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If I will have to choose top 5 Korean Drama for year 2013, I will be in headache. Seriously, this time they really produced a lot of nice drama. So I divide it in Broadcast station category.
I'll start with TVN channel. TVN or its full name Total Variety Network owned by CJ E&M. TvN is cable network but even slowly to watch their dramas. They have dramas like Flower Boy Ramyun Shop (Jung Ilwoo!!) Shut Up Flower Boy Band (L's Infinite was in it), Queen In Hyun's Man (Sad story :'( ) and the famous Reply 1997. In 2013, they have shown quite a number of dramas but I will only list down the drama that was good & recommended and probably I've watched only.
Monstar
It's about high school student and music. The story line is simple and you can really relate to each of the character. What I like about this drama is the problem of each and every student does not related to any of the rich family or inheritance of a big company and so on. Yong Junhyung Beast's rapper acted as Yoon Seol Chan, a Idol and a vocalist of Men In Black. His character is cold, cynical and hot temper which got him in many troubles. His eternal enemy was his childhood best friend. The heroine is somewhat weird. Well of course she's weird, she grow up while talking to sheep only. Why? You need to check out the drama. There's also their friends (?) not really actually but in the midst of all the chaos, these students find a common interest which connects them to each other; MUSIC. I really like their songs even though most of it remake from the old songs. There are two scenes in this drama is my favorite. First is Kim Nana singing in the karaoke bar after she found out the person that she loves found his first love again. I really can feel her heartache. Second when her first love makes her singing in front of everyone. She always hide her singing skills because of afraid that people might know about her. Her first love was walking down the street and over heard her singing.
A) Kim Nana singing in the karaoke bar
B) Kim Nana & Her First Love Duet
[CLICK HERE TO WATCH MONSTAR]
Who Are You
Who Are You is a story about Yang Shi On (So In Hyun) who is able to see spirits after waking up from 6 years long coma. She continue her job as a detective and working together with Cha Gun Woo (Ok Taecyeon) in Lost & Found Center. Objects that was lost were brought to this center and some of it were attached to spirits. Shi On help the spirit to solve their case in order to let the soul rest in peace. This also leads to solving Shi On's dead boyfriend Lee Hyung Joon which appear as spirit to her trying to protect her. Unfortunately Shi On can't remember who he is and trying to figure it out. What did happen to Hyung Joon? What will happen to Gun Woo & Shi On relationship if Shi On remember who was Hung Joon and will Gun Woo believe in supernatural thing? Check the drama out.
[CLICK HERE TO WATCH WHO ARE YOU]
Reply 1994
Reply 1994 similar to Reply 1997 which was really a successful drama. But this time the set was during Seo Teiji and Boys and Korean Basketball League. In Reply 1997 it was high school student but in Reply 1994 it was a group of teenagers staying at boarding house while attending University in Seoul. I didn't watch this drama yet, but will watch it once I've downloaded all the episodes. I heard this drama was popular too but I think they can't beat Reply 1997.
This are the 3 dramas that you should watch from TvN Channel. If you're a big fan of Park Shin Hye & Yon Shi Yoon then I recommend you to watch Flower Boy Next Door. I don't quite understand the concept of the story and found it so-so.
[CLICK HERE TO WATCH FLOWER BOY NEXT DOOR]
Next up is dramas from MBC (Munhwa Broadcast Corporation) Channel. Munhwa stands for Cultural. For me MBC takes my vote on the Variety Show side but nobody can forget their hit dramas. Once they hit it, the popularity really rise not only in Korea but internationally. For example The Moon Embrace The Sun, The King of 2 Hearts, I Miss You, Jumong, Dae Jang Geum and etc.
Gu Family Book
This is a must watch drama. The story line, the mystery and the corruption I really like it. It's a melodrama epic about half human & half mythical creature Choi Kang Chi (Lee Seunggi) goes through in order to become human and the struggle that his facing. It happened before when his father Gu Wol Ryung (Choi Jin Hyuk) who is a guardian spirit of Jiri Mountain fell in love with Yoon Seo Hwa (Lee Yeon Hee) a human and he tried to become a human but mystically banish into the thin air. Kang Chi realizes that he's a half human and half beast through a certain incident. Dam Yeo Wool (Bae Suzy) is a master of martial arts and archery.
She met Kang Chi through the incident and later they fall in love. Did Kang chi able to become human or did he banish like his father? Remember to watch this drama!
[CLICK HERE TO WATCH GU FAMILY BOOK]
Level 7 Civil Servant
Romantic comedy drama I must say. Choi Kang Hee & Joo Won acted in this drama as a rookie spies who trained together and later become NIS Agents but they must hide their real identities. Therefore both of them doesn't really know the truth and yet the couple fall in love with each other. But most of all, I love that Chansung from 2PM is in it.
[CLICK HERE TO WATCH LEVEL 7 CIVIL SERVANT]
Goddess of Fire
Goddess of Fire is a true story based on the life and loves of Yoo Jung who is a renowned as the first female potter & porcelain artist in the Joseon Dynasty. In the drama, Yoo Jung acted by Moon Geun Young is a gifted natural talent and skill. At that time, female is not allow to be a potter and consider a bad luck if they go near the kiln. But not for Yoo Jung, she has what it takes and receive favor from the king. Her enemy was originally an old friend of her father but turn against her father out of jealousy. I really amazed with the porcelain in this drama. Since this is based on the true story, I don't really like the ending.
[CLICK HERE TO WATCH GODDESS OF FIRE]
Two Weeks
Two Weeks is a heavy plot drama. Tae San (Lee Joon Gi) was falsely accused of murder. Then he learns that he has a young daughter stricken with leukemia. For the next two weeks, he struggles to save himself from the accused and also his daughter. A few number of scenes really makes me cry. Especially when he first meet his daughter and when he knows how ill his daughter is. The best part is that the fiance of his ex-girlfriend is a police officer, Seung Woo (Ryu Soo Young) who is working on the murder case that Tae San was accused. Why two weeks? In two weeks time is the date for his daughter to get his bone-marrow transplant. In that two weeks time, not only Tae San was accused for the murder but also for all the murder that happened along the drama.
[CLICK HERE TO WATCH TWO WEEKS]
When A Man Loves
Han Tae Sang (Song Seung Heon) who works for the loan shark meets a young woman Seo Mi Do (Shin Se Kyung) and fall in love with her. When the boss of the loan shark get to know that Han Tae Sang give a special privilege for her, the boss start to plan on attack. Right before the attack, Tae Sang receives a phone call from the boss girlfriend tipping him off that he is about to be killed.
A few years has past and Tae Sang has become a successful business man. He even pay for Mi Do school fees. Unfortunately for Mi Do things don't really work out for her. Later, Mi Do couple with Tae Sang but actually she fall in love with a different person who is Tae Sang thought him as a younger brother.
[CLICK HERE TO WATCH WHEN A MAN LOVES]
Empress Ki
I haven't watch this drama because it is still on going but I fall in love with their original soundtrack. Because of that ost I downloaded the drama. Since it's still on-going, I'm not going to watch it yet. Will wait till it finish. From what I know, the drama is about the loves and the battle of Empress Ki from Goryeo who exercises her influence in the Yuan Dynasty.
[CLICK HERE TO WATCH EMPRESS KI]
Check out Part 2 for KBS & SBS 2013 Dramas.
