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Everything I watch in Jan 2024

I was going to post my annual everything I watched in 2023 post but I feel like I missed my opportunity, so here is my everything I watched in January 2024... (Be Warned there are some spoilers, I do try to mark them throughout the review)

My Lovely Boxer (2023, Kim Min-joo)

Main leads: Lee Sang-yeob, Kim So-hye, Park Ji-hwan, Kim Hyung-mook, Kim Jin-woo, Ha Seung-ri, Chae Won-bin

Country: S. Korea

Run: August 21 to Oct 2, 2023 (KBS2, Monday and Tuesday @21:45 (KST))

Episodes: 12, 70 min

Thoughts: Lee Kwon-sook (Kim So-hye) is a boxer who is forcibly thrown back into the world boxing that she has retired from by a sports agent Kim Tae-young (Lee Sang-yeob). I really liked how they balanced the characters. Lee Kwon-sook is a cheerful girl who is constantly haunted by her past. And she is allowed agency to do what she can do, despite the efforts of others. And the relationship between Lee Kwon-sook and Kim Tae-young, though slightly toxic, works in an odd way. I did have problems with how they reconnected her with her father.I personally wouldn’t have forgiven him. However, I loved the relationship with Han Ah-reum, and just how that story ends. I thought it was done very well. Overall I have really enjoyed this drama. Rating:

Unlock My Boss (2022-2023, Kim Hyung-min)

Main leads: Chae Jong-hyeop, Seo Eun-soo, Park Sung-woong

Country: S. Korea

Run: Dec 7, 2022 to Jan 12, 2023 (ENA, Wednesday and Thursday @21:00 (KST))

Episodes: 12, 60 min

Thoughts: Oh wow, this is more enjoyable than I imagined. Chase Jong-hyeop as Park In-seong is so fun. He is adorable, down to earth but capable. Jun Se-yeon (Seo Eun-soo) was amazing and I loved her complexities as a character. And the trio of Kim Seon-joo (Park Sung-woong), Park In-seong, and Jun Se-yeon, was so fun and I loved the little family they formed. I literally cried so much during this show for no reason. Like the zoom into the phone literally made me sob each time for no reason. Rating: Who knew electronics can have that much range?

Night Has Come (2023, Kang Min-Ji)

Main leads: Lee Jae-In, Kim Woo-Seok, Choi Ye-Bin, Cha Woo-Min, Ahn Ji-Ho, Jung So-Ri

Country: S. Korea

Run: Dec 4,, 2023 ( U+mobiletv)

Episodes: 12, 35 to 40 min

Thoughts: This started off really good. A class gets thrust into a mafia game to the death. You along with the characters are wondering who is the mafia among the students and who is forcing this game. It is really interesting, but the episodes follow the same pattern. The end you find everything out, and it's kind of stupied. They had a classmate who committed sucide due to a badly edited image of herself on a skimply clad woman’s body. Which is yeah bad. Then her parents take revenge on the whole class. They are placed in this mafia simulator to repeat the game over and over again. It ends with Lee Yoon-seo able to remember everything, but still trapped in the simulator. Like where their parents are. People must be concerned right. Rating: Sisphyus boulder, I guess…

The Story of Park’s Marriage Contract (2023-2024, Go Nam-jeong)

Main leads: Lee Se-young, Bae In-hyuk, Joo Hyun-young, Yoo Seon-ho, Jo Bok-rae

Country: S. Korea

Run: Nov 24, 2023 to Jan 6, 2024 (MBC TV Friday and Saturday @21:50 (KST))

Episodes: 12, 70 min

Thoughts: This was a cute drama. It starts off with a cute romance between a progressive woman in Joseon and a sick scholar. However, it quickly becomes a tragedy and she is sent to the year 2023 with her hand maid Sa-wol (Joo Hyun-young). It quickly becomes a fish out of water for Park Yeon-woo (Lee Se-young), but luckly she meets the recacrante of her late husband Kang Tae-ha (Bae In-hyuk) and they make a deal. It is a cute drama and I loved the cast of characters. Yeon-woo is easy to root for. Sa-wol is adorable, and adapts quickly. Kang Tae-ha is prickly but has a heart of gold. It's dramatic and fun. It's nothing special, but oh is it so good. My favorite part is Yeon-woo and Sa-wol’s relationship. Literally there is a scene with those two that reflects a romantic scene in Perfect Marriage Revenage (2023) which I can’t stop thinking about. Overall I just really enjoyed my time. Rating: butterflies everytime I think about you…

