Dramas Over Flowers

In Part 3 of our year end yak, friends of the podcast visit to give us a heads up on dramas that have gone unnoticed or underappreciated in 2022. Leave us your thoughts in a voice note here: < Recording Page > TIMESTAMP: 01:48 - Our Blues ( Frabby and Yunah ) 12:12 - Kiss Sixth Sense ( Anja ) 15:27 - Summer Strike ( Just Me ) 
17:53 - Bloody Heart ( Mimi ) 22:00 - Law Cafe ( Minal ) 24:28 -...

In Part 2 of our annual Year-End Yak, we first give out our personal Goguma Awards, and then we chat about our current relationship with k-dramaland. Part 3 (finale!) coming out next week. Leave us your thoughts in a voice note here: < Recording Page > LINKS MENTIONED: Paroma's YouTube Channel TIMESTAMP: # ANISA’S PERSONAL GOGUMAS
 00:01:15 - Lee Min-ki Award For Being Lee Min-ki 00:02:31 -...

Anisa, Paroma and guest Frabby chat about the miseries and joys of relationship melodrama The Interest of Love, which gently, brilliantly destroyed us every week—and we loved it all. Expect major spoilers in this one! Tell us your thoughts in a voice note here: < Recording Page > LINKS MENTIONED: Read Frabby's wonderful reviews of The Interest of Love. MORE EPISODES YOU'LL LIKE: Episode 137:...

In Part 1 of our massive (as usual) Year-End Yak, we talk first about trends in K-drama and our general thoughts on 2022. Then we break down the winners of our Audience Gogumas (some silly, some Very Important). Part 2 Part 3 Tell us your thoughts in a voice note here: < Recording Page > TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:57 Trends and general thoughts 00:58:36 4th Annual Goguma Awards! 01:03:11 Craziest Pre...

Shooting Stars (aka sh**ting stars) starring Lee Sung-kyung and Kim Young-dae was one of the more entertaining dramas of 2022. We liked it a lot, but it also deserved all the thrashing it got online on certain subplots in the story. We talk about all of it in this spoiled yak. Tell us your thoughts on the episode here: < Recording Page > LINKS MENTIONED: Paroma's reasons to watch Shooting St...

Anisa sits down with Paroma to convince her to watch If You Wish Upon Me , an unexpectedly healing drama with a wonderful ensemble cast and moving depictions of grief, redemption and reconciliation. Ji Chang-wook is finally in the kind of role he deserves, Choi Soo-young brings her unique brand of incandescence, Sung Dong-il is giving FULL DAD, and Anisa can't help but be reminded of SNSD's Genie...

This episode started as a spoilery discussion of Arsenal Military Academy (a 2019 chinese drama set in the early 20th century, starring Bai Lu and Xu Kai), but became a longer conversation on the history of imperialism and china's use of underdog stories to ignite national pride. But it's still a dramas over flowers episode, so expect lots of fangirling and explosive laughter. Send us your thought...

In this second part of our conversation about celebrity, authenticity and Korean variety, we talk about the miracle of entertainment that is Youth MT , and the lovely, warm experience of watching In the Soop: Friendcation . (And its 2017 ajusshi predecessor, Dragon Club .) Spoiler warning: You may want to catch a few episodes of Youth MT before you listen, because we discuss specific scenes—and al...

A beginner friendly discussion of K-pop sensation BTS and how idol groups connect deeply with fans by opening up about their vulnerabilities. Tell us your thoughts in a voice note here: < Recording Page > MORE EPISODES YOU'LL LIKE: Episode 138: T he Red Sleeve Episode 137: F4 Thailand and the Boys Over Flowers Extended Universe NEWSLETTER: Join our email list for the monthly newsletter with...

The Red Sleeve is a story of a woman's wish to belong to herself and the man who couldn't let her go. It's also about a king who couldn't trust his grandson and a crown prince who survived against all odds so he could some day be a good ruler to his people. Mimi from The Talking Cupboard joins Paroma in a very spoilery episode where they wonder at the superior storytelling, the strength of convict...

At last Dramas Over Flowers talks about Boys Over Flowers ! With our amazing guest Frabby, we discuss the latest adaptation of the memorable Hana Yori Dango , and how it stacks up against the Korean version that is a guilty watch for many. Don't forget to tell us which shows you've decided to pick up! DM on Insta or Twitter ! LINKS MENTIONED: Book Recommended: The Unmatchmakers by Jackie Lau The s...

The second part of our extra long discussion of extraordinary attorney woo is here! (Find Part 1 here .) Don't forget to tell us which shows you've decided to pick up! DM on Insta or Twitter ! LINKS MENTIONED: Register for the Writers on Writers livestream here . For REPLAY of the live sign up to our newsletter here . MORE EPISODES YOU'LL LIKE: Episode 135: Extraordinary Attorney Woo Spoiled Yak (...

