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Thank you, I'm happy you liked the article! :)
I understand that certain types of dramas require a specific time of year, mood, or even time of the day, that's how I also sometimes decide on which dramas to watch ^^
You've watched/are watching great dramas :D I hope you'll have fun with the ones you're planning to watch, too!
I haven't seen The Ghost Detective yet, but it sounds like an interesting drama to try :)

Thank you sm!
Huh, it turned out I've already seen a few ghost dramas, my brain just didn't classify them like that :D I've watched (and liked) The Great Shaman, Black, The Uncanny Counter and SYHH. Both Bring It On and Master's Sun are on Netflix so I think I'll watch their first episodes and then decide on which to watch next :D
I've heard so many good things about Kingdom, and some of my favourite actors are there, but... I hate zombies in general :P So I'm still undecided whether to watch it or not.
Thank you for the other supernatural recs too - I've started watching Signal, but put it on hold for a while - I have to be in a particular mood to watch it. I'll check out the other dramas that you've mentioned ^^

Good luck! Slumps happen from time to time, but they can be overcome, and usually it just happens in a natural way, so don't stress yourself too much because of that ^^

Totally agree on that :D

You're right! I started watching it back then when it was airing, but I dropped it because it reminded me too much of Goblin, and just like in Goblin I didn't really like the childish FL :) Hm, but maybe I'll give it another chance :)

Thank you sm, I'm happy you liked the article! :)
Hm, you're probably right that many people have seen at least one of these dramas ^^ But not everyone comes back for other dramas with similar characters and plot structure. It's like - I watched Hyena and Stranger, and loved them both, but I don't feel the need to watch any other strictly legal drama. With urban fantasy though, especially with the uncanny business stories, it's different - I'll always keep coming back for more :D
I really like all of these dramas, but my favourite is probably Mystic Pop-Up Bar - it's the first one of the "uncanny business" type that I've ever watched, it also helped me get out of a long-lasting k-drama slump I was in at that time :) I loved the characters, their relationships, and the mystery of the past being slowly untangled in each episode.
But I'm also very partial to the eerie atmosphere of "Handmade Love" :)

Then could you recommend some ghost dramas for me? :) I wanted to try "Bring It On, Ghost" and "Catch the Ghost" - have you watched them?

I understand, we all have different tastes :) but it's also true that many fantasy k-dramas have a lot of potential but fall a little bit short of our expectations in the end. I was slightly disappointed for example in Tale of The Nine Tailed, and very disappointed in Doom At Your Service, even though I loved their original concepts... :)

Cool! I hope you'll have fun watching them ^^

That's definitely one of the reasons we like to watch these dramas :) but it's important not to get sucked into the fantasy and lose the motivation to deal with our real-life issues on our own... :)

Thank you, I'm glad you liked the article! ^^ I also hope for at least one more drama with a similar concept :)

Thank you ^^
Yes, we don't actually have a tag for this type of dramas... Fortunately there's this feature on MDL dramas pages called Recommendations and that's how you can find dramas similar to the ones you love :)
I'm waiting for the second season of the Uncanny Counter, too ^^

Thank you sm! :)
The balance of "case of the week vs a story arc" is important in dramas like these, because, as you said, the episodic type plots may get annoying or not interesting enough.
And I agree, it's better to have these few well done dramas, than over-saturate the genre with repetitive and mediocre productions.
Thank you for recommending the Cat's Bar dramas! Somehow I missed them, but they sound exactly like this type of drama, I'll definitely check them out! ^^

Thank you!
I hope you'll have fun watching these two dramas! ^^

Thank you!
There's also a j-drama adaptation of xxxholic, I even watched the first episode, and you're right - it's exactly this concept :)

Thank you, I'm glad you liked it ^^ The Great Shaman indeed has many similar elements, but also a few tweaks from the "standard" uncanny business formula: Ga Doo Shim's mother has a business of being a shaman, but she does it very openly and it's not the main focus of the drama; Ga Doo Shim herself is still a high school student, and only works (reluctantly) on this one big case connected with her school. It's a good urban fantasy story nevertheless ^^

Thank you for the comment :) Yes, the Uncanny Counter has a bit different formula, but it's still a nice urban fantasy and I liked it too ^^

Thank your for the comment! I totally agree that the balance of fun and serious stuff has a big impact on the quality of the drama, and imo MPUB has done it quite well :)
I haven't watched Bring It On, Ghost, but now I'm intrigued to see how this college club works, thank you for the rec! ^^

You're right, Goblin indeed has many of the elements that I mentioned :D Actually it could be quite fun if he established a kind of business instead of moping around for so many centuries ;D
Anyway, thank you for reading and commenting, I'm glad you liked the article ^^

Thank you, I'm glad you liked the article! :) Have fun watching the other dramas ^^