Joseon Attorney: A Morality (2023,Choi Jin-young)

Main leads: Woo Do-hwan, Bona, Cha Hak-yeon

Country: S. Korea

Run: March 31 to May 5, 2023 (MBC TV Friday and Saturday @21:50 (KST))

Episodes: 16, 70 min

Thoughts: This was a lot like Taxi Driver. In the way you have an episodic feel with a charismatic male lead seeking revenge and helping people. I had a lot of fun with this show, and I don’t use the comparison lightly either. I really had fun with it. The romance was okay, but I liked the different stories, and the main revenge plot was easy to follow along with. Woo Do-hwan is a great actor and meant to be a leading man. It's definitely not my favorite and there are a few things that needed changing but it was fun overall! Rating: Who do you call?... Joseon Attorney!!!

KBS Drama Special 14 (2023, Choi Ja-won, Yun Tae-woo, Cho Il-yeon, Choi Yi-kyung, Wi Jae-hwa, Kwon Oh-joo,Park Eun-seo, Jo Soo-yeong, Kim Ik-hyun)

Main leads: Lee Jae-won, Choi Seong-won, and Kim Kang-hyeon, Kim Won-hae, Min Ji-ah, Ahn Se-bin and Park Ji-ah, Lee Min-jae, Kim Hyun-soo, and Kang Na-eon, Moon Woo-jin, Park Seo-kyung, Park Ha-sun, Kim Joo-heon, Kim Do-hoon, Chae Won-bin, Kim Dong-hwi, Jo A-ram, Shim Yi-young, Joo Seok-tae, Ren, Park Sang-nam, Hong Seung-hee, Hahm Eun-jung, Kim Kang-min, Yoon San-ha, Baek Sung-hyun

Country: S. Korea

Run: OCT 14 to Dec 16, 2023 (KBS, Saturday 21:50 to 22:50 (KST))

Episodes: 10, 60 to 80 min

Thoughts: This is a yearly anthogolgy series that follows various characters in various time periods with various goals. I thought a lot of them were really cool and interesting. “Love Attack” was by far one of my favorites, but I also really liked “The True Love of Madam” which was shocking for me. It was also hard to find any subs for “Overlap, Knife, Knife” so I had to rely on visual cues and the small amount of Korean I know. But I thought this was a fun anthrologie series, and the stories are fun and fresh. Rating: I love getting short and quick stories like this, its the reason I love short films so much.

A Good Day to Be a Dog (2023-2024, Baek In-ah)

Main leads: Park Gyu-young, Cha Eun-woo, Lee Hyun-woo

Country: S. Korea

Run: Oct 11, 2023 to Jan 10, 2024 (MBC, Wednesday 21:00 (KST))

Episodes: 14, 70 min

Thoughts: Apparently it is very different from the webtoon ( which I have never read), but I found it entertaining. It is cute and lighthearted. I always like when its past lives, I think it adds a fun element to romances. Though I do think the schedule of the show hindered my enjoyment, because it would be so long between episodes. They also lost me at the end, I can not lie. Rating/Spoiler: Also I would be so angery if I found out my family curse passed down for generations was over a misunderstanding. I would want an apology, reparations, and revenge. On another note, I would also be so pissed if I killed myself to save my servant's baby; then my boyfriend finished off the dying father, then cursed the child and its offspring. I would be pissed, like my scarfice was for not. Go off mountain spirit I guess…

My 20th Twenty (2023, N/A)

Main leads: Choi Yu Ju , Jung Su Bin

Country: S. Korea

Run: April 21 to may 27, 2023 (Wavve, Friday and Saturday)

Episodes: 12, 15 min

Thoughts: This show was good for what it was. It has the vibe of a college student film with a mix of those youtube series made by middle schoolers back in 2009. And I mean that with the highest praise. The sound mixing was off, they had limited cast (background actors is what you are looking for), no interesting lighting (but very well light- i.e the student film vibes), and the actors new to the scene. I loved every motherfucking moment. It was so cheesy, the script was bad, and nothing made sense. But I knew that it was made with passion. Rating: It would be horrifying being 20 forever

Taxi Driver Season 2 (2023, Oh Sang-ho)

