#shin gi tae

[jyuubin]

OUR DATING SIM (2023) // Gi Tae & Lee Wan ↳ confessing in the place where it ended

{ID is in the ALT}

— ©jyuubin

[hughungrybear]

Continuing my catch up on K-Drama BL series with Our Dating Sim 😊 I can feel Lee Wan's stress through the screen 😅

[landofanimes]

Akatsuki no Yona Musical (2024)

Author Mizuho Kusanagi's illustration in honor of yonamyu! (notice Yona and Hak were double cast)

[stuff-diary]

Revenant

TV Shows/Dramas watched in 2024

Revenant (2023, South Korea)

Directors: Lee Jung Rim & Kim Jae Hong

Writer: Kim Eun Hee

Mini-review:

I finally got the chance to watch this, and it didn't disappoint at all. I love me a good horror thriller, a genre that's very in rare in the world of k-dramas, and this one ticks all the boxes for me. Sure, it's not super scary or anything, but it does know how to be creepy as hell. And while it was the central mystery that kept me hooked from beginning to end, I also appreciated the way they used individual "cases" to build up the main plot, especially during the first half. On top of that, the show is superbly acted, with Kim Tae Ri being particularly excellent in a sort of dual role. But really, I don't think I have a single complaint. Revenant is truly that good, and I will certainly add it to my favorite dramas list.

P.S. There is a lot of triggering content throughout its twelve episodes, so be careful with that and make sure to check warnings.

[dreamingkdrama]

Vagabond

Genre: Crime, Spy, Thriller, Action

Episodes: 16

Starring: Lee Seung-Gi Bae Suzy, Shin Sung-Rok, Lee Ki-Young Moon Yeong-Hee

Synopsis: Cha Dal-geon works as an underrated stuntman, while simultaneously taking care of his orphaned little nephew Cha Hoon. When Hoon travels to Moroco, the plane crashes due to a structural failure and all the 200 passangers are killed. With his world now turned upside down, Dal-geon travels to Morocco to attend the funeral for all the victims of the plane crash. In Moroco, he discovers, that the plane crash probably wasn't an accident and he gets in a spiral of very dangerous power play reaching to the highest positions in Korea. Trying to find out why his nephew had to die, he teams up with NIS agent Go Hae-Ri and they. They have no idea how deadly dangerous situation they entered.

Positives: It was really entertaining. I love the conspiracy dramas full of mystery, nervewrecking plot twists and good actions scenes. Also the characters are quite good, Dal-Gein is a relatable hero who is not perfect, but you just root for him. Also the side characters are very interesting, I especially appreciate how we just don't know who is a "good" guy and who is the "bad" guy till the end.

Negatives: The drama ends with a clifhanger, but hopefully there will be season 2 in 2024. I would also appreciate more backstory and screentime for somw side characters like Gi Tae-Ung or Jessica Lee.

Conclusion: I would recommend this show for everyone who likes the "one man against the system" stories. It's very complex plot with a lot of inerteresting and morally ambiguous characters, definitelly worth to watch it ;)

Action: 9/10 Romance: 7/10 Intriques: 10/10 Blood: 8/10 Whump: 6/10 Friendship: 6/10 Emotions: 7/10 Humor: 2/10

[kissablelips-desireslure-vol1]

OUR DATING SIM (2023)

LEE SEUNG GYU (as Ki Tae/Eddy)

& LEE JONG HYUK (as Wan/Ian)

[madeinkorea-blbambeyond]

MCF: MADE IN KOREA

LEE SEUNG GYU

LEE JONG HYUK

also with:

SUNG RYUNG

PARK SI YOUNG

& OUR DATING SIM CAST

[bl-bam-beyond]

OUR DATING SIM (2023, SOUTH KOREA)

This story begins with Lee Wan (LEE JONG HYUK) running towards his past just as fast as he ran away from it (without knowing both times)

Here Lee Wan runs to make it to an interview on time in which (unknown to him) he's running to Shin Ki Tae or Gi Tae (LEE SEUNG GYU) his "failed first love"

And 7 Years Ago he ran away from Shin Ki Tae after a "rejection" without knowing how desperately Shin Ki Tae was searching for him.

