong Li did nothing. They framed Ru Yi for having an affair, and he really thought that was true. I can't explain how angry I was when Hong Li basically begged Ru Yi to make Xiang Jian sleep with him, because with her it was love at first sight... the constant humiliation never stopped.
I can't judge Ru Yi for her decision to let the disease kill her, because she had no reason to live anymore. Her two children died and the only one left was not being raised by her, and after everything that happened, anyone would be tired and want to give up, it's too much tragedy for one woman.

There are 87 episodes, but you watched it in the blink of an eye. I loved all the characters, especially the ones that were made to be hated.
Ru Yi and Hai Lan's friendship is truly beautiful, they are like sisters, helping each other through life.

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"My Dearest 2" continues the story of Gil Chae and Jang Hyun, exactly where it stopped in the first season. The two are apart, with Gil Chae married with Won Moo and Jang Hyun in a faraway land, trying to help Joseon people, but fate pulls them back together.

Gil Chae Is kidnapped by the intruders, where she's reunited with Jang Hyun. Even in that situation, she tried to stay loyal to her husband, fighting her feelings for Jang Hyun, who literally does everything for her and stops at nothing to keep her safe.
She suffers a lot of humiliations, with people even cursing at Gil Chae when she comes back home, telling her that she should have killed herself, that she has no shame, that was really horrible to see. Only Jang Hyun is the exception.

I always liked Yeon Jun a lot and thought he was an upstanding and fair person, but he's just like all the other men in Joseon. That speech he made to Eun Ae about women who were only touched by intruders disgusted me, him saying that they lose their chastity, that they become dirty. Eun Ae suffered the same thing and the worst it was him blaming her for not telling him.

This production is truly amazing!
Both the first and second parts are sensational, they complement each other, it is the journey of Chil Chae and Jang Hyun, we follow the characters growing, falling in love, the separation, the reunion, all the pain and suffering to finally be happy.

What do I do now that Nam Goong Min stole my heart?! HAHA'

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"New Life Begins" it's a drama about an arranged marriage.
Li Wei is a bright girl that doesn't want to get married, so she tries everything to lose the selection and return to her home, but she ends up being chosen as a concubine to Yin Zheng.

The romance between Li Wei and Yin Zheng is freaking cute, the two go together so well. I love arranged marriage dramas!
Li Wei is so funny, what was the whole process of her thinking that Yin Zheng was dying and even ending up wearing that funeral outfit for him?! HAHAHA'
It seemed like everything was going well, but then there was that cold water with Yin Zheng having to marry Yuan Ying, but in the end it was a positive thing, because Yuan Ying helped both of them and was a great person.

It's a cute, fun, light and easy to watch drama, you won't even notice the time passing. All the characters captivate your attention, not just the main ones and this is one of the great positive points, as there is a concern with showing everyone's stories and it was endless fun to follow this.

We saw Sung Wu grow up, become a woman in love and get married. Hao Jia had her baby and almost lost her life, but managed to escape an abusive marriage. Just like An's concubines, who could no longer bear the torture of being with him, who is too dumb for anyone to handle, and opened a restaurant together with Li Wei and Jing, showing that a woman can do anything and doesn't need to depend on no man to survive. It's okay that in the end they decided to give him a second chance, but they completely changed the dynamics of the relationship.
Yin Qi and Jing have completely different personalities and were forced to get married, but as they lived together they fell in love and stole my heart, I loved seeing these two together <3

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"Not Others" it's a drama about the relationship of Eun Mi and Jin Hee, mother and daughter who basically grow up together, since Eun Mi had Jin Hee when she was a teenager.

Eun Mi was extremely brave to have Jin Hee, without a family by her side or even the child's father. Thankfully she had Mi Jung and her mother, who became the support she needed to move forward. Mother and daughter fight all the time, but the two can't live without each other and even though it was difficult, Eun Mi doesn't regret her decision, since Jin Hee is the best thing in her life, but the two are also very codependent and Jin Hee's decision in the end made a lot of sense, for her to put herself first.

Humor is the main focus of the drama, but there are still light moments of romance, which made the story more special. Jin Hee and Jae Won are cute and have very similar personalities, Eun Mi and Jin Hong are complete opposites. Seeing these two couples develop throughout the drama was a beautiful experience.

The was one of the best dramas of 2023, simply sensational in every way.
I didn't imagine that I would love this story so much, but it keeps you hooked from the first episode and that continues until the end.
The relationship between Eun Mi and Jin Hee is incredible, I lost count of how many times I laughed because of them, because of all the crazy things and even though they didn't want to admit it, how similar they both are!

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"It's Okay, That's Love" is a beautiful story about mental illness, about how people suffer from trauma and how it affects their ability to deal with reality.

Hae Soo is a psychiatrist who has a boyfriend, but has never been able to have sex because of a childhood trauma. She saw her mother with another man and this affected her in a way that she associates sex with something wrong. Jae Yeol is a famous writer who also has traumas in his past. His brother was arrested for killing his stepfather and when he got out of prison, he tried to kill him too. In addition, Jae Yeol was physically abused as a child and on one of these occasions, he ended up hiding in a latrine and developed an obsession with cleanliness and also he can also sleep in the bathroom.

The relationship between the two is very good, because you can see that it is not a simple romance, they created a bond from their traumas, their scars, their experiences, they were able to comfort each other... The big twist in the story is something I was already expecting, you could see that Kang Woo was not real, because he was almost an identical version of Jae Yeol, from everything he went through in his childhood and a coincidence like that is very unrealistic. The scene in which Hae Soo finally understands this, how much it broke her heart, is very sad, as is the moment in which Jae Yeol accepts the truth, that Kang Woo does not exist. The dramatic charge of the story at this moment is very intense.

In addition to the main couple, we also have the adorable Soo Kwang and So Nyeo, our adorable couple with Tourette's and kleptomania <3

The message that the drama wants to convey may seem cliche, but it is the greatest truth of all: love does not cure any disease, but it helps you move forward, gives you strength to keep fighting. Having someone by your side is priceless, someone to support you, to pick you up when you fall and that is the essence of this drama.

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