5 more k-drama reviews of shows I’ve watched. I included the summaries, via MyDramaList, of each show as well.
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Vampire Flower
5/10
An innocent romance between an adolescent vampire named Luis who wants to find the 'vampire flower' with the help of a human girl he’s fallen for, Soo Young.
6 episodes, 10 minutes each
Basically a movie – available on youtube (or was a few months ago)
Um?
The romance is kind of blah and sudden and I didn’t feel it
Luis’ buddy vampires are great and I would’ve loved a whole series about their adventures in food and being domestic
The vampires live in oil paintings of giant castles and this pleases me
Reika plays both sides of the court, sort of, maybe, triple agent? Who knows? Only Reika.
The final fight was pretty good
The ‘vampire flower’ bit was pretty minor, actually, and I wish we’d been given more info about it.
Kind of forgettable, honestly
Never Die (She’s 200 Years Old)
6/10
200-year-old Min Se Yeon has managed to conceal her immortality, up until she meets Lee Jung Hoon, a social worker she saves from a traffic accident. Despite her wizened age, Se Yeon is fresh, beautiful and forever in her prime, but with immortality comes a price. Can Se Yeon and Jung Hoon defy time in the name of romance?
5 episodes, ~10 minutes each
The acting was good, the romance seemed sudden
Probably would’ve been better as a longer series
The happier Se Yeon gets, the more she ages
Good message about loving someone despite their looks
Bless Jung Hoon. He tries so hard.
To Be Continued
7/10
This web drama is a teen fantasy romance that tells the story of a male idol group that suddenly slips back in time just one day ahead of their debut stage.
Stars the members of the band ASTRO as themselves, playing the band ASTRO, sent back in time to the days when they were first forming their band
12 episodes, ~15 minutes each
Good music, good dancing, good performances
Cute story
Gotta stop the timeline from getting messed up, but the boys are absolutely terrible at it and keep losing members along the way.
The ‘why’ on getting sent to the past is never really properly explained, nor the how.
I really liked the boys in the show, but I’m not sure how to feel about that since I don’t know if they’re anything like this in real life and they’re meant to be playing themselves?
Is this what their school lives were really like? (you know, minus time travel)
I saw a theory that Ae Rin doesn’t actually exist and I don’t know what to do with myself anymore
Coffee Prince
9/10
A tomboy is mistaken for a young man, but maintains the deception for the sake of employment. The situation is complicated when her male boss begins to develop feelings for this "boy".
There is Gay Panic, but I (someone who has never suffered such a thing) felt they handled it pretty well? Like, no one else is against it or anything, and there’s no loud, public, or violent reaction to anything that might be considered ‘too gay’ or whatever. But our Main Dude does go through some serious angst dealing with his attraction to Eun Chan, he just does it internally and alone.
Both before, during, and after this sexual identity searching, Eun Chan and Han Gyul are ridiculously perfect together. Every interaction is worth watching.
There’s a contrast between young, new love and more mature, old love in the show that I liked
I thought Ha Rim was going to be some form of lgbt, and honestly I think him and Min Yeop would’ve been a wonderful couple, and better than what they got.
Eun Chan’s family kind of sucks
Han Gyul’s family is kind of awesome
These are the adventures of a weird mishmash coffee-and-waffles found-family
Min Yeop is the strongest character in the show but trust me, you’ll want to protect him
Actually, scratch that, I want to protect all of them.
Yoon Eun Hye actually looks like a dude. Definitely a more feminine dude, but at no point did I look at her and wonder why the cast couldn’t tell she was a girl. My sister looked at the cast and didn’t know there was a girl among the pictures until I pointed her out.
She doesn’t become prettier as she falls in love. She stays just as tomboy as ever. I approve.
It’s just good fun!
Tomorrow’s Cantabile
4/10
Cha Yoo Jin is a third year student in a school of music majoring in piano and dreaming of becoming a world renowned conductor. He seems to be perfect with his good looks, natural born musical talent, and his father, who is a world renowned pianist. He is unable to travel to Europe due to a childhood trauma which gave him a fear of flying. Meanwhile, Seol Nae Il (meaning: Seol Tomorrow) is a free spirited and 4-dimensional character who is also a genius pianist. Due to her unpredictable personality, she causes all kinds of trouble, but when it comes to piano, she boasts exceptional talent. She constantly annoys perfectionist Cha Yoo Jin with her unique mental world, but her lovely charms make her irresistible. ~~ Adapted from the Japanese manga ‘Nodame Cantabile‘ by Tomoko Ninomiya.
I only got through 4 episodes before I dropped it
I found Seol Nae Il annoyingly obsessive about her neighbor for no logical reason
I felt no connection with Yoo Jin, so I didn’t care what happened to him at all
The side characters were decent and I kind of wanted to know more about them?
There’s a Japanese version and a manga, so idk, maybe ask someone who managed to finish the show whether it’s good or not
