With the exception of "Moving" i pretty much skipped every single streaming "original" drama, none of them looked particularly appealing.

I still need to watch Doctor Romantic 3, i enjoyed the first 2 seasons but all the fans seem to hate the latest one, i will get round to it eventually.

Overall with the exception of a few gems, it was a pretty weak year for K-dramas, C-dramas and J-dramas

1, Moving: I think I might be the only person in Kdrama-ville who hasn't yet watched this, but it came out during a time of intense stress for me and I just couldn't follow along with it from the beginning. Since then, I've been planning on starting it asap, yet I just................ haven't.

2. My Lovely Boxer: I wanted to wait till it was completed but then I got busy with other shows. I think I'll give it a go during my semester break.

3. My Dearest: I love Namgoong Min and had my eyes on this show for a long while. I wanted to wait for part 2 so I could binge it all together but when part 2 came out the reviews were too disappointing that I lost all motivation. *insert shrug*

4. Destined With You: kept putting it off because I thought I disliked Rowoon but I've been proven wrong by The Matchmakers!

5. Revenant: I keep chicken-ing out, someone please explain in detail how scary it is on a scale of 1-10!

The Matchmakers I feel like I've betrayed Rowoon by not live watching this (if you're somehow reading this, which is obviously very plausible, I'm so sorry - it's not you it's me) but I've been saving it to binge once it finishes airing. I liked what I saw of his character but wasn't too sold on the other elements of the story/not sold enough to compete with other on air watches, so thought it'd fare better as a binge watch.

Interest of Love is also one I've been saving @missvictrix - I'm fully aware of the plot and want to watch it because I know what happens but I've got to be in the right mood to appreciate the melo. So just waiting for that mood to swing around like it does every few months or so!

Moon in the Day and LYOL are ones that I haven't exactly 'missed' - I'm just waiting for them to be done so I can do a quick fast forward filler watch and just catch any scenes I do like!

I still want to see Stealer: The Treasure Keeper and only didn't at the time because it wasn't accessible to me...has that changed since for US-based viewers?

Of the growing number of dramas in the idol-teen-based-drug-comedy genre floating aoround, I sort of wanted to see Sound Candy. It looked ethereal and I hoped it would be so bad it's good. Same problem though. Availability. @reply1988 wasn't too thrilled about it, so this is only a light desire of mine.

Lastly, and more pressingly--although it's not my favorite genre--I've not yet seen Revenant and plenty of folks I trust rave about it.

Mainly Moving: I wanted to watch it, but when it aired I somehow lost interest, despite all the praises I read everywhere. I knew it was full of violence and in that moment I wasn't in the mood for that kind of story.

And One day off, Crash course in romance, The interest of love, My perfect stranger...

Until recently, I thought I watched all the dramas that piqued my interest. But then, Perfect Marriage Revenge came and made its way on top of my list of dramas to watch.

Most of the shows I haven't watched that I wanted to were ones I couldn't watch because they aired on streaming services I don't subscribe to, and well, our subscription budget is pretty maxed out right now. The two big k-dramas in this category were Call it Love and Moving, as well as a whole bunch of Chinese & Taiwanese shows. Hopefully some of these will ultimately get picked up by a service I do have (or Disney+ will actually start airing its shows on Disney+ in the US).

I wait for shows to end before watching, so from 2023 My Lovely Boxer and Twinkling Watermelon are still on my watchlist.

I am sadly not in the mood for light sageuks but I would like to check Secret Romantic Guesthouse some time in the future.

CALL IT LOVE - I just finished INTEREST OF LOVE when this one started airing and I couldn’t handle another melo. I also wanted to wait until the hype died down so I could temper my expectations

D.P S2 - I have to be in the right frame of mind to watch this and season two had mostly lukewarm reviews

REVENANT - I’m scared of ghosts okay?

TWINKLING WATERMELON - on my watch list, especially given the rave reviews

Perfect Marriage Revenge
I think I’m the only beanie that hasn’t watched this yet.
I’ll get to this Some Day or One Day. Perhaps I’ll watch it when I get One day Off.