Main leads: Lee Je-hoon, Kim Eui-sung, Pyo Ye-jin, Jang Hyuk-jin, Bae Yoo-ram, Shin Jae-ha

Country: S. Korea

Run: Feb 17 to April 15, 2023 (SBS, TV Friday and Saturday @22:00 (KST))

Episodes: 16, 70 min

Thoughts: Back in action the second season is so much fun and entertaining. I actually like it better than the first. And I said this once and I’ll say it again Lee Je-hoon is made to be an action star. He’s as great as Kim Do-gi. I also liked that Ahn Go-eun (Pyo Ye-jin) had a larger role this season. I also just love the friendship in the Rainbow Taxi service. Just so fun. Rating: imagine being taken down by a taxi service…

Taxi Driver Special (2023, SBS)

Main leads: Lee Je-hoon, Kim Eui-sung, Pyo Ye-jin, Jang Hyuk-jin, Bae Yoo-ram, Shin Jae-ha

Country: S. Korea

Run: Feb 16 to March 4, 2023 ( KBS)

Episodes: 2, 60 -120 min

Thoughts: This was fun seeing the cast reflect on the episodes and their characters. Its also cool just seeing a reply of everything that happened. You could tell how much Lee Je-hoon loves playing Kim Do-gi. Rating: I am excited for the 3rd season…

Brain Works (2023, Park Kyung-seon)

Main leads: Jung Yong-hwa, Cha Tae-hyun, Kwak Sun-young, Ye Ji-won

Country: S. Korea

Run: Jan 2 to Fe 28, 2023 (KBS2 Monday and Tuesday @21:50 (KST))

Episodes: 16, 75 min

Thoughts:This show is weird. I think most cop shows are weird but this one especially. I did like the bromance in this, between Shin Ha-ru (Jung Yong-hwa) and Geum Myung-se (Ch Tae-hyun). I did think neuroscience was weird and defies logic. The only good thing about it was when they didn’t completely vilify Pyschopaths, because it tends to be more complicated than the mainstream likes to show. It still left a lot to be desired but it was there. Also when he lowkey kidnapped and torture that kid, oh my god, like he was a little punk and deserved to go to trail but my god. Rating: This is lowkey giving Minority Report tbh…

My Cuteness is about to expire!? (2022, Tanabe Shigenori)

Main leads: Yamada Ryosuke, Yoshine Kyoko

Country: Japan

Run: April 16 to June 11, 2022 (TV Asahi, Saturday 23:30)

Episodes: 9, 23 to 47 min

Thoughts: Maruya is your typical male narcissist who works in sales. He uses his cuteness to stake by in life, to make up for his average skills. One day he is visited by his future self, whom he deems ugly, tells him that his cuteness is going to expire. He decides, after relizing his crush, the only way to prevent this is to date Sanada, a robotic newbie to the sales team. It is cute and Maruya and Sanada are fun as a couple, plus if you have the time you could watch this in a day. Rating: I’m Ichinose calling every single person every 10 seconds sobbing…

My Dearest Pt 1 (2023, Hwang Jin-young)

Main leads: Namkoong Min, Ahn Eun-jin, Lee Hak-joo, Lee Da-in, Kim Yoon-woo, Lee Chung-ah

Country: S. Korea

Run: August 4 to Sept 2, 2023 (MBC TV, Friday and Saturday 21:50 (KST))

Episodes: 10, 60 to 90 min

Thoughts: I was not expecting to like this more than I did. The angst in every episode is so insane. Episode 10 was actually unbearable. I also want to take a moment and appreciate Yoo Gil-chae (Ahn Eun-jin), she is such a complicated character. She would do anything for her friends, she is willing to do the things that no other women (noble) are willing to do even during times of war. She will stab the man assualting her friend and cover it up. She would cut the amicable cord, she would stab the mother’s hand. She isn’t pure of heart, she neveer claimed to be. I love her so much. And her relationship with Lee Jang-hyun. The ending of episode 10. I was sobbing. Rating: I am trying to hype myself up to watch the next 11 episodes, people had to wait inbetween…

The Escape of the Seven (2023, Kim Soon-ok)

Main leads: Um Ki-joon, Hwang Jung-eum, Lee Joon, Lee Yu-bi, Shin Eun-kyung, Yoon Jong-hoon, Jo Yoon-hee, Jo Jae-yoon

Country: S. Korea

Run: Sept 15 to Nov 17, 2023 (SBS TV Friday and Saturday 22:00 (KST))

