✅ COMPLETED SHOWS IN 2024

Watched as currently airing. Finished February 17.

➤ Best sageuk 2024

➤ Funny FL, nice ML and SML.

➤ Off-chart chemistry between ML and FL although is not a romance genre

➤ HE (FL's husband requested the King to annul their marriage so FL is free. She disappeared for 1 year and went back and got caught by ML while rescuing a girl. Almost kiss.

OST:

"My Love By My Side" by Zeenan

"Blade" by Lee Young Ji and Zeenan (rap/rock)

"Close My Eyes" by Lee Su Jeong

"My Hope" by Seo Da Hyun

"Love From the Beginning" by Lee Dong Yoon

"Flower Blooming Night" by Joo Won Tak

Watched as currently airing. Finished February 18

➤ Bad editing and/or scriptwriting

➤ ML doesn't show deep love towards FL (bad acting or bad directing)

➤ Ending: OE. FL left ML and SML. 3 years later ML and FL run into each other at a festival. Tho they smile at each other, not sure they'll get back together or not.

OST: ???

Binged watched. Finished February 16.

Drama recap article: The Spirealm: Behind the Mysterious Doors

➤ Intriguing, toned-down horror/gore

➤ Anti-capitalist propaganda

➤ HE in the game realm the ML recreated

Watched as currently airing. Finished February 14

➤ Gorgeous couple, interesting mystery, cute ending

➤ Final review: https://mydramalist.com/profile/ChouNa/reviews/339849

OST: Cute and catchy ending theme "Starlight Is In Your Hand" by Ye Xuan Qing

Watched as currently airing. Finished Feb 10

➤ Clever storytelling with surprises and a plot twist

➤ Final review https://mydramalist.com/profile/ChouNa/reviews/339905

OST: 

"Fragments of Fireworks" by Xin Wen

"Parting Sequence" by Xin Wen

"Waiting for Mist and Warm Rain to Stop" by Wang Xin Yi

Binge-watched on February 9

➤ Dark comedy

➤ Noir cinematography

OST: N/A

Binge-watched on February 9

➤ Nothing new for xianxia, only with a lot of PDA and fireworks

➤ HE: ML returns and reunites with FL and their daughter

OST: Ending theme "All Living Beings Are Confused" by Shui Yong Feng

Watched as currently subbing. Finished February 7.

➤ Plot twist

➤ Read my final review: https://mydramalist.com/profile/ChouNa/reviews/338005

OST: N/A

Watched as currently airing. Finished February 7.

Read my final review:https://mydramalist.com/profile/ChouNa/reviews/332449

➤ A thriller with suspension of disbelief

OST: N/A

Watched as currently airing. Finished February5

➤ One of the better xuanhuan out there

➤ My review: https://mydramalist.com/profile/ChouNa/reviews/338313

OST: Full album (Fan audio - Hanzi, Pinyin, English)

Watched as currently airing. Finished February 2.

➤ PG13 death games with slight romance and character growths.

➤ My final review https://mydramalist.com/profile/ChouNa/reviews/339249

OST: 

Ending theme "The Last Light" by Meng Ran (audio Hanzi female version)

Insert song "The Last Light" by Xiao Kai Zhong  (audio Hanzi male version)

Insert song "Each Other" by Jin Sha (audio Hanzi)

Watched as currently airing. Finished February 1

➤ Dark comedy

➤ Read my review https://mydramalist.com/profile/ChouNa/reviews/336419

OST: N/A

January 29.

➤ Street dancing is fun to watch!

➤ Read the full review https://mydramalist.com/profile/ChouNa/reviews/337537

OST: 

"Persistence" by Mayday

"Give, Give" by Ma Tiao

Watched as currently subbing. Finished January 24.

➤ The mix between anime and live-action is kinda weird and reduces the enjoyment of the drama. They should've used a lot of CGI for the magical scenes instead of anime, if they want to make it a live-action.

➤ Guphin the blue baby dragon in 3D is so cute.

➤ Ending: Open. Thaim and Akhta went back to the manga world. But the ending scene suggesting S2.

OST: N/A

Finished January 21.

➤ A modern fantasy drama that can pass NRTA

➤ Read my review https://mydramalist.com/profile/ChouNa/reviews/334291

OST: "Love Will Tame the Wind and Rain" by Lai Mei Yun

Watched as currently airing. Finished January 20

➤ Great romcom, tho have some fillers 

➤ Visually, ML and FL are both extremely good-looking with great chemistry and skinship

➤ The Perilla Seeds and Scallions Gang is my favorite supporting character group

➤ Great cinematography

➤ Overall HE

OST: Full album

Watched as currently airing. Finished January 20.

