The Bean Count [Year in Review, Part 1]

355 December 11, 2015December 28, 2015

by girlfriday

Welcome to The Bean Count, a new feature we’re trying out this year, which arose, if we’re being totally honest, out of a half-loopy brainstorming session of thinking up new, improved (?) ways to weigh in on the past year’s drama offerings. The Beanie Polls are all about you guys, and the Editors’ Picks are our chance to highlight the shows we felt merited special recognition. And of course we have our individual reviews coming up a little later this month.

But sometimes the critically acclaimed shows aren’t the ones that stick with you, and we wondered how our staff would vote if the question wasn’t “Which drama was the best?” but more along the lines of “Let’s say we gave you beans. And you could award a show however many beans you had based on whatever reason you wanted. How would you give away your beans? By the way, in this scenario beans are a good thing.”

That was the birth of The Bean Count, an ill-fated attempt by writers to do math.

Even nonsensical games need rules, so here were ours:

1. You get one bean for every 2015 show you’ve watched in its entirety. (You also earn one bean per currently airing show if you’ve seen every available episode thus far.) So: If you watched fifty shows, you get fifty beans. Five shows, five beans.
2. You can allot your beans to whatever 2015 shows you choose, whatever your reasoning (or lack thereof) may be. All your beans to one show? Okay. One bean to every show? Okay too.

You’ll see from our chart that some people weighted their beans heavily for the few shows they really loved, while others were more inclined to spread their love around. It was fun for us to see the results too, because we didn’t discuss our bean allotments with each other, and were curious to see how everyone’s beans would stack up. We weren’t allowed to collude with each other or give each other beans, and it made every decision feel weighted with significance. Sure, I might feel like giving a show’s bean to another show, but what if that show got left off the bean tally entirely? Could I deal with that sense of responsibility?

Suddenly every single bean started feeling extremely precious, and we’d constantly be saying things like, I don’t know if I can afford to give this show a bean, but what if it gets zero beans?! Did I really love this show three beans as much as that show? Why didn’t I watch another show so I could have one more bean to give? Can I manage to watch a full show in the next three days to earn another bean?

FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS, y’all.

In the end, we think the bean count revealed a lot about each recapper’s personal preferences, as well as what stood out for us as a group in 2015. There’s a nifty chart where you can see how everyone distributed their beans, and a handy pie chart version as well. Because who doesn’t like pie?

Play along! Tell us how many beans you earned this year, and how you’d allot them to the dramas of 2015.

IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER:

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51 My Favorite Dream

December 11, 2015 at 9:46 AM

This was a really cute idea! I had 23 beans (not including all the non-Korean or old series I watched) so I'm just going to shower my favorites with love:

Healer - 5
Answer me 1988 - 5
Kill Me Heal Me - 4
Producer -3
I Remember You - 2
Oh My Ghostess - 1
School 2015 - 1
Bubblegum - 1
Sassy Go Go - 1

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52 Jolly

December 11, 2015 at 9:50 AM

The Healer love always surprises me. I honestly can't help but think it's because of wish fulfillment or fangirling because it's just a very average drama.

I watched 19 dramas this year so far. That gets me 19 beans. As for bean distribution, I'd only give it to the shows I thought were good:

Kill Me, Heal Me - 5 Beans
Falling For Innocence - 5 Beans
A Girl Who Sees Smells - 4 Beans
Missing Noir M - 4 Beans
I Remember You - 1 Bean

That leaves 14 other shows which get no beans because they were either average or just bad (Hyde, Jekyll, Me is outright terrible that it shocks me it was even made). I have a lot of shows to catch up on still though.

Punch
Bubblegum
The Village
Last
D-Day
Hidden Identity
My Beautiful Bride
Oh My Venus
Awl

I'm hoping some of these end up being better than the 14 that I regret watching.

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Jenni

December 11, 2015 at 10:28 AM

Haha I agree with the Healer sentiment! I tried watching it but it was also super average to me. The amount of fangirling is probably because girls put themselves in the main character girl's position. She's just that replaceable in my eyes.

Very curious to see Missing Noir M, a lot of people have been talking about it! I also heard Punch was quite good, so I might take a look at it as well.

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dkaoru

December 11, 2015 at 10:43 AM

Missing Noir M is good! It's like Criminal Minds + CSI korean version. The story is a dark but it's good.
I'm really hoping for season 2

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Beverly A

December 11, 2015 at 4:23 PM

I'd LOVE a season 2 for Missing Noir M. T really had me hooked. I also adored 'Last'.

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KompaktneHaare

December 11, 2015 at 11:13 AM

I have the same feelings towards Kill Me, Heal Me as you have for Healer. I couldn't really finish that one and always wondered what's the hype about this one (besides Ji Sung portraying what..7? characters)..
While reading everyone's comments I get the feeling that if people love one they don't particularly like the other?

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Sunshine

December 11, 2015 at 11:59 AM

Not necessarily. You can love both dramas. It's just people's opinion about a drama. I also couldn't understand the hype about Healer. It's just so average drama yet so many praise it. It's just a matter of preference.

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blo

December 11, 2015 at 4:49 PM

I'm the same as you with Kill Me, Heal Me. Aside from Ji Sung, I couldn't get myself to care about anyone else. Or the story. I guess some people focus on other aspects.

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Jolly

December 12, 2015 at 8:36 AM

I mostly focus on whether the lead characters have any real depth or an interesting arc. Then beyond that, it's a case of how well the drama comes together in terms of how it's shot, the music, and the supporting characters.

Kill Me, Heal Me has flaws like any other drama, but Ji Sung puts on a great performance, and the character arc for him is one of the best I've seen in K-Dramas. I think without him the drama would have a tough time being memorable, but he does a great job of anchoring the show and bringing out the depth in the story.

Healer, to me, just lacked that extra impact. The female lead is honestly forgettable. She has nothing going on, and the main male character is there to mostly look cool. I think part of this is probably because Park Min Young isn't particularly a great actress. She's competent at best, so her performance does kind of hurt it. I don't think it's a bad drama, it's just very average. Everything in it just kind of falls very flat. It's competently made, competently acted, and competently shot. The end result is something that doesn't really excel in anything.

