So the Annarasumanara (a brilliant surrealist webtoon) adaptation cast Ji Chang-wook and I can’t decide how I feel. Once again his character is a grown man paired with a schoolgirl.
There’s something inherently unsettling about a mysterious nameless man showing up and teaching a young girl magic tricks, right? The webtoon is sober with all its uncomfortable themes, but now that Ji Chang-wook has been cast, I’m concerned they’re going to play the relationship between the main characters as a romance.
Plus in its favour: Hwang In-yeob is going to play Na Il-deung, which is SO EXCITING. I doubt the drama will play with the big head imagery of the webtoon, though.
Honestly, LT, do his people like that he has this image of creeping on girls now? He doesn’t even suit the character. Like, I can’t imagine him walking up to a girl and asking her, “Do you believe in magic?” without irony. I wouldn’t have cast him – I would have cast Jang Ki-yong or something (it’s been ages since he had a good role anyway), someone who would better handle the nuances of the magician.
Thanks for sharing this. I enjoyed watching the drama but was quite disappointed with the love line. I assumed it was the same in the manhwa but that does not appear to be the case. It’s too bad they completely missed the point of the original work.
I highly doubt that the that romance will be played up either. I think they are more likely to play up the romance between Na Il-deung and the FL. He was set up as a type of tsundere who learns better cause of the influence of the FL and the magician, though he had more layers than most. And, the webtoon hinted more at their relationship which I could see a kdrama running further with.
The big head imagery was the interesting part of the webtoon. But now that we know a good looking actor will play the role, it takes away the imagery the webtoon had. I wonder if the drama will be as interesting as the webtoon without all the imagery the webtoon had.
They would have had to ugly-fy him or pretty him up one way or the other, so the actor isn’t really telling until we get character posters.
But yeah, I didn’t really get how they are going to translate the imagery. It was the more interesting part of the webtoon.
I UN-adopted him already and now crossed out his name from my list of babies. 🥺 Now when I think of him I get some creepy vibe.I hope he proves me wrong in his next projects; I won’t watch, no, but I’ll always read the comments about them.
The webtoon is actually really good – but I was stressed out until it became clear that there was no romance between the magician and the girl. But yes, I only want to watch it as a drama if they get that out of the way really quickly
Na In Woo is doing so well too!! Was already expecting the show to experience a car crash, but well, they got out of that unscathed! Hope the prod company is taking care of everyone, they’ll overworked for sure 🙁
Now, even if the drama is a complete mess but for hot and hot (at least to me), I’m watching because all this effort and hard working deserves so much respect!!
Awwww…u made it 🤗🤗🤗😉…hehe..I read those in your website as well. I love how Oguri have chemistry with everyone eventhough there is not much kiss/romantic scene 😅😅. And yes even is RMPW…Currently Im watching his old drama Tokyo Dogs & the bickering with his partner is funny as hell lolll..My other Jdrama Ive finished last week is Hitaru no Hikari & Tantei no Tantei…I feel like I’m into the jdrama more than kdrama since last year…& just taking time watching their old dramas ^^. Still, this website has been my home for kdrama addict for 10 years…I love to come bck here once in a while & read whats new in kdrama i guess. Congratulations on your own blog & keep on writing ^^
At first, I was only going to use her expressions from the kidnapping scene, but then it was hilarious so I just kept going 😂
I can’t decide whether this was the worst show of the year, or if it was Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol. What’s worse: something consistently awful all the way through, or something brilliant for ages and then so shockingly evil it was like a punch to the stomach?
I would say WAS IT LOVE takes the cake, because it’s pure trash. At least you can salvage most of DODO and forget the ending happened (maybe? I didn’t watch it).
I really want to read this, but I am going to have to fortify myself for the journey back into something that made me so angry it drained all of my psychic powers.
This is great, Frabby @frabbycrabsis loves KBS Drama Specials and cathartic too. No one could have said it better. I had to eat some comfort food as I read it (it’s too early in the day for alcohol). It was so bad in so many ways. Ae-jung’s character was monumentally stupid, and more than that, grossly insensitive and damaging to her child. The children were wonderful, and Pa-do and Dong-chan’s moment had truth in it. I wonder about the writer. Was he a middle-aged man? It makes sense to me if he was. Not that I want to dump on middle-aged men, but the whole drama smacks of someone who only sees women through certain stereotypes. Enough said. I do not want to waste anymore of my life on this total waste of space. It’s good that you put up a warning sign.
Thank you for reading it, despite your physical aversion! Now that I’ve written this, I never have to talk about it again 🎉
Because you said that about the writer, I went to MDL to see who it was… No one was listed 😂
If no one wrote this drama, I guess that explains why it was so bad!
