So it’s funny. I was watching Destined with you when A Time called you released. I was this close to dropping DWY because I was finding Rowoon’s lipstick too distracting (the make up was too much). But then I watched this cameo and the way I fell head over heels for Rowoon is funny. I don’t even know what it was about this cameo, but I was completely convinced of his charms after this, finished DWY, now watching MM and love him even more.
You totally get it. It was that LOOK and the touch. I mean I watched 12 episodes of that drama and didn’t feel the chemistry like I did in those 4 or 5 minutes.
I will mix with one of the kiss scenes I loved too : Wonder Why by Kyoungseo Lee in The Interest of Love. We can’t speak about kissing scenes without mentionning Yoo Yeon-Seok !
I liked Dice Game by Yaori for the same drama, It’s You by Park Won for Destined with You, Night and Day by Jung Seung-Hwan in Castaway Diva.
Rowoon is one of those actors who manages to have great chemistry with all of his co-stars. That said, he did seem to have an extra special connection with Jo Bo-Ah 😍
13th December Show how you learned from your mistakes: let’s talk about drops for 2023
Dropping is an important skill. But it doesn’t depend only about the quality of the shows, but other elements like their schedule, if there are too many similar dramas, m y mood, etc.
For example, usually, I would have dropped Moon in the Day, I didn’t like the actors and the story was a big mess. But I didn’t, why? Because I had nothing to watch except A Good Day to be A Dog, that isn’t really better and only on the Wednesday…
14th December Best bromance / womance for 2023
I really like the group of friends in Divorce Attorney Shin. They were pretty funny overall always supportive.
15th December Special Kimchi slap edition: worst parent in 2023
So many possibilities! There were very bad parents, toxic ones, serial killer ones, etc.
But I would pick ones they weren’t bad parents but naive ones who put their kids in danger: Moving parents.
They thought they would protect their kids by not telling them the truth. But they always had a step behind the villains. At the end, the result was completely the opposite.
16th December Your guilty pleasure in 2023
Rewatching a certain scene from Destined with You 😇
17th December Oldie (non 2023) you loved the most
I don’t think I watched for the first time an oldie in 2023… I did rewatch some shows, but I don’t remember which ones.
18th December Favorite villain in 2023
Easy one: Lady Park in The Matchmakers
She’s really well written. She’s not crazy, a psychopath, etc. She’s smart and subtile. She uses the best people around her to gain what she wants. But in all her schemes, she really loves her family and kids and it makes her hard to hate her.
19th December Best used trope / Best subverted trope in 2023
Beach scenes they always are so beautifully filmed : I loved the scenes in
– My Destined with You (her father death’s anniversary, the proposal)
– The Interest of Love (the castle)
– Perfect Mariage Revenge (we really could feel the couple as a couple)
– My Dearest (NGM in his first scene!)
Hmmm I wonder which DwY scene your guilty pleasure is?! 🤔 🧐
And beach scenes are a great pick for best trope & great examples too!! The ‘abunim can I take her with me?’ at the beach in DwY holds a special spot in my heart!! And for pure aesthetics, the one in My Demon with all the shades of pink and the massive magical water arch ooft 👌
I liked the ones in DwY. First, the one we finally know what the Shaman said to Hong-Jo : Your destinies cannot be severed. I liked how he learned about Hong-Jo in the car.
They started to date officially on the beach too. He took her there.
The sunset for the first day of the year was beautiful too. I liked this place.
He proposed to her, and it was nice he chose her father resting place to do it. Knowing how important he’s to her.
Oh yes the beautiful voice over bit at the beach when Shin-yu realises what the answer was/Hong-jo goes over it again in her head!!! Momentarily forgot about that one!!
The survey for the production of The Matchmakers Bluray has started!
What it is and how it works ?
The bluray is usually composed of making-of, interviews of the actors, comments by the director and the main actors. It depends on their schedule.
The production team set a total amount to produce the bluray and we need to reach an amount by prepaying before. If we don’t get the amount, there will be no bluray. It’s quite expensive.
After, there will be other things to do to level up to pay the bluray with a discount.
