Asian Dramas Recaps & Reviews

  Melting Me Softly Episode 1-2 Recap Drama: Melting Me Softly (English title) / Let Me Melt (literal title) Hangul: 날 녹여주오 Network: tvN Release Date: September 28, 2019 — Runtime: Sat. & Sun. 21:00 Language: Korean Plot: Due to a mysterious conspiracy, a man and a woman, who took part in a 24-hour freezing project, wake up 20 years later, instead of 24 hours later. Ma Dong-Chan (Ji Chang-Wook) is a PD, who works on a popular variety show. He and other participants take part in the variety show’s 24-hour freezing people project. Ma Dong-Chan is supposed to wake up 24 hours after being frozen, but, when he wakes up, he finds out that 20 years has passed. His appearance is the same as when he was frozen, but his parents, younger brother, girlfriend and co-workers have all aged significantly. Another participant Ko Mi-Ran (Won Jin-A) a staff member of the variety program also takes part in the project. This is the story of their romance which would not have happene...

Vagabond Episode 3-4 Recap (Ep-3)   Hae-Ri becomes convinced that there was a terrorist attack on the plane rather than a plane failure. Dr. Kim on the other hand is not convinced, he looks a bit suspicious as tries doubt Hae-Ri’s conviction. Elsewhere, Dal-Gun gets attacked in a convenience store, he is able to run away but Ho-Sik gets shot in the attack. Dal-Gun takes Ho-Sik to hospital and reports to Hae-Ri about the attack. Later, Hae-Ri also gets attacked while in her home, the attacker turns out to be the guy Dal-Gun attacked previously , she over powers him calls from his phone. To her surprise Dal-Gun picks up the call, he informs to her that the mobile belongs to Ho-Sik. Surprised, Hae-Ri reveals that Ho-Sik is a terrorist and orders Dal-Gun to capture him. In the meantime, Ho-Sik runs away from the hospital, he is finally captured by Hae-Ri and Dal-Gun. Ho-Sik sees a sniper on the roof, he then takes poison capsule from his locket and dies before revealing anything. ...

Arthdal Chronicles Finale Recap (Ep-17) Eun-Seom finishes the Judgment of Water after he is saved by Momo Tribe. Karika wants Eun-Seom to go with her, but he wants to go back to save his friend. She tells him that if he goes back now he will be treated differently, before parting she tells him to look for her people whenever he needs help. Elsewhere, Ago tribe is wishing for Inaishingi’s return, Tachoogan threatens to kill Ipsaeng to make him confess that he “lied.” Eun-Seom then arrives and is hailed as Inaishingi. Eun-Seom at first doesn’t want to be the Inaishingi but after seeing people ready to risk their lives in his name he doesn’t have any other choice. Ta-Gon becoming the most powerful man wants to go next step and become the King of Arthdal. Anyone who tries to go against him gets executed without questioning. Saya suspects Tan-Ya and Moo-Baek, Ta-Gon should make all people of Arthdal rather than people of a specific tribe. Saya and Taealha doesn’t get along because of the...

Vagabond Recap Drama: Vagabond Hangul: 배가본드 Network: SBS Episodes: 16 Airing: September 20 – November 9, 2019 Language: Korean Vagabond Plot : Cha Dal-Gun ( Lee Seung-Gi ) is a stunt man who dreams of becoming a world-famous action actor. He becomes a taxi driver to take care of his nephew. His nephew takes a flight to Morocco but the flight crashes. In Morocco, Cha Dal-Gun sees someone that was a passenger on the fatal flight. He becomes convinced that someone or some group sabotaged his nephew’s flight. Go Hae-Ri (Bae Suzy) is an NIS agent and is currently working undercover in the Korean embassy in Morocco. She believes Dal-Gun  and soon they uncover a far darker and more sinister conspiracy than they expected.   Vagabond Recap Somewhere that looks like an Arabic desert two assassins are waiting for their target. The target arrives, Dal-Gun ( Lee Seung-Gi )  sees the target who is none other than Go Hae-Ri (Bae Suzy). He is ordered to hit the target ...

