[2022] Reborn Rich - 재벌집 막내아들 - Episode 04

 I totally forgot to comment on episode 03.  I finished watching that and then moved on to the next episode.  I started watching this episode but had to abandon it because about 20 minutes in, the video screwed up and I couldn't get the episode to work.  I tried closing out all the windows and it still wouldn't work.  I rebooted my laptop and still, the video was working but the CC was not working.  Then the video was distorted and it lagged.  I went to FAQ and saw a big message that they were aware of the issue with the site being watched on Edge.  I switched to Firefox but had the same results.  I decided I'd check again in a few days and I spent time watching other non Asian shows in the meantime.  Today I checked Reborn Rich and it is working again.

I have 25 minutes to go to the end and so far, it was pretty uneventful until NOW.  At the 40 min mark more or less is when what I thought was going to happen, actually happened.  

I was thinking the end of this ep was going to go one way but then I thought it might be a set up for the benefit of someone's ears.  Do Jun is a smart kid and the convo he had with his grandfather might have been why he set this up.  Then again, I really suck at predicting outcomes unless they're pretty obvious.  Actually, sometimes even when they're obvious I don't see it coming.

Well, with about 15 minutes more left, the last 10 minutes proved me right and wrong.  Part of what I suspected was right but the rest of it, the one I suspected of being shady (because they made it too obvious I guess) is not the one that is betraying the family!

[2023] Have a Crush on You ~ 听说你喜欢我

 AKA Dear Doctor, Have a Crush on You or Love Heals

Synopsis from MyDramaList.com sounds like the Kdrama "Emergency Couple" which I really liked.  I'm going to watch some of the first episode tonight and will finish it off tomorrow after work.

I didn't copy the whole summary because it sounds like there might be a bit of a spoiler there!

"Ruan Liu Zheng returns to her hometown after 7 yearas and becomes a neurosurgeon at Bei Ya Hospital.  However, she did not expect to meet her ex-husband, Ning Zhi Qian, who is the most experienced neurosurgeon at Bei Yah Hospital. 

Ning Zhi Qian volunteers to be Ruan Liu Zheng's mentor in order to make up for the hurt he caused her.  Ruan Liu Zheng is no longer a weak and timid girl and shows resolute determination in both her work and relationship. During work, Ruan Liu Zheng clashes with Ning Zhi Qian but also works alongside him to save lives.  

[2023] Crash Course in Romance - Ep 01 (You and I, The Intersection of Two Universes)

We meet Nam Haeng-Seon and Choi Chi-Yeol in the first few minutes of the episode before we get to meet these 3 HS kids. One of them is Nam Hae-E (Roh Yoon-Seo).  I didn't catch the names of the other 2, a boy and girl.  As expected there's a rich kid, this time a female, who likes to taunt Hae-E and her 2 friends about how well they didn't do on their exams.

The rich girl gets picked up from school by her mother and gossips about how it sounds to her like the kids screwed up on their mock exams.  The girl says she might have the highest score this year.  Her mother gets excited but then tones it down so as not to jinx the outcome of the actual exam.  Her mother says she has bad news for her and the kid said she's "feeling generous" so she'll allow her to say it.  Her mother confesses that she couldn't get her a front seat at the exam class and the girl flips.

After watching a bit more, Hae-E's guy friend is Sun-Jae and it seems he's got a little crush on her.

Forgot to mention that Lee Bong-Ryun is in this. She was in Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha and Extraordinary Attorney Woo.

Haeng-Seon (who runs a side dish store) is Hae-E's mother.

After one of Chi-Yoel's classes, he's mobbed by the female students on his way to the elevator.  There's a girl who yells out that she made cookies for him and he hits the "close doors" button.  The girl, unphased by the rudeness, doesn't dissuade her from pursuing him.  

As he's walking out of the elevator, he's called by one of the school's employees.  Chi Yeol's assistant tries to mouth her name to him and he ends up calling her the wrong name.  She's annoyed but tells him she has a friend she wants to set him up with.  He politely declines by telling her he'd rather meet someone naturally.  The woman says her friend is a pianist and she's gorgeous but Chi Yeol still says "I'm good" and walks away with his assistant who says "I'm sorry" as he walks away.

This episode brings a "sticky situation" for Chi Yoel and a secret about Hae-E and her mother.  

Good drama so far!

[2023] Crash Course in Romance

Next Kdrama,  No special reason that I picked it. 

Synopsis from Asianwiki (with some changes I made):

Nam Haeng-Seon used to be a national athlete and now runs a side dish store.  She has a super positive personality.  She decides to enter the private education field preparing students for their university entrance exams.  Unexpectedly, she gets involved with Choi Chi-Yoel

Choi Chi-Yeol is a popular instructor in the private education field.  He works hard at his job.  With his students, he speaks without reserve and implements showmanship in his lessons.  He is wealthy and famous as well as popular but with increasing success he has become more sensitive, prickly and indifferent to people.  

Then he meets Nam Haeng-Seon with her super positive personality.  The relationship between them develops romanitcally.

I am a few minutes into the first episode and I see that Roh Yoon-Seo whom I LOVED in "Our Blues" is also in this.  

