Drama Recs #12
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rodoThis time, a little more varied in terms of origins.
1. Business Proposal: When Jin Young-seo’s father wants to force her to go on a blind date with CEO Kang Tae-moo, she convinces her friend Shin Ha-ri to go in her place and make him hate her. Their plan backfires when Tae-moo decides he wants to marry Young-seo, so now Ha-ri has to try even harder to get rid of him and keep her identity as his employee a secret. To complicate matters even further, Young-seo falls head over heels for Tae-moo’s secretary/best friend… This series is just delicious, tropey romantic fluff with a lot of comedy. The characters are endearing, and the series just revels in cramming every romantic comedy trope it can find into the series. A must-see for all fans of romantic comedies!
2. First Love | 初恋: Are you looking for a pretty straight up romance drama? Then this might be the series for you. It’s a Japanese Netflix series and pretty short at nine episodes, but even though I only wanted to watch two episodes, I was so engaged I binged all nine at once into the late night. Story-wise, it’s pretty standard: it tells the story of Yae and Harumichi, how they first fell in love in high school, how things went wrong and how they meet again twenty years later, when their lives haven’t turned out how they hoped. It’s a series that’s full of sweetness and sadness and longing, and also bits of nostalgia if you happen to be the same age as the characters – which I am.
3. Little Women: In-joo and In-kyung are two sister from a poor family whose lives never went anywhere, but who love and support their youngest sister, talented artist In-hye. Then their mother runs away with In-hye’s birthday money, leaving the sisters struggling even more. When In-joo’s friend Hwa-young dies under mysterious circumstances, the sisters get drawn into a web of murder, lies and intrigue that might kill them all… Yes, as the title suggests, this is based off the book classic, but while the roots are still noticeable, just about everything about the series is different. At its heart, it’s a thriller about three sisters fighting tooth and nail to survive in the face of corporate corruption and a serial killer. What makes it so compelling to me is the relationship between the three sisters, who are all flawed and who argue, but who still care for each other deeply.
3. My Roommate Is a Gumiho: Shin Woo-yeo is every girl’s dream: rich, handsome, intelligent. If only he wasn’t also aloof and a nine-tailed fox who collects human energy to become human. By chance, ordinary university student Lee Dam ends up in his path and is forced to move in with him. Slowly but surely, they fall in love. Unfortunately, time is almost up for Woo-yeo… I like this series mostly because it’s sweet, light and humorous. Woo-yeo keeps failing at being human, Dam struggles with dating a supernatural creature and a mountain spirit meddling in her life, and then there’s the B couple, an ex-fox who kind of doesn’t know how to human either and a sweet guy who keeps getting dumped.
4.The Rise of Phoenixes: Ning Yi is the sixth son of the first emperor of a new dynasty. Years ago, his favourite brother was executed for treason and Ning Yi was eventually confined to a monastery. Now, he’s back at court and has to contend with his scheming brothers, as well as his growing fascination with Feng Zhiwei, whose past holds a dark secret that could bring the realm to its knees… this series is historically inspired court intrigue on steroids. The emperor has far too many sons by far too many women, and they all want the throne (and his love). To get there, they scheme with their allies, poison, and even rebel. Ning Yi might be the best choice, but he is far from having faults. And Feng Zhiwei makes for a good contrast, with her quick wit and her strong personality. Sometimes they work together, sometimes against each other, but destiny keeps drawing them together, and then apart.
1. Business Proposal: When Jin Young-seo’s father wants to force her to go on a blind date with CEO Kang Tae-moo, she convinces her friend Shin Ha-ri to go in her place and make him hate her. Their plan backfires when Tae-moo decides he wants to marry Young-seo, so now Ha-ri has to try even harder to get rid of him and keep her identity as his employee a secret. To complicate matters even further, Young-seo falls head over heels for Tae-moo’s secretary/best friend… This series is just delicious, tropey romantic fluff with a lot of comedy. The characters are endearing, and the series just revels in cramming every romantic comedy trope it can find into the series. A must-see for all fans of romantic comedies!
2. First Love | 初恋: Are you looking for a pretty straight up romance drama? Then this might be the series for you. It’s a Japanese Netflix series and pretty short at nine episodes, but even though I only wanted to watch two episodes, I was so engaged I binged all nine at once into the late night. Story-wise, it’s pretty standard: it tells the story of Yae and Harumichi, how they first fell in love in high school, how things went wrong and how they meet again twenty years later, when their lives haven’t turned out how they hoped. It’s a series that’s full of sweetness and sadness and longing, and also bits of nostalgia if you happen to be the same age as the characters – which I am.
3. Little Women: In-joo and In-kyung are two sister from a poor family whose lives never went anywhere, but who love and support their youngest sister, talented artist In-hye. Then their mother runs away with In-hye’s birthday money, leaving the sisters struggling even more. When In-joo’s friend Hwa-young dies under mysterious circumstances, the sisters get drawn into a web of murder, lies and intrigue that might kill them all… Yes, as the title suggests, this is based off the book classic, but while the roots are still noticeable, just about everything about the series is different. At its heart, it’s a thriller about three sisters fighting tooth and nail to survive in the face of corporate corruption and a serial killer. What makes it so compelling to me is the relationship between the three sisters, who are all flawed and who argue, but who still care for each other deeply.
3. My Roommate Is a Gumiho: Shin Woo-yeo is every girl’s dream: rich, handsome, intelligent. If only he wasn’t also aloof and a nine-tailed fox who collects human energy to become human. By chance, ordinary university student Lee Dam ends up in his path and is forced to move in with him. Slowly but surely, they fall in love. Unfortunately, time is almost up for Woo-yeo… I like this series mostly because it’s sweet, light and humorous. Woo-yeo keeps failing at being human, Dam struggles with dating a supernatural creature and a mountain spirit meddling in her life, and then there’s the B couple, an ex-fox who kind of doesn’t know how to human either and a sweet guy who keeps getting dumped.
4.The Rise of Phoenixes: Ning Yi is the sixth son of the first emperor of a new dynasty. Years ago, his favourite brother was executed for treason and Ning Yi was eventually confined to a monastery. Now, he’s back at court and has to contend with his scheming brothers, as well as his growing fascination with Feng Zhiwei, whose past holds a dark secret that could bring the realm to its knees… this series is historically inspired court intrigue on steroids. The emperor has far too many sons by far too many women, and they all want the throne (and his love). To get there, they scheme with their allies, poison, and even rebel. Ning Yi might be the best choice, but he is far from having faults. And Feng Zhiwei makes for a good contrast, with her quick wit and her strong personality. Sometimes they work together, sometimes against each other, but destiny keeps drawing them together, and then apart.
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