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@partyon - is this drama going to squeeze the whole story into 1 season instead of 3? Because the original series were air in 3 seasons...

I found it amazing on EP 14, she was alive and had a long hair after the surgery? isn't this a serious Brain tumor? No need to shave? Oh I forgot this is fairytale romantic comedy drama, 😁 Anything unrealistic including some flaws found in drama are acceptable.🤣😄 There were two sad scenes in EP 14 : the main lead couple were crying and arguing whether to do surgery outside the church, and the scene where KSY thought that the FL had a car accident........ People sometimes appreciate some actors and their acting only because of their portrayal of strong or complex characters. But the true mastery in acting skill often lies in the ability to evoke profound emotions even from ordinary or simple characters. And for KSY in this drama, didn't have a strong & complex character but it is the simplicity, depth, and authenticity of how he acts which are commendable. Even I would say the same about the heroine. She is beautiful and she chose the right role for herself in this show.

@partyon Besides Hide, there are two more thriller and suspense storyline drama that you should not miss, "Nothing Uncovered" and "Blood free", Han Hyo Joo is CEO who tries to create superior food chain alongside bodyguard, Ju Ji-hoon - sci-fi thriller - I hope you watch them too

@partyon and @Tango27 I hope this drama not going to turn into a romance drama as the story went so far is more in a thriller and suspense mode...i am still enjoying peeling the onion for this drama....😁😁 LBY had kiss sense before but not hot. Married woman like Kim so Yeon also got lots of kissing scenes, especially in Penthouse I and II, so I guess it could be from the directors or writer decision. I have just watched EP8 but i don't want to spoil it, as I saw the preview for EP9, it will be a surprise in EP9 for FL. Park Hyung Sik - i only like his two drama, "Happiness" his look and body size bigger after his military which look healthier , another one "Soundtrack 1 ". I wanted to watch his "Suits" drama, but no time, so I gave up. Currently, he looks too skinny, not so manly anymore...lol. ---------------------------------- Talking about romance story that can spark me. I like something that can inspire or related to our life : I am currently watching one Taiwan Drama called "Imperfect us" (aka We are not kind enough) Synosis : The story begins with an outfit clash. Two women who were born on the same month and the same day, not only fell in love with the same man but also often bought the same clothes. They were rivals in love when they were young, and for 10 years, they have been using clues on Facebook to fantasize about each other's better life and feel jealous. Unexpectedly, they meet again....one already got married with a kid, while another one still single with better career job. When people look back, most of them love to compare things with others when you don't own it. What you don't get is always the most charming and enviable. I hope you can watch it one day in Viki.

Lee Bo Young deserves a better looking guy, this guy looks too young for her, like a young brother 😁🤣 maybe he doesn't have that kind of chemistry look for her. Just like the wonderful world for Kim Nam Joo and Cha Eun Woo, this pair more like a mother and son only, their chemistry can't spark any romance, and luckily they were not a couple in this drama. PS : Wonderful world is a good drama. FYI

Yes the husband is too much, he got an affair and yet blame the wife for exposing him. Of course I am sure the ending will get them in justice, but for their romance, if the director and writer plan to have one for Korean version, I rather let her get a better looking guy for Lee Bo Young, rather than the current one....😁kekeke

Do highlight to me if there is any suspense thriller drama in future. I am waiting for them : "Moving" season 2 "Squid Game" season 2... "Kingdom" season 3 "Gyeongseong Creature" season 2 I hope they release soon...

@partyon Thanks for the spoiler, sorry too curious to know her ending...😄 The World of the Married - the female lead did go out with her colleague who work in the same hospital in the end..... (the colleague actor is now the Male lead in the drama HIDE, hahaha) Perhaps I am too focus on finding the truth of this drama and thus did not focus so much on their noona romance, if there is any in future. Currently I view them as "working partner" to find out where about the husband. But EP7 we have already known the half truth, except the neighbour's female story...Let's see EP8

@partyon Thanks for sharing, yes I am looking forward these two new drama which is thriller based, yes.....great. 😄

Haha. Thanks for the tagging. No way to ship both of them, their chemistry is too far away. I don't even think they have romance on this drama. Lee Bo Young pity him only. This is not love but I would be surprised if anyone highlighted in this forum...I would be fainted, sorry. 🙃🫣 The drama has a truth-seeking, onion-peeling-every-episode vibe. The female lead is very brave and intelligent. Every episode gave me the urge to wonder why he was hiding and given up his identity all of a sudden, and the suspicious female neighbor finally revealed her true face. She was having an affair with the heroine’s husband.. 🤔Shocking at the end of the EP 7..... I did not watch the original version of the drama series, it is based on 2017-2020 BBC Popular TV series "Keeping Faith." They were very popular and released in different seasons. Have you watched the original version?

