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New dramas:

Korea
Gumiho's revenge: I have watched the first episode of this and loved it. It is like a very scary and very dark fairy tale that explores the evilness of the human world using fantasy media. Both girls (Jang Hyun Sung and Kim Yoo Jung) are fantastic and I hope for some unconventional romance developments. I noticed that the ratings are rising , and I will not be surprised if this will end up to be an unexpected hit. Must post some screencaps!

King of Baking, Kim Tak Goo: reminded me heavily of "East of Eden", which is not necessarily a bad thing, but the whole premise goes like this: It is fine for a man to have an affair with a specific purpose to make an illegitimate child of male gender; who would blame him when his wife is only giving him girls? It is all fine because the MAN is GOOD and of course his child will become a great person. But it is NOT fine for a wife to have an affair and an illegitimate child. This automatically makes her evil, and makes her spawn an evil bakery hater.

Dramas I am actively watching :

Korea
Bad Guy - (ep.6, my ratings so far - 7/10) I love this and I can't wait for the subs
Dong Yi - (ep.30, my ratings so far - 7/10) We are now entering the period of Dong Yi becoming the King's concubine. I am becoming very reluctant to finish this.
Kim Soo Roo - (ep.11, my ratings so far - 6/10) A very good drama but the reliance of the whole nation on the Big Golden Egg prophesy is making me laugh.
Queen Seon Deok - (ep.42, my ratings so far - 8/10) I love this much more than I expected to.
Worlds Within (ep.6, my ratings so far - 7/10) I should marathon this tomorrow

Taiwan
Summer's desire - (ep.8, my ratings so far - 7/10) My huge obsession of this season
The Outsiders - (ep.16, my ratings so far - 8/10) Pure great
Why why love - (ep.10, my ratings so far - 6/10) Fluffy angstorama I am really enjoying in fast forward mode.

Japan
Gaiji Keisatsu - (ep.6, my ratings so far - 7/10) I am on the very last episode, but finding it hard to approach it. What if everyone dies???????????
Tsuki no Koibito - (ep.6, my ratings so far - 5/10) I am spoiled for the ending and it is the ending I want, so I must finish.

Dramas I am sort of watching , but need a move on:

Korea
Barefoot Youth (ep. 16, my ratings so far - 6/10) Such a good drama, but has bad subtitles.
IRIS (ep.8, my ratings so far - 7/10 )
Que Sera Sera (ep. 7, my ratings so far - 8/10) I must finish this one day
The Slingshot (Story of a man) (ep.10, my ratings so far - 8/10 I must finish this too!
alexandral: (You are beautiful - funny manager and be)
I am looking forward to the new Hong sisters' drama, "My Girlfriend is a Nine-Tailed Fox" with Shin Min Ah. My faith in Hong sisters , quite shattered after the betrayal of "Hong Gil Dong", was restored by the good dose of funny in the form of "You're beautiful". The new drama seems to be promised as a romantic comedy, and romantic comedies are Hong sisters' strongest suit!

But I am also quite interested in the legend itself : the legend of Fox-spirit is very popular around Asia. A fox that lives a thousand years turns into a gumiho (or nine-tailed fox). Originally gumiho was a benevolent creature, but the legend transformed later on and now gumiho is a creature that lives on human liver or heart. However, it is often told that gumiho can transform into a human, after a thousand years of abstaining from eating human livers (or something like this).

I am also very interested in another gumiho drama that is out this July: Gumiho: Yeowoonuidyun (or Gumiho : Tale of the Fox's Child) . There is much buzz and anticipation surrounding Hong sister's drama, but I wonder if "the underdog" , Gumiho: Yeowoonuidyun, might be also good. I still remember the anticipation everyone had for "Iljimae", which was a decent drama, but nothing really special. However, another drama with the same theme, "The Return of Iljimae", quite obscure and without any big stars, was surprisingly awesome.

I quite like the cast for "Gumiho : Tale of the Fox's Child". Han Eun Jung is graceful and has something slightly fox-like in her features (which appears to be a must for the gumiho from the legend). I have seen her numerous times as an evil secondary lady, but I think she can be good in a leading role. The male lead ( Suh Joon Young) seems to be a tiny bit young (but pretty) . I remember him as the young version of Oh Soo in "Mawang": he was very good. And the two of my favourite young actresses Seo Shin Ae ("Thank You") and Kim Yoo Jung ("Dong Yi" ) are in it too!





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