Park Seo Joon and Go Ara pairing in "Hwarang" is so meh.

Yoo Seung Ho and Park Min Young in Remember: War of the Son

Lee Jong-suk & Jin Se-yeon in Dr Stranger? I didn't even finished this drama but I know that SLS was strong on this one.

Manhole probably the next one, but I stopped watching after few epi. Based on what I watched I shipped male lead with second female lead.

and a case where chemistry exists, but story-wise it is so wrong for them to end up together?

Jaejoong and UEE in Manhole: No chemistry at all. I don't even understand their characters' love storyline.

Park So Dam and Jung Il Woo in C&4K. I don't why, but I felt so off looking at them together. Both are good actors, but I guess no chemistry.

Sung Joon and UEE in High Society. Their love storyline should be intense, but I don't feel it at all.

Dr. Jin Song Seung Hoon & Park Min Young ... dryland
School 2015 Kim So Hyun & Nam Joo Hyuk

And sorry if I offend anyone, this is not personal attack
Heirs Park Shin Hye & Lee Min Ho
(tbh, I ship Kim Woo Bin & Kim Ji Won, they are such a wrong hot turn for step sibling story haha)

Lucky Romance I don't know if the leads had no chemistry or if the writing was just---gah--bad. But, I remember watching the final episodes and there is a time jump and fingers crossed hoping that when the leads bumped into each other the male lead would be happily married to someone else. And the female lead would be sitting there...sad and alone.
This is before I learned how to drop a bad drama.

Oh I have 2 where I despised the OTP and really wish the dramas cut the romance from the show.

k2 Ji Chang-Wook and Yoona -- This would have been in my top dramas if the romance wasn't there. So jarring no, chemistry and totally unneeded.

Gaksital Joo Won and Jin Se-Yun -- There was absolutely no chemistry between her and either of the male leads. Gaksital is my favorite kdrama but it would have been perfect without her character, or a better actress.

marbling, as in oil on water? it is easy to do, but difficult to have it turn out the way you imagine.

school 2015 for sure

Lee Minho and Park Shinhye in The Heirs. There was no chemistry and I feel that her character was better off far away from the toxic chaebol world in the end.

You have a new subsciber! Love podcasts, love K-drama!

I just listened to the one about Manhole and started the one about Weightlifting Fairy. It's really fun to hear you all ramble about dramas ?

I had been searching for more kdrama podcasts so yay to this! <3 subscribed :D

I'm feeling the same way. I have never watched a long kdramas because there were so many other kdramas on my plate. with the drought, I started Father is Strange (50 eps) and boy am I glad I did! I am waiting for Temperature of Love, it looks really good.

I'm kind of in one...such an inopportune time. I have nothing but time on my hands so, I'm ready to watch and there's nothing appealing. I just finished watching Love in Tokyo which is a few years old. But I had just realized that it was an adaptation of Itazura na kiss that I hadn't seen yet. Thats a tried and true way for me to get out of slumps.
The only currently airing drama that I'm watching is Strongest Deliveryman I was watching Save Me and I just moved into a new state and...it was a bit too close to home! Once the dust settles I'll try again :) And I keep forgetting Reunited Worlds exists.

Father is Strange is love! Enjoy it, guys!

Same here chingu! This past year, I had the horror of dropping a ton of dramas (which I had never done because im a loyal pup ) and after School 2017, I'm only watching Age of youth. I tried watching 50 ep drama but I got too frustrated on how horrid and annoying some of the characters are (*throws side eye at The Man Who Sets The Table). I thought i could just skip past some of the scenes but ughhh

But I hope you'll find a drama that will destroy that drought of yours ! I know I'll keep digging to find mine :)

I hope we can all be free of the drama drought soon! I haven't been interested/ watched anything since strong woman do bong soon ended, I tried watching suspicious partners but I ended up dropping it. I'm looking forward to the newer shows coming up!

Yeah, me too, i mean, after awesome dramas like Circle and Tunnel, Look Out, Chicago typewriter, and now, i have nothing, Reunited Worlds end next week and all the new ones, i hope Andante with Kai and The Package with Yonghwa, maybe While you were sleeping, i need to fill that hole...

OST.. Chicago typewriter and Goblin are a masterpiece, The Best Hit and Fight my way are cool, and KPOP ! your brother doesnt know what that is coming for him.

I wasn't an EXO fan but my sister is (she's actually just a Chanyeol trash) and she made me watch their Knowing Bros episode and now I'm in love with Kyung-soo and have been slowly trying to watch everything he's in. Loved him in that and how he was always teased and therefore MORE SCREENTIME. Haha!

Eeeeeeeee, I adore DO! I think he's adorable; then that deep, beautiful speaking voice comes out, and I'm done for. Gosh, what's that say about my tastes? ? Thanks for mentioning EXO, I'm not bothered in a bad way! A look into SM's workings and selection process would be interesting. Now that It's Dangerous Beyond the Blankets has ended, I want to binge watch it.

Ack, when will Netflix PH catch up? I've been waiting for Strong Woman Do Bong-soon there because I feel like they have most of jtbc shows!

