I loooove your mutant baby. Dr. Strange and Romantic Doctor Teacher Kim with a touch of Pinocchio. That toast scene is still one of the best fantasy sequences ever thought up (by her father no less).

@saya I can't believe you succeeded in beautifully summarizing myself - I sleep a lot, a perfectionist (hence I take forever to finish my job - or worse, I might actually bail out and that particular job becomes my biggest nightmare) and a hangry type as well (this I got from my daddy). Pleased to know you :) Oh and I might try Sassy Go Go one of these days...

Omg the mutant baby killed me! :D

It's wrong to play favorite, but you're my favorite.

I want my drama to make me emotional too, added points if I'm emotional for all the right reasons rather than this show is so stupid I want to hulk smash my laptop. I would watch any genre if there's an actor I like, the story sounds good, or Kim Eun-sook writing.

Although someone did once tell me, “Take care of your health.”

Hahahahaha! Still waiting for your book, Saya.

Lovely to meet you, Saya! I was not part of the sassy go go fandom, but I watched it later and read all the recaps. I still remember your words about ji soo's character from the last recap about his gummy bear confession. It was something along the lines of "he does not make her feel bad for not returning his feelings and that he thanked her choosing to cherish his capacity for those feelings instead of the object says everything about him". Those words affected me, they were awesome! <3

There are two things I love about your recaps:
1. How you watch and analyze shows with obvious intelligence, rationality and perceptiveness. (I bet you aced the reading comprehension / literary analysis tests even if you're a science person)

2. Your writing and recapping style. Clear, concise, smart, thorough, and with personality and perceptible love for the shows.

In faulty nonmath, 1. + 2. <3 Saranghae.

It's not hard to tell that you are a perfectionist from your recaps! How many times do you read it before you post it?
Take care of your health <3.

Next person accusing me of being a shameless procrastinator I can very well arm myself with the rational of merely being an obsessive perfectionist.

Thank you for being my kindred spirit.

Oh my god. The Mysterious Cities of Gold! I remember that show and used to watch it all the time! In my head though I get it mixed up with Spartacus and the Sun Beneath the Sea. I think one came on right after the other on Nickelodeon when I was a kid.

Who doesn’t want a puppy at home to challenge you with the game of Go while you are bored, entertain you with beautiful cello playing, but would not hesitate to murder you with all his cuteness?

Let me be your accomplice in the Bo-gum kidnapping! Je-bal!

@Saya can I team-up with you on that mission to kidnap PBG? I reckon he has no problem with being kidnapped and would happily offer us a drink :)
Meanwhile, I'll be patiently waiting for your recap comeback <3

Saya is "Me" in Bahasa Indonesia, like "저" in Korean.

So do we have to fight over Kim Seul-gi or can we just write up a complicated chart of shared custody?

'Saya' also means 'I' in Indonesian.

Such great idea to assemble doctors (from the drama) in your mutant baby. But little dissappointed... Where's Park Shi on from Good Doctor? He can have personality transplant, be a hero and NOT falling for blank and glassy heroine.

Hi Saya! Nice to know more about you. Your mutant baby drama is hilarious.

Saya [sä-yä] means happy, fun in Filipino.

OMG, your mutant baby... HAHAHAHAHA, I love it! And Fruits Basket! Horrors are mystifying to me; why pay to be scared? The same follows for cry-fest movies, etc. Nice to meet you, Saya!

Oh man I LOVE Fruits Basket manga!! It really deserves an anime remake. The art gets so much better and the story line gets so deep compared to the anime.

I look forward to know you the most since you've recapped a lot of my fav shows. Nice to meet you!

Sassy Go Go fistbump! That was such a fun show to recap, and yes, when the fans take the reins and run with it, it just makes the recapping that much more amazing.

#CrinklesandGrumptopus4Lyfe

Hi Saya! I've been your fan since before you were a minion-- I used to really enjoy your comments in the OT (both for what you said, as well as what they said about you as a person whom I grew to respect), and I was chuffed when I saw that you were chosen as a minion. I can't say that I have a favorite recapper (I love various recappers for different reasons), but I can say that I find your recaps to be the most exquisitely delicious. I just marvel at your way with words! (And now I'm keen to find your podcast... )

I know all too well the challenges that come with being an obsessive perfectionist, but if you "pretty much always look like an overexcited happy idiot", it sounds like you're not letting your inner critic tamp down your enthusiasm too much-- good on you!

Thanks for all the yummy recaps you've contributed so far-- I look forward to relishing many more. We're lucky to have you!

Saya in Filipino also means Happiness.

I just love how sharp and analytical you are in your recaps, love how it always feel like you have a solid understanding and spot-on intuition on what the dramas want to achieve with its viewers. You have a way to convey what I didn't even know I felt about an episode or a drama in the most eloquent and in-depth way. I feel like its Christmas every time you recap a drama I'm watching because I know the recaps would be 130% satisfying and fulfilling to read then.

I KNEW your avatar was Shigure from Fruits Basket. I would recognize that hair and goofy smile anywhere, I just needed confirmation :). I honestly thought Saya was your real name.

I also love Lee Bo Young's character in "I hear your voice" I still remember the part in which the judge told her that her skirt was on backwards and she just turned it around in front of him like nothing XD.

by the way, saya means I in malay.

