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Dramas Over Flowers
by Saya, Anisa, and Paroma
Destined friends and professional fans Saya, Anisa and Paroma yak—at length—about Korean dramas. Expect a healthy mix of subjective critique and objective fangirling.
Episodes
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Spooky In Love, Blossoms of Power, Dream To You, Key to the Phoenix Heart & More [Long Yak]
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...
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My Royal Nemesis, Reborn Rookie, The First Jasmine, Wonderfools, Pursuit of Jade & More [Long Yak]
Anisa and Paroma and diving into almost three months worth of drama watching. Brace yourselves! Leave us your COMMENTS here. LINKS MENTIONED: Discord for overthinking drama fans: https://discord.com/invite/4xPe8jnJWw Pursuit of Jade ending video: https://youtu.be/ivhTBv3POEc?si=GIlaw4r6agXx1JU6...
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Heart Pairing: A Korean Dating Show Anisa Recommends!
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…
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An announcement about the future of the podcast
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. Leave us your comments here. LEAVE US A REVIEW: Apple podcasts | Spotify | Audible! NEWSLETTER: Join our email list for the monthly newsletter with podcast...
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Idol I, Undercover Miss Hong, No Tail To Tell [Long Yak]
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!)) Leave us your COMMENTS here. TIMESTAMPS: 00:58 No...
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From Eye Love You to Romantics Anonymous: this is an era of Jdorama x Kdrama collab
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…
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Year-End Yak 2025 (Part 2) - News & Our Year in K-dramas
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. Leave us your COMMENTS here. LINKS MENTIONED: Kim Soo-hyun press conference clip about Kim Yoo-jung DOF's favorite OSTs of 2025 Oneus Kpop Demon Hunters...
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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...
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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 here. And don't forget to join us Sunday, December 21…
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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 here. LINKS MENTIONED: Paroma's video on Make a Wish...
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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 here. LINKS MENTIONED: Anisa's article for MENT Magazine: The Rise of the Murder Rom-Com Paroma's video about the return...
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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 here. LINKS MENTIONED:...
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2024 in Dramaland: Listener Goguma Awards (Year-End Yak)
Part 2 of our year end yak is finally here! This is the episode where we go over the annual listener survey we do to find out what your drama year has been like. Which genres did you enjoy the most, what new dramas did you try out, what new difficulties have you faced accessing your favourite…
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Love Scout, The Potato Lab, My Dearest Nemesis, The First Frost and more (Long Yak)
Anisa and Paroma pop in before our next installment of the Year-End Yak to chat about currently airing dramas, including pretty much a full Spoiled Yak about Love Scout, which we ADORED. Paroma convinces Anisa to watch My Dearest Nemesis, Anisa laments the wasted potential of Melo Movie, and…
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2024 in Dramaland: Our Personal Goguma Awards (Year-End Yak)
In Part 1 of our (extremely belated) Year-End Yak for 2024, we talk Personal Gogumas - the awards the three of us want to give to the dramas we loved in 2024. Leave us your COMMENTS here. LINKS MENTIONED: Dramas Over Flowers' playlist of favorite 2024 OSTs as curated by Anisa TIME STAMPS: (These...
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The Trunk, Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born, Brewing Love, When the Phone Rings & More (Long Yak)
Anisa and Paroma yak about dramas they finished recently. Leave us your COMMENTS here. LINKS: Tell us about your drama year in our annual survey! Vote in the Goguma Awards (deadline: Jan 18th) And while you vote, listen to this playlist of our favorite OSTs of 2024. TIMESTAMPS: 00:02:46 Face Me...
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Love Your Enemy, Face Me, When the Phone Rings & more (Long Yak)
Anisa and Paroma have a little yak about some new dramas we've sampled, and others we've just barely tasted. Leave us your COMMENTS here. TIMESTAMPS: 00:02:04 Love Your Enemy 00:16:39 Mr Plankton 00:21:22 When the Phone Rings 00:34:37 Face Me 00:49:29 Tell Me that You Love Me 00:58:01 The Trunk...
