OMG yess, I'm still not over that news of RJY and Hyeri dating! My heart is overjoyed! ?❤️

#TeamJungpal finally won. Now justice for #TeamChilbongie

#TeamJungpal forever! So happy!))

OMG Nam Joo Hyuk and Lee Sung Kyung broke up? :( http://www.koreaboo.com/news/lee-sung-kyung-nam-joo-hyuk-break/ Forever is non-existent ??

Oh my goodness YAYYYYY!!! It really does heal the wound in a way. RJY is my #1 celebrity crush but I'm not too jealous I'm
just happy he gets the girl! XD

I only learned about NJH and LSK dating a few weeks back, when someone here mentioned the “swag couple”, and I didn't know what that was. This was before I watched “Weightlifting Fairy…”. Now I’m reading that they broke up, and I wish them both the best in their careers, as for their personal lives it is none of my business.

I just wish that NJH, LSK and SSK will pick good future dramas, since I like all three as actors (after watching Weightlifting Fairy and BOH). I look forward to their future projects.

I dont find neither RJY nor Hyeri very attractive, I guess they do

WOW, what a news.
Yeay.... Team JungPal.
Finally it heals my broken heart.
I still remember the pain of the most phenomenal second lead syndrome.
Huhuhu...

TW and EH is probably the cutest couple this year! I just can't get over their adorableness ?

Kudos Tae Ran for being the most enthusiastic Tae Beanie! ??

I'd have to say Cheese in the Trap, Reply 1997 and Reply 1988! (I just realized that they're all slice-of-life dramas) ? CITT is the first drama which I found quite hard to move on. I particularly loved Hong Seol's character and she's now the heroine whom I identify with. With the Reply franchise, I loved all the character developments and how everyday life may seem mundane, but when you look at the bigger picture, they become so significant in your life.

I really treasure Full House with such warmth. Not really because the story made an impact on my life, but because it was my introduction to Kdrama land. And since then my life has been such a happy pill. Whatever bad thing happens, I now know I have a safe heaven to go to ?

Definitely Misaeng because I faced the same challenge as him being a contract employee. I also found a Chief Oh in some of my colleagues. Even though we worked in different fields, I can totally feel his agony and frustration

Misaeng - because I think there is a JGR in every intern,employee,contract worker. That show did change how I see work and colleagues.
Reply 88 - I just started it, Deok Seon's rant over being the middle child probably came from my life.
Dear My Friends -This show was so relatable that I stopped watching it after 6 episodes but whatever I saw changed my outlook of those around me.
CITT - It didn't really affect me but HS is so relatable to many girls. Very apt and thoughtfully written character.

yes, reply 1997 and 1998 indeed make me treasure my family and my friends more
i really want to have family and friend in reply series who open up to each other and still keep in touch since childhood until adult, i'm having difficulties for that since i'm not an extrovert person
Seven day queen is also give impact for me as i adore the heroine so much ,,i want to be like her hihi
and her faith and trust for prince is really inspire me for keeping faith with my promise to someone ??
there are many

Definitely Reply 1997 and 1988 and What happened to my family and Father is strange made me treasure my friends and family and my everyday moments with them. My favourite dramas are the ones that have a deep impact on me and actually made me a better person. Also I found Seol in the Cheese in the trap webtoon to be a character I found very relatable with her worries and anxieties. I love slice of life dramas for their ability to find the joy and beauty in everyday life. I need to watch more of them.

Coffee Prince and it's take on sex and sexuality. There are very few dramas that come even close.

Goblin for me. It's take on life and death struck a chord with me. There are a lot of quotable quotes in that drama but one of my faves is: “The ones left behind should live even harder. We might cry from time to time but we should smile a lot and cheer up. You are obligated to do that in return for the love you received”

Misaeng: at some points in my 10+ working years I was JGR.

R97:reinforced my love for family and friends

Autumn's Tale: 1st drama.as flawed as Won Bin's character was,he made an impact on my kdrama preferences,I think.I seem to gravitate towards the bad boys,always thinking they are redeemable

Reply 1988 definitely made me call my parents a lot more!

lol don't worry you're not the only one! At this rate, I might watch his other dramas just to see him and his lovely dimples!!!

You tell me, I changed my display picture because I can't get enough of him. ????

Still holding out hope that they are secretly dating and this is all a ploy by YG Entertainment to up the ratings for NJK's drama.

I only hope they remain friends as they were such good friends prior to dating...?

This news makes me unreasonably sad :( They were so cute together. Hope they can still be friends, and if it's meant to be they can get back together!

They were so adorable together! Their chemistry and obvious interest in each other in real life made Weightlifting Fairy so cute. So sad :(

I bet I'll die of all the swooning seeing those together in the same frame

Everyone will die of hotness and swooness.

Please just keep Kim SeJong as Kim Jung Hyun love interest and for Woo Do Hwan, someone pretty and talented.
Hahaha

Also, School 2017 is currently my happy pill, so I'm finding time for it despite the schedule and workload ?

tae-ho couple IRL ❤
yeon woojin and park min young ❤

Kim ji won + Park seo joon
Kim seul gi + Yoon do joon

Agree with you. Park Hyungsik and Park Boyoung; Kim Jiwon and Park Seojoon. ♥♥

yeon woo jin and park min young plsss!

