WhiteLillyDragonfly's J/K drama

Some more information about the asian series I have seen

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Drama 55

Behind Your Touch Wanted to try something new and the trailer for this looked fun enough. I didn't quite know what to expect, and for sure I did not expect what I actually got! The thriller parts were a surprise (since I didn't read about it beforehand), but I liked how they actually pulled this through. You learn to love the cast pretty fast too. It was a fun run. Title: Behind Your Touch / Hiphage Director: Kim Seok-yoon and Choi Bo-yoon Watched language: Korean Genre: Comedy drama, fantasy, suspence thriller Network: JTBC Episodes: 16 Release year: 2023 Synopsis: The series is about a veterinarian with psychometric powers, and a hot-blooded detective who find themselves in the midst of a dangerous criminal investigation while solving minor crime cases in a small town in Mujin, Chungcheong Province.

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Drama 54

Memories of the Alhambra I wanted to watch this for a long time because I usually likes everything Park Shin-hye does. And this was no exception! It was a breath of fresh air. For me it was something new and I liked the storyline, the characters, the music and the whole thing really. Title: Memories of the Alhambra / Alhambeura gungjeonui chueok Director: Ahn Gil-ho Watched language: Korean Genre: Action, romance, sci-fi, thriller Network: tvN Episodes: 16 Release year: 2018 Synopsis: After receiving an email regarding a groundbreaking AR game about medieval battles in the Alhambra, Yoo Jin-woo (Hyun Bin), CEO of an investment company that specializes in optical devices, travels to Granada, Spain to meet the creator of the game, Jung Se-joo (Park Chan-yeol). However, Se-joo has gone missing and there, Jin-woo meets Se-joo's older sister, Jung Hee-joo (Park Shin-hye), who is the owner of the hostel he stays in and a former guitarist. Both get entangled in mysterious incidents, as the border between the real world and the AR world built by Se-joo begins to blur.

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Drama 53

Doona This was an okay show I guess. A classic romance story. Not the best, but by all means not the worst either. Not to long either, so that's a good thing! Title: Doo-na / Lee Doo-na! Director: Lee Jeong-hyo Watched language: Korean Genre: Romance Network: Netflix Episodes: 9 Release year: 2023 Synopsis: A college student, Won-jun, becomes roommates with Doo-na, a retired K-pop idol who leaves behind her glamorous days.

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Drama 52

Vincenzo This was a badass show! One day it popped up in my Netflix feed and I wanted to watch it immediately, mostly because of the main lead.. Since I like almost everything he does, and this was a good choice! The character gallery is an amazing collection of different people and the episodes have a good mix of serious and goofy moments. It never gets boring. And the closer the end comes, the more exciting the show gets as well! Title: Vincenzo Director: Kim Hee-won Watched language: Korean Genre: Crime drama, dark comedy, romance Network: tvN Episodes: 20 Relese year: 2021 Synopsis: Vincenzo Cassano, Korean-Italian mob lawyer and consigliere of the Cassano crime family, returns to his homeland to search for a place to stash the mob's assets and find further money-laundering business opportunities. However, with the corrupt Babel Corporate Group and its cronies dead-set on gentrifying any business opportunities, Vincenzo is forced to band with the locals of a small town in order to take the fight against the tyranny of Babel and secure the Cassano family's foothold--unwittingly becoming a warrior of justice in the process.