Obviously, this is all opinion at the end of the day. We all like different things for different reasons.

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KompaktneHaare

December 13, 2015 at 9:07 AM

"Obviously, this is all opinion at the end of the day. We all like different things for different reasons."

Oh yes, I agree with you wholeheartedly, this is what it comes down to. And we expect different things from dramas. What would the world be without different opinions!? :D

For me KMHM lacked everything in the supporting characters. I could not connect with any of them and the interactions between all the characters fell flat. I really wanted to like this drama (I usually have enjoyed the main actors in their other works). And yes, indeed, Ji Sung was excellent in this drama.

Whereas I liked all the little interactions the different characters had in Healer. And I enjoyed the female lead (for some reason there was something about her that put her apart from other female characters in this genre) and the main lead. Plus it didn't have alot of stupid things in the middle of the plot, which I want to avoid (stupid misunderstandings etc).. I think the main point is that this drama didn't annoy me at any point, which is a lot to ask sometimes :D

Li Enn

December 11, 2015 at 6:37 PM

haha i'm on "ehh Kill Me Heal Me was just ok & omg Healer is the best 2015 kdrama ever team" (of course beaten by Reply 1988 by now)

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dkaoru

December 11, 2015 at 11:23 AM

yeeahhh Missing Noir M got beans!

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Jolly

December 12, 2015 at 8:42 AM

Yeah it did! A great show.

If only we could get some more TEN and Vampire Prosecutor.

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53 August

December 11, 2015 at 10:02 AM

Before I award my beans, I have 2 dramas to finish watching. Awl (finished episode 11, waiting on subs for episode 12 - the finale) and Last (finished episode 11...only 5 more episodes to go).

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August

December 20, 2015 at 12:18 PM

I completed 36 and dropped 9 kdramas this year. Quite surprised by the actual number tally. Because I thought for sure I had watched more than 36 - somewhere in the range of like 50. Boy was I way off. Oh well, I'll have to make due with the 36 beans I have to distribute.

Favorite 2015 Kdramas:
[4] Punch
[3] Kill Me, Heal Me (Ji Sung, Hwang Jung-Eum, Park Seo-Joon)
[3] Sassy Go Go (Jung Eun-Ji & Lee Won-Geun)
[2] My Beautiful Bride (Kim Moo-Yul, Lee Si-Young, & Ryu Seung-Soo)
[3] Heard It Through The Grapevine (Yu Jun-Sang, Yoo Ho-Jeong, Lee Joon, & Ko Ah-Sung)

I'm really glad I watched:
[2] Awl (Ji Hyun-Woo & Ahn Nae-Sang)
[1] Angry Mom (Kim Hee-Seon & Ji Hyun-Woo)
Jong-Hyuk, & Kim Jung-Nan)
[1] Falling For Innocence (Jung Kyoung-Ho Kim So-Yeon, & Yoon Hyun-Min)
[1] Girl Who Sees Smells (Park Yoo-Chun, Shin Se-Kyung, & Namgung Min)
[1] Heart To Heart (Chun Jung-Myung & Choi Gang-Hee)
[1] I Remember You (Seo In-Guk, Jang Na-Ra, Park Bo-Gum, & Choi Won-Young)
[1] Last (Yoon Kye-Sang, Park Won-Sang, & Park Ye-Jin)
[1] Mask (Soo-Ae, Ju Ji-Hoon, Yeon Jeong-Hun, & Yu In-Young)
[1] Missing Noir M (Kim Kang-Woo)
[1] My Beloved Eun-Dong (Joo Jin-Mo, Park Hyun-Soo, & Ji Eun-Dong)
[1] The Producers (IU, Kim Soo-Hyun, Gong Hyo-Jin, & Cha Tae-Hyun)
[1] Valid Love (Lee Si-Young, Lee Soo-Hyuk, & Choi Yeo-Jin)
[1] Yong-Pal (Joo Won & Kim Tae-Hee)

Fair-to-Middling (Moderately Good):
[1] Bubblegum (Lee Dong-Wook, Jung Ryeo-Won, Lee Jong-Hyuk, & Kim Jung-Nan)
[1] She Was Pretty (Choi Si-Won)
[1] Shine or Go Crazy (Jang Hyuk & Lim Ju-Hwan)
[1] Village: Secret Of Achiara (Ahn Seo-Hyun)

Comme Ci, Comme Ça (So-So):
[0] Ho-Gu’s Love (Choi Woo-Sik, Im Seul-Ong, & Lee Soo-Kyung)
[1] Oh My Ghostess (Kim Seul-Gi)
[1] Scholar Who Walks The Night (Lee Jun-Ki & Lee Soo-Hyuk)
[0] Spy (The Kim Family)
[0] Strange Daughter-In-Law (Dasom & Ryu Soo-Young)

Standard Ordinary Fare (Watching once was more than enough):
[0] Bluebird's House (Chae Soo-Bin & Lee Sang-Yeob)
[1] Hyde, Jekyll, Me (Hyun-Bin as Robin)
[0] My Heart Twinkle Twinkle (Jang Shin-Young & Bae Soo-Bin)
[0] Noble My Love (Can I get my TIME back?)
[0] Oh My Venus (So Ji-Sub & Shin Min-A)
[0] Persevere, Gu Hae-Ra (Can I get my TIME back?)
[0] Healer (Can I get my TIME back?)

Bush–league / SMH (Shaking My Head):
[0] Who Are You: School 2015 (Yook Sung-Jae as Kong Tae-Gwang)

Train Wreck:
[0] Warm & Cozy (Can I get my TIME back?)

On Pause: What’s With This Family

Dropped/Didn’t Finish. (More than likely won’t either.):
Blood, D-Day, High Society, Masked Prosecutor, Mrs. Cop, My Daughter Geum Sa-Wol, Orange Marmalade, and Superdaddy Yeol.

