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Reflections on Asian Dramas

A Splendid Match (2026) A Recommendation

Gu Jinzhao (Ren Min), who has come of age, returns to her father’s family after being banished to her maternal grandmother’s as a baby.

Drama Watch 13 June 2026

In conversation with absoluteM

Zhan Zhao Adventures (2026) The Anatomy of a Hero

Zhan Zhao Adventures or 雨霖铃 has its origins as a piece of fanfiction based around an older novel called The Seven Heroes and Five Gallants which has…

The Scarecrow (2026) A Recommendation

Park Hae-soo and Lee Hee-joon play two former school mates who become the centre point of a police investigation into a series of murders in a…

Zhan Zhao Adventures (2026) First Impressions (Episodes 1-8)

This is one that I had been waiting for since a year or so ago and only realised that it had started airing when the first episode popped up on my YT…

Drama Watch 16 May 2026

In conversation with absoluteM

Melody of Golden Age (2024) Speaking of Tropes...

I discovered Melody of Golden Age quite by accident.

Rebirth (2026) Flawed but Fascinating

Rebirth, the so-called much belated sequel to Princess Agents is best thought of as an alternate universe or fanfiction.