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My Liberation Diary: My Liberation Notes Season 1, Ep 0
Three siblings, exhausted by the monotony of day-to-day adulthood, seek to find fulfillment and freedom from their unremarkable lives. [more inside]
Tomorrow: Tomorrow Season 1, Ep 0
Made half-human and half-spirit by accident, a young man is employed by a company of grim reapers in the underworld to carry out special missions. [more inside]
The Office Blind Date: aka Business Proposal Season 1, Ep 0
In disguise as her friend, Ha-ri shows up to a blind date to scare him away. But plans go awry when he turns out to be her CEO — and makes a proposal. [more inside]
Twenty Five Twenty One: Twenty Five Twenty One Season 1, Ep 0
In a time when dreams seem out of reach, a teen fencer pursues big ambitions and meets a hardworking young man who seeks to rebuild his life. [more inside]
Meteorological Administration People: Office Romance Cruelty: aka Forecasting Love & Weather Season 1, Ep 0
Inside a national weather service, love proves just as difficult to predict as rain or shine for a diligent forecaster and her free-spirited co-worker. [more inside]
Thirty Nine: Thirty-Nine Season 1, Ep 0
Leaning on each other through thick and thin, a trio of best friends stand together as they experience life, love and loss on the brink of turning 40. [more inside]
Juvenile Justice: Juvenile Justice Season 1, Ep 0
A prickly judge who despises juvenile criminals arrives at a juvenile court, where she takes on a complex role examining punishment for young offenders. [more inside]
Vincenzo: Vincenzo Season 1, Ep 0
A mafia consigliere heads to South Korea to claim a gold stash that's hidden in the basement of a commercial building. However, he soons finds himself drawn into a legal battle against a corrupt pharmaceutical company. [more inside]
Our Beloved Summer: Our Beloved Summer Season 1, Ep 0
Years after filming a viral documentary in high school, two bickering ex-lovers get pulled back in front of the camera — and into each other's lives. [more inside]
Hotel Del Luna: Hotel del Luna (Full Season) Season 1, Ep 0
When he's invited to manage a hotel for dead souls, an elite hotelier gets to know the establishment's ancient owner and her strange world. [more inside]
The Silent Sea: The Silent Sea (Full Season) Season 1, Ep 0
During a perilous 24-hour mission on the moon, space explorers try to retrieve samples from an abandoned research facility steeped in classified secrets. (Netflix) [more inside]
The King's Affection: The King's Affection (all episodes) Season 1, Ep 0
When the crown prince is killed, his twin sister assumes the throne while trying to keep her identity and affection for her first love a royal secret. [more inside]
Gukyeongi: Inspector Koo (aka A Wonderful Sight) Season 1, Ep 0
A reclusive ex-cop reenters the game as an insurance investigator, searching for clues in crime scenes perfectly staged by a serial killer in her midst. (Kdrama adaptation of Killing Eve) [more inside]
Movie: Miss Granny (Soo-sang-han geun-yeo)
A 74-year-old widow realizes she is becoming a burden on her family. She mysteriously regains her physical appearance from the age of 20. (2014 Korean film version) [more inside]
Gaetmaeul Chachacha: Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha Season 1, Ep 0
A big-city dentist opens up a practice in a close-knit seaside village, home to a charming jack-of-all-trades who is her polar opposite in every way. [more inside]
Squid Game: Full Season Season 1, Ep 0
Hundreds of cash-strapped players accept a strange invitation to compete in children's games. Inside, a tempting prize awaits — with deadly high stakes.