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54 penny

December 11, 2015 at 10:03 AM

I had 17 beans because there were a lot of dramas that I dropped this year. Of the dramas that I finished the ones I gave beans to were:
Healer 3
Sassy Go Go 2
I Remember You 1
Angry Mom 2
She Was Pretty 1
Heard It Through the Grapevine 2
Pinocchio 2
The Village 2
Ex-Girlfriend's Club 1
Scholar Who Walks the Night 1

There were some I enjoyed at the time I was watching it, but when faced with giving it a bean or giving a drama I LOVED an extra bean, I went with the drama that I still love months later. So this is actually a pretty good system.

Healer gets 3 beans based solely on the fact that it's the drama that got my husband to watch with me. And then there were some thing that happened in the news and he was like "It's just like Healer!" So I wish I could actually give it more beans.

Scholar Who Walks the Night gets a bean based on the FANTASTIC scenery chewing, all the times that Lee Joong-gi reminded me of Rudolph Valentino, and the fact that my husband now refers to Lee Soo-hyuk as "The Prettiest Vampire" no matter what drama he is in.

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pogo

December 11, 2015 at 10:22 AM

I gave Scholar half a bean for its cast and the scenery-chewing too. I'm still amazed by how Lee Soo-hyuk committed so completely to that role, and how good he was in it. (and how his scenery-chewing skills made him the perfect match for Lee Jun-ki).

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penny

December 11, 2015 at 10:59 AM

Yeah, I really felt that the scenes they were in together that they were having a lot of fun.

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55 velvetstuff

December 11, 2015 at 10:06 AM

35 beans.
6FD: 7
Reply1988: 6
I Remember You: 6
Last: 5
Punch: 1
Healer: 4
KMHM: 2
DDAY: 2
SoGC: 1

I've heard many say this year wasn't very good, but I say this year did great with dramas! The ones up there, I loved to bits, but there were so many more I really enjoyed.

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56 vera

December 11, 2015 at 10:06 AM

12 beans,

Sassy go go 5
Kill me heal me 3
Twenty again 1
Yong pal 1
Answer me 1
I remember you 1

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57 Giegie

December 11, 2015 at 10:08 AM

I have 21 beans and my list would be:

Healer-5
Answer Me 1988-3
I Remember You-2
Twenty Again-2
Six Flying Dragons-2
Missing Noir M-2
Last-2
Kill Me, Heal Me-1
Girl Who Sees Smells-1
My Beautiful Bride-1

P.S. It's fun but I have a headache now. :D

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58 pogo

December 11, 2015 at 10:10 AM

I'll play!

2015 dramas completed without skipping episodes:

- Kill Me Heal Me
- Angry Mom
- Warm & Cozy
- Punch
- Heard It Through the Grapevine
- Sassy Go Go
- What's With This Family (it's included in the 2015 polls, it should count!)
- Scholar Who Walks the Night
- Girl Who Sees Smells
- The Producers
- Let's Eat 2
- Oh My Ghostess
- Answer Me 1988
- Oh My Venus
- Missing Noir M
- Exo Next Door (thank god it's finally good for something! Even if it was just one more bean)
- Mrs Cop
- School 2015
- High Society
- Orange Marmalade
- Hogu's Love

That's 21 beans total, I guess?

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pogo

December 11, 2015 at 10:18 AM

Now for bean allotment:

Heard It Through the Grapevine - 5
Sassy Go Go - 5

Punch - 2.5
Kill Me Heal Me - 1
Oh My Ghostess - 1.5
Answer Me 1988 - 1.5
Angry Mom - 2
What's With This Family - 1.5
Let's Eat 2 - 1

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pogo

December 11, 2015 at 10:20 AM

Actually, make that 1 bean for What's With This Family.

the remaining 0.5 bean can go to Scholar Who Walks the Night, for its cast alone. (Lee Soo-hyuk and Lee Jun-ki together.....OOOOF)

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pogo

December 11, 2015 at 10:26 AM

oh, and minus half a bean from Punch (leaving its bean count at 2)

The remaining half bean should go to Producer, mostly for IU but also for her and Gong Hyo-jin's frenemy relationship.

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Chandler

December 11, 2015 at 11:24 AM

"Exo Next Door (thank god it’s finally good for something! Even if it was just one more bean)"

-Lol, yes! I really love how this feature is suddenly making all those hours I wasted on certain sub-par dramas at least somewhat worth it...

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59 redfox

December 11, 2015 at 10:13 AM

I will give all my beans to Taek, he is better at placing small objects than I am.

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Kween Ramyeon

December 11, 2015 at 11:00 AM

LMAO...

This post has turned my brains to re-fried beans...

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Kween Ramyeon

December 11, 2015 at 11:40 AM

Beans?
These must be the witch's beans!
We'll take them with us.

One extra bean for anyone who guesses where that's from...

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risa

December 11, 2015 at 10:50 PM

Hmmn-- let me go into the woods and ponder that for a bit...

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Kween Ramyeon

December 12, 2015 at 2:50 PM

Extra bean for you...

jozie

December 12, 2015 at 10:19 PM

60 TAZ

December 11, 2015 at 10:17 AM

Embarrassing to say but between K-dramas, TW-dramas, J-dramas, Thai-dramas and C-drama, I've watched or am in process of watching (currently airing), 49 dramas.

Healer – 10 Beans

Kill Me, Heal Me – 9 Beans

I Remember You – 5 Beans

Roy Leh Sanae Rai – 2015 Remake (Thai Drama) –5 Beans (warning: is a slap/kiss)

Kiss Me (Thai Drama) – 5 Beans

Oh My Ghostess – 3 Beans

Sassy Go Go – 3 Beans

Heard it Through the Grapevine – 3 Beans

Noble, My Love – 2 Beans

Twenty Again – 2 Beans

Ugly Duckling: Perfect Match (Thai drama) - 1 Bean

Girl Who Sees Smells – 1 Bean

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61 dramabird

December 11, 2015 at 10:22 AM

What a fun game!

