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dramashutup Β· 16 days ago
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My 2024 dramas rating
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I wanted to do 10 of these but it turns out that I've only watched 8 of 2024 dramas lol
Rewatched a few of my faves but I'm not rating those.
These will have spoilers. So here goes
1. Flex x Cop 10/10 !!
βœ… This drama has a special place in my heart. It's crime, action-hero and it made me fall in love all over again with non-romance drama
βœ… Park Ji Hyun as Lee Gang Hyun 🫑. (in another news I'm gonna go look up her latest work) I've only seen her as the annoying 2nd fl before this and she was great in this one. She broke the mold of annoying 2nd fl and is an independent, capable and cool-headed detective
βœ… There's no dark past whatsoever. She just loves her job. And she may seem judgemental and prejudiced towards I Soo at first but she learned that I Soo is not just another arrogant chaebol as they work together; it's that he's actually an arrogant, smart, caring and resourceful chaebol lol
βœ… Jin I Soo? I love him. Arrogant chaebol with a golden heart who has a clumsy way of showing he's not heartless definitely will have my heart. He's smart, he's funny and he's shameless 100/100 πŸ˜‚
βœ… What makes a story much more interesting for me is banters. Yessss banters. Their relationship is fun even w/o romance. They trusted each other, even tho it all started on the wrong feet
βœ… Gang Hyun's parents is also a highlight for this drama :))
Second season is coming !!! πŸ«‘πŸ™‚β€β†•οΈπŸ“’πŸ’•πŸ’•πŸ’•
Excited!!!
2. Eye Love You 3/10 (dropped)
I'm sorry. I tried to love this.
❌ I do watch jdramas and jmovies but this was just simply wasn't it for me.
❌ I wanted to love it because of Chae Jeong Hyeop, but bulldozer sunshine is not my vibe. I dropped it like halfway thru?
βœ… The fl's office is really nice tho. And the fl is really funny, that, I remember well.
The suspension of disbelief simply wouldn't suspend the disbelief for me for this one :||
3. Serendipity's Embrace 6/10
❌ This could've been shorter. There I said it. XD. Yes shorter than 8
βœ… I love love Hye Ji, Hong Joo's best friend.
βœ…Hoo Yeong's uncle was relatable, sad and single,
❌ tho I wish he didn't have that weird first love line thing with Hong Joo's boss too. That was just uncomfortable
❌ And what about Hoo Yeong, you ask? Well..... tbh..... I don't really like broody mls. I'm not a fan of those 'he treats her specially nice because he loves her but to everyone else he's just cold'. I'm not a fan of that because I am an anxiety-driven gal and this trait simply doesn't vibe with me
βœ… It's funny that Hong Joo's ex was Kim So Hyun's rival in her previous drama tho (My Lovely Liar) Mr. Yoon Ji On πŸ‘€
Which leads me to....
4. Love Next Door 4/10
Ha ha ha hahaha
❌ As you can probably guess from the poster of this drama I used which is of the side character Jeong Mo Eum, I simply couldn't stand the main couple
❌ Actually I did loved the main couple initially. I even defended the ml after the first 4 episodes, but then... I took a step back metaphorically and realized that his behavior and the fl's family behavior grated my teeth so much
❌ They kept nagging at the fl. Everything the fl did was wrong to them. She was not allowed to have her own views or that they didn't want to see things from her perspective
❌ Personally, I've met these kind of people irl and the suspension of disbelief and rose colored glasses couldn't do their jobs for this drama for me
❌ I dislike both the family and the ml until the end. The ml is whiny and entitled. That's it.
I hope she divorces him and run away from the neighborhood in the future lol
βœ… Kang Dan Ho and Jung Mo Eum were so cute tho. And as all the other side couples ever, they deserved more screen time and development.
I'm looking forward to future works of Yoon Ji On. He's the reason I started this drama initially lol
5. What Comes After Love 7/10
After the disappointment that was the previous drama, I watched this.
Ok, here's what I learned. I can read melodrama (?) novels, but I need to use 1.25/1.5x speed when I'm watching slow dramas. Is it the adhd? Probably
Anyway
βœ… This drama is so pretty. The contrast between the flashbacks when the couple was younger in Japan and the grayer aesthetic in Korea after their breakup is ✨✨✨
βœ… I envy Lee Se Young for being able to speak Japanese so well for the drama lol. She really made me believe she spent her younger days in Japan.