Episodes: 17, 70 to 80 min

Thoughts: This was an insane ride. Literally no one in this likeable except for a few, like I didn’t think Min Do-hyuk (Lee Joon) was as bad as the others but oh lordy. It is so melodramatic, which took me off graud for some reason. Going into it I thought it was going to be a serious thriller, but oh boy was I wrong. It was Makjang. Which is fine, and also coming back in style apparently. I’m sat for season 2, but not with much hope. Rating: I actually don’t know the timeline of any of these events, does it expand years months, idk…

My Demon (2023-2024, Choi Ah-il)

Main leads: Kim Yoo-jung, Song Kang, Lee Sang-yi, Kim Hae-sook

Country: S. Korea

Run: Nov 24, 2023 to Jan 20, 2024 (SBS TV, Friday and Saturday @22:00 (KST))

Episodes: 16, 70 min

Thoughts: I was excited for this drama. I really liked Doom at Your Service which promised to have a similar vibe. Which it did to an extent. I actually hate Song Kang in romances and only really like him in nonromance shows. However I think he did really well as Jeong Gu-won. I liked the overall Romance in the show. But I did think the revenge plot got uninteresting and confusing after a while. I do like the ending, I was pretty satisfied with where everyone ended up, which has been a long time since I’ve been this satisfied.

Welcome to Samdal-ri (2023-2024, Kwon Hye-joo)

Main leads: Ji Chang-wook, Shin Hye-sun

Country: S. Korea

Run: Dec 2, 2023 ti Jan 21, 2024 (JTBC, Saturday and Sunday 22:30 (KST))

Episodes: 16, 70 min

Thoughts: This was cute and was far above my expectations. I am always uneasy with Ji Chang Wook, I can’t forgive him for the Melting My Heart drama a few years back, but I would do anything for Shin Hye-sun. So I gave this drama a go, and I liked it. I loved the vibes, and I didn’t mind that revenge wasn’t the main plot. It's like the one line “my enemies will take themselves out before you get a chance to swing.” It was heartwarming and I’m glad that Cho Sam-dal was able to find peace in her hometown. I loved the feel of community. I loved all the Friendships. It was very lovely. And I’m happy at the ending. I will also give my entire heart to Cho Hae-dal and Cha Ha-yul. I loved their mother-daughter relationship. I wanted more screen time for both. Rating: I’m glad there is a little piece of heaven…

Game of Witches ( 2022-2023, Lee Do-Hyun)

Main leads: Jang Seo-Hee, Kim Kyu-Seon, Lee Hyun-Seok, Oh Chang-Suk. Han Ji-Wan, Ban Hyo-Jung

Country: S. Korea

Run: Oct 11, 2022 to April 14, 2023 (MBC, Monday to Friday 19:15 (KST))

Episodes: 119, 25 to 28 min

Thoughts: *Major Spoilers+ Rant ahead.* This show makes me unneccsarly angery. It is a daily drama and a Makjang to boot, so literally put any and all expectations in the gutter. Everything is nonsensical, and drawn out to reach the 119 mark. Storylines get dropped or move way too fast. It has a strange family tree and for a moment every single person was supposbly related. They have so much evidence agsaint the scheming Kang Ji-ho (Oh Chang-suk) and Joo Se-young (Han Ji-wan) but it goes nowhere. Speaking of Kang Ji-ho, he was just straight up dispicable. I would say more than Se-ypung of Ma Hyun-Deok (Ban Hyo-Jung). He was a terrible partner and father from the start. He literally tossed his entire family out the door for Se-young and eventual power. He only paid attention to his daughter Kang Han-Byeol (Kwon Dan-A) when she was able to benefit him. He was at best neglectful and at worst abusive towards her. Han-byeol was the true victim. Hye-soo (Kim Kyu-Seon) actually had a motive in the beginning. She was just pathetic and weak but once she returned they weirdly sidelined her. Also I don’t know why Kang Ji-ho never got prosecuted for trying to kill Hye-soo. Like I find that to be one of his more egregious crimes. Like that is the mother of your child. You gave your child so much trauma, for what? Power? Like when they tried to redeem him at the end I was just fed up. You can’t make hime out to be the big bad guy for 118 episodes, and then have him do one good thing. He is a bad father, and when Han Byeol grows up she will resent him. Rating: Fuck this show, like actually.

