Next on my recap list: Wild Romance

I will drop it with a quickness if it sucks but I guess I have a new drama to recap in January. :)

What drama should I watch next? What's next on my recap list?!?!

I tried the Ramyun drama but kinda lost interest in the second episode. Maybe I will attempt another go at some point. But these days I've been kind of out of the loop kdrama-wise so I wonder what's airing soon and what I'll be recapping next. So lost these days...

Dramaland seems to have slowed down...

... or is it just me?  Hmm. I am contemplating my first sageuk but we shall see. I did try to watch Emperor of the Sea when it was hot but I couldn't even last 5 minutes. What's fun about watching people ride horses?

I guess I will try I'm A Flower, Too and 1000 Days Promise when they air but I can already envision myself dropping them at some point. I still have to finish Greatest Love (yeah, yeah, the last two episodes have been on hold forever), Romance Town (I might just watch the final episode), Scent of A Woman and Protect The Boss. Then there are a bunch of Japanese dramas I have on hold. I can't even say, "So many dramas so little time" because even when I have the time, I still don't watch them. What do I do when I have time to kill? HMMMMMMM,

Protect The Boss...

... is another funny drama filled with crazy characters. I just hope it stays good till the end. Right now it's totally hilarious although it's getting a bit more emotional.

New OST Love - Afraid of Love by Bobby Kim

It's from Spy Myung Wol. I saw the first episode and while very silly, it's also entertaining. I'm looking forward to the next episode.

In Young ah...

How are you going to kiss Sung Hyun with tongue...

Then slap him on the head like a little kid? Damn, woman wake up!

I Need Romance Is Shaping up nicely

I guess I will write recaps on Couch Kimchi. I will also stop if it starts to suck but it looks promising so far. Enjoyed the last two episodes. I just hope these two end up together.

He'd better not be her Aidan and she ends up with her cheating boyfriend. Just say NO, folks!

So Last Summer...

... it was all about my Coffee House obsession and this summer, it's City Hunter. Anyone else notice a trend here? I wonder what next summer's will be.

Although I don't think anything can ever match my CH1 obsession and I really don't want to relive that again. LOL.

Now that Nana has redeemed herself, I suppose all the ranting will end? Or not. I suspect that at least one Nana-hater will not be pleased :D

 

But go ahead, Nana. Get that ho girl away from your man! :D 

I must say that based on Couch Kimchi stats (searches and hits), City Hunter is on FIRE! Some were saying that Lie To Me was an online sensation but just based on what I've recently seen via CK, City Hunter has surpassed it.

I Need Romance - Korean Cable Drama

I just saw the first two episodes of this show and think it's cute. Three friends and their stories of love. So it's totally Sex and the City and I think we have Carrie, Samantha and Charlotte here (no love for Miranda).

The Charlotte character was engaged to a guy who wanted to wait till their wedding night to have sex. As in, she put the moves on him and he rejected her. Gay? Probably. Impotent? Possibly but I think gay is likelier. He left her standing at the altar so she hires a guy to play him at their wedding to save face.

The main couple's romance began in a kdrama way - he had a crush on her in middle school and came to look for her 10 years later. 10 years after that, they are in a comfortable relationship. Since it's a cable drama, they kiss a lot. 

He's a struggling director who finally gets to debut. The lead actress tells the press she's got a crush on him and he tells his girlfriend that the young girl excites him while she's like a sister to him. LOL. She dumps him, the press reports that he's begun to date the actress, he comes crawling back to her, they get back together but I think he's two-timing her now. He cheated on her 5 years ago and I think they have so much history that he always wants her beside him. But the passion is probably gone even though they still sleep together. I guess there's just no mystery. It doesn't help that their sex actually follows a pattern she laid out. Like kiss me first before you touch my breast etc. So I guess he's bored. And now also likes other women. Or maybe it's classic kdrama misdirection. 

There's also her co-worker who obviously has a thing for her but I think he's going to end up with a broken heart. I wish she'd ditch her boyfriend but he's the main lead and the bigger name. Drats! 

Then there's the Samantha of the group. She's a model who dates a lot and cheats on all her boyfriends. She's in love with an ex who's married with a pregnant wife but has an antagonistic relationship with her assistant. I guess he's like her Smith and will end up with her. 

All in all, a cute show about love and friendship and already way more interesting that its predecessor, Manny. Let's hope it doesn't begin to tank as the weeks go by. 

City Hunter is the bomb drama this week

I still have to watch episode 8 but I won't be surprised of the drama becomes more like the manga as the story unfolds. I'm not sure yet but the writer is smart and seems to have pulled a switcheroo on the Nana-Yoon Sung relationship and I won't be too surprised if Nana ends up being fired from her job so that she can start working for YS. We'll see. 

I think I'm warming up more to Best Love now that it's getting angstier.

I guess I'm a strange one. LOL. The weekend was the first time ever I checked out the OST. I think I like this song.


I think it's called Because You Are My Man by G.Na.

I do like G.Na's song with Rain.

More On City Hunter

So some people are pissed by the characterization of Nana since she's supposed to be a Blue House bodyguard. I can understand their displeasure but it really doesn't bother me at all. All I think is, "Well, that's kdrama." I think for me, it's simply because I enjoy the drama so things like that are easy to dismiss. If it were the heroine of another drama, I probably would be irritated and curse the writers out for their shoddy job.