βœ… i love the side characters at the shop she worked at. The boss? So tall πŸ‘€
πŸ‘€ I'm just surprised the ending implies that they're back together. After all that pain and those sad lingering looks
6. Fangs of Fortune 8/10
I know I was basically rambling about this drama for weeks and therefore you'd think it'd get full marks
Okay
βœ… It's a fantastic story.
βœ… Costume? πŸ’― So effin beautiful. So beautiful.
βœ… Humor? πŸ’―
βœ… Characters? πŸ’― I love the characters to pieces, you don't even know. This is my Six of Crows cdrama version
βœ… OST? πŸ’―
❌ But then it relies sm on dramatics. And tears. Oh so much tears.
❌ And I may also be side eyeing the ending. Some people say it's a good ending, but I will agree to disagree. πŸ™‚β€β†•οΈ
Edit : yes I've watched the extra episode and I don't like it still. Death is a very permanent thing imo lol and while his soul does come back, it's no replacement for the real person to me. I've never liked the death trope.
It's a bit traumatizing tbh lol πŸ˜‚
7. Family By Choice 9.5/10
Edit :
❌ I'm also dissatisfied with the development of the m/f main ship. I love them, they had the potential to be The OTP for me but then the didn't really get developed, possibly because they were kinda already established before the event of the story, in a way, and so the storyline focused more on ZYC and ZYZ flip flopping relationship....so yh. It's fantasy with a dash of romance
And I went into the drama after seeing cute spoiler scenes of Wen Xiao and ZYZ so yeah... I was on the Train bound for Disappointment Terminal
βœ… This drama welcomed me like a loaf of warm bread, blanket and warm chocoa after the pain of FoF
βœ… Yoon-sajang is the best dad in kdrama land. He's the president of Good Dads of Kdrama. πŸ’ πŸ’ 🫑
βœ… Glad that Kim Sanha's mum was not redeemed at the end. She just backed away after being a complete and utter bitch with no self-awareness. Thank you for not redeeming her.
βœ… plsssss I love Hwang in Yeop as this gentle boyfriend πŸ‘€πŸ€—
βœ… This is such a warm drama, a family drama of the year for me. I know I'll rewatch this a lot
My issues are only that
❌ I need more episodes πŸ˜”πŸ˜” xD
❌ Kim Sanha's issues didn't really have their own proper build up closure. The focus was too much on Hae Jun's πŸ˜” when Sanha is also one of the main characters. Not to mention Juwon as one of the trio? ://
8. The Story of Pearl Girl 9/10
(my sister is obsessed with both Liu Yuning and Zhang Linghe and tried to get me to watch their dramas; Princess Royal, and My Journey to You and Story of Pearl Girl,
I can't watch another Edward Guo's drama for the time being so I chose Princess Royal which I haven't finished but I'm loving, and The Story of Pearl Girl which I have!)
What is it about cdramas and death of the main lead idek smh
βœ… Ik this drama let a lot of people down for some reasons but I'm guessing it didn't let me down partly because I started it after it ended lol. So the binging was great!
βœ… I think it fits that it's the story of pearl girl; that is Duanwu, we watch her grow from this hotheaded determined girl into a capable smart businesswoman Su Muzhe
βœ… while Zhijing's story began with him being at the top of his game, hunting down the people who killed his family as a merchant, then he learned to love and learned that his actions have consequences to his loved one
βœ… It's not his story, but it's the story of the pearl girl, so I guess goodbye was in due time. Poetic or something something
βœ… The way they fell in love with Duanwu being the only person who questioned him and then kind of got under his skin. 🀌🏻🀌🏻
βœ… I love how Kang Ju implied a couple times that Duanwu was growing more and more like Zhijing; calculating, resourceful, and smart, that by the end I think it's poetic that she becomes the successful businesswoman. Apart from her own very capable brains, she also learned from a lot of people who were basically not very good, who were good to her, and Zhijing himself; the strategist
βœ… That 1.9m guy and the 1.6ish gal. Love the height difference 🀌🏻
βœ… Kang Ju, the best not third wheel πŸ˜†
I was informed that in the novel Zhijing dies and afterwards Duanwu marries Zhang Jinran and they have a child. They didn't go down this route in the drama
And ngl, I quite like the novel ending. Zhang Jinran is a good guy and he's not an annoying 2ndml
Moving on is not a bad thing imo, it simply means the character found love again. It doesn't mean they've forgotten their previous love
And I'm quite partial to the idea that for the drama, Zhijing didn't die, but went on a journey to find an antidote with Kang Ju.