When Devil Calls Your Name Recap In a last ditch effort to save his soul Ha-Rip tries to kill Mo Tae-Kang but fails. He then cut the tress containing souls which then leads to souls escaping. Choong-Ryeol (knows that Ha-Rip and Dong-Cheon are same) tells Ha-Rip that he will release LAGB’s album and Ha-Rip will be charged will plagiarism. During their conversation a flying soul appears due to which Choong-Ryeol reveals his true thoughts to Ha-Rip. He tells him that how he envied him and wanted Dong-Cheon to be his friend. Ha-Rip apologizes to him and wants him to leave Seo-Young and Yi-Kyung alone but Choong-Ryeol has returned to his true self. When the Camellia Blooms Episode 1-2 Recap Meanwhile, Yi-Kyung has lost emotions after selling her soul to Devil. Furthermore, she has no more inspirations for new songs as well. Ha-Rip reminds her that she should not just move forward to become successful but to remembers her previous emotions. She tells him to not see her anymore, Ha-Rip th...

Drama: When the Camellia Blooms Hangul: 동백꽃 필 무렵 Network: KBS2 Release Date: September 18, 2019 — Language: Korean Plot: The comedy thriller drama is about the life of a woman Dong-Baek and 3 men she gets involved it. Dong-Baek is a single mother who runs a bar in a food alley dominated by females. 3 men she gets involved with are a good man, a bad man and a cheap man. Yong-Sik (Kang Ha-Neul) a cop who falls in love with Dong-Baek. Jong-Ryeol (Kim Ji-Suk) a pro baseball player whose wife is a social media “star”. They have a kid together but are separated although they act as a couple in front of cameras. He may also be father of Dong-Baek’s kid. Last is Kyu-Tae (Oh Jung-Se), Dong-Baek’s cheap land lord who is married to a lawyer. Surrounding all this is a murder mystery that involves a serial killer.   When the Camellia Blooms Episode 1-2 Recap A dead body is found most likely killed by a serial killer known as Joker. A policeman moves to identify the body while h...

Drama: Flower Crew: Joseon Marriage Agency (English title) Hangul: 꽃파당 : 조선혼담공작소 Network: jTBC Episodes: 16 Release Date: September 16 – November 5, 2019 Language: Korean Plot: Before Lee Soo (Seo Ji-Hoon) became a king, he was an ordinary blacksmith in the countryside. His life suddenly changed at the age of 23. This was when Lee Soo became the King of Joseon. Meanwhile, Lee Soo’s first love is Gae-Ddong (Gong Seung-Yeon). He loved her before he took the throne. King Lee Soo wants to marry Gae-Ddong, but, because of her humble background, it is virtually impossible. To marry Gae-Ddong, Lee Soo hires the Flower Crew Matchmaking Agency. The agency consists of 3 handsome men: Ma Hoon (Kim Min-Jae), Do Joon (Byeon Woo-Seok) and Ko Young-Soo (Park Ji-Hoon) and they are the best matchmaking agency in Joseon. King Lee Soo asks the Flower Crew to make Gae-Ddong a noble woman.(from Asianwiki ) Flower Crew Episode 1-2 Recap The King is on his death bed waiting for the crown ...

Be Melodramatic Recap Jin-Joo and Beom-Soo start working together as writer and director of the new drama respectively. They spend more time together and continually try to put down each other verbally. Meanwhile, jealous Hye-Jung offers her script to Hwan-Dong to direct. He first rejects at first but then accepts after getting encouragement from Beom-Soo. Beom-Soo instantly regrets his decision to help Hwan-Dong when latter recruits best supporting staff. On the other hand Beom-Soo gets close not only to Jin-Joo but her family as well. They start to have feeling for each other although they don’t want to accept it to themselves. Elsewhere, Han-Joo and Jae-Hoon show great chemistry when working together. One day Han-Joo sees Jae-Hoon’s girlfriend with other men. She gets stressed about telling it to Jae-Hoon or not, Jae-Hoon tells her that it was his gf’s cousin. Which he knows is lie, relationship between him and his gf is dwindling. Han-Joo is then gets promoted at her work. For h...

