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5. : K-Drama OTP(s)?
This is kind of funny because if I think about it, I love kdramas, but I donât think I am person who typically gets all crazy about couple themselves, isolated from the story, or just... IDK, itâs hard to explain. But that aside, I do have an OTP!
Gang Doo and Moon Soo from Just Between Lovers. Will never not love them. My sweet, sweet traumatized babies that grew so much, together and individually. They nailed that sweet, sweet spot of âsort of enemies to friends to loversâ, starting from the kind of wrong foot and then discovering each other - and themselves - layer by layer. Brb I am getting emotional and need to clutch my chest for 5 minutes.
Some other couples I enjoyed.
Both couples in Goblin. While my feelings about some aspects of it all have gotten a lot more ambivalent over the years, I do have to be honest to the part of myself that loves them still rather unconditionally. There was something tragic and beautiful and trying to do right by each other, in the end, that really stuck with me.
Both couples of Run On. Seun Gyeom and Mi Joo make me feel all warm and happy and honestly, I donât know if I want to date either of them or be either of them, so thatâs that.
Although I am prepared to be let down by resolution of Dan Ahâs sexuality storyline resolution, I am still absolutely invested in everything that she and Yeong Hwa got going on. The tension, the redefining of dynamics and power balance, the way he makes her smile and she sees to the heart of his paintings, the way he just wants to get pegged so bad but wonât let her walk all over him as a person and an artist... Sexy.
Dan Oh and Haru from Extraordinary You. Itâs not any sort of life-consuming love for them as a romantic couple, but itâs hard to not to root for them as they face so much together and come through kinder, stronger and more in love. I only want whatâs best for them and, really, who wouldnât?
Bok Joo and Joon Hyung from Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo. Although I donât think Joon Hyung is precious bean that canât do any wrong (there were moments he was kind of a dick, even if it worked in comedic way), their relationship overall developed sweetly and endearingly and I definitely genuinely rooted for them and found them adorable. Also, it was my first kdrama, so they get shoutout for that. If they didnât sell me on kdramas and kdrama romance, I wouldnât be here in the first place.
+ Bonus
Not a kdrama, but Kurodachi from Cherry Magic is definitely got me more emotionally invested than most kdrama couples than Iâve seen. They had their messups, but overall, they were earnest and sweet, and so absolutely adorable and there wasnât one moment where I would feel like I couldnât absolutely root for them as individuals and as a couple.
++ Bonus 2: electric boogaloo Se Ra and Gong Myung from Into the Ring could very well end up here when I have watched more than 3 eps and skipped ahead a bit, because one single post credit scene made me feel more mushy feelings about their budding romance than many epic couples or famous dramas. Also, I adore their âI hate your gutsâ to âI can respect thatâ to âI would literally do the impossible for youâ journey for I am a simple bitch.
13: Top five K-Dramas?
*groans* Itâs such a hard question. I hate ranking things. So I will only rank my favorite and the rest will be a random ass mess and I donât know if I will stop at 5. This is my blog, I alter the rules as I please. *distressed noises*
1. Just Between Lovers. Iâve not been shy about loving this drama. I could ramble and ramble about it, but to preserve everyone involved, I will just say itâs, to me, the perfect ensemble story of gradual healing and overcoming trauma as found family. It hits like a freight train, but somehow you are put back together better than before. Itâs sweet, itâs tragic, itâs funny in places and itâs comforting in this one big package. Itâs embedded itself in part of my heart, a promise and understanding all at once. âMaybe itâs not the time, yet, but you will heal. I believe in you.â And it makes me want to believe it, too.
Itâs Okay, Thatâs Love. I donât know how this would hold up, if I watched it now, and I am not saying it was perfect every step along the way, but in the end, it made me cry and it made me hopeful all at once, it comforted me in times when I really needed those exact words spoken to me and there was something so lovely about this found family.
Run On is tentatively on the list, because they might still absolutely tank it in the last 6 episodes, but I really want to believe they wonât, despite my previously mentioned lack of faith in quality wrap-up of a storyline. But even so, what it has already given to me, wonât lose its meaning if that happens. (Hah, do you get that convoluted reference?) And what it has given me is comforting, soft, character-driven story with cast full with compelling characters, many different friendships and a world that feels alive with many tiny details, yet not bloated. Itâs story of healing and communication, a glimpse into profession I used to dream about, it makes me want to think about who I want to be as a person and believe just a little I could become them.
Goblin. Again, more ambivalent about it these days, but I canât deny the power it had on me back when I watched it, from cinematography to use of OSTs which still remain some of my all time favorites, to the relationships between the four leads and the found family of it all. (Are we sensing a pattern here?)
To. Jenny It revealed the meaning of comfort show to me. Itâs short and sweet and, in some ways, absolute musical nonsense. It injects seratonin directly into my brain and I have rewatched it like 4 or 5 times which is genuinely a record for me.
+ Bonus Cherry Magic. Sort of same as with To. Jenny, this is probably be going to be my comfort show if I ever get over the cringe of my failed fanfic attempt that haunts me three weeks later like some kind of disfigured ghoul. The show itself just makes me feel things which isnât that easy to do.
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