Good question. I’ve been wondering for some time. WHEN, if ever? Do you think they couldn’t imagine what could possibly happen next? I loved what it was doing by logically extending the technology that was so close to what is happening today, just taking it one step further.
The female leads I’ll never forget? Easy!
Cha Young-jin (Nobody Knows): Masterfully portrayed by Kim Seo-hyung, Young-jin is at once the cool slick no-nonsense detective the world sees, and a compassionate, loyal woman who will stop at nothing to protect her little friend. Not only is she a competent police-officer (a rare breed in the dramaverse), she has layers and layers of character to her outside of that. Nobody Knows was incredible in general, but it wouldn’t have stolen my heart the way it did without Cha Young-jin.
Makabe Keito (Shiranakute Ii Koto): Oh, Keito! Ambitious, brazen, opportunistic, persistent, skilled, cheeky, wonderful Keito! Yoshitaka Yuriko shone every second she was on screen in this drama, and the heroine she created was so deliciously lovable that I had to know how her story played out. Once again, we have a woman very competent at her job with layers and layers of character outside of that (I’m noticing a theme).
Noh Ae-jung (Was It Love?): I’m gonna remember this one for all the wrong reasons. I have no ae-jung for Noh Ae-jung. She’s a terrible mother, a terrible PD, and a terrible person. Even the best actress in the world couldn’t make such a fundamentally awful character likeable, so I have to respect Song Ji-hyo for even trying.
I don’t know where people have gotten the 2020 Roundup criteria from, but I’ll play.
So, the male leads I won’t forget right? Well, probably the ones who were most like me.
Im Eun-seob (I’ll Go to You When the Weather is Nice): Im Eun-seob is deeply sensitive and loving, but he’s also a very sick baby who can’t get out of his own head. Seeing him reach out to people and accept their love drove a stake through my heart.
Lee Soo (More Than Friends): Lee Soo is narcissistic and selfish, which turned many people off this show immediately, but there’s more to him. No, I’m not excusing his selfishness. But the fact that he’s never compelled to start something with the people he’s been attracted to, because his desire to not get hurt is stronger than his desire to date them, is deeply relatable. His character growth was amazing.
Terrible and wonderful! I can’t really talk about it objectively – it’s an addictive makjang mess with some genuinely lovely character development that I rewatch CONSTANTLY because it’s my comfort food.
Oh, young Seung Gi…. This was only his 3rd drama at the time XD Bae Soo Bin gave me really–and I mean REALLY– bad SLS with this one, and it still hurts to this day thinking about it T…..T
HE LET HER BELIEVE HE WAS DEAD FOR FIVE YEARS.
Lala deserves better. Jun will torture her until the end of time with his malicious fucking lies.
He lost me in episode 14 for telling Lala that he didn’t like her anymore. As shown in episode 15, he could have just said he was going abroad. That was the first indication I really had that Jun was too immature to date Lala.
And then it’s revealed that he was Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol all along. Am I touched? No, I’m not. That’s ridiculous. I hate it. I hate it so much. Jun being Lala’s guardian angel has been stretched too far, it’s not cute anymore. The only way they could have fixed this was by Jun dying.
And then he did! They could have foreshadowed it more, but with his constant unexplained nosebleeds, it was plausible that Jun had cancer! If Lala was never going to pay him back, then him dying was the perfect resolution to the story. He was the star watching her from Heaven all along, it’s perfect!
BUT OH WAIT, HE JUST PRETENDED THAT HE WAS DEAD FOR. FIVE. YEARS.
*banshee screams*
Truthfully this show made me decide to take a drama break. It’s ridiculous the nonsense they decided to just throw out towards the end. I don’t know how anyone read these episodes scripts and thought “yep, we good to go”
Hah. Apparently I’m not the only one fascinated by the collective rage of beanies about this drama (it felt like watching a multiple car crash). What kind of plot is that? I thought nothing could top the crappiness of Fox Bride Star ending, but this sounds so much more awful. Thank goodness I was in drama slump when this drama first came out.
Except, I have to say it was almost worth being this pissed off just to read “but with his constant unexplained nosebleeds, it was plausible …” because that made me CRACK UP. While he was dead I kept thinking, omg I don’t think anyone’s died in a kdrama I ten years – but I never thought about the nosebleeds! 😁 wow, it’s been a while since that trope for me, thanks!
does he actually die in the end? and do they get back together after this five years nonsense?? what happens in episode 16? i’m so thankful i stopped watching at ep 13 😱
I was satisfied with Modern Girl, and then Crevasse came along and I AM DEAD. Bad specials don’t seem to exist anymore, they just get better and better every year!
