Hwarang (18/20): Heading into finale week. I only wish King Jinheung is sitting on his throne by the end of this mess.

Chief Kim (8/16): Aaah, my happy Wednesday-Thursday pill! Well, most of the time. NGM is giving a fantastic performance as Chief Kim and I’m in stiches every time he ups the company people, but I’m slightly worried the show will sacrifice Seo Yul’s character development. He wasn’t an outright baddie before, and still seems conflicted. Ok, who am I kidding. Mainly I’m sulking because my Yul-Ha Kyung ship crashed before it even set sail. *munches sadly on sausage snacks*

Rebel: Thief Who Stole the People (6/30): We are now getting into the main story of Gil Dong. I kind of wish I’d waited to marathon it because so far it’s the best historical drama I’ve seen in a while, with an exciting story, clever characters, poignant relationships, fun soundtrack… oh, and the cinematography. Everything in this show is working for me, so I’ll just sit back and enjoy the ride.

From my list of things to watch:

Reply 1988 (14/20): Ok, I struggled in the beginning. Episodes felt too long and some characters (read Deok Sun’s family) really got on my nerves with all their yelling and selfishness. I kept going and one by one started to learn more about the people of that neighbourhood. I get the impression that the ‘who is the husband’ mystery is not the main point of this drama, so I’m not shipping anyone except Taek’s dad and Sun Woo’s mom. Each episode feels like a 90-minute movie, leaving me with a sense of contentment but also too tired to binge watch.

Don't we ALL have a crush on Lee Je-hoon right now? I'm so smitten with him and love that it looks like he's starting to be more smitten with Ma-rin.

Well, I must tell you guys, the best show on air right now is a japanese one:

"Totsuzen desu ga, Ashita Kekkon Shimasu": it's cute, it's funny, it's real and got butterflies all over the place!

I love Nishiuchi Mariya since "Switch Girl" days, and she's adorable in this one. And about Yamamura Ryuta, just one word: swoon!

The endind credits are to die for too!

Voice: Still better than most police dramas I've seen in k-dramaland, but don't love it.

General and I: Solid but hated the way it was filmed, and they picked the wrong voice to dub Wallace Chung.

Eternal Love/10 Mile Peach Blossom: So I dumped Ice Fantasy early on and Goblin disappointed (and bored) me, but FINALLY I have my fantasy drama I've been wanting. The pacing of the story is excellent. I'm only 16 episodes in so it could go sideways on me at any moment. Credit to the writer adapting from the book because that's a lot of characters to develop.

Father, I'll Take Care of You: It's okay but this is definitely my multitasking drama. I can't just sit and watch this.

On my watch list: Rebel and Chief Kim but waiting until they complete their runs. I've heard Chief Kim is getting extended and sometimes that messes up dramas. I'm most looking forward to Man to Man/PHJ's new drama because I'm a sucker for a bodyguard story.

To Girlfriday on Tomorrow With You: "I have the biggest crush on Lee Je-hoon right now."

Sorry GF but fight me on this. Two days ago I miss Lee Je Hoon so much and no new ep yet so I decided to re-watch Bleak Night. YEP. That Bleak Night. Crying for the whole night and not regretting any seconds of it.

Lee Je Hoon infects me too deep it seems dangerous now.

I can't believe just how much I loved Hwarang at the beginning. As of now, I can't wait for this drama to finally end and put me out of this misery.

So, it's a good thing that Tomorrow with You continued to churn out good episodes. It managed to balance its romance and mystery plot line well.

I also started watching What's with this family this week. Currently at eps 4. It's a relaxing and easy watch. And I'm still amazed at Park Hyung-sik's many expressions.

I'm still on a drama slump, so I decided to check out Japanese animated films. I've only watched Hayao Miyazaki films before, but I read about Your Name by Makoto Shinkai. I finally saw it over the week and I like it a lot, but not on the level of absolutely loving it. This animated film is so visually appealing. Really gorgeous scenes. The characters are endearing and I like the plot conflict. I have next on my list other Makoto films to check out.

In a drama slump that's slightly self inflicted because I WENT FOR PARK BOGUM'S FANMEET!
*squee*
And Song Joong Ki WAS THERE TOO!
*double squeeeeee*

*ahem* *neatens hair and clothes*

Need to catch up on Voice this week.

