I'm surprised that Lawless Lawyer wasn't an option for Best Couple, Best Villain (which had two juicy ones), and Best Squad.

Can we also talk about the out-of-the world and un(beat)able performance of:

Jung Kyung Ho - Life on Mars
Uhm Ki Joon - Heart Surgeons

It's almost as if Thirty But Seventeen got forgotten along the way. Which is sad ):
Side note, this poll just made me realise how few kdramas I was able to complete this year.

Despite 2018 being a great drama year for me, it was really hard to vote this year. A lot of my favorites weren't options, especially in Favorite Character.

Aah.. It's that time again? I feel like my vote wouldn't really make any difference, so I'll just read the drama's description only for some good laughs

Too bad we don't have a Most WTF Moment because Black Knight would be a strong contender with "Random modern dance to Gothy music performed by assistant while witch sits demurely on couch." The assistant is played by an actual dancer/choreographer so I guess they just had 3 minutes to fill and wanted to let him show off. Still. It was bonkers.

Is anyone else unable to vote? There are no links in my version...

Even though I had watched 15 2018 dramas, most categories I couldn't even vote for because the dramas I watched weren't on the list or the ones listed weren't ones I really liked. I've realized that I really didn't care for most dramas this year. My favorite drama was Just Between Lovers (which was excellent), but other then that, most of the others were very forgettable and not the greatest. :( Hopefully next year will be a better year for dramas for me.

I wish there was a category for best OST! There were several great ones this year.
2018 was sadly a little cold for me in terms of dramas. Or perhaps I didn't watch the best ones (bookmarked them to watch over winter break!).
There were several that I dropped/took a long time to complete because the story line dragged mid -way. Here's hoping 2019 brings some great ones!
still there were some great performances. some really good OSTs.

The show that I was most excited about that I couldn’t finish despite wanting to—unless skipping 6 episodes and watching the last episode counts as finishing—was PRETTY NOONA. And alas, it wasn’t available. I was prepared to go to jail for this drama.

Did Lawless Attorney not count for anything this year and here I was thinking it was one of Lee Jun Ki's better dramas in a while. :-(

Some poll selections are a bit questionable.

Is “Underrated” in terms of ratings?

The “Favorite Character” list is so short I didn’t find ANY of my favorites on there. In a drama like Waikiki, I expect to choose from more than just Joon Ki, even though he’s great — where’s Dong Gu? And everyone else from Hwayugi? If it’s supporting characters only, then why are some leads included? Nobody from Life on Mars? Only Miso from WWWSK? (Love her btw)

Yo i have way more than just 3 fav characters so I'm going to vote for all of them everyday consecutively.

Btw, drama Lords, i could vote for 4 least favorite characters when it was mentioned upto 3.... not that i mind

Also, "BEAUTY INSIDE: Getting through that difficult time of the month together" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 love the way it's worded.

And best ppl form was totally crack. Sansung galaxy ouija loooool 🤣

What a dry year this has been in terms of k-drama for me. I only selected 3-4 dramas from the list. Come and Hug me, Life on mars, Memories of Alhambra and Hundred million stars from the sky and part of Life are gems i consider for this year. I have watched other mentioned popular dramas too, but have dropped those midway.

Wow. I did not watch a lot of k-dramas this year. But I'm offended I had to choose between Go Hye-ran and Gu Seung-hyo for my favorite porcupine

Life On Mars was the drama of the year, hands down! I wanted it to be included in every category, even if it needed to be included or not. That drama needs all the recognition and raving it deserves.

Sad to see it in less category over here.

This will be my first year not voting. I do not feel I have seen enough shows to be able to vote with any authority. But, maybe the winners will point me to a good show I haven't gotten to yet.

I agree with beanies, a OST category would be nice !

Some of my favourite :
- The Guest : Somewhere (the both versions)
- The Ghost Detective : Dream Me by Joy and Marc + My Love My Love My Love by Yoon Mi Rae
- Mr Sunshine : Becoming The Wind by Hyunsang Ha, See You Again by Baek Ji Young and the instrumental one Be a Flame
- Hundred Million Stars... : Lost by An Ji Yeon
- SKY Castle : We All Lie by Ha Jin
-Just Dance : Take My Hand by Hong Daegwang
- My ID Gangnam Beauty : D-Day by Jung Gi Go
-My Familiar Wife : Love Me Again by SF9
- Hwayugi : If You Were Me by Yuny, Jimin and Hweseung
- Live : Carry Me by Family of the Year
-My Ajhussi : Rainbow by O When or Vincent Blue
- Pretty Noona : Save the Last Dance for Me

It's all for now :D

Am I the only person who watched Prison Playbook? It was by far my favorite drama of the year.