Once upon a time there was a kind, brave and generous woman. Because she acted more like an old man than a woman, the world told her that no-one would ever fall in love with her. The woman liked who she was – she didn’t want to change! But she was also very lonely. One day, a snake disguised as a young man approached her. He planned to win her love and then abandon her. As he planned, the kind and generous woman came to love him. However, it was impossible for the snake not to love the woman too. Miraculously, her kind heart affected him and the snake transformed into a real man. The two of them lived ever after.
Aw, yay! I’m glad I have your seal of approval, @pickleddragon! Japanese dramas were my first love, so I have a good handful that are very precious to me.
I wanna play too! Except I realised I have just as many Japanese favourites as I do Korean favourites, so there are two lists:
10% Age of Youth 2
10% I Hear Your Voice
10% Reply 1988
10% Thirty But Seventeen
10% Shining Inheritance
10% Cheese in the Trap
10% Go Back Couple
10% You From the Stars
10% Let’s Eat
10% Live
Honourable Mentions: Be Melodramatic, Your Honor, Healer
10% Buzzer Beat
10% Gokusen
10% Unnatural
10% Hana Yori Dango
10% Hana Nochi Hare
10% Hana Kimi
10% Last Cinderella
10% Shiranakute Ii Koto
10% Nigeru wa Haji
10% Kimi wa Petto
Honourable Mentions: Shisturen Chocolatier, My Boss My Hero
From your list, I have only seen Shining Inheritance and Thirty But Seventeen. I’m going back through everyone’s lists and I keep getting like 10-20% (or zero) and it’s not because I have tried but disliked the dramas…i just haven’t seen them! I thought I’d seen a quite a lot but apparently not 😂
This is exactly my situation too! But then, I never thought I’d watched enough. I’m always awed by how much everyone else seems to know about this stuff – parallels and references keep getting bandied about all the time, and I’m left floundering, like, what, what…
frabbycrabsis loves KBS Drama Specials
April 5, 2021 at 1:33 AM
So the Annarasumanara (a brilliant surrealist webtoon) adaptation cast Ji Chang-wook and I can’t decide how I feel. Once again his character is a grown man paired with a schoolgirl.
frabbycrabsis loves KBS Drama Specials
April 5, 2021 at 1:37 AM
There’s something inherently unsettling about a mysterious nameless man showing up and teaching a young girl magic tricks, right? The webtoon is sober with all its uncomfortable themes, but now that Ji Chang-wook has been cast, I’m concerned they’re going to play the relationship between the main characters as a romance.
Plus in its favour: Hwang In-yeob is going to play Na Il-deung, which is SO EXCITING. I doubt the drama will play with the big head imagery of the webtoon, though.
LT is Irresistibly Indifferent, Dame Judi
April 5, 2021 at 2:44 AM
Why is Wookie so wedded to being skeevy?
frabbycrabsis loves KBS Drama Specials
April 5, 2021 at 9:52 AM
Honestly, LT, do his people like that he has this image of creeping on girls now? He doesn’t even suit the character. Like, I can’t imagine him walking up to a girl and asking her, “Do you believe in magic?” without irony. I wouldn’t have cast him – I would have cast Jang Ki-yong or something (it’s been ages since he had a good role anyway), someone who would better handle the nuances of the magician.
Prove me wrong, Ji Chang-wook, I miss liking you!
Kairoskat 💐
April 5, 2021 at 6:30 AM
I don’t think romance will be shoved in because that will deviate from the whole purpose of the story.
frabbycrabsis loves KBS Drama Specials
April 5, 2021 at 9:40 AM
Well, exactly, that’s my worry! When the drama for Happy If You Died came out, it basically ignored the messaging of the webtoon entirely. LT wrote a thing that explains it better than I could:
https://invisibledragon.home.blog/2019/03/23/very-very-happy-if-you-died/
I think that this story in the wrong hands could be a disaster.
earthna
April 8, 2021 at 1:15 PM
Thanks for sharing this. I enjoyed watching the drama but was quite disappointed with the love line. I assumed it was the same in the manhwa but that does not appear to be the case. It’s too bad they completely missed the point of the original work.
Jig
April 5, 2021 at 2:30 PM
I highly doubt that the that romance will be played up either. I think they are more likely to play up the romance between Na Il-deung and the FL. He was set up as a type of tsundere who learns better cause of the influence of the FL and the magician, though he had more layers than most. And, the webtoon hinted more at their relationship which I could see a kdrama running further with.
Kairoskat 💐
April 5, 2021 at 6:33 AM
The big head imagery was the interesting part of the webtoon. But now that we know a good looking actor will play the role, it takes away the imagery the webtoon had. I wonder if the drama will be as interesting as the webtoon without all the imagery the webtoon had.
Jig
April 5, 2021 at 2:22 PM
They would have had to ugly-fy him or pretty him up one way or the other, so the actor isn’t really telling until we get character posters.
