King of Dramas (2012) - the drama itself is a refreshing topic for me, seeing the behind the scenes in how to make a drama. I was amaze and it was interesting to me, and see how meticulous it is to form a drama. Though there are a lot of quite unbelievable parts, especially on the conflicts part, I must say they put the extreme problems that a drama could encounter. Main leads are a hit, good acting, great characters as well. Siwon shined in this drama for me as well, I know it is his usual roles but I like this role of his. I find the ending or latter parts boring especially at first it was really appealing to me as a watcher. Still, it was a nice overall.

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The Strongest K-Pop Survival/K-Pop The Ultimate Audition (2012) - other than the two main leads, and the 'old' actors in the drama, I felt like the others are lacking in terms of acting. The story itself is not original, I could see a Hana Kimi-Dream High in one. Dealing with kpop and their dream, the target audience is with teens and at that time while watching this, I was young so I did enjoy watching this. I did feel the chemistry between the two main leads and felt their chemistry. I was just sad that this drama ended in a rush, 14 episodes in total. They should have extended this one. The ending was disappointing.

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The Moon Embracing The Sun (2012) - one of the hit dramas that I don't really feel anything towards. Maybe because at that time that I was watching this, I was still not into historical dramas. I think it is because I wasn’t totally engage with it, and did not really understand what it was all about. More likely the focus is the curses, and though it is a love story I didn't feel the romance. I don’t have the urge to watch it again, so I believe individual’s perspective is what matters because I found other people within my Korean drama community that liked this drama.

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Fashion King (2012) - this truly has a lot of potential for me, especially at the start. The characters are quite different comparing to the other dramas I have watched and seeing Yuri’s very first drama is also a plus. What makes this drama interesting for me at the start is that both leads are struggling, no "chaebol" or rich between them, which is typical in other dramas. Also, the male main lead Young Gul played by Yoo Ah In is so different, I can't understand his attitude and the leads are not the usual nice with a good personality leads. Both male leads are really great in their respective roles, the acting is great. The female leads I don't have anything against, it terms of acting. The drama just didn’t turn out great, and the ending sucks, I mean, what happened? I find the drama stressful in the long run, the sense of the drama became lost especially on the fashion aspect which was suppose to be what I expected because of the title. I was just sad since the acting is there, I hope they tried to fix the story or writing. Not recommended.

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Catch The Ghost (2019) - I was scared watching this expecially on the train rails scenes that is why I don't watch this at night alone. It has fun scenes and I found myself laughing over those scenes. Although not a fan of Moon Geunyang, I acknowledge how good she is - both her 2 roles here is greatly portrayed. It's a decent crime drama for me, and I like the fact that most of the scenes in the drama really revolved around the train station - a first for me. Kim Seon Ho is also great her, but since Geunyang is so good already, I think he was overshadowed in terms of acting.

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A Thousand Days Promise (2011) - okay, this drama hurts to much, and I cried a lot. I have seen the trailer for this one in ABS-CBN (*our local television network) with tagalog dubbed and I was curious and got interested. It's not just tears that fall down on my cheeks, but also my snot and all, gross but I was so hurt. It's too heartbreaking, its a sad drama. This drama is really melodrama at it’s highest and the cast simply shows that this drama is one of a kind. The lines in the drama are really well written and executed that I felt it. Would not rewatch for sure, I don't want to hurt myself again.

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Protect The Boss (2011) - Choi Kang-hee and Ji Sung are both good in their craft, which I really adore as a viewer. This drama is categorized as romantic comedy, and it did makes use of the comedic style evidently which for me as watcher makes me question myself if I should believe it or not. Eventually both main leads and even the other parties involve in the love line are good. There are a lot of funny moments in the drama and the bromance part is really well executed. Though this drama has that typical Korean topic rich man falls in love with a poor girl, I like the fact that they did insist so much on the riches and gets serious in the the end (*just like what happened in Secret Garden). Though most likely I found myself laughing throughout this drama, there is that particular feeling of something missing that I cannot pinpoint and that is why I feel unsatisfied with it.

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Blood (2015) - it really has potential, the concept of the drama being a vampire aspect as a disease is really cool and great. It was really a different take on having a vampire drama, which is quite the theme at that time. I was impressed at the first parts of the dramas, with all of it's effects and the aesthetic. Mystery wise there are questions along the way that got me curious until it just stop being interesting in the next episodes. It got dragging and the main reason of the drama seems lost. I did not really like how the drama progressed and the ending sucks.

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Black (2017) - having seen the trailer on our local television network ABS-CBN before, with tagalog dubbed , I was quite curious why they get the drama, which usually they chose love stories/romance genre as the main genre. The trailer did not really have a big impact to me, but people around me keep recommending this one to me. I am not a fan of both leads especially Ara so there is no main reason for me to watch the drama. Since the theme of the drama is dark, and I like the genre that is not romance I did like it eventually. At first, I was not really into the special effects, I find it awkard and unbelievable but as it progress it gets better especially with the storyline and the actors/actresses did really well, I was hooked. I think the ending is satisfying, the questions were answered but I was still confused.

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Birth of a Beauty (2014) - it really is romantic comedy that is somehow childish for me as a watcher. I find it so because of the leads characters. I like it for what it offers, having revenge as a plot line but not so complicated compared to makjang dramas. The first part of the story is really infuriating, and I think at that era of Korean drama or movies, it was about body image or plastic surgery. Female lead is familiar to me, as I have seen her in other dramas before. The main male lead also did great in acting and I think he always have the same role. But I don't think I was into the drama as much as others, it's one of the dramas that I had fun.

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Miss Ripley (2011) - one of the dramas that was aired on our local television network ABS-CBN, and I was intrigued of this because of the trailer. Truthfully this type of genre is quite not the typical at that time for me since I was still a beginner in watching Korean dramas. It’s quite exciting to watch since I was so anxious that the main lead would be discovered with her lies, but I don't really support the decision of the main lead. I give credit to Lee Da Hae for portraying the role perfectly. Not quite convinced with Yoochun as the other main lead, maybe because his character was not given a back story, no character development for him. The other leading man Seung Woo is the more convincing one for me especially towards the romance part of the drama. Hye Yung-kee also didn’t really stood out for me as the other female lead, as I can't see a back story for her, maybe I was not convinced since there is no character development. Overall, the drama itself is really good thanks to Dahae’s acting skills and main plot which is adapted to a true story.

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Big (2012) - I found this drama confusing, maybe because of the ending. The drama plot is interesting and got me excited to see something, but I don't what it is. The one thing I like about this drama is Gong Yoo's acting. Gong Yoo is really a good actor as is shown here in the drama, he really conveyed his manly side as well as his cute side. He carried his role so well. I know that there is a lot of complaints with the ending and I am one of them. I know most of the cast but I was still disappointed. I think this is not because of the acting or the actors but to the story and writing of this and also the pacing is not for me. I would not recommend.

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