Beanie level: Water maid

Netflix has a show called Nineteen to Twenty. Any reviews on the same?

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    I saw it last night, too but didn’t feel the urge to watch it, so I couldn’t help you with that.

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      Just finished it over this weekend. It is a slow good drama, kind of which focusses on only romance and no other problems of life. A good watch while doing laundry. 🙂

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Somehow my default language of subtitles & comment translation has changed to Korean in Youtube. Now it is not allowing me to translate the comments to English? How do I change this? Any idea?

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I noticed LJS latest event is called “Dear My With”. What does that even mean? It is not translated, but named like that, so couldn’t have been mistranslated. But what kind of construction is this?

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    He explained it but it didn’t make more sense after… Dear. My With. Dear it’s the name of his fans. My With is about the fact we don’t write so many letters now, so he wanted to make people remind love letters…

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      Thanks for sharing. And I agree. It still does not make a lot of sense.

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Why are Netflix Prime delaying the release of episodes? This is first time the recaps are earlier than my watching.

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    Oh, this is a significant delay… What show are you watching?

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      I was hoping to start King’s the Land but episodes will come on 13th July. Heartbeat episode 2-3 dropped last night only. Hidden Love is very slowly progressing. Even See you in my 19th Life was delayed by a week or so.

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        Argh! Sounds horrible! I would be torn between wanting to read the recap and trying to wait for the episode to drop.

        (Truth=> I wouldn’t be torn: I would read the recap and then still be excited about watching the episodes when they finally appear, but I appreciate my specific bran dog weirdness is not necessarily the way to go)

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          For me it is struggle. There have been times when I have given up on shows because recap showed some part which I didn’t like. During rewatch, the same scenes looked ok

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          *my specific brand of weirdness* somehow translated by the magic of autocorrect + typos into bran dog weirdness, and I am now officially renaming it.

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This weekend I was on a train journey and See You in My 19th Life kept me a good company. I am wondering why I never get to read a webtoon before it becomes drama? I read fair number of them.

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    And yet, none of those I read get turned into the Kdramas. The one which do turn in KDramas are the ones I have never even heard of, let alone read.

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Recently I rewatched W (first rewatch). I realized that it was much better than the first watch. And last episode didn’t make me angry. I had forgotten so many smaller details.

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    I had the same experience – I loved it on first watch but noticed so many more clues and details and how it every little plot point or seeming throwaway line tied together only on rewatch. It’s brilliantly written, and the direction almost did it justice.

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Yesterday ended up watching few scenes of You’re Beautiful. And it looked so dated. Then I realized it was released in 2009 and that it has been 12 years since I have been watching Kdramas. I feel old

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    Then I went to search for ML of the show and realized that I do not even recognize him now. I rechecked some other actors in their earlier and latest shows– BOF and Coffee Prince were my initial dramas followed by You’re Beautiful. I have learned that even Actors grow differently.

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These days my IG is flooded with BTS reels (no idea, why). And the more I see it, the more I wonder about façade and realities for these idols as well as for the fans.

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    Not only for BTS, but many of these idols have it so difficult. I get burned out after 10 hour of a workday and need to relax. But for them, their work goes on and on and on with the lives. Even activities like cooking, listening to music, even sleeping etc. for them is work. Even if it is real, it must be so, so tiring. I am tired after thinking about it.

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    It might be because it was their 10 year anniversary very recently & there was quite a bit of social media attention on their FESTA celebrations & bringing up past content etc.

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      Or maybe it is a way to keep the hype up with the army enlistment going on for members. Either way, I was feeling tired just by watching them.

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        I get what you mean about the idol work load though!! When I had Weverse downloaded, there’d be a live every other minute and some of them would go on for hours (One of the Seventeen members did a live that lasted for 6 hours, but I’d like to think this was by choice because he literally spent most of it talking about anime). I’m not sure from an outsiders perspective just how much and many of these lives are them being made to/contractually obliged to or them wanting to talk to fans, but like you said, I can only imagine it being exhausting at some point when even your rest time is in front of the camera working!

        Groups like NCT also where they have a handful of members who are involved in several of the subunits also just get no break between all the promotions, album activities and also their sponsorship obligations (like all those fashion shows they’ve got to attend and ads they have to shoot). I think there was a fancall or a Insta Live not too long ago where Mark was literally talking about how he was feeling a bit ill and just burnt out from the crazy schedules and the constant flying between countries. The whole thing makes me feel really conflicted as a fan because I obviously enjoy content from my favourite groups but there’s that constant worry of ‘am I part of the problem though?’. I’m not sure and it’s still something I’m working through to but I’m glad that sometimes at least you see a lot of vocal fans petitioning against mistreatment or commenting during things like lives asking idols to please get some rest etc, which shows that there is a higher level of awareness these days and a more vocal fan voice around it.

