#in my défense I wrote most of it out like halfway through the month lol

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My 2021 in Dramas

A little late but here is my Asian drama wrap-up. I didn’t watch much, but it was a pretty good year anyway. I finished most of what I started and nothing I watched was really bad.

Last year I started with a film section, but this time I only watched one movie:

Bungee Jumping of Their Own (2001) Rating 6.5/10

Currently Watching 2021 dramas:

Now We Are Breaking Up 4/16 eps (yes I have fallen very behind)

School 2021 6/16 eps

Completed 2021

(Starting with those carried over from 2020)

True Beauty 6/16 eps previously watched. All my love to Kang Soojin. Rating: 7.5/10

Cheat on Me, If You Can 2/16 eps previously watched. This was something. Whether a good something or a bad something I don’t even know. Rating: 7/10

Mine 16/16 eps watched. Female centric dark melos! LBY and KSH were fantastic. Something was missing though that kept me from loving it and I’m not sure what exactly. Rating: 8.0/10

Law School 16/16 eps. I liked it well enough. I enjoy an ensemble cast, and legal/crime plots combined with more slice of life elements. Good, but fell short of great. Also when thinking of what I watched this year I consistently forgot about it. Rating: 8.5/10

Nevertheless, 10/10 eps. It was fine, enjoyable to watch and had one fantastic side couple. Han So Hee pretty. Didn’t like the end. Rating: 7.5/10

The Devil Judge 16/16 eps. I can’t deny it was good, but I didn’t love it like most people seemed to. Good cast. And Sun Ah was gaslight gatekeep girl boss excellence. Rating: 8/10

Other things watched this year:

The Musical (2011) 2/15 eps. Sometimes you’re just struck by the desire to watch early 2010s SBS dramas. Started but then didn’t have much time to watch and got sidetracked.

Nail Shop Paris (rewatch) 1/10 eps. I really wanted to rewatch but then I didn’t have time and was getting behind on airing (higher priority) dramas. The mood has sort of passed, but I’ll probably watch this mess again sometime soon anyway. Rating: 4.5/10 (I love it but it is Bad).

Completed from “on-hold” backlog:

White Christmas (2011) From when I was doing well finishing partially watched shows the end of last year. I finished this early this year, but then failed to continue the trend. Rating: 8/10

Hope to watch in 2022

Rather than a long list of all the titles I plan to watch (and probably won’t) I’m making a more reasonable list of goals this year.

F4 Thai

(Rewatch) Judge vs Judge - because I’m a normal well adjusted person I’m still very attached to this mediocre drama. (Update from when I started this post: I am watching it and I’m just as obsessed as I was the first time).

Watch to completion three 2022 dramas (I actually started Snowdrop in January, so that should mean two others).

Watch at least 3 movies (other than for school).

Finish at least one on-hold drama.

In addition at least something of these:

Watch a classic sageuk

Finish watching White Lies - this is a daily drama from like 2008-9 that I was loving, but it disappeared from where I was watching years ago and I could not for the life of me find it anywhere until I thought to search for it again recently and found that it had been uploaded elsewhere only a few months previously. So now I’m eager to pick it back up, but it’s very long so idk when I’ll actually watch it.

Watch any PSH drama I haven’t finished (Sisyphus, MotA, Heartstrings).

Watch something with Kim Haesook (that is not a rewatch).