Yuri Hana

Im surprised at how much i like this drama! I thought i didnt have a romantic bone in my body anymore seeing as i dont feel anything even after watching some romance dramas. I thought i just wasnt in the mood for it but kikazaru koi proved me wrong! I can still get the feels for romance dramas after all 😭 thank you kurumi x fujino for reigniting my feels for romance again!

to be fair, the original manga's protagonist is Haruto and it's mostly his perspective. unlike Hana Yori Dango where it was all Makino (you don't get ANY of Domyouji's monologue), Hana Nochi Hare follows Haruto's POV first before it switches with Oto. Probably because Hana Nochi Hare was serialized in Shonen Jump+ so it's main demographic was targeted towards boys. So maybe it's intended for you to feel that way.

and TBH usually i get the whole indecisiveness being annoying but for real i totally would have been like her if I was in her position so I didn't get annoyed or anything. She met Haruto and there was instant connection because both could be true to themselves but she's known Tenma for so long and she has never given him a chance because of the guilt she felt and her insecurities. I could see why she was torn.

ohh i get it. since I'm used to japanese live action goofiness, i actually thought alice in borderland wasn't THAT out of place with it idk i mean, adapting anything from japanese manga where characters are usually designed to stand out will do that.

I tried Haechi too, couldn't really get past the 3rd episode. After seeing Ilwoo in Bossam, he definitely feels boring in Haechi as just another clean shaven prince lol

I mean I USUALLY don't crave much romance (because less is more) but idk at the time I read Bossam's synopsis I really thought I could find a historical romance that catered to my taste. and it did! but only halfway rip

Although i would still be pleased if someone else can appreciate the drama much more than I can so do tell me if you try it!

They're just children games, not games where the will to fight or smart guys win. Gi Hun had luck in this game, it wasn't simply because he was a good guy. He teamed up with a smart person once, he himself thought of a trick to win with the umbrella, he was close to choosing no. 1 but lucked out when another guy wanted no. 1 so he had to choose no. 16. He was a trustworthy guy, you'd think anyone else would help Saebyeok's little bro like he did? (Altho I would have loved it if Saebyeok won too).

Now if these games were set up in a way that only smart people would be able to win, maybe Gi Hun didn't deserve it.

curious on what you meant by "super goofy" with Alice in Borderland...

did you try bossam steal the fate? i went in expecting an epic romance sageuk but what i got was 80% historical politics + suspense, 10% action, 5% slice of life + comedy + romance :/

if you don't mind that, i highly recommend it.

Ji Chang Wook and Sooyoung will make me cry buckets!

From the synopsis, it sounds heavy but interesting. Hopefully not a tragedy. ML seems like he suffers most of his life so hopefully he gets a happy ending.

I watched atashinchi no danshi but the others you recommended were hard to finish

my bad but to be fair i only wrote "episode 16". @hnsky is the one who wrote the spoiler

No kiss, but LOTS of hugs. LOTS of it 💀

it's amazing you can't remember if they hugged because after episode 12 that was all their romantic scenes amounted to. Saying some nice, polite words then ending the scene with a hug 😭

Cha Dol is still living happily with his father and his bossam-ed princess mother 😚

Episode 16

This drama feels kind of new to me, but since it's not new to you, can you recommend something similar? I am absolutely loving the manga right now I need more 😭

Thank you for sharing the same sentiments as me!! I was such an obsessed Bossam fan up until episode 10. Episode 11 was meh, episode 12 could have been better. But after that was just...bad except for only a few scenes. I couldn't genuinely praise Bossam anymore after that. I hope the writer doesn't think what they wrote is a masterpiece just because of the good ratings. I'll forever avoid that rookie writer's projects.

I was gonna wait till Racket Boys was done but now I have a stronger motivation to quickly start this! I wonder what kind of role Yuri will play~

Ugh same. I screamed when it happened but then like...huh? all of a sudden? No buildup whatsoever. While it was mentioned in episode 2 that Bawu had already realized how beautiful she was (remember in episode 2 he said, "aside from having lost her mind, you will never find a woman more beautiful than her)" I still think it would have been more Bawu-like if it didn't come out so...easily? idk i can't explain it but I get that they want to make Ba Wu a guy who's straightforward with his romance now on, but there should've been a different way for him to compliment the princess that seems more Bawu-like than...some random rich gentlemanly noble.

this show makes me wanna write tons of fanfics to fix the romance lmao

Great review! I was very obsessed with Bossam throughout it's run but man the frustrating parts really brought down my enjoyment. Maybe if my expectations weren't so high from the sheer masterpiece that was the first half of Bossam, I would've been able to enjoy the political aspects as well. I usually do when it comes to sageuks, but Bossam's leads have so much chemistry and it was such a shame they were underplayed in favor of the typical palace politics in sageuks.

"I will simp for the first half of the show" THIS THIS!! I can't forget how Bossam was SO fresh in the first half. Crazy how much the 2nd half ruined that