It’s hard to find these blurays by another way. They don’t produce a lot of them and they’re quickly out of stock.
There are no English subtitles but sometimes fans get organized to find and pay a translator.
Nobody will be surprised if I say Jang Shin-Yu, I guess. For this reason, I will add the 12th theme Best suit wearer because they’re very connected.
The issue it’s when the actor is 190cm tall, it makes things harder to get his whole body in the frame, when he has a beautiful face, the director gives up pretty fast :p (the fact his costars are around 160-165cm doesn’t help neither)
Everytime, he wore a suit or casual clothes or a long coat, he looks good. It was too long to share everything.
9th December : Your non k-drama recommendation for 2023
Cdrama : When I Fly Toward You
It was a nice highschool / yound adult drama. The leads were adorable. It was the typical “cold” ML and the bubbly FL, but the actors did really great and at the end, the couple was pretty well balanced.
Jdrama : Silent
It was a drama with a deaf character and I really liked how they addressed the different points of view of the characters.
Western shows :
– Lockwood and Co: I didn’t read the books but I think the first season was a good introduction to the story. It sucks they cancelled it.
– Dear Edward: It was a show about a plane that crashed, everybody died except a little boy. A support group for family members/friends was formed and we follow their story.
– Ted Lasso: It was really nice to see the characters’ evolution during the 3 seasons. I liked the humor!
8th December : <b The character who most screams for mental health care for 2023
Doona in Doona!
I didn’t understand her character because I think her past was not very well developped. But at the end, she became a solo artist without really changing anything in her life that made her unable to sing… She clearly needed professional help and not cigarettes, booze and a boyfriend who had his own problems.
(And a hairdresser would be nice too, I really hated her haircut)
I know the feeling.
It’s the exact reason why I haven’t watch Crash Landing On You yet. It took me ages to watch It’s Okay To Not Be Okay for the same reason… and many others.
If I accidentally fall on a drama without spotting the many praises and raving comments, I’m fine. Otherwise, I’m a defiant stubborn idiot who will need ages to give it a go.
Same. If there’s too much hype around something, I won’t watch it or listen to it etc. If I’m still interested, I’ll get around to it when people have forgotten it. I was super stoked when I saw *Wednesday* on Netflix bc I LOVE the Addams Family, but all the hype and endless tiktoks of her dance turned me off completely. :/
Ah yes, i forgot that one. Still haven’t watched it for exactly the reasons you mention. If they oversell it to me, I run away rather than get interested!
It might just be a case of the Roswoonies speaking up (like Yumi’s Cells) but I love that uri Rowoon is in this drama. I really think he’s irreplaceable in this. I’ve always liked him in everything so I’m hardly objective but I think this is his breakthrough performance. While Destined With You might have been more popular with international audiences but The Matchmakers is just so beautiful.😍 It is a slow, mellow watch and the way it is shot adds to the atmosphere of the drama.
I had doubts because it was just after Destined With You and I was scared to see his DWY’s character instead of the new one. But I’m really happy that he could completetely separate both characters. They’re really different.
4th December : The drama you loved and Beanies hated / The drama you hated and Beanies loved for 2023
The Interest of Love :
I think there is a little community of people who finished this drama.
I don’t know if I would have loved it the same without Moon Ga-Young and Yoo Yeon-Seok because they really did well with their unperfect characters, I rooted for them.
Moving and Twinkling Watermelon :
I didn’t hate those dramas but I clearly didn’t like as much as Beanies.
For Moving, there were way too many characters with backstories. I didn’t like the rhythm with the cute teenagers story then the parents stories that were very violent. At the end, they were all just puppets…
For TW, it was cute but for me the time travel didn’t make sense. I didn’t like the FL neither.
There would be no interest in the drama if the leads were not who they were in The Interest of Love. 🤣 The drama needed seasoned actors and they delivered. The drama did not get a lot of love because of its non-rom-com non-K-drama nature but it was satisfying, at least for me.
He was a bad guy in Rookie Historian too. That and Red Sleeve are the roles I most remember him in prior to Secret Romantic. @isagc I’d forgotten about him in Meow! Loved that cute series!
