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[2019 Year in Review] Winners of the 2019 Beanie Royale
by stroopwafel
During the last days of December, it was nominee against nominee, but only one could emerge victorious in Beanie Royale. Some winners won by a landslide, while others squeaked out...
Tags: Beanie Royale, year in review, year in review 2019
[2019 Year in Review] Chicken soup for the K-drama soul
by Guest Beanie
By Andy As an entire decade wraps up, it seems like many of dramas over the years weren't shows that were super popular, which meant I couldn't really join any...
Tags: Theme of the Month, year in review 2019
[2019 Year in Review] Watching, reflecting, and coming to terms with my fear
by Guest Beanie
Hell Is Other People By Waadmay Note: This post contains spoilers for Hell Is Other People and Be Melodramatic. My utmost fear is of going insane: losing touch with what's...
Tags: Theme of the Month, year in review 2019
[2019 Year in Review] Editors’ Picks
by stroopwafel
One of my favorite parts of the year in review is seeing which dramas would find champions among the Dramabeans' staff. This year's voting was tight, with some victors winning...
Tags: Be Melodramatic, Editors' Picks, Extraordinary You, featured2, Hell Is Other People, Her Private Life, Hotel del Luna, Kingdom, Melting Me Softly, My Country: The New Age, My Fellow Citizens, Nokdu Flower, Search Query: WWW, The Crowned Clown, The Light in Your Eyes, When the Camellia Blooms, year in review, year in review 2019
[2019 Year in Review] Looking for imperfection
by Guest Beanie
Romance Is a Bonus Book By Dreamingdreams As someone that's been obsessed with dramas since 2014, every year I see myself grow through the shows I choose to watch and the...
Tags: Theme of the Month, year in review 2019
[2019 Year in Review] Drama-watching with my mom
by Guest Beanie
When the Camellia Blooms By DancingintheMoonlight This past year I had the longest slump of my drama watching career (a proud nine years). I started the year in a job...
Tags: Theme of the Month, year in review 2019
[2019 Year in Review] Beanie Royale 2019
by stroopwafel
Welcome to the first-ever Beanie Royale! This year, we want to make voting more difficult exciting by having you pit each nominee against each other in a drama on drama...
Tags: Beanie Royale, featured2, year in review, year in review 2019
[2019 Year in Review] The year the potted plant died
by Guest Beanie
Graceful Family By ChinguMode There's some debate on the quality of 2019 as a drama year but, from my perspective, this year was a great drama year. Why? Because with some...
Tags: Theme of the Month, year in review 2019
[2019 Year in Review] I’m all cured from my persistent sageuk allergy
by Guest Beanie
Nokdu Flower By gadis Considering that Jewel in the Palace was my very first introduction to K-drama, it's mind boggling how I eventually developed a bad case of sageuk allergy...
Tags: Theme of the Month, year in review 2019
[2019 Year in Review] All is fair in happiness and work
by Guest Beanie
Special Labor Inspector Jo By TurtuallySarcastic Note: This post contains spoilers for Romance Is a Bonus Book. April 23rd is a bittersweet day; let me tell you how this day...
Tags: Theme of the Month, year in review 2019