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So far, I'm liking this!

Steel Troops/ Iron Squad but unfortunately no English subs

My faves :
* Go In Ho (Legend from day one. Broken bag and wearing a suit? No problem. Being the smaller guy in a boxing match? No problem. Carrying his own weight up a hill? No problem. )
* Kim Chang Wan (Observational skills are out of this world. The fact that he freakin predicted what the first night challenge would be, just by using his brain. wowow. )
* Gong Gi Hwan (positive, mood maker, always helping/cheering on others)
*Song Byeong Sok (So strong, so dependable plus isn't his lisp so charming haha)

This popped up on my yt homepage. My boyfriend & I got so invested watching, we binged 2 eps a day. Can't wait for the next episodes! I'll put my faves in spoiler below

It does have romance but it's not the main focus. The leads do have chemistry.

The FL's acting in previous dramas has really not been my cup of tea so I tend to skip her dramas tbh. However, ML was outstanding in Just Between Lovers & the reviews here are great so I'm gonna start this now.
pls pls pls let it be good

Seems like barely anyone's watching this, but then again it got zero promo.
I'm really enjoying it, the corporate drama is semi-realistic for once, the plot is interesting, even side characters are a bit fleshed out. I have high hopes that the second half will be equally great!

I am Team Mimi, now & foreverrrr

This was a JDrama at its best, short but packing a hell of a punch. Really does make you question what atonement really means and what purpose punishment is for.

Agreed! Even Wan Ting had more chemistry w him than Yu Xin, but they centered a lot of the plot on Wan Ting trying to save him because of her one-sided love. I wish they had kept Yu Xin & Da Qi as a mentor/mentee relationship

Yes this!😂😂😂

2 min into the first episode, the awful CGI plane crash had me cracking up and then a couple of minutes later I legit couldn't stop cry laughing from the very thought of a single text message being blamed for a plane crash wtf

I did finish the series, albeit with quite a bit of ffwing. The whole romance angle fell flat for me, but I'd give this a 7/10. It was decent background watching while I tackled re-organising my house.

omg me too! Fuji was extremely annoying there. Sorry but I couldn't bring myself to feel bad about an awful person's deserved death.

Great list, thanks for pulling this all together!
You're missing out on the recent Taiwanese series Danger Zone (released 2021 & rated 8+ on MDL). I watched it last month & would recommend :)

Despite some giant plot holes, I honestly enjoyed this loads! V binge-worthy

I have never wanted to smack some sense into a fictional character so badly. It's episode 38 and Yang Jian is still protesting that Mantuo isn't a bad person....wuttt she evil brooo

I really enjoyed having a FL who is clever, arrogant and rude but it's honestly ridiculously formulaic.

Same old corrupt university hospital doctors clawing their way to the top. Same old Daimon-Sensai claiming she never fails. She still walks right through the director's rounds, always objects in the pre-op conferences, and always has stand-offs with annoying senior doctors.

Thanks for pulling this all together so clearly and shedding light on the context around this controversy. Really appreciate it!

For non-Koreans, the clearest explanation as to why this drama is highly problematic from a Korean perspective can be read here in English: https://www.reddit.com/r/korea/comments/rjri40/why_the_kdrama_snowdrop_is_extremely_problematic/?sort=new

Made the huge mistake of starting this today. Don't be like me*

It's outstanding so far. Waiting for the final subbed episodes will be torture!

* (Don't be like me unless you're fluent in Japanese, in which case, what are you waiting for go go go & watch this Jdrama)