With a little delay because I was in Zurich to watch The Lion King musical 😀
2nd December : Male lead you will never forget for 2023
Jang Shin-Yu in Destined with You:
1) His style was perfect. No character wore suits like he did (or casual clothes or coats or Joseon uniform).
2) He was good at his job and not thanks to his family’s wealth.
3) He has an interesting relationship with the Red Hand.
4) Speaking of hands, I really like the focus on his hands during the whole show.
5) He chose great places to date, simple places for a walk (beach, flower field, cherry blossom, etc.) and not in a way to show off.
6) He said the most cringey words in the most serious way, it was hilarious.
7) Let’s get a grip, Jang Shin-Yu!
“Lion King: The Musical” is on my bucket list 😍 It’s been years since I last remember them coming to my city to perform. I hope you had a good time and enjoyed the show!!
It’s crazy to think I watched this movie in 1994 at the movie theater and it’s still very famous as a movie but as a musical too. They were so many kids in the theater (who did not necessarily speak English).
1rst December : Female lead you will never forget for 2023
Ahn Su-Yeong in The Interest of Love:
She was a broken character who tried to be happy. She could have been unsufferable but Moon Ka-Young gave a lot of depth to her character what made me root for her.
Special mention to Bong Ye-Bun in Behind Your Touch, it’s hard to forget a character with such a weird gift.
Kurama
January 2, 2024 at 7:14 AM
The precommand of the Blu-Ray for The Matchmakers has started!
You need to be a member on https://cafe.daum.net/thematchmakers and you got a coupon for a discount (kinda ridiculous around 7$)
Of course, it’s super expensive : ~200$. I don’t know the real price for you because it changes with the shipping fees.
There is the text in English https://cafe.daum.net/thematchmakers/bajO/5
For now, it’s not certain that the Blu-ray will be made. It depends if we can get enough money to start the production.
Don’t disappoint O Bong!
Kurama
January 2, 2024 at 7:16 AM
Kurama
December 31, 2023 at 8:46 AM
Goodbye Bye 2023!
!!!Welcome 2024!!!
Happy New Year, Beanies!
HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦆❤️🦆
December 31, 2023 at 9:59 AM
Happy New Year!!! 🥳🎉🎉🎉 Yay Rowoon!! 😉
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
December 31, 2023 at 10:04 AM
Happy New Year Kurama, Let’s Roswoon some more in 2024!! 🎉 🥰 💕
Isa is always time travelling
December 31, 2023 at 11:37 AM
Happy new year!! 🎉🎉🎉
korfan
December 31, 2023 at 6:27 PM
Happy New Year!
tabong loves when haraboji says 너 몇 살이야!🍉
December 31, 2023 at 6:49 PM
Happy new year, Kurama! 💚
emsel
December 31, 2023 at 9:27 PM
Happy New Year!!!
sonai
January 1, 2024 at 2:06 AM
Hahaha, such fun GIFs! A very Ro-swoony Happy New Year to you, @kurama ! 🥳🫰🦆❤️🦆
Kurama
January 1, 2024 at 2:20 AM
Danoh and Haru were such a lovely and fun couple!
Thank you!
Kurama
January 1, 2024 at 2:23 AM
Thank you @hopefulromantic, @seekerr, @isagc, @korfan, @enriquequierecagar and @emsel !!!
Did you have a good New Year’s Eve? 🥰
tabong loves when haraboji says 너 몇 살이야!🍉
January 1, 2024 at 2:42 AM
Yes! I had a nice time with my siblings. And you?
Kurama
January 1, 2024 at 2:48 AM
The same! With my family too 🙂
korfan
January 1, 2024 at 2:55 AM
Had a nice quiet day at home and I had the chance to do some drama-watching!
Kurama
January 1, 2024 at 2:59 AM
It’s a nice way to change the year! Which oppa accompagnied you? :p
korfan
January 1, 2024 at 12:48 PM
I closed out the year with Sung Hoon and Ji Chang-wook.
Isa is always time travelling
January 1, 2024 at 3:33 AM
Yes! I had dinner with my parents and watched TV (the New Year’s Eve usual funny shows).
HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦆❤️🦆
January 1, 2024 at 4:13 AM
I had a nice evening with family and enjoyed a drama! 😄 I hope you had a good New Year’s Eve, too!! ❤️
emsel
January 1, 2024 at 8:03 PM
Yup! Had a good day with fam.
Hope you had a geat New Year!
Kurama
December 24, 2023 at 7:03 AM
Free style : Bed scene because it doesn’t happen so often in Kdramas! or not as good :p
It started with this:
And ended like this:
Merry Christmas Beanies!
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
December 24, 2023 at 9:40 AM
It seems a little… ah, intense. But umm, thank you anyway.
There can never be too much Rowoon on the fanwalls.
Bebe | Nessa❣️
December 24, 2023 at 5:15 PM
I think “Money Heist: Korea” had a sex scene wherein the FL’s full naked back was shown, which is also very rare in Kdramas
Kurama
December 25, 2023 at 12:11 AM
Netflix Kdramas don’t have the same restrictions. A lot of them show more nudity.
Bebe | Nessa❣️
December 25, 2023 at 12:40 AM
Oh yea, I know XD Was just saying in general relativity to the prompt 👍🏻
lapislazulii
December 24, 2023 at 7:51 PM
have been shamelessly staring for the past 5 minutes
Kurama
December 25, 2023 at 12:12 AM
It’s there for that 😁
Elinor lives in the realm of the Impossible
December 25, 2023 at 1:08 PM
Not me back here 24 hours later to stare some more. 😈
Kurama
December 25, 2023 at 1:14 PM
It’s our secret 😄
Kurama
December 22, 2023 at 7:18 AM
22th December Best cameo in 2023
Rowoon in A Time Call You
It was sweet to see these 2 friends in the real life to play this story.
Min Sung-Wook in Castaway Diva as Prosecutor Lee Ji-Gwang from While You Were Sleeping
I really liked the scene of the confrontation between the villain father and the rest of the family. It was nice to see him as prosecutor of the case.
Dramaforever
December 22, 2023 at 10:06 AM
So it’s funny. I was watching Destined with you when A Time called you released. I was this close to dropping DWY because I was finding Rowoon’s lipstick too distracting (the make up was too much). But then I watched this cameo and the way I fell head over heels for Rowoon is funny. I don’t even know what it was about this cameo, but I was completely convinced of his charms after this, finished DWY, now watching MM and love him even more.
spazmo
December 22, 2023 at 10:23 AM
seriously! his cameo was AMAZING, he just had that LOOK and his touch…
Dramaforever
December 22, 2023 at 10:34 AM
You totally get it. It was that LOOK and the touch. I mean I watched 12 episodes of that drama and didn’t feel the chemistry like I did in those 4 or 5 minutes.
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
December 22, 2023 at 11:34 AM
^^ yes, exactly that!
tabong loves when haraboji says 너 몇 살이야!🍉
December 22, 2023 at 11:12 AM
I feel you. He was like 5 minutes in ATCL but he completely stole the show.
Ally
December 23, 2023 at 7:22 AM
Upvote for rowoon (that cameo was good).
Kurama
December 23, 2023 at 7:34 AM
Yeah! He made us wishing more!
Kurama
December 21, 2023 at 4:24 AM
21th December The OST you are obsessed with
I will mix with one of the kiss scenes I loved too : Wonder Why by Kyoungseo Lee in The Interest of Love. We can’t speak about kissing scenes without mentionning Yoo Yeon-Seok !
I liked Dice Game by Yaori for the same drama, It’s You by Park Won for Destined with You, Night and Day by Jung Seung-Hwan in Castaway Diva.
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
December 21, 2023 at 5:53 AM
Yoo Yeon-Seok is the OG kissy face. 😘
Kurama
December 20, 2023 at 10:05 AM
20th December Favorite kiss
I need to like the couple to appreciate completely the kiss scenes.
So, without surprise, I choose Destined With You. Not their first (real) one, that was kinda disappointing but all the others!