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Drama 51

Meteor Garden I saw the trailer for this, and since I loved the South-Korean version from 2009 (Boys over Flowers) I wanted to give it a try, even though there are 49 episodes! I enjoyed it, even though it was a little bit long, and there are bits I think could have been skipped, but hey. There are some differences from the version I like the most, still it is a good run. I like the actors and they bring in some fun moments and even though there are quite many people to keep track of, they all have their moments. Title: Meteor Garden / Liúxīng Huāyuán Director: Lin Helong Watched language: Chinese Genre: Romantic comedy Network: Hunan Televison / Netflix Episodes: 49 (on Netflix) Release year: 2018 Synopsis: The story centers around an ordinary girl, Dong Shancai, who is accepted into the most prestigious university in the country, Ming De University. Shancai is a girl from a family that barely makes ends meet. Due to the nature of her personality, she immediately clashes with F4, an elite clique composed of the four most popular boys in the institution, especially its spoiled, rich and arrogant leader - Daoming Si. Gradually, Daoming Si falls deeply in love with Shancai, only to realize that she is in love with one of his best friends, Huaze Lei. Eventually, the four boys begin to acknowledge Shancai's unyielding personality that is like her namesake: a weed that can never be brought down. Shancai begins to see the good in the boys, paving the way for friendships and an eventual romance. However, Daoming Si's mother strongly disapproves of Shancai due to her social status and family background, thus the former doing all things in order to break Shancai and Daoming Si's relationship.

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Drama 50

Mr. Sunshine This was a memorable one! I got halfway through and needed a couple of months off but because it went a little slow, but! When I started again it all went by so quickly. The buildup of the plotlines, the feeling of never really knowing what's next up. It was all quite exciting. I really liked the characters in this show as well . There are a lot of them, but still it wasn't to hard to keep track of everyone. And the music! The soundtracks and scores have been on repeat on Spotify since I first heard the intro, it's just a great soundtrack! I've never been a really big fan of historical drama, until now, but things can change I guess. And after the last episode, not only were my eyes dried up from crying...heh, but it's not often I just sit there and reflect on what I've just seen. That's a good thing! 10/10 wood recommend. It's a long one, but it's also a really good one. Kim Eun-sook is still going strong, and has become an even bigger favorite writer of mine. Title: Mr. Sunshine / Miseuteo Shunshain Director: Lee Eung-bok Watched language: Korean Genre: Historical, melodrama, romance Network: tvN Episodes: 24 Release year: 2018 Synopsis: Mr. Sunshine centres around Eugene Choi, who was born into slavery in Joseon. After escaping to the United States after the 1871 Shinmiyangyo, he becomes a Marine Corps officer. When he returns to Joseon for a mission, Eugene meets and falls in love with an aristocrat's granddaughter, Go Ae-shin, who is part of the Righteous Army. However, their love is challenged by their different classes and the presence of Kim Hui-seong, a nobleman who has been Ae-shin's betrothed since childhood. Eugene also encounters Goo Dong-mae, a ruthless samurai, and Kudo Hina, owner of the popular "Glory Hotel" where Eugene stays. At the same time, he discovers a plot by the Empire of Japan to colonize Korea and soon becomes embroiled in the fight for Joseon's sovereignty.

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Drama 49

Squid Game So.. I suppose this was a given. The most streamed thing on Netflix at the moment, and I started late as well (because my bf also wanted to see this). But we finally finished the whole thing in three sittings, and what a ride! It's grotesque in so many ways, and yet it's still so good! The thrill ride, the characters and their stories, and what they are willing to risk to try and get their lives back. Not to mention that it's all a sting to society. I can only hope for a second season, but we'll see. Title: Squid Game Director: Hwang Dong-hyuk Watched language: Korean Genre: Action, drama, survival, thriller Network: Netflix Episodes: 9 Release year: 2021 Synopsis: Seong Gi-hun, a divorced and indebted chauffeur, is invited to play a series of children's games for a chance at a large cash prize. Accepting the offer, he is taken to an unknown location where he finds himself among 455 other players who are also deeply in debt. The players are made to wear green tracksuits and are kept under watch at all times by masked guards in pink jumpsuits, with the games overseen by the Front Man, who wears a black mask and black uniform. The players soon discover that losing a game results in their death, with each death adding ₩100 million to the potential ₩45.6 billion grand prize. Gi-hun allies with other players, including his childhood friend Cho Sang-woo, to try to survive the physical and psychological twists of the games.

