What is this, Horseville? 'Cause I'm surrounded by naysayers. Wordplay!

Finished Pride this weekend, and while I felt the last couple episodes left something to be desired, I enjoyed it immensely. I've updated my drama rankings accordingly. I even shuffled old stuff around a little. I think I was giving too much slack to some of the two stars series. When in doubt I just rank something two, but I went ahead and dropped some down to one because there are series ranked as two that are better. It's a shifting scale, deal with it!

Now I'm on the hunt for something new to watch. Most of what is on my plate at the moment are currently airing series. Buzzer Beat subs come out at a steady pace (Though, given the spoilers for ep 7 - SUBS CAN'T COME SOON ENOUGH!), but the second episode of Karei naru Spy has YET to be subbed, which is infinitely frustrating. More Vineyard Man is on hold until I do posts on the episodes I've already capped. It's really easy for me to get lazy and just rewatch, but I can only justify it with recap posts. That leaves Painter of the Wind as my sole, readily available show.

Given that, I tried out several new series recently. The first was Long Vacation because I needed a new KimuTaku drama and this had been proclaimed as similar to Buzzer Beat, which I'm really enjoying. The first episode was OK, I wasn't blown away by it, but I bet it will be a fun romcom which I don't have a problem with. The dynamics between the leads really did remind me a Buzzer Beat.

Then I tried Sleeping Forest because darkeyedwolf posted about it and it sounded a lot like A Million Stars Falling from the Sky. Plus, it's a retelling of Sleeping Beauty which is enough to sell me on anything. The first episode was a little slow as it was mainly the heroine walking around to her own narration. But Kimura plays a total stalker, who is quite upfront about his stalking tendencies. I think I'm going to keep with it at least until the real mystery kicks in.

At sailorgaia's suggestion I watched the first episode of Tamra, The Island. It's unapologetically silly, but if I'm going to be watching Sleeping Forest, I think this might be a good way to counteract the creepiness. Granted, the beginning English scenes feature some of the worst acting I've ever had the misfortune of watching. But when the action switches to the island it's wonderfully carefree and fun. I attribute this mostly to our heroine, Beo Jin, who is completely adorable. I totally ship her (and her cute diving outfit) with William (and his awful hair).



( Caps shamelessly stolen from dramabeans as I have to watch this streaming (UGH). )

Plus, Beo Jin's mom is played by the actress who was Bason in Legend. She's JUST as kickass in this. I kind of love that the women run the show. Beo Jin's dad is relegated to showing Park Gyu how to use the toilet. HA.

Note: flutegirl - Angel is scared of chickens, just like you.