But yeah, I didn’t really get how they are going to translate the imagery. It was the more interesting part of the webtoon.
mmmmm
April 5, 2021 at 2:59 AM
I UN-adopted him already and now crossed out his name from my list of babies. 🥺 Now when I think of him I get some creepy vibe.I hope he proves me wrong in his next projects; I won’t watch, no, but I’ll always read the comments about them.
LT is Irresistibly Indifferent, Dame Judi
April 5, 2021 at 3:25 AM
It’s like he’s deliberately cultivating an image of a giant creepster
mmmmm
April 5, 2021 at 3:49 AM
Yeah.. and I thought who in the world would wanna do that..
Fly Colours
April 5, 2021 at 3:40 AM
The webtoon is actually really good – but I was stressed out until it became clear that there was no romance between the magician and the girl. But yes, I only want to watch it as a drama if they get that out of the way really quickly
ladynightshade
April 6, 2021 at 7:37 PM
AGAIN???
Istg is he TRYING to set up his image as a creep? This is becoming almost a deliberate pattern and I am extremely uncomfortable.
frabbycrabsis loves KBS Drama Specials
March 25, 2021 at 3:51 AM
Mad respect for the money and effort KBS is putting into River Where the Moon Rises! I hope the staff are getting proper compensation.
https://mydramalist.com/article/kbs-decides-to-re-shoot-the-first-6-episodes-of-river-where-the-moon-rises-with-na-in-woo
beesgiggle
March 25, 2021 at 9:08 AM
Na In Woo is doing so well too!! Was already expecting the show to experience a car crash, but well, they got out of that unscathed! Hope the prod company is taking care of everyone, they’ll overworked for sure 🙁
Eazal
March 26, 2021 at 7:08 AM
Now, even if the drama is a complete mess but for hot and hot (at least to me), I’m watching because all this effort and hard working deserves so much respect!!
frabbycrabsis loves KBS Drama Specials
March 13, 2021 at 1:43 PM
This mv is so gorgeous!
(Spoilers for Love Alarm 2)
frabbycrabsis loves KBS Drama Specials
March 13, 2021 at 1:44 PM
Sun-oh will always have the 18-year-old Jojo. She’s the one he’s in love with. It’s so bittersweet and lovely.
frabbycrabsis loves KBS Drama Specials
February 26, 2021 at 9:11 AM
I’ve been listening to this on repeat all day, send help!
beantown
February 26, 2021 at 12:33 PM
It really reminds me of Weeknd Blinding Lights https://youtu.be/4NRXx6U8ABQ
frabbycrabsis loves KBS Drama Specials
February 26, 2021 at 1:15 PM
This must be why I like it so much, then! I LOVE Blinding Lights!
Ooooooooh, I’m blinded by the light~
beantown
February 26, 2021 at 1:57 PM
Which is a throwback to my absolute irreplaceable fave- the granddaddy of them all💋💋💋
https://youtu.be/djV11Xbc914
frabbycrabsis loves KBS Drama Specials
February 26, 2021 at 2:17 PM
Take On Me 😫❤❤❤
frabbycrabsis loves KBS Drama Specials
February 25, 2021 at 2:04 AM
If anyone is interested, I wrote a review of The Uncanny Counter (yes, it’s pretty late, and no one cares now, but still):
https://crabbyfordramas.wordpress.com/2021/02/24/the-uncanny-counter-review/
frabbycrabsis loves KBS Drama Specials
February 16, 2021 at 6:07 AM
If there\’s anyone here who likes Nobunaga Concerto, I wrote a thing:
https://crabbyfordramas.wordpress.com/2021/02/15/rewriting-history-in-nobunaga-concerto/
frabbycrabsis loves KBS Drama Specials
February 16, 2021 at 6:08 AM
@munie2812, thank you for recommending it to me! ❤️
munie2812
February 18, 2021 at 1:45 AM
Awwww…u made it 🤗🤗🤗😉…hehe..I read those in your website as well. I love how Oguri have chemistry with everyone eventhough there is not much kiss/romantic scene 😅😅. And yes even is RMPW…Currently Im watching his old drama Tokyo Dogs & the bickering with his partner is funny as hell lolll..My other Jdrama Ive finished last week is Hitaru no Hikari & Tantei no Tantei…I feel like I’m into the jdrama more than kdrama since last year…& just taking time watching their old dramas ^^. Still, this website has been my home for kdrama addict for 10 years…I love to come bck here once in a while & read whats new in kdrama i guess. Congratulations on your own blog & keep on writing ^^
frabbycrabsis loves KBS Drama Specials
February 8, 2021 at 1:52 AM
I realise it’s a few months late, but I wrote a Year In Review thing!
