Mama Fairy and the Woodcutter (Korean Drama, New)

Based on a popular webtoon, this one is a romantic fairytale fantasy. As a fairy who ended up marrying a human husband, our heroine has been waiting for the last 699 years for her husband to reincarnate. (For those who are familiar with the fairytale of the Heavenly Maiden who ended up being trapped on earth when a woodcutter hid her clothes, this story is the retelling of that fairytale.) Sensing that one of our two male leads could be the reincarnation of her husband, our heroine decides to leave the mountain and follows the two men into the big city.

I was pleasantly surprised by the wacky hilarious tone of this show. The show doesn’t take itself seriously at all, so I think this should be a fun and light drama to follow.

It’s My Life (Korean Drama, New)

I only had to time to check out the first episode of this new K-daily. The production looks a bit…scrubby as you guys could see from the simple promo poster but I did like the first episode well enough that I am planning to give this one a few more episodes. It has been a LONG time since I have followed a K-daily so I am always on the lookout for a good one.

Instead of your typical candy heroine story where she meets a rich prince charming, our hero here is actually the poor hard-working character while our heroine is the rich princess. Not to disappointment any K-daily fans, our hero does have a birth secret that will come up in the very first episode.
Love Alert (Korean Drama, New)

Yoon Eun Hye plays a top actress who despite her success seems to have little luck when it comes to love. Believing she will one day find her true love, our heroine bravely embarks on yet another new romance…only to have her heart broken in the cruelest way possible AND thrown into a very public scandle with our hero- a popular dermatologist who has no interest in love at all.

As you guys could guess, Love Alert has a fairly formulaic plot, but the first couple episode was still fairly entertaining even if the story was predictable.
Feel Good to Die (Korean Drama, New)

Kang Ji Hwan’s new drama! Playing a horrendous boss this time, Kang Ji Hwan’s character is a team manager who is hated by anyone who is unlucky enough to work with him. As one of the unlucky person working on our hero’s team, our heroine is an ordinary girl who suddenly finds herself re-living a single day over and over again- the day our hero died. At first believing she could easily stop her boss from dying, our heroine soon finds out that there seems to be nothing she could do to prevent our hero from dying…which meant she is stuck reliving the cursed day. With no easy way out of her strange situation, our heroine is left with only one option- taking a hard look at the people around her and helping in whatever way she can. This one is not exactly like groundhog day where our heroine will spend the whole show reliving one single day. I was quite glad to realize that there will be at least some progression since I think spending the whole show on one single day could get old really fast.

I am liking this one! Our hero is not very likable right now but it is Kang Ji Hwan after all, so I find myself more amused than annoyed.
Ever Night (Chinese Drama, New)

Based on a popular novel, Ever Night follows the epic journey of our hero as he overcomes impossible odds to kill his arch-enemy, save the girl…oh, and the world too while he is at it.

Ever Night was much anticipated and fortunately, the production looks to be solid thus far. I do have to admit that after watching the first episode I was completely confused by the sheer number of characters introduced and would’ve totally abandoned the show if I didn’t go back to watch the promo trailer. (The scene transition in the first episode felt really choppy as well, so that contributed to the feeling of being overwhelmed.) Thanks to the promo trailer…and a certain umbrella in it, I finally connected the show to the novel I read a LONG LONG time ago. So long ago that the name of the show (which is the same as the novel) didn’t trigger my memory. Once I remembered the novel, then my interest in the show was rekindled because if my memory serves me right, the novel WAS extremely good. One of those great novels that plunk you right into the world the author has created right from the beginning. I am happy to report that once I gave the show a second chance, the editing issue did improve a lot in the later episodes and the number of characters didn’t feel so confusing anymore. The cinematography of Ever Night is truly a feast for the eyes (the soundtracks are awesome as well), so I would recommend checking it out and sticking with it for a few episodes even if the plot feels confusing at first.

I know the synopsis makes Ever Night sound just like every other epic C-fantasy out there…and that’s true to a certain extent but the novel stood out in my memory because the author did a great job in creating a very memorable hero and heroine with mesmerizing personalities.  Speaking of the heroine, she is not some princess or great lady but she is actually our hero’s maid he rescued from a heap of dead bodies. (In the drama our hero just found our heroine as a baby lying by some dead bodies, but in the novel, our hero actually had to dig her out.) The hero in this one is pretty flashy but the author did an awesome job in creating an equally great heroine to match him. The drama also did an impressive job casting the heroine’s role since she was really close to how I pictured her….well, except the really dark skinned part. (Our heroine is supposed to be a fairly plain girl who is small and dark skinned, which in Chinese culture would make her unattractive.)
Royal Highness (Chinese Drama, New)

Waking up to find himself in a coffin without any memory of his past, our hero quickly figures out that he is a poor scholar who almost died leaving his ever faithful new bride to face this harsh world alone. Vowing to do the best he could for his little bride, our hero embarks on a rollercoaster journey where he will eventually end up becoming a price (Not because of bloodline in this case. The title is awarded to him because of the many things he had done for the country and the emperor.)

This one is not glamorous, but the story is actually pretty interesting as the hero defeat each seemingly impossible obstacles with his quick thinking and wit. Possible issue: It looks like our hero will have lots of wives+ concubines.
Never Gone (Chinese Drama, New)

Due to the harsh realities of her family circumstance, our heroine has always been keenly aware of the distance between herself and our hero…even if our hero has loved her since their high school days. From high school to college, then out into the working world, our two leads learn the hard way that our heroine has always been right all along- the two of them do indeed live in different worlds with different priorities. Their love chipped away by seemingly countless misunderstandings, our heroine resolutely breaks up with our hero…only to find out time doesn’t heal all things and some people will never leave. As you guys can guess from the name of the show, our heroine will eventually realize that our hero has never left her but has used their time apart to self-reflect and become a better man for her.

I am usually wary of these sort of show that promises a heavy portion of flashbacks of “innocent young loves’ but I am actually quite hopeful of this one. Never Gone does have a lot of flashbacks but it stands apart from other dramas like it in that the flashbacks are actually shown in a linear timeline parallel to the current timeline as well. So instead of random jumbo of flashbacks inserted among the current timeline, the flashbacks is its own complete story that is progressing right alongside the current timeline when our two leads are about to meet again. It really helps that the flashback portion of the story is just as good as the current timeline part of the story so I don’t find myself wanting to skip over either one.

 

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