Part 2
Healer
Even if I am not much into action, Healer is on my Top 3 kdramas. Besides action it is a very romantic drama with less tropes than usual. It was a big international success but it is said that it did not reach the heart of the south koreans. I wonder why because Healer is enormous!
The hero is an anti hero. A kind of mercenary (private secret agent?). In the plot he is working for a famous journalist and then he will work undercover as a shy and clumsy reporter assistant. I love this because it has sweet Clark Kent’s vibes.
Action, Romance and melodrama will be very balanced and the pace is so good in my opinion.The icing on the cake is the steamy and intense romance with a very unexpected love triangle: One side is our right and smart FL and the two other sides are our mysterious hero whose face is unknown to FL and at last his alter-ego, her shy and coward assistant. In another words, he will be his own competitor in the love triangle.
While You Were Sleeping
The best first episode ever! But it keeps a fast pacing with a very good plot and a wonderful second male lead I want to take home... Romance, comedy, thriller.
A woman starts to dream of the future and starts to find a way to avoid the bad things she foresaw to happen.
W - Two Worlds
Fantasy: ML is a hero from a comic book, so clichés must be forgiven. The actor is the same as the ML of While You Were Sleeping, he is so cute, isn’t he?
Our FL enters the world of the comic book her father is writing to become its main female character. ?I think it is overall very creative and high quality drama, though I skipped some of the thriller parts because it does not fit my taste completely. Funny, romantic, steamy, with some action and mystery.
Crash Landing on You (CLOY)
One of the most popular dramas ever. An important South Korean businesswoman falls (parachute) in North Korea and is kept by a group of soldiers. Oh My God, this plot is amazing: great comedy, intense impossible romance, suspense, action. Great production, amazing secondary characters, beautiful cinematography. A classic!
Descendants of The Sun
A great production like Crash Landing on You with two good love stories and many action. A Classic!
Chicago Typewriter
It is a different drama where we watch our main leads in two timelines (reincarnations). I love very much the story happening in the past and all suspense related to it. Specially the identity of the ghost-writer, our marvelous second lead (yes, a second lead syndrome, we take a little time to appreciate our ML ).
Goblin
Fantasy and romance for a beautiful love stories between an immortal and a young lady. Also the second couple has a great plot. This drama has a sad note all along, it is a great production with elements of comedy, drama and mystery. Some people do not like it because of the seemingly age difference between ML and FL who meets ML when she has not completed 18. Years sill pass by and mist importantly he is hundred years aged, so anyway age difference is meaningless, in my pov. Anyway, it is epic!
The Legend of the Blue Sea
A fantasy romantic drama. ML is a con-artist and FL is very kind-hearted. Though some clichés it is a sweet rom-com full of funny moments. Part of the drama is out of Seoul. No love triangles.