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Drama 48

So I Married an Anti-Fan  This was featured on the Viki start page, I watched the trailer and boom. Suddenly I was half way into the story! It’s quite a concept, and you kind of know what will happen, yet there are some twists and turns. I guess romantic comedies are one of my favorite kdrama genres as long as there’s more comedy than drama. I for sure liked this one.  Title: So I Married an Anti-Fan Director: Kang Cheol-woo Watched langauge: Korean Genre: Romantic comedy Network: Naver TV Episodes: 16 Release year: 2021  Synopsis:  Who-Joon is a top star. Geun-Young is a magazine reporter. For potential news material, Geun-Young decides to attend an opening ceremony for a club. There, she witnesses top star Who-Joon's violent behavior and she also vomits on him by accident. This leads to Geun-Young losing her job. Geun-Young believes Who-Joon was behind her firing and she decides to do something about it. Every day, Geun-Young demonstrates in front of Who-Joon's management office. She begins to receive media coverage on her demonstration and soon Geun-Young becomes famous as an anti-fan. A PD approaches Geun-Young about participating in a reality TV show. The concept for the show revolves around a top star and their anti-fan living together. Geun-Young is in financial difficulties and accepts the offer. Meanwhile, Who-Joon is offered the same reality TV show and he accepts to improve his image.Who-Joon and Geun-Young try to give each other a hard time on the TV program, but they become attracted to each other.

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Drama 47

Princess Jellyfish The only reason I started watching this was because I was asked to text this on Viki. I like to watch the projects I’m gonna work on to get the all over feeling of the show. With that said this is based on the manga with the same name, and the comedy bits resemble the manga and anime. It’s actually like watching a live action anime at times. The way the actors portray their characters as well as the different sound effects and musical themes and so on makes it quite silly, but it wouldn’t be the same feeling without it! It’s a fun watch and not too long either. Title: Princess Jellyfish / Kuragehime Director: Junichi Ishikawa, Kaede Kamiya Watched langauge: Japanese  Genre: Comedy, life, romance, youth Studio: Fuji TV  Episodes: 10 Release year: 2018 Synopsis: Amamizukan is an apartment complex where no boys are allowed. Kurashita Tsukimi, a girl who adores jellyfish, lives there happily with her friends who all have nerdy obsessions of their own. Their peaceful lives gradually start to change when a beautiful woman helps Tsukimi out of a pinch... but it turns out "she" is really a "he."

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Drama 46

Pinocchio  I’ve been wanting to watch this for a while, and since I just finished Romance is a Bonus Book, I figured why not watch another drama with Lee Jong-suk. I’ve watched quite a few dramas including Park Shin-hye, and they never disappoint me, but this one I liked very much. I was a little bit worried about the drama being 20 episodes long, because some dramas tend to drag things out, make the love story jump to many times back and forward and so on. Still they managed to make the story interesting until the very end, and also makes a few twists and turns along the way. To keep things interesting. The supporting cast is quite a lot of people, but the dynamics between friends and enemies are just so good!  Title: Pinocchio / Pinokio /  피노키오 Director: Jo Soo-won and Shin Seung-woo Watched langauge: Korean Genre: Comedy, drama, family, romance  Studio: SBS Episodes: 20 Release year: 2014 Synopsis:  A young boy, whose life and family has been destroyed by new media, gets adopted by a family in a rural area after being found lost at sea. He tries to conceal his past for everyone's sake for 13 years. But when the girl he loves enters the world of news reporting, the truth about his family pours out. However, the girl's mother (being a news reporter) seem to be the cause of the plight of his family. But in a world where hard facts rule, how far can you get by lying?

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Drama 45

Romance is a Bonus Book  This was a delightful binge watch for me. Korean romantic comedies are, I probably like them to much to call them guilty pleasures, but yeah, some of my favorite genres. A plot that’s not to complicated, a love story that’s quite predictable and a nice gallery of main characters and supporting characters. I’ve been smiling, laughing and enjoying this quite a lot, so I would recommend it if you want some lighthearted entertainment!  Title: Romance is a Bonus Book /  Romaenseuneun Byeolchaekburok Director: Lee Jeong-hyo Watched langauge: Korean Genre: Romantic comedy  Studio: tvN Episodes: 16 Release year: 2019 Synopsis: After Kang Dan-i's marriage falls apart, she decides to rejoin the workforce to provide for her daughter. But the job market has become even more cutthroat in her absence, and nobody will take her on. So when a high-school-grad-only temp job opens at Gyeoroo, the book publishing company where her childhood friend Cha Heun-ho is the youngest editor-in-chief, she pretends to have less experience than she actually does just to get her foot in the door.At Gyeoroo, Kang Dan-i flourishes, rekindling her childhood love for books, and drawing inspiration from her coworkers' passion for their jobs. Her new job also gives her and childhood friend Cha Heun-ho the opportunity to grow closer, and perhaps explore what else they could be to one another. And slowly it dawns on her that he may be more than just a dongsaeng (little brother) to her after all.

