Chingu Challenge Day 8: The enemies to lovers tripe can be tricky but, done well, it is so compelling. My pick for today is Prisoner of Beauty ♥️ #cdrama #chinguchallenge

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Day 6 - Best Family #chinguchallenge
Reply 1988 hands down. It isn’t my favourite of the series but its whole story is in its families. They way their lives intertwine over the years is integral to the warmth and charm of the story.

#ChinguChallenge Day 8: Enemies to Lovers goes to The Smile Has Left Your Eyes. This #kdrama has a lot of flaws but Seo In Guk & Jung So Min have insane chemistry and their angst will tear your heart out. Mild spoilers in video.

Day 8: Enemies to Lovers

#GoBackCouple. An unhappy couple unexpectedly wake up in 1999, back before they became a couple. They rediscover love and that their difficult marriage was still the best choice. Many funny moments but also many heart-wrenching gut punches.

#kdrama #chinguchallenge

day 7: revenge #chinguchallenge

couldn't do this category without mentioning #TheDouble
but also #TheLongestDayinChang'an (there's some revenge themes!)
hon mentions: #WeakHeroClass1 #AreYouTheOne #Ouroboros

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#Chinguchallenge Day 8: enemies- to-lovers

For me it’s got to be I am Not a Robot

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Enemies to lovers—what else but Semantic Error?!?

(Also A Shoulder to Cry On, The On1ly One, Gray Shelter, and Our Youth)

#KBL #KDrama #JBL #JDrama #TaiwaneseBL

I just realize that I didn't watch anything with zombies yet... Ghost will have to do it 🤣 #chinguchallenge

#ChinguChallenge #kdrama Day 8: Enemies to lovers. Gah, so many. I'm going with #LoveToHateYou because I'm lazy but it's also true and also really #YooTeo all the time.

#chinguchallenge Day 5 Villains
All in #cdrama The Longest Day in Chang An is replete with dark, devious and dangerous characters
A minister
A mob boss
A vengeful ex-soldier
And even more hidden betrayers!
What a story!

Day 5: villain

The two ‘brothers’ in #PursuitOfJade. Both had their own agenda and both were rotten to the bone. Loved hating them
But also Noh Hwa Young from #MilitaryProsecutorDoberman. She was just pure evil 👿

#cdrama #kdrama #chinguchallenge

Three people in their 20s - one man on the left, one woman in the middle, and one man on the right. Yellow poster for the Korean drama Cheese in the Trap.

Honorable mention to this #KDrama classic, which is also one of the first 10 dramas I ever watched #CheeseintheTrap #ChinguChallenge

Biased opinion coming. I believe #CDramas do enemies to lovers tropes > #KDramas. So my pick today is #FatedHearts. #ChinguChallenge

Day 8 of the #ChinguChallenge is favorite enemies to lovers:

And my time has come cuz now I get to mention #FatedHearts. There is no better example of a perfectly executed enemies to lovers drama. Tension, chemistry, drama and angst were all 🔥. I was and still am obsessed! #cdrama

Day 8: Enemies to Lovers

I think #ItsOkayThatsLove qualifies under this tag bc she hated old dude guts fr. I can’t recommend this drama enough, it’s a 10/10 for me.

#kdrama #chinguchallenge

Day 7: Revenge

Like a lot of others when I think of revenge #TheGlory comes to mind. I lowkey think she let them off a lil easy bc I would’ve fck that lady’s husband bc he was def going lmao

#kdrama #chinguchallenge

#ChinguChallenge #cdrama #kdrama #jdrama

D8: Favorite enemies to lovers

I truly hate this trope, it's rarely done the right way for my soul. But when it's executed well, it is very powerful.
Like in #PrisonerOfBeauty

Day 6: Family

I’m days behind on this challenge, oh well!

This maybe recency bias but I love the family in In Your Radiant Season. I love the family dynamics, love how each have their own storyline — I’m even enjoying the middle sister’s arc.

#kdrama #chinguchallenge

Photo from Call it Love shows Kim Young-kwang and Lee Sung-kyung sitting at a counter looking out a window. They both look serious.

Day 8: Enemies to Lovers

#CallItLove Slow, sad, dark, and absolutely perfect. What I want from my enemies-to-lovers plot is to watch the leads discover, scene by scene, why the person they thought they hated is actually someone they respect… admire… like… would do anything for.

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Li Qin wears a flowing red robe and Chen Zheyuan wears a black robe. She is leaning into him, while standing.

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Day 8: Enemies to Lovers

The chemistry between Li Qin and Chen Zheyuan is unexpectedly good in "Fated Hearts" 🌸 Fu Yixiao looks looks delicate but has her own strength and Feng Suige exudes menace but is remarkably gentle.

#Cdrama #FatedHearts

#chinguchallenge
Day 8: enemies- to-lovers

#cdrama
- Love in the Clouds
- Love Between Fairy and Devil

#kdrama
- Love Your Enemy

#chinguchallenge family: Scarlet Heart Ryeo (allllllll the brothers)

ALLER GUTEN DINGE SIND DREI

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Day8: enemies-to-lovers

Part 3: #blseries
#History3Trapped

Police agent falling in love with a mafia gangster boss 🖤

After all this time still one of my favourite ❤️‍🔥 and #ChrisWu definitely the man with the most beautiful hair 😂😍

LET HIM OUT OF JAIL🔫

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Day8: enemies-to-lovers

Part 2: #kdrama
#CaptivatingTheKing

In my top3 of historical romance #kdrama
They start as soulmates end up as enemies, she determined to take him down snd end up as lovers...
OST & cinematography so magical as the portrayal of their intimacy & struggle

The hashtag is #chinguchallenge, for people to get to see this amazing choice 🫶🏻

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Day8: enemies-to-lovers

Part 1: #cdrama
#StoryOfKunningPalace
As my favourites are already taken i go with this older one!

It's my fav deep toxic love story: #BaiLu & her harem 🔥AND so rare that BAD GUY gets the girl 😍
#ZhangLinghe is so stunning 😈 & they have hottest kissed 🥵

My Revenged Love boys

Day 8 #chinguchallenge: enemies to lovers

I'm gonna go with my boys in #RevengedLove, because Weiwei is a perfect example of falling for your enemy (And I dont wanna repeat. Hi, #ThePrisonerOfBeauty!)

I want #BL and #cdrama to get more space in my challenge because they became important this year.

Oops. Forgot my #chinguchallenge hashtag.

Day 4: I still think #BeMelodramatic features the best depiction of adult friendship in #kdrama. That said, I also want to tip my hat to a couple of newer dramas that were also great at depicting adult friendship: #DivorceAttorneyShin from 2023 and this year’s #UndercoverMissHong. #ChinguChallenge

20 Thoughts: My Lovely Sam Soon Title: My Lovely Sam Soon (내 이름은 김삼순; lit. My Name Is Kim Sam Soon)Network: MBC (2005)Length: 1 season (16 episodes, approx. 60 min each)Director (PD): Kim Yun-cheolWriter: Kim Do-wooCast: Kim S...

Day 3: For modern romance, you can’t do much better than the 2005 runaway hit #MyLovelySamSoon, which is that rare drama where the perfect cast found the perfect script. #ChinguChallenge

You can find all my thoughts about this brilliant #kdrama here: www.twenty-thoughts.com/post/20-thou...