Listening Snow Tower (Chinese Drama, New)
Vowing to seek revenge against a ruthless evil sect that had killed her father right in front of her when she was young, our heroine’s memory of that fateful night is softened by the equally vibrant memory of a young man who had stubbornly comforted her in the rain despite his own life-threatening illness. Belatedly discovering her own cursed fate as one who will bring death on those close to her, our heroine resolutely leaves behind all that is familiar to her and joins the famous Listening Snow Tower to fight against the evil sect…the same Listening Snow Tower that is under the leadership of that same young man who comforted her years ago.
The very first thing that struck me right off the bat about this show is how pretty it is. The cast is pretty, the fighting is pretty and the cinematography is pretty. (For those who watched Ever Night, the lead actress here is the same one who played Mo Shan Shan) All the pretty aside, the thing that impressed me the most is the great chemistry between the two leads. The chemistry is not exactly the sizzling sort (the hero’s character is more of the ethereal sort) BUT every time the two leads show up on the screen together it somehow just makes me want to sigh like a love-struck fool. I only had time to check out the first couple episodes but the story looks to be pretty solid for now.
The Secret Life of My Secretary (Korean Drama, New)
After slaving away as our hero’s secretary for a year, our heroine had hoped that her 24 hours on the call sort of work ethic might have earned her a chance of keeping her job despite her boss’ reputation of only keeping his secretary for no longer than a year. Her hope shattered when she proved to be just another secretary to be fired at our hero’s will, our heroine is not exactly in a forgiving mood when her ex-boss abruptly declares that he wants her to be his secretary again. Harboring a secret pain from his past, our hero truly had not planned on keeping our heroine as his secretary no matter how satisfied he is of her as an employee…until an assassination attack left him with the inability to recognize anyone’s faces other than our heroine’s.
At first glance this one seems extremely similar to What’s Wrong With Secretary Kim but fortunately, it is quite clear within the first couple episodes that The Secret Life of My Secretary is very different both in story and character set up. I liked that our hero is not your usual haughty rich jerk who needs to be taught a lesson but is someone who actually has a very tender side under his prickly personality…wait…I guess that is similar to every other K-drama hero… Anyway, stereotypes or not, The Secret Life Of My Secretary is quite fun and our hero’s inability to recognize faces allows some interesting twists into the story.
The Coordinators (Taiwanese Drama, New)
After delivering many babies as a nurse, our heroine embarks on a completely different career path as an organ donor coordinator. Our heroine soon finds out first hand the many unexpected emotional and physical challenges of her new job, but with a passionate attitude for the sanctity of life, our heroine will prove to be an invaluable asset to her team. In case that synopsis sounds too “educational”, our heroine will have a love line with a surgeon on her team. I really liked the fact that our hero is not your usual cold and aloof brilliant surgeon type of character but is actually a fun and charmingly eccentric character.
Her Private Life (Korean Drama)
I am REALLY enjoying this one! The story really doesn’t have too much depth to it but who cares when it is cute and sizzling enough to make me squeal like a fool the whole time I am watching it. By the way, I can’t remember the last time I have watched that many sizzling scenes between two leads before they even became a couple.
Absolute Boyfriend (Korean Drama, New)
The Japanese manga Zettai Kareshi by Yuu Watase already has two live-action adaptations (Taiwanese and Japanese) so it is K-drama’s turn to take this story for a spin. I will be completely honest that I hadn’t been able to stay interested in the previous versions but this one does have Yeo Jin-Goo playing our hero so my attention span might be longer this time around.
For those who are not familiar with the story, Absolute Boyfriend is a sci-fi romance between our love jaded heroine and a robot who is created to be a woman’s perfect boyfriend. It is interesting to note that the K-version has not chosen to stick with the heroine’s back story as one who is seemingly always unlucky in love (which makes her inexperience in love as well) but has changed her to be a woman who has just broken up with her boyfriend of seven years. (The second male lead in this story has always been the best friend/brother type who had silently watched over our heroine, but in the K-version it looks like the ex-boyfriend will be the second male lead.)
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Thank you for the drama roundups!
I’m watching Listening Snow Tower raw coz no subs, but even then ‘m loving it! You are right about the chemistry between the leads….the slight smile he gets whenever he sees her or after she leaves is simply awwwdorable!! Though I absolutely understand nothing of what they are talking about…
I watched The Secret Life of My Secretary and the 2nd episode was a downer for me. It didn’t stay on the expectations the 1st episode set up. I wasn’t in anyway thinking of or comparing it to What Happened to Secretary Kim? The show disappointed me on its own merit.
Abyss is another Monday Tuesday drama that started alongside Secret Life of My Secretary. And for some reason, I felt let down by its 2nd episode as well!!
I’m however, loving the other secretary drama, Her Private Life, to death…it’s unbearably cute!!
I am hoping Listening Snow Tower will get picked up by Viki or someone else. If that doesn’t happen AND there are enough interest, then perhaps I will do a brief overview of the show so you guys get a gist of the story.
That’ll be so great!
Since yesterday, the show’s episodes are available with english subs on YT. It is subbed till ep 12 till now.
But an overview from you would the cherry on top of the cake. Please consider doing it!
Thanks in advance!
@Usi…if you read this…thanks for recommending Put Your Head on My Shoulder. It’s such a sweet, frothy drama and the leads are super cute too. In some places it does remind me of Love O2O, which again was an amazing drama.
Again, thank you. It’s a lovely addition to my watch list!
You are welcome and welcome to the club :D.
Don’t know if I can watch another Secretary Drama. I’m an Assistant myself and I met and worked together with lots of other Assistants and Secretaries and not even one had romantic feelings for her boss. Quite the opposite, including me. Even had one who I happily would dance on his grave. Since it seems quite popular I surely will view into it after it finished airing but it has to be stellar to get over my non-romantic feelings for this premise. Let’s see.
Her Private Life is not a secretary drama. The FL is the curator in the museum. She accompanies the ML in her capacity as such and not as his secretary…in fact, he doesn’t have one!
99% shows have no bearing on reality. But I guess that’s why we love watching dramas. They show us things that don’t hold any truth in real life…
Give it a try….the lead pair are too explosive together to be missed!
I was talking about “The Secret Life of My Secretary”. “Private Life” I enjoy a lot. Until now the pace is very good and they have a refreshingly grown-up kind of relationship. And KJW is just awesome. He always owns his characters and pretty often outshines all other. This time he is a class of his own. Dunno why he is overlooked so often by directors and scriptwriters.
I don’t mind that Dramas don’t show reality but the Secretary/Assistant storyline is a bit overused in Drama and books. So I’m just fed up.
Oops! Sorry! I thought you were talking about this drama.
How refreshing is it that in Her Pvt Life they actually have an adult relationship where the girl doesn’t shy away from physically expressing her feelings!!
And they talk….my God do they talk! After an initial hiccup, at least now they are having meaningful conversations and don’t shy away from revealing their hurtful secrets.
KJW is a Greek God who clueless mortals don’t fully appreciate. We do…so we’ll benefit from it. 😀
I don’t like the newest secretary drama either. Except for the angle of who wants to harm the ML, the whole drama is a repeat of every other ‘Candy’ drama out there.
I watched it till ep 3 before I willingly surrendered.
And the FL’s reason behind impersonating the second FL….yeah, no, nope!
It’s like once they hit on a winning formula, they don’t give up until it’s beaten to death; to be revived again at a later date.