2024 Favourites
The shows from this year I'm liking best - in order of release/watching.
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1. Flowers that Bloom at Night
Korean Drama - 2024, 12 episodes
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2. 19th Floor
Chinese Drama - 2024, 30 episodes
Quite good, despite the typically-cheesy Chinese elements. Well-creafted otherwise, and quite thoughtful. Perhaps the best thing was the team feeling that developed, and with which the show ended - knowing its strength.
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3. Wedding Impossible
Korean Drama - 2024, 12 episodes
Great show; really enjoyed it. Particularly loved the relationship between Ji Han and Ah Jeong - something unique in how it was written and acted.
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4. The Story of Hua Zhi
Chinese Drama - 2024, 40 episodes
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5. Lovely Runner
Korean Drama - 2024, 16 episodes
Started with no real expectations, but it's good from the start! Acting is excellent - a joy to watch - and the story moves quickly and is very funny but also poignant.
Update: Now my favourite K-Drama series - perfect and wonderful.
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6. The Crown Prince Has Disappeared
Korean Drama - 2024, 20 episodes
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7. Graduation
Korean Drama - 2024, 16 episodes
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8. Du Hua Nian
Chinese Drama - 2024, 40 episodes
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9. The Woman Who Plays
Korean Drama - 2024, 16 episodes
This one is a real surprise - I avoided it, due to the marketing (the all-pink poster and other posters were/are a put-off), the bit of the first episode I watched, which seemed to be all gangstery and also silly, and just a story I thought I wasn't interested in. But I gave it another chance, after reading many positive reviews and comments about it - that it had heart, etc. - and I love it! Perhaps I should say, I love Seo Ji Hwan by Um Tae Goo.... and the drama itself.
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10. Is It Fate?
Korean Drama - 2024, 8 episodes