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Jill Nov 22, 2024

The newest End of the Year Drama Challenge calendar is out!

https://bsky.app/profile/anniedelavoye.bsky.social/post/3lbkq5zeybc2w
#EndOfYearDramaChallenge #EYDC2024
#kdrama #cdrama #ThaiDrama #jdrama #TaiwaneseDrama
@kdrama @BlandGLdramas

Annie (@anniedelavoye.bsky.social)

The End of the Year Drama Challenge is back for its fifth year! This is the 2024 edition with new and old questions for you! The challenge starts on December 1st. Use the tag #EYDC2024 if you want! It's hosted on both Bluesky and Twitter, pick the one you prefer!

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Jill Dec 1, 2024

End of the Year Drama Challenge Day 1:
Which types of dramas do you prefer?

Characters with heart. Who connect to others. Characters who may be prickly on the outside but whose true intentions are genuine and endearing. Dramas with friendships and relationships, with lots of interesting interactions within them. Endearing silliness.

The two I rated 10/10 I watched this year were #GyeongSeongCreature and #MissShampoo.
#EYDC2024 #kdrama #TWdrama
#EndOfYearDramaChallenge

Jill Dec 2, 2024

End of the Year Drama Challenge Day 2:
Favourite actress discovered in 2024?

Honey Lee

I was first introduced to Honey Lee by the kdrama Knight Flower. A fun show! 9/10. Meek widow by day, Robin Hood like ninja by night!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ay9IXefwHI

#EYDC2024 #kdrama #KnightFlower #EndOfYearDramaChallenge

My review of the drama itself:
https://NerdJoy.social/@JillsJoy/111979457877389312

[TEASER] By Day She's A Widow, By Night She's A Masked Hero | Knight Flower | KOCOWA+

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Jill Dec 4, 2024

End of the Year Drama Challenge Day 3:
Favourite actor discovered in 2024?

Zhang Ruo Yun - Joy Of Life 1 & 2
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TlhwUG7JhKY

#EYDC2024 #cdrama #JoyOfLife #EndOfYearDramaChallenge

I loved Joy Of Life 1 & 2 so much I watched it twice and rereading my watch thread makes me want to watch it a third time.
https://NerdJoy.social/@JillsJoy/112957724621410354

Fan Xian 😈🔥❤️ || Joy of Life 2 -庆余年第二季 | #cdrama #cdramaedit #zhangruoyun

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Jill Dec 4, 2024

End of the Year Drama Challenge Day 4:
Favorite original song from a 2024 drama?

I have two!

SUHO - "Forever", Gyeongseong Creature
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfpRA2bXZW8

Lee Youngji, Zeenan - "Blade", Knight Flower
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3sWhEnYryQ
#kdrama #kpop #EYDC2024 #EndOfYearDramaChallenge #GyeongSeongCreature #KnightFlower #SUHO #수호 #LeeYoungJi #이영지

[MV] SUHO(수호) _ FOREVER (Gyeongseong Creature(경성 크리처) OST Part. 1)

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Jill Dec 5, 2024

End of the Year Drama Challenge Day 5:
A 2024 drama you watched with no expectations?

Ready, Set, Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JK7podgwMDQ

I enjoyed it a lot! Here's my watch thread from earlier this year:
https://NerdJoy.social/@JillsJoy/111989215804708358

#EYDC2024 #ThaiDrama #ReadySetLove #EndOfYearDramaChallenge

Ready, Set, Love | Official Trailer | Netflix

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End of the Year Drama Challenge Day 6:
A drama you dropped?

Mars: Zero no Kakumei

A Jdrama about teens in school, and an alien? - sometimes I can be in the mood for teen shenanigans, but I just wasn't for this one.
#jdrama #EYDC2024 #EndOfYearDramaChallenge

Jill Dec 7, 2024

End of the Year Drama Challenge Day 7:
Favorite character of 2024?