After consulting with my drama spread sheet, I can definitely say it was a very drama filled year for me. I have 36 beans. Would have had a few more but I just couldn’t bring myself to finish watching a few and resorted to watching recaps instead. Did not give myself a bean if I didn’t watch all the episodes, but I did put a few of these shows on the “negative bean” list .

Kill Me, Heal Me – 4
Reply 1988 – 4
Angry Mom – 4
Twenty Again – 4

Oh My Ghostess – 3

Oh My Venus – 2
Sassy Sassy Go Go – 2
Heart to Heart - 2
Heard it through the Grapevine - 2 (for the soundtrack alone)
She Was Pretty – 2

One Beaners:
The Village
Ho-Gu’s Love
Divorce Lawyer in Love
Sunam Girls’ High School Detectives
Unkind Woman
I Remember You
Bubblegum (Until we see the ending, this one is hard to weigh in on)

Neutral Beans:
Ex-Girlfriend Club
Girl Who Sees Smells
High Society
Let’s Eat 2
Maids
Mask
Mrs. Cop
Scholar Who Walks the Night
Sweet Savage Family
The Eccentric Daughter in Law
The Lover
The Producer
Who are You – School 2015
Masked Prosecutor
All About My Mom
Warm & Cozy (only barely b/c of the “pearl couple”)

Shows I wish I could give negative beans to:
My Heart Twinkle Twinkle
The Time We Were Not In Love
Yong Pal
Hyde Jekyll, and I
Persevere Gu Hae-Ra
D-Day
Blood

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jozie

December 12, 2015 at 10:20 PM

I was thinking of asking if I could get two beans for finishing Warm and Cozy, or at least a cookie with my bean.

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62 dkaoru

December 11, 2015 at 10:27 AM

I have 13 beans from 13 shows I've watched/currently watching and didn't dropped .. I dropped a few (Ex-girlfriend club, time i love you, scholar) .. now I wish I didn't so that I have more beans, darn it

1) Missing Noir M - 2 beans
2) Girl who sees smell - Zero bean. I love the cute chemistry between Park Yoo chun and Shin Se Kyung. I just have to take away the bean because the writer needs to work more on the crime procedural part or at least consult somone or just comes up with better alibi/story. It still bugged me that they never explained how he killed that girl while he was supposed to be in another country.
3) Who are you School 2015 - Zero bean. I love a lot of things about this how but I hate the ending. Poor Tae Gwang! why would anyone write it this way??? *still outraged*
4) Orange Marmalade - Zero bean. While I love the early episodes, I never warmed up to the tone switch in the later episodes. Show, I totally can't forgive you for ruining what could have been an amazing amazing show.
5) The Producers - Zero bean. I really like this show but I need more beans to give to Missing Noir M and Midnite Diner because they're the underdogs. They need more beans! Sorry, I still love you umbrella PD!
6) Oh My Ghostess - Zero bean. I really like Park Bo Young in this show but I wish the writers give more balance between the two girls. Sigh I really wish I have more beans to give.
7) Midnight Diner - 3 beans. This show is so under-rated. It's so heartwarming. It's quiet, contemplative slightly melancholy mood makes this an awesome show to watch late at night. The friendship between the characters are so heart-warming. I really wish this show had more coverage. It is such a gem!
8) Twenty Again - 1 bean. I love love love this show. It resonates so well with my life right now. I just can't give it more beans because I don't have enough *cry*.
9) She was Pretty - Zero bean. In the early episodes, the girl was too screechy and while I love some of the quiet moments in this drama, and Park Seo Jeoon I loveeee youu. But I can't give you any bean here because I can't fully enjoy this drama due to the screech and the fear/gossipmonger of characters dying. I've never watched a romcom with trepidation of omg i hope no one dies. It kinds ruins this show for me.
10) Six Flying Dragons - 2 beans. Only because it's on-going and I think other people will give it more beans. So far I love everything about this show.
11) Sassy Go Go - 3 beans. This is the most positive show I've seen and I love the cheerful positive message and I love Crinkle eyes + Grumptopus + all the comments from dramabeans.
12) Answer me 1988 - 1 bean. I'm totally rooting for Sun Woo and Bo Ra, my fave characters. I would have given this show more beans but Girlfriday's love for this show has already showered it with enough beans hahaha.
13) Oh My Venus - Zero bean. I really want to love this show but the whole chaebol storyline really ruins this show for me...

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dkaoru

December 11, 2015 at 10:37 AM

I need more beans to give to Midnite Diner and Missing Noir M *sigh*. I feel they're so under-rated.

I started with 1 beans for each show I watched then took away some beans because I hated the endings of some show.

This is a really fun game and made me realize I have watched a lot of drama this year (i normally watched 2-3 drama/year) but yet I'm now crying for not having enough beans hahaha.

Maybe I should have just given all my 13 beans to Midnite diner because it's so under-rated and I wish it had been recapped here at Dramabeans. I think more people would have watched it if it had been recapped here.

Or should I just give all 13 beans to Sassy Go go because that drama was so high, it just made me smile to think of it?

arghhh I nEED more BEANS

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pogo

December 11, 2015 at 12:39 PM

my heart says give ALL THE BEANS to Sassy Go Go too (and some for Grapevine), but I had to be fair to other shows I've enjoyed. Still, they are 5-beaners, and between them that's almost half of my 21 total beans!

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dkaoru

December 11, 2015 at 7:14 PM

hahaha Warm and Cozy is from this year, so I have 1 extra bean to give out hurray! So not giving it to Warm and Cozy - it's a sin to pair Yoo Yeon Seok with Kang So Ra and made the writing that bad. Bad writer bad writer.

So I have 14 beans! and I've decided that I should get beans from variety shows I watch (1n2d, Running Man, Infinity Challenge), this brings me up to 17 beans hurray.