Also, cannot decide if I should start Tomorrow with You or just wait for Strong Woman to start, or start something that's pending like Let's Eat or Tree with Deep Roots. Maybe not the latter since it's heavy going. Or get off my ass and watch Weightlifting Fairy since everyone (and their mom) practically has recommended it to me. But somehow I'm dragging my feet. I don't know why!

How to get out of this slump?? *help*

I've just marathoned Signal this week. I was totally mindblown you guys! Everything was so perfect & amazing that I even had to admit that it definitely pushed Reply 1988 from its no. 1 position in my favourite drama of all time list. I know I was really late in discovering the greatness & grandness of Signal. Blame it on my trying to heal my broken heart over Junghwan not being the husband back then. :'( But as we all know, better late than never. After watching Signal, I was really hoping everyone can have a Lee Jaehan in their lives. But better yet, why don't we ourselves be as kind, strong & determined as Lee Jaehan. And of course, never give up! The three main characters are just so inspiring. Now, I'm seeing Jo Jinwoong in a totally new light. My heart got all these flutters everytime his scenes came on screen. :) So, thank you guys for recommending Signal again and again. The whole lot of you are the ones that made me want to watch Signal.

I've just (finally) started Misaeng and have watched 3 episodes. You are all right, it is amazing. I'm already sorry to have missed the experience of live watching and sharing the commenting experience esp because I worked in that world most of my professional life, including in offices and factories just like that in Korea, as the customer. So I was on the side making life hell for One International (and also paying the bills), although I never got to put my hand on anyone's butt to test a product LOL.
So it's kind of blowing my mind to be reliving a lot of my work experiences in addition to the drama being fantastic. Thanks to everyone especially MM and Wishful Toki who nudged me over the edge to start watching.

Why is Saimdang not on the list? I've been waiting for recaps. My husband and I enjoy watching that and Defendant.

I like chief kim too and think I can use his example to tell people that the event may be the same, but your response determines the outcome with him in the waiting room.

Like tomorrow with you but not enough time to watch. Probably later!

You should watch Three Lifetimes Peach Blossom 2017 :)

Chief KIm: This is my latest obsession. I watched first episde and put it on hold. I observed the rating and it kept its number one slot and decided to watch it again. I marathoned 8 episodes and now I cannot wait for Wed to come. NGM couldnt be more hilarious. I am totally with him; the more people tried to get at you, be super quadraple more annoying until they get exhausted. And it worked!!! Yoon assistant manager is so pretty. Eonnie and Chief Kim jang-i-da!!!

Voice: Anyone felt the intensity of this drama? I had to stopped multiple time for to breathe. It reminded me so much of Signal. Whenever, I watched these two drama at night, i had to watch other more light drama or variety show to calm me down before I sleep. Or not, i might be hunted by the serial killer in my dream and wet my bed. NOOOO!!!

Hwarang: I watched Hwarang for the sake PHS and PSJ. I felt, the editing and story telling is so jumpy. The emotion simply cannot dig deeper and the scene already changed. I am a person who always loyal to OTP despite of Second Lead Syndrome. But i really hate Aro character. I just can't take how the writer wrote her character. When she was dragged as a Wonhwa shouldn't she be angry rather than weeping? Why she always crying? No physician in this world cried that much. Every single episode. I think Korean Drama era of weak heroin has long passed. Seriously the chemistry between the princess and Dog-bird is more palpable. Why writer - nim? Why?

Tomorrow with You: I love Lee Je HOon. Who wouldnt love him right? But whenever he tried to woo Ma-rin I loath him for that. She was sincere. Having said that, I really cannot tolerate people who assumed. Like her, why cant you simply read the line instead of between the line. Everyone must be aware So Joon female childhood friend probably like him. I wondered if she was the cause of the dissapearance for the couple. Off to watch ep 6 now. Anyeong peeps.

I'm experiencing a K-drama slump right now so I have been watching (old) J-dramas recently. I'm so attracted to Kimura Takuya right now (15 years late). It's so amazing how good looking he is!!! He is the combination of all the good looking East Asian celebs!!! I can see Won Bin, Jerry Yan, Lee Min Ho, Huang Xiaoming, Chen Bolin to even Nam Joo Hyuk in him!!! (I'm serious, his boyish grin in his early dramas just remind me of Nam Joo Hyuk so much).

Okay, anyways, I have completed Hero (2001), Hero SP (2006), Hero Movie (2007), Hero 2 (2014), Hero 2 Movie (2015) in a span of 4 days with presentations and mid terms. And I have finished Love Generation (1997) and Pride (2004) last week too. I'm currently watching Good Luck (2003). Dang, I just cannot get enough of his good looks.

