52 Weeks Drama Challenge 2022

The coolest dog in the world tells the story of childhood friends, love & body exchange. Bonus: the best ex girlfriend ever!

JULY

Unrequited love between childhood friends, who in high school fall in love...cute and short! Toned down manga adaptation (no grimacing or screaming!!!)

A police mystery: full of tropes but well done. Policeman hell bent on revenge, another one hiding secret past etc. working secretly but within police!

A man losing will to live is saved by a larger than life character: who is he and why did he save him? Such a great story of despair and salvation by the cute cast! 

Bad hair ML, extremely annoying righteous FL, a great ensemble cast for a usual K drama story of corruption an impunity of the rich and powerful! Though as usual they get their comeuppance!

Cute and hot as hell: short funny scenes from everyday home life!

Mature office love story. Lacks credibility: the older character is an unconvincing 40yr old virgin....

Time loops, scrubs, power ranger, macho men, smart woman, organ trafficking, a magic notebook..some bad acting and some familiar faces! Do not use your brain while watching: you'll just get a huge migrane!

More kissing in the opening titles than in all K-dramas produced this year put together! But only there! The storyline is cute though unmemorable!

Instead of fighting over a girl, two boys fall for each other! Pretty scenery, simple yet compelling short drama/movie!

When an adult behaves as a child; fascinating with a beautiful theme song!

Set  in his ways ML meets his match in Jeju island: sparks fly!

Two aromantic people live together and depend on each other: you cannot tell me they are not in love!

What happens when a serious relationship scares the living daylights out of you?

Down on her luck FL meets a bossy teenager and it gets very complicated! Granny and her butler are priceless!

Last day of a 5yr relationship: why oh why?

A complicated time slip story!

How can they be soooo cute?

A love story in a country where there is only mafia(no police or ambulance), where there are only sons in families and they are all gay, and where they speak english because it sounds cool. And the fashion is out of this world! Ridiculous and extremely fun to watch!

Conquering a heart through food! Nice recepies!

Short movie! Unremarkable!

Short movie, Cohabitation...

Extremely weird short movie about a strange mental disorder.

A subpar 1000 Stars...

A cooking cohabitation BROMANCE...you need a microscope to find a sliver of romance here!

AUGUST

A  body swap murder mystery! Gripping!

A time slip webdrama....

Cute short drama about speed skating! The ML is as cute as a button!

Gameboys but better since no Baby, Baby....

Expanded version which lost some of the rawness and urgency of the original!

Are there really two people?

A brilliant noona romance gone completely wrong in the last episode!

Very cute and fun to watch...

Short and to the point: two schoolboys' love story!

SEPTEMBER

Confusing and beautiful love story!

The best take on Groundhog Day to come out of Korea!

How to end immortality?

In the heavenly divine world, the immortals fight each other with an Orchid in the middle!

How to be accepted as a competent person in a cutthroat business environment and be a woman at the same time?

Secrets and lies...a family soap!

A kid behaving as an adult and an adult behaving as a kid: that was fun for about two episodes!

Quirky bartending mangaka and his fantasy!

OCTOBER

Webtoon character out of depth! And their webtoon!

Male strippers in a club run by a woman pursued by a junior loanshark...so much fun!

Time travelling man tries to stop his own mother's murder. Mindboggling!

A romcom with every romcom trope there is; the only difference being that it is about two women !

Tax evasion investigation! Sounds boring, there is a lot of jargon but it is fast paced and definitely worth the watch!

Philadelphia in Philippine mountains! Too fast moving to be completely believable...even with an angel involved!

An odd little webdrama about a guy trying to kill himself and being constantly thwarted in his attempts by a crazy girl!

Bartenders solving their clients' love problems with a nice meal out of a can and a cocktail that goes with it!

A short movie: an ad for a video game! Extraordinary!

Making tea in a sterile looking shop! Needs some warmth for a love story!

A strange movie...title says it all!

Two people in love try to deal with their baggage before getting involved with each other!

A collection of colour codes short stories about everyday life where the last one connects them all!

A guy who only wants to cook curry, unwittingly gets involved with police investigations because of his perceptive skills!

Pretty bl with a nonsensical storyline!

Slice of life drama: three people stuck together in a remote house! Secrets are revealed!

NOVEMBER

Three people in love trying to escape a mob killer! 

Quirky&cute bookstore owner helps solve crimes...

Wrong poster! Noona romance in a beauty brand's office: Not steamy at all!

Conclusion to the above story: one year later! A time skim! Surprise, surprise!

Japanese take on contract marriage and cohabitation! Thr FL is so annoying for the first half of the drama!

Nonsense in the sun! Cute nonsense!

Another bad poster! This is just a simple office gl!

Serial killer, secrets from the past, nailbiting suspense!

Not being able to get a job in a regular bank, he gives his financial advice in a Choco Bank! Fun web series!

Brainless fantasy fun involving cursed swords and a reaper collecting those swords!

A strange antique shop, the customers stories and how they are all connected! Extraordinary!

One BL too many for Mon&Oak ... based on a true story, excellent writing and directing but it is just too much!

The boys are back but the magic was replaced by fluffy cringe!

In order to forget her crush, a girl tries to hate him and falls for the guy  who taught her how to hate!

Hot merman looses a magic pearl and looks for ways to retrieve it while living in a seaside B&B! Romance  and cartoonish baddie are included in this clunky webdrama!

An abandoned girl flourished after being taken in by her uncle and his trans lover! The ending is all wrong, unfortunately!

Amazing time loop mystery ruined by police/state propaganda!

A slightly different edit but the feelings it gives is so much different than the normal episodes....

Manga filmed with every manga code thrown it and it is still rather cute and funny and, surprisingly, no cringe!

An add for a perfume! Somebody should stop Din(a.k.a. Earth) Teerapat from acting! Should have been cute: it is only cringy uncomforttable!