Dramas Over Flowers

Year End Yak 2025 (Part 1) - Dramaland trends and K-variety recommendations!

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 [https://www.patreon.com/posts/year-end-yak-for-147913292?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link].] Leave us your COMMENTS [https://open.substack.com/pub/dramasoverflowers/p/episode-191-year-end-yak-part-1-dramaland?r=tun5k&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true] here. 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). LEAVE US A REVIEW: Apple podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dramas-over-flowers/id1270514773] | Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/5ifjyru2rhf8ou1A08BWTm] | Audible [https://www.audible.in/pd/Dramas-Over-Flowers-Podcast/B08JKJHK69?action_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdp]! MORE EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE: Listen to our last episode here [https://player.captivate.fm/episode/6c82d6ce-791a-4fab-81f8-fb5c5ce1143e]. NEWSLETTER: Join our email list [https://dramasoverflowers.substack.com/] for the monthly newsletter with podcast announcements and special episodes! PATRONS: SPECIAL THANK YOU to our beloved patrons [https://my.captivate.fm/dramasoverflowers.net/patrons] for another year of helping us light the lanterns to sail our ship! Join it here [https://www.patreon.com/dramasoverflowers]! ❤︎ You can MAJORLY support us by leaving a review on your podcast app, or sharing the episode with friends! ❤︎ SOCIAL: Follow us on Twitter @dramasoverflow [https://twitter.com/dramasoverflow] and Instagram @dramasoverflowers_ [https://www.instagram.com/dramasoverflowers_/]. Email us at dramasoverflowers@gmail.com. CREDITS: This episode was edited by Paroma.

Dear X, Dynamite Kiss, You and Everything Else, Love's Ambition & More [Long Yak]

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. Leave us your COMMENTS [https://open.substack.com/pub/dramasoverflowers/p/episode-190-dynamite-kiss-bon-appetit?r=3lzy1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true] here [https://open.substack.com/pub/dramasoverflowers/p/episode-190-dynamite-kiss-bon-appetit?r=3lzy1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true]. And don't forget to join us Sunday, December 21 at 11am ET for a live Year-End Yak! LINK [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNi_my_HcyI] 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 LEAVE US A REVIEW: Apple podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dramas-over-flowers/id1270514773] | Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/5ifjyru2rhf8ou1A08BWTm] | Audible [https://www.audible.in/pd/Dramas-Over-Flowers-Podcast/B08JKJHK69?action_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdp]! NEWSLETTER: Join our email list [https://dramasoverflowers.substack.com/] for the monthly newsletter with podcast announcements and special episodes! PATRONS: SPECIAL THANK YOU to our beloved patrons [https://my.captivate.fm/dramasoverflowers.net/patrons] for another year of helping us light the lanterns to sail our ship! Join it here [https://www.patreon.com/dramasoverflowers]! ❤︎ You can MAJORLY support us by leaving a review on your podcast app, or sharing the episode with friends! ❤︎ SOCIAL: Follow us on Twitter @dramasoverflow [https://twitter.com/dramasoverflow] and Instagram @dramasoverflowers_ [https://www.instagram.com/dramasoverflowers_/]. Email us at dramasoverflowers@gmail.com. CREDITS: This episode was edited by Anisa. Music is by Epidemic Sound.

Romantics Anonymous, Genie, Make A Wish, Ms Incognito & More [Long Yak]

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. Leave us your COMMENTS [https://dramasoverflowers.substack.com/p/bbbfdbb7-1bc0-4130-a7e2-09c71e9e4573?postPreview=paid&updated=2025-11-06T13%3A48%3A45.158Z&audience=everyone&free_preview=false&freemail=true] here. LINKS MENTIONED: Paroma's video [https://youtu.be/Lev6N7aUwt8?si=osas597xRDJfJLNh] 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 LEAVE US A REVIEW: Apple podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dramas-over-flowers/id1270514773] | Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/5ifjyru2rhf8ou1A08BWTm] | Audible [https://www.audible.in/pd/Dramas-Over-Flowers-Podcast/B08JKJHK69?action_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdp]! MORE EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE: Episode 188 [https://player.captivate.fm/episode/f73da05f-b7d8-4574-827a-732ed27e1f38]: The Rise of the Murder Rom-Com in K-Dramas NEWSLETTER: Join our email list [https://dramasoverflowers.substack.com/] for the monthly newsletter with podcast announcements and special episodes! PATRONS: SPECIAL THANK YOU to our beloved patrons [https://my.captivate.fm/dramasoverflowers.net/patrons] for another year of helping us light the lanterns to sail our ship! Join it here [https://www.patreon.com/dramasoverflowers]! ❤︎ You can MAJORLY support us by leaving a review on your podcast app, or sharing the episode with friends! ❤︎ SOCIAL: Follow us on Twitter @dramasoverflow [https://twitter.com/dramasoverflow] and Instagram @dramasoverflowers_ [https://www.instagram.com/dramasoverflowers_/]. Email us at dramasoverflowers@gmail.com. CREDITS: This episode was edited by Paroma.