https://crabbyfordramas.wordpress.com/2021/02/08/my-favourites-of-2020/
frabbycrabsis loves KBS Drama Specials
December 26, 2020 at 5:44 AM
It’s Queen Cheorin Day! Woohoooooo!
frabbycrabsis loves KBS Drama Specials
December 26, 2020 at 1:19 AM
Happy Boxing Day, everyone! Here’s my review of the KBS Drama Specials – there are some really good ones this year!
https://crabbyfordrama.blogspot.com/2020/12/kbs-drama-specials-2020.html
wapz
December 26, 2020 at 6:36 AM
I haven’t seen LSY for a while, that too in a romance but the YSA one and the first one look good too. Which one would you recommend?
frabbycrabsis loves KBS Drama Specials
December 26, 2020 at 9:50 AM
Could you help me with the abbreviations? 😆
frabbycrabsis loves KBS Drama Specials
December 26, 2020 at 10:01 AM
Oh, I figured it out, hahaha! I responded to you on my blog ❤
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ 🦊⚔️🎥 ~
December 26, 2020 at 7:35 AM
Oh, thanks for the link!
frabbycrabsis loves KBS Drama Specials
December 11, 2020 at 8:20 AM
I finished my scathing review of Was It Love!
https://crabbyfordrama.blogspot.com/2020/12/was-it-love-no-it-was-not.html?m=1
Maq
December 11, 2020 at 8:22 AM
Crabby for Drama is a great URL name
frabbycrabsis loves KBS Drama Specials
December 11, 2020 at 8:45 AM
Thank you! 😌
WishfulToki
December 11, 2020 at 12:26 PM
Great writing, but seeing No Ae Jung’s contorted face again almost made me sick. I could even hear her screaming. 🤢
If we had a vote for Worst Drama of the Year I’m giving WAS IT LOVE all my votes.
frabbycrabsis loves KBS Drama Specials
December 11, 2020 at 12:44 PM
At first, I was only going to use her expressions from the kidnapping scene, but then it was hilarious so I just kept going 😂
I can’t decide whether this was the worst show of the year, or if it was Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol. What’s worse: something consistently awful all the way through, or something brilliant for ages and then so shockingly evil it was like a punch to the stomach?
frabbycrabsis loves KBS Drama Specials
December 11, 2020 at 12:45 PM
I just realised there’s something wrong with that link. To see it formatted properly, press this one 😂😂😂
https://crabbyfordrama.blogspot.com/2020/12/was-it-love-no-it-was-not.html
WishfulToki
December 11, 2020 at 5:35 PM
I would say WAS IT LOVE takes the cake, because it’s pure trash. At least you can salvage most of DODO and forget the ending happened (maybe? I didn’t watch it).
frabbycrabsis loves KBS Drama Specials
December 12, 2020 at 12:13 AM
Oh trust me, if you’d watched it, you’d know it’s impossible to forget 😂
dramalover4ever
December 11, 2020 at 4:19 PM
I really want to read this, but I am going to have to fortify myself for the journey back into something that made me so angry it drained all of my psychic powers.
dramalover4ever
December 11, 2020 at 5:15 PM
This is great, Frabby @frabbycrabsis loves KBS Drama Specials and cathartic too. No one could have said it better. I had to eat some comfort food as I read it (it’s too early in the day for alcohol). It was so bad in so many ways. Ae-jung’s character was monumentally stupid, and more than that, grossly insensitive and damaging to her child. The children were wonderful, and Pa-do and Dong-chan’s moment had truth in it. I wonder about the writer. Was he a middle-aged man? It makes sense to me if he was. Not that I want to dump on middle-aged men, but the whole drama smacks of someone who only sees women through certain stereotypes. Enough said. I do not want to waste anymore of my life on this total waste of space. It’s good that you put up a warning sign.
frabbycrabsis loves KBS Drama Specials
December 12, 2020 at 12:12 AM
Thank you for reading it, despite your physical aversion! Now that I’ve written this, I never have to talk about it again 🎉
Because you said that about the writer, I went to MDL to see who it was… No one was listed 😂
If no one wrote this drama, I guess that explains why it was so bad!
dramalover4ever
December 12, 2020 at 3:10 AM
Funny. I looked it up some time again and it was some middle-aged man. I guess he’s gone into hiding. ROFL
frabbycrabsis loves KBS Drama Specials
December 6, 2020 at 1:12 PM
But seriously, WHERE IS THE REST OF LOVE ALARM?
