It’s a new 12 months and there’s a new batch of kdramas to start out the 12 months proper! Come discover out what your first drama of 2024 goes to be!
** I added what info was obtainable on the place they are going to be streaming. Many will in all probability get that information when they’re nearer to airing.**
Jan. 1st – Love Music for Phantasm (Viki)
Synopsis: Love Music For Phantasm tells the heart-fluttering love story and fierce obsession of a king with two reverse personalities and an murderer lady who desires to kill him however finally ends up falling in love with him.
Will I Watch? A drama with a scorching king with a number of personalities and an murderer lady that kicks butt? I’m so in for this premise. Now if it may well simply land with a strong story.
Jan 1st – Marry My Husband
Synopsis: Kang Ji-Received (Park Min-Younger) is married to Park Min-Hwan (Lee Yi-Kyung). Her marriage life will not be going nicely resulting from her egocentric husband and his demanding mom. Kang Ji-Received is the breadwinner of the household, whereas her husband Park Min-Hwan is unemployed and in debt. Kang Ji-Received additionally does all the house responsibilities herself. At some point, Kang Ji-Received learns she has most cancers and he or she doesn’t have a lot time left to stay. Making issues worse, she witnesses her husband and her shut good friend Jung Soo-Min (Music Ha-Yoon) having an affair. She will get right into a bodily wrestle with the 2 of them and he or she is killed by her husband. The following second, Kang Ji-Received opens her eyes and finds herself prior to now, 10 years earlier, when she was courting Park Min-Hwan. She decides to vary her destiny.
Will I Watch? I’m a sucker for this trope in webtoons, and it seems to be like they’re all getting their live-action drama adaptation. Is that this something new? No. Will I be watching anyway? Yup, at the very least to see if I just like the chemistry between the varied characters. I do fear that the recognition of Good Marriage Revenge (which simply completed airing) would possibly deter folks from checking this one out, for the reason that plot may be very very related. Solely time will inform.
Jan. fifth – Demise’s Recreation Half 2 (Amazon Prime)
Synopsis: He’s perennially unemployed, his ex-girlfriend has moved on, and he’s simply misplaced all his life financial savings to a bitcoin rip-off. Burdened by societal pressures, Choi Yi Jae decides to take his personal life. Insulted by his flippant angle in the direction of dying, Demise involves punish him along with her recreation: he should expertise loss of life over and over by 13 different lives. But when he can discover a approach to survive the approaching loss of life coming for these lives, he will get to stay out their lifetime. His life was a bust, however what concerning the lives of others?
Will I Watch? Half 1 was launched in December, with Half 2 approaching January fifth. At solely eight episodes and with a ton of eye sweet, this drama is a straightforward binge and nicely definitely worth the effort.
Jan. twelfth – Flower that Blooms at Evening
Synopsis: Cho Yeo Hwa has been a widow for 15 years. Her in-laws are essentially the most prestigious noble household within the space. Throughout the day, she lives quietly at dwelling and by no means goes exterior. However, through the night time, Yeo Hwa secretly jumps over the encompassing wall and takes care of people that need assistance. Within the course of, she will get concerned with Park Soo Ho and begins to dream about her future. In the meantime, Soo Ho is a senior officer. He’s good at his job and has a sexy look.
Will I Watch? Honey Lee has simply gotten higher with age, particularly once they let her be humorous and never simply one other fairly face. This seems to be hilarious, and since I attempt all of the dramas Honey Lee stars in, I will probably be checking this one out.
Jan seventeenth – Store for Killers (Disney+)
Synopsis: Shortly after getting into school, Jian receives a name from native police informing her of her uncle’s “suicide”. Her caretaker for the reason that loss of life of her mother and father, Uncle Jeong Jin Man had at all times been quiet and mysterious however by no means suicidal. Earlier than Jian has an opportunity to suppose, her life is turned the other way up by a flurry of gunfire, homicide drones and extra, as a medley of extremely expert assassins inexplicably turns their focus to killing her. Pinned down in her uncle’s dwelling, Jian will probably be pressured to revisit a few of the weird coaching her uncle gave her all through her childhood if she hopes to outlive lengthy sufficient to find what’s going on.
