When Season 1 closes on a cliff-hanger, I was flabbergasted and was reading some of the manga to see what is the ending. Season 2 follows suit with the story from the manga very closely. Lesson of Leadership at the Port amidst Containers : The members who survived the earlier “Beach Club” are separated, with … More Alice in Borderland S2 今際の国のアリス (2022) : Series Review
3 women with the same name Li Jiao, residing in Singapore but with very different family & cultural background. The three Li Jiao cross path, initially not on good terms but over time became life-long friends upon getting to know each other better. Three Different Li Jiaos Li Jiao no. 1 is born & bred … More Sisters Stand Tall (2022) 快跑吧, 丽娇: SG-Drama Series Review
The 19-episode Korean series an interesting series which is based in magical kingdom of Daeho with mages. The route to be a mage commences with the opening of energy flow, and enlightened mages train to achieve the various levels – jipsu, ryusu, chisu and hwansu whereby the highest hwansu links to the alchemy of souls. … More Alchemy of Souls S1 (2022) 환혼: K-Drama Series Review
When S2 comes a-knocking a few weeks ago, I was all excited as I was totally blown away with S1. S2 starts off a little more muted, with the brothers coming on board in a big hall. The list of brothers participating in Season 2 is really impressive with a mixture of singers, rappers, composers … More Call Me By Fire S2 (2022) 披荆斩棘的哥哥: Reality Show Review (Episode 1 – 5)
The 20-episode series focus on the Zhong family through their ups and downs, with a direct link to foreign-bride in the form of Mai Huong Tao (or translated to Mai Fang Cao). The series introduces the eldest daughter of Zhong Pei Pei, landing in a quandary as her foreign bride Mai Huong Tao (portrayed … More My Star Bride (2021) 过江新娘 : SG-Drama Series Review
Raising Dion S1 is released in 2019, while S2 is released in 2022. The focus of the series is on Dion Warren, a precocious 8 years old boy who suddenly finds himself with “super powers” such as able to teleport items. Although the idea of having superpowers excite the little boy, his single mother Nicole … More Raising Dion S1 (2019) and S2 (2022) : Series Review
Series is entertaining in a light manner, with light comedy with snippets of brotherhood, romance, greedy villain vying for power and money, and the obvious – the unmentionable “ghost” in the hospital environment. The series is helmed by Jeong Ji-hoon (aka Rain) as senior professional heart surgeon Cha Young-min and Kim Beom as junior … More Ghost Doctor (2022) 고스트 닥터: K-Drama Series Review
Available in Netflix, what attracted me to the series is the “true story” that inspired the series, which is based on Anna Sorokin (reinventing herself as Anna Delsey). The series can be a little disjointed, as snippets of the series will move through back and forth through actual chronology of events. The series starts off … More Inventing Anna (2022) : Series Review
Ground Zero @ School The ground zero of this particular “zombie” series is in a high school in Hyosan city. The series starts off quite violently, with a smaller-sized kid being physically bullied and beaten by schoolmates. The series then zoomed into the more ordinary daily life of the high school – silly banters, jealousy, … More All of Us are Dead (2022) 지금 우리 학교는 : K-Drama Series Review
The 24-episode anime spanning 2 seasons, with the first season focusing on the discovery of the genius pianist Kai Ichinose while the second season focusing on their journey during the international competition. In the first half of the series, a shy Shuhei Amamiya hits bottleneck in his piano training, and is trying to get Sosuke … More Forest of Piano (2018) ピアノの森 –The Perfect World of KAI: Anime Review
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