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Drama 44

Diary of a Prosecutor I saw this a while ago in the Viki catalogue, recognized some of the actors and decided to give it a go. The show has quite a slow start, but as you pass the 4th episode you find it okay. There’s a lot of work, a lot of beer, aspects of work ethics as well as rivalry and friendships. And of course more beer. There’s also a nice amount of comedy and funny moments in between the seriousness, just the way I like it. Title: Diary of a Prosecutor / War of Prosecutors / Geomsanaejeon Director:  Lee Tae-gon Watched langauge: Korean Genre: Drama, law, life Studio: JTBC Episodes: 16 Release year: 2019 Synopsis: The stories of overworked prosecutors’ daily lives in Seoul. A drama depicting the mundane daily routine of overworked prosecutors staying up all night to tackle all the different cases handed over by the police. Lee Sun Woong works at the Public Prosecutor’s Office in his local district. On the outside, he looks a bit slow and like he has no ambitions in life, but his inner self is different from what he appears on the outside. Cha Myung Joo is an elite prosecutor, who was rising on the ladder of success at the Central District Prosecutor’s Office before being sent to a branch office

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Drama 43

Love Alarm Netflix is on a roll and there are quite a lot av k-dramas appearing these days. So when I saw the trailer of this, I quite liked the concept, about the app. The plot around the app is about the usual teenage romance stuff, so two friends and one girl, who will get her in the end. It’s not a breaking new plot or anything, but I’m a sucker for romance series. The thing I don’t like about this is the way they made this, the fact that they made this into two seasons. This show is only the first eight episodes, and ends on a major cliffhanger. I don’t mind the cliffhanger, they always comes up around halfway through a kdrama. But the fact that Netflix made an 16 episodes long kdrama into two seasons bothers me (probably more than it had to). Because that’s what I like about the kdramas in general; one season, usually around 16 episodes, and the they’re done. For good. Title: Love Alarm / Joahamyun Woolrineun Director: Lee Na-Jeong Language: Korean Genre: Romance, teen Episodes: 8 Distributor: Netflix / CJ E&M Release year: 2019 Synopsis: Cellphone app Joalarm is created. If someone likes you and they are within 10 meters of you, the alarm for the app rings. The app also shows how many people like you, but the app doesn't reveal specific details on who likes you.Kim Jo-Jo is a high school student. She is pretty and smart. She seems like cheerful person, but her parents died when she was young. Since the death of her parents, Kim Jo-Jo has lived with aunt's family. Living there is not easy for Kim Jo-Jo. She doesn't download the app Joalarm. Meanwhile, Hwang Sun-Oh is a popular male student at the same high school where Kim Jo-Jo attends. He is the son of a wealthy family, but he is not loved by his parents. His best friend Lee Hye-Young also attends the same high school. Hwang Sun-Oh notices that his best friend Lee Hye-Young likes Kim Jo-Jo. Hwang Sun-Oh wants to know if his friend really likes her, so he kisses her.