The imagined one with Rowoon’s fingers
The frog prince one
The Barbapapa one
The Spiderman one
Their cute pecks
The little bump on her head before the kiss
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
December 20, 2023 at 10:26 AM
Great great gifs. Thank you for invoking the feelz again. Jang Shin-yu definitely got a grip – on all our hearts. ❤
zindigo
December 20, 2023 at 1:36 PM
Rowoon is one of those actors who manages to have great chemistry with all of his co-stars. That said, he did seem to have an extra special connection with Jo Bo-Ah 😍
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
December 21, 2023 at 12:32 PM
I loved Hong-jo with Shin-yu ❤
Apart from him 🤦♀️ she was all holey 🕳
zindigo
December 21, 2023 at 1:07 PM
😂
Kurama
December 19, 2023 at 12:56 PM
I have some days to catch up:
13th December Show how you learned from your mistakes: let’s talk about drops for 2023
Dropping is an important skill. But it doesn’t depend only about the quality of the shows, but other elements like their schedule, if there are too many similar dramas, m y mood, etc.
For example, usually, I would have dropped Moon in the Day, I didn’t like the actors and the story was a big mess. But I didn’t, why? Because I had nothing to watch except A Good Day to be A Dog, that isn’t really better and only on the Wednesday…
14th December Best bromance / womance for 2023
I really like the group of friends in Divorce Attorney Shin. They were pretty funny overall always supportive.
15th December Special Kimchi slap edition: worst parent in 2023
So many possibilities! There were very bad parents, toxic ones, serial killer ones, etc.
But I would pick ones they weren’t bad parents but naive ones who put their kids in danger: Moving parents.
They thought they would protect their kids by not telling them the truth. But they always had a step behind the villains. At the end, the result was completely the opposite.
16th December Your guilty pleasure in 2023
Rewatching a certain scene from Destined with You 😇
17th December Oldie (non 2023) you loved the most
I don’t think I watched for the first time an oldie in 2023… I did rewatch some shows, but I don’t remember which ones.
18th December Favorite villain in 2023
Easy one: Lady Park in The Matchmakers
She’s really well written. She’s not crazy, a psychopath, etc. She’s smart and subtile. She uses the best people around her to gain what she wants. But in all her schemes, she really loves her family and kids and it makes her hard to hate her.
19th December Best used trope / Best subverted trope in 2023
Beach scenes they always are so beautifully filmed : I loved the scenes in
– My Destined with You (her father death’s anniversary, the proposal)
– The Interest of Love (the castle)
– Perfect Mariage Revenge (we really could feel the couple as a couple)
– My Dearest (NGM in his first scene!)
lapislazulii
December 19, 2023 at 2:15 PM
Hmmm I wonder which DwY scene your guilty pleasure is?! 🤔 🧐
And beach scenes are a great pick for best trope & great examples too!! The ‘abunim can I take her with me?’ at the beach in DwY holds a special spot in my heart!! And for pure aesthetics, the one in My Demon with all the shades of pink and the massive magical water arch ooft 👌
Kurama
December 19, 2023 at 2:28 PM
It’s a secret 🤫 😂
Oh yeah, the pink wave was beautiful in My Demon!
I liked the ones in DwY. First, the one we finally know what the Shaman said to Hong-Jo : Your destinies cannot be severed. I liked how he learned about Hong-Jo in the car.
They started to date officially on the beach too. He took her there.
The sunset for the first day of the year was beautiful too. I liked this place.
He proposed to her, and it was nice he chose her father resting place to do it. Knowing how important he’s to her.
lapislazulii
December 19, 2023 at 2:33 PM
Oh yes the beautiful voice over bit at the beach when Shin-yu realises what the answer was/Hong-jo goes over it again in her head!!! Momentarily forgot about that one!!
Kurama
December 14, 2023 at 2:39 AM
The survey for the production of The Matchmakers Bluray has started!
What it is and how it works ?
The bluray is usually composed of making-of, interviews of the actors, comments by the director and the main actors. It depends on their schedule.
The production team set a total amount to produce the bluray and we need to reach an amount by prepaying before. If we don’t get the amount, there will be no bluray. It’s quite expensive.
To get a bluray, we need a Kakao Talk account.
Then, you go on https://cafe.daum.net/thematchmakers
You need first to rejoin the café for now.
