Shows I watched: March 2024

Status: Dropped

Year: 2024

Episodes: 8/24

Genre: period, costume, action, political, brotherhood

Country: China

Plot: Three close friends come together and defend their home country from internal and external threats.

Comments:

• became too predictable, and I would rather watch something else

Status: Dropped

Year: 2024

Episodes: 10/24

Genre: contemporary, office, rom-com

Country: China

Plot: Our female lead has a crush on the male lead in real life, and the male lead has a crush on the female lead in the online world, but they don't know that they are each other's crush. Their love story unfolds when they realize what their hidden identities are. 

Comments:

• I really wanted to love it after seeing Lin Yi in derailment.
• This was just too generic for me.

Status: Dropped

Year: 2024

Episodes: 5/11

Genre: fantasy, melo, romance

Country: Japan

Plot: the female lead and the male lead were each other's first love, but they were unable to confess their feeling. 8 years later they reunite, but both ashamed that they never fulfilled the promise they made. Our male lead gets into an accident, and in order to save him she makes a deal with a guide from the after life, trading in her 5 senses for a miracle to save his life.

Comments:

• I really love Nagano Mei, I fell in love with her when she just started out acting. I was excited for this one because even though she has been working hard, there wasn't a project that she did that I was gravitated to.
• This was just too sad and depressing, I couldn't take it.

Status: Dropped

Year: 2024

Episodes: 6/12

Genre: Thriller, Business, Drama, Political

Country: Korea

Plot: An illegitimate child of a huge conglomerate befriends a smart but poor kid from the country and teams up to take over his father's company .

Comments:

• This was all over the place.
• The female lead's acting is so bad.

Status: Dropped

Year: 2024

Episodes:  8/24 (skipped to the last episode)

Genre: slice of life, contemporary, melo, romance

Country: China

Plot: Our lead couple meets and fall in love. Our male lead get diagnosed with ALS, he tries to move forward with his life, with the help and encouragement form his love ones.

Comments:

• Another Lin Yi drama I dropped. unfortunately. I am not feeling any modern rom coms or melo dramas lately.
• I loved the lead's chemistry and their non toxic and non problematic relationship.
•  I was not ready for the tragedy that was going to fall upon them.

Status: Dropped

Year: 2024

Episodes: 3/32 (still currently airing)

Genre: historical, period, mystery, face-swap (?)

Country: China

Plot: So..... Our male lead is trying to get married to his long lost childhood friend, but she dies on their wedding night. But she didn't because the villain in the story swapped her face with the child hood sweet heart because she is obsessed with the male lead. So our female lead is not actually dead, and she tries to figure out who tried to kill her.

Comments:

• I never intended to watch the drama but the poster looked good and I have a good impression on the male lead from The Blood of Youth.
• It was eh...

Status: Completed

Year: 2024

Episodes:  16/16

Genre: action, mystery, thriller, comedy

Country: China

Plot: Sequel to Detective Chinatown (TV series) Season 1.

Our male lead is a private detective and he takes on cases and solve them with his group of friends.

Rating: 9.5/10

Comments: 

• I really loved the first season (the fist half), they kept the non linear story telling style, so the timelines can confuse you.
• I like how in the second season they introduced the background of Kiko.
• I missed Janine Chang's presence and the tension filled chemistry they had. But still loved the chemistry between Zhang Yi Shang and Roy Chiu.

Status: Completed

Year: 1994

Episodes: 12/12

Genre: romance melodrama

Country: Japan

Plot: Our female lead rescues our male lead in an accident and loses his memories. Expect it is a lie, he remembers everything. He begins working in a restaurant that she works as a hostess. She has a trauma and he has a trauma, can their love conquer all?

Rating: 7/10

Comments:

• I watched it for the female lead and the second male lead, as expected they were beautiful.
• The story really got to the extreme, the male lead was a loser, but the female lead did not feel like an all forgiving saint, but a strong woman who did everything for the man she loved.

Status: Completed (re-watch)

Year: 1991

Episodes: 11/11

Genre: contemporary, slice of life romance

Country: Japan

Plot: Three childhood friends reunite in the big city, and their relationship changes when Akana Rika enters their world.

Rating: 10/10

Comments: 

• I love this drama.
•  I loved Kanchi (in the beginning) and Rika.
• Suzuki Honami did an amazing job in portraying this character, I fell in love with her.
• This drama never fails to make me cry, even though it's just about people meeting in a certain time for a certain reason. The angst, longing and melancholy the drama provides is what makes this drama feels so good.
• There are characters that I still can't figure out even though it's my nth time watching (Eguchi Yosuke)

Status: Completed

Year: 1999

Episodes: 10/10

Genre: contemporary, romance

Country: Japan

Plot: Our female lead who leads a boring life meets our male lead who scouts for nightclubs and experiences excitement in her life for the first time and they are drawn to each other's opposite nature and lifestyle.

