2013 Beanie Awards: Vote for your favorite dramas of the year
by javabeans
Here are your Beanie Awards! It’s December, which means our monkeys are madly typing away in the backroom to prepare our annual Year End Review Extravaganza, which we’ll be kicking off soon. But before we do that, here’s your chance to vote for your favorites of the year and see how it stacked up for you.
Here, you can refresh your memories about what you voted for in years past:
We’ll be rolling out our Year End Reviews in the coming days and weeks, so keep an eye out. If you’re curious about past years’ reviews, here’s a Year In Review tag for your convenient browsing purposes.
Happy voting!
FAVORITE DRAMA SERIES OF 2013
Limit your votes to your TOP 3 picks for the year.
FAVORITE COMEDY
FAVORITE HISTORICAL DRAMA
FAVORITE FAMILY OR WEEKEND DRAMA
FAVORITE ACTION OR THRILLER DRAMA
FAVORITE MELODRAMA
FAVORITE LEAD COUPLE
FAVORITE SECONDARY (OR TERTIARY) COUPLE
FAVORITE BROMANCE
FAVORITE VILLAIN
BEST KISS
FAVORITE CHARACTER
FAVORITE ALTERNATE PAIRING (THE ONES THAT DIDN’T HAPPEN)
MOST DYSFUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIP
BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE
MOST DISAPPOINTING DRAMA
BIGGEST WASTE OF TALENT
OVERRATED DRAMA
UNDERRATED DRAMA
BEST ABS
BEST FRENEMIES
BEST DRAMA WITH PARANORMAL ELEMENTS
MOST GLORIOUS MANE OF GLORY
MOST SHAMEFUL MANE OF SHAME
BEST OVERLORD
LEAST TEAR-INDUCING FIRST-WORLD PROBLEMS
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Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Answer Me 1994, Basketball, Beanie Awards, Dating Agency Cyrano, Empire of Gold, featured, Flower Boy Next Door, Good Doctor, Gu Family Book, Heirs, I Hear Your Voice, Incarnation of Money, Jeon Woo-chi, King's Family, Level 7 Civil Servant, Mandate of Heaven, Master's Sun, Mi-rae's Choice, Monstar, Nine: Nine Time Travels, School 2013, Shark, Suspicious Housekeeper, Sword and Flower, That Winter the Wind Blows, Two Weeks, Who Are You (tvN), year in review, year in review 2013, You're the Best Lee Soon-shin
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101 Mar
December 3, 2013 at 9:10 AM
There are some interesting results coming out so far. Looking at the lists, it just confirms for me that it has been a very dry year in drama watching for me. Especially considering the amount of categories I do not even have an opinion about.
Male character wise I'd add Kang Haneul as a break out, and the Monstar Sun-woo character in somewhere because he was pretty darn complex.
And Moo-chul from TWTWB was great.
What we DID see this year in k drama amidst everything good and bad were some interesting and fun female characters. Hye-sung was really great, and one of the best female characters written in k drama land period-she's outside the trope box on alot of things. She's on the top of my fav character list. Do-yeon wasn't exactly colored inside the lines either. We also had Dok mi, and Kim Nana, and the best Mom ever. Entertainment value wise we had Lil Sun, and Gong Shil, the editor from FBND, the girls from R94, and the cell block biotches from Secret.
For me, I Hear Your Voice is the stand out drama, my second favorite is FBND.
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pogo
December 3, 2013 at 9:47 AM
What we DID see this year in k drama amidst everything good and bad were some interesting and fun female characters.
And not just lead characters (my love for Go Dok-mi, Tae Gong-shil and Jang Hye-sung will never cease) but the reimagining of the hated Second Female Lead.
I agree with all your choices there, though I'd add one possibly unintentional scene-stealer - Park Chung-jo of Gu Family Book. On paper, she's the standard second female lead with only tragedy and revenge in her future (and the drama criminally underplayed her in its second half), but Lee Yubi turned what could have been a blip on the radar into a powerful, emotionally raw performance. I hope she breaks into lead status soon, I don't want her to be a female Kim Jae-wook!
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windsun33
December 3, 2013 at 11:07 AM
One trend I was happy to see was that a lot more of the female characters broke out of the aegyo/Candy box that has been SO overdone in k-dramas. I hope the trend continues.
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Celery
December 3, 2013 at 11:14 AM
Other than TGS and JHS, I actually liked the female lead from Dating Cyrano. She was a lil flighty but hey, she stood her ground when it came to her, eh, flighty ideals on romance.
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Rachel
December 3, 2013 at 1:10 PM
Great ones you pointed out there - Kang Haneul and Sun-woo in Monstar. Really loved Moo Chul from TWTWB too. A villain, but a complex villain with an interesting backstory.
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102 summer
December 3, 2013 at 9:12 AM
Best bromance and best kiss-where is the cruel city!!!!!!!
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Ladytron33
December 5, 2013 at 9:21 AM
+1!!
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103 Mel
December 3, 2013 at 9:16 AM
Laugh riot!!!! Thanks for a single category, glorious mane--but truly he is an awesome actor, only if his old dramas were shown on the net somewhere, though a secondary character on his previous dramas, he still stood out.... Hurrah for JB and Girl Friday's love for our Choi Jin Hyuk's mane will never be forgotten, nor his romance with Lee Yeon Hee, true legends as Mom and Dad fr Gu Family.