Crown Prince (in gold)? Second Prince (in red)? How can I choose?! Both hilarious and devious in their own ways!
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jz0-HEgQ6JM

#cdrama #EYDC2024 #EndOfYearDramaChallenge #JoyOfLife

when your sibling is being embarrassing in public (Second Prince Li ChengZe) #joyoflife #cdrama

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Jill Dec 8, 2024

End of the Year Drama Challenge Day 8:
Standout secondary character of 2024?

Kim Min Kyu - Missing Crown Prince

His character had so many layers, challenges, emotions! He played them really well, especially in areas of conflict and attitudes.

#kdrama #EYDC2024 #EndOfYearDramaChallenge #MissingCrownPrince

Jill Dec 9, 2024

End of the Year Drama Challenge Day 9:
A drama from another year you watched in 2024?

2019's My Country: The New Age

This fan video of Jang Hyuk's role as one of the many princes vying for the throne was all I needed to start watching.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5emLoj5tJio
#kdrama #EYDC2024 #MyCountryTheNewAge

[FMV - Jang Hyuk] Yi Bang Won - My Country the New Age

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Jill Dec 10, 2024

End of the Year Drama Challenge Day 10:
Did you rewatch a drama in 2024?

Yes! "She and Her Perfect Husband" was one I ranked as my favorite romance of 2023 and I rewatched it at least twice this year. 😁

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAFv4UzDgOQ

Last year's EYDC:
https://tech.lgbt/@jillithd/111642902699420247

#cdrama #EYDC2024 #EndOfYearDramaChallenge #SheAndHerPerfectHusband

[Trailer] She and Her Perfect Husband (爱的二八定律) | Coming to Viu!

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Jill Dec 11, 2024

End of the Year Drama Challenge Day 11:
A 2024 drama that kept you riveted?
Missing Crown Prince
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFyn-rca8Ko

A STRESSFUL show to watch. It questioned who was trustworthy throughout. Many of the characters did what they thought was the best in a bad situation, not knowing what others planned to do. And sometimes what one thought was best was actually harmful to someone else. Marked as "romcom" and it very much was NOT.
#kdrama #MissingCrownPrince #EYDC2024 #EndOfYearDramaChallenge

[3차 티저] MBN 주말 미니시리즈 ＜세자가 사라졌다＞ l 실종된 세자, 엇갈린 세 사람의 운명! MBN 240413 방송

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Jill Dec 12, 2024

End of the Year Drama Challenge Day 12:
A platonic relationship you loved?

Young and Miae, two hornballs as BFFs

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pzk2feHVClg

My watch thread:
https://NerdJoy.social/@JillsJoy/113345381673041304

#kdrama #BL #LoveInTheBigCity_series #KoreanBL #EYDC2024 #EndOfYearDramaChallenge

Best friends|I love how they interact with each other| Love in the big city korean bl ep2#shorts

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Jill Dec 13, 2024

End of the Year Drama Challenge Day 13:
A drama you found boring?

Go East

I tried. I got through 22 of 37 episodes but ... *sigh*. There wasn't a lot of *there* there. Tan Jianci stars in it and he is pretty and funny, but I struggled even wanting to finish it. I put it on hold while my iQIYI account lapsed for a month. I don't know if I'll pick it up again...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pTRFCtHDjA
#GoEast #cdrama #EYDC2024 #EndOfYearDramaChallenge

[ENG SUB] | Go East Trailer | Upcoming Chinese Drama 2024 | Staring Tan Jianci & Zhou Yi Ran

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Jill Dec 14, 2024

End of the Year Drama Challenge Day 14:
A remake or an adaptation you watched in 2024?
A Love So Beautiful. Watched the (terrible) kdrama remake, the much better cdrama original, and stalled on the maybe-too-light-for-me Thai remake.

Here are the only good 2 minutes of the Korean remake (with the best 2ML on right):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq6d77Napgk
#kdrama #cdrama #ThaiDrama #ALoveSoBeautiful #EYDC2024 #EndOfYearDramaChallenge

Loveable Dance - A Love So Beautiful Korean Remake

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Jill Dec 15, 2024

End of the Year Drama Challenge Day 15:
A 2024 drama that grew on you with time?