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Is Jisoo coming back? Two new Joo Ji-hoon dramas! Another K-drama superhero series with a massive cast!
We are bringing back What's Up In Dramaland as bi-weekly youtube live streams. A newsy episode that covers Korean entertainment including casting news, upcoming dramas, catching up on industry conversations. (This is a one time livestream audio upload. Please check our youtube channel for future...
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Family by Choice, Love Next Door, No Gain No Love & more (Long Yak)
Anisa and Paroma discuss their final thoughts on recently ended romcoms Love Next Door, No Gain No Love and Serendipity's Embrace, plus some first impressions of the Korean adaptation of Go Ahead and wacky romance DNA Lover. LEAVE A COMMENT HERE. LINKS MENTIONED: Family by Choice Episodes 1-2...
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Do Reunions Of Popular Drama Pairings Work? Let's Discuss! (ICYMI: Our 7th Anniversary Livestream)
In this episode we discuss the many popular re-unions of famous romantic and non-romantic actor couples. We ask why these re-unions happen, do they ever achieve the popularity of the original project, and why is there often a distinct shift in genres? (You can watch the video version of this...
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No Gain No Love - the first half has restored my faith in humanity (Spoiled Yak)
Paroma is joined by Deepanjana in a mission to express their deep feelings about No Gain No Love without spoiling every single scene in the drama. It was a challenge. This episode was recorded after the first 6 out of 12 episodes had aired. You can hunt down today's guest @/dpanjana on Threads…
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Cinderella at 2am, Love Next Door and Run BTS (a shortish Long Yak)
Saya and Anisa have a quick yak about our first impressions of two currently airing dramas, and then Anisa confesses to having seen some Run BTS. Leave us your thoughts in a voice note here: LINKS MENTIONED: Part 2 of our throwback 2014 dramas livestream TIMESTAMPS: 02:19...
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Bad-Memory Eraser, My Sweet Mobster, The Auditors, Dreaming Of a Freaking Fairytale (long yak)
Hi, we come back to you (pretty soon for us) with another long yak! Yes, Anisa is in this one. 😄 Leave us your thoughts in a voice note here: TIMESTAMP: 00:01:24 Bad-memory eraser 00:17:47 My sweet mobster 00:42:57 The auditors 01:04:02 Dreaming of a freaking fairy-tale 01:14:57...
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The art of convincing Saya to watch dramas (Long Yak)
Saya takes Paroma on an epic journey through her recent watchlist. Leave us your thoughts in a voice note here: LINKS MENTIONED: "Silenced Beauty" video essay on Seolhyun in Running Man. TIMESTAMP: 00:00:00 Jinny's Kitchen 00:19:22 Top Management 00:27:25 Good Day To Be a Dog...
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Lovely Runner One Last Time (Spoiled Yak)
Here are our final thoughts and theories on the one drama all three of us watched with equal fervour. Joining us for this final journey into the world of Piggyback Sunjae and Run are friends of the podcast, Hanah and Sarah. Leave us your thoughts in a voice note here: LINKS...
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Growing out of fandoms, and what makes us stay
Don't worry, this is NOT a stealth goodbye podcast! In this episode, we talk about why we fall out of love with fandoms that we once loved so much, and what makes some stick for life. (You could call it the date, marry, kill episode? Spoiler alert, we marry K-dramas.) Leave us your thoughts in a...
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Lovely Runner is a delightful genre mashup | Episodes 1-8 Review
Anisa and Paroma gush about the first half of currently airing time-travel romance K-drama Lovely Runner, which we are LOVING. The first 40 minutes are free of major spoilers! Tell us what you think of Lovely Runner in a voice note here: LINKS MENTIONED: Anisa's Queen of Tears...
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A Short History Of the K-Drama Industry Before Netflix
In this episode, we talk about how K-dramas became a highly profitable export long before the entry of streaming platforms in the mid 2010s. This is a story of a nation's economic crisis, the creation of a unique opportunity, and a two decade long struggle for air wave supremacy in East Asia.…
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A Long Yak on Doctor Slump, Marry My Husband, and Like Flowers In Sand
We are back with a long yak on three dramas we started 2024 with: Doctor Slump, Marry My Husband, and Like Flowers In Sand. This episode was recorded on 11th February. Our feelings on these dramas have stayed the same (with Doctor Slump getting special love for staying so reliably warm till the...