I really shouldn't be playing favourites on DB but as I have already said it many times in various threads, I don't mind repeating it here:

@saya I love love love your writing style! I read your recaps even if I am not watching a show and I have sometimes watched a show just because you were singing high praises of it! My personal favourites are 38 Task Force, Sassy Go Go and Jealousy Incarnate.

Also, still waiting for that book you promised us during 38 Task Force times! :P

I am loving the mutant baby drama question the most! It brings up such awesomely weird stories! I can see Romantic Doc(favorite), Dr. Stranger(hated) with heavy doses of Pinocchio (2nd favourite?) and Warm & Cozy (2nd hated?)... Also, this proves it- with every new post, Minions are starting to cheat in this question! :P

The mutant dramas of DB staff, can't get enough of it. It cracks me up; EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. XD

Hi-5 for mentioning You're Beautiful and Lee Bo Young in I Hear Your Voice. I started taking notice of you as a recapper after last year's Year-end Reviews, when you said everything I wanted to say about Moonlight; and especially DOTS, since it's a show that many didn't appreciate. I felt like our tastes matched and paid attention to you from then on. :)

Saya means 'me' in my language :D @saya

I got introduced to my girl Chae Soo Bin through your recaps of Sassy Go Go. Nice to meet you! Ironically, I thought she shined the most in that drama. I liked MDBC and Rebel, but she was sadly underutilized in both.

Thanks for sharing, Saya! So nice to more a bit more about you!

The drama moment and the "take care of your health" question ..... I can't help but me amused at how this question has taken on a life of its own for us Beanies.

Thanks for all your recaps!

Super love your recaps, they're so smartly written by Smartest Saya, I feel smarter just by reading them. lmao. The reason you're my favorite recapper is because you always manage to pick out and highlight in the best smartest way possible the part of a show/character/relationship that makes it special.

I already knew you liked SIG from the PU38 recaps... and now, with your love for PBG, you just made my day. Great taste.
The two of them are my fav forever puppies. I luff them so much, I even finished Cantabile because of my love for PBG.
Tho I've been cheating on them a bit too. NJH with WFKBJ, PHS with SWDBS, and LHW with TLAHL, and Gong Myung are my new minion puppies to ultimate puppies-in-chief PBG and SIG.
YSY and YJG are also creeping up as sub-minions. I think I have a thing for thin faces puppies. :P

Nice to meet you! I always say to myself that my favorite dramas aren't always recapped by you, but my favorite recaps are always written by you. Always without fail.

And finally, another like me with sloth!! I'm so affected by it I don't understand how it's not everyone else's ultimate deadly sin. It's amazing to me how other manages to escape this one, it's an inseparable part of my lifestyle, unfortunately. Now, with you also suffering from it, I can feel less guilty about having it. :)

Hi Saya,
I began writing to you at work but got called away and realize only now that I never posted what I wrote. I was saying that I recall how you responded to my question in an OT, on where Fanderay had gone. You suggested that I post on her review post, which I did, but she never did reply. I liked that her reviews were different, from an artist's perspective, and of course that they were accompanied by her interesting art work.

I'm similar to you in that "I need a show to have a gripping emotional core (feels are everything to me), driven by reasonable internal logic. ... the more basic elements that keep me watching: subversive plots, complex characters, heartfelt relationships—and a willingness to linger just a little (but not too long!) over the moments." ? So true, but I'm a bit more choosy about which shows I watch.

I found it cute how you hate to choose or to narrow down to a selection. It must be hard to eschew many shows!!! And I was howling (with amusement) over your mutant baby and the extended version in fanfic. You should totally expand it to a full serial, and see how far you can milk all the medical dramas for their weird or wonderful doctor characters. ?

I look forward to keep reading ya! Take care! ?

I'm amazed that your sisters can pinpoint a kdrama that will start your addiction. Mine won't even watch my recommended shows! Nice to know a bit more about you, Saya. :D

Does this post have a "Awesome" button? @saya You're awesome! Super cool!

Hello Saya! I always love your recaps and your new-year reviews are my favorites all the time.
You had me with fruits basket but then you bring up Les misterieuses cités d'or and that's it... We're soulmates and I Love you! ❤️

omg this is the funniest baby mutant drama :D am dead literally

I love your spotlight edition Saya! I could feel the joy and excitement coming out of your answers ?? I'm looking forward to reading your recaps soon

I really love Lee Bo-young as lawyer Jang. She was really a badass.

Hi @Saya, i am so grateful that i finally met you. You know being a perfectionist isn't bad, and i'd really like it if someone did it to me.

It's nice to meet you.

Hi Saya, I'm a little late on this. But had to comment because I really really love your commentaries! I particularly remember the recaps you did for 38 task force. I was a big fan of the show and I loved reading your comments at the end of each recap. Very nice getting to know you! Thank you ?

My moment of Saya is the last 4 or so recaps of 38 Police Unit which started pretty much with the same words and she didnt even realize she was repeating herself.
and is it strange that I really want to hear someone tell me "Take care of your health?" I think I have an obsession of psychos. I am so drawn to them, maybe cause I am one. did you instinctively look at the ring finger of the person who said it?

@saya! I am reading this very belatedly bc I too am a teacher and the end of the school year absorbed all my time and energy. Girl, I connect to the thangs you dished out! My username reflects my love of Fruits Basket and I always was excited spotting your Shigure icon! I too am a slothy, obsessive perfectionist who takes forever to get things done (I've taken hours on professional e-mails, it's a problem!) And I am now putting Mysterious Cities of Gold on my to-watch list! Fun reading about you! :D