Will I Watch? I really like Lee Dong Wook, and am an enormous fan of something murderer/killer. I’m a bit involved by the truth that I can’t inform you a lot concerning the scriptwriter’s earlier works. I’ll give it a attempt to hope it’s good. If nothing else, I can in all probability get by eight episodes of mediocre drama to observe Lee Dong Wook in motion.
Jan nineteenth – The Bequeathed (Netflix)
Synopsis: A girl inherits a gravesite underneath mysterious circumstances, simply as her household’s historical past begins to unravel.
Will I Watch? I do take pleasure in making an attempt out stuff on Netflix as a result of I like the convenience of streaming off this website. That mentioned, the trailer wasn’t grabbing my consideration. I’ll in all probability wait and listen to if there may be any constructive buzz earlier than I attempt it.
Jan twenty first – Charming The King
Synopsis: When Kang Hee Soo was gaining fame as an unknown baduk participant, she met Prince Lee In and fell in love with him. By way of a vortex of destiny, she turns into a spy. She approaches King Lee In to get her revenge.
Will I Watch? The identical scriptwriter wrote The Topped Clown, which was an excellent sageuk. I’m hoping a few of that very same magic occurs with this drama. It’s not that I feel it’ll be meh, however these actors may be hit and miss relying on the energy of the script/director. Let’s all cross our fingers that this turns into successful.
Jan twenty sixth – Flex X Cop
Synopsis: Jin Yi Soo joins the violent investigative staff on the Kangha Police Station that focuses on catching robbers. He goals to make use of his wealth and private connections to his benefit. He works underneath Detective Lee Kang Hyun. Kang Hyun is devoted and a smooth-talker and doesn’t take care of Yi Soo’s presence once they start working as companions.
Will I Watch? The essential premise appears just like Good Detectives. I’m not positive if this present will be capable of be higher than that one was. Nonetheless, I did just like the final drama from this scriptwriter (My Identify) so there’s a small likelihood I will probably be checking it out.
Jan twenty seventh – Physician Hunch (Netflix)
Synopsis: Throughout his college days, Yeo Jeong Woo at all times positioned first in teachers and he studied on the high medical college within the nation. Jeong Woo is now a well-liked plastic surgeon. His life goes easily, however resulting from a mysterious medical accident, his life is pushed to the sting. At the moment, he meets Nam Ha Neul. She was a rival in his previous and he meets her on the lowest level in his life.
Ha Neul works as an anesthesiologist. When she was rising up, folks referred to as her a genius resulting from her excessive intelligence. She studied laborious and have become a health care provider. Her life consists of solely work and finding out. She doesn’t have any time to expertise enjoyable. At some point, Ha Neul realizes she isn’t completely happy along with her life and he or she desires to make a change. At the moment, she meets Jeong Woo throughout one of many worst moments in her life. They consolation one another and a romantic relationship blossoms between them.
Will I Watch? I’m not massive on medical dramas, however I’m massive on something starring Park Hyung Sik. It additionally helps that he and Park Shin Hye appear like they’ve some enjoyable chemistry occurring. I’ll verify this one out and hope for extra romantic hijinks than medical dramatics.
Jan thirty first – Queen of Divorce (Netflix)
Synopsis: Kim Sa Ra was the daughter-in-law of the most important regulation agency in South Korea, however she was betrayed by her husband and misplaced all the things. After that, she started working as a divorce troubleshooter. She is now the staff chief on the divorce settlement workplace Answer. She punishes unhealthy spouses and offers assist for individuals who discover themselves in unfair divorce conditions.
She works with Dong Ki Joon. He’s Sa Ra’s enterprise associate and an advisory lawyer at Answer. Earlier than coming to Answer, he was a wonderful prosecutor who had the nickname of “German Shepherd.” He picked up the nickname due to his persistence and eager instinct, however Ki Joon left the prosecutors’ workplace for an unknown cause. Sa Ra and Ki Joon work collectively for people who find themselves struggling by troublesome divorces.
Will I Watch? I’m tempted to verify this out and see how Kang Ki Younger does as a romantic main man. However I’m unsure I’m invested sufficient to slog by the divorce lawyer plot. This can be a wait and see for me.
So many dramas and so little time to observe all of them. What reveals will you be testing this month? Let me know within the feedback under, and make sure you verify again as we share our ideas on present airing dramas.
Til the subsequent batch,
Kmuse
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