2021 Drama wrapup
Time for the yearly tumblr post :)
19 c/tdramas 6 kdramas (should finish hospital playlist s2 this week) 7 jdramas (2 waiting for subs) 6 Movies/specials (4 Japanese, 1 Korean, 1 Taiwanese)
So many dropped, too many to count (see the 19 that made it into my list of MDL before getting dropped/placed on hold)
I had written this whole rant about how I've basically quit kdramas because I just want a romcom that I don't find offensive or boring and then Our Beloved Summer started airing. I'm currently on episode 6 and enjoying it so hopefully it'll save Kdramas for me this year. Otherwise I'll only have watched 2 that aired in 2021, Run On and Imitation (and Run On technically started in 2020).
I think this is the year with the least genre variation in my life. Starting with February where I started reaching for Goong and Hana Kimi and reaching all the way to December I've only been able stomach romcoms and family dramas, anything else I basically dropped before the end of episode one. This resulted in me focusing on Chinese dramas because they kept feeding me with cute novel adaptions haha
There have been multiple stand out dramas for me this year though!
On the Chinese drama side, Moonlight, Love Scenery and Make A Wish had me addicted enough to pay for an IQIYI membership and I LOVED The Day of Becoming You enough for me to rewatch less than 5 months later. Falling into your Smile, Forever and Ever and DT: Appledog's time were all based off of novels I really enjoyed and although each of the dramas had their faults I loved seeing the stories come to life and seeing more fans come to the novels. I'm also really looking forward to finishing Delicious Romance. I hope the quality holds for the rest of the show!
On the Japanese drama side, I think my favorites were Horimiya and Kikazaru Koi niwa Riyuu ga Atte. Horimiya really hit me hard one night and Kikazaru Koi niwa Riyuu ga Atte had some really inspiring points.
On the Korean side, there's not much to talk about :( As a fan of the Imitation webtoon I didn't like the plot changes but the music was really good and I loved (some of) the cast!
The obvious winner across all of the specials/movies I watched was An no Ririkku: Sakuragi An Haiku Hajimetemimashita. It was just SO CHARMING. I've totally fallen in love with Hirose Suzu and Miyazawa Hio.
Full list in keep reading below