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104 Rainbow
December 3, 2013 at 9:20 AM
I started voting, then notice Heirs was winning and thought "Ooh god whats the point in voting if the worst show I have seen all year is winning due to eye candy and the youngin" lol sorry I was disappointed when I saw secret might not make the top three, and that Heirs would which MAKES NO SENSE!! just my two cents =]
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pogo
December 3, 2013 at 9:52 AM
As of right now, Master's Sun is topping Best Drama with 49%, followed by IHYV at 38% and Answer Me 1994 at 25%. Heirs is not in the top 3, and certainly not winning.
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nomad
December 3, 2013 at 10:39 AM
…a sigh of relief…since as much I love the actors/actresses, I cannot stand the writing of that show.
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ilikemangos
December 3, 2013 at 8:04 PM
Haha, even heirs fans understand that although enjoyable to them, is definitely not the "best" k-drama.
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windsun33
December 3, 2013 at 11:09 AM
I think we got a swarm of Heirs fans right up front, but it is falling behind rapidly so far. And deservedly so.
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105 pogo
December 3, 2013 at 9:26 AM
hahahahaaaaaaa I nearly died laughing at JB's notes, please never stop <3
I see Master's Sun is dominating nearly all the categories that actually require us to love whatever's onscreen (though imo it's not the best drama of the year, even if it has the best OTP), and School 2013 is fighting its own way even though it aired and ended so long ago (it began this week last year, does anyone remember?). And these dramabeans commentariat decisions make me very happy, indeed.
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windsun33
December 3, 2013 at 11:44 AM
Yes, perhaps - but the vote is for FAVORITE, which may or may not be the "best".
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Mastiff95
December 10, 2013 at 7:41 PM
sorry i´m new, what´s the meaning of OTP?
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106 owl
December 3, 2013 at 9:28 AM
Thanks, dramabeans team. What a fun Tuesday morning that would have otherwise been boring and routine. This year I knew all the dramas and laughed at your appropo mini descriptions all the way through. Kdramaland rocks!
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107 tarsoe
December 3, 2013 at 9:34 AM
Choi Jin Hyuk should also get the hottest voice ever.
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108 Kay
December 3, 2013 at 9:34 AM
Love the voting polls. Everybody needs to watch Heartless City!!! Best drama of the year!
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109 Fashoru
December 3, 2013 at 9:43 AM
Yey!! I've been waiting to vote!
By the way, i think we should have a best soundtrack award too!!
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cassia
December 3, 2013 at 7:00 PM
Yes, the best soundtrack too also good to be compete in this award :))
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mariconnie
December 3, 2013 at 9:01 PM
And worse soundtrack...'love is more pain 0_o' i swear i want to hit something when that awful tune is played. I'm a huge fan of songs with two languages but boy did the heirs ost mess that up big time.
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Adal
December 4, 2013 at 8:43 AM
LOL
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110 Hanakoxiao
December 3, 2013 at 9:46 AM
I wish Heartless city was included in the best kiss!!
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owl
December 3, 2013 at 9:50 AM
mmmmmm, that was a smackeroo of a hot hot kiss .. . *gazing dreamily into space*
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pogo
December 3, 2013 at 9:55 AM
not the lead-in, so much (Soo-min is annoying) but the kissing itself, UNF.
(and then, even better - bed scene!!)
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owl
December 3, 2013 at 10:53 AM
I think I was watching Last Cinderella at the same time as Cruel City - omo, those kiss scenes, whoa! 1 word. Replay.
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Julia the Berkshire Beanie
December 3, 2013 at 2:29 PM
So where do I look for the equivalent of a Japanese Drama Year End awards? Since dramacrazy went away, I hear about JDramas less and I'm sure I have missed some that I should have watched.
111 minea
December 3, 2013 at 9:48 AM
Wow! It's that time of the year already?! I ♥ this annual poll.
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112 iamdeb
December 3, 2013 at 9:55 AM
Wow, I just realized I didn't watch that many dramas that aired this year and mostly read recaps. I just started watching Master's Sun and I'm not that taken with it. I think the hype made me set my standards REALLY high. Same thing with I Hear Your Voice. Loved Secret though.
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Celery
December 3, 2013 at 10:08 AM
MS isn't a great drama to be honest. Just watch the off-screen BTSes and get back to the drama and I swear, the OTP's chemistry will burn into your retinas. And wash, rinse, repeat.
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iamdeb
December 3, 2013 at 10:45 AM
Hehe, I will. The way their relationship develops and their chemistry is the most interesting thing about the show to me so far! I hope they are dating in real life or are at least good friends...that will eventually start dating :D
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Celery
December 3, 2013 at 11:04 AM
If you're already hoping for that to happen without having first caught the cute in the interview and BTSes clips, you will find yourself spiralling down a dark dark hole after doing so (and I will be waiting for you
therehere).Cos' they have dynamite and illegal chemistry off-screen. It's just impossible, seriously.
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windsun33
December 3, 2013 at 11:12 AM
I think that MS was a case of where the actors managed to make what was a semi-good plot into something a lot more.
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AnotherFan
December 4, 2013 at 3:18 PM
Can't say that any better myself!
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pogo
December 8, 2013 at 6:42 AM
Late, but this is true. I really wasn't into it for the plot, and I wasn't into the plot as anything but a way to let the OTP be around each other (and preferably touching).
