The only vampire I've ever liked: Vampire Prosecutor
(You should see his full blown smile...I can't it's so cute!)
So this weekend, I plowed my way through Vampire Prosecutor on Dramafever because something told me I should be watching Vampire Prosecutor 2 which they've just added. It was probably Yun Joong Hoon's face because that man is freaking amazing. I definitely think watching Can Love Become Money earlier this year put him on my radar and now I'm madly in love. Vampire Prosecutor is a bit of a cunudrum for me. I love crime procedurals, but I hate vampires! But while vampire is in the name, the show doesn't makes our prosecutor some kind of stalker of the night feasting on the sexual prey of young women. He also isn't some kind of anti-vampire burdened by the religious damnation of his immortality. He's a guy and it so happens there's blood in his wine glass instead of merlot. I like that.
This drama has a real Jdrama feel though. Not only is it only 12 episodes long with season 2 not being much longer, it's also very focused. The one thing about Kdramas and you'll see this regardless of genre is that there will be multiple story arcs throughout focusing on different charcters and all running at the same time. I like this, but if Kdramas are like a pointalist painting with each distinct dot blurring into a full piece, Jdramas are a minimalist painting taking a genre and bringing it down to it's core. Vampire Prosecutor is about the crimes and the overarcing vampire story. The show will use its crime of the week to further character development (like episode 9 when Jung In goes up against her crime boss father), but we don't go home with our characters. I do like the mini romance between Tae Yeon and Jung In, but like a Jdrama they leave it very open to interpretation. Just enough for the romance addicts like myself, but easy enough to ignore if you're not into that sort of thing.
Vampire Prosecutor 2 is turning out to be more of the same, so I'm happy to be adding it to my weekly schedule. Which is already packed with 6 other dramas. (Woops! How did that happen?! LOL Not surprised!)