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          I wrote a reply and it didn’t get posted because of “inappropriate word”. Strange. I do not think I wrote anything like that though.

          Anyhow, live for 6 hours sound scary to me. The lines between reality and virual life will blur so much. I get zoom fatigue after 30 mins of office video call, and prefer to keep it audio. I heard about livestreaming while being sick and anxious, and people telling that it is because of their “love for fans”. The cynical side of me reminded me that it is work, and nobody should be working when they are sick.

          I installed Weverse only for 2 days and was tired for everyone on the platform– fans and idols alike. I like to think that I prefer simpler life. Once in a while, watching a live is okay. But the platform felt overwhelming to me.

          I know many of these things might contradict what people on DB feel, but many of the people will perhaps understand as well. This problem seems peculiar to Korean industry. I have not seen such lives or platforms in India (where I am from) or even in Hollywood. Maybe I am just ignorant.

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I limit the amount of negative shows that I watch–the kind which make world seem bleak place. So Squid Game has never made the cut of being watched. And now there is talk of Season 2. Major FOMO!

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    My friends are always surprised because this is the only KDrama most of them have watched. And they want to discuss it with me– the only KDrama viewer among them. That never gave me FOMO, although beanie wall is giving me that.

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      Me too, exactly, about the friends only having seen SG and wanting to discuss it and I’m like 🤷‍♀️

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      Don’t give in to the fomo lol, it’s not worth it

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        I have not given into it yet. I see that being reflected in my reccos in Netflix, and I am like let us pick up another good romance. 😀

        I find it very interesting that same people tell me that romantic shows have made me idealistic, suggesting me to watch shows like squid games in the same moments. Like isn’t it better to be idealistic romantic?

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          “Romance shows make you too idealistic, watch the deliberately nihilistic cynical and meaningless show instead”????!? My goodness. How awful. Just reading that made me angry on your behalf.
          Anything that is Hopeful or points towards Hope is better for sure.

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    Even I did not like squid game, but I have to agree that the premise was unique. So, unless they go makjang, I doubt if S2 can repeat the huge success of S1.

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Glory to You– Another CDrama I enjoyed. To be very fair, the last episodes seem to have all the happy fluff, but that is what I needed.

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    I watched this with episode comments on Viki and I have been confused whether to read the comments or subtitles. This has turned out to be a hilarious diversion. Now I will move back to kdramas and have fox binge.

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“Falling into your smile” turned out to be such a cute Cdrama on Netflix. I may have found my first Cdrama that I watched fully and enjoyed as well.

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What is up with the rumbling stomach sounds in all the dramas? My stomach rarely makes that “loud” sound. Makes me wonder if I am supposed to eat less to make that sound more prominent.

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In 2019, I watched Romance is a Bonus Book, and dropped it after the first episode. I didn’t find it engaging enough. FF to 2023. I finished the drama over the weekend and loved it to pieces.

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    I am wondering what I was thinking in 2019. Books, romance, LJS, and intelligent and mature characters– it has almost everything to give that warm feeling.

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    This makes me so happy! It is one of my favourite rewatches!😊 I dream of owning a green onion plushie one day!🤣

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      And I dream of owning those coats and sweaters (except the last episode one). I will move to a colder area just for wearing those coats and sweaters.

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    I think it was the bad mental space at that time. Recovery is slow from that. I wonder which other dramas would have changed for me. BTIOLF? On the way to airport? I loved them when they came but I never rewatched it.

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    I think I mispronounced the acronym or something.

    Because this is our First Life. This along with “On the Way to Airport” are what I consider as the dramas I enjoyed the most. One made me jump on sofa and clap in joy, other made me cry and pause the show and think so many times.

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    I am scared to rewatch it. What if it has changed too and it is not as good? I don’t want to lose the joy it gave me. I have mostly forgotten the storyline too except I remember the red coat. That is painted on first page of one of my journals.

    Sofa is a good prop in real life too. I think all my tears and laughter had been on sofa till this work from home started. Now all these are on office chair.

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    Happens. It took me 10 years to watch Coffee Prince. And my favorite character is the one I totally hated the first time I tried to watch the show. LOL

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      Coffee Prince is love. Except perhaps those stuffing your face scenes.

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    If I’d been forced to watch the first two episodes of RIABB, I’d have dropped it, too. But I knew the plot set-up from recaps and mostly FF’d through them (secretly living in his house and stealing his food, WHAT!?!) and once I got to ep. 3, the tone changed and I was hooked.

    Itaewon Class is the one where I can’t seem to muster the right frame of mind to get through the first episode, even though my husband swears I’ll like it after that.

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      I haven’t watched Itaewon Class though.

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        Sorry posted earlier before finishing. I am wondering why I didn’t watch the show, and I think it is because I feel that it will be mostly about nitty gritties of life.