I adored Best Love but there the chemistry between Cha Seung-won and Gong Hyo-jin was like a warm glow, while here it can turn into a crackly blaze between So Ji-sub and Gong Hyo-jin (and I say this as someone who wasn't a huge fan of him before MS either)
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iamdeb
December 3, 2013 at 10:53 AM
I will definitely be catching up with Heartless City and AM 94 when I get the chance though. I will even see if I can use Heartless City to get my brother into korean dramas since he challenged me to try to do so recently. Challenge accepted!
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Mar
December 3, 2013 at 12:14 PM
It's all personal taste really. I loved I Hear Your Voice. I could not stand the Joong-won character in MS, and I found the "romance" not to my taste. Secret made me want to stab someone, but I think Ji sung is a great actor. The best thing I find to do is go with my gut, ignore hype. I'm not saying don't watch a hyped show, I'm saying watch what floats your boat, not because someone else is squeeing, or not squeeing.
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canxi
December 3, 2013 at 4:10 PM
I'm 12 episodes into Master's Sun but still not taken with it. I don't hate it though. I think Tae Gong Shil is lovely :) and I love her interactions with the dead, especially when she get annoyed by them.
I felt the same about I Hear Your Voice, too. I did finish it and while I didn't hate that one either, I also did not love it. Lee Bo Young was awesome though! And so was Yoo Sang Hyun. I did recommend it to a friend though because I think it's something more up her ally than it is mine. Having such an evil villain definitely helped me to keep watching it...kudos to that actor.
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Dody
December 4, 2013 at 9:39 AM
yeah! MS was good but not the BEST! or my fav of all time! this title is going to be for "Secret" to me!
I really liked MS but I wasn't that obsessed with it! but I can't ignore the burning chemistry! :D on and off screen!
the same thing with IHYV many people were stating that it was THE BEST and stuff! but when I watched it I wasn't that pulled into it either! I don't know why! maybe Lee Jong Suk! I don't know! I really love him but I wasn't really attached to him in this drama! and maybe cause I'm not a noona romance lover :D!!*runaway and hides*
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113 redfox
December 3, 2013 at 10:05 AM
weird, but the secondary characters have become better lately and the hardest to choose was secondary romance and coupling! they were all very quirky and great, from Gu Family Books´ gumi-guard grumpy young men to the not-so-good doctors, patients and hyungs in Good Doctor to Bona and Chae-Young and the editor in Flower boy... really thats how life is. life is not just 4 main heroes
I am a bit sad you did not have a poll about the best parent-child relationship. although I suppose Two Weeks, I Hear your voice, and Eun Sangs´mom, the others are kind of out of it. I want to give a large pink cupcake to Su-jinnie! the most adorable character of the year!
my favorites are I Hear Your Voice (heroes to villains to idealist lawyers to frenemies), School 2013 and Two Weeks.
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redfox
December 3, 2013 at 11:23 AM
and Masters´Sun is not the best one. So Ji Sub leaves me cold. the best thing was the secretary.
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Celery
December 3, 2013 at 11:47 AM
I have a vague appreciation of SJS as JJW in MS but his off-screen persona, d'aaawww. He is so adorkable and awkward that I forgave him a lil for not living up to my expectations on-screen. But I have to say, for a first legit stab at romcom, he did extremely well. Especially if you take his personality into consideration.
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redfox
December 3, 2013 at 12:01 PM
yeah true, the interview that I watched was a totally different kind of vibe as well. I dunno.
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Celery
December 3, 2013 at 12:07 PM
Admittedly, I got utterly ruined by their off-screen chemistry but it did help to make MS more enjoyable, especially on my second watch.
I still prefer TGL to MS by a wide margin though.
Mar
December 3, 2013 at 9:50 PM
I swear redfox, you and I are among the very few people that scratch our heads over MS and SJS and Joong-won appeal.
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Celery
December 4, 2013 at 12:08 AM
@Mar:
Add me to the mix too - no celebrity boner for both SJS AND Joong-won. What is (platonically) appealing about him, however, is his real-life dorkiness. And off-screen chemistry with GHJ. I think the latter had a lot to do with me finally enjoying some parts of MS, especially GHJ/SJS scenes where they are doing their Scooby Doo thang.
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Enz
December 4, 2013 at 6:59 AM
No no.. I finished MS but it was in no way close to TGL. But i did enjoy IHYV esp LJS performance there. I really didnt think much of his acting in school 2013 but he was wayyy better in IHYV.
For me, monstar was the only one that i loved emotionally this year. I enjoyed OHYV snd secrets. And currently loving potato star :). Hoping that the next batch will bring some goodness. Esp man from another star and warm words.
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114 Heirslover
December 3, 2013 at 10:15 AM
It is a GOOD idea 2 think before making comment!!
The heirs is a drama for those who aren't shallow!!
I have read in many articles that critics praise LMH for his improvement in his acting in the heirs!!
In each episode he has emoted different feelings!!
He has a lot of facial & verbal expressions which is NOT STH EASY!!!!
Do you know how hard the cast work in this COLD weather??? Now you guys,simply use the word "disappointing"???
AT THE VERY LEAST you could have learnt from "Tan" 2 be thoughtful!! U don't like it,then LEARN sth at least!!
It is a great drama with a LOT OF interesting characters,CLEVER & AMUSING one liners & dialogues!!
