Shows I Watched: June 2024

Status: Dropped

Year: 2024

Country: Chinese

Genre: fantasy, costume, romance

Episodes:  20/36, peaked the last episode

Plot: In a world where humans and Spirits are at odds. It is a love story between the chief of the fox clan and the boy she took in because of his special bloodline. And many other love stories between fairies and humans... Oh, and they have to save the world.

Comments: 

• I dropped it because it was disappointing overall, the acting, the story, and many more...

Status: Dropped

Year: 2024

Country:  Korean 

Genre: contemporary, slice of life, melo, romance

Episodes:  9/16

Plot: Romance between a successful private academy instructor and a former student who is working together in the same private academy. 

Comments: 

• I think it was good or okay, but I found it boring as the episodes passed.
• But I felt the same way about Something in the Rain and One Spring Night when it first aired, but when I watched it years later I completely fell in love with these dramas. 

Status: Dropped

Year: 2024

Country: Korean

Genre: mystery, thriller

Episodes:  6/14

Plot: A detective for the Anti Crime unit investigates the death of his estranged high school friend and his own kidnapping where he was forced to take drugs.

Comments: 

• ehh... I was not just feeling it. I don't think I could get into anybody's acting (not saying they are bad)
• It was moving too slow for me

Status: Dropped

Year: 2024

Country: Korean

Genre: rom com

Episodes:  6/10

Plot: A modern Cinderella Story. Our FL is poor and looking for a way out of her situation, so she gets a job at an exclusive club for the rich, there she meets the owner, who is a chaebol and their love story unfolds as enemies to lovers.

Comments: 

• I wanted to love it, but I needed something more substance

Status: Completed

Year: 2024

Country: Korean

Genre: rom-com

Episodes:  12/12

Plot: Our male lead is a news anchor who tells white lies and omits the truth to get by in life. He gets electrocuted and suddenly only says what he thinks. Our FL is a variety show writer who sees potential in him and tries to recruit him for her show.

Rating: 7/10

Comments: 

• It was such a wasted potential and I thought ep 10 was the last episode... I honestly do not remember the last two episodes.

Status: Completed

Year: 2024

Country: Korean

Genre: fantasy, supernatural, family romance 

Episodes:  12/12

Plot: A family with superpowers is losing their abilities because of modern-day illness. Our FL enters into their lives and they can use their abilities again, but she has her agenda.

Comments: 

• I really enjoyed the drama
• I loved the acting.
• The drama balanced out the family aspect, the romance, and each character's personal problems.
• I wish the ending had more like them living happily ever after.

Status: Completed

Year: 2024

Country: Korean

Genre: political, historical, romance

Episodes:  20/20

Plot: A crown prince goes missing and the conspiracies in court unfold.

Rating: 8/10

Comments: 

• If you are a fan of EXO Suho, you can watch him
• The ending was too light-hearted for what the drama has been for the 19 episodes.

Status: Completed

Year: 2024

Country: Korean

Genre: crime, mystery, thriller, comedy

Episodes:  12/12

Plot: It tells the story of a member of the TCI, who investigates traffic or accident-related crimes.

Rating: 8.5/10

Comments: 

• I loved the whole chaotic vibe of the drama.
• I loved the teamwork that they showed.
• I loved the epilogue episodes that they did.

Status: Completed

Year: 2024

Country: Korean

Genre: business, politics

Episodes:  16/16

Plot: Our younger ML is an idealistic 

Rating: 7/10

Comments: 

• It was very good in the beginning, but it slowed down in the middle and became a she said he said at the end, which I found very fun and interesting, not ever knowing what really happened and whose plan it was. I wished it remained fast-paced 
• The last scene with The two MLs was so sad I burst into tears.
• The ending was very realistic.
• Congrats to Tiffany, she was great. 

Status: Completed

Year: 2012

Country: Taiwanese

Genre: contemporary, rom-com

Episodes:  15/15

Plot: A best-selling romance writer hits a slump and meets a flight attendant, our FL, and although they get off on the wrong foot, they eventually help each other out whenever they are in need. But the ML has an ex and she is engaged, and they play a dangerous game.

Rating: 7/10

Comments: 

• This was a solid drama from 2012. Of course, there is the technological stuff is old and the same goes for the story.
• The cast is really charming
• The ending was very of the time, it involved a car accident and a breakup.

Status: Completed

Year: 2024

Country: Chinese

Genre: historical, romance, revenge

Episodes:  40/40

Plot: The FL got betrayed by her husband and got murdered. She was saved by the eldest daughter of a noble family who was sent to reflect on her actions in the nunnery in the mountains.  She dies and the FL assumes her identity and comes back to the city. The ML is an investigator of some sort who gets suspicious of the FL.

Rating: 7/10

Comments: 

• This was a fun drama to watch...
• But there were so many things that were ridiculous about this drama, like the qin competition, which somehow became a wuxia drama for like 2 min. The fact that characters were spinning most of the time, doing backflips, or female characters just spinning all the time in general. The designs of the scenes of shots, look pretty but it felt like the director did it for the sake of being that. 
• The acting was not that impressive, I do think that the FL has such an advantage with the pretty big eyes that she has, but she can't act to save her life. I liked the princess' acting and of course Joe Chen, she was good (though seeing her in an antagonist supporting was surprising. The ML at least made his character feel consistent throughout. And I commend the SML for his effort in portraying a character that is just devoured by power and his own selfishness. 

