2024 was my third year of watching K-dramas and my first year of venturing into C-drama and J-drama. I also watched my first BL drama. My goal was to reach a total of 100 watched dramas since I started my first drama in March 2022 (Crash Landing on You) and I'm happy to report I even surpassed this figure. I ended the year 2024 with 117 dramas watched in total, of which 2 are specials (Our Secret Extra and Our Dining Table Spin Off ). So I watched 115 dramas since 2022 (of various lengths).
Following is a list of all dramas I watched in 2024, a grand total of 58 series! Titles are listed in watching order (by finished date!). Some titles in the list I already started at the end of 2023 (A Good Day to Be a Dog, Tell Me That You Love Me, The Story of Park's Marriage Contract, Welcome to Samdal-ri, Two Weeks and The Crowned Clown) and there's one title I put on hold (Forever Love).
A Good Day to Be a Dog (2023)
Tell Me That You Love Me (2023)
The Story of Park's Marriage Contract (2023)
Two Weeks (2013)
Welcome to Samdal-ri (2023)
Healer (2014)
Undercover (2021)
Bing Goo (2017)
Jirisan (2021)
Flower of Evil (2020)
Navillera (2021)
Doctor Slump (2024)
Daily Dose of Sunshine (2023)
Through the Darkness (2022)
IRIS (2009)
My Secret Terrius (2018)
The Crowned Clown (2019)
U-Turn (2008)
Live Up To Your Name (2017)
The Fiery Priest (2019)
Blood Free (2024)
Welcome to Waikiki (2018)
Lovely Runner (2024)
Hospital Playlist (2020)
The Atypical Family (2024)
Criminal Minds (2017)
Flex X Cop (2024)
Hospital Playlist (2021) — Season 2
Connection (2024)
When I Fly Towards You (2023)
Just Between Lovers (2017)
Song of the Bandits (2023)
Life on Mars (2018)
The First Responders (2022)
The First Responders (2023) — Season 2
Military Prosecutor Doberman (2022)
Chief Detective 1958 (2024)
My Dearest (2023)
My Dearest (2023) — Season 2
Tell Me That You Love Me (2023)
The Story of Park's Marriage Contract (2023)
Two Weeks (2013)
Welcome to Samdal-ri (2023)
Healer (2014)
Undercover (2021)
Bing Goo (2017)
Jirisan (2021)
Flower of Evil (2020)
Navillera (2021)
Doctor Slump (2024)
Daily Dose of Sunshine (2023)
Through the Darkness (2022)
IRIS (2009)
My Secret Terrius (2018)
The Crowned Clown (2019)
U-Turn (2008)
Live Up To Your Name (2017)
The Fiery Priest (2019)
Blood Free (2024)
Welcome to Waikiki (2018)
Lovely Runner (2024)
Hospital Playlist (2020)
The Atypical Family (2024)
Criminal Minds (2017)
Flex X Cop (2024)
Hospital Playlist (2021) — Season 2
Connection (2024)
When I Fly Towards You (2023)
Just Between Lovers (2017)
Song of the Bandits (2023)
Life on Mars (2018)
The First Responders (2022)
The First Responders (2023) — Season 2
Military Prosecutor Doberman (2022)
Chief Detective 1958 (2024)
My Dearest (2023)
My Dearest (2023) — Season 2
Hot Stove League (2019)
Forever Love (2020) — ON HOLD (after 12 eps.)
One Dollar Lawyer (2022)
Marry My Husband (2024)
Hidden Love (2023)
Forever Love (2020) — ON HOLD (after 12 eps.)
One Dollar Lawyer (2022)
Marry My Husband (2024)
Hidden Love (2023)
D-Day (2015)
Our Secret (2021)
Taxi Driver (2021)
Mr. Bad (2022)
Reset (2022)
What Comes after Love (2024)
Falsify (2017)
Beyond Evil (2021)
Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo (2016)
Our Dining Table (2023)
Like Flowers in Sand (2023)
Love All Play (2022)
The Trunk (2024)
Go Ahead (2020)
Pachinko (2022)
My fave dramas are: Healer, Hidden Love, Lovely Runner, The Fiery Priest, Beyond Evil, Our Dining Table, Connection, Flower of Evil, Hospital Playlist (both seasons), Jirisan, Just Between Lovers, Life on Mars, Marry My Husband, My Dearest (Season 1), Navillera, Our Secret, Tell Me That You Love Me, The Crowned Clown, Through the Darkness, Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo, and When I Fly Towards You.
There are many couples I love but my fave OTP's are: Byeon Woo-seok and Kim Hye-yoon from Lovely Runner, Ji Chang-wook and Park Min-young from Healer, Zhou Yiran and Zhang Miaoyi from When I Fly Towards You, Zhao Lusi and Chen Zheyuan from Hidden Love, Lee Sung-kyoung and Nam Joo-hyuk from Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo.
2024 is also the first year that I watched high school dramas. I discovered that I find actors who may look like school kids quite attractive when they move and talk and play likeable swoony characters (e.g. Byeon Woo-seok, Zhou Yiran, Chen Zheyuan and Nam Joo-hyuk).
For 2025 I expect to watch plenty of K-dramas and I want to explore more C-dramas and J-dramas. I also want to tick off must-see titles from my watchlist (e.g. Goblin (aka Guardian: The Lonely and Great God), Queen of Tears, Extraordinary Attorney Woo).
With Dramacool shut down, I might not be able to watch certain titles on my watchlist that are nowhere else available. At the moment there are some Dramacool clones roaming the internet, but their library is not as extensive as the old DC. Still, there's plenty to watch with the subscriptions I have. I already have Netflix, but I also recently subscribed to Kocowa and Disney+. I'm using my elder sister's (paid) VIKI account but I might get the VIKI PASS myself.
So here's to another year of dramas!!!