Bean re-distribution:
Sassy Go Go - 7 beans because you're an AWESOME show that makes me smile just thinking about it and I still can't get that whistling tune out of my head!
Midnight Diner - 4 beans. Good food+ good company = an awfully good time.
Twenty Again - 3 beans. Ha No Ra you're an awesome woman with an awesome boyfriend Professor Grumpypants! It's never too late to follow your dreams!
Missing Noir M - 2 beans. I'm waiting for season 2 please :) so i can give it more beans later
Answer me 1988 - 1 bean. Girlfriday's love gives you plenty of beans hahaha

I've decided not to give any beans to SixFlying Dragons because it's going to run until 2016, so I can give it beans next year!

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pogo

December 14, 2015 at 4:04 AM

I just realised Pride & Prejudice and Pinocchio ended in 2015, so that means 2 extra beans!

That officially raises Sassy Go Go's bean count to 7 for me too! (I loved Pinocchio but it did lag after hyung's killer arc was done, and it would have got 2014 beans anyway).

63 merry

December 11, 2015 at 10:30 AM

Okay, play: 13 beans

Healer - 5
20 Again - 3
and one each for
KMHM
IRY
P&P
Punch
Mask

Hhmm, one can do a master's thesis on this community's choices.

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64 dkaoru

December 11, 2015 at 10:47 AM

is Warm and Cozy from this year?? or last year?

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panshel

December 12, 2015 at 7:09 PM

This year. Warm and Cozy aired from May 13th to July 2nd.

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65 Chandler

December 11, 2015 at 10:49 AM

I get 26 beans this year! (Really?! When did I find the time...) I think I have those 12-episode dramas to thank for that so I hope KBS continues to do those occasionally. I really like that length for a drama :)

So here goes:

Healer: 6
Answer Me, 1988: 4
Awl: 2
Twenty Again: 2
I Remember You: 2
Last: 2
Heart to Heart: 1
Oh My Ghostess: 1
Ex-Girlfriend Club: 1
Bubblegum: 1
Kill Me, Heal Me: 1
Six-flying Dragons: 1
Mask: 1
Midnight Diner: 1

(Hard to leave Sassy Go, Go, Angry Mom & a few others out, but it had to be done. Healer remains a successful thief until the end.)

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Chandler

December 11, 2015 at 10:53 AM

I am very happy with how the bean count turned out though! Especially happy to see JB and GF giving Awl some love. Great to see that you are enjoying it as much as I am. And I did not expect Last to do so well so that is really awesome to see too.

Unfortunately, I've been saving Punch to watch with a friend of mine (we're both huge Kim Rae-won fans) when she visits in January so I can't give it any beans :( But seeing how much Heads and Gummi loved it, I'm now even more excited to finally see it!

And, thank you, GF, for catapulting Answer Me into 2nd place. Because I have finally caught up with it over the last few days, and, I gotta say, I am really loving it. I'm pretty sure it's made me cry every episode.

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66 redfox

December 11, 2015 at 10:52 AM

Kill Me, Heal Me - 3
I Remember you - 5
Reply 1988
Angry Mom -2
Oh My Ghostess
Sassy Sassy Go Go -1
Heart to Heart
She Was Pretty -1
Girl Who Sees Smells - 1(for special effects
Mask
Scholar Who Walks the Night -1 (for Teacher)
Hyde Jekyll, me
My Love Eun-Dong
Blood

so I have 14 beans? or what. How many of them will sprout I wonder. I was actually planning on planting lentils though.

I also watched 3 Thai and 2 taiwanese dramas, and 2 japanese but one is not finished. bits and pieces of 20 more dramas. mostly not korean

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redfox

December 11, 2015 at 11:11 AM

oh, wait, but I watched KMHM 7 times and IRY 18 times. Do I get more beans for that or should I just make stew?

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Arashi

December 11, 2015 at 11:35 AM

Wishing the Like button was back!

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67 ck1Oz

December 11, 2015 at 11:03 AM

Oh crap I followed a lot but didn't finish a lot. Now I have to check my external HD vs my viki projects. I still don't think I watched that many. A lot stunk. Did the wekeend dramas made the list?

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68 Chimera

December 11, 2015 at 11:05 AM

Oh my, I only have three beans. I was meh about most dramas this year though I did watch some older ones. Do non Korean dramas count?

Healer: 2 beans
Oh My Ghostess: 1 bean
Oh My Venus: 0 (let's hope it doesn't go downhill in the second half)

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69 Aigoooo

December 11, 2015 at 11:11 AM

Thanks Lollypip for showing some love for Heart to Heart!

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70 R

December 11, 2015 at 11:13 AM

I have only 3 beans: 2 for Healer, 0.5 for KMHM and 0.5 for Oh My Ghostess.

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71 glorytothesun

December 11, 2015 at 11:15 AM

I have 21 beans, but I've decided to only give beans to those dramas I would actually want to re-watch partly or in their entirety. Far too many of the dramas I watched felt lukewarm and not original enough to be exciting and as fun to watch.

Answer Me 1988 - 8
Healer - 2
Pinocchio - 2
Kill Me Heal Me - 1
Oh My Ghostess - 2
Twenty Again - 1
Hyde, Jekyll and Me - 1
Ho-gu’s Love - 3
Because It’s the First Time - 1

I'll be honest though and say that I seriously considered giving all my beans to Reply 1988. I had to force myself to be considerate to the other dramas I really enjoyed. I understand why girlfriday gave it so many beans. I thought Reply 1997 would forever be my favourite, but then Reply 1988 took me by complete surprise and might end up being my favourite out of the Reply series. The only K-drama I like better than Reply 1997 and Reply 1988 is Coffee Prince. There is just something magical about the Reply series. It's like reading or watching a memoir.

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jozie

December 12, 2015 at 10:23 PM

I feel the same about Reply 1997, Reply 1988 and Coffee Prince!

