Through the Vespers for 2024: Resa's PtW hopefuls
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1. The Story of Saiunkoku
Chinese Drama - 0000, 36 episodes
My number one hopeful for 2024. My 2023 dreams were dashed but I still believe! This is my go to girl power drama for the coming year.
10/23/24: Marcoooo. . . . Polooooo? OMG where are you and why is it looking like you are going into a void. I hope not but damnit . . . .
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2. Fox Spirit Matchmaker: Zhu Ye Pian
Chinese Drama - 2025, 36 episodes
I loved the anime even though it made me sad in parts so I never got a chance to finish. It has my girl Yang Mi in it so I'm excited.
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3. A Record of A Mortal's Journey to Immortality
Chinese Drama - 2024, 34 episodes
OMG if this comes out in 2024 I can RIP in 2025 haha Just Kidding. I love A Mortal's Journey to Immortality with Han Li. Great story. I just hope they can get all the goodness compacted into half the time. We shall see.
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4. Can Hai Hua
Chinese Drama - 2024, 32 episodes
Gotta have Wu Xie and the Iron Triangle each year.
10/23/24 Update: I think i might watch this in Dec but will see. I still am really looking forward to watching it but I have not been in a tomb raider/adventuring mood of late and also since this is kinda a final chapter, I want to be free of distractions to give it my all.
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5. Follow Your Heart
Chinese Drama - 2024, 40 episodes
10/23/24 Update: i kicked this one to the curb but i have tried a few times to watch during sleep hours so it has progressed but we shall see if i finish it before year's end.
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6. Judge Dee's Mystery
Chinese Drama - 2024, 32 episodes
I love all the Judge Di stories so I am looking forward to this one.
10/23/24 Update: picked this back up around ep halfway in, i'm hoping to finish it if not this year then one day.
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7. Xiang Si Ling
Chinese Drama - 2024, 30 episodes
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8. Flowers that Bloom at Night
Korean Drama - 2024, 12 episodes
Started watching on release day. This show is funny but also touches on the sad life of women who were widowed in in those times. Hard lives and so unfair.
Finished this one and it was worth the watch.
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9. Hellbound Season 2
Korean Drama - 2024, 6 episodes
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10. The Legend of Shen Li
Chinese Drama - 2024, 39 episodes
This drama was by far my favorite of the first half of 2024. We will see if it endures for drama of the year for me. Still it was filled with amazing scenes, acting, cutness, love, strength, and the ost was great.
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11. A Mai Cong Jun
Chinese Drama - 2024, 36 episodes
I love the acting in this and FL character was amazing. Just the ML character was so . . . . definitely one you hope 2nd lead gets the girl. But I'm not saying who did or didn't. Was a good drama once you get past a very unlikeable ML (not the actor but the character).
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12. Il Re e la Spia
Korean Drama - 2024, 16 episodes
One word - Waves. That song is the one great thing about this drama. I tried but of late I have been struggling to like K-historicals and this one i just dropped. I love the actors just not the story.
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13. Doctor Slump
Korean Drama - 2024, 16 episodes
This one I put on hold after ep 2 or 3. I definitely want to finish it but I have to be in the right mood for medical related dramas and I'm just not this year.
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14. Vuoi sposare mio marito?
Korean Drama - 2024, 16 episodes
I dropped it. It had potential but did not like direction it was going for FL. I understood the why it was going that way but i just did not care to spend time watching more.
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15. The Killer's Shopping Mall
Korean Drama - 2024, 8 episodes
Probably my most favorite K drama of the year especially one I actually finished with gusto.