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We have a winner, and the next show we’re discussing on Operation: Kdrama Chat will be God’s Quiz. It’s not the one I voted for, but I’ve heard good things about it, and I’m looking forward to watching it.

So here we go. We have Han Jin Woo, a quirky genius doctor who’s just changing jobs from doing active surgery to work more in research, I think. When he gets there, his mentor has pulled a bait and switch on him and assigned him to work with a mixed team of people that do more than just an autopsy to figure out cause of death. That means that in conjunction with the autopsy, they work with a police detective to go on site to homes and workplaces to figure out what could have happened. In this respect, it’s very episodic, meaning the mystery is solved by the end of the show. I’ve heard — and I’ll have to trust you on this, Stephanie — that there’s a season-long story arc as well.

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Tags: Crime, God's Quiz, Kdrama, Korean Drama, Medical, Mystery, Operation: Kdrama Chat, Ryu Duk Hwan, Yoon Joo Hee

I was watching dramas with my niece, which I do on a regular basis, and while we were laughing, crying, and making snarky comments, I realized, “hey, I can blog this.” And before I could even bring it up to ask her if it was alright, she told me — out of the blue — that if I talk about her on my blog I should call her The Mystical Being of Unicorns (aka TMBoU, pronounced like “timbough”, she says) which cracked me up so much that it’s exactly what I’m gonna do from now on. So here I am, introducing a new section to my blog that shall be called Imo & Joka Update.

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Tags: Buzzer Beat, Japanese Drama, Jdrama, Last Cinderella, Nobuta wo Produce

The votes for the theme poll have been counted, and we had a record turnout this time, but it was still a close race. Working 9 to 5 won in the end, so we’ve got ourselves a workplace drama to choose next. Our three choices are:

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Tags: Doctor Champ, God's Quiz, Kdrama, Korean Drama, Operation: Kdrama Chat, Protect the Boss

Our Barefoot Friends Club at DramaFever went live this week. It was a lot of fun to watch the show with Stephanie and kfangurl, and I’m really looking forward to next week’s episode. You can read the posts at DramaFever:

Barefoot Friends Episode 2: The Lowdown
Barefoot Friends Episode 2: The Throwdown
Barefoot Friends Episode 2: The Scorecard

All future posts for the Barefoot Friends club will be linked through my Barefoot at DramaFever page over in the sidebar.

Hope you have as much fun watching and reading as we did!

Tags: Barefoot Friends, DramaFever, Variety Show

I can’t believe it’s already time for another Theme Poll, but here we are, two weeks from the end of our discussion of Bridal Mask. It’s been an intense ride for the last month at Operation: Kdrama Chat, so we’re hoping to lighten it up a little bit with our new theme choices, which are:

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Tags: Operation: Kdrama Chat

Exciting news! I’m gonna be blogging about Barefoot Friends with the girls from Crazy for Kdrama and The Fangirl Verdict for the DramaFever Blog! I know, I can’t quite believe it either — it seems like only yesterday I was watching my first drama and blogging wasn’t even a kernel of an idea. A cast introduction post, written by Stephanie of Crazy for Kdrama, went up today to make it all official, and our first group post will go up on Thursday.

I watched the first episode as soon as it came out and enjoyed it immensely. Of course, the main reasons I even tried the show out in the first place are Yoon Si Yoon and Uee, but I can see that there’ll be many more reasons to keep watching it as we go on. I can’t wait to see the cast settle into their new roles and friendships as we get to know them along the way.

Come join us as we head into our new adventure!

Tags: Barefoot Friends, Uee, Variety Show, Yoon Si Yoon

I watch a lot of dramas, more than I usually mention here, since I’m always trying out this one and that one to see what sticks. Recently, I decided to try A Gentleman’s Dignity, which had been recommended many times by Stephanie over at Crazy for Kdrama. Our tastes are similar enough, that I should have known I’d love it. In fact, I loved it so much that I marathoned it over a week and a half, too fast to even do an Initial Thoughts post here.

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Tags: 5-Star, A Gentleman's Dignity, Jang Dong Gun, Kdrama, Kim Ha Neul, Kim Jung Nan, Kim Min Jong, Kim Soo Ro, Korean Drama, Lee Jong Hyuk, Lee Jong Hyun, Romantic Comedy, Yoon Jin Yi, Yoon Se Ah

It’s been a crazy week at Operation: Kdrama Chat. Harvest Villa wasn’t quite what everyone was hoping for, and the discussion has been getting smaller and smaller every time, until we finally put it to a poll to see if we should continue. The answer was an overwhelming “No”, so we put another show poll up with Breakout, Ghost, and a new one, Bridal Mask, as options (for those that want to finish Harvest Villa, there will be discussions on Tuesdays and Fridays if you want to chime in). In another close race, Bridal Mask was chosen as our new thriller, and from what I’ve heard about it, we’ll have a lot to talk about. And now, on to my initial thoughts!

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Tags: Action, Joo Won, Kdrama, Korean Drama, Melodrama, Operation: Kdrama Chat, Park Ki Woong, Thriller

And now for something that makes me smile while I’m waiting for the weekend (and more dramas), I present to you a video of Kim Jong Kook of Running Man from the mid-90s when he was in a dance band called Turbo. For those who don’t watch Running Man, I think the fact that Kim Jong Kook’s nicknames are “Mr. Capable”, “Tiger”, and “Spartakook” might give you an idea of his character on the show and why finding this video surprised me (hint: he’s not the rapper).

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Tags: Big Bang, Black Cat, Ha Ha, Kim Jong Kook, Running Man, Turbo, Variety Show

Usually, by the time I’m 18 episodes into a drama, an Initial Thoughts post is kinda beside the point, but in this case I’m only a third of the way along. That’s right, I’m watching my first family drama, Ojakgyo Brothers, and it weighs in at 58 episodes. I’ve been hearing good things about it since I started watching dramas last year, plus it has Joo Won in it, so I decided to try it out, and I’m glad I did.

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Tags: Baek Il Sub, Choi Jung Yoon, Family Drama, Joo Won, Jung Woong In, Kdrama, Kim Ja Ok, Korean Drama, Ryu Soo Young, Uee, Yun Woo Jin