A drama full of beautiful love scenes!!
A drama with a deep message!!
A drama with HEARTBREAKING & impressive sad crying scenes!!!
A drama which has been SOLD 2 Japan with the HIGHEST PRICE!!!!
Among 2013 K-dramas,The heirs,is the ONLY which has been sold with the highest price!!
A drama which has had over 400,000,000 Chinese viewers!!!
A drama written by QUEEN OF ROMANCE COMEDY,Kim Eun Sook
A drama,with Charismatic Tan character,which made LMH gain over 10 million friends in FaceBook!!!
10 million followers in weibo!!!!!
Now you are saying disappointing??? what THE HELL!!!
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jennipoh
December 3, 2013 at 10:46 AM
Um. You're crazy.
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Celery
December 3, 2013 at 11:15 AM
Gotta second that comment.
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windsun33
December 3, 2013 at 11:16 AM
+1
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minea
December 3, 2013 at 12:39 PM
+1 !!!
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Kazoo
December 3, 2013 at 1:58 PM
+1
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Sakura
December 3, 2013 at 6:08 PM
...... -.-
+1
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cassia
December 3, 2013 at 7:07 PM
+ 1
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Dody
December 4, 2013 at 9:47 AM
+1
HAHAHAHA! omg! did I miss something here!!
god! clearly an Heirs stan! and obviously LMH stan!
at least they are funny!
mskololia1
December 3, 2013 at 2:19 PM
Every time I read this comment I cry from laughter. For shame....
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jomo143
December 3, 2013 at 3:51 PM
I think! You mean! ?! You're crazy!! ?
!!!
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pogo
December 8, 2013 at 6:39 AM
Oh yes they are, lol
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iamdeb
December 3, 2013 at 10:54 AM
All those exclamation marks1!!! My heart is now beating out of my chest!!!!! Thanks alot.
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wan2tree
December 3, 2013 at 3:17 PM
Hahahah
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Gidget
December 3, 2013 at 3:47 PM
No ALL CAPS either!!!!!!!
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windsun33
December 3, 2013 at 11:15 AM
Deep message?? Are we talking about the same drama?
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minea
December 3, 2013 at 12:55 PM
I guess the message is too deep that we're still looking for it (in the abyss that is called Heirs).
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nomad
December 3, 2013 at 4:30 PM
+1111111111111111
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ilikemangos
December 3, 2013 at 8:09 PM
hahahaa. stop. you guys are making me tear up
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redfox
December 3, 2013 at 11:20 AM
you are too young to be this drunk from ANYTHING, not to mention a drama.
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windsun33
December 3, 2013 at 11:48 AM
Probably some "funny stuff" in the water.
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Rachel
December 3, 2013 at 1:12 PM
LOL great one there.
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Tiff
December 3, 2013 at 1:30 PM
Lmfaooo. Apart from the above post, you just cracked me up even more. Truer words have never been said (at least not in this particular post).
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Rossi
December 3, 2013 at 11:36 AM
I was cackling up at DB's post because so many the funny. Then I got to your comment and you just put me over with the cackling cause so many of the insane funny. I kinda want to pet you for your rabid fangirling.
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Gidget
December 3, 2013 at 3:13 PM
"I kinda want to pet you for your rabid fingerling."
LOL
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windsun33
December 3, 2013 at 11:49 AM
Now I am curious - how many of the other dramas on the list have you actually watched?
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atz
December 3, 2013 at 11:53 AM
I hope you are only a teenager or twenty something girl. Otherwise,,,,
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zero9
December 3, 2013 at 3:57 PM
Even that would be an insult to twenty-something year olds!
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atz
December 4, 2013 at 8:10 AM
Sorry for my comment. I am way past twenty. You' are right. If I were back to my younger age( well, I would never take the time machine from Mirae's Choice, though), I would find this this drama as best drama to mock with my friends.
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minea
December 3, 2013 at 1:34 PM
"The heirs is a drama for those who aren’t shallow!!"
Ah, curse you, drama gods! *shakes fist towards the sky* Why did you make Heirs so complex that my shallow mind can't grasp what you're trying to say and do? *hangs head in shame*
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whatsthescenario
December 3, 2013 at 10:52 PM
LOLOLOLOL
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AnotherFan
December 4, 2013 at 3:21 PM
hahahahaahaahhaha
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Julia the Berkshire Beanie
December 3, 2013 at 2:22 PM
I will remember you, Heirslover.
We all have dramas that for some reason resonate with us. Heirs is immensely popular, so you know you are not alone in being a fan, as your statistics support.
I fangirl too. It is embarrassing that I am 50 years old and fangirling. But I was too serious to squeal over actors as a teenager (Shaun Cassidy? Richard Hatch? Dirk Benedict? Rick Springfield? ha ha)
Don't be offended that not everyone likes what you like. It seems the more KDramas folks watch, the more jaded and critical we become. It's like the innocence of a first crush vs the three-times divorcee who knows KDramas can break your heart and end badly.
Personally, I am a big fan of Marry Me Mary, Nine, and Rooftop Prince ... which plenty of people will tell me are flawed. Sure, I know, but I like the shows anyway ... enough to watch again and again.
So I support your enthusiasm and fangirling and swooning. Be in love. Wallow in the joy of a drama that makes your heart sing.
Who doesn't like to fall in love with KDrama?