Pls... If they're not gonna straight up show him being buried or stabbed like ZYZ in FoF, I'm not gonna believe that he dies πŸ˜† let me die on this hill.
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I'm currently watching
1. Princess Royal
2. More rewatching of Story of Pearl Girl until the serotonin runs out
3. Brewing Love. Love this! Kim Sejeong! <3
4. I might go look for A Journey to Love next after finishing 1. and 3.
5. Light Shop!! So creepy!! So intriguing!!
If you're wondering why most of these don't have extensive explanation, that's because I have the memory of a mayfly. After some time I only remember the vibe πŸ˜€ unless it really gave me a lasting impression
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missfinemess Β· 30 days ago
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Drama writers please STOP
Please I am begging you to have an ending to your stories, let it be a sad ending, let it be a happy ending, let it be a tragic ending, but put an ending. It's painfully cruel to leave an open ending to your readers 😭😭😭
Plus what's with giving your protagonist non curable diseases just for the heck of it???? How come all the three dramas the ml has diseases which no doctor can cure? Like whyyyyyyyy??? Please let them live happily for long πŸ™
Only God knows what curse I've been out under that the past three dramas I've seen all have open ending, I want a happy ending,I want satisfaction but they aren't ready to give it to me. Please let the next drama I watch have an ending or imm go in hibernation forever 😭😭
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teflar Β· 29 days ago
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Watching the story of pearl girl hoping it will devastate me
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starlitnightdream Β· 1 month ago
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LI KUI I KNEW IT LMAOOO
past episode stared at the dudes eyes was like wait wouldn't it be crazy if it was that dude who was their friend and then quit his job hmmm sus but then maybe not welp
BUT IT WAS HIM LMAO
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ambitionsgreaterthan Β· 1 month ago
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There's a place and time for sad endings, deep thematic endings that stay with your for a long time and feel earned and appropriate. The fact that cdrama scriptwriters think that place is romance idol dramas that for the most part possess all the depth and complexity of a puddle will never not be funny to me though.
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angryteapott Β· 1 day ago
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watching story of pearl girl and i get they're trying to make Zhang Jinran the 2ML but really he just feels like a girlipop trying to get his bestie away from her fuckass boyfriend
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ultrataintedviolence Β· 7 months ago
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me when i get creepy men in my DMs:
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wieqo Β· 2 months ago
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01432853 Β· 1 month ago
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Well then, if you believe I'll believe too. How about I make some purple star bracelets and then we wear them together to see the purple stars at Lake Zijing? Sure, then it's settled.
The Story of Pearl Girl η εΈ˜ηŽ‰εΉ• (2024) β€’ Episode 17
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zhanglinghez Β· 2 months ago
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The Story Of Pearl Girl (2024) 1.01
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dramashutup Β· 6 days ago
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Side eyeing my fave trope 'the love is there but it still wasn't enough to change the story'
because when I said I love it, I mean like give it to me in tiny doses, my mans, and not This
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natahjikio Β· 1 month ago
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THE STORY OF PEARL GIRL (2024) Episode 16 and 17
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fashv4mp Β· 6 months ago
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I think women being killer’s is my favorite movie genre. πŸ’‹πŸ₯€πŸ•―️πŸ”ͺ
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xiaolanhua Β· 1 month ago
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THE STORY OF PEARL GIRL η εΈ˜ηŽ‰εΉ• (2024) Dir. Xie Ze – Ep. 31
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possession Β· 2 years ago
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Possession (1981) Lolita (1997) Girl, Interrupted (1999) Revolutionary Road (2008) Silver Linings Playbook (2012) Hereditary (2018) Marriage Story (2019) Ready or Not (2019) Pearl (2022) The Menu (2022)
FEMALE RAGE IN FiLM
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icantgetanythingdone Β· 1 month ago
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The Story of Pearl Girl’s Douyin: A piece of candy to trick a Yan Zijing into appearing
this is so cute they have my heart ok πŸ₯Ήβ€οΈ
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