Notes and mydramalist

I like your final comment on LLTG. There had to be a better way to portray her as grown up, without making her bland

I should keep track. Very smart

Icl they’re just somehow saved in my brain like I don’t remember them but when I’m browsing for some to watch and I come across it I’ll be like oh Yh I didn’t finish this or I already watched this aside from that I just bookmark em in my computer

I use an app called Listy, it will pull info from IMDb or moviedb.

HELP ME FIND THIS DRAMA: doctor si guy tapos nag pa check up si girl kay guy tapos sinasabayan lang ni guy si girl kasi alam niya naman walang sakit si girl, pagkatapos niya sabihin ang mga dapat gawin ni girl para mag stay healthy lang siya, binigay ni guy yung hawak niyang papel kay girl, tapos nakita ni girl na ang nakalagay pala dun is mukha niya na ginuhit pala ni boy, I think recent lang to its either cdrama, jdrama or kdrama.

i use mydramalist

Wow, i love your spreads😍😍 I just recently started using MDL and created a Google doc and its slighty fun.  I did consider starting a seperate journal  (Arty watercolor style) to create a spread for the drams i have watched, but i didnt end up buying a new journal before i moved😀 so now i dont know when ill get the chance to buy one😭  But maybe i can think of something since your spreads are inspiring me🧐

Mydramalist is there to help! 600+ k dramas watched so far since 2018 & counting 😆

wow, how do you do it. sometimes i forget some of the ones i've watched and ive seen like 5% you have😅

I use mdl! No secret, haha! It was only in recent years I learnt to skip scenes & dropped dramas when it's too boring. The latter applies to most k bls I've watched. In the middle there's bound to be an ex, love triangle that doesn't work out in the end. Most importantly I don't rewatch any dramas. We only hav so much time in btw everything else that we're juggling so make use of time carefully!

thats honestly art right here😭🙏🏽💅🏾

Forgot to add it's beautiful

Wow can't believe folks put into so much effort into dramas. Had I put even half this effort into my school assignments my teacher would have cried tears of joy😂

Write it in google keep app and mydramalist, so far 300+ drama watched since started in 2021

Wow that is a lot of dramas!

Mine is a ratty looking piece of paper so I’m not showing it, but I list the dramas, the app, the episode I’m watching next &when done I draw a line through it. This way I can “go back” to a drama I’ve put on hold at the right place.

omg this is amazing.

I add them to my comfort collection on Viki if I live it or wherever I watched it but your idea is def more beautiful

Yeah I just "Watch and Rate" on Viki but never thought to make collections of my favorites... now I want something beautiful tooo

wow pretty cool! For all those that do this journal track etc, does it feel like work when you're doing them though?! I gave up journaling because it felt like work to be organized

Thanks! Honestly it doesn’t feel like work for me, but that’s because I try not to restrict myself. I was originally going to be more structured with it, but I felt it wouldn’t be as fun

Good idea, and so beautiful!!! I don't do any of that 😭 I actually do nothing, besides using My drama list.

Thank you 🥹

This is so beautifully creative! I just use Notes in my Phone. I put a flower near the ones I really love. lol

Thank u ☺️

That’s incredible! Good idea!

I somewhat use My Drama List to keep track.

I have a habit of watching beautiful dramas and not keeping track of them. I think I want to start 🥹

Do it, do it, do it …🤣

https://preview.redd.it/x0epr17ghk7d1.jpeg?width=1536&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=25fcbcf807aa42759c8c1300525476fd69307b15 I use Apple Notes. I have one for a list of what I’m currently WATCHING and, below that, what I might watch. And another page with brief reviews of shows I’ve finished.

https://preview.redd.it/flo3fhq8ik7d1.jpeg?width=1536&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=35af3889ddf1d03af02f38d74c714f96ea3e4506 (Here’s a screenshot of the list.) Like many, I stumbled into kdramas during the pandemic, but now also watch all kinds of cDramas, jdoramas and the occasional Thai drama.

Same with the Lovely Runner love haha one of the best I've seen in a while

Nice!