The first part of our spoiler discussion of Extraordinary Attorney Woo (season 1). We also covered our early impressions of the show on episode 133 . Don't forget to tell us which shows you've decided to pick up! DM on Insta or Twitter ! LINKS MENTIONED: The i nterview with writer & director of EAW (translated by Anisa) Park Eun-bin answers 10 questions about EAW (video) Redeemed for the wrong...

We loved Lee Min-ki in My Liberation Notes and decided to talk about all his dramas and movies that we sought out over the years cause you can never have enough of this guy. Don't forget to tell us which shows you've decided to pick up! DM on Insta or Twitter ! TIMESTAMP: 01:19 - Important announcement 02:46 - All about Lee Min-ki <3 LINK: What Would Dramaland Do? MORE EPISODES YOU'LL LIKE: Epi...

Our love for Extraordinary Attorney Woo is as deep as our dislike of Kwon Min-woo is high. Anisa and Paroma talk about all that has happened in the first half of this excellent show about a rookie autistic lawyer who learns how the law really works while making new friends, battling workplace discrimination, and entering true adulthood. Don't forget to tell us which shows you've decided to pick up...

Saya, Anisa and Paroma talk about timey-wimey dramas Reset, Again My Life and Legally Romance, with digressions on binging C-dramas, ideal episode lengths (again), and why K-dramas are still doing romance better. Don't forget to tell us what you're watching and what you think we're missing out on! DM on Insta or Twitter ! TIMESTAMP: 00:01:05 - We tease a special future episode on Boys Over Flowers...

Stephan Lee talks to us about his books, K-pop Confidential and its sequel K-pop Revolution , which follow a Korean American teenager chasing her dreams as a trainee idol in Seoul. We discuss his writing process for each book, the relationship between art and activism, his personal experience of anti-Asian violence, and his trip to Seoul during his time as an entertainment journalist for Entertain...

Saya is here for a Wild Yak to convince Paroma to watch 2020 Chinese drama CROSSFIRE, about two young men who meet each other in a game - but are eleven years apart in time. A spoiler-free intro to the show. PS. Saya really, really loved it. We talk about: The Signal conceit The rise of pro-gaming Gaming dramas as an emerging genre in C-dramas The trials of watching dramas in a totally unfamiliar...

We bring you a shorter long yak on two dramas we're watching and a lot of discussions on actor micro-expressions, the impermanence of cancel culture for powerful actors, and why we some time pause dramas we love. Don't forget to tell us which shows you've decided to pick up! DM on Insta or Twitter ! [More information about the disgraced actor, Lee Kyung-young, who is guilty of sex with a minor can...

It's been almost 2 years, guys. It's definitely time to move on from #KimSeonHo 's breakout performance in START-UP. But before we do, here's a look back at why #HanJiPyeong captured our hearts, how much of this effect was intentional on the creators' part, and why his fans walked away bitter after that ending. (Also maybe why #NamJoohyuk also got a bad deal out of it. 😅) Talk to us on Insta or T...

Saya rewatched Goblin for the dozenth time and pulled Paroma into a discussion of our deep love for a story that also has so many elements we feel conflicted on. Dive in with your SPOILER hats on. Also, don't forget to tell us which shows you've decided to pick up! DM on Insta or Twitter ! Or leave a comment on our blog for this episode! Paroma's Video Essay on Toxic 1000 year old Gumihos: CLICK M...

Welcome to our first proper Long Yak of 2022! In this one, Anisa and Paroma dig into our widely varying first impressions of Twenty-Five Twenty-One and Forecasting Love and Weather . And Saya makes a good case for why Rookie Cops is a worthier successor of Police University . Don't forget to tell us which shows you've decided to pick up! DM on Insta or Twitter ! Or leave a comment on our blog post...

Welcome back to our monthly What's Up in Dramaland. Let's talk about what dramas we're adding to our watchlist this February? Don't forget to tell us which shows you've decided to pick up! DM on Insta or Twitter ! Or leave a comment on our blog for this episode ! TIMESTAMP: 00:53 - Forecasting Love and Weather 11:42 - 2521 15:37 - Crazy Love 18:12 - Grid 25:48 - Thirty-Nine 32:32 - A Business Prop...

Finally, it's part 3 of the longest yak we've ever done! In Part 3 of our 2021 Year End Yak, we bring you Listeners' Choice Awards, each of our personal top three dramas, and some reflections and thanks to round out the year. Note: We recorded this in December, so if you became a Patreon subscriber since then, not to worry, your patron shoutout is coming soon! Timestamps: 00:00:45 Listeners' Choic...

Have the perfection of drama story lines ever made it hard for you to accept reality? It has for us, and that's what we are discussing on this episode. This is actually a recording from a livestream we did last year during the K-Pop Social Night Conference, so if you notice that the audio is funky, don't blame us, blame the internet. Terrible stuff. Hee.