A drama's OST, or original soundtrack, is a powerful player in dramaland. It has the ability to single-handedly make or break the show's strongest and most powerful scenes. The soundtrack...
The concept of justice is one of the backbones of K-drama storytelling. We've looked at some ways dramas deploy justice — through compensating their heroes/heroines with a gift, and delivering...
Here at Dramabeans, we spend a lot of time dissecting the intricacies of K-dramas. We look at everything from the tropes and themes to the actors and settings and sweeping...
Korean dramas love interconnectedness. In fact, it's hard to find a drama that doesn't connect even the smallest, faintest of dots between its characters through their shared histories and experiences....
javabeans: Okay, I think we were being punished in this list for saying how easy the last one was (in picking our top 10 drama tropes), because damn if picking our...
We're finally here, at the end of another Year in Review series! We warned you it'd be long this time, but hopefully you all made it through with us. We...
Looking back, 2015 has been a really generous year for me in dramaland. Thanks to the overlords' wicked sense of humor (or maybe just a belated sense of self-preservation…), the five-drama...
Another year, another Christmas Eve delivery completed!
Not gonna lie, recent years haven't been the rosiest for Old Saint Nick, but this year, I decided to do something about it....
Wowie, it's the end of 2015, and another eventful year of dramas has come to an end. I always enjoy awards and reviews season, since it puts the whole year in...
As we've mentioned, we here at Dramabeans Central have been changing up our year-end review series, trying out new features and reworking others. It's been an ongoing process looking for...
Almost paradise: K-dramas and their OSTs
by missvictrix
A drama's OST, or original soundtrack, is a powerful player in dramaland. It has the ability to single-handedly make or break the show's strongest and most powerful scenes. The soundtrack...
Tags: Boys Before Flowers, Extraordinary You, Healer, Memories of the Alhambra, Shut Up: Flower Boy Band, The Lonely Shining Goblin
Dramaland justice: The vigilante edition
by missvictrix
The concept of justice is one of the backbones of K-drama storytelling. We've looked at some ways dramas deploy justice — through compensating their heroes/heroines with a gift, and delivering...
Tags: City Hunter, Healer, Neighborhood Lawyer Jo Deul-ho, The Secret Life of My Secretary, Time
How fashion helps a drama tell its story
by missvictrix
Here at Dramabeans, we spend a lot of time dissecting the intricacies of K-dramas. We look at everything from the tropes and themes to the actors and settings and sweeping...
Tags: Boyfriend, Flower Boy Next Door, Healer, Memories of the Alhambra
We’ve met before… once upon a K-drama
by missvictrix
Korean dramas love interconnectedness. In fact, it's hard to find a drama that doesn't connect even the smallest, faintest of dots between its characters through their shared histories and experiences....
Tags: 20th Century Boy and Girl, Come Here and Hug Me, Healer, Hundred Million Stars From the Sky, Just Between Lovers, Kill Me Heal Me, Pretty Noona Who Buys Me Food, Shark, What's Wrong With Secretary Kim
Top 10 favorite drama OTPs (One True Pairings)
by DB Staff
javabeans: Okay, I think we were being punished in this list for saying how easy the last one was (in picking our top 10 drama tropes), because damn if picking our...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, 1% of Anything, Coffee Prince, Dramabeans Top 10, featured, Goong, Healer, King 2 Hearts, lists, Master's Sun, Ojakkyo Brothers, Princess's Man, Queen In-hyun's Man, You From Another Star
2015 Editors’ Picks [Year in Review, Part 11]
by javabeans
We're finally here, at the end of another Year in Review series! We warned you it'd be long this time, but hopefully you all made it through with us. We...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Answer Me 1988, Awl, Byun Yo-han, Choi Won-young, Editors' Picks, featured, Healer, I Remember You, Ji Sung, Jo Soo-hyang, Kim Seul-gi, Last, Oh My Ghostess, Park Bo-gum, Park Bo-young, Persevere Gu Hae-ra, Punch, Sassy Go Go, Six Flying Dragons, Warm and Cozy, year in review, year in review 2015, Yoo Yeon-seok
Sweet heroes and fierce heroines [Year in Review, Part 10]
by Saya
Looking back, 2015 has been a really generous year for me in dramaland. Thanks to the overlords' wicked sense of humor (or maybe just a belated sense of self-preservation…), the five-drama...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Angry Mom, featured, Healer, I Remember You, Sassy Go Go, Twenty Again, year in review, year in review 2015
Santa goes Zen [Year in Review, Part 8]
by Santa Claus
Another year, another Christmas Eve delivery completed! Not gonna lie, recent years haven't been the rosiest for Old Saint Nick, but this year, I decided to do something about it....
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Angry Mom, Answer Me 1988, Awl, Bubblegum, D-Day, Ex-Girlfriend Club, featured, Girl Who Sees Smells, Healer, I Remember You, Imaginary Cat, Kill Me Heal Me, Let's Eat 2, Mask, Oh My Ghostess, Oh My Venus, Remember—Son's War, Sassy Go Go, Scholar Who Walks the Night, She Was Pretty, Six Flying Dragons, The Producers, The Superman Age, The Time I've Loved You, Valid Love, Village: Secret of Achiara, Warm and Cozy, year in review, year in review 2015, Yong-pal
For the responsible addict [Year in Review, Part 7]
by dramallama
Wowie, it's the end of 2015, and another eventful year of dramas has come to an end. I always enjoy awards and reviews season, since it puts the whole year in...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Bubblegum, featured, Healer, I Remember You, Oh My Ghostess, Twenty Again, year in review, year in review 2015
Giving 2015 a hand [Year in Review, Part 2]
by javabeans
As we've mentioned, we here at Dramabeans Central have been changing up our year-end review series, trying out new features and reworking others. It's been an ongoing process looking for...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, featured, Healer, Kill Me Heal Me, The Producers, Warm and Cozy, year in review, year in review 2015, Yong-pal