BEANIES, I ASK THEE FOR RECS.
Been away from dramaland for about 2 years and haven’t kept up w/ releases AT ALL lol. Any good mystery/police dramas with a ship? Both blatant or subtle ships work!

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    Are C dramas included in this request?

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    The Good Detective!

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    Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! I just finished watching The Good Detective and I loved it. And we can’t forget Stranger 2, which has the most unconventional of ships. Also, maybe Flower of Evil? Or maybe Nobody Knows? I haven’t watched NK, but I am given to believe that it has a really good surrogate parent relationship and it’s a mystery.

    Less of a ship, but also maybe try Life on Mars? The bromance is great and there is a bit of a romantic subplot, though it doesn’t go anywhere.

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      Stranger 2 and Nobody Knows are my recs, even though they don’t have an OTP

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        Have you watched The Good Detective, @leetennant? I feel like it would be up your alley (maybe?).

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          I haven’t seen it yet. I was going to put some distance between it and Stranger 2 because I was so completely into that show and I believe it has similar themes.

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            Indeed, this is true. They are very similar shows in many ways. Very similar themes explored. The Good Detective is, perhaps, a bit more morally ambiguous, although it ends on what I would regard as a happier note than Stranger 2 (which, imo, had a good ending, but not exactly the most uplifting ending).

            If ever you get around to watching The Good Detective, I recommend having a listen to this podcast from Radiolab (which I posted on my fanwall before): https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/segments/317629-dear-hector. I thought a lot about this podcast while watching the show the podcast episode combines elements of the best and worst in humanity, much like The Good Detective. One relationship in the The Good Detective particularly reminded me of this podcast.

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        Nobody Knows doesn’t have an OTP but has the cutest subtle love-line ever!

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        Thanks for adding this opinion! I’m def interested in checking out Nobody Knows as well since ppl are mentioning it so much

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      Ooh thank you for all the recs! I was considering watching Stranger and Stranger 2 one after the other after the latter came out, because I wanted to wait and see if things got a little more shippy. I’m assuming things are still in the subtle spectrum there tho huh?

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    It’s a Taiwanese drama but Lost Romance was one of my favourites this year

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      YES YES YES YES YES! SECOND THIS! TRIPLE THIS! QUADRUPLE THIS! lol

      In seriousness, Lost Romance was top three for me in 2020. I will never not recommend this show.

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        It’s the show I know I will rewatch if I’m ever bored. The kdrama references had me in stitches

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          Yes, agreed! Xiao’en is a hilarious character and Situ Aoran was a living caricature. There are so many GIF-able scenes and moments from that show. I should really go back and extract as many as I can.

          I also really love how the show ended and I genuinely adored the last few episodes involving Tianxing and Xiao’en! It could’ve been super annoying with all the angst, but instead I found it touching, sweet, and cute. Tianxing and Xiao’en ended up being a super adorable couple, despite all the cliches involved — or maybe because of them! After all, is it still a cliche if it’s artfully or effectively done?

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            Exactly. This show executed its cliches so well and with so much of heart that they never felt boring.

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        😂😂😂 your overwhelming response to the rec is partially what made me check out it’s premise so thank you too!

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      Well if we’re talking about any dramas from this year then obviously the Taiwanese Someday or One Day would be high up on that list.

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        It does have what I consider a mystery in its premise so I think it defo counts. Thanks for the rec!

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      I checked out the premise and it defo looks interesting! Lol it reminds me of the villainess trend in manhwa/manga of recent years (yes I will guiltily admit to being able to keep up with manhwa/manga over dramas – in my defence it’s easier to read than watch your entertainment between IRL duties 😅). Either way, I think I’ll defo need smth like this to cleanse my palette after the heavier themes in some of the other dramas lol. Thanks for the rec!

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    Hi @fishnchips. Limiting myself to 2020 and cops/crime mystery with a ship (blatant or subtle) I can recommend:
    1. THE GOOD DETECTIVE (subtle ship), and
    2. The GAME: TOWARDS ZERO (My first Taecyeon drama with a sweet ship).
    2020 was the Great Year of Kdrama Crime and Mystery. In order of watching
    I enjoyed these: THE GAME: TOWARDS ZERO, NOBODY KNOWS, 365: REPEAT THE YEAR, TEAM BULLDOG: OFF-DUTY INVESTIGATION, THE GOOD DETECTIVE, TRAIN, FLOWER OF EVIL, FOREST OF SECRETS 2, MISSING: THE OTHER SIDE, ZOMBIE DETECTIVE, SEARCH, and KAIROS.

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      Yoo, thanks for the list! Bulldog was actually on my to watch list for non-shippy reasons but I ended up reading a spoiler on who the culprit was (I know. I know. It devastated me.) so now I’m going to wait until my mind hopefully magically forgets that spoiler lol.

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    Hyena: it’s a lawyer drama, no great mistery, but it’s funny and there’s a crackling ship

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