ONTD Original: Best and Worst K-Dramas I Watched in 2023

[fauxkaren]

Hi fam

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[raveinfection]

I didn't watch any of these, thanks for the rec!

My best/faves were The Glory and Mask Girl. I needed some wild thrillers and they delivered.

[fauxkaren]

The Glory was a really fantastic revenge drama and I also loooooved Mask Girl, but I just wished it were longer!

[violet_crumble9]

I'm so glad the glory had a great ending. Many kdramas unravel at the end. But it absolutely crushed.

[burnbook31]

i tried watching 39 but i haven't picked it up back yet. i just finished watching my liberation notes which got me thinking, "where do i need to be liberated?"

I've been wondering what happened with Kingdom, that period zombie series?

[war_machine_rox]

Re: Kingdom I actually looked it up the other day to see if there was any news and nothing lol

it looks like it hasn't been canceled. But that's about it.

[violet_crumble9]

Omg MLN put in a funk for ages!!! It really sticks with you.

[kattyerin]

out of these, i've only watched flower of evil and loved it. tale of the nine-taled is still on my list to watch.

since i only started watching in 2023, there's a lot i liked. not too many i hated, maybe just crash course in romance.

top 5 are probably happiness, the eighth sense, rain or shine, move to heaven, and our beloved summer.

i've just barely started taxi driver after bloodhounds (which WOULD have been a favorite for sure if it weren't for those last 2-3 oddly paced episodes), and i've heard good things about it AND i like the actor from move to heaven.

[fauxkaren]

The only k-drama I've seen that I outright hated was When the Camellia Blooms. So like my 3 worst this year aren't even that terrible. Well except maybe A Time Called You, lol.

I had a GREAT time watching That Winter, the Wind Blows, but it was objectively an absolutely bananas show that was REALLY toeing that incest line, lmao.

eta: Oh and Tale of the Nine-Tailed just got added to Netflix like 2 days ago so like that's a sign you should watch!

[kattyerin]

i'm trying to chase the feeling* bloodhounds gave me so i feel like i will be in the action/thriller section of my list for a while. i actually read an article that said if you like bloodhounds, give these shows a try. which mentioned taxi driver, bumping it up on my list.

*part of the thrill of that show was woo do-hwan. what a man, what a man, what a man, what a mighty good man.

[fauxkaren]

Woo Do-hwan is one of my K-drama crushes for reeeeeeeeeeeal. lol I watched My Country: The New Age (or wtvr the title was) for him and was absolutely rooting for his characters more than I think the show wanted me to be rooting for him. lmao

[fauxkaren]

I watched season 2 of Sweet Home this past weekend and overall I enjoyed it, but it did feel unfocused. And if I'm being 100% honest I am not sure I understood everything that happened, but we DID get to see Song Kang's ass so like... I am not complaining.

The current shows that I'm watching that I mentioned that could potentially make a Best Of list are My Demon which is another Song Kang drama! No ass in it though. But it is still a good time. I also watched the first two episodes of Welcome to Samdalri and it's very cute. I can tell I'm going to be SUPER into the relationship between the sisters. I love all 3 of the sisters very much already!!

[greasetastic_x]

i love flower of evil! Really really good. I want to rewatch it.

I've been watching Taxi Driver since I never watched it when it originally ended. Love a good revenge drama. Sometimes vigilante justice is the answer

[fauxkaren]

Yeah I've been feeling the Flower of Evil rewatch urge too.

But there are so many dramas out there to watch and so little time!