The categories in this #CalendrierAventDrama from
https://fragmentdetoile.wordpress.com/2025/10/29/calendrier-de-lavent-2025-drama/
were too awesome to pass up. The host graciously said I could participate in English, but I'll be leaving each day's 'task' untranslated.
#jDrama #cDrama #kDrama #twDrama
Jour 1: Quelle affiche était la plus belle?
It has to be this one - the look on his face sums up the Drama beautifully
Jour 2 : Quel est le plus vieux drama que tu as vu cette année ?
#jDrama #cDrama #kDrama #twDrama
Another easy winner. The execrable #SweetProposal from 2001
I finished it, but I really shouldn't have. Irreedeemably awful.
Jour 3 : Quel a été le meilleur casting ?
#jDrama #cDrama #kDrama #twDrama
All four core cast in #MarryMyHusbandJPN were really solid , right to the end - and it seems Shiraishi Sei has a BEAUTIFUL singing voice
Jour 4 : Quel(le) acteur(trice) as-tu découvert ?
#jDrama #cDrama #kDrama #twDrama
From a 2024 #kDrama that I watched and LOVED in 2025 - Chae Won Bin in #Doubt:
Sociopath? Psychopath? On the spectrum? All of the above? She did an amazing job imo in a show that effectively only had 2 characters
Jour 5 : Quelle adaptation en drama as-tu préféré voir ?
#jDrama #cDrama #kDrama #twDrama
Another 2024 Drama I loved this year. #cDrama #ToTheWonder is based on the writer's memoirs, but the whole thing was so incredibly visual I think it would definitely be a case of "the movie's better than the book" 😀
Jour 6 : Quel vêtement aurais-tu pu piquer pour le porter ?
#jDrama #cDrama #kDrama #twDrama
Another win for #aCalmSeaAndBeautifulDaysWithYou - I'm not a fan of either theft or the military, but he looks really goods in his naval dress uniform
Jour 7 : Quel est le drama dont tu as préféré l’écriture ?
#jDrama #cDrama #kDrama #twDrama
This one goes to #cDrama #ThisThrivingLand -VERY grounded annd realistic writing, even within the confines of a CCTV show. Bad stuff happened to good people, bad people got away with bad stuff - real life.
Jour 9 : A quel drama aimerais-tu donner une suite ?
#jDrama #cDrama #kDrama #twDrama
AND THE SEQUEL IS COMING! IN APRIL!😍
Jour 10 : Quel(le) acteur(trice) a été une belle surprise ?
#jDrama #cDrama #kDrama #twDrama
Park Bo Gum in #WhenLifeGivesYouTangerines - I've only started three of his Dramas, this was the first I finished. He was good, a pleasant surprise.
Jour 11 : Quel est le drama dont tu as préféré la réalisation ?
#jDrama #cDrama #kDrama #twDrama
Ahn Gil Ho did a great job with #marrymyHusbandJPN as I would have expected from the director responsible for #ForestOfSecrets 1 & 2
Jour 12 : Quel est le personnage dont tu as préféré le développement?
#jDrama #cDrama #kDrama #twDrama
Misa, FL in MarryMyHusbandJPN. She started with a ‘woe is me’ victim complex. as repeatedly pointed out to her by both the ML and her female fr-enemy (sic). The plot's core was revenge, but the story focused on her growth as a person, moving beyond victimhood and growing incl acknowledging her own role in the actions of her foe, as in the screenshot. Superb!😍
Jour 13 : Quelle alchimie entre acteurs as-tu préféré ?
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#jDrama #kDrama #twDrama #cDrama
A bit of a surprise winner here, #DeepAffectionEyes had an OTP that really sizzled AND really clicked imo.
Jour 14 : Quel générique (son + image) de début t’a le plus embarqué(e) dans l’ambiance du drama ?
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#jDrama #kDrama #twDrama #cDrama
A tie:
#kDrama #Doubt has a great opening credit sequence that nails the Drama. #jDrama #WhoSawThePeacockDanceInTheJungle doesn't HAVE an opening credit sequence, but the very opening of episode 1 is AWESOME, setting the tone superbly.
Mastodon won't let me post both clips together so here's Doubt
And here's "Peacock"
Jour 14 : Quel générique (son + image) de début t’a le plus embarqué(e) dans l’ambiance du drama ?
Jour 15 : Quel(le) est l’acteur(trice) dont le parcours ne cesse de t’impressionner ?
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#jDrama #kDrama #twDrama #cDrama
Another tie:
I've followed Ko Chia Yen since #OfficeGirls. In 2025 she was FL in the excellent #twDrama #ImMarriedBut
After #SomedayOrOneDay this fun twist on the HEA trope confirmed her range.
Wan Peng shone in #DearEnemy & #LovesAmbition. Her current lead roles are too martial for me, but her 2nds are 1st-rate😀
Jour 16 : Quel est l’univers dans lequel tu aurais voulu vivre si tu pouvais entrer dans un monde fictionnel ?