I just checked: IT'S HERE! THEY'RE HERE!!!!!!111 Thanks for the heads-up!

I saw that the thread in soompi got locked.
It must be very bad to come to that state.

I've not been seeing the drama so I'm wondering what is causing people to attack others. People just have strong opinions on the romance?

What about "Pinocchio"? I think it showed some of those things that you mentioned, and not all of the cases is about corruption.

I am slowly beginning to believe these past 2 years belong to the older generation of Korean actors. So, lately I noticed the revival of interest on actors like Kim Nam Gil, Lee Jun Ki and Gong Yoo. I am happy that these actors finding new fans in the younger audiences because they are really insanely phenomenal.

the girls have done well this year, too, maybe because the roles have started to divert from clichés. This acting with the flair of "I know my worth!" and giving a very strong impression that people dont even expect coming. Like Lee Sung Kyung, currently Chae Soo-Bin and Go Won-Hee. and 30-40+ actresses too! Cho Yeo-Jeong. one ahjussi who turned around his image and totally won me over is Lee Deok-Hwa! totally lovable.
Kim Nam Gil has some sort of old-fashioned quality about his acting, he plays a guy from joseon in LUTYN but it feels like he came from the 1950ies.I didnt like his new haircut first, but then I was sort of reminded of Humphey. The humor on the other hand is more a mix of pre-Pirates Johnny Depp + Paul Reubens as Pee-Wee Herman (in short, if Tim Burton would cast korean stars....he should cast KNG)

Another Kim Nam gil fan. I am not his fan but my friend who is Korean was. But my friend grew tired of watching the dramas where KNG untimately died and decided not to be his fan in order to save herself from heartbreak. You must have a strong heart to survive many deaths of KNG! ^^

Where do you watch Live Up to Your Name?

I knew you'd find a way to DB.

Pssst...tell your cute landlord that internet is as basic as shelter.

Yeah, I'm here :) I wasn't sure, if you would read my message but I'm happy you contacted me!
Your first week here sounds interesting :) And I hope, everything turns out well with your SIM-card.
I will be at the university on monday. Maybe we could meet for coffee and exchange number/email adress then? Or next week, if this works better for you?

Yay! I'm glad you arrived safely and things are starting to come together!
Your stories made me smile. Good luck with everything. :D

Yay fellow Frenchie! (Salut!). Glad to hear your first week was good. A friend of mine worked in Düsseldorf for three years and had nothing but praise for the city. I hope you have a wonderful time (and that you landlord gives you Internet soon!)

How do you care for your tattoos right after you get them? I'm not getting one anytime soon though I'm considering it seriously, but I'm anxious that it may not heal well as I have slightly sensitive skin. (Any other tips on what to look out for/ consider when getting a tattoo will be appreciated too!)

Omg you're weekend sounds super awesome. Age of Youth & Argon I haven't watched yet but the others are GOLD.
Good luck with the work and congrats on the new tattoos.

@itenoria could you find Argon with subs anywhere?

All the dramas you've listed I think I would love, but looking forward to Temperature of Love the most! That's my next live watch--so I'll see you on that thread after "The King Loves!"

That was a sad finale for me.
But on the other hand my brotp feels became stronger than ever, so it became one of my top 5 ;)

It's like the Highlander series. By the end I was like is there anyone whose Not immortal??

You'll be needing a box of tissue and a rom-com.

OMG just finished it. So depressed. Everybody's dead.

Seo Hyun Jin in a sageuk? I must watch. She's fast becoming one of my favourite actresses simply because she takes on and pulls off such fabulous roles. ^^

Have a nice lazy weekend Sera! :)

Hi @michykdrama! *waves with both hands enthusiastically* Your week was rough! I'm glad we have a place like DB to decompress. To your question, I've waffled a bit on this one. In college, during pre-med, I organized an ER watching party in my dorm and we had a gathering every week. (Now you know that watching parties are my thing.) That was a great show initially, then it got bogged down and stopped watching it after Carter *swoon* left. The medicine was fine I thought and because it was before I actually had any experience in medicine, I probably overlooked a lot of things. I then watched Grey's Anatomy--no drama watching party here--until Mc Dreamy and Meredith got engaged (the candle house was so romantic), but I didn't pay any attention to the medicine at all. It was purely to turn off my brain after a long day in residency and inpatient/ER. And yes, I had crazy days and their lives just seemed to make my life look better, so that's why I watched. Then I swore never to watch any medical dramas ever again, because I got too nitpicky, and I had kids. Fast forward to last year. Only because a non-medical friend recommended Romantic Doctor Teacher Kim (because her friend was in it) did I watch it, but with a huge grain of salt, and a pretty big bias against Kdramas. I really wasn't going to see it, but my hubby was deep into Kdramas at that point and I didn't want to keep watching the same two that he loved for the rest of my life. And now, I'm back to trying them again. RDTK was just that impressive. However, I hopped on board Hospital Ship immediately, and immediately abandoned ship after the 2nd night. So, now, I'm a bit gun shy. I'd rather just watch something that doesn't annoy me than something that does, so in practice, I think I would avoid a medical drama unless it was done like RTDK.