Yes dear, I am watching the "Hide" drama. I love it. It has all the elements that I like...hook me on...🫡 Currently watching : Hide Nothing uncovered Wonderful world - ending soon Queen of Tears Blood Free The Escape of Seven S2 - crazy show but still watching since I watched the 1st season. 😄. (can drop it if you do not want to waste time) Waiting the below drama to release soon : Chief Detective 1958 (because I like Lee Je Hoon)

@partyon - I guess you know my tastes by now, as I prefer suspense, mysteries, and thriller dramas, so romantic comedies are rarely on my top list unless it's highly rated and recommended to watch in the platform. I do not watch many of the above listed although I read many commented some of which are highly recommended to watch, eg. "Secret affair".... I watched these two whole drama : 1) Hyena - noona romance spent far less time in drama, except their kissing and sex. (although I love this couple). Courtrooms are more suffocating than the real world, where people cheat, flatter, hide, and start destructive relationships—and that's just lawyers. I don't feel noona romance on this drama. 2) When the Camellia Blooms (Gong Hyo Jin & Kang Ha Neul) (2019) - their romance elements was not fully utilised so I don't feel much on the noona romance but this drama was so amazing and meaningful. Strangely, I did not watch fully the below two mentioned drama, I only watched one teaser or one EP on YouTube, but I will choose them because this two couples gave you a strong sense and romantic feeling of what noona romance is here to stay: For TOP noona romance romance, I would chose Something In The Rain (Son Ye Jin & Jung Hae In) (2018) and they were full with chemistry and intimacy that you would almost think Jung Hae In had a crush on Son Ye Jin during the show or after the drama. For 2nd noona romance drama, I would chose WWW (Lee Da Hee & Lee Jae Wook) (2019), their chemistry were funny and comical.

I just came back from Taiwan. I was lucky enough to escape the Taiwan earthquake.Thank God...🙏 I did not watch most of the above listed drama except the two : K2 - Kim Je Ha (Ji Chang Wook) and Choi Yoo Jin (Song Yoon Ah) Start Up - Seo Dal Mi (Suzy) and Han Ji Pyung (Kim Seon Ho) - the most impressive drama that stir up the commotion. Lol 😄 I remembered there was a huge commotion in the drama comment group for this "start up", there were two groups arguing in the discussion group : 1st FL with 1st ML vs 1st FL with 2nd ML. I like 2nd ML Kim Seon Ho (The boy with dimples looks gorgeous in this drama) and he became famous overnight (after this drama). I prefer him in this "Startup" to "Home Cha Cha Cha" PS : I need to catch up other on-going drama as I just returned lately : 1. Queens of Tears 2. Wonderful world 3. Hide 4. Impossible Heir 5. Nothing Uncovered

If I remember correctly, Song Yoon-ah seldom act in an evil role in most of the drama. Just to name a few, : She is best known for starring in the film Jail Breakers, as well as the television dramas Hotelier, On Air, Mama, The K2, Secret Mother, Graceful friends, Show Window: The Queen's House, etc. I watched most of her drama, she is a talented actress, good piano player and once a university professor. For K2, in my opinion, I wouldn't classify her as top evil actor because her character role in K2 was a Madam President, a leader that need to protect a country, it's hard to see any politician being righteous in the Kdrama, her role can be a gray character with a thin line between good and evil, whereas the evil characters in other dramas have distinct personalities and are easily identified as evil because of their selfish thoughts and actions. Where in the past it was easy to see distinct characters, nowaday many characters fall somewhere between angelic and evil until we learn their backstories, which makes the storylines feel more humanity and realistic.

Among all of the above listed, I would vote for Song Ha Yoon (Married My Husband), that horrible person with big eyes and seductively vain appearance, you will hate her in the drama but at the same time you will praise her "extremely insane" performance because of that character role. Fortunately, I don't have such similar "close" friends in my life, otherwise I would write off such friend or let myself disappear in her life, haha, it's too toxic. 😄😄

Dear chingu, I am not a fan of Esom too . To be frank, you may be disappointed that there is no handsome or beautiful actors in this drama. This kdrama was introduced through the platform review. The critique was good. It was the storyline that appealed to me the most, especially the fun and interesting process of stalking the unfaithful couples in order to blackmail them. Since it is a black comedy drama, it makes the negotiation part for blackmailing even more hilarious but surprising. By the way, be prepared to watch the sex scenes and lots of kissing scenes with an open mind as it relates to the theme. Go watch it when you have time. Currently the airing is now at 4 EP.

