My 2012 Anticipated K-Drama

It's almost 2012!
Right off the bat, 2012 has a lot of offerings I'm looking forward to.

History of the Salaryman premieres the coming Monday, Jan 2. From the trailer and the MV, it looks like it's going to be a super fun show. Please watch the wacky MV. Many reactions to the MV are that: "The PD and writer lost their mind!" "What happened to the brains behind Giant?" and the like. But I loved the MV! It captures the feel of the drama very well and stimulates the audience's interest to make them tune in to see how the crazy MV relates to the story. At least, I know I am! The teasers released later are also like the MV: wacky and crazy, but very fun. I just have a feeling that this is going to be very hilarious.


Wild Romance and The Moon that Embraces the Sun premiere on the same day, Jan 4. I look forward to both but I am more excited for MoonSun because I love sageuk romance. It's based on a novel so I just have a feeling the plot is going to be awesome and compelling. For some weird reason, I feel like the atmosphere around this drama will be very similar to Bride of the Water God, even though I'm not a fan of the manhwa. It's not that it's bad, it's just super slow. I only got to chapter twenty-something before simply forgot about it. However, I loved the aura the characters and the story gave. The character descriptions from MoonSun also sound very interesting and layered. Out of the 3 leads, I like only 1 and 1/2. I like Kim Soo Hyun from Dream High, neutral about Jung Il Woo, but I almost dislike Han Ga In's acting. She's very pretty but 1. I think she's too old for this role, 2. I can't imagine any chemistry between Soo Hyun and her. 3. She can't act. For the sake of this drama, I hope she'll surprise me... somehow. She was absolutely bad in Witch Amusement, and only okay in Bad Guy (I didn't care about the romance at all in Bad Guy because I didn't care for her character). Let's be optimistic.

Jung Il Woo and Kim Soo Hyun

Han Ga In

Wild Romance is going to be funny, from the stills and the trailer, but I feel that it's not as hilarious as History of the Salaryman. I like leads Park Shi Young and Lee Dong Wook. There's also Im Joo Eun from What's Up?, Oh Man Seok, and the always-funny Lee Won Jong. Park Shi Young's character is just going to be bad-ass from the look of it. Lee Dong Wook looks hot in his new hair and mustache. Well, that's enough reasons to watch.

Im Joo Eun and Lee Won Jong

Ultimate bad-ass heroine.

After the currently airing Brain is Dream High 2. I loved the original Dream High so hopefully the second season will provide as much fun as the first one.

K-drama adaptation of the Japanese manga Absolute Boyfriend, Absolutely Him (heh), premieres in March. I am looking forward to the collaboration between Kim Ha Neul and TOP. I don't follow Kpop so I don't know much about TOP but I really like Kim Ha Neul. I like almost all of her rom-coms. I also look forward how the drama adaptation would turn out since the original manga bored me. I abandoned the manga after the 1st chapter. Admittedly, it was mostly because the art irritates me. Hey, I'm shallow. The half reason I read manga is the art. The plot also sounds like it could either be addictingly good or boring cliche-soup. Let's hope it's the former.

Kim Ha Neul and TOP

I'm not as excited about Jang Geun Suk's Love Rain. I like the original title, Love Rides the Rain, better though. It sounds more poetic and conveys the feeling of the drama better. The leading lady is another Kpop idol, Yoon Ah. Hopefully, she can act. If I dislike the leading lady, the drama's done for me.

Posted in: K-Drama Labels: Absolutely Him, Anticipated Dramas, Dream High 2, History of the Salaryman, Love Rain, The Moon that Embraces the Sun, Wild Romance