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Mildly Bitter's Musings •

Top 5 K-Dramas of 2025

I only saw about 25 K-dramas this year that I wrote about. And I'm not really sure 10 were worth mentioning. So many shows failed in their second half of the season including ones I started to recommend to people...and that might be more upsetting than ones that were just meh all along.But here are five worth checking out.

I only saw about 25 K-dramas this year that I wrote about. And I'm not really sure 10 were worth mentioning. So many shows failed in their second half of the season including...
Mildly Bitter's Musings •

November 2025: Found Family

I took a little pause in drama watching in November for a big trip to Spain for my birthday. It had been a WHILE since I had traveled to Europe. I started off in Barcelona with a focus on 20th century architecture. Now back to work and reality. And the couple of dramas I finally managed to finish.I truly wasn't sure what exactly The Murky Stream wanted to be. It feels mostly like a historical drama (prepare ye for sadness) and then a bit of a revenge tale. But at nine episodes with an abrupt end...
Mildly Bitter's Musings •

October 2025: Food, Comebacks, and Sexy Bodyguards

Had a fun month with a quick Are You Sure-themed trip to Connecticut. Glamping a la Jimin and Jungkook with less diarrhea but a spider bite. Stll have not encountered any AMAZING dramas lately but I'm watching a mix of old and new ones waiting for the next big hit.

Had a fun month with a quick Are You Sure-themed trip to Connecticut. Glamping a la Jimin and Jungkook with less diarrhea but a spider bite. Stll have not encountered any AMAZING dramas lately but I'm watching a mix of old and new on...
Mildly Bitter's Musings •

September 2025: Throwbacks

But when she gets injured while hiking and is rescued by Yoo Min-woo (Song Seung-heon) her heart beats like it never has before. Min-woo is just back from Italy (where he happened to meet Jung-ah) and has been nursing a broken heart since his fiancee died. Jung-ah has just decided Min-woo will fall for her, but he also finds himself inexplicably drawn to Hye-won. Hye-won is sweet but Jung-jae is boring, patronizing, and infantilizes her. He may have been in her life for a long time, but their re...
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June 2025: Suffering Alone, Stalkers, Borrowed Eyes

All seven members of BTS returned from the military this month. We finally got to peep Min Yoongi at J-Hope's concert and then see his full FACE upon the first OT7 live announcing they will work on an album and a world tour for next spring. My savings account is ready. I also saw Stray Kids during their world tour in NY. We had some adverse weather conditions but after the nightmare of Ateez's NY show last summer we were ready for this one. A good time was had by all. One of my closest friends m...
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February-March 2025: Comic Book Violence, Inner Children, and Bad Princes

Life got away from me with concerts, surgery, and a busy work project. Saw J-Hope's solo show, Hwasa's world tour, and got very buried in my job. But there were a few dramas I wanted to talk about from February and March.Study GroupHappy to see Hwang Min-hyun in a more playful, action-comedy role in this high octane high school drama that feels a bit like Muppet Babies Fight Club.Everything in this show plays delightfully against type. It is centered around a nerdy high school student, Yoon Ga-m...
Mildly Bitter's Musings •

September 2024: Meh Romance

I feel like my drama slump kind of continues. SIGH. There have a been a slew of recent romance dramas but they all started to blur together. Love Next DoorI could not help but see some parallels between Love Next Door and the recent series, Doctor Slump. Here, childhood neighbors Bae Seok-ryu (Jung So-min) and Choi Seung-hyo (Jung Hae-in) haven’t seen each other in a long time. Seok-ryu has been working for a prestigious tech company in the US and is engaged. But she shows up unexpectedly back i...
Mildly Bitter's Musings •

June-July 2024: A Drab Summer of Dramas

What the hell have I been watching all summer? I cannot think of any other time since I started my K-drama journey that I have floundered for so long looking for a show to catch my attention. Even my Korean teacher was complaining about this so I feel like it's not just me. We're having a dud summer of dramas. In less of a review and more of an issue of record-keeping, these are the shows I poked around with this summer but (mostly) could not finish.Missing Crown PrinceThis is the one show I man...
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