WWW ~ July 2016 Part Two: Japan

Welcome back for the very belated Part Two of July's WWW!  Today we give our reactions to Japan's summer drama list.

Empress: graaaaaaavy train Japan is having a drama fit. Do they have enough tv stations to air all these????
Ambassador: To me, Japan is an odd mix of 'HOW BORING, who is going to find that interesting' and 'whooooa YES PLEASE'.


~ Inheritance Lawyer Shinichi Kakizaki
Empress: If there was an actor or actress involved who interested me....yes. As is...*shrugs*
Ambassador: It sounds pretty interesting... but not interesting enough to tempt my ridiculously loaded list.
Unni: Is it bad that I am bored just reading this?


~ Death Cash
Empress: Death Note is higher on my list, and this title feels like a knock off....though it's intriguing in a creepy sort of way.
Ambassador: I've heard this is another drama that's likely to be more horror than suspense- which means NO.  But if reviews prove interesting and un-horror like, then yes, I'll check it out, because it sounds fascinating.
Unni: o.O What a terrible gift.... *runs away and hides under rock*


~ A Girl and Three Sweethearts
Empress: .......and all 3 of them are in love with her? That's a little weird... 
Ambassador: Reverse harem is one of the few plot lines that will entice me to watch rom com so yes, I'm definitely checking this one out.
Unni: *giggles* it does sound interesting...I might...though it would be my first Japanese drama if I did.


~ The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Empress: "Hypnotizes those around him and lives as a high school student."??? Okay, so I'm curious. But honestly, I feel like if you had a drug that enabled time leaps, the /last/ thing you'd want to do would be to loose it. Like c'mon, dude. It's hard to live that down. Going on my list....XD
Ambassador: YES.  I love time travel and even the rom com elements aren't enough to scare me off.
Unni: Oh! This one has my interest on several levels.


~ Hajimemashite, Aishite Imasu
Empress: ....semi-disturbing....
Ambassador: It could be cute but the synopsis isn't enough to hold my interest.
Unni: This sounds like heart break waiting to happen.


~ Juken No Cinderella
Empress: "Recently, he drinks a lot and his life falls apart." Don't drink, kids. Not terribly intrigued...
Ambassador: This could be a really good drama.  *adds it to middle portion of list*
Unni: Hmmm interesting, but I have so many interesting dramas.


~ Kami no Shita wo Motsu Otoko
Empress: ....I could write summaries more interesting than this...
Ambassador: Nah, not my type.
Unni: This sounds disastrous.


~ Keiji 7 Nin
Empress: okay, that sounds kind of intriguing (Future Crime Prediction Centre???) but my drama list is too long...
Ambassador: I saw somewhere that this one might go more to the horror side, in which case I'm out, but otherwise it interest me enough to check it out.
Unni: Not my type of drama I guess.


~ On
Empress: Also kind of intriguing...hmmm...
Ambassador: Hmm, crime drama with a psychological twist AND Kaname Jun.  Sign me up!
Unni: This almost sounds like Castle....


~ Seisei Suruhodo, Aishiteru
Empress: Noooooope. Nope.
Ambassador: .... no.  I like complicated relationship dramas but not like this.
Unni: PLAYING WITH FIRE!!!! Nope.


~ Your Home is My Business
Empress: Okay, that's kind of an interesting angle. Like all the crime shows where people always catch the criminal...only selling real estate. I'm a little intrigued. XD
Ambassador: Keiko Kitagawa will probably kill in this role and the plot sounds intriguing but it'll will go at the bottom of my list because of that bane of drama watching existence: TIME.
Unni: This sounds amusing, if I had the time I’d put this onto a list.


~ Aogeba Toutoshi
Empress: Not in the mood at the moment. Even though I like K-dramas centered on music, and haven't tried a J-drama like that yet...
Ambassador: This sounds cute and poignant and being based on two nonfiction novels certainly raises my interest level as well as the presence of Mikako Tabe.  I'll probably check it out.
Unni: Cute idea, and it’s great just...time...


~ Hope
[Japanese remake of the Korean Misaeng.]
Empress: I was gonna say That sounds like Misaeng. And no...because I kind of loved Misaeng, and if I wanted to watch it again, I'd watch it again. Maybe after that I'd watch the Japanese version. XD (Okay, okay, I'm probably putting it on my list.)
Ambassador: I started the Korean drama version of this but it's on hiatus for me.  I'd like to see this at some point, after I finish the Korean version.
Unni: Aw... poor kid...but idiots annoy me. Depends on how this one all goes down...too much idiot not a good thing.