Are You The One

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJk5SoOiGu4

I saw someone else on here mention it, how the relationship between the leads felt cold at the beginning, but it is appropriate considering they are strangers and she has amnesia! Then they really warm up and get some good chemistry and mutual respect between them. One of only two this year that I rated 9.5/10.

#cdrama #EYDC2024 #EndOfYearDramaChallenge #AreYouTheOne

[ENG SUB] Are You The One Trailer starring Zhang Wanyi & Wang Churan | 张晚意王楚然柳舟记预告片

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Jill Dec 16, 2024

End of the Year Drama Challenge Day 16:
Best actress of 2024?

Kim Tae-Ri! Alienoid 2 and Jeongnyeon were two shows I loved her in.

Jeongnyeon trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOOdt5DwIpI
#kdrama #EYDC2024 #JeongnyeonTheStarIsBorn #Jeongnyeon #Alienoid #EndOfYearDramaChallenge

Jeongnyeon: The Star is Born | Official Trailer | Disney+ Singapore

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Jill Dec 17, 2024

End of the Year Drama Challenge Day 17:
Best actor of 2024?
Nam Yoon-Soo. His portrayal of the gay man Go Young in the kdrama Love In The Big City with funny, smart, vulnerable, and groundbreaking.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6SqLjWVPzA
#kdrama #LoveInTheBigCity_series #KoreanBL #EYDC2024 #EndOfYearDramaChallenge

Love In The Big City (2024) Official Main Trailer | Nam Yoon Su, Jin Ho Eun

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Jill Dec 18, 2024

End of the Year Drama Challenge Day 18:
Most watched genre of 2024?

Of the over 50 dramas and movies I've watched this year, 40 are tagged Romance on MDL. 😁 The next closest tags are Drama with 24 and Comedy with 22.
#EYDC2024 #EndOfYearDramaChallenge

Jill Dec 19, 2024

End of the Year Drama Challenge Day 19:
A drama that made you laugh?

Miss Shampoo (Taiwan, 2023)

I cackled so much. About a gangster boss in Taiwan falling in love with a hairdresser with questionable skills. I rated this 10/10 because it has heart, hilarity, and is just fun.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAWSoj5Vbhg
#TaiwaneseDrama #EYDC2024 #EndOfYearDramaChallenge #MissShampoo

Miss Shampoo | Official Trailer | Netflix

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Jill Dec 20, 2024

End of the Year Drama Challenge Day 20:
A drama that made you sad or cry?

2021's Lost, starring Jeon Do Yeon and Ryu Jun Yeol.

About two people trying to find a reason to keep going, grasping at whatever threads they can.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOvGDXaFd6M
#kdrama #Lost_kdrama #EYDC2024 #EndOfYearDramaChallenge

Official Trailer | Lost | iQiyi K-Drama

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Jill Dec 21, 2024

End of the Year Drama Challenge Day 21:
A drama you will rewatch in the future?

2015's Nirvana In Fire. So many threads of political intrigue and plots!

Big thanks to the #NiFNotABirthdayParty watchparty group for introducing the show to me and being a fun group of people to chat about it together!

Here is my favorite fan video of Prince Jing and Mei Changsu.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KkVsXFsDdA
#cdrama #NirvanaInFire #EYDC2024 #EndOfYearDramaChallenge

...One More Time | 琅琊榜 | Nirvana in Fire

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Jill Dec 22, 2024

End of the Year Drama Challenge Day 22:
A 2024 drama that deserves the hype?

The Double.

The plot went places but mostly kept it together. The actors were great, even when the writing got a bit flimsy near the end. The costumes and props were great. It was beautiful to look at.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Odg7r0vv9fI
#cdrama #TheDouble #EYDC2024 #EndOfYearDramaChallenge

The Double - Official Trailer | Wu Jinyan / Wang Xingyue | YOUKU

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Jill Dec 23, 2024

End of the Year Drama Challenge Day 23:
An innovative drama you watched in 2024?

Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born

I enjoyed both seeing pansori and gukgeuk on stage, plus the gender bending women and romance!