My Dearest Part 2(2023, Hwang Jin-young)

Main leads: Namkoong Min, Ahn Eun-jin, Lee Hak-joo, Lee Da-in, Kim Yoon-woo, Lee Chung-ah

Country: S. Korea

Run: Oct 13 to Nov 18, 2023 (MBC TV, Friday and Saturday 21:50 (KST))

Episodes: 11, 60 to 90 min

Thoughts: More devastating than the first part. Gil-chae is probably my favorite character I have watched. Her journey in this part is absolutely devastating but she survives. I enjoyed the refutement from blame, that people who experienced the worst horrors known are somehow blamed. Gil Chae pushes back on this sentiment herself. This entire time I just wanted Jang-hyun and Gil Chea together. Which took the entire part for them to finally be happy. I do think the ending was kind of wobbly, and they only really needed 10 episodes not the 11. But who am I to say? Anyways I enjoyed the show overall. Rating: My Dear Husband…

Kokdu: Season of Diety (2023, Kang Yi-heon, Heo Jun-woo)

Main leads: Kim Jung-hyun, Im Soo-hyang, Kim Da-som, Ahn Woo-yeon, Kim In-kwon, Cha Chung-hwa

Country: S. Korea

Run: Jan 27 to March 24, 2023 (MBC TV Fridays and Saturdays @21:50 (KST))

Episodes: 16, 70 min

Thoughts: You must be wondering why did you watch this? It only has bad reviews- which is a lie, it is actually a polarizing show. And I can understand. If you go into this show with the lowest expectations imaginable and it might be fun. The scenery is pretty and they make decent use of it. Main Romance is actually not good, I felt no chemistry between Kim Jung-Hyun and Im Soo-hyang. I did like the romance between Tae Jeong-won (Kim Da-som) and Han Cheol (Ahn Woo-yeon) other than that The show overall fell flat. I did like the scenery and the setting. I thought it was fun. Also episode 16 was the most enjoyable episode, which is good for an ending. Rating: I would skip…

I am currently watching:

Marry My Husband

Doctor Slump

Because of Love

Do You Like Brahms?

The Real Has Come!

If you have any kdrama recommendations, please let me know!

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[HOT-THEQOO] 240101 Choose your favourite dress among the dresses worn by YoonA this year end.jpg

At time of posting 1 Jan 7pm KST: 22.2K views, 315 comments Most Chosen (from comments section) in order: (4) Yellow – MBC Gayo >>>>>> (2) White – MBC Drama Awards >> (1) Black – APAN >>>>> (3) Pink – MBC Gayo

(will translate non-repetitive comments + comments with only numbers/colours stated will not be translated)

2. Yellow, yellow, yellow, yellow, it is so freaking Tinkerbell-like 4. My personal preference is 1, but the one that feels most like YoonA is 4 7. Definitely 4444444. As soon as you came out last night, my entire family gathered together and were left amazed by you. 8. I think the one that suits YoonA the best is 2, but my taste is 444 11. Yellow is a sure winㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜ 12. 2 and 4 are both really insane, so beautiful and fits her so well 14. Yellow is refreshing 15. Oh it is hair ribbons for the last one. I thought it was cat’s ears ㅋㅋㅋㅋ 16. I think they are pretty in the order of 4, 2, 1, 3 19. Yellow fits you so well wow 21. Its yellow for YoonA. It is the first time I seen an Asian that matches yellow colour so well 34. No. 4 is the most beautiful 36. 444, it is refreshing and lovely 38. 44444, it is so unique and YoonA looks the best in yellow 39. No. 4, YoonA looks like a fairy 50. I agree with black! I have always think that YoonA looks good in black since a long time ago. ㅋㅋ 54. The yellow one! As soon as I saw it yesterday, I thought it’s totally Belle! 57. I don’t know, they are all pretty 60. If it is the dress itself, its 1. And I think YoonA suits 4 a lot, but all the dresses look good on her. 61. No. 2 is pretty too but I I fell in love with no. 4 as soon as I saw it 68. No. 4, her face is shining 71. No. 4, I have always thought that YoonA and yellow are the best combination ㅋㅋ 73. No. 4, it is unique and a good match 75. 4444, she seriously look like a fairy 76. No. 3 and 4. No. 1 & 2 look like wedding pictorial 79. 44444, it’s a Disney princess-nim 85. Looking at it again, the details on the pink dress are so pretty as well. 86. They are all pretty, but no. 1 is my personal taste ㅠㅠㅠㅠ 88. 4444 but how can they all be so pretty? Yoongphrodite~ 89. Wow, they all look good on you and are pretty, but it is still the 💛 dress 99. No.1 and the black dress itself, look like an elegant queen.. No. 4, YoonA looks like a fairy. (YoonA’s face is pretty in No. 3 but the dress itself is so so) 108. No. 4 looks like a spring fairy 110. No. 4 is definitely the live action of a Disney princess 114. No. 2 is pretty. But they are all pretty 117. I like no. 3 the most. But yellow one is really cute

