My 2019 dramas
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1. dele
Japanese Drama - 2018, 8 episodes
- Extremely interesting main characters
- Great acting
- Unique theme
- Character driven stories
- Thought-provoking
- Easy to watch
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2. LIFE
Japanese Drama - 2007, 11 episodes
- First half was much better
- School bullying theme
- Okay watch
- Had its moments
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3. The Quiz Show 2
Japanese Drama - 2009, 10 episodes
- Barely remember this (currently writing this description in 2023)
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4. Children of Nobody
Korean Drama - 2018, 32 episodes
- Deals delicately with a very sensitive subject
- Daring
- Hard to watch
- Moral dilemmas
- Thought provoking
- Great cinematography
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5. Ossan's Love
Japanese Drama - 2018, 7 episodes
- Fun to watch
- Light hearted
- Didn't find it that funny
- Okay acting
- Loved Maki sooo much
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6. Chugakusei Nikki
Japanese Drama - 2018, 11 episodes
- Great cinematography
- Good acting
- Nice OST
- Very well written
- Addicting
- Realistic vibe
- Top notch romance
- Well written forbidden relationship
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7. Kingdom
Korean Drama - 2019, 6 episodes
- Better than season two
- Great acting
- Great production
- Pretty addicting after the first episode
- unpredictable plot twist
- Entertaining watch
- Well written characters
- I really liked the political theme
- Great cinematography with some visually haunting shots
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8. The Guest
Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
- I am sorry, I have sinned, because Kim Jae Wook with his priest attire is just hooot
- Great acting
- Dark atmosphere
- Well written story
- Solid watch
- Had its creepy moments
- Interesting characters
- Loved how the possessed were depicted
- Realistic vibe
- Good directing
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9. Tumbling
Japanese Drama - 2010, 11 episodes
- Loved this
- Unique theme
- Good enough acting (from what I remember)
- Interesting and well written characters
- Emotional
- Fun characters
- ''Chasing your goal'' kind of drama
- One of my favourite tropes: People who are nothing alike become a team because they have the same goal
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10. Prison Playbook
Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
- Great quotes
- Nice OST
- Thought provoking
- Unrealistic yet realistic
- Slice of life
- Easy to watch
- Great characters
- Moving
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11. Suikyuu Yankees
Japanese Drama - 2014, 10 episodes
- Eye candy
- Easy to watch
- Nothing extraordinary
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12. Trap
Korean Drama - 2019, 7 episodes
- Great amount of episodes
- Fantastic plot twist
- Disturbing at times
- First half is much better
- Dark atmosphere
- Okay acting (really liked the ML though)
- Patiently waited for the new episode
- Awful and unecessary ending
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13. 3 Nen A Gumi: Ima kara Mina-san wa, Hitojichi Desu
Japanese Drama - 2019, 10 episodes
- Suspenseful
- Binge-worthy
- Well written
- Pretty good production for this genre and for a Jdrama
- Good acting
- I loved Suda's character
- Full of twists
- Great message
- Kept me on edge
- Social commentary on different issues
- Brilliantly filmed ending
- Let's think!
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14. Project S The Series: Skate Our Souls
Thai Drama - 2017, 8 episodes
- Hard to watch
- Realistic
- Phenomenal cinematography
- Accurate representation of mental illness
- Incredible acting by the two main leads
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15. Defendant
Korean Drama - 2017, 18 episodes
- Great villain
- Loved Uhm Ki Joon's performance
- Had some good comedic elements
- Longer that it should have been
- Good for the time it was released
- Fun to watch
- Could be less episodes
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16. My Mister
Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
- Well written, realistic with flawed characters
- Melancholic atmosphere
- Heart wrenching and moving scenes
- Great acting from the two main leads
- It was simple but perfectly executed
- Amazing OST
- Beautifully told story
- Perfect for a winter watch
- Noteworthy quotes
- Difficult to define relationship between the two mains
- Humane
- Not easy to explain my feelings about it
- A series complicated and multi layered as life
- Slow paced and character driven
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17. The Hymn of Death
Korean Drama - 2018, 6 episodes
- Good cinematography
- Interesting story based on real historical figures
- Could have been a movie
- Something was missing
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18. Quartet
Japanese Drama - 2017, 10 episodes
- Good acting
- Okay watch
- After all the great comments, I expected something better
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19. Mr. Sunshine
Korean Drama - 2018, 24 episodes
- Phenomenal OST
- Fantastic acting
- Amazing production
- Superb cinematography and directing
- Well written plot
- Well written characters
- Could have a few episodes less, but I didn't really mind
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20. Class of Lies
Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
- Fantastic first half
- Really good acting from all the young actors
- Suspenseful first half
- Fell flat on the second half
- Great opening
- Great performance by Lee Jun Young
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21. Theory of Love
Thai Drama - 2019, 12 episodes
- Guilty pleasure at its finest
- Gun is a great actor
- Addicting
- Angst
- Wanted to punch the male lead multiple times
- Gun's character made me want to cry (even though he wasn't fully a victim)
- Angst
- About filmmaking
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22. Doctor Prisoner
Korean Drama - 2019, 32 episodes
- Really good acting
- Unique theme
- Fun to watch
- Suspenseful at times
- Great ending
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23. Misty
Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
- Fantastic OST
- Atmospheric
- Great acting
- Well written story
- Slow paced and character driven
- Very well written female lead
- Great ending
- Life as a journalist
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24. HIStory3: Trapped
Taiwanese Special - 2019, 20 episodes
- Passable acting
- Addicting at first
- Too long
- Felt a bit too much
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25. Q Series: Close Your Eyes Before It's Dark
Taiwanese Drama - 2016, 7 episodes
- Love a good old fashioned (no police) mystery
- Good amount of episodes
- Could be more suspenseful
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26. What Did You Eat Yesterday?
Japanese Drama - 2019, 12 episodes
- Wrote down some recipe (not really, but I should have)
- Heart warming
- Every day life of a gay couple
- Realistic
- Good acting
- Loved the depiction of ''people don't really accept gay couples, they just act like they don't exist''.
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27. Beautiful World
Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
- Good OST
- Good acting
- Daring
- Well written
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28. Girl from Nowhere
Thai Drama - 2018, 13 episodes
- Great anthology with the same main character
- Well written stories
- Dark humour
- Dark atmosphere
- Good music
- Disturbing scenes
- Well written and fun to watch female lead
- Moral dilemmas
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29. Money Flower
Korean Drama - 2017, 24 episodes
- Addicting first half
- Nothing great
- Okay watch
- Interesting romance
- One of my first -if not the first- makjang I watched
- Had some scenes I was not expecting
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30. Hotel del Luna
Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
- Great OST
- Fun and easy to watch
- Great ending
- IU was fantastic and so was her character
- Romance was okay
- Yeo Jin Goo, unfortunately, wasn't really good in this series
- Had some great moments
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31. A Gift to the People You Hate
Thai Drama - 2019, 10 episodes
- Interesting concept
- Okay acting
- Good OST
- Fantastic first half
- Underwhelming second half