Korean Drama Fever

Hey, Reader! It’s been a while since I wrote about something that interests me. Lately, I’ve been watching foreign drama series during my free time. Korean dramas or widely known as "Kdramas" are popular nowadays, especially to teens. I may no longer be a teenager, but I guess young adults like me appreciate them too. Somehow, Koreans’ way of interpreting stories in dramas are very unique that it easily captures the interest of its viewers.  When it comes to genres, my favorites are those of romantic comedies. Romcoms make you laugh, cry and love all at the same time. However, kdramas don’t easily make romcoms where the characters are predictable and sticks to the status quo. There are lots of twists and turns as the story progress, and that’s where the excitement comes.

I’m not much of a blogger, but this entry is mainly a review of some drama series that I have already watched. Normally, it takes about several days to finish a certain series, but for me, I finish them within 2 days, at least. I know, you’d think that I no longer sleep, but I do. I’m just too addicted over them. My boyfriend once teased me, "Tara, punta tayo sa doctor. Ipapacheck-up kita." I was confused at first because I wasn’t sick during that time. So I asked, "Bakit? Wala naman akong sakit ah." And he humorously replied, "Adik ka na kasi sa Kdrama eh." Hahaha.

And so, here it goes. I would try my best to create a review. But please bear with me. It’s my first time to create something like this, so I don’t know if I could actually describe the plots in detail. Generally, reviews are made of paragraphs which summarizes the story to show interest to potential viewers without spoiling the story itself. But as for me, I would make it simpler. I will be using words, phrases, and perhaps quotations from the series. Hope you guys would try to watch these Kdramas. They’re very interesting and has great story lines. Some of them were very popular and some had high ratings and even got awards because of their extraordinary plots and amazing actors and actresses. Just by watching such series, I was able to learn and understand commonly used Korean words.

Pictures are not mine. Got them from the internet. Hope you guys like it. Enjoy!

WEIGHTLIFTING FAIRY KIM BOK JOO

2016. Romance. Comedy. Melodrama. Friendship. Family. Love. Sports. Athletes. Olympics. College. Strength. Weightlifting. Swimming. Rhythmic Gymnastics. Nam Joo Hyuk and Lee Sung Kyung. Nam-Lee Couple. Go for Gold. Reach for Your Dreams. SWAAAAAG! I super love this series. I have watched this several times and even downloaded its original soundtrack album. Additional Info: The two lead actors were reportedly dating in real life since April 2017, but ended their 4-month relationship on August 2017.

SHE WAS PRETTY

2015. Romance. Comedy. Melodrama. Friendship. First Love. Childhood Best Friends. Beauty Transformation. Poor Girl-Rich Guy. Peeking Girl Puzzle Piece. Hwang Jung Eum and Park Seo Joon. This is such a feel good series.

DESCENDANTS OF THE SUN

2016. Romance. Comedy. Melodrama. Action. War. Love. Military. Medical. Friendship. Disaster. Tragedy. Disease. Plague. Song Joong Ki and Song Hye Kyo. Song-Song Couple. You Are My Everything. One of the best story lines and very good looking leads. Additional Info: The two lead actors are dating in real life and to be wed on October 2017.

STRONG WOMAN DO BONG SOON

2017. Romance. Comedy. Action. Fantasy. Love. Super Power. Crime Investigation. Police. Video Games. Park Bo Young and Park Hyung Shik. Bong Bong and Min Min. A very cute series.

OH MY VENUS

2015. Romance. Comedy. Love. Weight Loss. Transformation. Exercise. Diet. Trainer. Lawyer. Determination. Change. So Ji Sub and Shi Min Ah. Daegu's Venus. This will make you wanna improve yourself more.

MY SECRET ROMANCE

2017. Romance. Comedy. Love. One Night Stand. Poor Girl-Rich Guy. After 3 Years. Sung Hun and Song Ji Eun. Spoiler Alert: It has so many kissing scenes.

ROOFTOP PRINCE

2012. Romance. Comedy. Historical. Fantasy. Love. Murder. Investigation. 300-Year-Old Mystery. Time Travel. Joseon Era. Omu Rice. Park Ha Candy. Crown Prince. Park Yoo Chun and Han Ji Min. CHOHAAAAA! Spoiler Alert: It has a sad, but satisfying ending. I totally cried over this!

EMERGENCY COUPLE

2014. Romance. Comedy. Drama. Medical. Marriage. Divorce. After 6 Years. Love. Hate. Regret. Interns. Doctor Oh. Choi Jin Hyuk and Song Ji Hyo. Values about Relationship and Marriage.

WE BROKE UP

2015. Romance. Comedy. Music. Youth. Love. Break Ups. Park Sandara and Kang Seung Yoon. I accidentally saw its trailer on Youtube and decided to watch it out of curiosity. What i liked about this is that the leads  actually sang the songs played in the series. They're popular singers in real life. The opening song is really catchy and sets the main plot of the story.

MISSING KOREA

2015. Romance. Comedy. Miss Korea Pageant. Unification of North and South Korea. Park Sandara and Kim Jeong Hoon. This is more like a movie rather than a series.

PRINCESS HOURS (THAI VERSION)

2017. Romance. Comedy. Drama. Friendship. Fixed Marriage. Love. Crown Prince and Princess. School. Ungsumalynn Sirapatsakmetha and Phiangphor Sarasathapheng. This is actually a remake of the original Korean version entitled "Goong".

CINDERELLA AND THE FOUR KNIGHTS

2016. Romance. Comedy. Drama. Friendship. Love. Brothers. Poor Girl-Rich Guys. Artist. Playboy. Serious. Park So Dam and Jung Il Woo. Ahn Jae Hyeon oppa is also here. It has different story twists which revolve around all the characters.

BLOOD

2015. Romance. Comedy. Action. Suspense. Melodrama. Medical. Vampire. Virus. Cure. Surgeries. Ahn Jae Hyeon and Goo Hye Sun. Additional Info: The two leads are happily married in real life. They fell in love while doing the series.

FIGHT FOR MY WAY

2017. Romance. Comedy. Love. Friendship. Dating. Life. First Love. Dreams.Business. Martial Arts. Taekwondo. Fights. UFC Tournaments. MMA. Announcer. Soju. Park Seo Joon and Kim Ji Woon. This series is such a happy pill. It has a lot of funny moments.

         I normally watch kdramas online because it takes so much time to download. So, if you guys wanna give it a try, you can watch at KissAsian or ViewAsian. They have complete episodes and updates regularly for new and upcoming series. They also have Thai, Chinese and Japanese series, movies and variety shows you can watch. Enjoy! :)

P.S. Will definitely add some more series  reviews from time to time. FIGHTING! ;)