Lord Cobol
December 6, 2020 at 1:19 PM
The “someone nearby likes you” app got rewritten into a “someone nearby is contagious – RUN!” app 🙂
strawberry
December 6, 2020 at 1:40 PM
The surprise catch is, even if you don’t have the app installed, you still gotta be playing by its rule.
dramalover4ever
December 6, 2020 at 2:23 PM
So true.
dramalover4ever
December 6, 2020 at 2:23 PM
Good question. I’ve been wondering for some time. WHEN, if ever? Do you think they couldn’t imagine what could possibly happen next? I loved what it was doing by logically extending the technology that was so close to what is happening today, just taking it one step further.
dramalover4ever
December 6, 2020 at 2:28 PM
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mindy🍑
December 6, 2020 at 2:31 PM
Script-reading happened several months ago. Netflix dramas always take a long time from production to dropping, be patient!
dramalover4ever
December 6, 2020 at 3:15 PM
Wow. So it’s happening. Best news ever.
frabbycrabsis loves KBS Drama Specials
December 6, 2020 at 4:38 PM
I assumed it was gonna be like My First First Love where they clearly filmed it all at once, that’s why I’ve been so stumped by this wait.
mindy🍑
December 6, 2020 at 4:50 PM
No, they actually took a year off and filmed season 2 this year.
dramalover4ever
December 6, 2020 at 5:24 PM
I wonder how much of it will reflect what’s happened in the world with both dating apps, as well as the virus?
frabbycrabsis loves KBS Drama Specials
December 2, 2020 at 5:16 AM
The female leads I’ll never forget? Easy!
Cha Young-jin (Nobody Knows): Masterfully portrayed by Kim Seo-hyung, Young-jin is at once the cool slick no-nonsense detective the world sees, and a compassionate, loyal woman who will stop at nothing to protect her little friend. Not only is she a competent police-officer (a rare breed in the dramaverse), she has layers and layers of character to her outside of that. Nobody Knows was incredible in general, but it wouldn’t have stolen my heart the way it did without Cha Young-jin.
Makabe Keito (Shiranakute Ii Koto): Oh, Keito! Ambitious, brazen, opportunistic, persistent, skilled, cheeky, wonderful Keito! Yoshitaka Yuriko shone every second she was on screen in this drama, and the heroine she created was so deliciously lovable that I had to know how her story played out. Once again, we have a woman very competent at her job with layers and layers of character outside of that (I’m noticing a theme).
Noh Ae-jung (Was It Love?): I’m gonna remember this one for all the wrong reasons. I have no ae-jung for Noh Ae-jung. She’s a terrible mother, a terrible PD, and a terrible person. Even the best actress in the world couldn’t make such a fundamentally awful character likeable, so I have to respect Song Ji-hyo for even trying.
frabbycrabsis loves KBS Drama Specials
December 1, 2020 at 1:19 PM
I don’t know where people have gotten the 2020 Roundup criteria from, but I’ll play.
So, the male leads I won’t forget right? Well, probably the ones who were most like me.
Im Eun-seob (I’ll Go to You When the Weather is Nice): Im Eun-seob is deeply sensitive and loving, but he’s also a very sick baby who can’t get out of his own head. Seeing him reach out to people and accept their love drove a stake through my heart.
Lee Soo (More Than Friends): Lee Soo is narcissistic and selfish, which turned many people off this show immediately, but there’s more to him. No, I’m not excusing his selfishness. But the fact that he’s never compelled to start something with the people he’s been attracted to, because his desire to not get hurt is stronger than his desire to date them, is deeply relatable. His character growth was amazing.
Eazal
December 1, 2020 at 1:28 PM
The idea came up on a Friday’s Open Thread and this is more or less the idea: https://www.dramabeans.com/members/eazal/activity/1167041/
And here you have the photo, which can be easier to remember the themes: https://www.dramabeans.com/members/eazal/activity/1172400/
Please, join. The more the merrier 🙂
frabbycrabsis loves KBS Drama Specials
December 1, 2020 at 2:05 PM
Thank you Eazal! 😘
frabbycrabsis loves KBS Drama Specials
December 1, 2020 at 5:50 AM
Sunwoo Jun can go to Hell, but Sunwoo Hwan is welcome in this house anytime~
#480p-shining-inheritance-rewatch-number-238
Mani-chan
December 1, 2020 at 7:04 AM
How is the drama? I always wanted to check it out
frabbycrabsis loves KBS Drama Specials
December 1, 2020 at 10:59 AM
Terrible and wonderful! I can’t really talk about it objectively – it’s an addictive makjang mess with some genuinely lovely character development that I rewatch CONSTANTLY because it’s my comfort food.
