The Prisoner of Beauty is the Enemies to Lovers After Political Marriage Dysfunctional Sexy Romance that Works with Liu Yu Ning and Song Zu Er Basically Perfectly Cast Stepping Right Out of the Novel

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So I marathoned the C-novel adapted into the C-drama The Prisoner of Beauty (also called The Marquis is Innocent) during a long flight to Asia this week and good lord I need this drama to air RIGHT NOW. It’s the perfect combo of enemies to lovers like Story of Kunning Palace but with a lot more sex. Haha, there will … Continue reading →

The Last Immortal Drops Out of Top 5 Viewership Midway Through Airing and Slowly Becoming a Small Flop Rather than a Medium Success

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So it’s now past the midway point for xianxia C-drama The Last Immortal which is proving itself quite mortal to growing criticism. The drama premiered with a bang, a fast rise out of the gate and solid first impressions. It looked like Zhao Lu Si‘s first big S-level female lead top billed drama would cement her level but now it’s … Continue reading →

Park Min Young Sets Up Her Cheating Hubby and Best Friend in Second Chance tvN Drama Marry My Husband

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tvN is premiered K-drama Marry My Husband on January 1, 2024 which feels apropos because it’s a second chance at life story that lets the wronged woman get pre-emptive revenge and also avoid her old fate. This drama is female lead Park Min Young centric and thank god I like her, she does resilient wrong woman very well haha. She … Continue reading →

Park Shin Hye and Park Hyung Sik Go Back to High School in First Drama Poster for jTBC’s Dr. Slump

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There is a new poster for jTBC drama Dr. Slump and other than the title that keeps redirecting any searches for it to the famous Toriyama Akira manga of the same name, which annoys me when I can’t find news easily, now the lackluster first promos are annoying me. The drama stars Park Shin Hye and Park Hyung Sik and … Continue reading →

Pre-screening of Netflix Drama Gyeongseong Creatures Leads to Early Negative Reviews From K-ent Reporters

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So even K-netizens are little taken aback at this week’s early domestic reviews for this Friday’s premiere of period supernatural action drama Gyeongseong Creature on Netflix. The drama is tent-poling for Netflix the holiday season just like The Glory did last year which turned out to be an even bigger hit than already anticipated of the top cast and famed … Continue reading →

Period C-drama Love Never Fails has Reportedly Hired Actress Hu Yi Xuan to Replace Tax Evasion Scandal Lead Yuan Bing Yan with Reshoots Scheduled for February 2024

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So the dilemma of fully completed C-dramas with a scandal plagued lead continues towards the option of reshooting the scenes of the cancelled lead in order to air. Period drama Love Never Dies was thisclose to airing when actress Yuan Bing Yan got in to tax evasion allegations so the drama was put on ice. She has recently been fully … Continue reading →

Newly Released C-drama Derailment with Liu Hao Cun and Lin Yi Fails to Get Buzz or Viewership Reportedly due to Confusing Promos

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So while I was marathoning A Journey to Love last week a new C-drama dropped but this one is a modern drama with a time slip/soul swap concept apparently. It’s called Derailment and stars Liu Hao Cun and Lin Yi with a big promo push I saw in recent weeks. But since it’s premiere the viewership has reportedly been low … Continue reading →

Jo Jung Seok and Shin Se Kyung Battle Wits and Hearts in Upcoming tvN Sageuk Drama Captivating the King

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So the slate of January 2024 K-drama are starting its promos and a big one will be tvN sageuk Captivating the King (Sejak or Spy) taking over after Welcome to Samdalri. Starring Jo Jung Seok and Shin Se Kyung, the drama looks visually gorgeous and the two leads are sageuk veterans and standouts in that era. He plays a prince … Continue reading →

Popular C-stars Deliver on Glamour Yet Again at the 2023 Tencent Video All Star Awards

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This week Tencent held its own 2023 Tencent Video All Star Awards to celebrate the actors and actresses who did a Tencent project this year. It’s like the network drama years in South Korea so all attendees are there basically known he/she will get an award. And there were a lot of awards with very creative names so recipients could … Continue reading →

Wuxia C-drama A Journey to Love Ends with a Less than Satisfying Ending But Still a Worth Watching Series

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So C-drama A Journey to Love has been airing for 3 weeks and for VIP viewers of iQiyi the streaming platform released the final 6-episodes this Monday with exclusive access. It helps with keeping the interest level high as honestly the last ten episodes have been slowly flagging for me. Overall I found the drama solidly written, a great supporting … Continue reading →

jTBC Sat-Sun Drama Welcome to Samdalri with Ji Chang Wook and Shin Hye Sun Breaks 8% Ratings by Episode 6

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I can’t say this drama has been quietly airing or under the radar because it has big name leads and a prime weekend time slot of a big cable network. But online chatter it definitely isn’t as buzzy but who cares as domestic ratings are rolling in. jTBC new Sat-Sun drama Welcome to Samdalri premiered around 5% and in the … Continue reading →

The Success of The Story of Park’s Marriage Contract Leads K-netizens to Marvel at Lee Se Young’s Acting Talent and Drama Picking Skills Wondering What is Her Career Making Role to Date

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So yeah, Lee Se Young is a queen, if not one already then a queen in waiting because she is so underrated as one of the success stories of the child stars turns adult actors in K-ent. It probably happened because she’s right behind Moon Geun Young, same gen with Park Eun Bin, and then had the child star Kim … Continue reading →

My Demon Continues to Deliver Classic Hallyu Youth and Fantasy Balanced Rom-com Cuteness Past the Midway Point of Airing

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The weekend K-dramas continue to deliver for me, but it’s the lower ratings ones that have me hooked. SBS Fri-Sat drama My Demon is really as simple as they come and works because of it. Take two gorgeous age-compatible leads in Kim Yoo Jung and Song Kang and surround them with a manufactured reason to spend time together resulting in … Continue reading →