2024 completion
jan 1st-
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1. Triage
Thai Drama - 2022, 13 episodes
absolute banger of a show. actually devasted i didn't watch it when it was airing. I love the chemistry and the acting and the plot THE PLOT GUYS. Ain't never seen a time loop bl before and I ate it up. I wish this got more recognition from myself and others bcuz this is so good. And I'll say it again. P'SING IS SO FINE I WISH WE HAD MORE OF HIM AND GAP
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2. Bump Up Business
Korean Drama - 2023, 8 episodes
mid asf. the acting was okay but not rlly enjoyable imo. recommend to watch this 2x if you do
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3. Follow The Wind
Korean Drama - 2023, 8 episodes
it was okay
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4. Miracle
Taiwanese Drama - 2023, 13 episodes
such a good show i love the MLs like why are they so cute
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5. Kiseki+
Taiwanese Special - 2023, 1 episode
good extra ep giving more depth abt the villain
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6. Kimi ni wa Todokanai
Japanese Drama - 2023, 8 episodes
rlly cute and i love kentaro maeda's eyes they're so pretty
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7. Love Supremacy Zone
Korean Drama - 2024, 8 episodes
guys this was suprisingly so good?? like i came into it with no expectations and absolutely ate it up. like i knew kbls could be good but not THIS GOOD. with a longer run time of kbls i wasn't expecting such good acting, cinematography, and well-written characters. this is def a character based plot. my fav ep was ep 4 because of how yeonwoo just switches up after really falling in love with myungha. YEONWOO HAS MY HEART
hands down one of my favorites of 2024.
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8. Pit Babe
Thai Drama - 2023, 13 episodes
actually one of the worst shows ive seen of 2024. it was so bad its like expired candy that you don't wanna throw out because you think it'll still taste good so you just eat it. PURE HATE WATCH. only watched for pavel's glow up and alanjeff. only best thing abt it.
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9. The Lotus Casebook
Chinese Drama - 2023, 40 episodes
GUYS THE PLOT TWISTS WERE TWISITING IN THIS DRAMA. either that or im js too dumb for this show. bromance was good and i love the mystery that got bigger and bigger until the last episode. rlly good show except that i felt it dragging and the villains were actually so annoying. like they should've died when the mcs had the damn chance. but that ending actually shocked me sm. i hate open endings. also feeling empty without this drama to watch on the daily
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10. Mysterious Lotus Casebook: Special Episode
Chinese Special - 2023, 1 episode
rlly good thing to watch after the ending. again, didn't clear anything up and was still very much open ended but its nice to see they found LLH after he left em
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11. Weather Forecast Love
Korean Drama - 2023, 8 episodes
it was okay. i def dont feel like the show is an 8.2/10 show but it was good for what it was. def needed more communication but after trying to fill the void love for love sake left me, it's hard watching a show after it.
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12. Happy Ending
Korean Drama - 2024, 3 episodes
short but it was okay. i think it was an open ending so not a lot of satisfaction there.
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13. Aki wa Haru to Gohan wo Tabetai
Japanese Movie - 2023
cute watch, rlly japanese-esque acting as in rlly over-the-top but cute. was hoping for smth more tho
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14. White Book
Taiwanese Drama - 2022, 1 episode
i was js looking at the wbl actors' pages since i haven't seen any of them in a show and i found this in shih chih tian's page. only watched it bcuz of jake hsu too. it was okay and def an interesting to a potential show. wish it wasn't so short as it didn't rlly tell the audience anything
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15. Why R U? Korean Remake
Korean Drama - 2023, 8 episodes
i was watching this show and i did NOT like how some scenes had dubbing and others did not. it was so off-putting. and also i feel like this show is so lifeless- some of the show is so well lit its not really "organic" and i feel like the actors i just saying their lines instead of actually acting. i absolutely could not care less about the 2nd couple, but honestly what this show needed was communication. i def liked the main couple tho, their kisses too GAH DAMN THEY WENT IN. in the last ep for the main mcs finale, i did not like the fun goofy feeling music in the bg because it did not fit the mood AT ALL. its so weird bcuz some music does not fit in of the scene rigth after their acting breakup final is so jarring. students are clapping them boom switch to them making out with no buildup.
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16. KinnPorsche Side Story
Thai Special - 2022, 1 episode
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17. Actor:eal
Korean Drama - 2024, 2 episodes
wth they have sm chemistry for being in a miniseries..like that kiss oh my goshhh
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18. KinnPorsche
Thai Drama - 2022, 14 episodes
i literally don't know how to feel abt this show. it was actually crazy. the vegaspete storyline, the cousins plotline, the surpise parent is alive plot, kim and chay never go together, so many characters died. Like I liked this show in the beginning and it is still good, just a lot of problematic stuff. I love how cute kinn and porsche are tho, jarring how they cut from their cute scenes to a really sad or vegaspete scene... and like everybody WAS TOXICCC. i didnt like how they glorified the rape/assault scenes and really tried to get kim and chay together. Big was such a W charcter but sadly he sacrificed himself, and alos Tankhun THE GOAT. one of the smartest and most enjoyable characters in this show. for me this is a 7-8 stars out of 10
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19. BL Drama no Shuen ni Narimashita: Crank Up Hen
Japanese Special - 2023, 3 episodes
this was actually so nice to watch after finishing kinnporsche, so well needed. this is a rlly cute rom-com japanese bl drama and needed what it needed to do in three episodes, surprisingly. I love how different the actors are compared to their in drama counterparts. this is the first time ive seen the actor for hajime and i love his eyes and voice, and his acting is actually rlly good. Sad the kissing one was like dead fish kissing each other bcuz ik the man playing hajime can KISS. also love the manager side couple, wanted more of that.