Which villain was most fun to hate?

Motorcycle of Doom, YOU WHO FORGOT POETRY: Don't hate me. I'm just passing by.

Bwahahaha!

But I can't believe Tilda is not on this list. Curse you, Tilda! #INAR

THIRTY BUT SEVENTEEN: You remind me of a girl I killed. Please live in my house forever.

God that is so, so wrong and yet so damn true. I laughed ... a lot... on the bus... I swear people on that bus think I'm crazy.

I really had to give this one some thought because the competition was fierce but Best Trainwreck I Watched To The End goes to.....

Let Me Introduce Her.

Congrats !!!!!

Here's looking at you 2019 ( I already have some ideas, but I can wait it out).

I'm loving that Are You Human Too was brought up so much, cause damn Kang Seo-Joon killed that part and made me his eternal fan forever.
Hahaha, also love the PPL category, because I literally did start wearing the Atelier perfume after watching My ID, since I am sucker for natural citrus fragrances. Suck it, Quiznos and Subway! lol

Wow! This list really made me realise this was a pretty lackluster year from dramas. In fact my least favourite that I can remember. There wasn't one drama here that got me obsessing. Disappointing.

Sad that Life on Mars isn't winning in any category :(

HOT POTATO
Not included:
[1] Pretty Noona Who Buys me Food
[2] That Man Oh Soo

BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE
This might be the most stacked and difficult to choose.

FAVOURITE CHARACTER
How the heck are Lee Yeong-joon, Gong Woo-jin, Lee Kang-doo not options?

FAVOURITE LEAD COUPLE
I lied. This might be the most difficult one to choose.

BEST PPL
Hands down the plushies from Hwayugi!

SUFFERING
I'm kinda sad that Just Between Lovers might most likely lose out to My Ajusshi.

MOST DYSFUNCTIONAL
To think there were more dysfunctional relationships than in My Ajusshi.

I eagerly await the categories and one-line descriptions every year!! It's one of my favorite parts of the dramabeans year in reviews. The way you wrote up on the dysfunctional relationships... So accurate but hilarious!!!! "You remind me of a girl I killed. Please live in my house forever." When you put it like that.... ahahaha.

Agreeing with most of the fan favorite results on all of these!

Hmmm, I was wondering why I wasn't seeing anything but I guess it's because I use Firefox.

I can't find the ultra-sublime car ppl from ghost detective for me to vote... 😮😮

My favorite character was Buja, HWAYUGI who was not nominated. From MR. SUNSHINE, my favorite character was Hina who was also not nominated. Why is Jung Hae-in, PRETTY NOONA WHO BUYS ME FOOD nominated as Jung Hae-in and not Joon-hee? Thanks for nominating Motorcycle of Doom, YOU WHO FORGOT POETRY for Best Villain. MR. SUNSHINE is hands down the best squad and best PPL (Dal.komm Coffee, Paris Baguette, Orgel House, Bonicrew). I dropped SUITS despite wanting to finish it but not because the show was bad.

how come Yellow Stylus of Jennifer from 30but17 dint make the cut for PPL ???

Under the category of PPL. The one that caught me by surprise was seeing Dunkin' Donuts in FOX BRIDE STAR. The first DD shop opened in Quincy, Massachusetts in 1950 not far from where I grew up.
Apparently I should not have been surprised to see an outlet at Incheon Airport. As of 2014, there were over 900 DD outlets in South Korea.

What, Miss Hammurabi wasn't mentioned here?!

*Favorite Porcupine* might just be my favorite category. Pres. Gu (Life) for the win!

I checked last year voting, and Prison Playbook wasn't included. The dilemma of a drama airing on the end of the year.

It was unfair to make me choose between 'Woohoo Waikiki' vs 'Happy to Die'. Waikiki sagged a bit in the middle after they added 4 extra episodes, whereas I haven't even reached the middle if Happy to Die yet! So comparison is difficult.

What this list mostly does is make me miss Drama Fever. Goodbye Misty, Ajusshi and you Who Love Poetry on my region's streaming sites.

Just come to realize that i have little shows that i love this year. Is it just my taste change or the shows are not that compeling?

By the way, the one i love from this year are: Just between lovers, Matrimonial chaos, and Life on mars. Hm, and Misty if I can erase that ending 😑
Planning to watch: My ajusshi, Life and Memories of Alhambra

Life of Mars all the way!🥰 The only show that excited me this year and I watched completely.

I’m not a Robot, Are you human too?, Third Charm, and Fox Star Bride - the other shows that I watched about 85% of the episodes and read recaps for the remaining 15%.

It was not a good year of Kdrama watching. 😢

I'm looking at these thumbnails like....did I even watch dramas this year? What the crap are those?