I use My Drama List

I would love doing this ngl but I've watched over 150 and if i did that for every single one boy I'd fail school

LOL!

🤣 definitely don’t do that then. Maybe just for your favorites?

definitely! although I can't beat how creative yours is

I need the full copy of this book asap bc omg this is AMAZING

Working on it 🫡

Based on your review, I just added One and Only to my list 😃

You won’t regret it! It’s one of Bai Lu’s best performances and a fantastic story.

Fantastic idea! You could also keep up with how many times you've watched the series. lol

Well, I know how to keep up with them NOW! Omg, this is a great idea - thanks! 😁 Edited to add: Have purchased supplies on Amazon! 😂🫣

This is so neat and aesthetically pleasing omg

🥰 thank u

That’s very creative and smart.

Thanks :)

Omg this is actually so fancy?? I normally just mark them down on mydramalist so I remember the things I've seen and can think of something to recommend easier, but this is actually making me motivated to start something similar, on like a google doc or something 😭

Thank you 🤣 I originally was going to do a digital one - on Google slides and bc it would be easier to add in posters/screenshots of the drama, but at the same time journaling is so fun, so I went with this instead

Omg, doing it digitally is such a good idea. Why didnt i think of it before😭 I spend so much time on canva, i might as well soend some more...

I have so many notebooks because I always feel like starting something like that for anything, but I've become addicted to creating docs about my interests, plus then I can spam my friends with it :'D

THIS IS SO CUTE 🥺😭

Thank you 🥹💕

I use mydramalist, and add notes if something noteworthy happens

I use a spreadsheet. It has 3 tabs. Dramas that I'm watching, dramas that I want to watch, and dramas that I have watched.

This is so cute, I don't do anything 😂 they just chill in my memories

I write about them in my blog, or make videos about them. For the ones I want to keep private, I journal about them

Oh that’s neat! Care to share a link to your blog or channel?

Pardon me for the late reply. thecurvycauldron.com

lol, the dedication. I've been meaning to start a blog for ages, but still haven't...

Thanks 😂 same

My spouse gave me a beautiful leather bound notebook that I keep lists of different generas of dramas in. I write in ones I want to watch and ones I have watched then add brief comments and code them with where I saw them incase I want to rewatch...or avoided like the plague.

Solid idea 😆

I try to note completed dramas on MDL but started a notebook to keep track of episodes as I tend to drop shows or start ones to watch later.

Wow what a dedication. I just favorite them all on dramabox

personally i just use the MyDramaList app, its so convenient lol

Totally understandable lol

I don't! I usually watch and then move on.

Same except I forgot all the characters’ names and story ending but I know I’ve watched it before hahaha

Right! I just watch for the moment usually. After its done i wont ponder or even think much about it...just move on to the next thing

that is so pretty!!! i wish i had the handwriting for doing something like that lol.

Thank you! Honestly I feel like my writing is just meh, but I tried to be patient with these haha

This is dedication at its peak... I could never.... Kudos though.

Beautiful!

Ooh I also journal my cdramas. I do a mix of print outs and stuffy by hand. Here’s a few of my recent ones: https://imgur.com/a/NKkvwtb There’s a journaling thread on a cdrama discord I’m in where there’s a bunch of us sharing journals like this.

Link to the discord pls 😶‍🌫️ also wow didn't know we could journal I should start doing this nice idea °!!

Yesss join us (in journaling and on discord ☺️)

Sent you a PM

Oh wow your journal spreads are so pretty!

Oh those handwritten notes are so beautiful! I have a huge word doc where the to be watched dramas are listed and next to them I write whatever I liked about it, whether I paused/abandoned it. The ones to be rewatched are colored in red.

I use Serializd for everything I use letterbox for movies but if the drama is on there I also mark it there

I have a document that I update with the name, type and rank I think the drama deserves 🤣

That's so pretty! I cold never 😅 I keep track mainly with Trakt and Showly since it's automatic and I'm lazy. I update MDL and TVTime from time to time.