Doctor John Episode 15-16 Recap Yo-Han gives his all to save Ki-Seok until the last moment. Even after, giving his best he is unable to save Ki-Seok. Ki-Seok’s death totally devastates Yo-Han who takes out his anger on Shi-Young. News reports the death of former health minister, prosecutors investigate the death was due to euthanasia. Myung-Oh becomes the prime suspect, Tae-Kyung will also be questioned by the prosecutors. News of Yo-Han not wanting to return to the hospital also spreads through his colleagues. Seok-Ki gets chest pains while driving, he nearly gets in a big accident. He is taken to HMC, Yo-Han tells him he need to be hospitalized. Later, when confronted by Shi-Young, Yo-Han tells her that he will participate in the research. Furthermore, he tells her to move on and stop thinking about being together in the future. Yo-Han performs the surgery on Seok-Ki, Eun-Jung takes out her resentment on Yo-Han for child’s death. Shi-Young’s father is declared brain-dead, and he i...

Welcome 2 Life Recap Second Life Jae-Sang is finally able to make chairwoman pay for her crimes. But even then he is not able to go back to the other side. He then decides to live (differently) than what he used to do. This change in his personality makes people around him a little suspicious. Jae-Sang starts fighting evil but in doing, so he also starts to break rules to catch the culprits. According to him that is the only way to fight and catch the evil doers. This doesn’t sit well with his colleagues especially Dong-Taek but still all of them give him full support. Jae-Sang has also found his new nemesis known as Do-Sik. Do-Sik is running for mayor and does all sort of bad things to achieve results. He is represented by Jae-Sang’s “old law firm” which sometimes gives advantage to Jae-Sang. As, he is already familiar with their tactics he is able to counter them. His continuous run-ins with Do-Sik may cut short his life. Unlike the other side Jae-Sang has love in his life here ...

Im Si Wan returns to small screen for the first time after his military duty. He will be playing the role of Jong-Woo, who moves to Seoul for his new job and to be close to his girl-friend. He ends up living in small studio which is cheap but surrounded by some weird people. Another big star of the drama is our handsome Grim Reaper Lee Dong-Wook who may or may not be playing a negative role. Let’s start Strangers From Hell Episode 1-2 Recap. Drama: Strangers From Hell (English title) Hangul: 타인은 지옥이다 Network: OCN Episodes: 10 Airing: Sat. & Sun. 22:20 Language: Korean Strangers From Hell Episode 1-2 Recap New Place Jong-Woo enters his building along with someone while holding a knife in his hand. The other person then disappears while Jung-Woo locks himself in a room. He is then attacked and dragged by a stranger while Jung-Woo narrates about being in a fiery pit surrounded by strangers (talking about his studio building). He is then hit by a hammer on his head by ...

Hotel Del Luna Episode 15-16 Recap Staff members of the hotel are sad that Man-Wol ( IU ) left without saying goodbye. While Ma-Go is preparing alcohol for the new owner of the hotel, she is missing an important ingredient. To get that ingredient asks Chan-Sung to go 200 years in past to the hotel. Chan-Sung agrees to go when he hears he will be able to meet Man-Wol of the past. Ma-Go warns him not to drink or eat anything, or he won’t be able to return to the present. While trying to get the Ingredient he runs into Man-Wol, who is still a money loving “ghost”. Chan-Sung starts bickering with Man-Wol again when he learns that she has addiction to gambling and is in debt. He is able to solve her issues before returning to the present with the required ingredient. When he returns he meets with Man-Wol who has also returned, but she has lost her memories of her life when she was alive. Meanwhile, Ma-Go prepares the alcohol for the next owner of the hotel. Elsewhere, Hyun-Joong’s sister...