After, there will be other things to do to level up to pay the bluray with a discount.
It’s hard to find these blurays by another way. They don’t produce a lot of them and they’re quickly out of stock.
There are no English subtitles but sometimes fans get organized to find and pay a translator.
There are unsencored script books that can be bought too (in Korean) :
https://www.yes24.com/Product/Goods/124123950
Usually, you can see the difference between the writing and the final product (by you I mean people who reads Korean :p)
For Destined with You, the actors and the PD agreed to comment for the bluray \\o/
Kurama
December 13, 2023 at 5:48 AM
10th December : Your 2023 crush for 2023
Nobody will be surprised if I say Jang Shin-Yu, I guess. For this reason, I will add the 12th theme Best suit wearer because they’re very connected.
The issue it’s when the actor is 190cm tall, it makes things harder to get his whole body in the frame, when he has a beautiful face, the director gives up pretty fast :p (the fact his costars are around 160-165cm doesn’t help neither)
Everytime, he wore a suit or casual clothes or a long coat, he looks good. It was too long to share everything.
Kurama
December 13, 2023 at 7:46 AM
Arf, the gif doesn’t work…
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
December 13, 2023 at 9:46 AM
Sharing Claire’s (@claire2009) tutorial.
https://www.dramabeans.com/members/claire2009/activity/1469619/
Kurama
December 13, 2023 at 10:18 AM
Thank you!
Kurama
December 9, 2023 at 4:52 AM
9th December : Your non k-drama recommendation for 2023
Cdrama : When I Fly Toward You
It was a nice highschool / yound adult drama. The leads were adorable. It was the typical “cold” ML and the bubbly FL, but the actors did really great and at the end, the couple was pretty well balanced.
Jdrama : Silent
It was a drama with a deaf character and I really liked how they addressed the different points of view of the characters.
Western shows :
– Lockwood and Co: I didn’t read the books but I think the first season was a good introduction to the story. It sucks they cancelled it.
– Dear Edward: It was a show about a plane that crashed, everybody died except a little boy. A support group for family members/friends was formed and we follow their story.
– Ted Lasso: It was really nice to see the characters’ evolution during the 3 seasons. I liked the humor!
zindigo
December 9, 2023 at 6:23 AM
Ooh, I’m glad to hear about Ted Lasso. I haven’t gotten around to watching the final season yet but I hope to soon.
Kurama
December 8, 2023 at 8:20 AM
8th December : <b The character who most screams for mental health care for 2023
Doona in Doona!
I didn’t understand her character because I think her past was not very well developped. But at the end, she became a solo artist without really changing anything in her life that made her unable to sing… She clearly needed professional help and not cigarettes, booze and a boyfriend who had his own problems.
(And a hairdresser would be nice too, I really hated her haircut)
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
December 8, 2023 at 9:21 AM
✅
owl 🦉 🫰
December 8, 2023 at 9:57 AM
Yes, the hair !
Lostpanda is celebrating My Ajusshi 💔
December 8, 2023 at 4:42 PM
The next DB poll should be about Suzy’s hair. Put me in the category of Suzy totally rocking that hair.
owl 🦉 🫰
December 14, 2023 at 7:48 AM
I think she could look good in almost any hairstyle, truthfully!
Eazal
December 11, 2023 at 10:42 AM
I can only agree. Specially about the hairstyle.
Kurama
December 7, 2023 at 12:14 PM
7th December : The drama Beanies convinced you to watch and you can’t be grateful enough for 2023
I’m kinda stubborn, so even if people rave about a drama, if it didn\’t make me want to watch it or if I wasn’t in the mood, I won’t watch it.
Bebe | Nessa❣️
December 7, 2023 at 12:32 PM
I’m the same!!
Cecee
December 8, 2023 at 4:43 AM
I know the feeling.
It’s the exact reason why I haven’t watch Crash Landing On You yet. It took me ages to watch It’s Okay To Not Be Okay for the same reason… and many others.
If I accidentally fall on a drama without spotting the many praises and raving comments, I’m fine. Otherwise, I’m a defiant stubborn idiot who will need ages to give it a go.