Rating: 6.5/10

Comments:

• The story was going good until the characters are caught up in this huge crime and conspiracy, that did not fit the simple mature of two people who are opposites falling in love.
• I wished that they were more detailed in the lead's relationship and their differences and how they solve it together, with the whole world opposing their relationship.

Status: Completed

Year: 2016

Episodes: 10/10

Genre: slice of life, music, romance

Country: Japan

Plot: Our male lead was a successful musician in the past that worked as a psychologist and meets our female lead that has a speech impediment issues and is very insecure. They heal each other through music.

Rating: 7.5 / 10

Comments:

• Watched it for Fukuyama Masaharu somebody I have a guilty pleasure of watching (I have a crush on a man who is old enough to be my father shout out to Abe Hiroshi)
• Loved the music.
• Very typical Japanese drama, nothing special.

Status: Completed

Year: 2002

Episodes: 11/11

Genre: romance, slice of life

Country: Japan

Plot: Our female lead is a regular office worker that gave up on her dreams, career, and love life. She suddenly gets a call to join the newly build company of the male lead whom she worked with in the past.

Rating: 7.5/10

Comments: 

• Loved the chemistry between the leads.
• Loved the female lead's and the male lead's growth.
• A very typical Japanese drama.

Status: Completed

Year: 2013

Episodes: 17/17

Genre: political, rom com

Country: Korea

Plot: An entertainment gossip reporter gets involved with the newly appointed Prime Minister that resulted in a contract marriage between the two.

Rating: 7/10

Comments:

• Don't know why I re watched.
• I was expecting a little bit more. But happy for the light heartedness of it all.
• Liked a chemistry.

Status: Completed

Year: 2021

Episodes: 35/35

Genre: Slice of life, family, drama

Country: China

Plot: A mother daughter drama. Our female lead is trying to survive in a city with a new job as an intern in an accounting firm and with a mother that always causes trouble.

Rating: 8.5/10

Comments:

• I watched it right after Detective Chinatown cause I needed more Roy Chiu.
• Loved that it isn't as extreme as other mother-daughter or any other family dramas.
• The mother character was annoying, and felt like there wasn't enough character development arc.
• Loved the chemistry between the lead. But that was before I looked at the comments saying that the female lead was 17 when she filmed this. So the lack of physical nature of their relationship was not just for subtlety, they actually cant show it. Until the last few munities of the drama when the male lead proposed, I noticed she is very young. But overall sold my soul because their chemistry was cute.

Status: Completed

Year: 2024

Episodes: 28/28

Genre: fantasy, sports, comedy

Country: China

Plot: Zhang Chi finds himself in the body of Lin Zhen Dong after a car accident and meets his 24 year old self. He tries to prevent his younger self from making mistakes.

Rating: 8.5/10

Comments:

• I am not into the car racing part and the drama failed to make me feel interested in it.
• But the rest of the aspects of the drama is very well done.
• Hu Xian Xu is definitely an actor to watch out for. Loved him since Old Boy. He looks great in a suit.
• The body or soul switching, time travel thing was used well and not overdone.
• The camaraderie between teammates, the friendships and all the other relationship in the drama are well written.
• Did not care about the romance, which there wasn't that much of anyway, but when Zhang Chi was in Lin Zhen Dong's body, looking at Li Xiao He, the love and longing expressed through Hu Xian Xu's eyes. Just a Chef's Kiss.
• Sometimes I felt too overdramatic at some points.
• All the actors are great.

Status: Currently Watching

Year: 2024

Episodes: 10/112 (currently airing)

Genre: rom com

Country: Korea

Plot: Our female lead enters into a contract marriage with her best friend because of a secret. Our male lead is the brother of the best friend and is trying to stop the marriage from happening.

Rating: 7/10

Comments:

• Like I said in my video, it wasn't into it until the second episode.
• I feel like people can be turned off by the plot.
• The drama missed the nuance and care it needed to approach a LGBTQ character and plot. I wish the leads felt more remorse for betraying the trust of the second male lead, even though the marriage was a ruse.

Status: Currently Watching

Year: 2024

Episodes: 10/14 (currently airing)

Genre: mystery, revenge, drama

Country: Korea

Plot: Our female lead's son was killed in an accident but does not get justice. She kills the suspect instead and goes to jail. She tries her best to live after she gets out, but then she receives a picture. 

Rating: 8.5/10

Comments:

• It started really generic at first.
• Typical plot of husband cheating on the wife turned me off.
• The logic of the husband and the sister, who was the mistress is something I cannot figure out. Let's see I could understand them.
• I think if Cha Eun Woo drops his "idol" or "celebrity" voice, I can better digest his acting, because I can feel it's not his real voice.
• I love the female lead though.
• I noticed weird angles, but not too much.

Status: Currently Watching

Year: 2024

Episodes: 8/16 (currently airing)

Genre: rom com, life

Country: Korea

Plot: Our male lead, a son of a rural supermarket and a legal director for Queen's group, is married to our female lead an heiress to the biggest conglomerate and a department store CEO. Will they be able to save their rocky marriage.