Mani-chan
December 1, 2020 at 6:02 PM
K thanks
neener ~ Inside the Magic Shop ~
December 1, 2020 at 7:28 AM
LOL
bebeswtz❣️Xiao Zhan is the sunshine in human form ☀️
December 1, 2020 at 9:43 AM
Oh, young Seung Gi…. This was only his 3rd drama at the time XD Bae Soo Bin gave me really–and I mean REALLY– bad SLS with this one, and it still hurts to this day thinking about it T…..T
Midnight
December 1, 2020 at 8:35 PM
LOVE this show!
frabbycrabsis loves KBS Drama Specials
December 2, 2020 at 3:00 AM
Yes, I remember! I think we’ve talked about it together before 😆
Midnight
December 2, 2020 at 3:13 AM
😄😄
frabbycrabsis loves KBS Drama Specials
November 29, 2020 at 11:15 AM
Episode 14 of Start-Up was glorious. It was the epitome of: \”We\’re getting the band back together!\”
frabbycrabsis loves KBS Drama Specials
November 26, 2020 at 8:57 AM
Okay, that\’s it, I can\’t hold it in anymore. DO DO SOL SOL LA LA SOL SPOILERS BELOW.
frabbycrabsis loves KBS Drama Specials
November 26, 2020 at 9:03 AM
HE LET HER BELIEVE HE WAS DEAD FOR FIVE YEARS.
Lala deserves better. Jun will torture her until the end of time with his malicious fucking lies.
He lost me in episode 14 for telling Lala that he didn’t like her anymore. As shown in episode 15, he could have just said he was going abroad. That was the first indication I really had that Jun was too immature to date Lala.
And then it’s revealed that he was Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol all along. Am I touched? No, I’m not. That’s ridiculous. I hate it. I hate it so much. Jun being Lala’s guardian angel has been stretched too far, it’s not cute anymore. The only way they could have fixed this was by Jun dying.
And then he did! They could have foreshadowed it more, but with his constant unexplained nosebleeds, it was plausible that Jun had cancer! If Lala was never going to pay him back, then him dying was the perfect resolution to the story. He was the star watching her from Heaven all along, it’s perfect!
BUT OH WAIT, HE JUST PRETENDED THAT HE WAS DEAD FOR. FIVE. YEARS.
*banshee screams*
ElKwesi
November 26, 2020 at 9:21 AM
Truthfully this show made me decide to take a drama break. It’s ridiculous the nonsense they decided to just throw out towards the end. I don’t know how anyone read these episodes scripts and thought “yep, we good to go”
yongsital 🌱 dimples 🌱
November 26, 2020 at 9:27 AM
I’m not watching this drama but what storyline did I just read?? Who comes up with these stories?
frabbycrabsis loves KBS Drama Specials
November 26, 2020 at 9:39 AM
I KNOW, who’s idea was this?? Who let this happen??
frabbycrabsis loves KBS Drama Specials
November 26, 2020 at 9:39 AM
*whose
gadis | clawing my way back after the longest drama slump
November 26, 2020 at 7:52 PM
Hah. Apparently I’m not the only one fascinated by the collective rage of beanies about this drama (it felt like watching a multiple car crash). What kind of plot is that? I thought nothing could top the crappiness of Fox Bride Star ending, but this sounds so much more awful. Thank goodness I was in drama slump when this drama first came out.
bbstl
November 26, 2020 at 2:36 PM
Except, I have to say it was almost worth being this pissed off just to read “but with his constant unexplained nosebleeds, it was plausible …” because that made me CRACK UP. While he was dead I kept thinking, omg I don’t think anyone’s died in a kdrama I ten years – but I never thought about the nosebleeds! 😁 wow, it’s been a while since that trope for me, thanks!
Avakai
November 27, 2020 at 10:35 PM
does he actually die in the end? and do they get back together after this five years nonsense?? what happens in episode 16? i’m so thankful i stopped watching at ep 13 😱
frabbycrabsis loves KBS Drama Specials
November 28, 2020 at 2:51 AM
You stopped in exactly the right place!
Avakai
November 29, 2020 at 3:15 AM
I took a look at the ending after reading all the comments and 😡
frabbycrabsis loves KBS Drama Specials
November 25, 2020 at 1:46 PM
Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol, who hurt you??
frabbycrabsis loves KBS Drama Specials
November 20, 2020 at 5:21 AM
This year\’s KBS Drama Specials are SO GOOD! 😭
frabbycrabsis loves KBS Drama Specials
November 20, 2020 at 5:22 AM
I was satisfied with Modern Girl, and then Crevasse came along and I AM DEAD. Bad specials don’t seem to exist anymore, they just get better and better every year!
dee23
November 20, 2020 at 7:05 AM
Really? I’ll check it out.
Ayan
November 23, 2020 at 2:00 PM
Cool, will check it out!
frabbycrabsis loves KBS Drama Specials
July 26, 2020 at 5:26 AM
Once upon a time there was a kind, brave and generous woman. Because she acted more like an old man than a woman, the world told her that no-one would ever fall in love with her. The woman liked who she was – she didn’t want to change! But she was also very lonely. One day, a snake disguised as a young man approached her. He planned to win her love and then abandon her. As he planned, the kind and generous woman came to love him. However, it was impossible for the snake not to love the woman too. Miraculously, her kind heart affected him and the snake transformed into a real man. The two of them lived ever after.