Kitsune Moon
December 8, 2023 at 6:31 AM
Same. If there’s too much hype around something, I won’t watch it or listen to it etc. If I’m still interested, I’ll get around to it when people have forgotten it. I was super stoked when I saw *Wednesday* on Netflix bc I LOVE the Addams Family, but all the hype and endless tiktoks of her dance turned me off completely. :/
Cecee
December 8, 2023 at 7:04 AM
Ah yes, i forgot that one. Still haven’t watched it for exactly the reasons you mention. If they oversell it to me, I run away rather than get interested!
Kurama
December 7, 2023 at 12:10 AM
The cinematography is so beautiful 😍
#TheMatchmakers
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
December 7, 2023 at 2:00 AM
It is a painting.
Kurama
December 7, 2023 at 2:46 AM
I love the pair of complementary colors with the light blue and orange.
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
December 7, 2023 at 3:12 AM
It might just be a case of the Roswoonies speaking up (like Yumi’s Cells) but I love that uri Rowoon is in this drama. I really think he’s irreplaceable in this. I’ve always liked him in everything so I’m hardly objective but I think this is his breakthrough performance. While Destined With You might have been more popular with international audiences but The Matchmakers is just so beautiful.😍 It is a slow, mellow watch and the way it is shot adds to the atmosphere of the drama.
Kurama
December 7, 2023 at 4:21 AM
I had doubts because it was just after Destined With You and I was scared to see his DWY’s character instead of the new one. But I’m really happy that he could completetely separate both characters. They’re really different.
FNC chose a good drama to produce.
Dramaforever
December 7, 2023 at 2:30 AM
Definitely one of the most beautifully shot drama this year.. It is just so poetic, the story, acting and the music, add to it
Kurama
December 7, 2023 at 2:41 AM
This drama is such a pleasure for the eyes!
Kurama
December 6, 2023 at 12:00 PM
6th December : The character that deserves a kimchi slap. for 2023
It’s not an easy category. I don’t want to slap a good villain neither a pitiful lead who needs empathy and not a slap.
I choose the Cat in Heartbeat. He always changed the rules and didn’t help at all.
💜🍍☠ Sicarius The Queen of Melonia ☠🍍💜
December 6, 2023 at 10:04 PM
Sounds like something a cat would do tbh
Kurama
December 6, 2023 at 10:48 PM
Pas faux.
But technically he shouldn’t be the one doing the rules, just telling them.
There are nice cats too! 😅
💜🍍☠ Sicarius The Queen of Melonia ☠🍍💜
December 6, 2023 at 10:56 PM
I didn’t watch so I can only nod without context 🤣🤣🤣
But, so, even the cats are inconsistently written? Tragique!
Kurama
December 5, 2023 at 1:55 PM
5th December : OTP you didn’t think you would adore for 2023
Gu Yeon Jun and Tae Ha in A Time Called You:
They had around 8 minutes of story in the whole drama but they were super cute. They looked so happy in their tiny yellow car.
Otherwise, I was more surprised by the ones I thought I would like and I didn’t…
Kurama
December 4, 2023 at 11:37 AM
4th December : The drama you loved and Beanies hated / The drama you hated and Beanies loved for 2023
The Interest of Love :
I think there is a little community of people who finished this drama.
I don’t know if I would have loved it the same without Moon Ga-Young and Yoo Yeon-Seok because they really did well with their unperfect characters, I rooted for them.
Moving and Twinkling Watermelon :
I didn’t hate those dramas but I clearly didn’t like as much as Beanies.
For Moving, there were way too many characters with backstories. I didn’t like the rhythm with the cute teenagers story then the parents stories that were very violent. At the end, they were all just puppets…
For TW, it was cute but for me the time travel didn’t make sense. I didn’t like the FL neither.
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
December 5, 2023 at 8:35 PM
There would be no interest in the drama if the leads were not who they were in The Interest of Love. 🤣 The drama needed seasoned actors and they delivered. The drama did not get a lot of love because of its non-rom-com non-K-drama nature but it was satisfying, at least for me.
