Kdramas In 2011 That We Would Love To Recommend

There are many many awesome kdramas in 2011 that we would love to recommend, but if you absolutely don’t have the time to catch up on all, we definitely recommend the below five as your must-see dramas this winter break.
49 days
“49 Days” was a compelling melodrama that allowed viewers to reflect back to their lives. If you had the chance to look at your life after you died, would you be satisfied with the way you lived it? Are your friends truly someone you can trust and depend on or superficial acquaintances? “49 Days” started with death. Everyone at one point in their lives has probably wondered who will mourn for them after their dead. Well, this drama is a story about how a young woman, Shin Ji Hyun, looks through her life from someone else’s eyes and realizes the betrayal of her friends and fiancé.
The drama focuses on the fact that, instead of a switheroo between lovers, two compete strangers change souls. The plot that a person is possessed by another person’s soul and that three drops of tears can reincarnate the soul’s corpse is truly a fantasy. However, the central theme is still deeply rooted in reality – it’s a story about interpersonal relationships and life and death.
City Hunter
Based on a Japanese manga by Hojo Tsukasa, “City Hunter” was so much more than a simple vengeance drama. It had a complex web of stories – that were dark, thrilling, heart-wrenching, and romantic – that built Lee Yoon Sung into the City Hunter he is today. It also alluded to some of the society’s current issues like half-tuition for college students and industrial accidents all the while emphasizing the significance of our basic principles – faith and justice – and the importance of upholding them.
The show had it all – great actors, great plot, great cinematography, great score, the works. Not once was there ever a “boring” moment or scene where you wanted to press the fast-forward button. All the relationships between Yoon Sung and the characters, and not just the one between him and Nana (btw Lee Min Ho and Park Min Young liked the love line between their characters so much, they decided to become a real life couple ^^), were enthralling. Yoon Sung and daddy dearest Jin Pyo shared and realized that their bond was thicker than blood – once they were able to get pass the fact that Jin Pyo kidnapped, lied, and manipulated Yoon Sung.
Shik Joong ajusshi was more of a confidant/motherly/wife(?) figure to Yoon Sung. While they constantly, and quite amusingly, “fought” over all the home shopping like a married couple, Yoon Sung could always count on Shik Joong to be there when he needed him. Yoon Sung and Prosecutor Kim Young Joo had so much in common – both were victims of the previous generation’s actions, both tried to break free from their father’s shadows and control, and both had a strong sense of justice – albeit difference ideas as to achieve justice. Despite being “enemies,” the two genuinely respected each other, and had they met in any other circumstances, they could have shared a great bromance. Yoon Sung and Nana? What more is there to say.