Spring Turns to Spring: 9/10 One more zombie reference and I'll start calling it "Spring Turns to Kingdom". And could the zombies please eat the two stooges?

Legal High: 8/10 Two questions:
1: Little girl in red. Children of Nobody, much?
2: Does the title mean that whatever the writer was high on was legal?

Romance Is A Bonus Book: 6/10 Rom-com ZZZzz.... Is it Touch Your Heart time yet?

Touch Your Heart / Reach of Sincerity: 8.5/10 I'm afraid they're going to spoil the fluff with (*gasp*) PLOT.

Trap: 2/10 After the big twist, it was either brilliant or total bust. I vote bust. Spending so much time showing things that didn't happen was cheating. If I wanted to see things that didn't happen I'd re-watch Mystery Queen 2.

Haechi: 7/10

Big Issue: 7/10 Poor start, better later.

Crowned Clown: 5/10 for the series; 1/10 for the week. Ending was God's Gift level bad.

I'm a kdrama girl, but time to time I take a break and venture to other (though still mainly Asian) productions... and this week I watched first 4 episodes of Takane no Hana (Born to be a Flower) about a gifted girl Momo from a prestigious flower arrangement family. I usually need some time to get used to Japanese storytelling... and while I eventually loved all the weirdness and wackiness of Hana Kimi and Nodame... here I'm not sold (yet?) and all the stuff around Momo's family (and the competitor) looks... too strange? disturbing? perverted? (I only like the flower arrangements) ...Also, the story of the bicycle boy is so far meh... What I do like (and why I'm still watching) is Momo's new circle of friends... and (the main reason) Momo's journey... her pains and joys... and fight for freedom and love... and Ishihara Satomi's acting is definitely not bad either...

PS I'm still enjoying Legal High, Fiery Priest, Books and Pinku pinku 🙂

- Completed -

The Crowned Clown: Err... I didn't like Moo Young's unnessary death, the timeskip with Ha Seon's magical return, the finale wich was somehow too convenient for the Cown and the Queen. And WHY did they have to kill Moo Young ?

Trap: I need a season 2 because the final episode had an open ending with new character and potential plotlines that could expend. Even if a reported from the production team stated they're not considering one yet. It had flows and a few complex ideas which weren't greatly developped.

- Currently watching -

Band of Sisters: ep 34. Threating to marry you isn't the best way to live happily, dear Sera Park. And I actually laughed so hard when the actress who played Michelle (the sister-in-law in The Last Emperor) showed up again... back from America ! She really makes powerful entrances.

Big Issue: I still don't know what to think of the drama.

Liver or Die: I knew it ! The mother isn't someone to do something for her son ! Hwa Sang and Heung Man's relationship is still a big no for me and for the same as reason as everyone already. It must be the only thing I agree with the siblings in this show. And poor Chil Bok, this guy should get over Hwa Sang already.

Manpuku: ep 46. Fukuko really works hard to support her husband and his business. What would he do without her ? And she's even about to give birth ! It seems like Manpei will have a new idea to help people in need. Maybe he will use the money he got from his sponsor ?

Radiant: Even if he brings all the fun, when will Oppa get his act together ? I can't support the romance when the guy doesn't seem to try hard to be a better man.

Romance is a Bonus Book: It may be because it's only the beginning stage, but I feel weird to see Da Ni reciprocating Eun Ho's feelings. Is it because I like them a lot as friends ?

Spring Turns to Spring: Uhm Ji Won was a riot this week (more than usual) ! Bom having trouble to move and just going after her husband was entertaining and I was cheering for her. Bo Mi is actually the one I hve more trouble to root for. Now that she became a "rightful reporter" (she totally lost her mind LOL), I hope her ambition and passion will serve justice.

Touch Your Heart: My weekly dose of sweets ! This show reconciled me with Shim Hyung Tak (Lawyer Choi) as an actor. His character in Let's Eat left rubbed me the wrong way and I couldn't help but think about this specific character in his other projects (outside of variety shows). Lawyer Dan's expressions are totally killing me.

The Crowned Clown
Well, it was laughably ironic to see the same old tricks come out again: resolving the climax before the audience even has the chance to become immersed in it by killing all the villains so quickly and introducing some random last minute tension devise by having assassins pop up. This show had quite some interesting things to say about the road to hell being paved with good intentions, but devolved quite quickly into the standard sageuk power politics in the second half. Anyway, Yeo Jin Goo’s next drama is coming out soon and that’s what all that matters for the shallow me!

The Light in Your Eyes
I’m quite puzzled that the show chose to draw out the mystery behind the time-reversing watch and give us morsels to chew on when next week is already the penultimate week. Also, I’m not liking what the preview is showing (it appears that the two other conmen in the exhibit hall are becoming active antagonists), having already closed one eye for Joon Ha’s father since that was for character setup. Chanel’s death would have quite the effect on both leads without the unneeded drama of yet another police investigation which is going to waste more screen time like Woo Hyun.

Dramas to catch up on:
Reach of Sincerity
Spring Must Be Coming

These days I’m already happy when an ending is not annoying and pleasantly surprised when the ending is satisfying. So you can imagine my delight when this week I finished two dramas where the ending was actually very good . Yes – not one, but two really good endings and I will completely ** spoiler ** them for you If you keep reading.

