I watched Mama Fairy and The Woodcutter. The drama is… watchable, but with the current plot material, I don’t see they have anything for more than 8 (30 minutes) episodes.

We already know the end game, she’s going to end up with the professor, so what else is there to drag to 32 episodes? God forbid, please don’t drag the “I don’t remember – I’ll make you remember plot” for 32 episodes.

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    Sometimes I wish kdrama try adopting 8/10 episodes drama like jdorama tbh. Tighter plot since we had less time for filter and derailing subplot.

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      I like the 8-10 episodes format for jdrama too, because some kdramas feels unnecessarily long with 16-20 1-hour episodes. However, the only thing I don’t like about jdrama is the “a problem per episode format”. Jdramas tend to have a new unrelated conflict in each episode, which starts and get resolved within the same episode. Kinda like Monster of The Week format, minus the monster. They repeat this pattern up to the last 2 episodes, when it feels like the writer suddenly realized that the drama is ending and they need to throw in a bigger and haphazardly concocted climax to end the series.

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        Yup. They really like that format dont they. Jdrama feels like it needs to have closure for each episode while kdrama tends to pile on the conflicts for maximum impact 😂😂😂

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    I hope you will enjoy and find the bestest reason to keep watching this drama.

    I dropped (temporarily) The Guest at ep. 1 because it was freaking scary (to my standard of scariness 😂😂😭) but I dont know why I dropped MF&TW before i even finished going through ep. 1. I picked up TG from where i left off once i gather enough guts 😂 but i dont know about MF&TW (i have a long history of dropping many what people said as greatest series and i dropped Secretary Kim three episodes before the ending just because i couldnt stand the overly lovey dovey because i came for the comedy 😝)

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      I tend to abandon dramas halfway too after the romantic relationship is established between the leads. Like you, I also came for the comedy as well as the thrill of the chase (and the hijinks when the leads butt heads), so my excitement level immediately drop once the leads start dating or being lovey-dovey. This is why I have such long list of uncompleted dramas, including Goblin, Oh Hae Young and Moonlight Drawn By Clouds.

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        Omg we are so alike! *i finished Goblin but never watched the final ep of MDBC 😂😭

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      Same I believe Korean rom coms have become a little lackluster. They are good when there is good enough comedy but lose their charm once the couple is together. Like currently, I do like Feel Good to die but I already know that I might be dropping it soon if it loses out on its comedy. That is also one reason I think Weightlifting fairy and Jealousy Incarnate were perhaps the last better rom coms because they stayed consistent in the comedy department.

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        Ikr but what ticked me off while watching this Fairy granny was her comment about the dude’s toilet habit (the granny listening outside the toilet while preparing the coffee?) which reminded her of her missing husband but (please i apologize for being too naive) i think a tale of weird habbit should stay inside their bedroom.

        (fyi this year the only kdramas i watched till the end were Prison Playbook, Life, Mr Sunshine, Waikiki, Ghost Detective and Player – well except for Waikiki, all are non romcoms but then Waikiki is a very exceptional romcom which i think putting it under the romcom genre only disgracing such a good drama – oh i even couldnt bring myself to watch the last episode of Hwayugi)

        Now im about to start with Feel Good To Die; i hope i can bear with it till the end 🙏😂

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      Healer, Heirs, Legends of Blue Sea, Secretary Kim, Beauty Inside, Million Stars, Fox Bride…. among those popular dramas that I drop mercilessly 😅😅😅
      Some because I was watching it due to rave review and it didnt catch my attention. But mostly because I feels cheated, the drama is different from the original plot advertised…

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