Eung-dab-ha-ra 1997: Reply 1997 (aka Answer Me 1997) Season 1, Ep 0
Set in the 1990's, the drama centers around a female high school student Shi Won, who idolizes boyband H.O.T and her 5 high school friends in Busan. The timeline moves back and forth between their past as 18-year-old high schoolers in 1997 and their present as 33-year-olds at their high school reunion dinner in 2012, where one couple will announce that they're getting married. [more inside]
Seulgiroun Euisasaenghal: Hospital Playlist - Season 2 (Hospital Playlist 2) Season 2, Ep 0
In its second season, the story of five friends and doctors continues. Together, they navigate the daily ups and downs of being doctors. They experience hardships, new loves, losses, and heartbreaks both within the hospital and in their personal lives. [more inside]
Seulgirowun Gamppangsaenghwal: Prison Playbook (aka Smart Prison Living) Season 1, Ep 0
With his major league baseball debut right around the corner, a star pitcher lands in prison and must learn to navigate his new world. [more inside]
Neoneun Naeui Bom: You Are My Spring Season 1, Ep 0
A hotel concierge and a psychiatrist with traumatic childhoods form a heartfelt bond when they become entangled in a perplexing local murder case. [more inside]
Algoissjiman: Nevertheless Season 1, Ep 0
The intoxicating charm of a flirtatious art school classmate pulls a reluctant love cynic into a friends-with-benefits relationship. [more inside]
Raketsonyeondan: Racket Boys - Season 1 Season 1, Ep 1
A city kid is brought to the countryside by his father's new coaching gig; reviving a ragtag middle school badminton team on the brink of extinction. [more inside]
Seulgiroun Euisasaenghal: Hospital Playlist - Season 1 Season 1, Ep 0
Hospital Playlist tells the story of five doctors who have been friends since they entered medical school in 1999. [more inside]
Mine: Season 1 - all episodes Season 1, Ep 0
Encaged in a gold-clad life of secrets and lies, two women in a conglomerate family seek to topple all that stands in their way of finding true joy. (Netflix, tvN Korea) [more inside]
Yi Guyeokui Michin X: Mad For Each Other Season 1, Ep 0
Bothered to realize they are next-door neighbors and share a psychiatrist, a man and a woman find it's impossible to stay out of each other's way. [more inside]
Alhambeura Goongjeonui Chooeok: (Memories of the Alhambra) Season 1, Ep 0
While looking for the cryptic creator of an innovative augmented-reality game, an investment firm executive meets a woman who runs a hostel in Spain. (Netflix, tvN) [more inside]
Something in the Rain: Pretty Sister Who Buys Me Food Season 1, Ep 0
Son Ye Jin, from Crash Landing on You, is the female lead for Something in the Rain, a Korean drama from 2018 about an older woman/younger man romance, with lots of family drama, and women fighting against the patriarchy. Taboos will be broken! [more inside]
Navillera: Navillera (Nabillera, Like A Butterfly) Season 1, Ep 0
A 70-year-old with a dream and a 23-year-old with a gift lift each other out of harsh realities and rise to the challenge of becoming ballerinos. (Netflix, tVN Korea) [more inside]
Run On: Run On Season 1, Ep 0
Veering off course from his preset path, a track star follows his own pace and heart for the first time after a film translator steps into his life. (Netflix, jTBC Korea) [more inside]
The Uncanny Counter: Season One Season 1, Ep 0
Noodle shop employees by day and demon hunters by night, the Counters use special abilities to chase down malevolent spirits that prey on humans. Circumstances bring So Mun, a high school student, into their circle. [more inside]
Be Melodramatic: Be Melodramatic (Melo is My Nature, Melloga Chejil) Season 1, Ep 0
A slice-of-life drama about three best friends working in Korea's entertainment industry. Very little melodrama; more than a little meta. [more inside]
Strongest Deliveryman: Strongest Deliveryman (Choigangbaedalkkun) - Full Season Season 1, Ep 0
Two gutsy food delivery workers strive to overcome their socioeconomic disadvantages to achieve big goals -- and bump into love along the way. (Netflix, KBS2 Korea) [more inside]
Start-Up: Start-Up (Seutateueob) - Full Season Season 1, Ep 0
Young entrepreneurs aspiring to launch virtual dreams into reality compete for success and love in the cutthroat world of Korea's high-tech industry. (Netflix, tvN) [more inside]
Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol: Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol Season 1, Ep 0
A riches-to-rags pianist who loses everything but her smile is guided by twinkling little stars to a small town where she finds hope, home and love. (Netflix, KBS2 Korea) [more inside]
Forest of Secrets: Season 2 (aka Stranger 2, Forest of Secrets 2) - all episodes Season 2, Ep 0
The prosecutor's office and the police find themselves on opposing sides. The prosecutors, including elite prosecutor Woo Tae Ha, want discretionary power over investigations. Meanwhile, the police, including Choi Bit, tries to get complete investigative authority that is independent of the prosecutor's office. Under this tense situation, Prosecutor Hwang Shi Mok and Detective Han Yeo Jin chase after the truth in a hidden case. (Netflix, tvN Korea) [more inside]
The School Nurse Files: Season 1 Season 1, Ep 0
Wielding a light-up sword through the dark corners of a high school, a nurse with an unusual gift protects students from monsters only she can see. (Netflix, 6 episodes) [more inside]
Chicago Typewriter: Chicago Typewriter (Sikago Tajagi) Season 1, Ep 0
A veterinarian and two writers have a mysterious connection to Korean independence fighters from the Japanese colonial period. (Netflix, tvN Korea) [more inside]
Kdrama Watchlist
Here's a thread for posting about what kdramas are in your to-be-watched list, or what shows you hope to see posted to Fanfare, or, just, anything to do with kdrama that doesn't already have a spot on the purple.
