Hi everyone! We’re Maii and Anica, and welcome to Kdrama Convos: A Mother Daughter Duo. We’re a Mom and daughter who love all things Asian dramas. Here we’ll talk all about our favorite Asian shows and characters, the amazing actors and actresses, memorable moments, and the best songs. Every now and then we’ll explore the world of Cdramas and Jdramas. Come join the fun as we chat about the hottest actors and the world’s best dramas. Connect with us on our socials @Kdrama Convos.
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Ep. 111: You Are My Secret
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Today we're talking about the 2024 Cdrama You Are My Secret. Part of the reason this drama caught our eye is because of Miles Wei, as well as it being about a married couple. This drama definitely had some very good moments, but we thought it slowed down a lot towards the end. We have a lot of thoughts about this show so we hope you enjoy listening…
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It’s been a few weeks since we upload but we’re finally back with our thought on 18 Again. We also thought it would be fun to watch the 2009 movie 17 Again, and compare the two. This show definitely exceeded our expectations in the best ways possible. It did a very good job of weaving together the comedy and serious moment throughout the show. We h…
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Ep. 109: 18 Again First Impressions
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It's been a while since we've done a first impressions but we're back with another one and this time it's about 18 Again. This Kdrama is actually based on the 2009 Zac Efron movie 17 Again. We had fun watching the first two episode and give a few of our predictions for the rest of the drama. We hope you enjoy listening!…
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We are so excited because today we’re going to chat about our experience at the IU concert! We got really lucky and got to see IU at her first stop in US. We had so much fun that night and wanted to share a little about our experience. We hope you enjoy listening!
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Ep. 107: Why We Dropped My Girlfriend Is an Alien
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Unfortunately, we’re back this week with another dropped episode. We started My Girlfriend Is an Alien hoping for a fun rom-com, which it is, but we ended up getting really tired of a few aspects of the show. We hope you enjoy listening!
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Today we’re talking about the 2024 drama Eye Love You. This show has a unique concept and also has characters that speak Korean and Japanese. Unfortunately, by the end of the show we had very mixed feelings about it. We hope you enjoy listening!
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This week we’re talking about the Cdrama You Are My Hero. We’ve had this show in our list for ages but we were nervous to start it because of the length. In the end, we were glad we gave it a chance and we hope you enjoy listening!
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Ep. 104: Ready, Set, Love
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Today we're talking about what we liked about the unusual and unique show Ready, Set, Love.
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Ep. 103: Tell Me That You Love Me
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This week we’re talking about the 2023 drama Tell Me That You Love Me. This drama initially caught our eye because we know the lead actress and it sounded like an interesting concept. We quite enjoyed this drama until about half way through or so and then we weren’t quite sure anymore. Even though we ended up with pretty mixed feelings we hope you …
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Today we’re finally doing an episode on Splash Splash Love. We have already seen this drama multiple times but somehow we’ve never talked about it on the podcast until now. There are a lot of different elements in this drama that we talk about throughout this episode including the setting, history, music references, character development, food, rom…
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Ep. 101: Why We Dropped Doctor Slump
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Unfortunately this week we're back with another dropped episode. We were really looking forward to this show especially because Park Hyung Sik is in it and we haven't seen him in anything in a while. This drama had a very good beginning but somehow got lost part way through which was really disappointing. We hope you enjoy listening!…
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We had to take a little break from the podcast but we’re finally back! This episode is going to be a little different, we decided to just sit down and have a chat about what we’ve been up to recently. We’ve kept ourselves very busy with an anime convention that we were competing at and also running a panel about Korean food for the first time. We h…
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We’re back with a movie this week, Concrete Utopia. We had been wanting to watch this movie for so long now and it finally became available in North America. We don’t usually go for disaster movies but it was a very interesting watch. Even though there are quite a few shows exploring human nature this one still was able to be unique in it’s portray…
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This week we're reviewing another recent drama, My Demon. This drama had some very odd aspects for us. We really loved some parts but got so tired of some other we skipped past them. We hope you enjoy listening!
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Ep. 97: Welcome to Samdal-ri
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We’re back with our first drama that finished airing in 2024! This drama takes quite a few tropes/themes like friends to lover, love triangle, and small town and portrays them in their own unique way. We weren’t quite sold in the first few episodes of this drama but really grew to enjoy it as we went and we hope you enjoy listening!…
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Ep. 96: Scarlet Heart: Rewatch
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We finally got to rewatch Scarlet Heart! It was really interesting watching this show again after multiple years and many dramas in between. Since it was our second watch we really got to look at the characters and their relationships in a new way. We’re so glad we finally got to review this drama so we hope you enjoy listening!…
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Today we're sitting down for a little chat about our drama watching and podcasting in 2023. We'll talk a little about why we unfortunately didn't upload as much this past year as well the best and worst dramas we watched in 2023. We hope you enjoy listening!
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Ep. 94: Dramatic but Dull: Heartbeat
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We’re finally doing our full review on Heartbeat. We had really high hopes for this show when we started but unfortunately it didn’t quite live up. In the end we have a lot of mixed feelings but we hope you enjoy listening!