~ Eigyo Bucho Kira Natsuki
Empress: I like all these dramas about 40-year-olds, because I'll be sure to have something to watch when I'm that old that won't make me feel ancient. But I think I'll save them until then. XD
Ambassador: Nooo.  I wish her the best but this does not interest me one iota.
Unni: Ugh, rubbish.


~ Kibogaoka no Hitobito
Empress: Marriage Contract was enough of a painful story to last me for a while...
Ambassador: This could be really sweet, poignant and deep.  I'd like to check it out but I'll probably wait for reviews and see how the general public liked it.
Unni: Interesting, but....I have so many others I want to watch...


~ Koe Koi
Empress: LOL Super dramatic and quirky. Probably not. It kind of sounds like the ones I 'accidentally' start watching, and end up liking, though.
Ambassador: ...NO.  With mangas turned into dramas, I usually have one of two reactions: 'that's brilliant' or 'that sounds mind numbing' and this synopsis induced the latter reaction in me so it won't be going on my list.
Unni: What???? Just WHAT? No thank you.


~ Lost ID
Empress: That would depend completely on its execution, but I am somewhat intrigued.
Ambassador: MOST DEFINITELY YES.  Tatsuya Fujiwara facing off against Tetsuji Tamayama- I have to watch this.
Unni: This sounds really interesting, and if I get into Japanese dramas I’d probably watch this.


~ Onnatachi no Tokusou Saizensen
Empress: So many police dramas! Wow. This one sounds kind of fun...though police dramas are not my favorite and I'm already watching Police Unit 38. And there's a lot of police in Wanted. So I might be police-d out at the moment.
Ambassador: This is unique and sounds like it would be a ton of fun.  I'll be watching it.
Unni: This sounds cute! Sadly time, unless I start watching dramas as a full time job.


~ Gu Ra Me
Empress: Eh..........
Ambassador: This one sounds pretty interesting, actually.  Especially if they mix any politics with the cooking.  *sneaks it onto the bottom of the list*
Unni: Cooking always interests me, however, I usually EAT my way through food dramas, so I should stay away from this one....maybe?


~ Yassan
Empress: This actually sounds slightly more interesting to me than the last one, but...probably not interesting enough... :)
Ambassador: It would probably have lots of culturally interesting details but I have not the time for it.  My list rises in waves around me.  No.
Unni: Why so many dramas! Nope.


~ Furenaba Ochin
Empress: O.o ......no thanks...that kinda serves the husband right, but...
Ambassador: ....NO.  Though serves the husband right.
Empress: *laughing at both of our reactions to this* XD
Ambassador: *HOWLS*  I hadn't read your reactions yet when I wrote mine... ohmygosh us.
Unni: ....UGH UGH UGH.... *pushes away*


~ Suizokukan Girl
Empress: :| I don't feel like it this month...
Ambassador: So happy for her but nooo.
Unni: THIS SOUNDS SO CUTE!!!!!!! What a fun job change...but I don’t think so...

WWW ~ July 2016 Edition Part One: SK, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong

Put your feet up and settle in for the first part of our monthly dose of 'I NEED THAT DRAMA BUT I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR IT, WHY ARE THERE SO MANY DRAMAS', 'booooring', 'could be interesting', 'no time for lame' and 'I'M STAYING THE BLAZES AWAY FROM THAT ONE'.


Korean Dramas:
~ Uncontrollably Fond
Empress: The title just...that's odd, man. Kim Woo-Bin and Suzy do make me curious...it might depend on what kind of reviews it gets.
Ambassador: Sounds kind of boring based on the synopsis but there has been a LOT of buzz around it AND it's KWB, so I'll probably watch it at some point.
Unni: I am not sure how I feel about this one. I don’t like the sound of the premises...but I am curious about it...so I probably won’t unless I am really bored and it has great reviews.
Ambassador: 'I can't control how fond I am of you' IS kind of an odd vibe to give people right off.  Keep the pepper spray handy, dude or lady- whichever one of you isn't feeling the fondness... unless you both are.  o.O


~ W
Empress: Yeahhhhh, so shifting realities, comic book perfect hero, and Lee Jong-Suk - this is actually enough to make me overcome my anti-medical drama stance. {Okay, so DOTS might have had something to do with that.} But I'm definitely starting this one. 
 Ambassador: {*cheers for DOTS*} YES, because it's Lee Jong Suk and an interesting premise.
Unni: This arouses my curiosity. I might have to investigate.


~ Second to Last Love
Empress: mehhhhhhhhhhhhhh....I can watch this when I'm 40 and still single.
Ambassador: *snickers*  When you're 40 and still single, you'll be too busy catching up on your backlog of dramas to have time for this even then.  Ji Jin Hee makes watching this quite tempting for me but I really don't have the time and the premise isn't interesting enough to me... but that is subject to change if it garners good reviews.
Unni: *giggles* Puts this on the waiting list for about another fifteen years away.