Rating: 9/10

Comments: 

• I love this drama.
• I love that we are getting a solid rom com with actors that know how to act in one.
• This drama makes me feel everything. Laughter, sadness, despair, love and everything and anything under the sun.
• I love the chemistry between the leads.
• The filter was kinda weird in the first few episodes. I see the pictures for this drama and it's not giving the same sharp vibes since the drama lacks the contrast in colors. And the director has a weird obsession with yellow and orange hues during romantic scenes, don't get me wrong I love it, but man it gets a little too much.
• But I though the Hongs losing their wealth all at once was kinda dumb, they won't tie up their wealth in one place.

Status: Currently Watching

Year: 2024

Episodes: 24/ 39 (currently airing)

Genre: fantasy, costume, rom com

Country: China

Plot: Our female lead is a powerful immortal trying to escape an arranged marriage. She gets hurt and gets picked up by our male lead who can hear her in her "chicken" form.

Rating: 7/10

Comments: 

• I just love the chemistry between Zhao Li Ying and Lin Geng Xin. Though this is not a sequel to Princess Agents, I am satisfied with this. There is a magic in their chemistry.
• Zhao Li Ying is good. I think Lin Geng Xin's ability changes depending on how he is directed.
• I wish the male lead's  hair was done better too.
• I wish the production quality was a little better. I think the best ones up to date are Love and Destiny and Love Between a Fairy and the Devil.
• This is a very fan service drama, so I don't even pay attention to the plot.

Status: Currently Watching

Year: 2024

Episodes:  4/16 (currently airing)

Genre: thriller, mystery, melodrama

Country: Korea

Plot: Female lead has it all, a popular investigative reporter and a loving husband. But everything comes crashing down as she learns or her husband's secret.

Rating: 7/10

Comments:

• The first episode has made me doubt the female lead's intelligence.
• I know she is a reporter and want scoops and may not report to the police when she finds  dead body. but man don't touch it.
• And what is with infidelity with husbands in Korean thriller dramas?
• But I personally love the 3 leads. Might watch A Gentleman's Dignity again.

Status: Currently Watching

Year: 2024

Episodes: 4/12 (currently airing)

Genre: thriller, mystery, drama

Country: Korea

Plot: Female leads happy life gets shattered when her husband disappears. And she tries to find out the truth behind her husband's disappearance.

Rating:  8.5/10

Comments: 

• A really really good thriller.
• I love Park Bo Young on screen. She always stars in high quality dramas.
• I love that we are learning the husband's secrets at the same time as our female lead. I am just thankful it's not an affair.

Status: Currently Watching

Year: 2024

Episodes: 10/24 (currently airing)

Genre: super natural ability, romance, mystery

Country: China

Plot: Our female lead has an ability to make rich men fall for her by looking them in the eyes, and she turns into their ideal crush. She meets our male lead, who claims to be the heir a conglomerate, but her power does not work on him.

Rating: 7.5/10

Comments: 

• It is getting better and better by the episode.
• Their chemistry is working.
• Has a lot of things that don't make sense, but it is enjoyable enough to ignore.

Status: Currently Watching

Year: 2024

Episodes: 24/38

Genre: political, spy, action, historical

Country: China

Plot: A republican era drama. Our male lead is a banker that gets involved with the female lead's family. And becomes involved in the political movement. 

Rating: 8/10

Comments:

• Really well made.
• Haven't watched Wang Yi Bo or Li Qin in a while or finished some of their recent dramas. But I wish they could fix Li Qin's bangs or baby hair.
• Love Wang Yang.
• I think the actor that plays the main antagonist Zhang Tian Yang is a little over the top sometimes. Whished it was toned down a little bit.
• I don't really like dramas in this era that much. Not because it's about communism and how it's great. But if there is too much patriotism for any country, or preachy and lecturey about religion or idealim, I tend to be turned off. But this drama hasn't gotten me to that point yet.  I also don't like the violence as well.

Status: Currently Watching

Year: 2024

Episodes: 4/50 (currently airing)

Genre: family, weekend, romance, melo

Country: Korea

Plot: Our female lead had a crush and our male lead, something happens and they lose contact, then they reunite as adults, she a big actress and him as a TV producer.

Rating: 5/10

Comments: 

• A typical weekender.
• The only difference here is that the girl is the rich one. The girl is a hardworking person with family members that rely on her. And the male lead is a hardworking guy, nut not poor.
• We will see if I can keep this up without passing out of high blood pressure or cringe.

Status: Currently Watching (re-watch)

Year: 2018

Episodes: 8/16

Genre: office, rom com, mystery

Country: Korea

Plot: Our male lead, tries to make her secretary stay after she resigns form her post all of a sudden.

Rating: 8.5/10

Comments: 

• Thought of it because of the recent Filipino remake. 
• Park Min Young and the start of her reign as the rom com queen.
• I'm watching until it gets to the dark part