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72 dkaoru

December 11, 2015 at 11:26 AM

Thanks Dramabeans for giving us this game :)

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73 LizJ

December 11, 2015 at 11:33 AM

I have 15 beans, and here's my votes:

Healer - 4
Kill Me Heal Me - 4
Oh My Venus - 2
She was Pretty -2
Sassy Go Go - 2
Twenty Again - 1

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LizJ

December 11, 2015 at 11:49 AM

Shoot. I forgot I Remember You and I didn't add it into my count either. So...16 beans. I'm re-alotting.

Healer - 4
Kill Me Heal Me - 4
I Remember You - 3
Oh My Venus - 2
She Was Pretty - 1
Sassy Go Go - 1
Twenty Again - 1

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74 Arashi

December 11, 2015 at 11:33 AM

I have 24 beans:

Healer-5
By far the best of the year: secret identities, suspense, and feels!
Who Are You 2015-2
Second-Lead Shipping! Disappointing on the heroine's growth arch.
Sassy Go Go-2
Loved the characters. The plot was meh.
Orange Marmalade-3
Loved the beginning, the feels; lost momentum with the time slip.
What Happens to My Family-1
Loved it until the main couple got together. Got increasingly slappy.
Angry Mom-4
Good issues, great characters, causes to root for, lovesick teenagers!
She Was Pretty-1
Hated the premise and the slapstick. My bean is all for Siwon!
Heard it Through the Grapevine-3
Loved the cinematics and the beginning part of the teen couple...lost interest as it drifted to the power plays of the rich couple.
High Society-1
Secondary couple shipping!
Pinocchio-1
Nice repeat of a love story, but somehow missing something to make it stand out above the others. I'd probably have loved it more if it was one of my first dramas.
Yong Pal-1
So much potential! Sigh.

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75 Aigoooo

December 11, 2015 at 11:39 AM

This will be a good memory exercise trying to remember all the dramas I have seen in it's entirety this year.

Kill Me, Heal Me - 1 bean
Heart to Heart - 3 beans
Angry Mom - 1 bean
Healer - 2 beans
Mask
Masked Prosecutor
Girl Who Sees Smell
Scholar Who Walks the Night
Sassy Go Go - 2 beans
Answer Me 1988 - 2 beans
Oh My Ghostess - 3 beans
Twenty Again - 2 beans
School 2015
I Remember You - 2 beans
Assembly
Producer - 1 bean
Warm and Cozy
She Was Pretty - 1 beans
Yong Pal
Super Daddy Yul

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Aigoooo

December 11, 2015 at 11:57 AM

Shows I forgot about/failed to finish/dropped:

Hogu's Love - lost interest around episode 8
Heard It Through the Grapevine - lost interest around episode 7
Time I've Loved You - watched until episode 5 just for Ha Ji Won but in the end had to drop it due to extreme boringness.
Jekyll, Hyde and Me - Gave it the old 4 episode chance. What a hot mess..
Ex-Girlfriend's Club - watched 2 episodes then forgot about it. Might pick it back up soon.
High Society - watched 5 episodes, the plot bored me to tears.
Orange Marmalade - watched 4 episodes. Not for me.

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Chandler

December 11, 2015 at 4:53 PM

I'd recommend picking up Ex-Girlfriend's Club again, simply because it's short and sweet at 12 episodes. I forgot about it after the first 2 episodes also, but liked it much more when I picked it up again.

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Aigoooo

December 11, 2015 at 12:04 PM

Punch - It was interesting but I rage quit watching it after the episode where he had brain surgery and he was fine and walking about a few days later (still having perfect hair). My suspension of disbelief could not take it. lol

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76 alienshore

December 11, 2015 at 11:41 AM

Ok, so I get 28 beans (I work from home :)~ ), if I include the 4 currently airing dramas I'm watching.
I'd give them out thusly (anyone not listed just wasn't worthy of my beans):

Six Flying Dragons - 10
Healer - 4
I Remember You - 4
Angry Mom - 2
Last - 2
Missing Noir M - 1
Oh My Ghost - 2
The Producers - 2
Ho Gu's Love - 1

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77 sw33tnshie

December 11, 2015 at 11:45 AM

Out of the 9 shows that got 7 or more beans, i did not watch twenty again or punch. But they are on my binge list since winter finale is over and i can watch more dramas now (currently, just watching awl, omv, and am88....and playing the waiting game for subs). I don't know whether to start a new show like cat or remember or catch up to SFD. What i like is that the recappers gave some mad love for 'last'. I love me some yoon kye-sang as much as i love lee joon ki.

Out of the 30 dramas, I haven't seen 12..... But I'm sure I've seen more that was not listed (but was recapped)..and i also binged watch older shows during summer break. ?

If i were to give 1 beans for every show i watch, i will give one to each of them to be fair ;). Except time to love bc i dropped that early on and keep that bean. I did say i was gonna be fair. ?

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sw33tnshie

December 11, 2015 at 11:53 AM

And super daddy yul. I dropped that too.

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78 turtleshell

December 11, 2015 at 11:45 AM

this is such a cute and great idea! well done guys!!

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79 lenrasoon

December 11, 2015 at 11:59 AM

So my taste in dramas this year was a lot similar to odilettante, HeadsNo2 and gummimochi.