~ The Good Wife
Empress: It being a remake of an American show makes me wary...having never seen that particular show even more wary...again, will depend on reviews.
Ambassador: Not likely.  Because it's a Korean remake, it will hopefully be more to my taste than the American version sounds like it would be, but even for Yoo Ji Tae it's not interest enough to put on my list.
Unni: UGH!!!! *throws stones* okay...I might barely be interested simply because I’ve watched a little of the good wife until it went SOUTH...but now that has gone to South Korea....it might be more interesting.


~ Let’s Fight Ghost
Empress: *snerk* if I was into ghost stories this might be one I'd pick, but no. Have you seen my list?  It rises in high waves just beyond mine. 
Ambassador: It sounds interesting but not enough to induce me to make room on my overcrowded list, even though Kim Sang-Ho will be a hoot.
Unni: O.o Okay the title is amusing the premises is too....but I am not into ghost stories so paaaaassssss.


~ Age of Youth
Empress: I'm not biting. {Though what on earth kind of description is 'timid with unique taste in men'? Yi-Na's description is basically 'DUH'....and I am clearly Jin-Myung.} 
Ambassador: I.. don't... know, but timid with unique taste in men sounds like a recipe for big trouble.  It sounds like something that would put me to sleep.  I'll save my time for something else.
Unni: *shoves plate away* I don’t want a taste of this one.


~ After the Show Ends
Empress: Kinda curious just because of the format. I do not watch variety shows...this is a weird blend that does have me curious....maybe????
Ambassador: Yes, at some point, because I'm curious how they'll do this and how good the writing/storytelling will be.
Unni: Interesting....but I don’t have the time.


China:
Ambassador: China's got some great dramas coming up, INCLUDING THE ONE I'VE BEEN WAITING MONTHS AND MONTHS FOR AND WAS ONE OF MY TOP THREE ANTICIPATED DRAMAS OF 2016- ALONGSIDE MOON LOVERS AND DOTS.... ICE FANTASY.
Empress: SO MANY DRAMAS.

~ The Mystic Nine
Empress: The 9 grave robbing families in the 1940s???? Probably not, though it sounds...kind of Indiana Jones... 
Ambassador: Yes, definitely.  Besides the plot, Lay and William Chan are in it, and I'm looking forward to both.
Unni: Interesting but not my type of drama.


~ So Young
Empress: Good for her. I don't know that I want to watch her make poor ones, though. {Clearly I have already grown into a woman who can make better choices.}
Ambassador: No.  Sounds very boring and I have far too little time for boring.
Empress: Yeahhhh, exactly.
Ambassador: Make it interesting or stay away. :D
Unni: *giggles* well, this sounds like a disaster.


~ Novoland: The Castle in the Sky
Empress: That sounds complicated...possibly more intriguing as a book than as a drama...hmm...
Ambassador: This sounds mildly interesting but not enough to make me add it to my list.
Unni: o.O okay, interesting but not my cup of tea


~ Ice Fantasy
Empress: XD Hmm, I wonder... 
Ambassador: THERE IS NO QUESTION ABOUT THIS DRAMA BEING AT THE TOP OF MY LIST.  I have the airdate bookmarked.  I've followed it from the very beginning- through casting news and filming news and post production and trailers.  It's one of my most anticipated dramas of 2016 and I. CANNOT. WAIT.
Unni: I’ll probably tag along for the ride.


~ Tornado Girl
Empress: I like the title. XD It probably won't go on my list though. My list might animate and strangle me.
Ambassador: Yes, but pretty much solely for Ji Chang Wook because he's a great actor and I think he'll do great in a modern wuxia like this.
Unni: I don’t have the time, but it seems interesting.
Empress: Having been reminded yesterday of how much I tend to enjoy JCW's dramas, this one might actually end up on my list. Though I read it's a sequel...I probably won't watch the first one.
Ambassador: The nice thing about most Chinese dramas is that even when they are sequels, you can usually watch them on their own just fine and not have to watch the preceding drama.


~ Remembering Lichuan
Empress: Okay, I like the Chinese-Swedish combination...it sounds like a melodrama, though, and I'm not really in the mood for that.
Ambassador: The plot sounds boring to me (I just don't watch rom-coms or romance dramas period) though I'm curious to see Godfrey in a Chinese drama.  Still, I'll wait and keep my eye out for him in a historical, because he's not nearly enough to make me want to watch this, nor is Joan Chen in a secondary or minor role.
Unni: Interesting, I am not biting...