I realized that through years of drama watching, you can't help but notice other factors about a drama like its OST. I have only watched super few dramas this year. Currently, it's a tie between Fight My Way's OST and School 2017!

Nooooo..... how could you ask me to choose, it's like asking who is my favorite child? Kekeke...

If I have to choose an OST from this year, it would be the second OST from Tomorrow With You, aptly titled Tomorrow With You by Kim Feel. Just so melancholic, my kind of music.

Special mention - 7 Day Queen OST's Dreaming by Fromm - another melancholic song that rips my heart apart

Saltnpaper's "Satellite" (Chicago Typewriter)! The song sounds soft at first but there's a surprise introduction of electronic guitar that really reflects the resilience and grit of the trio in the 1930s.

OSt from tomorrow with you and The liar and his lover

I can't choose ? But all OSTs from Rebel & Chicago Typewriter are my favourite this year. Don't ask me to choose between my babies ?

My favorite would be Chicago Typewriters's Satellite but I think that CT, Seven Day Queen and Forest of Secret have equally good ost's and instrumentals.

I've too many OSTs from 2017 dramas that I love. But if I have to choose one, I'd go for Duel's OST : Nightmare by Mad Soul Child. I've been listening to that song for everyday nowadays.

Can Goblin be counted as 2017? Because its premiere wasn't that long before year end, if I recall it right. My favorite OST of the year are:

1. Goblin: each song in this drama is simply legend. How can someone not recognize Never Far Away's guitar intro?
2. School 2017: clapping hand BGM is really captivating and also Gugudan's ending OST really fits the mood.
3. TLAHL: While I think the songs are rather weak for music-themed drama (Heartstring imo has it better), Joy and Crude Play boys makes them so easy listening.

But in the end, old drama's OSTs have special place inside me. Bogoshipda (Kim Beom Soo), Sincerely (Yoon Chang Gun), Emergency Room (Izi), From Beginning to the End (Ryu), My Memory (Ryu), all of Yiruma pieces, You and I are Fools (Stay), etc always bring sentimental value.

I watch drama beside my Mom and Grandma as kid. When I've grown up, I vaguely remember the drama plot, but the OST still lingers in my mind. Not only once or twice I was so frustated for suddenly humming familiar-notes-I-dont-remember-what-song. And I am tone deaf that I can't get people understand what song I'm on search. ?

Also, old songs resonate in me more because the singers are simply singing and there are no such things as synthesizer and autotune.

Sorry for the long rubbish oot.

Oh I cannot answer about this year's OST's since I've been terrible at watching anythign lately. BUT one of my altime favorites songs from an OST is Damdeaok's Main theme from The legend

Good question, @keiru! If we're talking this year so far, as much of a train wreck as the show was, I couldn't stop listening to the Introverted Boss OST for weeks. It worked really well within the show itself, and there honestly wasn't a single song that I didn't like. More recently, I've been loving the Suspicious Partner and Seven Day Queen OSTs - I alternate them to balance the upbeat and the melancholy!

So far, my favorite OSTs are from Chicago Typewriter and Forest of Secrets!

When it comes to Unlicensed sights, it's best if you download addblocker or some version of it to keep it from redirecting you. Some sites its fairly easy if you don't have addblocker, others are not.

I did this too - for the same reasons. I like to watch shows on my TV with the Roku. Kocowa couldn't do that, plus I heard the terrible reviews. Oh well, at least we have more access.

Read about this too.

I noted that if you have the standard Viki pass, you will also be able to access the Kocowa content, but after a 19-day period. I can live with that. I'd much rather use the Viki interface.

The only drag for me is that I won't be able to participate in recap discussions for those Kocowa exclusive shows due to the delay.

Btw, I wonder what all this will mean for DramaFever?

I'm glad there is a way to get Kocowa content as I watch K-dramas on my Roku, but man, a $50 increase a year for the upgrade is ridiculous IMO. I don't even pay that much for Netflix. The whole thing leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

The Kocowa app for both Android and computer pretty much suck. I signed up for the 30 day trial for Kocowa, but will probably cancel it and try the Viki premium pass. And I agree on the pirate sites - I have used them occasionally in the past when that was the only choice. But anymore even with adblockers etc., they are more trouble than they are worth - constant popups, redirects, low quality video.

Yeap I heard that too. I'm actually glad that Viki found a good way to survive by partnering with Kocowa. Not that I'm a fan of Kocowa sigh...the desktop and the app have been giving me problems lately. Also what is with the app and not letting you get screenshots? I had hoped they would get rid of that feature. It's WEIRD.

Anyways I guess it's still this strange 2017 fluctuation going on between Kdramas on Netflix, Kocowa, Viki and Dramafever.

what are the other chessy jdoramas that you have watched. The last one I checked out before I got too busy was, I think the english title is "From 5 to 9?"

Might want to have a change in my viewing sched, do you have any good jdorama recs?