ReDramaland Reviews

 -May contain major spoilers- Photo source: TBS A Warmed Up Love - Kono Koi Atatamemasu ka (この恋あたためますか) is a 10-episode TBS romantic Jdrama starring Mori Nana, Nakamura Tomoya, Nakano Taiga and Ishibashi Shizuka. Summary Inoue Kiki ( Mori Nana ) is a 21-year-old ex-idol who was kicked out due to her age and replaced by a younger, more popular girl before her group "Cupid" had its major debut and now works part-time at "Coco Every", a convenience store (something like 7-Eleven). Kiki's only passion is her love for sweets and she likes to review convenience store sweets on her social media.  Asaba Takumi ( Nakamura Tomoya ) is the newly appointed President of "Coco Every". He has a cold personality and does not like sweets due to childhood trauma.  When Kiki and Asaba meet they get off on the wrong foot, but when he sees how accurate Kiki's reviews are, he decides to hire her to help develop new desserts for "Coco Every". Working with her

 -May contain major spoilers- Our Secret Diary (交換ウソ日記) is a Japanese romantic comedy film based on a novel by Sakura Iiyo directed by Takemura Kentaro  and released on July 7, 2023 starring Sakurada Hiyori and Takahashi Fumiya. Summary Kuroda Nozomi ( Sakurada Hiyori ) is in her 2nd year of high school and she is a member of the broadcasting club.  One day after changing classrooms, she finds in her desk a love letter dedicated to the person that sits in that seat.  The letter said "I like you" and was signed by Setoyama Jun ( Takahashi Fumiya ), the most popular guy in high school. She writes a reply thanking him and telling him she's sorry, but she doesn't know him enough and leaves it in his shoe locker.  When Nozomi changes classrooms again she receives a reply where Setoyama tells her that if she doesn't know much about him but wants to know him they should go out (smooth!). Nozomi writes to Setoyama telling him to put his replies in the broadcasting club&

  -May contain major spoilers- This drama contains heavy topics (such as su*cide and self-harm) beware. White Christmas (화이트 크리스마스) is an 8-episode KBS mystery thriller Kdrama (from their Drama Special Series) starring Baek Sung-Hyun, Esom, Kim Young-Kwang, Sung Joon, Lee Soo-Hyuk, Kwak Jung-Wook, Hong Jong-Hyun, Kim Woo-Bin and Kim Sang-Kyung. Summary At a super-elite private boarding school hidden in the mountains named Susin High, 7 high school students decide to stay in the building on the 8 days of winter break after receiving a mysterious black letter that threatens them that after 8 days someone will die under the school clock tower.  The students are: Park Mu-Yeol ( Baek Sung-Hyun ), a model student who is quite upright (and is sort of the leader of this group), Yoon Eun-Sung ( Esom ) Mu-Yeol's ex-girlfriend, she is considered the prettiest girl in school, she is a top student, she used to smile a lot and be very popular but her personality seems to have changed suddenly,

  Photo source: Big Planet Made Viviz is a girl group from the company BPM (Big Planet Made) Entertainment that debuted on February 9, 2022 and consists of 3 members Eunha, SinB and Umji who are former members of the girl group  GFriend  that was dissolved on May 21, 2021.  "MANIAC" is the lead single of their 4th Mini Album Versus. "MANIAC" Review When I heard "MANIAC" for the first time I didn't think much of it (maybe that day I was in a bad mood or maybe Eunha's contact lenses scared me, sorry), but today, when I accidentally listened to it again, I ended up loving it, which is why I'm writing this 1 month late.  The song has a great beat and the bass sounds fantastic. In fact, I feel really bad for not paying much attention to this song earlier. This song feels like a super distant cousin to IVE's " Love Dive " which I also really like and I'm not saying that these songs are similar at all, don't get me wrong, "L

  -May contain major spoilers- Il Mare ( 시월애 ) is a Korean romantic film directed by  Lee Hyun-Seung   and released on September 9, 2000, starring Jun Ji-Hyun and Lee Jung-Jae. Summary On December 21,  1999 Kim Eun-Joo ( Jun Ji-Hyun ), a voice actress, is moving out of her house. Before leaving, she puts a Christmas card in the mailbox for the next owner asking them to forward the mail to her new apartment.  Han Sung-Hyun ( Lee Jung-Jae ), an architect who works as a construction worker, moves into the house and decides to name it "Il Mare" (The Sea in Italian). He reads the card that Eun-Joo put in the mailbox, who also wrote that there were paw prints on the house entrance, but there were none, so he asks in a neighboring store if there were any previous tenants but they tell him that his aunt finished the construction of the house 1 month ago. (How mysterious...) A dog appears in front of Sung-Hyun's house and he decides to adopt it. While he was outside the house, h

  -may contain major spoilers- Photo source: Fuji TV on Demand I Don't Love You Yet (僕はまだ君を愛さないことができる)  is a 16-episode FOD (Fuji TV On Demand) romantic comedy starring Adachi Rika and Shirasu Jin. It's a remake of the 2011 Taiwanese drama In Time With You. Summary Mitarai Yo ( Adachi Rika ) is a successful career woman who works at DIANA (a shoe-making company that exists in real life) designing shoes. Her best friend is Ishida Ren ( Shirasu Jin ), a man who works as a city developer. They met in high school, but due to a misunderstanding, Yo hated Ren. They became friends during a university trip after they both missed the bus and Yo ended up forgetting her prejudice against Ren when they had fun while eating  takoyaki (that she also had a prejudice about) Ren paid for all her food because she had forgotten her wallet at the campsite. On her 29th birthday, Ren invites Yo to have dinner at a bar and celebrate by eating takoyaki, where she tells Ren her worries about being alm

 -May contain major spoilers- Photo source: MBN Perfect Marriage Revenge ( 완벽한 결혼의 정석 ) is a 12-episode MBN revenge and romance Kdrama based on a web novel (2020) and a webtoon (2021) that shares the same name. Starring Jung Yoo-Min, Sung Hoon, Jin Ji-Hee, Lee Min-Young and Oh Seung-Yoon. Summary Ep. 1 Han Yi-Joo ( Jung Yoo-Min ) is a painter and the eldest daughter of Hanwool Financial Group, of which her father Han Jin-Woong ( Jeon No-Min ) is the chairman. She was adopted when she was a child by Lee Jung-Hye ( Lee Min-Young ), who ignores and mistreats her. She also has a sister, Han Yoo-Ra ( Jin Ji-Hee ), who, like their mother also treats her badly. Yi-Joo is married to Yoo Se-Hyuk ( Oh Seung-Yoon ). Yi-Joo goes to her family house to give her mother the photorealistic family portrait she has been working on. No one is at home and while she is looking at pictures of her mother and sister together she decides to call her mother's secretary, Mr. Kim Jae-Won ( Do Yu ), who tells