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20. Be Mine: Prologue Day
Thai Special - 2023, 1 episode
this prologue is just okay, good for what it is. the acting is pretty flat and awkward as in i feel like the girls have no emotions to what they're saying. they're just reading off the script. i also feel no chemistry (until the end of the prologue but by then its already kinda late for that) between the couples. def really stunning girls but acting def needs some work, hope that improves before the series comes out. and also i love whoever did these girls' makeup bcuz its so good, like i was sitting there admiring their eye makeup
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21. Untitled MileApo Movie
Thai Movie - 2023
good to see these actors after kinnporsche, it's a whole diff setting and mood from it too. the main cast rlly did their best with the acting and i think it shows. i've never seen a thai historical drama and there's so many details and things i didn't get bcuz im a foreigner. sadly it didn't translate well. genuinely love the makeup on apo, he makes it look good.
i actually love hong sm, like his outfits to his hair to the acting, all very good. didn't expect any less from apo and mile too, like khem & wan's back story hurt so much. the trauma for wan.. oml i knew that was coming into play. his hate against the chinese was v understandable and how he had to revert to cigarettes to soothe everything. the plot is very basic and predictable but i was still shocked at the plot twists. i was so happy when hong was revealed to be able and khem killed wan.
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22. Eternal Summer
Taiwanese Movie - 2006
this was so jarring to watch after mansuang omg..a whole diff atmosphere
ray's acting in this is so good, prolly the best one of the trio. i genuinely felt so bad for him becuase i've been in the same position as him: liking one of your best friends. he starts pushing shane farther and farther away until he admits to seeing him more than a best friend. what's worse is that shane is with carrie and jonathon was kinda with her before & again is her friend. a whole love triangle :( that entire sex scene with shane & jonathon had me so confused bcuz why did shane change up?
the plot is kind of confusing and has some weird angles/shots. idk 2000s movies get me cuz i love the look and how different they are to films produced in the 2020s. i loved the cinematography and color grading, that beach scene rlly made me feel smth as in it made me wanna cry with shane. i didn't like how it started to get rlly angsty towards the end, but i think thats the build up, the fight where the two boys hurt carrie. that line when shane says smth along the lines of "you're my best friend" after jonathon says "i love you" crying, got me so hard.
such a good watch for me since i've been wanting to watch it since WBL came out.
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23. Blue Gate Crossing
Taiwanese Movie - 2002
this movie has been on my plan to watch for 3 yrs and i've only gotten to it now ? i've wanted to watch it ever since i saw that youtube video about how studio ghibli accidentally made a queer film: ocean waves.
it is kinda slow-paced...don't know if i really enjoy that. there's a lot of repeating questions asked but barely any answers. it lowkey reminds me of eternal summer because of some similarities but wayyyy happier.
that scene where kerou is like "do u wanna kiss me" to her teacher creeped me tf out, and the next scene is him chasing her in the school until she finds shihao and holds his hand. i genuinely found that so cute. kerou makes some questionable actions. zhang shihao is really charming & found the actor's dimples so cute, def would've fallen in love with him. his fits are fire too I WANT THEM IN MY CLOSET RN!! too bad kerou's friend was too shy to actually chase her crush. the ending was interesting, i didn't know how to feel especially since it was an open ending.
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24. Star Struck
Korean Drama - 2023, 8 episodes
this used to be one of my most anticipated dramas of 2023 and after finishing it, it did not live up AT ALL. yes the first ep was so good then it went down. the quality, cinematography, kim insung's acting, SF9 ZUHO! sadly, it was too rushed and not that romantic. the acting was superrrr mid.
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25. Ready, Set, Love
Thai Drama - 2024, 6 episodes
i went into this expecting nothing but only knowing the handsome main leads, sooo happy i chose to watch it. i thought i would rlly never fall in love with a straight couple but i've become obsessed. it reminds me of those old campy but romantic k-dramas i grew up with but with sm budget put in. i love how bright and colorful it is, before i thought it was a stylistic choice but it's like all the brightness is hiding what's really going on. a hunger games capital moment to me. who knew it would all lead to something more sinister.
i've never seen anybody in this cast and i think they all did wonderful. i love the paper (+chun) plot line, but i think his love interest is not that good-looking and almost got me scared by how much older he looks than paper. he's rlly good at acting sad LMAO. also love jenny i WAS NOT expecting her to be a lesbian and have a BABY. pure insanity.. yk what's also insane? that endinggg. the fugitive-protests thing & how everything is a lie was totally predictable as this is a dystopian drama, but almond? that was predictable too... not gonna blame him though, he grew up there listening to all the lies they made.
i absolutely hate the makeup bcuz most of the time it looks too cakey. i soooo wish the makeup artists did all the girls' lashes cuz it looks so weird to have eyeshadow done but no mascara or even falsies! whoever decided to be so close up to the actor's faces to see their imperfections (skin texture, pores, etc) literally should js stop. cgi at the very last stop is very questionable and looks low budget. they should've just made sets
however, this made me believe in love again. max & chanel, son & day, i love them. super sad i didn't see any max and chanel after the finale of ready set love.. but that last scene is def setting up for a season 2. -
26. Step by Step Pilot
Thai Special - 2022, 1 episode
basically just a really long trailer that i didnt know the guy that plays almond in ready set love is the mc in. LIKE HELLLOOOO!! that man is tewww fineee. that interested me enough to want to check it out, but UP AND BRUCE!! i was no expecting to see them together in another drama after lovely writer.
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27. What to Say
Korean Movie - 2023
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28. Spaceless
Thai Movie - 2024
this was so fire. i loved the cinematography through and through. bible and jes really showed their chemistry, so i can't wait for 4minutes.