I've watched 22 Korean dramas this year so my beans will go to:

Punch = 4 beans
Kill Me, Heal Me = 4 beans
Mask = 2 beans
My Beautiful Bride = 4 beans
I Remember You = 4 beans
Last = 4 beans

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80 Paulina

December 11, 2015 at 12:13 PM

OMG I have 39 beans for this year. I don't know if that's an accomplishment or I just don't have a life. Probably both lol
OK so here are my bean allotments and you will notice a lot of it going to one show :D

Punch - ** (2)
Kill Me Heal Me - *** (3)
Angry Mom - *** (3)
Ex-Girlfriend Club - ** (2)
Producers - ** (2)
Mask - * (1)
I remember you - ** (2)
Oh my Ghostess - ** (2)
Twenty Again - *** (3)
She was Pretty - *** (3)
Six Flying Dragons - *** (3)
Oh My Venus - * (1)
Answer Me 1988 - ************ (12) :D:D:D

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81 ultramarineblue

December 11, 2015 at 12:26 PM

14 Beans! Although this also made me realize how many dramas Ive dropped lol.

Dramas I've seen and their beans:

I Remember You: 3
Sassy, Go Go
Oh My Venus: 2
Warm and Cozy
Scholar Who Walks the Night
The Legend of the Witch:
Pinocchio-*not sure if this counts so ommitted
Heart to Heart: 1
Superdaddy Yeol
Ex-Girlfriend club: 3
Oh My Ghost
Twenty Again: 2
Falling For Innocence: 1
D-Day: 1
The Village: 2

Drama's I intend to finish:
Healer
Bluebird's House
Pride & Prejudice
Kill Me, Heal Me
Ho Goo's Love

Drama's I'd like to watch:
Maids

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82 fanwho

December 11, 2015 at 12:43 PM

I watched too many and liked too many. I am just going to read others' posts.

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fanwho

December 16, 2015 at 12:03 PM

Went ahead and counted - 70

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83 sumee

December 11, 2015 at 1:07 PM

Considering my track record in kdrama ,this year was very lame in drama watching..I only watched HEALER ,my beautiful bride,sassy go go,school15,scholar,oh my Venus,20 again and I remember you

Dropped
She was pretty
Dday
The village
Oh my ghostess(I had to travel and the viewing raythem was broken and somehow I was never able to pick it again)
The times I loved you
Bubblegum
Producers

Phew I just got bored in between or did not have enough time

Will my vote even count well it's 8 beans in total and I really want to give one each but my HEALER love is too biased so all 8 beans go to healer

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84 Strawberry fields

December 11, 2015 at 1:13 PM

I'm curious did anyone else think KILL ME, HEAL ME was overated? Yes i did finish it after 3 starts.Yes, YO NA i think was her name is funny, but the show wasn't that awesome.
Don't stone me,free speech.

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Kirsikka

December 11, 2015 at 1:38 PM

Anyone is entitled to an opinion so why would someone stone you. :D Like I for one, find Healer, Producers, She Was Pretty so overrated yet there are many fans who love them, especially Healer and SWP. I never get the hype even though I've seen the dramas and love the cast but the story just mediocre. Everyone just likes different things. :)

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Strawberry fields

December 11, 2015 at 4:03 PM

Well i said stone coz i know how fans can get crazy especially over something 99% of the beanies loved.

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dkaoru

December 11, 2015 at 7:21 PM

hahaha i think it's more like 90% Healer love in Dramabeans? and don't worry Healer fans don't stone people. Their love is very healing.

I didn't watch it when it aired and have only started watching halfway. For me it's a case of I would have liked it better if I had watched it when it aired because i've got such high expectations for it now that there's no way it can match. So i get why people love it but I don't go gaga over it myself.

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lunatic4kd

December 11, 2015 at 2:36 PM

I think the real strength of Kill Me Heal Me was Ji Sung's acting, hands-down. The most hugely over-rated but not great dramas (in my opinion!) were Hyde, Jekyl, Me and Producer.

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Kirsikka

December 11, 2015 at 2:51 PM

Was HJM overrated? I thought most people hated it so I didn't include it in my list even though I also find it really boring.

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Strawberry fields

December 11, 2015 at 4:01 PM

Oh Everyone is in agreement that HYDE JEKYLL AND ME was a terrible drama,with Hyun bin doing all the acting and trying he's level best to save a sinking ship.I still loath the writer for ruining Hyun bin's comeback drama. Hardly anyone watched it, except for the likes of me who felt they should support till the very end.

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85 queen_nafre

December 11, 2015 at 1:32 PM

I have 20 Beans:

5 Kill Me Heal Me
5 Oh My Ghostess
4 She was Pretty
2 Answer Me 1988
1 Heart to Heart
1 Healer
1 Hogus Love
1 The Lover

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86 soyoung

December 11, 2015 at 1:38 PM

16 beans

Healer: 000
Twenty again: 000
Let's eat 2: 00
Oh my ghostess: 00
Answer me 1988: 000
Pinocchio: 0
Because it's the first time: 0
Ho-gu's love: 0

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87 crazyteach

December 11, 2015 at 1:38 PM

Hi everyone !

I've watch 23 (2015) dramas: (#DramaholicAnonymousnotsoanonymous)

1 point goes to oh my venus (#eurovision lol)
1 - falling fo innocence
1 - ex-girlfriend's club
1 - sassy go go
2 - she was pretty
2 - remember me
3 - pinochio
3 - six flying dragons
4 - kill me heal me
5 - healer (<3)

Et voilà !
Bonne soirée

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88 Jackeline

December 11, 2015 at 1:48 PM

My bean count: 24

Healer ***
I Remember You ***
Kill Me, Heal Me ***
Sassy Go Go ***

Oh My Ghostess **
Pinocchio **
Twenty Again **

Angry Mom *
Falling for Innocence *
Let's Eat 2 *
Mask *
Punch *
The Eccentric Daughter-in-Law *

Divorce Lawyer in Love
High Society
Orange Marmalade
Pride and Prejudice
Scholar Who Walks the Night
She Was Pretty
Shine or Go Crazy
The Girl Who Sees Smells
The Lover
Unkind Women
Who Are You - School 2015

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89 Bianca

December 11, 2015 at 1:53 PM

i can't believe I watched 31 dramas this year and yet many others only a few episodes until I lost interest . The dramas that I loved the most and really made me wait for another episode ( even without eng sub) are :
10 beens KILL ME HEAL ME ,
6 beens PINOCCHIO, and the amazing
10 beens SIX FLYING DRAGONS and
5 beens REMEMBER 1988( which I plan to watch till the end).

