KDRAMA
FINISHED Best Chicken (12/12): A man works for a big company although his dream is to run a chicken restaurant. A woman who lives at a bathhouse that her late grandfather left behind, only leaves her home when she absolutely has to. She wants to become a webtoon writer. These two meet and grow with each other.
So the finale for this show aired this week and it felt kind of meh to me which is pretty much how I felt about this show in general. I never got bored or hated what I was watching but there was nothing that made me squeal or count down the days to the next episode either. The finale was strange cause all of a sudden Bo Ah's dad was back and he became the villain for the final two episodes and it felt kind of lame cause he appeared made a problem and disappeared too quickly though then again I really wouldn't have wanted to watch a multiple episode arc of him either so I guess it was okay. It was super weird though that he had a right to the building cause I thought the whole point of a will was so that family wouldn't fight over rights to things so it was super lame that suddenly he had a stake in the restaurant. I did love how Bo Ah and Choi Go's relationship progressed in these last two episodes and even Andrew's flirtation with Bo Ah's friend was funny. I like that we ended with the restaurant doing well though I was disappointed with Bo Ah's webtoon arc. I thought she couldn't draw cause that guy was blocking her but now that's not a problem anymore? Honestly it felt like weak writing more than anything. Overall I'd give this show a 7 / 10. It was fine to watch brainlessly but I don't know if I'd ever go back to rewatch it.
Romance Is A Bonus Book (6/16): Cha Eun Ho is a successful and handsome writer who is also the youngest chief editor at a publishing company. He has a calm demeanor and remains reasonable at work. He then becomes involved in the life of his childhood friend, Kang Dan Yi who was once a popular copywriter. She is now divorced, a single mother, unemployed and struggling in life though still attempts to find a job, but even with her once good career, she cannot. However, in a desperate attempt to find a job, she lies about her background and begins to work as a temporary worker in the same building under none other than Cha Eun Ho. As they become involved in each other’s life more than often, a love story begins to unfold.
I ended up enjoying Dan Yi as a character a lot more this week cause she's finally stepping into her own and it's clear that she's very good at what she does. I actually loved seeing her daughter this week but I wish that she had mentioned Eun Ho a bit cause my favorite thing about long relationships in dramas like this is that the leads know everything about one another so it'd only make sense that Dan Yi's daughter would see him as an uncle or something. In that same vein, I wonder if Dan Yi knows that writer everyone keeps talking about is Eun Ho's father and I kinda hope that she does but is playing innocent cause it's not her secret to tell. The fact that she knew the secret behind the title of his last book makes me think so. I also loved the workplace drama we got this week and I'm adoring the second female lead's friendship with Dan Yi and I just really just hope that when she realizes that Eun Ho and Dan Yi are in love that she doesn't go all grrr evil second female lead on Dan Yi cause I'm honestly tired of watching women try to force a guy to be into them when it's like you're better than this. The only downside I can see so far is I'm not sure how I'm feeling about this romance. The relationship feels too much like a sibling one from the start at least on Dan Yi's side and unlike in Fight My Way, there doesn't feel like there's tension or a possibility of more cause Dan Yi is literally running around calling him her little brother and that just doesn't sit right. I wonder if it's the age gap that's bothering me or if I really just don't see any chemistry between them. I do love the idea of them being super close in an us against the world type of way so maybe I won't mind it too much when they do pull the trigger so I'm trying to keep an open mind.
So we're coming to the end of this drama and secrets are flying out left and right. Everyone found out that Woo Bin was Wang Sik and though it should have been a big deal, it's kind of hilarious how it pretty much amounted to nothing cause Wang Sik pretty much got all the guards on his side so he was able to escape and then to his luck he met Empress Eun who was actually a good person and was able to get back into the palace and pretty much return everything to the status quo minus Hyuk being all bromantic with him. I also liked that we finally learned who killed the Grand Empress Dowager but it was a little strange that she did it herself though I like the idea that she left what amounts to a suicide note and what I'm hoping is another copy of her will in her belongings. It does suck cause I want Sunny and Wang Sik to take down the Imperial Family but the first Empress was killed by Kang Hee and the Grand Empress Dowager committed suicide and though Hyuk and the Empress Dowager had a hand in both, they never physically committed a crime and that makes me wonder how they'll be able to be taken down. The Empress Dowager is growing poppies and I know they can be made to make opiates so are we supposed to assume that the Empress Dowager is running some sort of drug trade to make herself a slush fund? I guess it adds up with her whole being a party animal in her past. I don't know how this show is going to end tbh... Best case scenario is if Yoon becomes Emperor and Ari leaves with Sunny and Wang Sik who get married after Sunny divorces Hyuk and I wouldn't even mind if Yoo Ra ends up happy with that guard cause I've seriously warmed up to her since she joined our side. I do have a fear that Wang Sik is going to die though cause we still haven't done anything about the bullet in his brain and I'm still pissed we never got any real romantic moments between Sunny and Wang Sik!
Everyone was really excited when this drama was announced cause the main couple was the same as the one in Goblin but it was hard for me to start it cause though I wanted to check it out based on the synopsis sounding fun, I wasn't the mega fan of Goblin that everyone else seemed to be so I had no emotional attachment to the main couple and I haven't exactly been the hugest fan of Lee Dong Wook cause the stuff I've seen him in makes him out to be the cold male lead that I don't like but once I finally sat down and checked this drama out, I find it adorable. I love Yoon Seo's character. She's kind and smart and strong. At first I thought she might be the annoying kind of female lead who thinks the world revolves around her (and doesn't understand how having a job works like in Wok of Love with the mother or Introverted Boss where the female lead literally doesn't care about the rules of her job) but I actually was mostly on Yoon Seo's side in the fight at the law firm. It wasn't that she was just not trying hard or ignoring rules but that no one explained to her how things worked and the second someone took the time to explain it, she did much better. Jung Rok seems to be the type of male lead I don't particularly enjoy but I like that he's kind under his prickly skin. It also helps that there's this intense chemistry between our leads that makes everything Jung Rok does feel swoony. I do think the romance is moving a bit faster than I would like cause when the romance in a romcom is fast, the rest of the show is filled with misunderstandings and breakups and I'd rather watch a couple fall in love over like 10 episodes than fall in love in 4 and then break up at 10. I'm also interested to find out what's going on with his friend and the ex who I think both guys liked but she picked the friend instead of Jung Rok. It feels very Suspicious Partner to me. I'm also pretty into the ensemble of the law firm already and I think it'll be fun to follow them too.
