Tag: Kdrama

K-Drama Loves Adopted Boys

I’m not sure why, but it’s extremely rare in K-drama for male love interest to grow up with his biological parents. This does not seem...

Damseled Princes

I’m a sucker for gender-flipped stories and the way they shed light on common tropes. A manic pixie dream boy doesn’t teach an uptight female...

The Power of Awareness in Healer

As you do, I was gushing about Healer, one of my favorite K-dramas. In Healer, Ji Chang Wook’s title character did cool parkour style action...

Drunken Piggyback Ride

I only realized how that title sounded after I typed it. So sorry for the suggestive click-bait, but this is a post about K-drama Tropes,...

Amnesia, The Ultimate K-Drama Trope

My first experience of K-drama was the wonderful series, Her Private Life. What struck me most about the show was the intelligent writing and the...