Instead of getting annoyed that Nana isn't smart enough to realize when someone is stalking her or isn't more suspicious about finding her apartment unlocked, I notice things like how with her wound, Nana now has a scar on her left cheek like Yoon Sung (Lee Min Ho) does. So I guess it's clear where my mind is, huh? :D

And for all her innocence, I am glad they didn't make her act shy and over the top about talking to Yoon Sung shirtless like in other dramas. Take Manny for example. The 30-something year old woman has two kids yet acted like a 15-year old who'd been raised in a convent when she saw the dude without his shirt on. I mean, come on.

Another City Hunter Post

I think now they are just letting us enjoy the OTP a little before they get into the revenge plot... I think.

One of my favorite songs...

... and I wonder if this is more of my current philosophy which is why in Lie To Me I would prefer he get back with his ex? I wonder if I watched MNIKSS for the first time this year... I wonder if I would hate his ex at first sight like I did when I saw it 5 years ago.

But then again, maybe not. Maybe it's just because actor chemistry aside, the writer hasn't really given me a reason to want them to be together like say Kang and Ji Hyun or Yoon Sung and Na Na or even Soon Geum and Gun Woo even though he's being an ass right now (still haven't watched ep 8 of RT yet, though).

Hmm... this is what happens when I watch too many dramas at the same time. But speaking of OTPs, I'm not even sure who the OTP of Asuko March is but I guess I can take either guy.

She has all her romantic angst with one guy but you can never trust jdramas. They can have the girl have all the romantic drama with a guy for 9 episodes then in the last 2 episodes, she realizes she really loves the guy who's been a good friend the whole time. So with this drama, I'll just be a casual viewer with no ship. 

Rewatching Parts of City Hunter Already

I don't care about how much it differs from the manga since I've never read it and never will. It's quite jdrama-eqsue but has all the romantic bits that jdramas generally lack so it's like a perfect combo for me.

Our gorgeous hero with mommy troubles who mistakenly thinks he was abandoned, sees her suffering as well and doesn't realize that part of it stems from their forced separation. Both of them are in pain for the same reason although neither knows it.

I am one of the few who doesn't hate his fauxther. Even though he's mean and driven by revenge, he does love Yoon Sung in his own way. At the end of the day, I don't think he wants to see the kid hurt even though he stole him from his mother and raised him in a drug cartel without love. But hey, nobody's perfect. lol

Other than teaching the group of 5 a lesson, I really want to see the love story unfold. Yes, he fell in love with a photo and all that stuff but I'll ignore this since it's a kdrama after all. The love triangle is filled with mysterious characters like how is that prosecutor connected with Nana? I do think he's cute and kinda want to see her fall for him a little before eventually ending up with our man.

I also like how she's not gorgeous but just like a pretty girl-next-door type. Makes the story seem more realistic for some reason.

Now our hero has begun to get jealous of the other guy and they've started comparing dick sizes. LOL We already know the City Hunter is helping the prosecutor for the greater good but I would like to see these two become friends. I wonder what will happen when the CH gathers some dirt on his father and sends it to him. Will he still be the just, noble prosecutor? 

But at the end of the day, we all know who she's going to give her heart to and I can't wait till the moment she realizes that she's fallen for him and not only is he not a jerk but a wonderful guy who's been protecting her all along. Aww.

I want more, more, more and am already dreaming of a Season 2. Fighting!

City Hunter is my current favorite

Gosh, there are too many worthwhile dramas airing now and not enough hours in the day! I planned to check Ripley out but will save it for the fall or something.

City Hunter is fun and has everything  - action, drama, romance and comedy. Plus I really like the OTP. Let's hope no one dies in the end especially as it's quite possible in this genre.

Yoon Joo and Sang Hee

I've been very adamant about not wanting these two to end up together but seeing this picture makes me want to ship them. I'm so pathetic. :(

Lie To Me vs Romance Town

What do you do when you have a large ensemble cast but one central love story? You establish a relationship between the leads very early on.

Romance Town has a bunch of maids and a bunch of plots but the OTP is Soon Geum and Gun Woo. We need to establish backgrounds and stories for the numerous characters but to keep us from feeling that it's all just a waste of time, by episode 2, it was made clear that these two had some positive feelings for each other. And done in a realistic fashion. So while we might be looking forward to their love story unfolding, we aren't as anxious.

Lie To Me, on the other hand, has a multitude of plots but can't seem to figure out a way to put the leads together. If they spend 5 minutes together in an episode, it must be a gift from Santa. So when they spend time on all the other plots, it all just feels like filler. And it's suffering from the opposite illness of Greatest Love which I felt stuck the leads together for far too long in the earlier episodes. But when it comes to kdramas and OTP, too much is definitely better than too little.

My Romance Town Recap...

... was the easiest I've written in a long time. Totally painless. It does help that I only focused on the romance, though. But I hope it stays goods and doesn't start getting boring as hell like Dr. Champ.

Lie To Me I am sticking with because of its potential. Oddly enough, I find Best Love funny but I'm not that into it. My interest wanes with every episode but we'll see. I hope things become less shallow in ep 5 & 6.

New Couple alert: Han Kang and Shin Ji Hyun

So I got into the 49 Days thing and think it's utterly romantic. Guy has been in love with a girl since high school. After some years, he comes back to Korea to find her but she's engaged to his hyung. The week of her wedding she's involved in a car accident and her spirit is given 49 days to find 3 people who sincerely cry for her to return to life.

She's allowed to borrow the body of the woman who caused the accident to fulfill her mission and while in this new body, she interacts with the guy who's always loved her and guess what, he falls in love with her all over again (not knowing her soul is in this other body). How freaking romantic is that? He's my favorite character.