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Reviews on finished or almost finished k-dramas.

A Good Day to be a Dog: an underrated rom-com of 2023

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MBC’s rom-com “A Good Day to be a Dog” tells the story of Han Hae Na (Park Gyu Young) – a young teacher whose family carries a curse through the centuries. If she kisses someone the curse activates and turns her into a dog from midnight until 6 am. In order to break the curse, she must kiss the same person in her dog form within 100 days. Otherwise, she stays in her dog form forever.

Sounds complicated but it’s just a set-up for a light and funny rom-com where our Hae Na must find a way to kiss her colleague, a math teacher, from the school where she’s working – Jin Seo Won (Cha Eun Woo). The one who was scared of dogs due to his trauma from being a victim of bullying in his school days. It would be easier if they already liked each other but she kissed him by mistake! Omo, what to do?

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My dearest: Part 1

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Look out for your hearts because this Korean drama will break them and let the pieces ache as crazy. “My Dearest” is MBC’s 2 part drama set in Joseon’s dynasty during the Qing invasion (Jan. 3, 1637 to Feb. 24, 1637). For 10 episodes of part 1, we will see horrendous times of invasion and its results, all that with the main lead trying and failing to be together. Hearts were broken, women and men died, and tons of tears were fallen but this masterpiece drama is worth every single tear. All that with the complicated love story between a noble Lady Gil Chae and a scoundrel-like man Jang Hyun playing out.

The drama is loosely based on the American book (and very popular old Hollywood movie) “Gone with the Wind”. While some plot points were borrowed, Koreans made the drama and characters original enough to stand out on their own. I read the book once and watched the movie a lot but it was a long time ago. However, in this review, I will refer to it to point out similarities and changes.

Read the rest only if you watched already or don’t mind spoilers.

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The glory: a story of Blooming and Wilting

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The Netflix original kdrama “The Glory” tells a typical revenge story. The female lead, Moon Dong Eun, was severely assaulted and bullied in high school. Her scars will burn and itch her whole life, she will never forget what happened to her. For 18 years she worked hard and planned to come back in the life of her bullies to get her revenge.

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Decoy: the story of one fraud out of millions

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The kdrama “Decoy” tells a story about a Ponzi scheme fraud. In my mother language (and maybe in others, I’m not sure) it’s called a financial pyramid. The fraud is simple, you invest money and get profit because more people are investing. All pyramid’s like that always collapse, it never happens any other way. So if anyone tells you they know how to gain a lot of money easily – run.

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