2024 Post-Drama Slump Era

• Completed: Jan 7

I'd have liked the drama more if the lead couple didn't end up together, because I don't think their relationship was very healthy.

• Completed: Jan 8

Don't ask me why I liked this, the acting was painful, the storyline was insufferable, the drama was way too long (16 episodes or less would have been much better), the male lead was the typical asshole that was popular in the 2000s-2010s, BUT it had such a charm to it, I couldn't help but root for the couple.

• Completed: Jan 11

One of my favorite dramas of the year, I actually loved it more than the manga, it handled the story with more maturity.

• Completed: Jan 15
• Started in 2024

It was like watching a sitcom like Full House or The Brady Bunch, but Japanese, it was lovely. The age-gap is definitely an issue, but thankfully no level of touching happened between the leads.

• Completed: Jan 18

The only issue this drama has is the loooooooooong episodes, usually full of filler scenes, but I loved the lead couple, since it was a magical/supernatural setting, the teenager and 100-year-old man thing didn't bother me as much, it's like Twilight or The Vampire Diaries, such a ridiculous age-gap that it doesn't compute in my brain.

• Completed: Jan 21
• Watched while airing

(Wrote about it in my drama club list)

• Completed: Feb 7
• Started in 2024

(Wrote a review)

• Completed: Feb 7
• Started in 2024

(Wrote about it in my drama club list)

• Completed: Feb 11

Nothing about this drama caught my attention, except for the cinematography.

• Completed: Feb 12
• Started in 2024

Such a cute drama, I wish more old dramas of Mizuki Alisa were subbed.

• Completed: Feb 19
• Started in 2024

Cute, but it suffers from the amount of episodes.

• Completed: Feb 22

The lead couple was low-key annoying.

• Completed: Feb 22

I wish it was less PBS special, a couple scenes/episodes felt like I was being taught how Asexual and Aromantic people feel, and there's value to that, but as an Asexual/Aromantic person I just want stories like any other, I don't want a classromm.

• Completed: Feb 23
• Started in 2024

The challenge is to get past the child portion of the drama, once you're over that the story becomes very interesting to follow.

• Completed: Feb 23

Could not get over the fact that the male lead and the second male lead were losers, for different reasons. The second male lead for dating a girl who was his high school student, the male lead for having a billion opportunities to express himself yet always falling short.

• Completed: Mar 12

Slow beginning, amazing ending.

• Completed: Mar 14
• Started in 2024

One of my favorite dramas of the year, I usually don't like procedurals, but I can only count one story of the 10 episodes that I didn't like.

• Completed: Mar 14
• Started in 2024

I need every male character from this drama dead immediately!

• Completed: Mar 17
• Started in 2024

GOD! Those situations where you hate everything, from the characters, to the storyline.

• Completed: Mar 17

I think Shin Sae Kyeong is just not my kind of actor, every scene that asked for emotion from her fell flat.

• Completed: Mar 18

In my mind I know this drama is incredible, but personally I'm not a fan of stories that are heavy on politics, and so there were a couple of times where I lost interest. Just not my kind of stuff.

• Completed: Mar 18

Maybe the hype ruined this for me, I expected a lot and didn't get much.

• Completed: Mar 22

The game aspect adds a Hunger Games fun to it, but I'm not a big fan of bullying storylines. I watched this exclusively to see Jang Da A's acting debut, and I look forward to her career, I think she has potential.

• Completed: Apr 4
• Started in 2024 / Watched while airing

A lovely drama, but it suffers from the same issue Koisenu Futari had: it becomes a teaching drama sometimes.

• Completed: Apr 14
• Started in 2024 / Watched while airing

Hands down, the best romcom of the year so far.

• Completed: Apr 21
• Started in 2024

Not much to say about this one, overall a cute drama with a cute leading family, but the plots were sometimes a bit too ridiculous. I also think the drama would have benefited from having fewer episodes.

• Completed: Apr 23
• Started in 2024 / Watched while airing

I had peaks of interest and disinterest, but overall a very solid story.

• Completed: Apr 27
• Started in 2024

(Wrote a review)

• Completed: Apr 27
• Started in 2024

Holy shit, what an annoying and immature set of characters. And honestly, by the time I reached the finale, I didn't even care for the lead characters.

I also hated the jazz-y soundtrack, I guess I'm old-fashioned because English songs shouldn't be in dramas. I hated the sort of serial killer background music they'd play at such random moments: a situation of workplace harassment would happen? serial killer music, the mother would behave like a child? serial killer music. It threw me off and made me a bit uncomfortable for some reason.