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
The first season ended abruptly with the children escaping the alien farm, towards a future unknown. Emma & Ray lead the children towards safety, while following the clues left by William Minerva, hoping to find the happy-ever-after for themselves. Link to review S1 Promised Neverland S1. promised-neverland-anime. And the beautiful rendition of Isabel’s Lullaby. isabels-lullaby-from-promised-neverland-theme-song … More Promised Neverland S2 (2021) : Anime Review
THE romantic series to watch in 2020, all packaged into a sweet series to tide through the pandemic. Recently, I rewatched this series to watch the cheeky & mischievous Yoon Se-ri and cool & totally swoon-worthy Ri Yeung-Hyeok. Son Ye-Jin as Se-ri and Hyun Binh as Captain Ri. What a wonderful-looking couple, and couple in … More Crash Landing on You (2020) 사랑의 불시착 : K drama Review & Travel Ideas
The anime is based on the manga illustrated by Naoshi Arakawa, with the focus on young musicians. The main lead is a child prodigy Kosei Arima who is a genius pianist, but at the age of 12 suffered trauma upon his mother’s death and could not hear the piano pieces while playing. Flanked by two … More Your Lie In April (2016) 四月は君の嘘 : Anime Review
The series revolves around Han Geu-ru, a 20-year young adult who has Asperger’s Syndrome, and works as a trauma cleaner at his family-owned “Move to Heaven” business. The business is involved in cleaning up belongings of deceased person, with a really compassionate gesture whereby the business pays attention & cares about the legacy & memories … More Move to Heaven S1 무브 투 헤븐: 나는 유품정리사입니다 (2021): K Drama Series Review
Mythical stories always fascinate me, including tales of gumiho (or foxes). Although gumihos are usually associated with the female, this particular series is an exception whereby the gumiho is a male deity Lee Yeon who gives up his position as the guardian of a mountain to look for his first love – Ah Eum who … More Tale of the Nine-Tailed (2020) 구미호뎐 : K Drama Series Review
The series charts the daily (mundane but interesting) life of sisters, Mine & Kaoru, who inherited an “izakaya” restaurant from their parents. The focus of the series is linking the variation of food (from different parts of Japan) to the patrons of the restaurant. Each episode is a short 25 minutes, but introduces the food … More Izakaya Bottakuri (2018) ぼったくり: J-Drama Series Review
The series dabbles a little here and there – romance, identity crisis, palace drama & intrigue, politics, fighting, cooking. The super-hilarious series turns out to be fast-paced & interesting. The series starts off in the modern era, focusing on Jang Bong-Hwan a chief chef at the President’s residence. He passes out in a coma, and … More Mr Queen (2021) 철인왕후: K Drama Series Review
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