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Ep. 93: Past and Present: Heartbeat First Impressions
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We're back with another first impressions and this time we're talking about Heartbeat. We were pretty excited to start this show because Taecyeon and vampires! In this episode we're only giving spoilers for the first two episode of Heartbeat. We hope you enjoy listening!
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Ep. 92: Love and Lies: Why We Dropped My Dear Donovan
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This is the second episode we're talking about a drama that we dropped. Even though we didn't finish this drama we still had a lot of thoughts that we wanted to share. We hope you enjoy listening!
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Ep. 91: Music and Memories: Soundtrack #1
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Today we're talking about the Kdrama Soundtrack #1. We had been meaning to watch this drama for a awhile and finally got around to it. In the end we had some mixed feelings about the show but we did still enjoy it. We hope you enjoy listening!
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Ep. 90: Likeable and Lighthearted: Takane and Hana
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The drama we’re reviewing this week is the Jdrama Takane and Hana. This drama is based on a manga and is a very fun story. It’s a pretty short show and is a nice easy watch. We hope you enjoy listening!
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Ep. 89: Dystopian and Disappointing: Black Night
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Sorry we’ve been gone for so long but we’re finally back with another episode. Today we’re talking about the post-apocalyptic Kdrama Black Night. We were very excited to start this drama because we’re Sci-Fi fans, but unfortunately it didn’t quite work for us. The drama had a lot of potential but just didn’t do the story justice in our opinion. Eve…
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Ep. 88: Boxers and Blood: Bloodhounds First Impressions
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This week we’re talking about our first impressions of Bloodhounds. We’ve had a lot of stuff going on recently so unfortunately we were never able to record a full review of this show but we still wanted to share some of our thoughts on it. We started this drama on a whim and it turned out very intense but it was still interesting. We hope you enjo…
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Ep. 87: Heartfelt and Hardship: Summer Strike
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Today we're doing our full review on Summer Strike. We really enjoyed a lot of different things about this show, the setting, characters, pacing, and more. We're glad we decided to try this show and we hope you enjoy listening!
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Ep. 86: Fluffy and Funny: The 3Bs You Shouldn't Date
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Today we’re talking about the 2021 Japanese drama The 3Bs You Shouldn’t Date. This drama is very cheesy and lighthearted which made it a very easy watch. If you’re looking for a good serious romance this show isn’t it but it’s was still a fun in it’s own way. We hope you enjoy listening!
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Ep. 85: Intriguing and Introverted: Summer Strike First Impressions
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It's been forever since we've done a first impressions episode but we're finally bringing it back with Summer Strike. We just stumbed across this drama and had no idea what to expect. It turns out so far it's a really nice mix of slice of life, some drama, and a little mystery. We're really liking this drama so far and we hope you enjoy listening!…
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Ep. 84: Fantasy and Failure: The Bride of Habaek Rewatch
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We once again decided to rewatch a show and this time it was The Bride of Habaek. We haven't seen this show in a few years and honestly didn't remember that much about it. In the end it unfortunately didn't turn out how we thought it would. We hope you enjoy listening!
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Ep. 83: Likeable but Long: Why We Dropped New Life Begins
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This week we’re talking about the Cdrama New Life Begins. This episode is going to be a little different because it’s the very first time we’re having an entire episode dedicated to a drama that we’ve dropped. It’s unfortunate that we ended up not finishing this drama but we still had a lot of thoughts on it. This is a bit of an odd episode but we …
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Ep. 82: Tragic and Touching: Tomorrow
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This week the Kdrama we’re talking about is Tomorrow. This show is very unique with it’s subject matter and story telling. Just a warning that in this episode we do mention some heavy topics that the show touches on. We found it a very interesting watch and enjoyed talking about our thoughts on the characters, storyline, and some of our favorite ep…
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Ep. 81: Contract and Chemistry: 1% of Something Rewatch
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Today we are talking about the 2016 Kdrama 1% of Something. We've ended up watching this show multiple times and we're so glad we finally did an episode about it. This show definitely isn’t perfect but it somehow keeps us coming back. We hope you enjoy listening!
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Ep. 80: Shows and Shenanigans: 2 Year Anniversary
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It's hard to believe it's already been two years since we started this podcast! In this episode we recommend some of our favorite shows from the past year and play a fun game at the end. For the game portion we did make a video so if you want to see that it's on our YouTube. We hope you enjoy listening!…
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Ep. 79: Development and Devotion: Love Between Fairy and Devil
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We are finally back with a new episode! So sorry we haven’t uploaded anything for about 2 months, we just got super busy but we’re excited to be back! This is a very special episode because we will be talking about Love Between Fairy and Devil our first xianxia. We were a little hesitant to start this show because it was a high fantasy and the leng…
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Ep. 78: Food and Friendship: The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House
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This week we’re talking about the Jdrama The Makanai: Cooking For The Maiko House. This show has a few things that are a little different about it like the pacing and setting. It was very different than anything we have watched before but overall it was pretty enjoyable. We hope you enjoy listening!