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90 lunatic4kd

December 11, 2015 at 2:30 PM

OMG - 71 dramas for me - and that was while also going to work every day and doing a lot of traveling for business. I guess I know my obsession! I didn't give any beans to the dramas that didn't leave an impression more than these:
Here we go:

Healer - 10
My Love Eun Dong - 5
Answer Me 1988 - 8
Secret Message - 4
Kill Me Heal Me - 7
Oh My Ghostess - 4
Producer - 1
Orange Marmalade - 1
Scholar Who Walks the Night - 2
Warm & Cozy - 2
The Girl Who Sees Smells - 3
Sassy Go Go - 3
Because it's the First Time - 3
She was Pretty - 5 ( ALL Because of Siwon!)
Bubblegum - 4
Shine or Go Crazy - 4
BladeMan -2
Mask - 1
Oh My Venus - 2
And a special shout out to the BEST movie, The Technicians with Kim Woo Bin and the BEST 2014 drama which still affects me so much that I still replay the last episode - Misaeng!

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lunatic4kd

December 11, 2015 at 2:32 PM

Please note - I might have read the rules wrong and the total of 71 does include some older dramas. There are several from this past year that I have NOT watched or finished.

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panshel

December 12, 2015 at 7:27 PM

I initially watched The Technicians for Kim Woo Bin, but could not take my eyes off of Lee Hyun Woo through the entire movie. I have never found Lee Hyun Woo hot before, as I had been watching him since he was 13, so he will always be a baby to me, but Jong Bae was hot in The Technicians. Must be the nonchalant attitude.

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91 gadis

December 11, 2015 at 2:32 PM

I'll give a lot of beans for Kill Me Heal Me, Oh My Ghostess, I Remember You, and Grapevine. And maybe spreading my love a little for Punch, Ex-GF Club, and Missing Noir M. Those 3 dramas need more love... er, beans I mean.
I'm glad they still get some love from you guys.

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gadis

December 11, 2015 at 2:52 PM

Okay, now after counting my beans properly, I got 20 beans to distribute.

Kill Me Heal Me: 000
Oh My Ghostess: 000
Heard it through the Grapevine: 0000
I Remember You: 00000
Punch: 00
Ex-GF Club: 0
Missing Noir M: 0
Angry Mom: 0

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92 SuperSleeper

December 11, 2015 at 2:50 PM

An inaugural year for this is the year I discovered Kdramas. The second Kdrama I ever watched was Healer and it was the drama that made me realize I like Kdramas. Since then I have earned 29 beans. Here's how I allocate:

Healer - 7 (Kinda spoiled me for other Kdramas)
Girl Who Sees Smells - 2 (Cuteness and humor)
The Producers - 2 (IU saves this from getting no beans)
I Remember You - 3 (Brothers and serial killers)
Midnight Diner - 2 (Good looking food and theme song)
Oh My Ghostess - 6 (Park Bo Young earns most of these)
Last - 2 (Soundtrack and Penthouse fight scene)
Twenty Again - 4 (Well cast)
She Was Pretty - 1 (Choi Siwon)

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93 James

December 11, 2015 at 2:53 PM

10 beans

7 beans for 응답하라 88
1 bean for 용팔
1 bean for Ex Girlfriends Club
1 bean for D-Day

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94 Beverly A

December 11, 2015 at 2:56 PM

I'm happy to see my favorite drama, 'Last' made a good showing. That show really worked. 'Six Flying Dragons' is currently my beaner champion. That show is so damned good!

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95 dukdam

December 11, 2015 at 3:03 PM

Of my 16 beans, 4 to Healer, 4 to Answer Me, 4 to Six Flying Dragons, and one each to Producer, Angry Mom, Sassy, and Twenty Again.

I ended up not only buying the DVD Blueray of Healer but also a machine to play it on.

As for those who don't get all the Healer love... Zeitgeist.

2014 was a bad year for Kdramas, then around the end of the year Healer happened, and then drama fans sighed a sigh of relief and rejoiced.

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96 Meong

December 11, 2015 at 3:16 PM

11 beans

3 - Six Flying Dragons
2 - Sassy Go Go
2- Punch
2 - I Remember You
1 - Sensory Couple
1 - My Beautiful Bride

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97 lzbth

December 11, 2015 at 3:17 PM

A bit sad but there wasnt one drama this year where i watched all episodes! Even twenty again which i loved i missed the first two episodes. DB you have been a bad influence on me. Because i read your recaps i dont feel the urge to go back and watch past episodes. So no beans for me?

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98 louids

December 11, 2015 at 3:35 PM

Oh man that was hard !!!! I came down to my last two beans and it was either give one to yongpal or x it off the list so it could each go to my fav shows of the year !!!! Haha I ended up giving yongpal zero.

I had 16 beans and of the 16, 11 shows made it !

000 - oh my ghost (i watched this show twice by the time it ended !)
000 - oh my Venus (the actors are just toooooooo good. I've been waiting for shin Mina for so long to come back)
00 - healer (I think if healer was on right now it would have a lot more beans for me. But I remember just being so caught into the hype that I was so excited about it. Now that time has passed, I think my objectivity has made it less appealing. But it's stil up there !)
0 - warm and cozy (it had its moments and it carried me to the end)
0 - producer (it was worth the experiment too bad it didn't last)
0 - Pinocchio (park shin hye became more alive to me in this one)
0 - love cells (Sooo cute)
0 - let's eat 2 (who doesn't love watching people eat ??!?)
0 - girl who sees smells (comedy is hilarious)
0 - I remember you (love the Sherlock vibe)
0 - orange marmalade (it started out Sooo good then it was weird)

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99 sophialayla

December 11, 2015 at 4:20 PM

Love this idea! Really fun.

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100 evelynray

December 11, 2015 at 4:26 PM

So far, I have watched 25 dramas this year. 25 beans! (I am surprised at how many I have watched!)

(not including those given 0 bean)
Healer: 2
Kill Me, Heal Me: 4
Who Are You: School 2015: 1
I Remember You: 5
Oh My Ghostess: 4
Cheo Yong 2: 2
She Was Pretty: 4
Twenty Again: 1
Sassy, Go Go: 1
Oh My Venus: 1

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