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minea
December 3, 2013 at 2:50 PM
♥ your post. And, yes, we love being in love with our favorite dramas no matter how flawed they are.
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AnotherFan
December 4, 2013 at 3:31 PM
Oh your comment made me tear up. Yes, "jaded" is the word to call a lot of us, but there was once a time where our hearts also flutter upon the silly things we call them now.
And yet we ridicule them now as we washed our hands free of the said silliness. How sad is that? Where is the empathy and gentleness in our souls with the years passed by? And the saddest part is in fact the inability to fangirl and welcome the cheesiness with open & warm hearts which we once could - it is called age, my friends.
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newgirl
December 18, 2013 at 10:46 PM
Awww, Julia, you're so nice!
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sara
December 3, 2013 at 3:05 PM
Relax! your idol drove a fancy car. Was it lamborghini.. hmm
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ilikemangos
December 3, 2013 at 8:08 PM
hahahaha. i got a reaaaal good laugh outta this comment.
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mashimomo
December 5, 2013 at 8:12 AM
Epic!!!!!!!!
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115 Yi Soo
December 3, 2013 at 10:16 AM
Kyaaaa!! It's here, it's finally here!!!
I swear, End-of-Year Reviews are the reason I live.. XD ^_^
I look forward to reading y'all's witty criticisms!
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116 Kelly
December 3, 2013 at 10:18 AM
the first world problems question is so hilarious yet so true xD "boys like me too much"
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117 Tiff
December 3, 2013 at 10:23 AM
Sword and flower: past sense. I laughed out loud. That's a good one!
SECRET: I stalk because I love... or maybe I love because I stalk. *Ponders* - I literally thought about that for a good minute and I still don't know which one's right. I loved secret, but heavens it was messed up at times.
Secret definitely takes best villain for me. Damn I still don't know if I hate BSB's character or not because I wanted to squeeze his insides when he was being a dick but then in the end (don't wanna spoil it for anyone who plans to see this) I actually felt remorse. Maybe it's just brilliant acting but it got me in the gut. Guy needs to win a major award from KBS. He's a gem!
GFB = underwritten. Heirs = underwritten and over-over-over populated. The last category needs to go to the whole heirs team. It's unfair to give it to just one of them and thus demean everyone else's sob story!
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118 m
December 3, 2013 at 10:55 AM
these descriptions are so hilarious!
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119 Stuart
December 3, 2013 at 10:57 AM
Seriously though, did NONE of the nominating judges even consider Mirae's Choice a candidate for Worst Drama of the year? When basically EVERYONE else considered it a lock for the award?
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windsun33
December 3, 2013 at 11:20 AM
I don't think it is the worst, I think Nail Shop Paris was.
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Kim Yoonmi
December 3, 2013 at 11:29 AM
WTF Paris definitely wins hands down. Worst ever. That one episode should make it win. I also vote it for biggest non-existent problem too.
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Julia the Berkshire Beanie
December 3, 2013 at 2:03 PM
Mirae's Choice is the worst drama that I watched to completion. WTF Paris just was too bad for me to make it even halfway thru.
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nomad
December 3, 2013 at 4:59 PM
I stopped watching after 6 or 7 episodes…Mirae's choice (or not?) is actually extremely, extremely disappointing…despite also having awesome actor and actress for the OTP. For me, though…the show is a "meh" instead of enraging. Perhaps because in Mirae's, the heroine gets to improve in her professional life. She dares to chase her dream, not just weeping around about it as she did in her beginning (though I've read the 15th epi recap and this changed?). For me personally, I get offended (more so than I should) when a woman writer writes (well even if that's a man writer, but at least I can make an excuse, that writer is just an a**) what can be seen as violence and we're supposed to view that as a romantic gesture. Or when an adult heroine (or close enough to be considered adults) is handled as a pure object. I just take offense at that. Wholeheartedly.
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Stuart
December 3, 2013 at 7:09 PM
@nomad - by stopping at episode 7 of MHIYD you did yourself a huge favour. From shortly after that, writing duties were assumed by a team on inebriated manatees.
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windsun33
December 3, 2013 at 9:37 PM
I actually thought the manatees were the ones that wrote up to ep8?
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120 x0mi07
December 3, 2013 at 10:59 AM
Slim pickings this year. I barely knew a lot of them and the ones I did know were sadly not that engaging. :(
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121 Iris
December 3, 2013 at 11:04 AM
I know it is your blog and you can choose to include any drama you wish... It saddens me that you have not included "Scandal: A Shocking and Wrongful Incident," which in my mind was one of the top drama of the year, in any of your categories! Such tight fantastic writing, and assembly of many talented actors. And it had the good ratings too: http://www.koreandrama.org/?p=27894
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dfwkimchi
December 3, 2013 at 11:25 AM
Agreed Iris - of all the dramas I have watched this year - SCANDAL was the best. The story told is NOT the typical Kdrama story and the cast portrayed the characters very well.
It should at least make it to the BEST MELODRAMA list.
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windsun33
December 3, 2013 at 11:51 AM
I thought the first 3/4 of Scandal was great.. but I think it went downhill rapidly at the end, and did not like the ending.
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Iris
December 3, 2013 at 2:48 PM
I take it back.. You have included it in "Weekend/Family drama..."
Although a weekend drama it is NOT I would consider a "family drama." Very disappointing that you have not included it in other categories, and for sure in best drama.