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Past Lives is a gorgeous meditation on love and regret | Spoiled Yak
Awards season is the perfect time for us to share our review of Past Lives, our favorite film of last year. Saya, Anisa and our friend Yunah talk about why this movie's meditations on grief, love, diaspora and selfhood spoke to us so deeply. (We recorded this at the end of last year.) Leave us…
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2023 in Dramaland: Year-End Yak Part 2 (Goguma Awards)
The 5th Annual Goguma Awards have landed! Your votes have been tallied and the results range from unexpected to unsurprising, all of which we dissect with glee. Get your tea and biscuits, it's long! Leave us your thoughts in a voice note here: LINKS MENTIONED: Actor Jin: The...
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2023 in Dramaland: Year-End Yak Part 1 (Trends + Our Year in Dramas)
The Year-End Yak is here! Or Part 1 anyway, where we talk about what K-dramas did this year, and how we felt about them. Goguma Awards coming in Part 2! Leave us your thoughts in a voice note here: LINKS MENTIONED: Paroma's excellent 2023 Wrap for Film Companion Paroma's My Demon...
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A Long Yak on My Demon, Death's Game, Welcome to Samdal-ri & The Story of Park's Marriage Contract
Just Saya popping in to share her thoughts on an assortment of dramas: a mixture of bright and dark, exquisite and questionable, therapeutic and aggravating. The tl;dl (?) being: My Demon is darkbright and exquisite, Death's Game is just dark, Park's Marriage Contract is bright and aggravating…
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Perfect Marriage Revenge is a dish served SPICY HOT and DELICIOUSLY POETIC (Spoiled Yak)
Perfect Marriage Revenge is a drama that kept all its promises: revenge! marriage! perfect! We revel in how the drama revels in its story, with special props to writer Im Seo-ra for some of the best writing in dramaland this year. SPOILERS EVERYWHERE, BEWARE BEWARE! Feat. beloved and returning...
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A Long Yak on Castaway Diva, Perfect Marriage Revenge, Twinkling Watermelon, and many more
Saya and Anisa talk about 8(!) dramas, including writer Park Hre-ryun's newest Castaway Diva, gorgeous romance melodrama Call it Love, and the actually perfect Perfect Marriage Revenge. Lots of time travel, revenge and contract relationships in this one, so you know we're both happy campers.…
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A Long Yak on Destined With You, My Lovely Liar (Final Thoughts) & Titanic
Kick back with us on a diatribe filled episode where we talk about women written by men, unearned forgiveness, and the ethics of love potions. Tell us your thoughts in a voice note here: LINK: Listen to the trailer of The Broadside (new podcast hosted by Anisa) TIMESTAMP: 00:09:00...
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Someday or One Day: Taiwan's blockbuster time slip romance (ft. kfangurl)
We are joined by kfangurl on an ultimate fan trip episode where we deep dive into a cult classic time slip romance that set new standards in storytelling for all of us. This drama has also been recently remade into the Korean, A Time Called You, which we discussed in episode 161. Tell us your...
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A Time Called You: Just watch the original (Someday Or One Day)
Anisa, Paroma and Anisa's sister Zaynab talk about A Time Called You, remake of hit Taiwanese drama Someday or One Day, how it compares to the original, and the eternal question of the adaptation: why? Catch our spoiler review of Someday or One Day next week! Tell us your thoughts in a voice note...
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Six Years Of Podcasting About K-dramas! Opening your mailbag ✨
Welcome to another anniversary Mailbag episode! We asked for your thoughts on dramas, on us, anything at all, and you gave us a lot to talk about! Also, let us know if you liked, loved, or FF'd this episode in a voice note here: LINKS MENTIONED: The Hollywood writers’ strike: Vox...