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Ep. 77: Unfortunate and Underwhelming: Crash Course in Romance
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Today we’re talking about the very recent drama Crash Course in Romance. The main reason we started this show was because of Jung Kyung Ho, who did not disappoint. Unfortunately this show didn’t end up being what we expected. We have very mixed feelings about this show and are not quite sure what to make of it. We hope you enjoy listening!1…
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Ep. 76: Cute and Comedic: My Cuteness Is About to Expire!?
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Today we’re talking about the Jdrama My Cuteness Is About to Expire!? We just kinda stumbled across this drama and it has a pretty funny concept. This drama turned out be really funny and not take it self seriously at all which made it work. We had a lot of fun talking about this one and we hope you enjoy listening!…
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Ep. 75: Sweet and Simple: Once Upon a Small Town
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Today we’re talking about the short Kdrama Once Upon a Small Town. We decided to start this drama because it sounded like a nice slice of life. This drama was pretty straight forward but that was part of what made it enjoyable. We hope you enjoy listening!
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Ep. 74: Games and Gore: Alice in Borderland Season 2
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This week we’re talking about season 2 of Alice in Borderland. We were looking forward to seeing how they would continue the story and they did not disappoint. Overall we really enjoyed this season and the ending was very unexpected and was better then we ever imagined. We hope you enjoy listening!
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Special Episode: Forestella Concert
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Today we are talking about our experience at the Forestella concert in New York! We’ve been to a few concerts but this one was very unique so we thought it’d be fun to share our experience. This is a very different episode then what we usually do but we hope you enjoy listening!
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Ep. 73: Emotional and Endearing: Silent
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This week we’re reviewing the 2022 Jdrama Silent. This show was the last show we finished in 2022 and it was a great way to end the year. There were so many aspects of this show that we liked and it was just overall a great watch. We’re so glad we ended up watching this show and we hope you enjoy listening!…
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Ep. 72: Funny and Fantastic: My Roommate Is a Gumiho Rewatch
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This episode is Maii’s birthday special! She decided that we were gonna rewatch one of our favorite shows My Roommate Is A Gumiho. This is the first show that we’re reviewing for a second time on our podcast. It was interesting watching this show again and seeing what things we noticed this time around. We had a lot of fun talking about this show a…
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Ep. 71: Kdrama Convos 2022 Awards
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Welcome to the very first Kdrama Convos Awards! This episode isn’t just awards we also talk a little about the podcast and what shows we watched this past year. We also created a slideshow type video for this episode so it’s a little easier to follow along, so go watch it on YouTube and Spotify. This episode marks the end of 2022 and we can’t wait …
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Ep. 70: Underwhelming and Unsatisfying: Mismatched
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This is the last episode of our year long challenge! This month we watched season 1 & 2 of Mismatched. This show is very different from what we unusually watch and unfortunately we ended up with very mixed feelings. We hope you enjoy listening!
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Ep. 69: Silly and Serious: My Love From The Star Rewatch
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For Anica’s birthday special, we decided to rewatch My Love From The Star. We haven’t seen this show in maybe three years, so we were interested to see what we thought of it now. It was really fun seeing what things we noticed watching it the second time. We hope you enjoy listening!
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Ep. 68: Crime and Comedy: Team Bulldog: Off-duty Investigation
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It is once again the end of another month and today we’re talking about the 2020 kdrama Team Bulldog: Off-duty Investigation. We only had one genre left on our list and it turned out to be Crime/Mystery. We were supposed to watch a different drama but unfortunately we don’t have access to it anymore so we ended up stumbling upon this one. This show…
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Ep. 67: Realistic and Romantic: 20th Century Girl
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This week we’re talking about the new movie 20th Century Girl. We really didn’t know what to expect when we started this movie but it turned out really good. It was such a good romance and we really liked the characters. We really liked this movie and we hope you enjoy listening!
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Ep. 66: Comedic and Cheesy: Emperor or Boss
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Today we’re talking about the 2021 Chinese drama Emperor or Boss. We found this drama because the male lead from The Killer Is Also Romantic is in this one and we wanted to see more of his stuff. This drama wasn’t the best we’ve ever seen but it was a quick and fun watch. We hope you enjoy listening!…
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Ep. 65: Precise and Pleasant: Put Your Head On My Shoulder
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We’re back with another drama from our watch challenge. This month we decided to watch the Thai version of Put Your Head On My Shoulder. This drama is based off of the same novel that the Chinese version is but apparently they have slightly different stories. We weren’t sure how this drama was going to be after the first few episodes but it turned …
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Ep. 64: Comedy and Chemistry: The Killer Is Also Romantic
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Today we’re talking about the short Chinese drama The Killer Is Also Romantic. We haven’t seen a lot of Chinese dramas but we really haven’t seen many Chinese historical dramas so we weren’t sure what to expect. But it turned out to be even better then we thought it would. We really enjoyed the comedy, costumes, and the characters and it was a nice…
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Ep. 63: Fine and Frustrating: If You Wish Upon Me
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So sorry we missed last week but now we’re back with a new episode. Today we’re talking about If You Wish Upon Me which just recently finished airing. We were really looking forward to seeing Ji Chang Wook in another drama and he did not disappoint. We unfortunately have mixed feelings about this show and it ended up being pretty different then wha…
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