Absolute Justice (Japanese Drama, New)
After her mother’s death, Noriko Takanori is determined to live her life following absolute justice…including making sure those around her do the same. Reuniting with her high school friend in her thirties, Noriko Takanori’s mission of carrying out absolute justice begins to wreak havoc in her friends’ lives.

Hmm…interesting premise but I feel like I pretty much got the gist of the show in the first episode. Not to mention it was a tad bit depressing watching the main lead carrying out justice with complete disregard for mercy and humanity.
Romance Is A Bonus Book (Korean Drama)
Episode 3-4’s pacing actually felt even slower than the first two episodes but I am still liking the leisurely feel of the show. I really like how our perception of our two leads’ relationship is evolving as we find out more and more about them in each episode. It looks like our two leads will have their own prospective romantic entanglements…which is something I usually don’t care for but here, I think it is realistic to the story since their relationship is still very much in the sister-brother stage. Our heroine’s feeling towards our hero right now is so squarely in the older noona camp I am extremely curious what it will take for our heroine to start seeing her little brother as a man.

The Legends (Chinese Drama)
I am finally caught up on this one! I was really glad to see that once the background story was laid, the show did begin to follow the novel. (The background story was still all in the novel but since the novel actually wasn’t very long, all the stuff about how our two leads’ met and the loss of her grandpa were explained in a couple short paragraphs.) I was also glad to see the show was able to retain some of the comedic feel of the story…albeit not quite to the point of the novel but enough to satisfy me anyway. (The tone of the novel was quite snarky and funny but I think the show is going for more of an epic feel mix with some comedy.)

One thing that was especially interesting to see was how the show had to adjust to not being able to use the heroine’s “ghost”. In the novel, our heroine could take over the second female lead’s body during the night but will get automatically kicked out during the day. Since they couldn’t have a ghost in the drama version, our heroine actually gets a physical body now but thanks to the side effects of a pill she ate, her body becomes invisible during the day.

We are only eight episodes in but thus far I am fairly happy with how this one is shaping up especially since the show has done a great job casting actors fitting how I imagined the characters in the novel.

2/12
Queen Dugu (Chinese Drama, New)
Joe Chen and Chen Xiao’s long-awaited historical drama is finally out! Joe Chen plays the legendary Empress who together with her husband, Emperor Wen, founded the Sui Dynasty and made wise policies that ushered in a new golden age for China.

This one is a bit different from your usual historical romance because our two leads are engaged within the first two episodes but while it was love at first sight for our hero, it looks like he still has a long way to go before he can get our heroine to return his feelings. The show looks pretty solid but it does have quite a bit of palace intrigue in the storyline.
ITEM (Korean Drama, New)
Based on a popular webtoon of the same name, a prosecutor and a criminal profiler teams up to uncover a hidden conspiracy surrounding an item that gives those who wear it supernatural powers.

Episode one was fast paced, intriguing, solid cast and…very confusing, just enough to make you want to tune in to the next episode.
Haechi (Korean Drama, New)
Jung Il Woo’s new historical drama where he plays a prince who due to his mother being a low born commoner is constantly ridiculed by others and lives on the fringe of the royal family. Having spent most of his life as an invisible member of the royal family, our hero suddenly finds himself unable to hide in the dark anymore when his nemesis- one with the makings of a serial killer at that, might end up becoming the next Emperor…unless he and the unlikely group of allies he has gathered can make our hero the next Emperor instead.

Episode one was great! The show is tense but it manages to also add in some much needed comic relief as well. I was especially impressed that despite having to introduce many characters in the first episode, I not only didn’t feel overwhelmed but were charmed by all the main leads. (Well, not the psychotic villain obviously but he is also a great character.)
Trap (Korean Drama, New)
Lee Seo Jin’s new suspense thriller. As a respected news anchor, Kang Woo Hyun seems to have the perfect life with a great career and a lovely family. Taking his family on a trip to celebrate his 10th wedding anniversary, Kang Woo Hyun’s lovely outing ends in tragedy leaving him and a veteran detective to figure out exactly what had happened. (The show’s title gives us a clue that what happened to Lee Seo Jin’s character was no accident.)

Dang, this one is too scary and creepy for me. There is no supernatural stuff but human beings are plenty scary in this case.
The Light In Your Eyes (Korean Drama, New)
An ordinary girl seemingly destined for an insipid life ahead of her, our heroine hides a big secret- she can turn back time. Unfortunately, our heroine finds out the hard way that turning back time also comes with a steep cost…which is how our heroine ended up becoming a 70-year-old woman overnight.
This one is very charming and fun. The first two episodes were a bit depressing since it had to lay the groundwork of the hopeless nature of our two leads’ lives but the show still managed to be hilarious nonetheless. Nam Joo Hyuk (Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo) plays the hero who wants to be a reporter. Nam Joo Hyuk is 12 years younger than Han Ji Min in real life, but luckily, the pairing seems to work anyway.

 

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