[mangocheesecakes]

desperately need to watch a well-written fantasy show after this. to reset my brain

[kdram-chjh]

Kdrama: The Legend (2007)

Be With Me ...Always

Watch this video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKAye6xZuB4

[singto-prachaya]

What is this post you might say? Well exacly as the banner says. I saw a tweet where some kpop fan said their childhood song was ruined was by a classical korean group. And bunch of other kpoppers agreed. Guess they only listen to some mediocore kpop artists and never heard a good singer. So I present you a bunch of Korean artists (male version) with really good voices you should check out. And behold! It’s all live performances! No youtube embeds since you can only embed 5 so links instead.

황치열 (Hwang Chi-yeul) - All Of My Life

https://youtu.be/oEEr7nEGOHU

This is a cover of Park Won’s All Of My Life. I listen to both artists but never knew Hwang Chi-Yeul covered this until it showed up on my youtube front page. And my first reaction was “Wait hold up! The All Off My Life??? The one from Park Won???”. I insta clicked and wow this cover is phenomenal. It even made me emotional.

김재환 (Kim Jae Hwan) - Leave The Door Open

https://youtu.be/RNsksNAAk14

It was the cover of Tom Grennan’s Little Bit Of Love that introduced me to Kim Jae Hwan and I was like damm who are you. He has done many covers and this is one of my faves.

WOODZ (조승연) - Accident

https://youtu.be/C2ybLIsT21c

Every single time I listen to this live clip I am amazed at how easy he hits those high notes. Woodz is also an all rounder since he can also dance and write songs.

퍼플레인 (Purple Rain) - 자옥아

https://youtu.be/3Qv-Cmcgsao

Purple Rain unfortunately doesn’t exist anymore but the singer is also part of The Vane. This guy’s voice is no joke. He got such a volume.

이홍기 (Lee Hong Gi) - 사랑아

https://youtu.be/6nDpVI12xnU

So the singer of F.T Island. Everytime a list would pop up with best kpop singers he was never in there. Like excuse me? He has an amazing voice. He puts in so many emotions when he’s singing. You can feel it.

비(RAIN)의 킬링보이스를 라이브로

https://youtu.be/VKwvmLS0BBY?t=1034

Well this is a collection of Rain singing small parts of his hits. This channel has a lot of great singers doing their own hits. I timestamped this because the performance for one his songs is out of this world!

박효신 (Park Hyo Shin) - 야생화

https://youtu.be/geqkGm6YpCo

He performed this song many times but this live version is something else. I won’t say why, just listen! 

Kim Feel & - Kim Jongwan (Nell) Time To Walk Through Memories

https://youtu.be/DKgZVNW4Zok?t=201

First of I love the show Begin Again. I like the the setting and the stripped down versions of songs they do. This is a song by Nell they are singing. And it made me emotional the first time I listened to it. Such a beautiful version.

몽니 (Monni) - 세상만사

https://youtu.be/3Jiy2SToM1s

Listen, I listen to a lot of music so I don’t always know what the artists I listen to look like. And Monni was an example. I always check out every Immortal Songs 2 performance. And here is I was like I wonder who this band is. Then the singer started singing and I was like “OMG this is Monni!”. Another singer with a big volume.

라포엠(LA POEM) - 여러분

https://youtu.be/TmemF9bK6mI

Not everything is always my type of music and when I checked this out and they started singing I was like “O opera”. Definitly not something I listen to. But I continued to listen and I ended up breaking down. I had tears streaming down my face. I also checked out their recorded music but it doesn’t do anything for me. But their live performances I do love.

김기태 (Kim Ki Tae) - 그대 앞에 난 촛불이어라

https://youtu.be/gbsbYHLIP0M

Immortal Songs 2 also introduces me to artists I have never heard of. Because to be fair there are a lot of ballad singers out there. Kim Ki Tae is one of them snf wow. I love how he has a raw edge to his voice. Vocals don’t always have to be super clean to me. 