121. No. 4! YoonA changed my world, which was only Emma when it comes to yellow dresses 123. To be honest, yellow suits you so well, but my favourite is no. 1ㅋㅋㅋ it is so pretty that I held my breath.. 137. Yesterday, yellow dress is the one top. To be honest, YoonA will look very pretty even in rags, but the yellow dress last night was really the best 141. 222, the best harmony 144. It is my first time looking closely at YoonA’s dresses only because I have been looking at YoonA’s face. But the dress itself seems to be 1 or 3. But yellow suits YoonA incredibly well, so 4… 166. It’s completely 44444444. Yellow is your personal colour. 185. No. 1 is so pretty that I saved the photo. 187. Wow I really can’t choose, all 4 of them are pretty. 190. 111. The first dress is the prettiest and the most luxurious 197. She is so freaking pretty at the Gayo Daejejeon 199. Yellow!! Followed by black, the rest of the dresses aren’t pretty 210. No. 4, she is a spring warm tone goddess. There are very few people who looks good in a yellow dress. 212. No. 2... is that an angel 219. No. 4 is the best. It is also interesting to see something as fanciful as no. 3 220. My preference is just Lim YoonA... ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠShe is really so pretty ㅠㅠㅠㅠYoonA is so great that I wonder what she would have done if she wasn’t a celebrity, and I suspect if celebrity was made just for her ㅠㅠㅠ♡ 233. Everything looks good but the yellow is really popping. It is so bright 245. I scrolled down saying 1...2....3....4. Why are they all so pretty that I can't choose? 258. I forgot to look at the dresses while staring at her face, so I have to scroll up again and restart ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ it’s the Drama Awards dress, but the yellow colour is pretty 260. No. 2, but they are all so pretty. Is there anyone else that looks so good with ribbons? 280. No. 1 is highly beautiful 283. 222, it is so pure ㅠㅜㅠㅠㅜㅜ 298. For me, its no. 2, so pure and elegant. But if I am just looking at the dress, its no. 4. But the hairstyle and makeup is a bit of a pity. Source: TheQoo Trans: mystarmyangel

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lgbtally4ever · 2 months

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Cha Eun Woo's intense transformation revealed in new 'Wonderful World' stills

#cha eunwoo #wonderful world #transformation #cha Eun woo photos

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leedongwook · 1 month

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Cha Eun Woo as "Kwon Sun Yool"

Wonderful World 원더풀월드 (2024) // Episode 5+6

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fpjaysangprobinsyano · 4 months

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Let’s Make this Year 2024 as ENGENEs and ENHYPEN’s year. 2024 Fighting!

Happy New Year, ENGENEs!🎉 It is time for everyone to leave all the bad experiences behind and take a step into the future with positive energy. Another year, Another age for everyone and also myself. 😆 I believe this year needs more happy enthusiasm for their own and their beloved one’s happiness, healthiness, and fortune in the coming New Year. I suppose this year to bring more happiness in the lives of people as it reflects new, fresh beginnings and leaves all the bad and negative experiences behind. It is something that we all look forward to besides our ENGENEs. It is the most active-minded holiday where people take time to evaluate their lives and make plans for the future. This day allows us to spend quality time with our friends, family, my members, and I only hope for our ENGENEs to be always happy wherever you in this new year celebration. ❤️