First of all, I finally finished Heaven’s Garden which is a low-key 30 episode drama about a woman who’s divorcing her husband and moves with her two children to the countryside. The theme of the drama is one of redemption and second chances, so I hardened my heart against the guy who I thought she should really be with. Let’s face it: he is nice, considerate towards the female lead, behaves correctly whilst she’s still married, runs a coffee shop, reads books, cooks. In a nutshell: the kind of guy you’d want your best friend to date and the kind of guy who hardly ever gets the girl in kdrama. Add to that the fact that he was ranked 7th on the cast list, and you can probably understand where I thought this was going to go. But when they started dating and he was so cute about it, all my attempts not to ship like mad completely failed (this was ep 25 out of 30, I was doing well so far). So tickle me surprised when the ending came round and he didn’t get his heart trampled all over. Sure, it was more low-key than many viewers probably wanted but to have an ending where the female lead (who was amazing) says: ‘screw what society wants, I’m going to do what’s best for me and my kids at this moment in time’ and still have her make clear that he’s her choice, was a great and deeply satisfying.

I also finished Marriage Contract and like with Heaven’s Garden, I found it really hard to press play on the final two episodes because I knew what was coming. There was no magic solution. But the drama managed to create a wonderful final episode and ended on a really heart-warming note, with the message of how important it is to be happy every day because you don’t know how long it’s going to last. I loved this drama from its cracktastic beginning to its warm and fuzzy emotional end.

I know that the law of averages means that I’ll probably drop the next 8 dramas I watch or absolutely hate the ending. Or maybe I’m on a winning streak? Not watching anything currently airing definitely helps.

Mary... I share your disappointment... I would gladly skipp quite some of the early episodes of Chiyoo's suffering and add courtship episodes at the end...
Go for Five Kids. There the courtship is integral and so are the obstacles... plus the smiling eyes of the main lead are 😍😍

Trap: Finished. It was one hell of a ride that left me cold. I love dark drama, but this reminded me that ultimately, I need character(s) I can root for and connect with to fully enjoy it.

Haechi: I just like everything about this drama. The complicated political maneuver, the various relationships depicted inside, the small character moments, the occasional comedic beats, even the tiny portion of romance served to us (though personally, I like the idea of Yi Geum and Jo-hong getting together so much more than the potential coupling the drama gave us atm).

Come and Hug Me: Up to eps 20. I easily fall in love with this drama. Dark and complex (with some hateful characters that reminded me of real life's ugliness), but also lovely and heartwarming. And just like the title, I want to hug everyone and wish their troubled past away.

Touch Your Heart: At the rate this drama going, I might turned into a dolphin soon. The amount of humanly unrecognizable high-pitch squealing I emitted while watching this show is nearly uncountable.

I'm rewatching 3 Dads 1 Mum. Or more like fastforwarding through it until I see a funny or touching scene 😅. Baby Ha Sun is very cute. And she reminds me of little Minjoo in Reply 1988. I wonder if its the same child actress but older.

In essence, 3D1M is not really heavy and does not seem to have any deep message to convey to viewers. But it is fun to watch though it might be frustrating at times.

Year 3 Class A: FINALLY! My investment in this show for the last nine weeks has finally finally payed off - to think such an adequate but predictable drama could have pulled off such a phenomenal penultimate episode! Can't wait for the finale~ 😲

My ID is Gangnam Beauty: I can't believe this day has come, but I was wrong about this drama. I was wrong! Rewatching it has pointed out a lot of good things I never noticed about it the first time - Gangnam Beauty IS NOT a bad drama, and I am sorry. 😔

Sky Castle: GREAT first episode! 😘

This week I’ve finished 2 Cdramas “Love me if you dare” & “When a snail falls in love”. They were both really really good but I preferred WASFIL. I found the directing better, it felt like a movie.

Coffee Friends: I’ve just finished it 😔 Sad there’s no more. I don’t know if it’s the show or just me but I’ve found myself FF progressively more & more along its run. It was still a really good show.

TYH & RBB: @lordcobol put into words exactly how I feel about these shows.

I’m currently almost at the end of Forest of Secrets ❤️ this show is AMAZING. Watch it!

I did not watch much of anything this week.

RBB: I just have such affection for these characters. I will miss it when it is over as it has been a great weekend watch.

SHINee's Back: I completely fell into Taemin and SHINee rabbit holes this week. What made me laugh was that I listened to a podcast right before watching this variety. On the podcast the hosts (Shawols) mentioned that Taemin should enlist so he is not alone for two years and have embarrassing incidents .....I'm assuming they meant like trying to dance off stage early. Then I hit play on the first ep of SHINee's back and all I keep hearing is, "Taemin dont touch" "Taemin put it back" .

The Great British Baking Show season 3: so easy to relax to an ep of this after work. It is nice to also be able to follow along while doing other things like cooking dinner.

So much of my week was filled with Taemin and Mary Berry......have to love being able to access world wide entertainment.

Once again, The Light In Your Eyes is the only live show I'm watching this week. While it remains very good, it is becoming more and more depressing. I'm getting scared that she will never be able to "turn back time" because in real life none of us can. And her quest to do so, if the show's themes stay what they are, will ultimately be fruitless.

I am still mostly concentrating on older dramas and this week watched Pasta and started Master's Sun.

And, wow, Master's sun is bad. And it's not bad in a 'Hong Sisters' way - it's just bad. It's so badly written I'm mostly just laughing at it. It's like a low-rent horror film with a bit of The Ghost Whisperer thrown in. And a bog standard Candy/chaebol romcom thrown into the mix.

It's like the word's worst stew
Like, somebody made wholesome chicken stew and another person decided what it really needed was pineapple and someone else decided what it really needed was Sichuan chilli.

I honestly don't know what to say about Pasta that wouldn't take up 3000 words, most of which were swearing. But I guess I add it to the list of awful OTPs pre-2012. What a horrible, borderline-abusive relationship. Wow. And yet Gong Hyo-jin and Lee Sun-kyun have fantastic chemistry (yowza! chemistry). You know who Gong Hyo-jin does not have chemistry with? So Ji Sub.