For 2024, I am currently watching the following and my opinions are : My Happy Ending - nothing fantastic Marry My Husband - nothing fantastic Captivating the King - nothing fantastic at the early stage Doctor Slump - EP 1 is boring at the moment, not sure how the story goes... A Shop for Killers - storyline is quite unique, fast pace and unpredictable...so far I enjoyed it, but not sure how the ending goes? The Bequeathed (2024) - I binge watched this drama, and I love it - What A thrilling, mysterious and suspenseful journey all the way for this drama.... Now I would like to recommend something unusual and interesting Kdrama to watch - called LONG TIME NO SEX (LTNS) - The six-episode Kdrama dark comedy series, story is about a married couple whose sex life has become inactive due to their life's weariness, they blackmail unfaithful couples (appeared on each episode) to earn extra money. The wife, Woo-Jin (played by Esom) and Husband, Samuel (played by Ahn Jae-Hong). Each episode carries a different meaning of the story and how I like about the script writer who can manage well on the ending part of each episode. The ending for each episode appears to be open-ended, but it could implicit at bittersweetness and leave room for viewers to judge the unfaithful couple. Of course, from each EP's lesson learnt, it will probably spike the romance once again for the lead couple

No Worries, chingu.. C-drama have too many fantasy love romance with CGI input most of the time that I did not like much as it was too unrealistic for me to watch. Thus the list that you put up in poll are not in my watched list. It is not my genre. I prefer thriller, suspense, crime, mysterious, supernatural, sci-fiction and politics background, strategic war, unexpected twist storyline, and with realistic romance are acceptable. C drama are mostly in long EP and I can follow through and complete all the EP, it means the drama must be very well-made including their acting performance are superb . hahaha, I guess our chingu @Wuzetian know my taste well For K-drama love romance - i gave up a lot mainly because the plot behind is too lame. If it weren’t for the looks of the male and female protagonists, some drama would be unbearable, just to name a few - e.g. My demon, backstreet rookie, king the land...i dropped half way or fast forward. The storyline were too weak. For Death game - it was fantastic , worth watching. Not just for the meaningful storyline alone, also for the sake of 12 different stories that made up interesting plots and combined with all the handsome leads that played in different characters in each story...WOW. I like the villain role played by Kim Ji-hoon, who is one of the best actors in this drama, very stylo hairstyle with his arrogant look. I found it very entertaining in EP 5, the confrontation fighting between Kim ji hoon and Kim Jae-wook, very comical, although it had many bloody scenes. For Gyeongseong Creature - I love the storyline setting during the Japanese occupation of korea in 1945. The male and female leads' love story is a romance reserved for those days and it causes you to have such tingling sensation when watching such drama, not only for the reserved romance, but also for the cruel bloody killings on human experiments of Unit 731 project carried out by the Japanese soldiers . Of course, the open ending in Season 1 heightens anticipation for the evolution of this enthralling tale. I am going to sit tight to wait for Season 2 that the story will happen in the modern days For 2024 kdrama, I hope to see more good drama with 1. Shorter EP without having S1, S2, S3 2. Less revenge storyline (as it will lead to psychological imbalance and create more bloody scenes only) 3. More meaningful or inspirational storyline

1) Daily/weekend dramas - sorry I don't watch all of these. 2) C-dramas - none of the c-drama in my favourite list. The top 3 most impressive China drama for 2023 Top 1 The Knockout (must special thank to @Wuzetian who recommended me to watch) - Bravo - 3 thumbs up Top 2 Three-body Top 3 Thirteen years of dust The other two are my favourite and memorable c-drama (very high rating in China platform) The Rebel (2021) The long night (2020) 3) Best of the Rest of K-Dramas - I can only choose queen of mask and trolley - so far are the better ones in the list. Glad that you are catching up for The Kidnapping Day... I will try to finish the Death Game and Gyeongseong Creature (both - so far so good) and will give my comments later when I have more time. Sorry chingu Need to go out now. Take care

