#ji yeo

[theisisnicolemag]

Anajah for The Isis Nicole Magazine 8 FW 19/20 | Photography by Ji Yeo

[wolha]

HOTEL DEL LUNA 호텔 델루나 2019, dir. Oh Choong-Hwan

[her-soliloquies]

This is a cry for help. I desperately need more kdramas like Beyond Evil and The Devil Judge (yk the type with insane chemistry between the two main male leads, no unnecessary and forced romance with a female character, focusing on the plot rather than romance while also presenting very intense homoerotic scenes)

I'm very open to your suggestions

[maibearcore]

Do I have a type?...........Oh my god l have a type!! ☠️. I ain't even gonna explain myself here✌️ why is this screaming daddy issues tho 😭🤣

The Devil Judge(2021), The Veil(2021), Beyond Evil(2021), Vigilante(2023), Killing Eve(2018), Sweet Home 2(2023)

[junkobato]

Upcoming Kdrama July 2024 💚

3/7: Red Swan with Kim Ha Neul, Rain. 10 episodes; melodrama, action.

6/7: The Auditors with Shin Ha Kyun, Jin Goo, Lee Jung Ha. 12 episodes; mystery, comedy.

12/7: Good Partner with Jang Nara, Nam Ji Hyun, Kim Joon Han. 16 episodes; law, comedy.

15/7: Tarot with Jo Yeo Jung, Park Ha Sun, Seo Ji Hoon. 7 episodes; horror, mystery.

19/7: Sweet Home 3 with Song Kang, Go Minsi, Lee Jin Wook. 8 episodes; horror, sci-fi.

22/7: Serendipity's Embrace with Kim So Hyun, Chae Jung Hyup, Yoon Ji On. 8 episodes; rom-com.

31/7: No Way Out: The Roulette with Yoo Jae Myung, Kim Moo Yul, Lee Kwang Soo. 8 episodes; thriller, mystery.

Shin Ha Kyun is coming back... 😍

[dramaintherain]

Be Melodramatic (2019) ✎ episode v

[ppeonppeonhan]

Korean GLs I'd Watch...

Let's try to manifest a world where some of the biggest Korean actresses were cast in major full-length GL kdramas.

COP + CRIMINAL

Esom (Because This Is My First Life) and Lee Da-hee (Search: WWW) play partners and besties, who both fall for their respective suspects for a crime spree against the patriarchy. (Think: Evening the pay gap at a major company; exposing scandals of sexist politicians; and chemically castrating sex offenders). Esom's love interest is Park Eun-bin (Extraordinary Attorney Woo), and Da-hee's love interest is Seo Yea-ji (It's Okay to Not Be Okay). It's a romantic crime thriller.

FRIENDS to LOVERS

Seol In-ah (Business Proposal) plays a new-money rich girl who hires a former old-money rich girl, played by Yoo In-na (Touch Your Heart), to be her personal assistant out of pity, but pretends she doesn't know her backstory. And Yoo helps Seol navigate rich society. Their conflict is that Seol's family bankrupted Yoo's family, and is getting the life Yoo was supposed to have, including the fiancee, the job, and the house. It's a sweet romantic comedy.

BOSS + EMPLOYEE

Kim Ji-won (Fight My Way) starts a job at a family law firm and works hard to get one of the partners, played by Son Ye-jin (Crash Landing on You), to be her mentor, but only because she wants her job. She starts off as a frenemie before Ye-Jin's hard edges rub off, and Ji-won develops a crush. Their obstacles are that Ye-Jin is married and in the closet, and Ji-won might be too ambitious to let go of her goals. It's a slow-burn romantic legal drama.

COOL GIRL + DORK

Park Shin-hye (Heirs & Pinocchio) plays a cold fashion house designer who hires an unlikely candidate to be her muse, played by Moon Ga-young (True Beauty). And what starts off as a toxic relationship blooms into a supportive one. Park Bo-young (Strong Girl Bong-soon) plays her head of design, who befriends Ga-young's bestie-turned-manager, played by Kim Seul-gi (Oh My Ghostess). They're the softer side couple. It's a romantic workplace dramedy.

FRIENDS to ENEMIES to LOVERS

Seo Hyun-jin (Why Her?) and Gong Hyo-jin (When the Camellia Blooms) were friends in college, but they had a falling out after a misunderstanding about a guy. They have a tense reunion as adults when Hyo-jin is setting up her nuptials at the wedding hall Hyun-jin manages. It's a slowburn romantic drama.