임태경 (Lim Tae-kyung) - 낙인

https://youtu.be/1vEkouZmUH4

Last one in this post. I gotta stop somewhere. Lim Tae-kyung is also someone I never heard of but this performance is great.

Other artists you should listen to that are not in this post: Bumkey, Crush, Daldam, KCM, Kim MinSeok, Muzie, O.WHEN, Park Won, Shin Yong Jae & Soulstar

[jyuubin]

OUR DATING SIM (2023) // Gi Tae & Lee Wan ↳ playing hard to get +bonus gi tae getting an achievement

{ID is in the ALT}

— ©jyuubin

[korelist]

The Universe's Star //Romance Full of Life//Queen of Ring // KDRAMA DİZİ YORUMU

UYARI : Yazılar genel olarak spoiler içerebilir. İçermeyedebilir.

Drama Series: The Universe's Star (literal title) Hangul: 우주의 별이

Director: Kim Ji-Hyun

Writer: Kim Ji-Hyun

Cast: Suho, Ji-Woo, Shin Hyun-Soo, Na Hae-Ryung, Ko Kyu-Pil, Ko Kyu-Pil

Drama: Romance Full of Life (literal title)

Hangul: 생동성 연애

Director: Park Sang-Hoon

Writer: Park Eun-Young, Park Hee-Kwon

Cast: Yoon Si-Yoon, Jo Soo-Hyang, Kang Ki-Young, Kim Min-Soo, Jang Hee-Ryung, Woo Hyeon

Drama: Queen of Ring (literal title)

Hangul: 반지의 여왕

Director: Kwon Sung-Chan

Writer: Kim A-Jung

Cast: Kim Seul-Gi, Ahn Hyo-Seop, Yoon So-Hee, Lee Tae-Sun

Date: 2017

Language: Korean

Country: South Korea

Dizi 10’ar dakikalık kısa bölümlerden oluşuyor. 3 farklı hikaye olarak seri yapılmış. Yine bir okul ödevi tadında kısacık eğlencelik minnak diziler. Her birinde tanıdığımız, sevdiğimiz oyuncuları görmemiz mümkün.

The Universe's Star;

Woo-Joo yetenekli bir şarkıcı-söz yazarıdır ve Byul-Yi ise bir ölüm meleğidir. Hayranı olduğu çocuğun hayatını alması için gönderilince aralarındaki romantizm dizinin konusu olur. Benim yorumum üçlemenin en pasif ve silik hikayesi buydu. Hikaye anlatmak istediği duyguları anlatabilecek kadar uzun olmadığı için izleyiciye pek bir şey geçmedi. Ama çok da ciddi bakmamak lazım tabi.

Romance Full of Life;

Çok uzun süredir polis memur sınavlarına hazırlanan So In-Sung  8 kez başarısız olmuştur. Buna rağmen hiç neşesini kaybetmemeye çalışır. Kız arkadaşı Wang So-Ra  ise artık onunda ayaklarının yere bastığını görmek ister. Aynı zamanda o da kendi içinde zor zamanlar geçirirken anlık bir kararla ilişkilerini bitirir. Dünyası yıkılan In-Sung  tesadüfen gördüğü  "Hayat Dolu Deney" isimli bir ilaç deneyine katılarak para kazanacağını düşünür.  

Bu hikayenin konusu ilginçti. Tamamen mükemmel insana dönüştüren bu hap ile yapay bir popülerlik kazanan karakterimizin aslında ne istediğini keşfetmesini anlatıyordu.

Queen of Ring;

Benim seriye başlama nedenim ve en eğlendiğim hikaye ise buydu. Aileden gelen genetik bir çirkinliğe sahip kısa boylu bir kız olan Mo Nan-Hee bir gün annesinin sırrını keşfeder. Ailesinde nesillerdir ailenin kadınlarına miras kalan bir yüzük vardır.  Yüzüğü sevdiğin kişinin sana takmasını sağladığında karşındaki kişi seni görmek istediği ideal güzellikte görmesini sağlıyordur. Babası gündüz işteyken yüzüğü annesinden ödünce alan kızımız okulda sevdiği erkeğe dünyanın en güzel kızı olarak görünür. Ancak yakışıklı çocuğumuz Park Se-Gun yüzüğün büyüsü ile yıllar önce karşılaşıp beğendiği bir kızın yüzünü görmektedir. İşte o kız bizim Nan-Hee’nin arkadaşıdır ve aynı okula kaydını yaptırınca işler karışır.