I wrote a very long, heartfelt love letter to Last Cinderella: https://crabbyfordrama.blogspot.com/2020/07/last-cinderella-fairytale-we-needed.html
pickleddragon
July 26, 2020 at 5:36 AM
What an excellent, thoughtful – and yes, heartfelt – review! I haven’t watched too many jdoramas, but this makes me want to watch it now.
frabbycrabsis loves KBS Drama Specials
July 26, 2020 at 5:54 AM
Aw, yay! I’m glad I have your seal of approval, @pickleddragon! Japanese dramas were my first love, so I have a good handful that are very precious to me.
Ayan
November 23, 2020 at 2:01 PM
Thank you!!! I loved this drama 🙂
frabbycrabsis loves KBS Drama Specials
July 25, 2020 at 2:32 AM
I wanna play too! Except I realised I have just as many Japanese favourites as I do Korean favourites, so there are two lists:
10% Age of Youth 2
10% I Hear Your Voice
10% Reply 1988
10% Thirty But Seventeen
10% Shining Inheritance
10% Cheese in the Trap
10% Go Back Couple
10% You From the Stars
10% Let’s Eat
10% Live
Honourable Mentions: Be Melodramatic, Your Honor, Healer
frabbycrabsis loves KBS Drama Specials
July 25, 2020 at 2:34 AM
10% Buzzer Beat
10% Gokusen
10% Unnatural
10% Hana Yori Dango
10% Hana Nochi Hare
10% Hana Kimi
10% Last Cinderella
10% Shiranakute Ii Koto
10% Nigeru wa Haji
10% Kimi wa Petto
Honourable Mentions: Shisturen Chocolatier, My Boss My Hero
purplesheesh
July 25, 2020 at 5:21 AM
50% here!!! I adore Nigeru Wa Haji and Gokusen is one of the reasons why I decided to be a teacher!!!
frabbycrabsis loves KBS Drama Specials
July 25, 2020 at 6:39 AM
Wow! Someone else who loves Gokusen! That makes me so happy.
Playstore, Okay Or Not Okay
July 25, 2020 at 2:48 AM
60% match and another YFAS buddy.
frabbycrabsis loves KBS Drama Specials
July 25, 2020 at 3:22 AM
It holds up!
LT is Irresistibly Indifferent, Dame Judi
July 25, 2020 at 3:12 AM
30% Frabby, the world doesn’t make much sense.
frabbycrabsis loves KBS Drama Specials
July 25, 2020 at 3:22 AM
Aw, where did we go wrong? 😂
beffels
July 25, 2020 at 3:41 AM
20%, these lists are showing me how many dramas I haven’t seen!
frabbycrabsis loves KBS Drama Specials
July 25, 2020 at 3:46 AM
Oh, really? What haven’t you seen?
beffels
July 25, 2020 at 4:02 AM
From your list, I have only seen Shining Inheritance and Thirty But Seventeen. I’m going back through everyone’s lists and I keep getting like 10-20% (or zero) and it’s not because I have tried but disliked the dramas…i just haven’t seen them! I thought I’d seen a quite a lot but apparently not 😂
pickleddragon
July 25, 2020 at 5:01 AM
This is exactly my situation too! But then, I never thought I’d watched enough. I’m always awed by how much everyone else seems to know about this stuff – parallels and references keep getting bandied about all the time, and I’m left floundering, like, what, what…
pickleddragon
July 25, 2020 at 4:59 AM
10% :/ (R88) . To be fair, I haven’t watched 7/10.
But 2/3 among your hon. mentions, for sure!
frabbycrabsis loves KBS Drama Specials
July 25, 2020 at 6:40 AM
I saw you put Nobody Knows on yours and it made my heart soar~
mindy🍑
July 25, 2020 at 5:16 AM
50%! And then 40% for the jdramas~
But I haven’t seen any of the ones I didn’t count, so of the dramas I’ve seen it’s 100% 😂
frabbycrabsis loves KBS Drama Specials
July 25, 2020 at 7:37 AM
I’m gonna count that as complete compatibility then 😂
purplesheesh
July 25, 2020 at 5:20 AM
50% 🙂
parkchuna
July 25, 2020 at 7:41 AM
50% and yes to HM except Your Honor which i sadly didn’t finish.
WishfulToki
July 25, 2020 at 7:49 AM
60%! Plus Healer
frabbycrabsis loves KBS Drama Specials
July 25, 2020 at 8:10 AM
I figured Healer has been getting plenty of love, but otherwise it might have been higher
Junie Bug
July 25, 2020 at 7:53 AM
55%~ The half is for Let’s Eat haha