Hello, ENGENEs! Oh? Have you seen nor watched the “ 2023 MBC Gayo Daejejeon ” 🤙🏻 yesterday? It's played on New Year's Eve if I'm not mistaken. It's a new great page of number 1 indicates January 1 of apart of 366 pages of this leap year. It's been a year since we have been fulfilled in a get-together with our ENGENEs. Many exciting moments happened on Gayo Daejejeon previously, many artists performed and do their best to enjoy this year special for everyone. We performed our greatest hits and top hits of this era of our songs. Just like our newly released « Sweet Venom » 🧡 , and the « Orange Flower (Christmas version) »🍊🌼 ; and we think every member did a great job performing our top songs. Performers did a really great job amusingly and practically did their best before 2023 ended. Many events happened within a year, Just like we had our many comebacks and song to repay the hardships of everyone and as well as the ENGENEs. Struggles that we're facing throughout this year, challenges that we faced as same as the ENGENEs in our side. Just as we had a Companion in the previous months, We look forward to more fan meetings and concerts by a new year for us to celebrate and to make enjoyable this season. A new year for us to celebrate and make a change for us every day. Struggles that we had in 2023, having the same hard time seeing our beloved ENGENEs seeing them almost every comebacks... All of that, we conclude our struggles reaching our goals in this industry and life. And I hope this year have a more healthy living for everyone. 😄

ENGENEs! Let us make the most of this day and make everyone feel comfortable as we begin the new year with our friends and family. ENGENEs have shown us more respect, fondness, and hope for the future, and we are grateful to be able to bring our fans into the world. And, once again, we, ENHYPEN are grateful to everyone. As we improved and worked hard for one another in our comebacks and achievements in the new year! ENGENEs! I'm still here to encourage everyone to have a wonderful day and to do their best. ENGENEs! Even now, I can't believe we did a few things for you that you adore! I'm still grateful for the significant accomplishments we made in the previous year, 2023. ENGENES, and that we are grateful to everyone who has helped us since our return and this New Year, and will continue to do so until the end! Happy New Year and Thank you for challenging us every day! You're aware of how much ENHYPEN values everyone, aren't you? 사랑해! ❤️

#JAY #ENHYPEN #MBCGAYODAEJEJEON #Happy_New_Year #2024 #ENGENEs

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i-got-the-feels · 2 months

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IT IS THE SISTER IT IS THE SISTER OH MY GOD

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mistbornthief · 1 month

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me: oh man, Soo Hyun's lost her son, Seon Yul lost his parents, completely separate incidents but they found each other i cant wait for them to become what each other's missi---oh she actually killed his dad. hmm.

#his dad deserved it tbh but i can see why that might put a damper on their relationship #wonderful world mbc #beginning to suspect the opening of the show might just be exactly what it seems...

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blueeb3rry · 2 months

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Wonderful World March 1st.

#wonderful world #kdrama #cha eunwoo #aroha #charms #MBC drama #eunwoo

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historyhermann · 2 years

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Librarian-soldiers and the never-ending "library war" against censorship

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From the name itself, I knew that Library War (known as Toshokan Sensō in Japan), based on a set of manga novels by Hiro Arikawa, was obviously going to be about libraries. There are two live-action film adaptions of the series, one in 2013 named Library Wars and another in 2015 named Library Wars: The Last Mission. The first film adaption was praised by my good friend/colleague, and fellow librarian Jennifer Snoek-Brown as amazing, especially as it is inspired by the Statement on Intellectual Freedom in Libraries put out by the Japan Library Association, first in 1979. She noted that the movie led to the "discovery of a series of popular novels about defending libraries." As for the anime series, Rebecca Silverman of the Anime News Network noted that the core of the series is "about the people working against censorship rather than the censorship itself," tackling the issue that some people declare something immoral and seize it without any other reason. [1] Some reviewers called it a "classic high concept show" that is the equivalent of Fahrenheit 451 with more guns, [2] even comparing protagonist to Iku Kasahara to Yomiko Readman in Read or Die, while others noted that the series is simply a library war, as "people actually go into war over books, censorships, media influences and other stuff." Apart from this, some called it fun, especially for book lovers, those interested in military shows, and said it inspires viewers to "stand up for their ideals and protect their rightful freedom of expression." This series is more than a fun, and wonderful anime, which can get intense with armed, militant librarians. While it only has 24 fan fictions on Archive of Our Own, I had to watch this series in its entirety.