Hikayeler böyleydi. Üçü de yumuşak, kısa, keyifli zaman geçirten tatlı dizilerdi. Çok uzun konuşmaya gerek olduğunu düşünmüyorum. Sıkıldığınızda açıp 10dk bakıp kapatabileceğiniz, küçük bir kaçamak olarak düşünebilirsiniz.

Raven Melus

BAŞKA NELER VAR ?

FOTOĞRAFLAR

[landofanimes]

Akatsuki no Yona: Hiiro no Shukumei-hen (2018)

Yona of the Dawn: Scarlet Destiny Arc Stage Play

Main cast character portraits:

Rina Ikoma as Yona Masaki Yabe as Son Hak

Yuuta Higuchi as Yun (returning) Ikkei Yamamoto as Kija Tomohiro Okutani as Shin-Ah Shunsuke Nishikawa as Jae-Ha Tsubasa Kizu as Zeno

Mayumi Tsukiyama as Gi-Gan Touru Kugasawa as Yang Kum-Ji

Minami Tsurimoto as Kan Tae-Jun Shou Jinnai as Suwon

[themoopoint]

[lurkingshan]

Random BL Superlatives: 2023 Edition

It's the end of the year and I'm feeling the need to give out some awards! We talk a lot about best show, best actors, best writing, best directing, blah blah but I gotta be honest, these are the categories that really spoke to me this year. In no particular order:

Best supporting garment: Porsche’s sweater, A Boss and A Babe

Did I create this entire list just to have an excuse to post about this sweater one more time? Maybe so.

Best performance despite a terrible wig: Daou, Love in Translation

This man managed to perform one of the hottest scenes of the year with that bowl cut monstrosity on his head. Respect must be paid.

Best new terminology: BGP, Bump Up Business

BUB gave us so many gifts, but I will always be most thankful for the business gay performance concept (BGP), a term that is highly relevant in discussions of the bl industry.

Best advice: "Unfuck it," Tien in La Pluie

It's not only the succinct phrasing, but also the delivery method.

Best ex who deserved better: Alan, Moonlight Chicken

Yes, I will be staying on the Alan apologist beat in 2024, thank you for asking.

Best unexpected needle drop: Wetter, The Eighth Sense

The moment this show captured my full attention.

Best WTF ending: The End of the World With You

You can probably still hear my scream of "WHAT" echoing in the hills. (Actual ending not pictured in case y'all decide to watch).

Best gut punch line: "Have you been well? Without me?", Our Dating Sim

Sure Shin Gi Tae, Lee Wan deserved it, but did I??

Best adorable child: Tane, Our Dining Table

Need I say more??

Best weapon: sparkle murder dust, Khun Chai

Truly the MVP of this show. I can't find an actual gif of the dust in action (too violent to be depicted) so enjoy these pretty men instead.

Best great character trapped in a bad show: Boston, Only Friends

My beloved, I will seek vengeance in your name.

Best use of music to fuck me up: Plumeria, I Feel You Linger in the Air

Cocktail and Tee Bundit, you know what you did!

Best meal: Chicken curry and cheese naan, What Did You Eat Yesterday?

Yes, this category is kind of a cheat so I can mention WDYEY on this list. And what about it!

Best unhinged energy: Nawin, Laws of Attraction

He may not have succeeded at stealing back his man but he certainly stole the show.

Best bl horror: Grand Guignol

I just need to make sure all you jbl fans know that this movie exists and that Issei fucked Mr Unlucky!!! IYKYK.

Best character comeback: Phupha, Our Skyy 2

From boring stoic love interest to actually compelling and kinda funny leading man! See what a little flirting with Pat Jindapat can do for you?!