Almost exactly six years ago, I discovered my first K-drama. It was Coffee Prince, which I binge-watched in my pajamas over the course of Thanksgiving break. By the end, I was overly tired and in desperate need of a shower—but I also found a new love. Coco and I built this blog because we wanted a way to connect with other fans before the widespread popularity of K-dramas hit. I know there were plenty of K-drama viewers who found each other long before 2012, but it was nothing back then compared to the widespread popularity now. Back then, I was too embarrassed to tell anyone I knew in real ..read more

My ID Is Gangnam Beauty is the latest in a long line of makeover K-dramas. Given my overall distaste for the genre and my recent propensity for quitting dramas at the first sign of trouble, I'm more surprised than anyone that I made it all the way to the end to review this particular series. Honestly, I didn't even realize this was a full-length series when I first started watching. I saw the promos and idol-turned-sorta-actor Cha Eun Woo headlining the cast, and I assumed it would be a short, shallow web series full of offensive stereotypes about appearances. Color me pleasantly sur ..read more

Another week, and more new K-drama premieres! This week was packed with a nice variety of genres, and the trifecta of What's Wrong with Secretary Kim, Life on Mars, and Are You Human Too? included a couple of the K-dramas I've been keeping an eye on all summer. Given the drama slump of this year, I didn't want to get my hopes too high for What's Wrong with Secretary Kim or Life on Mars, so let's review and see how they've fared so far! What's Wrong with Secretary Kim K-drama Review What it's about: Narcissistic heir Lee Young Joon (Park Seo Joon) finds himself at a complete loss ..read more

Whew, the new season of K-dramas is in full swing, and I took advantage of a holiday weekend to try out all of the whopping four new shows that aired last week: About Time, Miss Hammurabi, The Undateables, and Sketch. I won't be able to keep up with all four on top of Greasy Melo (Wok of Love), but I'll give each one a preliminary review. Let's talk about which one had me at the edge of my seat, which ones had me rolling my eyes and reaching for the fast-forward button, and which one turned into a pleasant surprise. About Time K-drama Review What it's about: Choi Michaela (Lee Su ..read more

My last post lamented the lack of any K-dramas to watch, but now that we're heading into the summer season and the fresh romances that come with it, I'm feeling cautiously optimistic.  I didn't initially watch any trailers for Greasy Melo (which also goes by the more appetizing English title Wok of Love), but when you give me Jung Ryeo Won paired with the writer from Jealousy Incarnate and Miss Korea, of course I'm going to give it a shot. Here's the initial review from Greasy Melo's premiere week. What it's about: Star chef Seo Poong (Junho) finds himself kicked out of a job. He jo ..read more

When I started blogging about K-dramas five years ago, K-dramas as a whole were new and shiny and exciting. Sure, I knew some of them were completely ridiculous (Lee Min Ho's Boys over Flowers hair comes to mind), but they were charming and addicting in a way that was different from most of the American shows I watched. I have a distinct memory of sitting on my couch over Thanksgiving break, unshowered at 3:00 p.m., hitting "play" on the next episode of Coffee Prince, and loving every minute of it. For the last year, I've lost that K-drama–loving feeling a little. So what happened? Is ..read more

You'll notice I've been too lazy to post anything in about two months. But now, thanks to the complete and utter trash fire disguised as cleverness that was the finale of Misty, here I am. Nothing like a little (okay, a lot of) rage to fuel the blogging flames! The thing is, I wouldn't be so angry at Misty if I hadn't loved it so much up until the ending. I started reviewing this K-drama in my head all last week, ready to sing its praises to the heavens (and the drama viewers who hadn't started it yet). So, before I have my say about Misty's ending, let's review all of the many thing ..read more

Here is a list of K-dramas currently streaming on Netflix  (updated March 2018). It's pretty great considering that when I first started watching Kdramas on Netflix years ago, they had only three. We've noticed that this is a popular search term, and people have asked us for this list. Netflix rotates their selection of Korean dramas, so we'll try to update this every once in a while. I tried to categorize them as best as possible, but some of them fall under multiple genres. I put symbols next to the ones we've watched to show how we feel about them. You can find out more about the ..read more

Ugggggggggggggggggggggh January. I just can't. As someone who doesn't winter well, I have this rule where I limit myself to a strict entertainment diet of romcoms (plus a healthy dose of the ever-fantastic Grace and Frankie) from roughly November through February. Once the sun comes out, I can watch legal shows and melos, but for now, I need light, cheery K-dramas, and plenty of them. That's where Jugglers and I Am Not a Robot come in. Though they have very, very different premises, they both billed themselves as fluffy romances perfect for the dead-of-winter doldrums. Basically, I'm basin ..read more

I started writing this blog almost five years ago (Five years!!! Quick, someone give me awesome ideas on how to celebrate when our blogiversary hits!), and I have to say that 2017 was an off year in K-dramas. Maybe it was just me being busy with real life and getting jaded with dramas, but based on the responses to my two K-drama slump posts, I tend to think this was an off K-drama year for quite a few people. Like 2016, which I dubbed "The Year of the Dropped K-drama," I dropped a whole bunch of shows without making it remotely close to the end. Even worse, I didn't even start a whole bu ..read more