@partyon - I watched "The Worst of Evil" - I liked the beginning of the story, but it did not give me the kick. Overall, the plot was predicted and nothing fantastic. The undercover story was quite similar to many Hong Kong drama or movies. One of the classic Hong kong famous movie - Infernal Affairs (2002) that focus on a police officer , who goes undercover into a triad, while a triad member, who infiltrates the Hong Kong Police Force. - Internal affair storyline was so good that the US director Martin Scorsese even remade the film in 2006 as "The Departed", which won the Academy Award too. Therefore, I did not put "The Worst of Evil" in my favourite list. I recommended you to watch : "The deal" and "Kidnapping Day" was because their storyline are very interesting and unique and the ending are quite good in general. Thanks for inviting me to join the "EO watching event" but my work schedule is quite different as I need to meet customers very often. Yes, I am currently watching "Marry my husband", "My Happy ending" and "My Man is Cupid" - out of these three, My happy ending at the moment is very interesting to watch. "Marry my husband" - hmmm...too many plot holes...I only like the male lead who looks handsome, the female lead is getting too skinny lately (even her last drama also looked the same)...all these three are more for entertainment, nothing fantastic... For ongoing airing drama, I like "death game" at the moment because of the storyline is interesting and the meaning is so powerful for a person who just gave up his life easily while many struggle to stay alive. What an ironic !!!

Yes. same here. I love to watch thrillers more. Kidnapping Day (total 12 EP) and The deal - total 8 EP (see above pic that I sent earlier) worth watching. Yes I will watch "Death Game" and "Gyeongseong Creature" tomorrow for sure. I like they release all in one shot so that we can binge watch all of them.

Happy New Year 2024 to everyone here in this forum. @partyonThanks for the tag My favourite thrillers / mysteries drama for 2023 A Bloody Lucky Day The Kidnapping Day Decoy Part 1 and 2 The Deal - by Yoo Seung-Ho (you have missed out in the list) - see below pic My favourite historical fantasy drama for 2023 Arthdal Chronicles S2 My favourite webtoon drama for 2023 and anticipating for S2 Moving My favourite comedy and entertaining drama for 2023 Taxi Driver 2 Behind Your Touch Strong Girl Namsoon My favourite romance drama (I just realised that I did not watch a lot romance drama in 2023) Love to Hate You Perfect Marriage Revenge Hook you on - Ongoing drama - not yet finished airing at the time of writing Death game (very interesting) Gyeongseong Creature (very exciting) The most disappointing drama for 2023 The Uncanny Counter 2 Sweet Home 2

Whenever the christmas is around the corner, I always have this mixed emotions, especially when I listen to this song from John Lennon (original singer) or Celine Dion : John Lennon / Celine dion - So this is christmas (see below Lyrics) So this is Christmas And what have you done? (time for self-reflection) Another year over And a new one just begun (looking for my new year resolution) And so this is Christmas I hope you have fun The near and the dear one The old and the young A very merry Christmas And a happy New Year Let's hope it's a good one Without any fear And so this is Christmas For weak and for strong For rich and the poor ones The world is so wrong And so happy Christmas For black and for white For yellow and red ones Let's stop all the fight A very merry Christmas And a happy New Year Let's hope it's a good one Without any fear And so this is Christmas And what have we done? Another year over And a new one just begun Ans so this is Christmas I hope you have fun The near and the dear one The old and the young A very merry Christmas And a happy New Year Let's hope it's a good one Without any fear War is over over If you want it War is over Now I am looking for peace in the world, can we have this wish in 2024 or sooner than we expect? No more war, am I greedy Wishing everyone an early Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2024 !!!

I like the beginning part of EP9, see below pictures for comparison, it was Hilarious.. using superhero cartoon face vs our Nam soon's face....she ran super fast....this plot was really funny.

@Sleepy Owl - I am glad that you liked Kingdom series and "The Wailing" too. Did you watch finished the Arthdal Chronicles S2? I like this S2 more than S1, in terms of their profound storyline and their special visual effect under the sea and the castle, and both sides adopted different strategies and tactics to win the battle. Some of the war scenes reminded me of similar scenes that ever appeared in the "Braveheart" movie before... I can feel the good intentions and sincere work of the screenwriter and director, with their strong spirits to realize their dreams for the world. The messages that came out from Tanya's words are crystal clear. This is what they want to achieve, but can the country's leaders withstand all the challenges they face currently and in the future? About the ending part, the previous queen Tae Al-ha and Eun Seom's twin brother will come back for the land (Arthdal) - it's quite similar to what we see in middle east war now - LAND I will be surprised if they plan to have S3. Because cost will be the major factor since they are using lots of special visual effects.