After finishing the old J-dramas, I realised they are still very watchable in today's age and time. There is minimal generation gap and the fashion is still acceptable. I can totally understand why J-dramas swept across Asia in the nineties. On the other hand, old K-dramas are less 'watchable' and there is a very evident generation gap. I tried to watch Proposal (1997) and Kim Hee Sun's lips just looked like she was poisoned and the drama set looked extremely dated and fake. K-dramas become more and more watchable in the 2000s when the cinematography improved leaps and bounds.

Let me shout this again "KIMURA TAKUYAAAAAAAA!!!" *fangirl mode ON*. And I love Hero (2001) so much!!! It's extremely addictive and every single character in the prosecutor team is memorable!!! Since I have just been introduced this genre (more like I ditched this genre for other genres for years), I can tell you which drama is a good introduction to J-dramas. I started off with From Five to Nine, and then We're Married as a Job, and then Pride. It was Pride which made me fall in love with Kimura Takuya, and then I started to watch all of his Hero series.

tineybeanie ~

Regarding Laurel Tree Tailors, I agree, they could have wrapped this show up 20 episodes ago.

My wife and I dropped it about 3 weeks ago. Our favorite couple was Dong Sook and Sung Joon oppa.

@flighty gazelles, pls where did u watch The Handmaiden. I've been looking 4 where to download korean movies with subtitles but don't know where to.
PS: I'm from Nigeria btw so u get d issues with fast internet

I watch Missing 9, Chief Kim, Voice, and Tomorrow With You in my weekly agenda. I love Chief Kim with all of his antics -even the way he walks. I know "Missing Nine" has some potholes, but I'm just curious how this show will end it, like how to bring down Tae Ho. That's all. "Voice" is OK for me although it's too brutal since the first episode. And, "Tomorrow with You", I can't believe Lee Je-Hoon can be so lovey-dovey. Oh, my heart can't take it.

I have several deadlines coming up this week. But, it's really hard to delay watching drama. The more I restrain, the more I want to watch them. Drama is my happy pills. Regardless of those deadlines, I also started watching "City Hally" (12/20) and "Tunnel."

Currently watching:

Tomorrow With You: I didn't like episode 1 but after that the drama appears to have found its footing and leads me to think it knows where it's going. So I trust it for now. But what to do about this constant pit in my stomach whenever I watch it?? Everything appears ominous. Also girlfriday- yes.

Hwarang: I just have this on when I'm doing chores/errands/assignments. The only good scenes are hen Yoseop's song comes on because it means something bromance-y is happening. Ah-ro's character is unbearable. And there is absolutely no substance in this drama. I'm just waiting for the last two episodes so I can see Jinheung take the throne.

Currently rewatching:

Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo: I know it's a little soon to be doing this twice- but the first time I wast fast-forwarding through so many scenes just to get to the cuteness between the two leads. Now that I'm watching it in its entirety- I'm totally head over heels for Bok Joo's character.

Oldies at the top of my wait list:

City Hunter
My Wife's Having an Affair This Week
Moonlight Drawn by Clouds

Not sure what to start... They're all so different!

Watching...

Hwarang: Curse you, writer, for writing a good beginning and getting me invested in the drama.

Chief Kim: my midweek dose of laughter, sunshine, and optimism

Tomorrow with You: so beautiful, it makes my heart ache and tears come to my eyes. So bummed about the ratings

Watching in passing because my mom is watching it:

Introverted Boss: are they trying to make WooIl sympathetic?

My Princess. SSH needs to do another rom com, maybe with established actresses like Kim Hee sun or choi Ji Woo.

Rebel: Best! Best! Best! Well, the intensity did die down after the kids are grown up and dad is slowly stepping into the sideline but gosh, what's gonna happen next week?

Introverted Boss: This week is so cute! It is kinda true that Boss suddenly became less shy...how did that happen? Oh wells, at least Hwan Ki is hella cute and the female lead is less annoying now.

Hwarang: You have gotten be kidding me! It's already episode 18 and there's only 2 more episodes to go? It feels like there's so many story that got nowhere. Everywhere, Ah-Ro gets captured somehow and now *this* happens, oh great.

Chief Kim: I haven't watched this week's episode yet...about to dive in...right now.

Missing 9: I'm still stuck on episode 4 lmao. Been busy.