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Drama 42

The King: Eternal Monarch I heard someone mention this show early in the year, but at the time it hadn’t been launched on the Norwegian Netflix. I then saw that Lee Min-ho was the main actor and one of my favorite directors were, you know, directing it, so the waiting game began. Luckily it didn’t take long, and a few days after launch I were also done watching it. I haven’t watched a lot of (light) fantasy series, but I liked this one. The right amount of fantasy and romance bundled together between two worlds. Also found some “new” great actors I’m going to keep following as well. Another enjoyable show checked off the list.  Title: The King: Eternal Monarch / Deo King: Yeongwonui Gunju  Director: Baek Sang-Hoon  Language: Korean  Genre: Fantasy, romance Episodes: 16  Distributor: SBS and Netflix Release year: 2020 Synopsis:  Lee Gon, a modern-day Emperor of the Kingdom of Corea, attempts to cross the barrier into an alternate reality where the Republic of Korea exists in the Kingdom's stead. He comes across detective Jung Tae-eul, whom he recognizes from an identity card he obtained during the turning-point of his childhood, his father's assassination

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Drama 41

Just You  This is the first Chinese speaking drama I’ve seen, and as soon as I got used to the language I ended up really liking it. It’s a nice comedy and the characters are likeable, at least after you get to know them. The biggest downside was the length of the episodes. 21 episodes is fine, but did they really have to be 90 minutes each (as I watched the original release)? I’m used to 45-60 minutes long episodes. And this was episodes with the full length of a movie - every time. I also found the storyline a bit dragged out as well, but hey, it’s supposed to be dramatic, right? In the end I ended up getting all the songs burned into my memory as well, so I won’t get rid of them in a while. They are quite catchy after all. Title: Just You / Chiu Shih Yao Ni Ai Shang Wo Director: Ker Choon Hooi Country: Taiwan Genre: Comedy, romance Episodes: 21  Distributor: SETTV Release year: 2013  Synopsis:  Qi Yi is a boss from hell. He is worst than a control freaking dictator. He is the saboteur of office romances. Cheng Liang Liang was tasked by her coworkers to break down the boss' defense and have him lift the anti-office-romance rule.

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Drama 40

What’s Wrong With Secretary Kim? I was really in the mood for some romantic comedies last time as well. I started this a few months ago, but stopped with four episodes left.. classic me move. Finally finished it today, and yeah, it’s okay. The drama part is a little bit too much for me, but the comedy bits are nice. Some parts later on are quite cringe worthy, but it wouldn’t be a kdrama if not! It’s for sure entertaining with all the different personalities within one office.  Title: What’s Wrong With Secretary Kim? / Kimbiseoga wae geureolkka Director: Park Joon-Hwa  Languange: Korean  Genre: Comedy, drama, romance Episodes: 16  Distributor: tvN Release year: 2018 Synopsis:  Lee Young-Joon's family runs a large company and he works as the vice-president of the company. He is smart, rich and handsome, but he is arrogant. His secretary is Kim Mi-So. She has worked for him for nine years and she is perfect for him, but Kim Mi-So decides to quit her job.

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Drama 39

Cinderella and the Four Knights With our new apple TV I can finally watch Viki (even easier) on the TV, and the first drama coming forth in the comedy section was this. So I just thought, why not. I’m a sucker for romantic comedies and what I liked about this was the fact that the level of cheesyness was kept to a minimun (in my opinion). As minimum as it can be when it being a romantic comedy involving one main girl and three guys. It’s a classic love story and the plot thickens when the different feelings hit each and every one of the characters. Theres also the predictable familiy matters etc etc. Nevertheless I liked it, since it’s been a while since I watched something like this.  Title: Cinderella and the Four Knights / Cinderella Ne Myungui Gisa Director: Kwon Hyuk-Chan Language: Korean Genre: Comedy, romance Episodes: 16  Distributor: tvN Release year: 2016 Synopsis: Eun Ha Won (Park So-dam) is a bright college student who dreams of becoming a teacher. Unfortunately, she loses her mother in a tragic accident, moves in with a cruel stepmother, and has no money for her education. One day, she helps an old man and as fate would have it she moves into a gorgeous mansion with three equally gorgeous men, who also happen to be billionaire cousins and heirs to the Kang family fortune. Between the rebel-minded loner Kang Ji Woon (Jung Il-woo), playboy money machine Kang Hyun Min (Ahn Jae-hyun) and the super-sweet singer Kang Seo Woo (Lee Jung-shin), Eun Ha Won finds herself in the middle of the hottest love quadrangle to ever befall a modern fairy tale princess.