Status: Completed

Year: 2024

Country: Chinese

Genre: contemporary, slice of life, romance

Episodes:  38/38

Plot: It tells the story of our female lead and her growth in her career and love life.

Rating: 8/10

Comments: 

• For the most part, I am satisfied with the story, but the storytelling style was different from what I expected. From the trailer, I expected a drama with the style of Something in the Rain, One Spring Night, or more recently The Midnight Romance at the Hakwon. NAd I was let down to the point that thought the directing style was tacky and old, then I thought maybe it was to reflect the era that the drama is set at.
• I wasn't sold on the younger version of Rose because the vibe of Lu Yi Fei did not match the rebellious spirit that her younger self, but the older versions I think suit her well.
• I liked how different men in her life helped her grow and to find out what kind of person she is and wants to be. I did find Lin Yi's screen time and their story too short.
• I loved everybody despite their flaws and that is a testament to how good the actors are especially in translating their charm on screen.
• Su Su is the best.

Status: Completed

Year: 2024

Country: 

Genre: contemporary, mystery, thriller, family, dark comedy, psychological

Episodes:  12/12

Plot: The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law duo team up to protect their family as someone tries to destroy it.

Rating: 9/10

Comments: 

• This was an unexpected drama that despite the cast, I had low expectations of because I thought it would be like the World of the Married type drama (which that drama was excellent, though I dropped halfway through), but the unexpected dark comedy layer threw me off guard
• There were lines in the drama that stuck to me (it's not deep but it was addicting) like "no, no, no Ms. No" and "Ms. Oh's boyfriend who became a public servant after 15 years of studying, Gu Kyung Tae"
• There were aspects of the drama that were a stretch, like using AI to generate a fake message that involved the antagonist's sister, etc.
• I thought that there would be a twist for the husband, but there wasn't, he was someone who got manipulated badly
• And I thought that they just reconciled Dr. Oh's conflict and issues too quickly since they needed to wrap up the story on a good note.
• But this drama is a dark horse in my opinion.

Status: Currently Watching

Year: 2024

Country: Japanese

Genre: law

Episodes:  9/11

Plot: A lawyer defends his clients in cases that are involved in cases that are sure to get a conviction. But he has his agenda in picking his cases and clients. 

Rating: 8/10

Comments: 

• I am still enjoying this so far,
• We are currently at the point where the male lead is pursuing the main antagonist and is experiencing some set backs.
• It's just a solid Japanese of this kind. 

Status: Currently Watching

Year: 2024

Country: Korean

Genre: Korean

Episodes:  6/16

Plot: A former gangster and now CEO of a legitimate company gets involved with a female kid's channel creator and their love story.

Rating: 7/10

Comments: 

• It is a watchable drama mostly because of the actors that star in the drama. Especially for the FL and the ML already have recognition in the independent film scene.
• There is a high possibility that I am going to drop this, like Dreaming of a Freaking Fairytale.

Status: Currently Watching

Year: 2024

Country: Korean

Genre: mystery, comedy fantasy romance

Episodes:  4/16

Plot: Our FL in her 20s, is down on her luck trying to get a full-time job, she encounters a cat that makes her transform into a woman in her 50s during the day. She uses this to her advantage and gets a cleaning job in the prosecutor's office and gets involved with the ML who is a prosecutor.

Rating: 8/10

Comments: 

• This drama is so chaotic...
• I love the chemistry between all the cast, especially Lee Eun Ji and Choi Jin Hyuk
• Lee Jung Eun is just a master of her craft
• I love the humor but I like that it has substance.

Status: Currently Watching

Year: 2024

Country: Japanese

Genre: rom-com

Episodes:  1/6

Plot: A love and growth story between a student who attempted to jump off a building and a useless or trashy human being teacher who saved her. 

Rating: 8/10

Comments: 

• I loved the first season so much that I started to read manga and I was an ani-only girl for a long time.
• Their chemistry is so good
• The production quality is still.... 
• Now I want my anime.

Status: Currently Watching

Year: 2024

Country: Japanese

Genre: contemporary, romance, slice of life

Episodes:  4/9

Plot: It's your typical setup at a contemporary romance between 3 ML and 4 FL.

Rating: 7/10

Comments: 

• This is pretty enjoyable
• Trying to find and portray different types of relationships and love.

Status: Currently Watching

Year: 2024

Country: Chinese

Genre: historical, fantasy romance

Episodes:  6/40

Plot: After 20 or 30 years of a loveless marriage between the princess and her consort, the consort dies with her command and her poisoned by her lover. They wake up finding themselves before they are married but find themselves getting entangled and married again for the second time.

Rating: 8/10

Comments: 

• I am enjoying this drama so far
• The chemistry between the leads is very good, I love that they are a bickering old couple
• Logically it doesn't make sense and things happen conveniently all the time, which I just turn my brain off for the political court part.
• And for the first time since Love Between a Fairy and Devil, I don't find Zhang Ling He a liability for a drama.