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A long yak on My Lovely Liar, Behind Your Touch, See You In My 19th Life (Final Thoughts), and more!
We bring you another long yak this months where we talk about two new dramas and final thoughts on three completed ones. Tell us your thoughts in a voice note here: LINKS MENTIONED: The anime Paroma mentioned: How A Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom (on Netflix) TIMESTAMP: (No...
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Our Blooming Youth (Spoiled Yak), or: Every Crown Prince needs besties like these
Saya and Paroma pick apart Our Blooming Youth and pore over its bests and not-so-best things. Bests include: Park Hyung-shik and Jeon So-nee. Dissatisfactions include: plot lapses, villains with unconvincing motives. Erratum: Saya's first Park Hyung-shik drama was Nine (2013). Tell us your…
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A long yak on King The Land, See You In My 19th Life, and Crash Course In Romance
We are back with a long yak after a very long while. Settle in as we discuss two new romances and one completed romcom with a side serving of murder! Tell us your thoughts in a voice note here: LINKS MENTIONED: Paroma's video about kdramas badly solving classism [here] Jun-ho and...
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Doctor Cha and other Ahjumma Gets Her Groove Back dramas
In this Spoiled Yak, Anisa and Paroma review Dr. Cha and talk about why dramas about a middle-aged woman getting a new lease on life are so enjoyable - and mention some other favorites in this genre. Tell us your thoughts in a voice note here: TIME STAMPS: 00:00:00 Dr. Cha Spoiler...
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How Yoo Inna Saves Bora! Deborah, Otherwise a Maddening Mess (A very long spoiled yak)
Bora! Deborah was mostly frustrating yet sometimes joyous to watch. So we do a needlessly long deep dive into why it gripped us so hard. Tell us your thoughts in a voice note here: LINKS MENTIONED: Mattie Kahn's excellent Vox piece on Viktor Frankl [here] (the real source of Bora's...
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BTS Yet to Come in Cinemas: Chasing that concert feeling
Saya and Paroma went to see BTS's concert film, Yet to Come in Cinemas, which took place in Busan on 23 October 2022 and released in cinemas worldwide in February 2023. We talk about the boys, the music, the fans, and our good and bad experiences at the cinema. Check out the official trailer…
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Crash Landing on You and the unbearable sadness of partition
We finally talk about why Crash Landing on You is SO GOOD. And we discuss Anisa's master's thesis on media portrayals of love across the borders created by partition - and why CLOY's depiction of that yearning is the best we've ever seen. Tell us your thoughts in a voice note here: ...
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Patreon Bonus: Changing public identities, defending our favs, and Crash Course in Romance!
Here's a special sneak preview of something we've been doing on Patreon: The Lone Yak! We take a moment (or a few) to tell you what's on our minds, whether about a drama we've been watching, general K-drama thoughts, or life! This episode contains Saya talking about becoming a new version of...
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Our Blooming Youth is bringing back memories of Park Hyung-sik in Hwarang (Minimum spoilers!)
If you've missed Park Hyung-sik in a sageuk or if you have a fondness for tortured Crown Princes, we have the drama for you. As a pleasant surprise, you also get a capable heroine with her own heroine arc in the story. As Saya puts it, Jeon So-nee might actual be the real protagonist of this…
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K-Drama Screenwriting (Part 2): TV Rating Supremacy & the Need for a Truck of Doom
In Part 2 of our discussion on K-drama screenwriting, we talk about Kim Eun-sook, whether great acting can rescue a bad script, why dramaland has so many serial killers, and much more! Listen to Part 1 HERE. We recorded this episode during a livestream discussion in 2022. If you here us speaking...
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K-Drama Screenwriting (Part 1): The Value of Tropes & Why Second Halves Plummet
There is something special about the way K-dramas are written beyond the formulas and tropes. In this episode we talk about the way dialogue, story acts, and unique writing styles collide to make our favourite dramas. We recorded this episode during a livestream discussion in 2022. If you here us...
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Destined friends and professional fans Saya, Anisa and Paroma yak—at length—about Korean dramas. Expect a healthy mix of subjective critique and objective fangirling.
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