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

#acalmseaandbeautifuldayswithYou

Jour 2 : Quel est le plus vieux drama que tu as vu cette année ?

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#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 ?

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#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 ?

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#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 ?

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#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 ?

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#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 ?

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#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 ?

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#jDrama #cDrama #kDrama #twDrama

#NagatanToAoto -

AND THE SEQUEL IS COMING! IN APRIL!😍

Jour 10 : Quel(le) acteur(trice) a été une belle surprise ?

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#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 ?

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#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?

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#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

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

@ronsboy67 She was definitely the best thing about Check-in Hanyang!
@jcurries @ronsboy67
I couldn't force myself to continue Check In Hanyang. I loved her in my rewatch of #MrSunshine, and she was also amazing in #TheDevilJudge, as was #JiSung, who I'd like to see more of.
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@EllenInEdmonton Yeah I did a lot of fast-forwarding through Hanyang.
@ronsboy67
@jcurries @EllenInEdmonton As did I - through the endless year-long episodes of #MrSunshine too🤣
@EllenInEdmonton @jcurries I hadn't started my (ultimately abortive) watch of #MrSunshine when I watched CiH, so didn't realise her role in it was a riff on that one.Except, she LIVES😀 - her character does get a pretty note-perfect ending