Author: Rahul M

On the next episode of MBC’s “To the Moon,” Ra Mi Ran will embark on a quest to persuade Lee Sun Bin and Jo Aram to invest in cryptocurrency! Based on the novel of the same name, “To the Moon” tells the story of three women from humble backgrounds who, struggling to live on their salaries alone, turn to cryptocurrency investing. Spoilers The first episode of “To the Moon” depicted the everyday struggles of Jung Da Hae (Lee Sun Bin), Kang Eun Sang (Ra Mi Ran), and Kim Ji Song (Jo Aram), three Marron Confectionery employees whose futures at their…

Yoon Hyun Min will be caught off guard by an unexpected confession on the next episode of KBS 2TV’s “Our Golden Days”! Starring Jung In Sun, Jung Il Woo, and Yoon Hyun Min, “Our Golden Days” is a drama based on the idea that everyone experiences their own “glory days”—whether in the present, the past, or the future still to come. Spoilers Previously on “Our Golden Days,” Park Sung Jae (Yoon Hyun Min) has long harbored an unrequited love for Ji Eun Oh (Jung In Sun), remaining steadfastly by her side. When Eun Oh was rejected by Lee Ji Hyuk…

The copycat killer on SBS’s “Queen Mantis” will stream his next crime live. A remake of the French series “La Mante,” “Queen Mantis” is a crime thriller starring Go Hyun Jung as Jung Yi Shin, a famous serial killer nicknamed “The Mantis” who brutally murdered five men 20 years ago and has been imprisoned ever since. When a new serial killer emerges, copying The Mantis’s distinctive style, the police approach Jung Yi Shin for her assistance in solving the case. Jang Dong Yoon stars as Jung Yi Shin’s estranged son Cha Soo Yeol, a detective who has hated his mother…

Get ready for an eventful double date on the next episode of JTBC’s “A Hundred Memories”! Set in the 1980s, “A Hundred Memories” is a nostalgic coming-of-age romance drama about the friendship between two young bus attendants, Go Young Rye (Kim Da Mi) and Seo Jong Hee (Shin Ye Eun), and their shared first love Han Jae Pil (Heo Nam Jun). Spoilers On the second episode of the drama, Go Young Rye, Seo Jong Hee, and Han Jae Pil unexpectedly crossed paths at a quadruple blind date. A reluctant Jae Pil was pressured into attending by his friend Ma Sang…

Get ready to feel the butterflies on the next episode of tvN’s “Bon Appétit, Your Majesty”! Based on a popular web novel, “Bon Appétit, Your Majesty” is a fantasy romance drama starring Girls’ Generation’s Lim Yoona as Yeon Ji Young, an award-winning French chef who winds up traveling 500 years back into the past. There, she meets despotic king Lee Heon (Lee Chae Min), who is known as the worst of tyrants—and who also happens to be a discerning gourmet. Spoilers Previously on “Bon Appétit, Your Majesty,” Yeon Ji Young and Lee Heon grew closer as they prepared for the…

A new drama has joined the weekend ratings battle! On September 19, MBC’s new drama “To the Moon” aired its first episode. According to Nielsen Korea, the premiere of the new series starring Lee Sun Bin, Ra Mi Ran, Jo Aram, and Kim Young Dae scored an average nationwide rating of 2.8 percent. SBS’s “Queen Mantis,” which airs in the same time slot as “To the Moon,” continued its reign as the most-watched Friday-Saturday miniseries of the night. The mystery thriller kicked off the second half of its run on an average nationwide rating of 6.6 percent. Finally, JTBC’s “My…

PREVIOUS RECAPS: Episode One // Episode Two // Episode Three // Episode Four // Episode Five // Episode Six // Episode Seven // Episode Eight // Episode Nine // Episode Ten // Episode Eleven Are you guys still with me? Even as these recaps become mostly copy-and-paste from wikipedia? I always commit to seeing things through until the end, but that doesn’t mean I have to do a great job seeing them through! The truth is, I’ve mostly stopped watching this series in favor of simply familiarizing myself with highlights — probably similar to what most of you are doing…

When Taemin released his single Veil last week, I was surprised it wasn’t paired with a music or performance video. After all, he’s one of K-pop’s premiere visual artists, with choreography and sheer star presence often elevating the songs themselves. It turns out we just needed to wait a few days before that video materialized. Of course, this blog isn’t often concerned with the music videos. I watch them all and I watch some of them many times, but I’m much more liable to enjoy the music on its own merits. When it comes to Taemin’s solo work, I have…

Japanese girl group XG are gearing up for their first full-length album next January, and given J-pop’s extended promotional period its main single has dropped a few months early. Thus far, XG’s output can usually be slotted into three distinct categories: hip-hop, dance and r&b. GALA finds a way to combine these genres into something much more ambitious. I don’t think this song is perfect, and I’ll get into why later, but I’m heartened by the fact that the producers seemed to sit down and actually say “let’s make something cool and different a bit daring.” In a climate of…

Netflix has dropped a new teaser for its upcoming romantic comedy series “Romantics Anonymous”! Based on the French film of the same name, “Romantics Anonymous” follows the love story of a chocolatier who suffers from scoptophobia—an extreme fear of being stared at—after she gets hired at a small chocolate store. Han Hyo Joo stars as Lee Hana, a gifted chocolatier who hides behind anonymity due to her crippling fear of social interactions and eye contact. Oguri Shun plays Sosuke Fujiwara, the new owner of a renowned chocolate shop whose own traumatic past has left him unable to endure physical contact.…