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122 sixtyeightmonkey
December 3, 2013 at 11:12 AM
Where's the Worst Makeup category? Heirs and its fucshia lipstick for pale-faced men would win that category. I loved the scene where Young-do is defeated at Tae-kwon-do by his dad, and is left sprawled on the mat with foundation makeup smears all over his white dobok.
While I'm speaking of Heirs, why on earth are Kim Tan and Young-do doing so well in best frenemy category? Every time the two of them are on screen together, I just sigh and think about how fantastic the dynamics were between Go Nam-soon and Park Heung-soo in School 2013 before they made up. Heirs keeps trying to copy that relationship, even down to the scene where the schoolboys must write their letters of apology while stuck in the same room, but the magic just isn't there. No chemistry.
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atz
December 3, 2013 at 11:58 AM
Yes, somehow unlike others, I do not see bromance between KT and YD. I think either the writer switched or changed her mental state that reflect a complete change of their relationship and YD's personality towards KT.
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Petmink
December 3, 2013 at 11:59 AM
I have really started to like the Kim Tan/Yong Do bromance ever since Yong Do got a character transplant a few episodes ago. Now they are cute. Before they were frustrating.
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AnotherFan
December 4, 2013 at 3:33 PM
Yes, I vote for the "Worst Makeup" category too!
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AnotherFan
December 4, 2013 at 3:34 PM
Well, Worst Makeup & Costume category
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123 Z
December 3, 2013 at 11:19 AM
I would argue that, of you're going to have a character from IHYV inn the Favorite Characters category, it should be Hyesung over Suha. Suha was great, but she made that show. Come to think of it, there were very few female leads included in a rare year when so many of them were great characters.
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Celery
December 3, 2013 at 11:57 AM
Yeah, that plus he is also in it for his School 2013 character.
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Petmink
December 3, 2013 at 12:01 PM
Yup, I would have voted for Hyesung too if she was in the poll.
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Ash
December 3, 2013 at 2:52 PM
Yeah, same here. She was my favorite of the year, no contest.
Dramabeans' blog, Dramabeans' rules, and it'd probably be a pain to put in two categories, but it does bother me a bit that the favorite characters poll tends to skew so heavily toward male leads.
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124 dfwkimchi
December 3, 2013 at 11:21 AM
How come SCANDAL was not in the best melodrama list - I CRIED lots in EACH of the 36 episodes!
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125 Do-ra-ma
December 3, 2013 at 11:25 AM
Man, looking at all the dramas listed in these categories... I really didn't watch many this year. I don't know why that is; many of them just didn't catch my eye or I got lazy and didn't bother finishing them. It's quite the contrast compared to last year for me. Maybe there were just more dramas that appealed to me then?
Well, I voted in the categories I could, so that should be fine.
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126 Kim Yoonmi
December 3, 2013 at 11:27 AM
Who had the least tear-inducing first-world problems?
Can I vote Nail Shop Paris for the Win?
I have awesome sex at night with my dead ex, whom I still love, leaving me tired in the morning because he's that good and my understanding fiancé is leaving me.
Coupled with the bad mudang scenes, I think it wins. God, worst drama this year, so bad it's laughable. I don't think worse ever, but it's up there. (or down there).
I Hear Your Voice, Master's Sun, Nine and Answer Me 1994 had the best acting, though my top drama is Master's Sun--save that one episode which kinda screwed with the series, but I don't blame the writers for that since it was the network's fault.
Biggest surprise for me was I Hear Your Voice.
Apparently, though I'm a rare person for liking dorks like in Lee Soon Shin, whose writing sucked, but the dorks were good. I love dorks. Dorks are fun.
Gu Am Heo Joon I'm betting no one watched, but it was good. Everything I wanted Horse Doctor to do and more. Long, yes, but it's not wasted time.
Is it me, or was the latter half of the year better for dramas?
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windsun33
December 3, 2013 at 11:59 AM
I like smart dorks, I hate stupid dorks. I am more of a nerd fan though, like in Queen of the Office. I thought LSS was a stupid dork - well she started smart, but lost about 6 IQ points per episode.
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Kim Yoonmi
December 3, 2013 at 5:02 PM
Not Lee Soon Shin, herself. The whole adoption thing was messy.
Joon Ho, I thought was a reasonably cute dork. There weren't that many dorks this year...
I do like natural dorks like Seunggi and Kwang Soo (not like crush, but watching them. Running Man *cough*) Lee Minki is definitely a dork, though his acting image isn't like that. (i.e. the roles he plays, he tends to hide it.)
Oguri Shun is at least a Geek, and a bit of a dork, but got married...
Dorks, geeks, nerds are fun to watch on screen and since I'm all three, I kinda like seeing it reflected on screen.
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Kiara
December 3, 2013 at 12:26 PM
This sageuk junkie loved it. I was very impressed with Kim Joo Hyuk's acting. I started watching it midway out of boredom but I end up enjoying it. I think I'm a little more open minded now when it comes to remake. I loved Heo Joon 2000 and I didn't think I'd enjoy this version but I was wrong.
I hated Horse Doctor but I watched that dang show for Cho Seung-Woo.
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Kim Yoonmi
December 3, 2013 at 4:55 PM
Yes, Horse Doctor had that effect. I hated and hated that show, but still came back anyway while crying why. Mostly because I wanted a decent end for the Princess, which, IMO she got cheated out of. She was the most interesting character of the show.