ONE-SIDED OBSESSION

Shin Min-a (Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha) plays the wife of a very powerful and abusive man and Hwang Jung-eum (She Was Pretty) plays the maid who is secretly in love with her and helps her escape. They go to Jung-eum's hometown where everyone assumes she's bringing her girlfriend home for the first time, because she didn't have the heart to tell them she got dumped after running away to be with her. Min-a decides to pretend to be the woman to pay her back, and they fall in love. The conflict being when Jung-eum's ex, played by Park Min-young (What's Wrong with Secretary Kim), returns to get her back.

💜 Your move Kdrama world! 💜

[allonnotion]

Hunger Games: Viral Hit/How To Fight Edition

in celebration of the recently ended manhwa (coinciding with the announcement of an upcoming anime adaptation), I've decided to put the characters from Viral Hit into the hunger games. Enjoy these 'iconic' moments...

and the winner is...

the results:

link to the simulator...

link to the 'hunger games' masterlist...

[butterflykisses86]

Imma need Bong Joon-Ho, Hollywood, or whoever will listen: cast this man as your next villian in a psychological thriller. Guranteed masterpiece.

[kdramacaptures]

I’m sending my joy to you

[wolha]

HOTEL DEL LUNA 호텔 델루나 2019, dir. Oh Choong-Hwan

[andreacsenge]

It was a bad idea to send you flowers every birthday. I should've sent beheaded birds instead.

[adlcrz]

First Generation Oppas: Hyun Bin, Lee Dong Wook, Gong Yoo, So Ji Sub

Second Generation Oppas: Lee Jong Suk, Park Seo Joon, Lee Min Ho, Kim Soo Hyun

Third Generation Oppas: Ahn Hyo Seop, Song Kang, Cha Eun Woo, Yeo Jin Goo

[voidincinema]

The Glory (2023)

[mirambles]

Guilty Pleasure Kdramas - Descendants of the Sun.

On a lazy Sunday afternoon I rewatched Descendants of the Sun. For all its flawed writing, an ending twist that none of us needed, I still love this drama and the main reason is how charming Song Joong Ki is as Captain Yoo Si Jin. SJK is not a strong built muscular man - the ones who would usually fit the bill of an army captain. The script writer even takes a jovial dig at this when Kim Ji Won’s character says he looks like a girl. Despite his slim face and petite frame he carries off the role with lot of panache. You can’t take your eyes off the screen everytime he is on it.

His confessions of love I can rewatch many times. No wonder the line should I confess or should I apologise went viral when the show aired and still features amongst the top dialogues in KDramas.

YooSiJin is witty and sarcastic, confident and brave, empathetic with strong morals, charming at flirting and dropping lines that are cheesy, but will still make your heart flutter and as a bonus is handsome. What’s not to love about him?

SHK looks gorgeous and while I am not a fan of her acting, I couldn’t stop being in awe of how pretty she looked in what are simple day outfits - cotton dresses , linen shirts and shorts rightly suiting the climate the drama is based in. The wardrobe I aspire to have! Once back to Korea she is in baggy trousers, long jumpers or scrubs and still looks ethereal.

This is the first drama of Kim Ji Won that I watched and her chemistry with JinGoo was sizzling! I was as invested in the second leads as I was in the main leads. While the angst and breakup owing to the father dragged on, at no point did those two bore you.

SJK and JinGoo’s bromance is also amongst my favourite bromances in Kdramaland. Despite the clear difference in their army ranks - their loyalty , respect , unwavering support and love for each other was evident in every single frame.

I can rarely enjoy dramas if the supporting cast is not good and this one has a good squad in the medical and army gang who kept the atmosphere light and funny. The white actor as the villain was unbearable to watch and later in my kdrama journey I would realise this is the norm - they are just bad actors and maybe dramas don’t have the budget to hire good non-Korean actors.

Not to forget to mention that this drama’s soundtrack remains amongst my top 3! YoonMiRae’s Always remains my top Kdrama song ever!

People call the drama cheesy, the plot all over the place, and that the last twist of back from the dead in the last two episodes dragged the show down! I don’t debate any of this and ultimately we all have our guilty pleasures. Guilty pleasures are exactly this - we know they are flawed, but if watching the drama gives you joy, you will keep rewatching it. As I do with DOTS - because even after 4 years and multiple rewatches, I can’t get over the charm of Song Joong Ki as Captain Yoo Sijin. I have since loved him in Vincenzo and ReBorn Rich, but both had no romance plots and I would really like him back on my screen wooing his lady love!

So tell me which KDramas are your guilty pleasures?

[dramaintherain]

Be Melodramatic (2019) ✎ episode I

– Under the pretext of taking care of Eun Jung, the three women and the two men started living together.