Tag: korean
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How to Meet a Perfect Neighbor: Character Introductions
by: Raine — Inspired by uri oppa, Park Shi-hoo, I began How to Be a Perfect Neighbor despite its mixed reviews. I hope to not only be able to sit through the drama, but actually enjoy it. As I progress, I will update the character profiles and I may include a few spoilers that will…
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Flower Boy Ramyun Shop: Thoughts on Episodes 3 & 4
by: Raine Flower Boy Ramyun Shop has exceeded my expectations. What began as a hokey high school drama has turned into a show makes use of extremes and juxtaposes them in subtle ways. It may seem like a contradictory statement, but normally one finds that when extremes are used for comedic effect, it often loses…
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Favorite K-drama Moments: Introduction
by: Raine — (Flower Boy Ramyun Shop‘s Lee Chung-ah as Yang Eun-bi. Image courtesy of MadDino.) There are so many beautiful moments in K-drama. They are what make you sit down time and time again to suffer through the exhausted tropes and infuriating endings. They suck you in and cause involuntary replays. I want to…
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Classical Music in Pop Culture: Sumi Jo
by: Raine — Before I begin, I would like to ask you watch and listen to the Youtube examples I have posted. You don’t have to watch the entire video, but please do watch the times that I have pointed out. I will give you things to listen for. I don’t expect you to like…
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Park Shi-hoo the Mini-series: The Kisser
by: Raine — (Kim Seung-yoo kissing Lee Se-ryung’s scar from when she took an arrow for him in The Princess’ Man. In case you didn’t know by now, that’s uri Park Shi-hoo and Moon Chae-won. ) And now for our favorite installment (or perhaps I’m projecting): the smooches. As I was preparing for his post,…
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Featured Blogs: Dramabeans
by: Raine and guest blogger, thejawavillager — If you’re an English speaker and you watch K-drama, you’ve probably heard of this first featured blog. It is the foremost English language K-drama website out there. It’s cleverly written, well-designed, pretty to look at, easy to navigate and chock full of personality. If I may, please give…
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Featured Drama Blogs: Introduction
by: Raine — I always see blogs in blogrolls and wonder how and why they got there. After I click a link, sometimes it takes a while to peruse a site to get a feel for it. Sometimes its nice to know what other people think of the site before wasting time that I could…
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