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I’ve finished all fluff shows on Netflix. I still need fluff after office these days. So moving on to the Cdramas. My first drama that I am watching is Put Your Head on my Shoulder.

Any reccos?

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    I need something lighter after stress of office. If it has some story, all the more better. Just something which makes me feel good after the tiring day.

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    Have you seen You Are My Glory yet?

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      Not yet. It seems quite dark to me in terms of storyline. So was afraid to start it.

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        If you like a ‘mature’ romcom, I highly recommend it. 😊 I had a Kdrama slump last year so I must have re-watched it 3 times 😆

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    “Put your head on my shoulder” was the one and only Cdrama that I watched and it is really good.

    Other beanies recent favourite is “The Love between Fairy and Devil”. @mmmmm @wapzy can attest.

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      I will check this out. This is on Netflix so less hassle to check this out.

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        I really loved LbFaD! It has that old-school feelings to it, and it was pretty easy to like if you have the right headspace and mind space for it.

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      Thanks for remembering 😅 I think I was too much of a headache in those days, I was pushing the show relentlessly lol.

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    You could try Cdrama “The Day of Becoming You” is a great romcom in my opinion, not too long, mostly sweet, funny and fluffy too! ^^

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    my only cdrama Across the ocean to see you.

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    For modern fluffy cdramas, I particularly like a set of writers that wrote, Meet Yourself, Hi Venus, The Day of Becoming You and Find Yourself. You are My Glory and You are My Hero are also pretty good.
    Chinese dramas also have a huge genre of fantasy period/costume dramas. For that I’d recommend Love between fairy and devil and The Starry Love for more fluff.

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I have rewatched Answer Me 1988 after Fast forwarding some things, and it still gave the feels.

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    Ha ha. Earlier I was was team Jung Hwan. Now this time being in team Taek felt more right. I think my perspective in life changed slightly. A few years down the line, maybe, I will be in neither of the teams. Even now, I felt 6 years noble-idiocy to be too long.

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    And I wish to have those rose coloured glasses again. 😀

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The best platform to watch Kdrama for me is Netflix. Disney+ has very clunky interface. Prime has very few dramas. I have no other subscriptions. 😀

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    I have Netflix, Viki Rakuten and Prime, being Netflix and Viki the platforms where I watch k-dramas/C-dramas.
    I will probably watch “Island” in Prime when it is finished.
    “May I help you” is in Prime too but I’m not sure if I will watch that drama.

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All episodes of True Beauty binged over weekend. I just kept on thinking– I will stop now, I will stop after this episode, and yet, there I was at the midnight of Sunday at the last episode.

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    It was fun to watch and after a long time, I got those butterflies-in-stomach kind of feeling from a show But I am too old to be binge-watching like this. My head hurts and I seem to have less-sleep hangover. Before weekend started, I had plans to do few of 1001 pending chores. But then the show happened. Thanks, Netflix.

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      I can relate so much to this!! Surprisingly (or not) this is my number one binge-repeated show – I’ve watched it so many times that I’m probably only a few more watches away from remembering the script entirely 😂 I just love it so much though, it hits the spot when you’re really in the mood for some webtoon/wattpad mayhem and want to revert back to your teen self AND it still makes me get butterflies like I did the first time when Han Seojun appears on screen!!

      Sometimes you’ve got to do what you’ve got to do, chores be damned 🤷‍♀️

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        Ha ha. Chores be damned. I am going to write this on my work desk. 😀

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    I have not watched it yet. It’s been on my list since I entered K-dramaland more than a year ago. I’ll have to start it soon, all my acquaintances who watch k-dramas liked it.

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      One of the good shows– the kind where it is so fluffy that it just hits the right spots.

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I have been in a huge drama slump. Work and life seems to have overtaken everything.

Can someone suggest me something good that’s going on? English, Korean. I am looking for light and breezy.

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After reading the write-up on short dramas, I realize that I haven’t watched any of those (except individualistic one). I am not even sure where to find them.

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    The KBS Drama Specials are on YouTube (KBS World channel) – which is how I got into them.

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I am looking for some interesting dramas on NetFlix (India, if it helps). I have recently finished Weighlifting Fairy and loved it. I tried Romance is a Bonus Book, Misty but got bored. Suggestion pls

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    I don’t subscribe to Netflix, but I believe Memories of Alhambra would be available. (Not my personal favorite but a rec anyway) ^^

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      It is. I couldn’t finish it. It was not really my taste. W was so much better for me.

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    Have you tried
    1) Incomplete Life (Misaeng)
    2) Signal
    3) Solomon’s Perjury
    4) Bad Guys

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      Solomon’s Prejury done. I haven’t found signal on Indian Netflix. Maybe it is restricted in circulation. But rest 2 I will watch.

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