Why do I feel like something is missing? I finished it, I liked it, I'd seen better, I'd seen so many worse...This is a romcom done well but still, I find it unfinished! Weird, right?
Finally! Thank you for writing this! i absolutely hated this drama from the ep. 7 on! I wanted to drop it but friends kept telling me that it was just going to get better, that the twists were brilliant etc. I figured out the main twists ep. 8 and it was just so complicated, out of this world (unnecessary scifi touch...) and just plain unconvincing.... You are brave to voice your opinion after dropping it. I admit to being a coward and dared not say anything negative about this drama faced with the onslaught of rave reviews!
Not a fan of historical dramas (manhuas on the other hand...) but drama hair is my pet peeve! Especially the bangs and the forehead in MLs: kids bangs down, adults bangs up! Your article is very interesting and is making me even more interested in whys and whereofs the long hair and buns in historicals! Should do some research!
He is just perfect, an amazing actor, cute as a button, squeeky clean image...but I was disappointed with every one of his dramas I saw especially Tomorrow With You (messy story and zero chemistry!) and Signal (overrated!). But I loved you detailed article: you really are a fan! Well done!
I like your list and especially the fact that you explained what you like about these dramas. Since you love Cherry Magic for its sugar content (me too!) can I suggest another equally diabetes inducing sweet drama: Boys' Lockdown. A Philipino drama you can find on youtube! I loved it as much as the japanese drama! Both a so fluffy but with zero cringe so I hope you enjoy it if you decide to watch it! PS. Thank you for your frankness about the current wokeness tidal wave coming from the States! I agree wholeheartedly with you!
Loved it. A perfect slice of life drama with likable charecters and interesting stories. A bit superficial though for the main cast: we find very little about them. It is just such a nice, uplifting watch. Lilac's review says it all!
Thank you for this review. Something in the Rain is my favourite drama(I must have seen it about ten times though skipping the harassement subplot!) and I never understood the bad ratings and the bad comments: the leads have great chemistry, it is a blow by blow d portrayal of two people falling in love. it dealt with many problems within the family(the mother from hell!) and the acceptance of the society, dysfunctions at the workplace : everything surrounding a beautiful love story! The only disagreement I have with you is the music: hearing the same three songs(I really liked especially Rachael Tamaguchi's two! though I could have done without Bruce Willis' and Carla Bruni's singing!LOL!) over and over again : the whole music editing part was really badly done(lyrics in english mostly had nothing to do with the plot) and did not fit well where put!). I am curious to know what you think of One Spring Night: same director, mostly the same cast as SITR. Personally I hated it but it is universally prefered to SITR...
This is a short tiktok drama in vertical mobile phone format (probably filmed with a phone) and for what it is it is excellent. They managed to fit an entire drama in 12min: cohabitation, friends to lovers, a girl, jelousy, misunderstandings, cute moments, longing glances and it is better than the majority of thai bls. I was particularly surprised by music: there are no generic piano and guitar tunes but violins and songs. The actors are so cute. I have a well developped cringe radar but there was not much of it here. Another good surprise...
These voting lists ofcyours are a great idea but they seem to be very similar not to say practicalĺy identical: the dramas I love are hated by others and vice versa.....lol
I liked your article but I did not find the answer to the question: How to enjoy historical/period dramas? I only managed to finish 4 (out of over 300 dramas I've seen so far) and 3 of which starred Lee Jung Gi my favourite actor so I did make particular effort, but every other, in spite of rave reviews and comments, I dropped after 30min... And I love history and historical fiction in general, but the asian period dramas just do not click with me! I cannot figure out why but I hoped your article would help me: unfortunately no such luck! I loved your explanation of presentism, which is very much present in current attitudes in real life (wokeism etc.. but that's another story)
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PS. Thank you for your frankness about the current wokeness tidal wave coming from the States! I agree wholeheartedly with you!