➤ Read my review https://mydramalist.com/profile/ChouNa/reviews/334913

OST: Full album

January 19.

➤ Dark comedy

➤ Plot twist

➤ HE: all main characters are alive.

OST: N/A

Watched as currently subbing. Finished January 12

➤ PPL for eyecare in every episode

➤ Predictable plot with tropes galore

➤ Decent acting. The leading actor Zhao Yi Qin and the leading actress Zhao Jia Min look good together and the kid is cute.

➤ Happy ending after the soap opera-ish kidnapping subplot. But... FL never knows the kid is hers???

OST: N/A

Watched as currently airing. Finished January 12

➤ Although I don't usually like business dramas, but this drama is intriguing and suspenseful. There are some characters with interesting backgrounds.

➤ Read my review: https://mydramalist.com/profile/ChouNa/reviews/331283

OST: "Cry Baby" by Knomjean Kulamas Sarasas

January 11, 2023. Released with sub on January 10.

➤ Shin finally calmed down, lol. He's matured. Shin is appointed leader from Hishin Unit.

➤ More background of Eisei.

Watched as currently airing. Finished January 10

➤ Cute fluffy romance in the beginning (until ML and FL get together), darker in the middle (with the villain), boring/annoying towards the end (with the SML and his lover's past story), and a finale filler (Ep 14).

➤ Great chemistry with 2 shy teachers

➤ Cute dogs (tho the CGI scenes of Cacao are obvious)

➤ Cha Eun Woo singing "Like A Child" at the wedding 

➤ Catchy opening song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgAY_aU8r3U A

➤ Although HE a disappointing ending, about how the screenwriter treats the villain who tormented FL's family for generations and ML. There is no punishment or apology, the villain lives happily in the end.

OST: Full album
 

Watched as currently airing. Finished January 6

➤ Strong determined FL trying to adjust to the modern Joseon

➤ Pretty hanbok-inspired dresses

➤ HE for both times

OST: Full album

Watched as currently airing. Finished January 5

➤ Great visual effects

➤ Open ending for Season 2

➤ Ending: FL is under the water and ingests the creature, she will become the monster. Forward to the 80s, ML's look-alike looks down the window, he has a different name. Either he is immortal or a descendant of ML.

OST:

"Forever" by Suho

"Time" by Baek Ah

January 5. 

➤ Part 2 gives the meaning of Part 1, how suicide affects people around you. The beloved ones left behind (Mom and girlfriend); even strangers as seen in the 10th life (the homeless who saw the tribute for the detective, how strangers are affected by the detective's death) and the 11th Life (the office worker who killed himself jaywalking in Ep 1). The office worker affected Choi Yi Jae's life because he didn't get his dream job, and also Park Tae Woo's life as he started to find pleasure in killing people.

➤ Because Part 2 gives meaning of Part 1, I bumped up the rating of Part 1.

➤ The mission of this drama is suicide prevention.

➤ Great acting, makeup (Mom's from young to old), cinematography, CGI (Death's lair and other action scenes).

OST:

"It's a Lie" by Sondia

"Even If There is No Miracle" by Seo In Guk => my favorite

Watched as currently airing. Finished January 4.

➤ Too much hypertension-induced I skipped some annoying scenes.

➤ A LOT of annoying characters (SML, FL's parents, SML's parents, The girl who likes SML, male friend)

➤ The ending is so-so

➤ Great OST (English with jazz vibe from Brownie Band)

OST: full album

Watched as currently airing. Finished January 2.

The making video.

➤ The plot is complicated and confusing, and the time travel/parallel world is intriguing. It was fun to make theories and read others' theories in the comment section.

➤ The hairdressing and makeup arcs are boring, purely for building up FL's character to pass NRTA censorship (betterment of Chinese citizens).

➤ Strong FL despite hard circumstances. Superb acting of Liu Hao Cun despite it's her first debut in dramas.

➤ ML is a meanie in the beginning that turns watchers off. It's explained about his bad background later but if that flashback is introduced earlier, watchers would have more sympathy for him.

➤ The scene in which FL jumps into the water is deleted (after the school reunion and before ML and FL make a written agreement). But it's very crucial with the turnaround of their relationship from hate to cordial (NRTA censorship against time traveling by suicide)

➤ OSTs are to die for

OST
My favorite: Ending theme "Only One" by Rainie Yang

"For U" by Baby J (Du Zhi Wen)