This coming of age police drama is set in a Japan (in the year 2019) where "freedom of speech is not a right, and censorship is at an all-time high" with two groups (the Media Betterment Committee and the Librarians) fighting each other. More specifically, in this story, the Japanese government passed a law allowing the government to censor films, magazines, books, and other media deemed "unacceptable," enforced by the Media Betterment Committee (MBC). [3] It also passed the Library Freedom Act, meaning that libraries can be "safe repositories for even banned materials," with people able to go there to find "any available media," whether it is banned or approved. This means that the libraries can counteract the MBC, with the protagonist, Iku (voiced by Marina Inoue), a member of the Library Militia, and en route to become part of a self-defense unit of armed librarians, or "book soldiers," named the Library Task Force. Charlie Jane Anders of i09 once called Iku one of the heroic librarians saving the world, with going to library school meaning "basic training and learning how to use a rifle to protect books." And hence our story begins here.

There is a lot I could say about the series. Each episode [4] continues the story of the push and pull between the librarian-soldiers of the Task Force (and Militia) and censors of the MBC going after "problem books," with Iku growing into an "ally of justice," beginning to fulfill her mission as a person who safeguards "expression of freedom." At the same time, she is searching for the man who saved her all those years ago, who she calls her prince. Often there are fierce battles to defend the books and materials in the libraries, kidnapping of librarians by the censors, and defense of a museum, in the last few episodes, where the people believe they can fight the forces of censorship nonviolently. In the ending part of the series, especially, is interesting as public opinion turns against the library, with people wanting censorship of materials and protesting outside the base where the librarians live, train, and work on a library. I suppose you could say there are "battle scenes...drawn with detailed settings and overwhelming visual beauty," and storylines which describe "the pleasant daily actions of the library members" as stated on the show's official website. [5]

Logo of the Task Force in the series

While the war between the librarian-soldiers and censors continued, unresolved, at the close of the series, the librarians are portrayed as the defenders of freedom of expression, since their military unit is "dedicated to protecting books from being confiscated," if that wasn't clear already at this point. The censors, who are part of the Ministry of Justice, aim to crack down on all works said to be "offensive to public order and morals." [6] The librarians-soldiers, on the other hand, have an independent budget and manage personnel on their own, with those soldiers either engage in library operations, defense of the library facilities, or logistical support. The task force, which Iku is part of, are an elite of the defense personnel, a special forces of sorts, working at specific libraries at the request of those libraries, and engage in a "wide range from normal library operations to large-scale offensive and defensive battles." Specifically, the librarians have five articles which govern their activities, with details that can be supplemented at any time, part of their library freedoms, to be precise:

Article 30. Libraries have freedom in collecting their materials. Article 31. Libraries secure the freedom of offering their materials. Article 32. Libraries guarantee the privacy of users. Article 33. Libraries oppose any type of improper censorship categorically. Article 34. When the freedom of libraries is imperiled, we librarians will work together and devote ourselves to secure the freedom.

Iku, a series protagonist as shown on the show's official website

This somewhat mirrors the ALA Code of Ethics which upholding principles of intellectual freedom and resisting all efforts of censorship of resources at the library, protecting the right to privacy and confidentiality of every user. Interestingly, not mentioned in the above list, but in the ALA Code talks about providing the highest level of service to all library users, respecting intellectual property rights, treating all co-workers and colleagues with fairness, respect, and good faith, not advancing private interests at the cost of others, distinguishing between personal convictions and professional duties, and striving for excellence in the profession. However, you could argue the library facilities run by the librarian-soldiers do try and provide a high level of service, treat each other with respect, strive for interest, not advance private interests at the cost of others. Even so, for these librarians, their personal convictions and professional duties (if you could call them that) are intertwined, and I honestly don't think they really care about intellectual property rights, but just about providing access to their materials in whatever way possible. This connects to the part of the show's official website including cast saying, in Japanese, what books they would protect if they were actually librarians in the show's environment, if I'm understanding it correctly.

In the end, this series not only shows the value of libraries, and librarians, but their role in society as fighters for free expression, freedom of information, and against censorship, among other virtues.

Notes

[1] Also, see the review in the same publication of the manga novels.

[2] This is made clear from the old official website for the film.

[3] As noted on Wikipedia, while it is often called the Media Betterment Act, other translations call it the Media Improvement Act, Media Enforcement Act or the Media Cleansing Act.

[4] This is summarized from translations of episode descriptions from https://www.toshokan-sensou.com/episode.html

[5] This is coming from a translation of https://www.toshokan-sensou.com/intro.html

[6] This whole section is translated from https://www.toshokan-sensou.com/yougo.html, with the article translation taken from the Wikipedia page for the show.

Reprinted from Pop Culture Library Review and Wayback Machine

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