Heo Joon was really good, even with the extension. From beginning to end it delivered with a simple, but effective structure with acting and writing and directing.
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127 damai
December 3, 2013 at 11:33 AM
Wow, the comments is rising rapidly in less than one day. This is my fourth years voting for Beanie awards. Reading almost all comments here makes my day, I thought that I just voted for My Girl Friend is Gumiho as my fav drama of the year but now I'm moving to I Hear Your Voice.
This post makes me realize that I've been watching a lot of K-Dramas in 4 years. Dramabeans really help me to know K-Drama better and it's like I took an extra class to enjoy my live. I just graduated from high school when I found this website and now I'm working on my thesis while reading DB's recap.
I want to sincerely thank to Javabeans and all DB's writers who's always makes my day.
I'll wait for your review of the year ^^
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128 Julie
December 3, 2013 at 11:38 AM
I can't believe its time to do this again! The year has gone by so fast!!!! :( can't wait for results more than my exam grade lol.
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129 barbara black fox
December 3, 2013 at 11:52 AM
I didn't vote for Heirs in any category. Why? Because it wasn't nominated in "Worst Sweaters," (which it would have won easily and NOBODY would have disagreed.)
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Julia the Berkshire Beanie
December 3, 2013 at 1:58 PM
Fashion in Kdramas has baffled me since my first one Boys Over Flowers. Does LMH have anything to do with that? Pretty Boy seems to be coming up with some outlandish fashion too.
My theory - if the man is so pretty we would be blinded in real life just looking at him, then they throw on odd looking clothing to tone down the good looks to something us mere humans can look upon.
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130 luna
December 3, 2013 at 12:05 PM
Mirae's choice: WORST DRAMA OF THE YEAH.
YUP. Even when a man loves wasn't this bad
Overrated, of course Heirs!
Underrated: The queen classroom, We got married
Best love triangle: Answer 1994
Worst love Triangle: Heirs - all guys are jerks and worth nothing, RUN girl, RUN.
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131 windsun33
December 3, 2013 at 12:06 PM
Interesting the amount of votes already, in less than 12 hours close to 8,000. At this rate it will far surpass last year.
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132 Newstory
December 3, 2013 at 12:22 PM
ahahaha
From last question:
I HEAR YOUR VOICE’s Hye-sung: My boyfriend is a young, adoring puppy
I laughed so much!
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133 Kerii
December 3, 2013 at 12:29 PM
Am I the only one tired of all the "Heirs" stuff? It's horrible!
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134 madman999
December 3, 2013 at 12:41 PM
Seems like based on the voting, the dramas that were watched the most were Heirs, Master's Sun and I Hear Your Voice with Answer 1994 being the sleeper hit
how about another category for drama with most ridiculous, non nonsensical ending or where nothing got resolved in the end-of which i would have nominated atleast
When a Man Loves
Who are You
Monstar
Blade and Petal
Flower boy Next Door
Shark
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windsun33
December 3, 2013 at 2:28 PM
I think Secret was the real sleeper hit - I looked back at some of the posts for when it first aired, and it was barely mentioned, and even then it was usually in a bad light. For the first 1 or 2 weeks it was totally off the radar, and then just a couple weeks later half of the OTP posts were about Secret.
1994 I don't think was a sleeper - it had a good start right out of the gate.
Interesting that of the 6 dramas you listed, the only one I actually finished was Shark - and I am still asking myself why on that one.
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madman999
December 4, 2013 at 9:17 AM
That you didn;t/couldn;t finish them says alot about how bad they were.
i definitely overloaded on dramas this year-in the jpg of the favorites contenders, i watched and finished 18 of 24.
my favorites(as in ones I found relatively well acted/directed/executed) were
Two Weeks
Incarnation of Money
I Hear Your Voice
Secret
and my sleeper recommendation would be Queens Classroom-i don;t think anyone watched it but i thought it was different than the usual. The teacher's performance caused me to watch the entire Queen Seon Dok.
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nomad
December 4, 2013 at 6:19 PM
I shouldn't have seen the J version when I read Queen's classroom was going to air…Not because it's bad, but because I literally get pain in my own body to see the coldness of the teacher as her way to teach (even as that boy gets bloody beaten, and the teacher knows about it). The finale of the J version explains why and stuff, but it doesn't lessen my physical pain from watching it. Certainly one can argue that makes such a good drama, since the impact is that severe to the viewer…but that's what holds me back from watching the K version.
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madman999
December 5, 2013 at 11:56 AM
the k version is probably a lot more sanitized than the J version. i think it is probably the same with other dramas that originated from japan like Suspicious Housekeeper, To the Beautiful You and Dr Jin.
135 bd
December 3, 2013 at 12:49 PM
Bit of another disappointing year in K-dramaland.
Of the dramas I stuck with, only 2 had quality writing.
"Master's Sun" - like pretty much all Hong sisters romcoms - had it's flaws (but along w/ "Best Love" - one of their most complete dramas), but there was a good bit of great/fun dialogue/scenes throughout.
And the emotional climax of the story did hit hard (even if it came a bit early).
The other one being the unfinished "AM1994" - if it continues as it has been going, may very well be the BEST written K-drama that I have seen.
Just a great depiction of family, friends and everyday life.
The best part of "Gu" were the 1st few eps w/ daddy gumiho and mommy - and it went downhill after that.