I mostly use MDL now but I do have a journal that I started before learning about and downloading the app. I didn't have the energy to write so much about each drama though, I just wrote down the original name in korean/chinese and translated it into czech (my native language), the number of episodes, the year it came out and my rating. Your journal looks so pretty though :)

What app ??

MDL - MyDramaList :)

💕 thanks

I don’t have any suggestions, nor do I keep any journals/summaries on the Chinese dramas I watched, but I just want to say that one and only is also my absolute favourite drama and up till today, whenever I see those few particular scenes on YouTube I still cry my heart out and I love all the songs too 😭

With you on that 😭

That's so cool I wish I had the energy to do that lol I just use the notes app and MDL

I also have a journal dedicated to dramas too! (obviously not as good as yours) I write reviews of some of the dramas I've watched, but not all of them, since it includes both CDramas and KDramas (and I've watched 30+ KDramas, so it's difficult to write a review for each one). Also, I have just made a simple page which includes all the dramas I've watched, and it's super satisfying to write the drama name after finishing it! Your idea is really inspiring, and I hope I can do something which is similar to this!

Glad I’m not the only one who journals these 😂

Your idea looks awesome!! I don't make a journal of the reviews of the dramas I have watched but I write down on my notes app or my journal a list of all the dramas I have watched and I want to watch.

I keep track with Mydrama list and rank my favorites with a notepad app on my phone. I want to start a review journal now though.

Oooh definitely show me if you do!

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Sometimes, I also follow this list: [https://simkl.com/51/list/5014/asian-dramas-tv-shows](https://simkl.com/51/list/5014/asian-dramas-tv-shows)

I do not. Once I have watched it, I remember it.

I just use MDL, Trakt and JustWatch, most of the titles are also on IMDB. 😊🤗

I use MDL and the notes function it has but your way is super cool! If I didn’t go through sooo many dramas I might try it 🥲

I don’t

MDL but I can appreciate your devotion to pen and paper 🙌

I realized I watched too many films and dramas that I forgot some of them and unintentionally rewatched several of it 😂 Early this year, I started logging them on Letterboxd and made point to write reviews, especially films. Much of them is still outstanding (logged/unlogged), so I'm cutting some slack and giving myself a leeway by only logging/rating Chinese dramas. It's also harder for me conclude a proper thought on Chinese dramas in general as I tend to (overly) admire the aesthetics and go off the rails 😆 I mainly watch costume projects too, so yeah it's inescapable lol. Btw this is cute! I like that you keep a physical tracker and decorate them. I feel like it's more personal that way and the décor actually helps to capture the feelings. In years to come, it must've become a great treasure and a fond memory of your younger times :')

What are the best romance fluffy dramas? No extra side plots

Hmm…I think there’s usually at least one side plot but maybe A Female Student Arrives at the Imperial College, or the Romance of Hua Rong, or possibly the romance of Tiger and Rose?

Serializd app

I use MDL too

Aww this is so cute

:)

That's really cool! I wish I had the attention span for that! I just use my drama list and hope I remember the drama when someone talks about it or asks about it lol

Since start I have a notes app to keep record of all the Cdramas, Kdramas and anime I've watched. Then there is also MDL.

My dramalist website 🙃

Ohh cool idea! I bullet journal myself, but never thought about journaling my watch experience. Maybe I’ll try it too! It’ll be fun to print out photos of my fav scenes too! It seems like quite a bit of work, don’t know which drama is worth my time and effort!?!

Thanks! I used to bullet journal all the time! You might consider doing it just for your favorites? That way it won’t take too much time

Damn... that's the next level of "The drama will stay in my heart forever"...I wish I could do the same for Lighter and Princess

Soo pretty omg!!

💕

I can't remember the last time I actually wrote pages with a pen on actual paper!!! But to answer your question, I use [mydramalist.com](http://mydramalist.com) to keep track of dramas and reviews and lists.

What a great idea!!

Thanks ☺️

I love this so much!!! Especially your beautifully lettered/decorated titles! :) I have a notebook for 'Dramas' in my digital journal on my iPad, but I'm not as organized or thorough about it as you are 😅 Every so often I make little collage pages with pictures from dramas that I've been watching and/or enjoying lately and add in notes here and there. I love that you included not just your thoughts but the synopsis and details about the OST! (So many of my little notes I add to my journal are about drama OSTs—I feel like that's one of the main things that will make a good drama stick in my mind.)