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
December 5, 2023 at 8:36 PM
I had these very two concerns about TW but I loved it anyway. 😀
Kurama
December 3, 2023 at 10:45 AM
Zurich under the snow 🥰
Kurama
December 3, 2023 at 9:17 AM
3rd December : Side character that stole the drama. for 2023
Kim Shi-Yeol aka The Watchman in The Secret Romantic Guesthouse:
He deserved better than the cold treatment the other characters gave him!
Isa is always time travelling
December 3, 2023 at 9:22 AM
I’m so happy! Already three mentions for Shi Yeol!
zindigo
December 3, 2023 at 9:28 AM
Oooh, this is a good one! I loved Kang Hoon in this series. So often he plays a bad guy. This was a complex and mysterious character and he nailed it.
Isa is always time travelling
December 3, 2023 at 9:58 AM
I have never watched him playing a bad guy, though. In Meow he was adorable 🙂
Kurama
December 3, 2023 at 11:53 PM
In Red Sleeve, he was a villain but he was pretty interesting.
Isa is always time travelling
December 4, 2023 at 12:21 AM
That’s a drama I’m looking forward to watching. It’s been on my list for too long.
zindigo
December 4, 2023 at 7:04 AM
It’s really worth the watch. Junho is unreal in this role.
zindigo
December 4, 2023 at 7:02 AM
He was a bad guy in Rookie Historian too. That and Red Sleeve are the roles I most remember him in prior to Secret Romantic. @isagc I’d forgotten about him in Meow! Loved that cute series!
Kurama
December 4, 2023 at 7:17 AM
I don’t remember him in Rookie Historian or Meow! But I didn’t specially like these dramas.
Isa is always time travelling
December 4, 2023 at 8:42 AM
I know he was in Rookie Historian but I can’t remember his character. It was one of my first dramas 😅
He made a cameo in 25-21 too, but when I really noticed him was in Meow, as the FL’s best friend (a cute character with his own love interest).
Kurama
December 3, 2023 at 8:56 AM
With a little delay because I was in Zurich to watch The Lion King musical 😀
2nd December : Male lead you will never forget for 2023
Jang Shin-Yu in Destined with You:
1) His style was perfect. No character wore suits like he did (or casual clothes or coats or Joseon uniform).
2) He was good at his job and not thanks to his family’s wealth.
3) He has an interesting relationship with the Red Hand.
4) Speaking of hands, I really like the focus on his hands during the whole show.
5) He chose great places to date, simple places for a walk (beach, flower field, cherry blossom, etc.) and not in a way to show off.
6) He said the most cringey words in the most serious way, it was hilarious.
7) Let’s get a grip, Jang Shin-Yu!
Bebe | Nessa❣️
December 3, 2023 at 9:02 AM
“Lion King: The Musical” is on my bucket list 😍 It’s been years since I last remember them coming to my city to perform. I hope you had a good time and enjoyed the show!!
Kurama
December 3, 2023 at 9:11 AM
Oh yeah!
I watched it in French in Paris 10 years ago. But this time, I watched it in English and it was really great. The “puppets” are so great!
Isa is always time travelling
December 3, 2023 at 9:26 AM
I watched it in Spanish some years ago, in Madrid. It’s a wonderful experience.
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
December 3, 2023 at 9:06 AM
Your post is as swoony as Jang Shin-yu. 👏 He had all of DB Rowsooning. 😅
Wow … lion king musical. 😍
Kurama
December 3, 2023 at 10:15 AM
It’s crazy to think I watched this movie in 1994 at the movie theater and it’s still very famous as a movie but as a musical too. They were so many kids in the theater (who did not necessarily speak English).
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
December 3, 2023 at 10:19 AM
The story is beyond words. So glad you were able to attend it. Twice. 👏 So happy for you.
Guess the production must have upgraded quite a bit in the 10 years you saw it last.
Kurama
December 1, 2023 at 5:41 AM
1rst December : Female lead you will never forget for 2023
Ahn Su-Yeong in The Interest of Love:
She was a broken character who tried to be happy. She could have been unsufferable but Moon Ka-Young gave a lot of depth to her character what made me root for her.
Special mention to Bong Ye-Bun in Behind Your Touch, it’s hard to forget a character with such a weird gift.