I missed everything on Disney because I’m just NOT buying yet another streaming service, especially one that can’t get its US offerings together and reportedly has poor subtitles. Definitely sorry about Call It Love after Beanie comments but 🤷‍♀️

Worst of Evil was high on this year’s watch list due to my loose of Ji Chang Wook. But after reading reviews and seeing YouTube clips of all the violence, I had to nix it.

@missvictrix Great choices! I can't wait for you to see both of those dramas. I think you and your cup of cocoa are gonna love them! ❤️

As for me, Perfect Marriage Revenge is the one I missed that I can't wait to see.

Actually there are quite a few of them, you made me feel a bit guilty))) Thing is, after some huge turning point in my life I've decided to not waste my precious time on things I'm rather unsure about, dramas included. So now if my intuition and analytical skills tell me "how about nope?", then usually nope it is. Brutal, but simple. I still sentimentally finish far more shows than I objectively should, but baby steps. Perhaps one day, when things are better, I can go back to my previous carefree, forgiving self and give those current rejects another chance. Would be nice, isn't it? But not today.

1. One Day Off.

2. Perhaps Soundtrack#2?

The only one I wanted to watch but haven't yet is <Miraculous Brothers. I'm really drawn by the storyline and also a fan of both actors, particularly Bae Hyun-Sung, who is still vastly underappreciated imo. It's definitely on my list for 2024.

The ones I want to watch but missed are mainly those that are not available in my region unless I subscribe to Viki which is expensive AF here after currency conversion:

1. MY DEAREST
2. PERFECT MARRIAGE REVENGE

I hope one of the streamers I subscribe to (Netflix, Disney+, and Viu) picks them up soon.

I will get around to watching the following on Viu once I have a few days off:

1. TWINKLING WATERMELON
2. THE MATCHMAKERS
3. THE STORY OF PARK'S MARRIAGE CONTRACT

That's about it.

There are a lot but these are the one currently on my pending list that I plan to continue soon especially the ones I marked.

Love All Play ep7
Six Flying Dragons ep33 ✨️
Hyena ep5
Lost You Forever ep12 ✨️
Who Rules the World ep25✨️
A Good Day to be a Dog ep1✨️
Wonderland of Love ep1
Tell Me That You Love Me ep1✨️

There are a few dramas that I'll watch later, when the mood is right : Divorce Attorney Shin, Joseon Attorney, The Killing Vote, The Matchmakers. But I do not have the feeling that I have missed something. The dramas I did not watch and won't but saw a lot of activity, I read part of the recap and thus saw what's here to know.

No, I'm good, thanks.

Call It Love: saving for when I'm in the mood for melo
Duty After School: I've read complaints about the ending but want to watch anyway
Doona!: had mixed reviews so want to watch for myself
Stealer: The Treasure Keeper: watching for Kim Jae-won but I heard that it's fun
Work Later, Drink Now 2: I loved the first season and looking forward to the romance
High Cookie: I watch everything Choi Hyun-wook is in

On my watch list thanks to good word-of-mouth:
Perfect Marriage Revenge
The Kidnapping Day
The Matchmakers

2023 watchlist.

Shows I want to watch because of faves
—Bait
—Lies Hidden in My Garden

Shows I want to watch because I read good things about them/the hype
—My Dearest
—Miraculous Brothers
—My Lovely Boxer (I really hate boxing but Dylan is making a great promotion of the show)
—Agency
—Finland Papa
—One Day Off

Shows I want to watch because they seem fun even if people hate them/didn't watch them
—Heartbeat
—New Recruit

The Kidnapping Day

Mine is from 2022 🙄
Salon De Nabi

Work Later, Drink Now 2 - was waiting until I got Apple TV (which I did during a Black Friday deal)...only to find out I'd also have to get CJENM selects, but I can get a trial for that. Want to save it for when I'm not live-watching a bajillion kdramas.

Revenant: I just want to be scared for a short period of time, so waiting for a time to binge.

Moving. It's funny that I just finished the first episode and then came here to see this post! Not sure if this one is for me but I will give it another couple of episodes. I usually don't like violence and that grey filter cinematography they have gone for.

Other than Moving, I have checked out all the Kdramas that interested me. Dropped a lot of them too. No regrets.