The Rise of the Murder Rom-Com in K-Dramas

We talk about Anisa's grand theory of murder rom-coms - why they exist, when they work and when they don't, and what their rise means for K-drama trends. Leave us your COMMENTS [https://open.substack.com/pub/dramasoverflowers/p/episode-188-the-rise-of-the-murder?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=tun5k] here. LINKS MENTIONED: Anisa's article for MENT Magazine: The Rise of the Murder Rom-Com [https://www.mentmagazine.com/issue002/murder-rom-com] Paroma's video about the return of old tropes in K-drama [https://youtu.be/PH5ZDGSaTjc?si=8zLHo5WRhH-_T_xU] LEAVE US A REVIEW: Apple podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dramas-over-flowers/id1270514773] | Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/5ifjyru2rhf8ou1A08BWTm] | Audible [https://www.audible.in/pd/Dramas-Over-Flowers-Podcast/B08JKJHK69?action_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdp]! MORE EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE: Episode: NEWSLETTER: Join our email list [https://dramasoverflowers.substack.com/] for the monthly newsletter with podcast announcements and special episodes! PATRONS: SPECIAL THANK YOU to our beloved patrons [https://my.captivate.fm/dramasoverflowers.net/patrons] for another year of helping us light the lanterns to sail our ship! Join it here [https://www.patreon.com/dramasoverflowers]! ❤︎ You can MAJORLY support us by leaving a review on your podcast app, or sharing the episode with friends! ❤︎ SOCIAL: Follow us on Twitter @dramasoverflow [https://twitter.com/dramasoverflow] and Instagram @dramasoverflowers_ [https://www.instagram.com/dramasoverflowers_/]. Email us at dramasoverflowers@gmail.com. CREDITS: This episode was edited by Anisa. Music is Breathe Easy by Sarah, the Illstrumentalist.

Kpop Demon Hunters, Head Over Heels, Marry My Husband (Jdrama) (Long Yak)

Halo! We are back with a new yak after a break. Anisa and Paroma catch you up on what we have been watching lately; some recommendations and some stay-aways! We also unnecessarily add to the hype around Kpop demon hunters with our own admiring words. Leave us your COMMENTS [https://open.substack.com/pub/dramasoverflowers/p/episode-187-kpop-demon-hunters-head?r=tun5k&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true] here. LINKS MENTIONED: 1. "Keeping you obsessed": Netflix's demons vs. hunters movie captures the mystical allure of KPop [Link [https://www.salon.com/2025/06/29/kpop-demon-hunters-fandom-folklore-saja-boys-huntrix/]] 2. Korean food deast: From kimbap to ramyeon, but hold the kimchi [Link [https://www.salon.com/2025/06/27/kpop-demon-hunters-korean-food/]] 3. Jinu's seriously derpy tiger origin story [Link [https://www.salon.com/2025/07/02/kpop-demon-hunters-derpy-tiger/]] 4. Paroma's video on the two versions of Marry My Husband [Link [https://youtu.be/9g7VXN6A8r8]] 5. Interview with the writer and director of First Night with the Duke [Link [https://dramasoverflowers.substack.com/p/q-and-a-with-the-production-team?r=tun5k]] 6. Explanation of some Korean in KPop Demon Hunters [Link [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCmpU3ssip8&ab_channel=TalkToMeInKorean]] TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:54 KPop Demon Hunters 00:32:08 Law and the City 00:49:23 Head Over Heels 01:00:26 First Night with the Duke 01:27:16 Marry My Husband (Japan) 01:43:29 Second Shot at Love LEAVE US A REVIEW: Apple podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dramas-over-flowers/id1270514773] | Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/5ifjyru2rhf8ou1A08BWTm] | Audible [https://www.audible.in/pd/Dramas-Over-Flowers-Podcast/B08JKJHK69?action_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdp]! MORE EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE: Episode: NEWSLETTER: Join our email list [https://dramasoverflowers.substack.com/] for the monthly newsletter with podcast announcements and special episodes! PATRONS: SPECIAL THANK YOU to our beloved patrons [https://my.captivate.fm/dramasoverflowers.net/patrons] for another year of helping us light the lanterns to sail our ship! Join it here [https://www.patreon.com/dramasoverflowers]! ❤︎ You can MAJORLY support us by leaving a review on your podcast app, or sharing the episode with friends! ❤︎ SOCIAL: Follow us on Twitter @dramasoverflow [https://twitter.com/dramasoverflow] and Instagram @dramasoverflowers_ [https://www.instagram.com/dramasoverflowers_/]. Email us at dramasoverflowers@gmail.com. CREDITS: This episode was edited by Anisa.