Dramas Over Flowers

Halo! This month I decided to finally get started on my solo podcasting career and recorded a hella long episode all on my own. Feedback would be highly appreciated! (Time stamps below.)

Okay, so dive in. I'm pretty happy (although not terribly excited) by the drama fare we have right now. My one hot take is about Key to the Phoenix Heart.

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Let me know your thoughts on my livestream recording plans or join the discord discussion about renaming this podcast via links below!

There is an extended video version for members up on Patreon.

TIME STAMPS:

00:00:00 Podcast housekeeping and pre-recording jitters.

00:08:50 Drama talk starts here!

00:13:55 Spooky in Love

00:21:26 Blossoms of Power

00:36:54 See You At Work Tomorrow

00:51:24 Key to the Phoenix Heart

01:09:14 Dream To You

01:20:10 Love For You

01:27:23 Apartment Job

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Discord for overthinking drama fans: https://discord.com/invite/4xPe8jnJWw

Renaming Dramas Over Flowers: https://discord.gg/zPZZDCWB8

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Anisa and Paroma and diving into almost three months worth of drama watching. Brace yourselves!

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LINKS MENTIONED:

Discord for overthinking drama fans: https://discord.com/invite/4xPe8jnJWw

Pursuit of Jade ending video: https://youtu.be/ivhTBv3POEc?si=GIlaw4r6agXx1JU6

Perfect Crown ending video: https://youtu.be/3LSQ7BJ2gMs?si=rDRR3YG0GJhlqV0p

Yumi's Cells 3 ending: https://youtu.be/XWGbjaMTdvk?si=DgojvExUuU4ltJ-w

Teach You A Lesson (Hana from Korea): https://youtu.be/CSZE-I4FOCw?si=ZUPeQQK1Rv7k2eTv

Dramas Mentioned:

Reborn Rookie

Dazzling

Blossom

Sold out on you

My Royal Nemesis

Perfect Crown

Yumis cells 3

Filing for love

Wonderfools

Pursuit of Jade

Zhan Zhao adventures

The First Jasmine

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Anisa convinces Paroma to watch Heart Pairing - a reality dating show with real, normal people, with some extremely sweet and romantic story line (restored Anisa's faith in romance!). She also contextualizes why Heart Pairing is better than a lot of other dating reality shows in the market. (Low on toxicity.)

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Shows mentioned:

Heart Pairing, Singles Inferno, Heart Signal, Love Is Blind.

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This August, after 9 years, Dramas Over Flowers will be - as Khadija would like us to call it - reincarnating.

We love you all very much.

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Anisa and Paroma recorded this episode as Ramadan was starting in February. So you will get some dated references. (Like them wondering if IU and Byeon Woo-seok will have any chemistry in the upcoming modern day prince drama (Yes, yes they do!))

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TIMESTAMPS:

00:58 No Tail To Tell (spoilers till ep 2)

21:06 Undercover Miss Hong (spoilers till ep 1)

36:55 Idol I (full review)

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Korean-Japanese crossover dramas are a phenomenon that's building steam for a few years. Taking a look at the shows we have till now with Frabby (from crabbyfordramas.wordpress.com).

(Paroma recorded this livestream for her YouTube Channel: The Drama Notes)

TIMESTAMPS:

Dramas as they first come up in the discussion:

00:00 Intro 06:00 First Love (2022) 08:45 Eye Love You (2024) 10:12 What Comes After Love (2024) 15:13 Romantics Anonymous (2025) 16:57 Kimbap and Onigiri (2026) 23:10 Winter Sonata (2002) 26:13 Marry My Husband Japan (2025) 30:30 Can This Love Be Translated? (2026) 32:40 Will You Be My Manager? (2025) 45:53 Unnatural (2018) 46:17 Full time wife escapist (2016) 47:55 Learning to Love (2025) 54:24 Orange Days (2004) 1:01:04 Friends (2002) 1:04:35 Soul Mate (2026)

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LINKS MENTIONED:

Frabby's blog that convinced me to like the AMNESIA trope (not the childhood romance got that wrong): https://share.google/rwGc8VvKtOJEv8sct

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In Part 2 of our 2025 wrap-up, we talk about major Dramaland news stories, and each of our favorite (and not-so-favorite) K-dramas of the year.