CDRAMA
FINISHED Hot Girl (37/37): Guan Xiao Di is a rebellious girl. By chance, she enrolled into a bodyguard training center and befriended an arrogant boy and four talented girls. Through the grueling training program, she transformed into a legendary bodyguard.
I wanted to watch this drama for Dilruba (cause I adore her) and I liked the premise of the show and after finishing this drama I think I had fun but I feel like the show was paced a little weird. The beginning was really fascinating cause it was so different than anything else I had watched but it was a little slow and it wasn't until our main characters joined the bodyguard training camp that I really started to enjoy it. I loved watching the main characters solve puzzles and train hard and learn to be bodyguards. I also enjoyed watching them be bodyguards once they finished training camp and do well at it but there was a stretch in the middle of the show where I was really bored and I'm not sure why other than maybe the romance stalling and the cases feeling kind of boring. The villain being Rock Security was also not really well done cause they popped up halfway through and were literally there to be villains without any good side to them. If they were more grey maybe I would have enjoyed them better and I wonder if maybe longer bodyguard arcs would have worked better instead of having one-off cases. I did love the romance between Xiaodi and Dawei but it also had pacing problems. I felt like they fell in love too quickly and then we weren't even able to enjoy it for more than an episode or two before Xiaodi found out that they were siblings and then the angst wasn't even well done cause Xiaodi barely thought about him and there was waaay to many episodes where Dawei didn't know and once he found out, it started to get interesting again only to stall once again because she still refused to be with him after the truth came out. I feel like we were told more than shown that they loved each other and that really ruined the romance for me. Overall I think this show's concept was more interesting on paper than the way it was done though we did get plenty of fun training and fight scenes. I'd give this show a 7.5 / 10.
DROPPED Shall We Fall In Love (21/35): A story filled with hilarious circumstances that leave you not knowing whether to laugh or cry. It follows a young man's journey from nothing into someone who proves himself at work and wins over love and friendship. Jiang Yi Nan is an unemployed youth with limited options due to his lack of credentials, Nevertheless, he is optimistic and cheerful as he waits among the many people in the jobless pool. During a random encounter, Yi Nan saves Chen Xin Yue who has fallen into the water. Encouraged by his attraction to her and Xu Hao Yu's provocations, Yinan applies to work at the same company as Chen Xin Yue. Yi Nan relies on his hard work and quick thinking to not only secure the job but to become the top applicant of ShenYuan Group's open recruitment. Unhappy with Yi Nan's happy-go-lucky attitude, Xu Hao Yu makes life difficult for Yi Nan at every turn. His girlfriend Liang Ding Fei, on the other hand, is full of curiosity towards Yi Nan. As it turns out, Yi Nan's acceptance was a mere mistake by President Jin who tries to cover it up by roping in colleagues to ensure that Yi Nan is pushed out of the company.
I really thought about keeping up with this one cause I'm nearing the end so I was like come on you can do it but honestly I really couldn't and I couldn't force myself to watch any episodes this week so I think I'm going to drop this one. I was super into the romance at the start but the show slowly dissolved into this weird mess where suddenly I disliked the main character and the show tried to focus up on the workplace drama which sucked cause I didn't like that part from the start and I mostly fast-forwarded through it which made me miss out on a lot of context but I didn't care enough to go back and watch it cause it didn't make much sense in the first place.
Can you believe this show is over?? I had no idea that it was ending this week cause I thought there were 79 episodes instead of 73 but to my surprise the finale aired and god my heart was in my throat the entire time I was watching these episodes. From Stepmother Gu trying to burn Cheng Garden down to Ming Lan going into premature labor to crazy Aunt Kang trying to murder everyone, Ming Lan did not have a single moment of peace! I was so so stressed by everything but thankfully Ting Ye came back just in time and Ming Lan was able to deliver a healthy baby boy which was amazing. It was super heartbreaking though to see how traumatized Ming Lan was by everything but at least now Ting Ye sees just how much she loves him and we can get past that weirdness. Sidebar but was anyone else living for how excited Ting Ye gets whenever Ming Lan doesn't act calm? Like when he found out she was jealous and then when she threw a tantrum in front of the Empress Dowager? The other point of stress was the Emperor and for a while I was pretty sure that he was putting on a show of being angry with Ting Ye and the Empress and being sick cause before this we last saw him being a good Emperor with the Shen/Zhang thing but then all of a sudden he was acting like this out of nowhere and he kept looking over at this one specific Eunuch who I thought was a spy for the Empress Dowager. But for a stretch of time I really wondered if that was true cause it would be one thing to put on a show and arrest Ting Ye to weed out their enemies but no one told Ming Lan anything and everything that happened since was insane and made me super uncomfortable to watch. The ending felt a bit abrupt cause it was like everyone just died at once but I guess I didn't mind it too much cause I want my couple happy and on top of the world. Overall I did really enjoy this drama and it was so different from any other cdramas I've watched before. I'd definitely give it a 10 / 10!
xoxo Allie
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