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136 Gidget
December 3, 2013 at 1:15 PM
How about two new categories for how the show developed as it aired:
Beginnings vs endings: For the better
Beginnings vs endings: For the worse
Nomination: For the worse category
Gu Family Book
Nomination: for the better category
???
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137 Julia the Berkshire Beanie
December 3, 2013 at 1:54 PM
I have to support any poll that includes best abs and had only one choice question for mane of glory.
I want more Daddy Gu now. So disappointed with Heirs role.
I hadn't realized I liked so many dramas this year until I got into personal struggle deciding between IHYV, Nine, FBND, MS, TW, GD, HC, Gu, etc.
I don't want Heirs to win any Beanies this year, but alas the mob of fans will dominate this poll I fear.
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138 mika-chan
December 3, 2013 at 1:56 PM
the little descriptions were hilariouss <3
but did u guys actually watch Jang Ok Jung? in the drama lee soon only loved ok jung the entire run and never fell for his mistresses.. :S
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139 Gia W
December 3, 2013 at 2:01 PM
I was looking for Mi Rae's choice on most disappointing list…what a waste of talented actors…writers completely dropped the ball on this one… I voted for Heirs but I guess most of us knew, it is likely be a mess with all the promotions…Dramabeans thanks you for the witty comments… you guys should write your own drama…:)
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140 lili
December 3, 2013 at 2:06 PM
Hong sis did redeem themselves with Master's sun..."Big" was such a disappointment, I thought I'd never watch one of their drama ever again...I did boycott it at first but hearing people praising it, I changed my mind and I'm happy I give it another chance! It was great indeed <3
My top 3 :
1/I Hear Your Voice
2/Two Weeks
3/Master's Sun
Honorable mentions to "Secret", "Cyrano Dating Agency" and "Good Doctor"
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Dody
December 4, 2013 at 10:03 AM
yeah and we have another "Big" disappointment! with the other Hong, Mirae's Choice! I think the "Hong" families are cursed lol!
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141 anna
December 3, 2013 at 2:13 PM
Aw crap, breakout performance has my favorite bros against one another :(
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142 anna
December 3, 2013 at 2:14 PM
Looks like it's I hear your voice vs Master's sun this year.
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damai
December 3, 2013 at 2:30 PM
I think. Master's sun will win. Even IHYV already won my heart completely.
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143 Julia the Berkshire Beanie
December 3, 2013 at 2:26 PM
We don't really have a category for it, but I have to add that Gandpas Over Flowers seems to deserve some mention as a great variety show with warmth and dimples.
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144 sparks121
December 3, 2013 at 2:32 PM
the queen's classroom and everyone involved in that flawless project are so underrated it's criminal.
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luna
December 3, 2013 at 2:44 PM
Yeeeeees! x100
People don't know what they are losing.
I don't get how School 2013 is under ''underrated'' tbh.
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sparks121
December 3, 2013 at 3:05 PM
ha! if that was underrated, qc and two weeks never even existed.
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SuspiciousCommentor
December 3, 2013 at 4:47 PM
AGREEEEEEEEEEE!
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eunchans
December 8, 2013 at 2:29 AM
I completely agree. Best network show this year.
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145 Z
December 3, 2013 at 2:51 PM
I wish I could have voted for Alice in Cheondongdam as Most Disappointing. It started so well and the executed the heart of the drama so poorly.
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windsun33
December 3, 2013 at 3:39 PM
I actually liked Alice, though a lot of people did not. It did fail a bit in the middle, but I would give it about 3.7/5.
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Z
December 4, 2013 at 3:15 AM
That's it, I really liked it, too. But the last quarter or so was not great.
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panda
December 4, 2013 at 3:13 AM
Wow. I totally forgot about that drama. Didn't really leave a big impact I guess.
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146 Miranti
December 3, 2013 at 3:05 PM
One word: Fun.
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147 canxi
December 3, 2013 at 3:32 PM
I didn't vote in much of these. I am surprised I was quite indifferent to many of this year's dramas even the ones that are really popular or loved here on Dramabeans. And some of the ones I thought would just be OK I really enjoyed, hmm.
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canxi
December 3, 2013 at 3:44 PM
But I still have a few to watch, too : Reply 1994, Mi-Rae's Choice, Medical Top Team, Basketball, Heirs...I wanna give Empress Ki a chance and Queen's Classroom also!
This year I really liked Two Weeks, All About My Romance, Cheongdam-dong Alice, and Secret was pretty interesting, though creepy, Flower Boy next Door was cute. I'm sure there are more...
Some I got bored with a bit & didn't finish like Nine (I should finish this and I will, eventually) and Master's Sun (love Gong Hyo Jin but not really feeling this one...I will finish eventually) and Who Are You (Not even Kim Jae Wook could keep me and I really like So Yi Hyun but just not the drama really :/), Cyrano Dating Agency.
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148 blo
December 3, 2013 at 3:46 PM
I see that Heartless City should deserve more praise...
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149 jomo143
December 3, 2013 at 3:47 PM
NOBODY ever has ever done this better.
Every year without fail.
Nickelback Jesus - made me spurt.
But who is which here?
HEIRS: Satan vs. Lucifer
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150 daria
December 3, 2013 at 3:53 PM
aaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh, travesty... namsoon-heungsoo (school 2013) should have been in the Lead Couple category! heheheheheh...
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