The scene where she sees two women kiss on stage for the first time:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PDdyusGQ27k

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOOdt5DwIpI
#kdrama #Jeongnyeon #JeongnyeonTheStarIsBorn #EYDC2024 #EndOfYearDramaChallenge

She fell in love with her ❤️| Jeongnyeon-Star Is Born kdrama × Harleys In Hawaii #kdrama #crush#love

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Jill Dec 24, 2024

End of the Year Drama Challenge Day 24:
Favourite costumes of 2024?

Chenghuan's mom's shirts in the cdrama Best Choice Ever.

Seriously. I kept admiring the blouses she was wearing!
https://NerdJoy.social/@JillsJoy/112350166110053802

#cdrama #BestChoiceEver #EYDC2024 #EndOfYearDramaChallenge

(My Demon had some great fashion, too!)

Jill •-□ (@[email protected])

When you no longer eye up the 30yo female lead's wardrobe for potential but instead sincerely appreciate the 60yo mom's blouses... what does that mean about your own age? Asking for a friend.

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Jill Dec 25, 2024

End of the Year Drama Challenge Day 25:
Favourite romance of 2024?

Moonlight Chicken (2023)

A series that is beautifully shot and pulls your heart strings as Jim, a man who had to be strong for many, grapples with allowing himself to lean on Wen, who wants someplace to call home. Learning to be vulnerable and having love and care for this found family Jim's cobbled together. Plus the cutest pickup truck.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ug1kDpXvzg8
#ThaiBL #MoonlightChicken #EYDC2024 #EndOfYearDramaChallenge

[Official Trailer] Moonlight Chicken พระจันทร์มันไก่

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Jill Dec 26, 2024

End of the Year Drama Challenge Day 26:
Most disappointing drama of 2024?

Everyone Loves Me

It starts with a bad-ass gamer girl schooling everybody and then there are 23.75 episodes that just fizzle. I enjoyed the actress Zhou Ye in Back From The Brink, so I was disappointed in the nothing sauce this drama brought.
Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVeKbE1a9OY
#cdrama #EveryoneLovesMe #EYDC2024 #EndOfYearDramaChallenge

Discover the sparks of love between Lin Yi and Zhou Ye | Everyone Loves Me | YOUKU

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Jenni S Dec 23, 2024

@JillsJoy Co-sign!

Jill Dec 22, 2024

I have watched this video no less than 5 times this week, but TODAY I got chills watching it, just thinking about everything that Mei Changsu had to go through just to SURVIVE. The kind of treatments he put his body through in order to even start his plots and schemes going... the humility and vulnerability he needed.

Chills.
#NirvanaInFire #NiFNotABirthdayParty

ship Dec 21, 2024

@JillsJoy ohhh that's a very good video! The song shouldn't work but it does and it works SO WELL.

Jill Dec 21, 2024

@shipperslist I AGREE. It hits the beats so good

Fanua 🌐Dec 22, 2024

@JillsJoy Very nice video. I can almost hear all the dialogue in my head. My top favorite drama of any genre. #NIF #NirvanaInFire #Cdrama

Fanua 🌐Dec 17, 2024

@JillsJoy I plan to rewatch Alienoid 1 and then watch the sequel Alienoid: Return To The Future before the end of the year. I liked Kim Tae-ri in her other sci-fi Space Sweepers, too.

Reineamie215 Dec 15, 2024

I love this and I’m delaying finishing it because I love the leads and their story #cdrama

Jenni S Dec 11, 2024

@JillsJoy I really liked this one, too 🙂

Alexa Fontanilla Jan 17, 2025

@JillsJoy
#PostOfTheWeek (season 2):
Korean action star Jang Hyuk (South Korean actor) is set to make his directorial and writing debut with action film Stop Stop Dark Cold, alongside Stars Collective and Stars Entertainment.

Jang Hyuk has played roles in films like Volcano High, The Swordsman, The Killer and Iris 2 as well as shows like Slave Hunters and Bloody Heart.

radioactivestardust Dec 7, 2024

@JillsJoy feeling it, feeling it 😂