Kimchi Achaar

I wrote this ages ago, forgot about it, and then immediately had feelings again when I reread it… so obviously, we’re posting.   No spoiler review—because some twists deserve your full, unprepared shock.   After a very, very long time, I finally found my go-to drama of 2021. Hometown Cha Cha Cha, starring Kim Seon-Ho and Shin Min-Ah, has everything I love in a Korean drama. Lovely characters, cute chemistry between the leads, and a plot that has me hooked for the entirety of the drama. The town's talent show and Du Sik gobbling down a hot dumpling so his “rival” doesn't get any from Hye Jin is peak jealous kdrama hero moment.    I feel that K-Dramas get it right in how they handle relationships, not just between the leads, but with everyone else as well. HTCCC follows Yoon Hye Jin, an aloof and hardworking dentist who quits her job and opens a dental clinic in a small seaside village, Gongjin. Here, she meets Hong Du Sik, more commonly known as Chief Hong (Hong Ba Ja...

I was stuck in a K-drama slump for a very long time. It wasn’t that I had given up on dramas entirely, but every show I tried ended up being dropped halfway through. Then I heard about the Hong Sisters’ drama, and as a long-time fan, I had to at least give it a try. So imagine my surprise when I ended up binging the series and loving every single minute of it.  Alchemy of Souls is a drama I never knew I needed in my life. This Korean drama throws you into a world where souls can switch bodies, power always has a price, and everyone is hiding something. The twists and turns—and then the twists again—had me worried that the writers wouldn’t be able to tie everything together properly. But the ending was so satisfying that I genuinely couldn’t find fault in it. It’s such a rare win.  Mini SPOILERS AHEAD Set in the fictional land of Daeho, the story centers on an unforgettable pair: the feared assassin Naksu, trapped in the weak body of Mu-deok, and the privileged young mage Jang...