The Tale of Nokdu (Korean Drama, New)

Determined to not live the rest of his life on the run from a group of female assassins, our hero shows up at the Capital to find out who he really is and why someone wants him dead. Surprised when the trail he has been following ended up leading him to a village consisting of only widows, our hero has no choice but to go undercover by disguising himself as a woman.

Assigned to share a room with our heroine who is an apprentice courtesan, our hero soon discovers that his new roommate also has some secrets of her own.

This one looks pretty fun. I was a tad bit disappointed that judging by how the first episode went, our hero is probably a lost royalty which means we will end up having some political intrigue in the story. Not that political intrigue or our hero being a prince is necessarily a bad thing is just I was sort of hoping for something a bit more refreshing. Still, a village full of widows living right next to a courtesan house does seem like a plenty creative setup and the first two episodes were fairly fun so overall, I am feeling quite hopeful about this one.

You can find this one on Viki.com

The Locked Room (Chinese Drama, New)

Based on the 2012 J-drama Kagi no Kakatta Heya, this C-version follows a female detective and a college professor who specialized in security as they solve strange cases involving locked rooms. For those who were fans of the J-original, it would be obvious that the C-version made some big changes to the character set up (in the J-version, the hero is a locksmith working for a security company while the heroine is an attorney).

Having not watched the original, I can’t compare the two but as one who doesn’t usually watch this sort of drama, I enjoyed the puzzly nature of the cases in the first episode. On a side note, not to discourage you guys from checking this one out especially if you like criminal mysteries but I do have to mention the acting (or perhaps it was a flawed character set up) from both lead actors seems a bit off. The hero’s character is cold and aloof in direct contrast to our heroine who is brash and a good fighter. The set up of the two leads’ characters is pretty standard in this sort of story but in this particular instance, it felt like the actors playing the two leads were trying too hard to portray their roles so as a viewer I found it awkward to watch. That probably sounded like a huge strike against the show, but strangely, the cases themselves were intriguing enough that I actually didn’t mind the acting too much.

Melting Me Softly (Korean Drama, New)

As a successful TV producer, our hero’s mottle is to do things no one else dares to do. Going against her better judgment, our heroine, a part-timer at the TV station agrees to join our hero on a daring experiment of being frozen for 24 hours. What our two leads thought would be 24 hours ended up being 20 long years. Upon waking, our two leads haven’t aged a day but of course the whole world, including those closest to them are now twenty years older. To make things even more complicated, our two leads will eventually discover that they have to keep their body temperature below 33 degrees Celsius or die. Keeping one’s cool is easier said than done…especially when our two leads begin to develop feelings for one another.

I liked this one a lot! The show packed a whirlwind of background in the first two episodes but it didn’t feel like an information overload. In fact, the second episode almost had a leisurely feel. I am a little worried about where the plot is going to go once we are done with all the “Holy cow! It’s twenty years later!” but the first two episodes were good enough that I am putting this one on my watch list for now.

Standing in the Time (Chinese Drama, New)

This one is kinda interesting in that our two leads’ romance started shockingly normal…I mean normal for real life and not at all what one usually gets in the dramaland. They met each other by chance and were mutually interested in each other… so they went on a date! Of course the drama gods are going to mix things up a bit, so unbeknownst to our two leads, our hero is the rude writer our heroine had to deal with via e-mail in her job as a newbie editor and our heroine is the dumb young editor our hero wants to get out of his life.

A word of warning, this one takes a bit to warm up to. Both of our leads really don’t come off very likable in the first two episodes but I did start to see their charm by the time we get to the fourth episode and found their budding romance quite cute.

Extra-Ordinary You (Korean Drama, New)

This one follows the awesome adventure of our heroine who discovers the shocking truth that not only is her world a comic book but she is just a minor character there to serve the protagonists of the story. Unwilling to let some unseen writer dictate her existence, our heroine eventually finds hope when she meets Character #13-  a boy without a name in the comic but could cause her heart to beat wildly.

I am sold! This one is what I really wished 2016’s W-Two Worlds could’ve been (you know, fun instead of dark and psycho)…okay, it might be a bit early to make that statement when we are only four episodes in…especially since I totally loved the first half of W. (Sigh, I just got distracted and went off to watch a few episodes of W…and, yap, I really really liked the first half of the show.) Anyhow, this one might not have the impressive casting lineup as W, but thus far I am really liking the story and the actress playing our heroine is doing a fantastic job portraying our spunky heroine.

 

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