Babysitter Gin (Japanese Drama, New)
Live action of a J-manga, this one is kinda like Mary Poppins on J-manga steroid. With the dream of making every child in the world happy, Gin dresses himself in the fashion of Mary Poppins and uses his talent to help parents who desperately needs his special kind of services.
Episode one was pretty amusing and heartwarming at the same time.
Coffee & Vanilla (Japanese Drama, New)
Despite being seen as the goddess of her school, our 20 year old heroine is actually a very timid girl with zero experience in love. Dreaming of having her very own sweet romance, our heroine loses her heart to a 30 year old business man who seems to be everything a girl could possibly want. Unbeknownst to our heroine, our hero is hiding his past from her.
Sigh…I might be too old for this sort of show. Anyone else watched this one and was like “Ahh!!! You silly girl! I know he is the hero, but everything you are doing is textbook of getting yourself hurt or killed!” I mean the girl is saying “I love you” to the guy when she doesn’t even know what he does for a living! I am watching the hero caressing the heroine’s head saying “How can you be so cute?” on my computer screen knowing I should be swooning but instead I was like “Is he trying to get a girlfriend or a pet??”.
Still…J-drama put out so few romantic shows that I sort feel obligated to give this one another chance. Plus, I am kinda hoping now that the speed falling in love and bed scenes have passed, the story will actually get more interesting.
The Way We Love (Taiwan Drama, New)
Still carrying the guilt over her ex-boyfriend’s death, our heroine works hard to help her ex’s father revive his little bookstore. Unable to save the bookstore, our heroine is grateful to get a job at a well-known editing company…until she is put in charge of a famous celebrity writer- our hero. Stunned to discover the famous celebrity writer is actually the same man whom she has had a few unpleasant confrontations with, our heroine has no choice but to figure out how to help our hero regain his passion in writing…and in love of course.
Episode one wasn’t too memorable but the show was entertaining enough if you are in the mood for a light and cute romance.
Watcher (Korean Drama, New)
A witness to his own father killing his mother as a child, Kim Young Koon grows up to be a patrol officer who doesn’t trust anyone. Unwittingly pulled into a conspiracy during what he thought was a routine traffic stop, Young Koon eventually joins the team of internal affairs investigation (catching bad cops). Teamed up with his new boss (chief of internal affairs investigation) and a lawyer who used to be a prosecutor, our hero digs into the corruption within the police force…which will also lead him to the tragedy that destroyed his family 15 years ago.
True to OCN’s style, Watcher has a solid cast and a great story that pulls you in right from the start. The first episode introduced quite a few characters in one shot but the story didn’t feel overwhelming. In fact, I thought the show was quite successful in giving just enough background on all the characters (both leads and villains) to make me want to know more about them.
Please Give Me A Pair of Wings (Chinese Drama, New)
Framed for her father’s murder, our heroine is wrongfully imprisoned and waits for her execution. A talented detective, our hero had no choice but to arrest our heroine when all evidence points to her as the killer. Sensing something is off, our hero works tirelessly to prove our heroine’s innocence even when those who should’ve been closest to our heroine give up on her.
I know this sounds like a crime thriller…which it is for the first bit, but the story will eventually focus on how our heroine (with the hero’s help) will work unceasingly to realize her dream of establishing an all girl school.
I had only planned on checking out the first episode of this one since most shows set in the early 1900s are too heavy on politics for my taste but six episodes later, I think it’s safe to say Please Give Me A Pair Of Wings turned out a whole lot better than I had expected. If the show was a clear crime mystery or all about fighting for women’s equality then I might’ve lost interest. Instead, the show has done a good job in fitting in all those elements as part of a compelling narrative of how our heroine will evolve from an innocent girl to a fighter (figuratively and literally).
Aaron Yan (Taiwanese actor) plays our handsome detective and while there hasn’t been much romantic development thus far (our heroine did spend most of the first six episodes either in the police station or prison) but the chemistry in the few scenes our shared is enough for me to be hopeful that we will have a great romance later on. According to the show’s synopsis, our heroine will relentlessly pursue our hero once she figures out he is the man for her…that should be super cute.
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