Wish Upon A Star

This was explained by Jin Guangyao in Episode 42..
Keep going, all the pieces will eventually stitch together into an epic that has touched and stayed in the hearts of many

currently watching and this drama reminds me so much of Prince of Lan Ling - masked ML warriors, FL as extraordinary woman (奇女子), ML as god of war (战神), war tactics/strategies

Edit on 20 Apr 2022: Created spin-off lists here:

Old but Gold: Must Watch Dramas from the 2000s https://kisskh.at/list/1zEmx8V4
Old but Gold: Must Watch Dramas from the 1990s https://kisskh.at/list/LOPKNQD3

As of 20 Apr 2022, we have a total of 100 voters with 83 shows (dramas and movies), amassing a total of 343 votes. So an average of 3.4 shows per voter, though each voter can list up to 5 shows.

Top 20: The top 20 dramas, each with 5 votes or more, are all Korean dramas, and account for 67% of all votes. The #1 is Coffee Prince (2007) with 25 votes, followed by The Master's Sun (2013) and I Hear Your Voice (2013) with 24 votes each.

By Country: Korean dramas also dominate with 51 shows, followed by Japanese (20 shows), Chinese and Taiwanese (5 shows each) and lastly Hong Kong (2 shows).

By Year: There are 38 shows from 2011-2013, 43 shows from the 2000s (2001-2010) and only 2 shows prior to 2001. The oldest drama in the list is HKdrama The New Heaven Sword and the Dragon Sabre (1986), followed by Jdrama Beach Boys (1997).

By number of votes: 36 shows have only 1 vote each, 12 (2 votes each), 7 (3 votes each), 8 (4 votes each), 20 (5 votes or more each).

Bong Sang Pil was never a bad-guy-turned-good-guy.. it's his only way to deal with those who cannot be dealt with by law.. Give FOE a shot, you won't be disappointed!

i got bored mid way through, and sped through the remaining episodes..

Thanks for sharing your analysis. I actually found an article addressing some of the same questions and more after i posted my review.. We are pretty close to that analysis on Q1, and the analysis also suggested Officer Zhang might have been in the final time loop for Q3. I share your analysis for Q2. On Q4, it still puzzled me why they walked to the previous bus stop with the ML stained in blood before cleaning up, instead of quickly ducking into a place nearby to clean up.

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Even Tang Jun Sang was nominated not for this but Racket Boys...

i see.. so there is a ranking for dramas and variety shows combined. But such combined ranking doesnt seem logical.. hmmm.

Anyway, i can see why this drama is so highly ranked. It is the first drama on the job of cleaning up items left by the deceased while also exploring family and social issues. It is also a short series with a compelling cleaning case per episode, backed by solid acting, touching the hearts of viewers.

I have not watched "Happy Death Day" before. From its wiki page, it appears there are similarities. That said, i have watched other time-loop series before and had thought it would be similar, but i was pleasantly surprised. It's a short series, so i would say give this series a shot and see for yourself if it is really "meh", and perhaps can do a review comparing the two shows?

isnt this ranked first? if not, which drama is ranked first?

Surprised to see this drama here.. as it is a Singapore production

A typical kdrama rom-com packed with cliches and super hilarious moments with just 60mins x12-episode run. The second couple sizzled more than the lead couple after the lead couple got together, and the hilarious moments that made this drama also fizzled out towards the end, plus the 2-minute bed scene for the lead couple is totally unnecessary, spoiling an otherwise family-friendly drama, and totally trashed the credibility of this drama. What happened to that bandaged hand that had the FML-SML’s bromance scene just a few scenes earlier? Doesn’t the hand hurt when driving around looking for the FL and carrying the FL with her heavy-duty long shirt and skirt around in the room?

the great grandfather ending sounds really good, but 12 episodes is just nice. the hilarious moments that made the drama fizzled out towards the end and the last 2 episodes were just meh

Officer Zhang was usually very interrogative, and very unlike him to not get to the bottom of things.. And both the ML (blood stained) and FL were just walking along the roadside from the bus stop they got off till they reached the earlier bus stop. Ain't there other places along the road that they can get the ML cleaned up first?

Not perfect, but quite addictive that could lead to slight post-drama traumas, taking public buses and hearing Canon in D music popularised to drama viewers by kdrama Hospital Playlist, with its short 45mins x15-episode run and repetitive explode-burn scenes across 25 time-loops

i had similar questions and more:
1. Why was the FL caught in the time-loop in the first place? Was it to help the deceased student of her age and her family seek closure?
2. Why was the ML weaker with each subsequent time loop after he accidentally stabbed a passenger?
3. If the Police Officer Zhang went into the final time-loop after he died in one time-loop, as he didn’t interrogate but merely asked the two leads outside the police station in the final episode?
4. Why the ML and FL had walked a bus stop distance, after the ML accidentally stabbed a passenger, to the village where Tao stayed, where the police were and yet dodged the police?

Oh... Beach Boys - is this the grand master of bromance cum beach/village healing dramas??
Jewel in the Palace is such a classic..
And none of the 4 season-themed tetralogy Endless Love drama series in the list??

worse here - havent seen >95% of this list!! i was expecting to see a lot more Japanese dramas vs Korean dramas... hmmm

tbh, I was never expecting such a long list, and was actually wondering if i should have limited to 3 titles per person at the start, so the list is shorter, more manageable and less overwhelming for viewers, particularly new viewers, to catch up on! :)