Finally got around to this



Following the cut you will find a ranking of my least to most favorite of the dramas (Japanese, Korean, and Taiwanese) that I finished this year.

I think the whole this is pretty safe, though I do make a few allusions to plot points. So, I'm just going to cover my bases and say potential spoilers for Coffee House, Dal Ja's Spring, Fantasy Couple, Gumiho: Tale of the Fox's Child, Hotaru no Hikari 2, Iris, Kekkon Dekinai Otoko, Liar Game 2, My Girlfriend is a Gumiho, Natsu no Koi wa Nijiiro ni Kagayaku, Oh My Lady, Playful Kiss, Prosecutor Princess, Shokojo Seira, Smile You, Smiling Pasta, Something Happened in Bali, Sunao ni Narenakute, Tsuki no Koibito, and Yankee-kun to Megane-chan.

It's one big ol' image. JSYK )

Final Thoughts: I have to say, 2010 was a bit of a disappointment for me on the drama front. Nothing I watched this year merited a five star ranking on my own personal Drama Rankings. Maybe I'm just getting bitter in my old age, because my top two dramas I adored yet just couldn't bring myself to call them nearly perfect. But honestly, I wonder if I rewatched some of those 5 star dramas if I wouldn't demote them now. I watched them when the world of dramas was still mostly shiny, new, and wonderful. I thought everything was great back then. AH WELL.

What I can say is that there was a crop of excellent female characters, it's just too bad they were stuck in such middling (Eun Young, Coffee House) or straight-up awful (Maemi, Tsuki no Koibito) dramas.

Here is hoping for better results next year! I'm going to start 2011 off by finishing up Joseon X-Files and then either Chuno, Secret Garden, Story of a Man, or City Hall.
Doctor Who: The End of Time I & II... What did I just watch? Seriously, that's what RTD is going out on? Lame. Then again, I haven't been impressed with any of the specials this year. I thought Tennant did a good job, but it's probably a good thing they are shaking everything up.

I hope this new kid is good. I'll be reserving judgement.

Watched a couple more episode of Shokojo Seira this week and I'm happy to report it's picking up the pace. I initially only stuck with it because I so enjoyed "A Little Princess" when I was younger and I wanted to see what they did with it. It's a little difficult setting it in the present given the child labor laws I can only assume Japan has. It's a little distracting when all I can think is "Shouldn't she be put in foster care? WHAT THE HELL?"

You just can't let that bother you and go with the flow. They obviously aren't concerned with details like that, and once you realize they are going to just gloss over silly little issues like that the better. It's a nice, simple little drama about a young girl and her quiet strength. The principal isn't nearly so deviously evil as the original, instead you get glances into her past and how it has shaped her.

Shokojo Seira may not be true to life or life changing, but it does offer some genuinely funny moments and is quite sweet. Also, Shida Mirai is a teeny, tiny person:

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