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LINKS MENTIONED:

Kim Soo-hyun press conference clip about Kim Yoo-jung

DOF's favorite OSTs of 2025

Oneus Kpop Demon Hunters covers: Golden, Your Idol, Soda Pop

Sam Sanders' interview with a songwriter on Kpop Demon Hunters

Video essay on the heroine's journey: Why Women Need Their Own Myth

TIMESTAMPS:

00:01:59 News

00:36:34 Our Year in Dramas

01:48:11 Dramaland things that made us mad

01:59:45 Special interest corner

Shows mentioned in order of first appearance: The Great Shaman Ga Doo Shim, The Moon Embracing the Sun, Can You Hear My Heart, The Queen’s Classroom, Kiss Sixth Sense, Signal, Culinary Class Wars, Genie, Make a Wish, The Price of Confession, You and Everything Else, Queen Mantis, Love Scout, Study Group, Unmasked, Nine Puzzle, Law in the City, Spring of Youth, Undercover High School, Spirit Fingers, Pro Bono, Smile You, Mobius, Marry My Husband Japan, A Dream Within a Dream, Resident Playbook, The Winning Try, When Destiny Brings the Demon, The Potato Lab, Romantics Anonymous, Moon River, The Best Thing, Love in the Clouds, Our Unwritten Seoul, Ms Incognito, The Witch, Nice to Not Meet You, Doubt

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Dramaland changes every year and 2025 was no different. Let's talk trends in productions, biggest hits and misses, and what we have been doing and watching outside K-dramas. We'll be back with Part 2 really soon, where we get into our most memorable dramas of the year.

[This was live recorded for patreon in December. We have split and edited the episodes down for our podcast feed. You can still find the entire recording with video and audio chat on our patreon page.]

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TIMESTAMPS:

00:00:00 Catching up

00:20:54 Trends in dramaland

00:52:45 K-Variety

Dramas mentioned in this episode (in order): Would you marry me?, Perfect Marriage Revenge, Marry My Husband, The First Night with the Duke, Spirit Fingers, Study Group, Dear X, When the stars gossip, Genie make a wish, Hwarang, Unmasked, Trigger, Squid Game, Descendants of the Sun, Faith, Legend, Healer, Crash Landing on You, Lovely Runner, My Youth, Moon River, The Devil’s Plan, My Sibling’s Romance, Better Late than Single, Single’s Inferno, Mind the Noona Gap, Terrace House, Run Jin (Jonathan episode), Culinary Class Wars, Are Your Sure?, Keon’s Bizarre BnB, Jae friends, IU’s Pallette, My Little Old Boy (ep 471).

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Anisa and Paroma yak for a long time about all the dramas we've been watching - mostly K-dramas but also a few C-dramas. Plus we discuss the state of streaming, and the return of mid-budget dramas and old school tropes.

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And don't forget to join us Sunday, December 21 at 11am ET for a live Year-End Yak! LINK

TIMESTAMPS:

00:04:47 Dear X

00:12:10 You and Everything Else

00:22:28 Would You Marry Me

00:41:31 Last Summer

00:53:24 Dynamite Kiss

01:20:25 Bon Appetit Your Majesty

01:44:50 Love in the Clouds

01:52:19 Fated Hearts

01:57:29 Love's Ambition

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Our November Yak covers a bunch of dramas we just started and one drama we needed to talk in depth about - Kim Eun-suk's Genie, Make a Wish. Join Paroma and Anisa as we get back into talking at you for 90 minutes again.

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LINKS MENTIONED:

Paroma's video on Make a Wish Genie.

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Hello!

01:20 Ms Incognito

10:30 My Troublesome Star

18:10 Romantics Anonymous

33:25 Typhoon Family

35:09 Oh My Ghost Client

43:26 Make a Wish, Genie

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