SIDE NOTE:

I am also going to restart 2 other Kdramas.  A Korean Odyssey cuz I really liked it and cuz Lee Seung-Gi and Lee Hong-Ki are in it.  I also really like Cha Seung-Won.  I wish Lee Hong-Ki did more dramas!

Also going to restart  The King: Eternal Monarch.  I hate Lee Min-Ho so very very much but I LOVE Kim Go-Eun so I'm okay with tolerating him.  I really liked this and I think I was almost done with it but it got left behind just like A Korean Odyssey.

Kiriko's Crime Diary on NHK

 Decided to watch this one next!

Fill in the Blanks (Kuuhaku wo Mitashinasai) - Episode 05

 Chika reveals to Tetsuo that before they started dating, she used to pass out.  It stopped after they started to date but started again after he died.

Tetsuo is at a brand new office belonging to a re-lifer friend and they are discussing an idea for a new business when he gets a call from Chika.  "Thank God you're alive".  Tetsuo learns that a Polish gentleman he met at the re-lifer meeting has gone missing without a trace.  He meets up with Chika and tells her he thinks his time with her will be short.

Tetsuo tries to understand why Chika is passing out again.  The answer may lie in her life with her parents and the way she was treated by them.  It appears the issue lies with her mother.  Tetsuo convinces Chika that it's about time they went to visit her parents since they haven't seen them in a very long time.  Knowing that he may disappear any day, he tells her there's something he has to do.  She reluctantly agrees to go.

When they get to her parent's home, everything seems normal until her mother starts digging into her.  She sits there, takes the verbal abuse in front of Tetsuo and Riku and says nothing.  Tetsuo's eyes start to water as he calmly defends Chicka.  Her mother doesn't let up and Tetsuo calmly continues to defend Chicka as her father begins to tear.   They leave the parent's home and Chika manages to smile a little bit as she turns to look up at her parents before turning around and heading home.

The website says that there are 10 episodes but it's actually only 5.  There are 10 total but 5 are subbed and 5 are dubbed. 

This was a pretty good drama.  Gotta figure out which one I'm going to watch next on this site

Watch the last episode here:  Fill in the Blanks Ep 05 (Final)

[2022] Reborn Rich - 재벌집 막내아들 - Episode 02

Jin Yang Choel died 20 years prior to the unveiling of the bust for which there was a big party at the beginning of episode 1.

At the beginning of episode 2, Hyeon Woo is trying to figure out what's happened to him.  He's still himself but now he's also the youngest child (Jin Do-Jun) of Jin Yang Choel's youngest son (who was basically disowned by the family because he married an actress).  It doesn't take long for Do Jun to realize what this means and he uses his knowledge of the family and of events that have already happened to change the course of history.  He does this a couple of times which eventually leads to Jin Yang Choel to accept his youngest son Jin Young Jae and his family back into his.

By the end of this episode, Hyeon Woo realizes exactly why he has returned as Jin Do-Jun.

[2022] Reborn Rich - 재벌집 막내아들 - Episode 01

 I just finished Behind Every Star.  I'm looking forward to season 2 (not confirmed or even being talked about yet by tvN or Netflix.  The way it ended, it needs a season 2.  I recommend this one!

Okay now, episode 01 of Reborn Rich. I read that this was a good one so I started this one last night. Once again it started off slow for me.  I think I mentioned I figure this is mostly because I don't know who is who yet.  It was slow but interesting.

Yoon Hyeon-Woo has been working for Soonyang Corp for several years.  He was hired when he was just out of school and knows pretty much every little detail about the company.

He's a loyal employee doing as he's asked and doesn't ask any questions.  He also looks after the family and is treated like a servant.  

At a beginning of the episode, the first few minutes are of Hyeon Woo having a large sum of money being deposited into his account.  He walks out of the bank and then we go back (I think it was a week prior?) to see how he got to that point.

The story starts on a day when the unveiling of a bust of the founder of Soonyang, Jin Yang-Cheol was to happen.  Hyeon Woo e meets with a new employee under him, Shin Kyung-Min. Kyung-Min admires Hyeon-Woo and he is completely star struck when he meets him.  He asks Hyeon Woo to teach him everything because he aspires to be just like him.  So Hyeon Woo takes him under his wing.

Just about at the end of this episode, there is a HUGE twist that I didn't see coming at all.  I have to confess though, I'm really bad about predicting where a story is going when I watch American TV shows but Asian dramas are quite predictable when you've watched enough.  I've been watching since the early 90s and this twist got me good.  By the end of this episode I was completely hooked!

REWATCH: [2008] Bara no nai Hanaya - 薔薇のない花屋

 Since I started to watch some new J-dramas, I've fallen in love with them all over again.  I went a lot of years without watching because they were difficult to find with English subs.  After not watching for a few years, I tried to watch some that I found but they didn't really interest me much.

I'm going to re-watch Bara no Nai Hanaya or "Flower Shop Without Roses".  I remember really liking this one and I don't remember it so I'm going to rewatch and see if I still like it.

This drama had 11 episodes and tonight I'm going to watch E01.