Old Boy (Chinese Drama, New)
Ariel Lin’s new C-romance! After a failed marriage 15 years ago, our hero, a seasoned airline piolet has no interest in ever getting married again. His carefree bachelor life unexpectedly comes to a screeching halt when his ex-wife dies leaving his son an orphan, our hero is completely stunned when his son shows up…along with his teacher.
Ariel Lin plays the son’s teacher who had several unpleasant run ins with our hero before fate reunites them again thanks to our hero’s son. The heroine’s character comes off really confrontational at first but I am hoping that will mellow out as the story goes along.
Siege In Fog (Chinese Drama, New)
Synopsis: Despite being in love with another, our heroine agrees to marry our hero in order to help her father. Falling in love at first sight, our hero hides his tender heart behind a flirtatious mask. At first resigned to spend her life trapped in a loveless marriage with a rich playboy, our heroine’s begins to fall in love with our hero when she slowly discovers what he is hiding behind his seemingly heartless attitude towards her.
This one looks super pretty and was greatly anticipated by those who were fans of the novel (Mi Wu Wei Cheng (迷雾围城) by Fei Wo Si Cun.) However, the story is set in the tumultuous period of the 1900s during the Chinese revolution so that usually doesn’t bode well for our two leads’ ending. As the author pointed out in her ending remarks, that was simply a period where no good endings were possible. 
Grand Prince (Korean Drama, New)
Dang, what a pretty cast! Yoon Shi Yoon plays the gentle flower boy prince who is forced to grow up in a hurry in order to hold onto the love of his life. Joo Sang Wook plays our hero’s ambitious uncle who also loves our heroine but harbors a greater greed for the throne. Jin Se Yeon is the lucky girl who is caught between the two men’s love for her.
I am pretty torn about this one. I love the cast but I am really not in the mood for palace intrigue lately so I might wait on this one for a bit.
The Good Witch (Korean Drama, New)
Synopsis: Unlike her twin sister who believes that being selfish is the only way to lead a good life in this cruel world, our heroine Cha Sun Hee is the extreme opposite which makes her kind to a fault. An ordinary homemaker who willingly works to support her jobless husband and young daughter, Sun Hee’s life is turned upside down when her twin suddenly falls ill and tearfully asks her to take over her job as an airline stewardess. Ryu Soo Young plays an elite airline captain who is determined to wipe out his inner desire for women…but that becomes increasingly difficult the moment our heroine barged into his life.
I wasn’t too impressed with the first two episodes since the story seemed to be filled to the brim with stereotypes. (Cold selfish sister, annoyingly nice heroine, useless husband, horrid mother-in-law) However, thanks to the star power of Lee Da Hae and Ryu Soo Young I decided to keep watching and am glad to report that once the backstory was set up the comedy kicked in at full force. I am still not too impressed with the story as a whole, but with two leads who are superb at comedy, I think this show has a lot going for it and will for sure be a good diversion when I need a laugh.
My Husband, Mr. Oh! (Korean Drama, New)
UEE’s new romance about a 30 year old professional who is finally fed up with the world’s prejudice against single women and decided to enter into a contract marriage with our hero, Kim Kang Woo, a hermit from the mountain.
I had gone into this one expecting it to be light and fluffy fun…boy, was I in for a surprise. The show does have some fun vibes (especially between our two leads) and did spotlight predictable pressures our heroine would face as a single professional woman BUT then the show took a drastic turn to the dark side with a serial killer on the loose targeting at …you guessed it, single women. Despite the unexpected (for me at least) darker tone, I liked how this plot twist added quite a bit of depth to our heroine’s character and the two leads’ relationship. I am usually one who really prefer my romantic comedy devoid of any killers or big evil villains but I find myself rather intrigued by the first two episodes so I am planning to keep watching for now.
Children Of A Lesser God (Korean Drama, New)
OCN’s new crime drama where Kang Ji Hwan plays the genius detective who relies on facts and logic to solve difficult cases while Kim Ok Bin plays our heroine, a newbie detective who can see AND feel what the murder victim experienced.
To be honest, we have had a number of supernatural police drama the last bit so this particular premise didn’t feel as refreshing as it would’ve couple years ago. However, this one DOES have Kang Ji Hwan after all so that alone gives Children Of A Lesser God a lot of points right off the bat. I was pretty impressed with first two episodes. The story was compelling and fast paced (albeit really sad and disturbing). Both of our leads delivered a solid performance but I especially love Kang Ji Hwan’s cocky (in a hilarious way) hero.
Evergreen (Korean Drama, New)
A genius IT engineer, our hero cherishes his family’s duty to spread love through the use of magical pollen hidden in coffee but insists on keeping his career while moonlighting as a barista at his family’s coffee shop from time to time. Despite his family’s calling as cupids for those who need a happy ending, our hero strangely doesn’t believe in love and is quite fed up with his grandfather’s continual effort to set him up with marriage dates. Somewhat bothered when fate keeps throwing our heroine, a spunky policewoman in his path, our hero tries to convince himself that he is simply pitying our heroine because he felt somewhat responsible for her being dumped by her long time boyfriend but of course the drama gods will not let our cupid hero off so easily.
I liked this one. It felt pretty light but the fantasy romance vibe is quite charming. Our lead characters seem a bit cliché on paper but the writer had a light touch on the stereotypes and injected enough charm in their characters to make them refreshing. Kim So Eun was especially very likable as our plucky heroine who really would just like to settle down with a nice fellow and live an ordinary blissful life.
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