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#jDrama #kDrama #twDrama #cDrama
a GREAT question, stumped me until I remembered #Alice-SanChiNoIroribata - VERY quiet, VERY slow, bucolic, restful, great food. Almost nothing happens and takes geological time to do so - 1000% my kinda place
(the romance could have been dodgy, but wasn't, was not as prominent as the opening suggests)
Jour 17 : Quelle utilisation de clichés pourtant kitsch as-tu apprécié(e) ?
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#jDrama #kDrama #twDrama #cDrama
This one was très difficile! The first I thought of was #LoveScout for being an old school formulaic #KDrama done really well, with all the standard 'tropes' well-executed.
Another Drama that got the 'recipe' right using stock sweet ingredients was #RomanticsAnonymous - younglings can have their Satoh Takeru, gimme my Oguri Shun😍 😍
Jour 18 : Quelles scènes ont été dotées de la plus belle cinématographie ?
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#jDrama #kDrama #twDrama #cDrama
Overall winner a 2024 Drama that I watched in 2025 - #ToTheWonder. The impressive Altay region a character in its own right, just stunning
A close second, the 2025 Drama #ThisThrivingLand - one of several #cDrama I watched this year that highlighted just how BIG China is, and that used its picturesque vastness as a key element of their storytelling
Jour 19 : Quel personnage secondaire aurait mérité d’être plus approfondi ? #CalendrierAventDrama
#jDrama #kDrama #twDrama #cDrama
This one stumped me until I remembered the three answers:
1. Kim
2. Min
3. Jung
Her MrSunshine-esque character in #CheckInHanyang was EASILY the best thing about the show, and the open ending for her awesome character means she could be developed further in a sequel. A wandering angel (?) of vengeance. 'Tis a consummation DEVOUTLY to be wished
Jour 20 : Quelle scène t’a ému(e) ?
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#jDrama #kDrama #twDrama #cDrama
Too many to count, but this was a very sweet moving moment:
#jDrama #AfterSchoolDoctor a child totally mute except when alone with her mother, goes looking for the doctor who's been trying to help her. She thinks he's lost, he's actually looking for her in her favourite quiet refuge/hiding place. She comes up behind him, & speaks softly but audibly. A lovely reward for several eps of hard work
Jour 21 : Quel(le) acteur(trice) t’as surpris(e) ?
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#jDrama #kDrama #twDrama #cDrama
This was a VERY easy one:
When I first saw Xing Fei, she was using the English name "Fairy" and she was cute as FL of #cDrama #PurYourHeadOnMyShoulder - a sweet romcom that was not a taxing display of acting talent. Six years later, #ThisThrivingLand was the next of hers I fiinished after 3 drops, and she blew me away. Real range, real depth, a real actor! Give her an HEA! 😀
Jour 22 : Quel personnage était le plus intelligent ?
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#jDrama #kDrama #twDrama #cDrama
ANOTHER tough one. I opted for 2 different types of intelligence:
For raw petaflops power, Non's supreme shogi champion in #MissKing "chess is too easy, let's throw in kanji to make it MUCH harder"🤣
For motional intelligence Satoh Takeru's ML in #MarryMyHusbandJPN I do NOT mean warm fuzzy "EQ" but acute emotional discernment, used to help the FL's self-awareness & growth
Jour 23: Quelle a été ton OST préférée cette année ?
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#jDrama #kDrama #twDrama #cDrama
Most of the time, I barely even NOTICE an OST, they almost never stick with me afterwards. HOWEVER, when the entire Drama is ABOUT music, even I have to notice the OST.
#JDrama #GlassHeart was not a favourite, but I did really enjoy most of the music & especially enjoyed the lengthy interview with the cast about the music in the show & their part in the music
Jour 24: Quel est le drama de 2025 que tu recommandes?
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#jDrama #kDrama #twDrama #cDrama
1? IMPOSSIBLE!
Here are 5 from my 2025
1. #Doubt ALMOST a 2025 Drama. An OUTSTANDING psychological mystery
2. #ImMarriedBut 1st romcom I've EVER seen that started AFTER the HEA.
3. #MarryMyHusbandJPN A revenge Drama that was much MORE than a Revenge Drama
4. #JDrama A Calm Sea and Beautiful Days ALMOST TOO CUTE😍 😍
5. #DearEnemy Sisters ARE doin' it for themselves
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Uh... she died while he carried her down the beach. I thought that was a pretty firm ending.
I'm not sure how it reads as open?
@bougiewonderland I had no idea who Lee Gon was - had to google him 😀
As the question was about outfits, and since I don't watch historicals, most of the clothing in Dramas I watch is very ordinary and unremarkable. Honda Kyoya in this naval dress uniform was the only one I could think of, even though it definitely would not look any good on me 😂
@ronsboy67 @EllenInEdmonton I’m not talking about the lead, I’m talking about the uniform!
https://0.soompi.io/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/04053155/lee-min-ho.jpg
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