~ Rookie Agent Rouge
Empress: I actually want to learn more about this time period...history totally counts as a valid reason to put a drama on a list, right?
Ambassador: YES. This plot sounds GREAT and it's right up my alley as far as genre.
Unni: Okay, this sounds interesting, but I am not sure if I have the time to dedicate to it.


~ Stay with Me
Empress: I've seen similar stories and enjoyed them...but not enough to watch another version.
Ambassador: I think this drama would give me a headache.  Romance dramas are great but I'm more than happy to leave them to the Unni. :D
Unni: Interesting, another twist on amnesia, it’s interesting but I still have so many others I’d rather watch


~ Edge of Happiness
Empress: I like that last line...but...
Ambassador: William Chan and Ma Tianyu are actually enough of a killer combo to make me watch this.  I suspect their dynamic is going to be terrific, and this is going on my list, though it'll be a while before I get to it.
Unni: Sounds cute! But I have too much to watch...unless I am looking for something sweet and slow.


~ Beauty's Private Kitchen
Ambassador: [This was filmed in 2013, and is apparently only airing now.  China and their drama airdates.  *shrug*]
Empress: [Seriously...]  Okay, that intrigues me. Kind of a lot. *adds to list when list isn't looking*
Ambassador: YES.  Plot + Ma Tianyu + Zheng Shuang.  The element of having her be a chef is unique and should be fun.
Unni: China????? You have issues but this sound really interesting, this is just interesting enough to put on the watch list.


~ Demon Girl
Empress: Not into demon stories...I see where this one could be intriguing, but... 
Ambassador: I don't really like demon stories- it's hard to find one I like or agree with- and while this one has interesting elements, I don't think I'll be adding it to my overflowing list.
Unni: *slowly backs away* okay I am not touching this one.


~ Perfect Wedding
Empress: romaaaaaaance....*shrug*
Ambassador: ...no.  I watched a Bollywood movie with elements of this plot, that was hilarious, but in a cdrama rom com, it's just not enough to interest me.
Unni: *giggles* CUTE! But no...we all know they are going to end up together already.


~ Decoded
Empress: okay, kinda intrigued...[WHY IS IT SO LONG??? I LIKE HOW IT LOOKS.]
Ambassador: This one, on the other hand, sounds FASCINATING and is assuredly going on my list.
Unni: Math...I WANT TO RUN AWAY FROM MATH!!! NO MATH!!! KILL MATH!!!! NO MATH....I guess I am not watching this drama.


~ Sparrow
Empress: Points for being made of a novel, points for secret agent, points for Revolutionary Shanghai...SO MANY POINTS TAKEN AWAY FOR LENGTH. Still enough points to add...even though I might not get to it for 40 years...
Ambassador: I love spy dramas, I love rebel/revolution dramas, I love war dramas.  All of that, plus the plot of this one means it's going on my list.
Unni: Cool but skipping...


~ The Fox Fairy Court
Empress: This is very different fox fairy than I've learned of from Korean stories... :)
Ambassador: It sounds very interesting, but I really don't have time for it right now.  I'll add it to my list for a future date though- that mythical future day when I'm caught up on dramas.  Hah.
Unni: This sounds hilarious! But fantasy and China are two things I’ve been scared into staying away from...


~ Angel Wings
Empress: I like the title, though it doesn't quite make sense...
Ambassador: ...no.  Doesn't interest me in the slightest.
Unni: Interesting, but I am not going to dedicate time.


Taiwan:
~ Prince of Wolf
Empress: O.o I am super curious about a Taiwanese Jungle Boy...  
Ambassador: YES.  This one sounds terrific and I'm looking forward to how they handle the wolf element.
Unni: Yeah! Okay....going to Taiwan this one might make life interesting but I am not entirely sold.


~ Go Ho’s Starry Night
Empress: XD Bully for him. Me too, which probably means I shouldn't add too many dramas to my list.
Ambassador: *eye roll*  More romance.  No.  Not for me.
Unni: *giggles* Well GO FOR IT...but I won’t watch it.


~ KO One Re-member
Empress: Not likely to watch a 4th installment without having watched the first 3. :)
Ambassador: This one does sound fun.  School dramas are enjoyable when done right, so I'll give this one a shot.
Unni: *cracks up over Little Apple* *breaks into song* Okay, now that I am fully amused, nope I won’t be watching this one


Hong Kong:
~ Between Love and desire
Empress: Somewhat interested how Hong Kong will make a story like this turn out, but...nah.
Ambassador: Maggie Shiu is not enough to induce me to add this to my list.
Unni: UGH MORE TONES THAN I CAN HANDLE...nope thank you but no.


Stay tuned for Part two: Japan's Summer Dramas!