Was It Love: Was It Love? Season 1, Ep 0
When four very different men appear in her life, a single mother who hasn't dated in years begins to rediscover love — and herself. (Netflix, jTBC Korea) [more inside]
Romance Is a Bonus Book: Romaenseuneun Byulchaekboorok Season 1, Ep 0
A gifted writer who's the youngest editor-in-chief ever at his publishing company gets enmeshed in the life of a former copywriter desperate for a job. (Netflix, tvN Korea) [more inside]
Forest of Secrets: (aka Stranger) Episodes 1 & 2 Season 2, Ep 1
On a foggy night, two college students drown at the beach. While Si-mok investigates, Yeo-jim tracks down a man who was at the scene of the incident. / Police and prosecutors each prepare members for joint discussions on investigative authority. Dong-jae brings Woo Tae-ha some cases of interest. (tvN Korea, Netflix) [more inside]
It's Okay to Not Be Okay: It's Okay to Not Be Okay (Saikojiman Gwaenchanha, Psycho But It's Ok) Season 1, Ep 0
A road to emotional healing opens up for an antisocial children's book writer and a selfless psych ward caretaker when they cross paths. (tvN Korea, Netflix) [more inside]
Another Miss Oh: Oh Hae-Young Again (Ddo Oh Hae Yeong) Season 1, Ep 0
A sound director who suddenly starts getting visions of someone else's future gets mired in the lives of two women, who happen to share the same name. (tvN Korea, Netflix) [more inside]
Should we have a Kdrama club on Fanfare?
Is there any interest in having a Kdrama club on Fanfare? [more inside]
Dear My Friends: Full Season 1 (Also Known As: My Dear Friend, Dieo Mai Peurenjeu) Season 1, Ep 0
Life is ever-delightful — and ever-challenging — for a group of friends in their twilight years as they rediscover themselves through love and family. (Netflix, tvN Korea) [more inside]
Mystic Pop-up Bar: Ssanggabpocha - Season 1 Season 1, Ep 0
A young man with an unique ability begins working for a centuries-old bar owner who resolves her customers' emotional troubles by entering their dreams. (Netflix, jTBC Korea, webtoon adaptation) [more inside]
It's Okay to Not Be Okay: The Boy Who Fed on Nightmares; The Lady In Red Shoes (episodes 1 & 2) Season 1, Ep 1
Moon Gang-Tae has a striking run-in with his brother's favorite author, Ko Mun-Yeong, when she comes to his hospital to read to the children./ Mun-yeong invites Moon Sang-tae to a book signing event that ends with a nasty commotion. (Netflix, tvN Korea) [more inside]
The King: Eternal Monarch: Season 1 - all episodes (aka The King: Youngwonui Gunjoo) Season 1, Ep 0
A modern-day Korean emperor passes through a mysterious portal and into a parallel world, where he encounters a feisty police detective. (Netflix, SBS) [more inside]
Because This Is My First Life: Ibeon Saengeun Cheoeumira, aka Because This Life Is Our First Season 1, Ep 0
Two housemates get married for convenience, but discover nothing is simple when it comes to demanding in-laws, or facing their growing bond. (Netflix, tvN Korea) [more inside]
Deserving of the Name: aka Live Up To Your Name, aka Myeongbulheojeon, Season 1 Season 1, Ep 0
Pushed together by twists of time, a Joseon doctor and a cardiac surgeon overcome their 400-year divide as they learn and heal through each other. (Netflix, tvN Korea) [more inside]