I’ve pretty much missed everything. I couldn’t manage to focus on even one drama this year

I missed Twinkling Watermelon. I was a bit interested, but with all the things going on in my offline life, and with all the other dramas that were airing at the same time, I wasn’t intrigued enough to start it when the first episodes dropped. Then, even when I read the first few weecaps and thought it sounded like fun, I still didn’t have the time to catch up. But I’m about to watch the first episode! So even though I won’t get a bean for it this year, it won’t be one I miss entirely.

Worst of Evil
Miraculous Brothers
Taxi Driver 2
The Good Bad Mother
The Glory
Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938 (plus the first one)
Black Knight
Song of the Bandits
High Cookie
Boyhood

Arrrrrgh! No time!

I found this year pretty dull in terms of K-drama offerings... or maybe I was in a prolonged slump? I am now currently watching 3 shows live, which barely happened during the year. On my "to-watch" list are "Moving" and "Castaway Diva", the only two I know I will definitely catch. I dropped "see you in my 19th life" even though I was excited having read the webtoon ( I think I generally have a hard time with Bo Hyun Ahn); it's on my "might pick it back up" list.

After Secret Romantic Guesthouse was awarded a Bean of Greatness I put it on my "snowy day" watch list. I think I started ithe show but it fell off the table.

I think I missed all 2023 dramas LOL I don't know why but I mainly watched older shows, all the way to 2016.
I did however see:
* The glory*
*The good/bad mother*
*Uncanny counter s1+s2*
*Black knight*.
I ended up dropping *Perfect marriage revenge* halfway and I just started *Park's marriage contract* which I hope to finish before the year is over!

The one I really want to watch is The Day of Kidnapping. I hope it turns up someplace I can find it.

Evilive—KYK and I don’t have access to it anywhere that is legal!

Also, dropped all of Rowoon’s dramas this year although I had every intention of watching them

And the Moon show. I wanted to see this time slip drama too. But after Twinkling watermelon and now Parks marriage, with a remake of Some Day One Day, three was enough, I guess.

I saw lots of others though. Through pretty much every legal steaming site in the US.

My Dearest. I love Ahn Eun Jin but I am not fond of historicals. Maybe I will watch it at some point but not right now

Two that I thought I would like that I never watched were The Good Bad Mother and Twinkling Watermelon. Youtube offered me excerpts from both of them and I kept thinking, "these are both my kind of thing," but when I tried to watch them I couldn't do it. I watched most of Call It Love but couldn't watch the end.

I don’t live watch, and I don’t especially try to keep up with the most recent shows—so the list of 2023 shows I haven’t yet watched is much longer than the ones I have. The ones I will definitely get around to watching sooner rather than later are:
Kidnapping Day
Moving
Payback
Family: The Unbreakable Bond
Perfect Marriage Revenge
Stealer
The Matchmakers
See You in My 19th Life

Mmmm this was a bit difficult for me - not that this year was a great year for dramas, but I have two that I liked for two very different reasons.

1. Taxi Driver 2 - I missed the bus on this the first time around, but I DEFINITELY caught a taxi on Season 2. Such a fun ride.

2. Daily Dose of Sunshine - funny, thoughtful and suited to the actors' strengths, I enjoyed this one for a more contemplative look at live.

I just started watching Twinkling Watermelon, I like it so far.

I'd like to watch Dr. R3 and Moving but I'm not sure I want to pay for Hulu.

I'm good at dropping a drama if I don't like the first few EPS, I have no interest in wasting my time! The most annoying dramas are when I've watched like 3/4 through and THEN it goes downhill ...

Definitely recommend One Day Off - it really is a light, curl-up-on-the-couch type drama. Goes quick!

Based on all the love for it... Call It Love. For most of 2023 I wasn't watching romance-centric dramas but I'm in that cycle now. Time to catch up.

Also My Lovely Boxer. I love a good FL In Sports drama.

Tale of the Nine-Tailed 1938.

I don't count the ones that are ongoing: My Demon, Story of Park's Marriage Contract, Good Day to Be a Dog, Gyeongseong Creature, etc.