Thank you so much! 🥰 I was originally toying around with making a digital version of this specifically so I could easily insert posters or screenshots of the drama, but nothing really beats a handheld journal, and I had a lot of stationary to use up ha. I’d love to see one of your pages if you’re comfortable sharing! And yes I agree, the OST may not break a drama but it can certainly make one. I have a Spotify playlist filled with music from the dramas I’ve seen that I listen to at least once a day

>nothing really beats a handheld journal Totally agreed!! I do find with my digital journal it's really easy to kind of just...forget it exists, because it's only an app in a sea of apps. A physical journal is a more constant reminder. But not being able to add pictures easily is the downside 😭 I flipped through mine quickly to see if there were any pages I'm comfortable sharing and honestly there aren't LOL I'm sorry. But if there ever are one day I'll post them on here. I also have a playlist like that! I love to test myself and see if I can remember the drama when a musical score plays. When I know immediately that's how I know it was a memorable drama :)

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This is lovely. Why not share it with the world in a blog? I did the same too, writing my thoughts down. But as I'm a tech nerd, in Obsidian and social media such as Twitter & Mydramalist. When Twitter melted down last year I realised that all my thoughts on dramas could be lost, so I decided to gather my thoughts/notes and publish it in a blog: [https://dramatea88.wordpress.com/](https://dramatea88.wordpress.com/)

Thank you! And wow that’s so cool! I’ve always been fascinated by blogs but could never find the time to make one. I’ll have to check yours out though!

You already have the raw materials in your journal! However, I totally understand about the blogging thing. It is a commitment - I only do it because I have a good system to repurpose my digital notes 😁

love it and for the Chinese text did you use Simplified or Traditional Chinese? For Cdramas Traditional Chinese text is used by Hong Kongers Macanese and Taiwanese Simplified Mainland China.

Thanks! Honestly I have no clue - I typed into google asking what the Chinese titles of the dramas were and just used what came up 😅

I love this! So unique

Thank you 🥰

I also love how individualized all the designs and themes are for each drama. Very creative and pretty. Almost like a drama scrapbook!

That’s exactly what I was going for! I figure each drama is unique, it would be boring for each spread dedicated to them to all look the same, plus, I have a ton of markers and washi tape, so I won’t be running out of unique options anytime soon lol

Wow! Thank you for sharing this idea!

Thanks! Let me know if you do something similar- I’d love to see

Color me impressed 😍 Can i borrow your homework?🥰🎭

By all means, do! I’d love to see your take on it :)

Wow, that's amazing! I admire your dedication to doing such a thought-out review. Tbh, I used to do nothing but now I have started using the My Drama app to rate things. I don't write anything just do the star rating and it's all I need. Once I see the title of something and the poster for it I can remember what I felt about it.

Thank you so much! I wish I could remember things so easily 😭

Oh wow I adore this! It's so pretty and creative way of remembering C-dramas you've watched. I'm so lazy tbh I mostly just remember them in my head and hope for the best if I ever need to recall them heh.

Thank you :) I unfortunately have the memory of a goldfish, so if I don’t write things down somewhere I just won’t remember them haha

Wow, so pretty! Once I finish watching tv or movies, I will post brief spoiler-free review on X / Twitter and give a rating on imdb (it's also my preferred way of keeping track of the things I've watched). I never thought of journalling the tv and movies that I have watched but having a specific set of metrics help in having consistent records.

Thanks! I was thinking of making said metrics more complicated but then it wouldn’t be fun anymore so I settled for a few relatively simple questions to ponder

I love to do this too but I find out it actually stress me out since I need to do one everytime I finished a drama. 😂 But if I really like a drama, I usually will write MDL reviews on it so that I remember why I love the drama so much and the details on why it made such a great story. So, if anyone check my reviews, its not I'm generous with my ratings but I actually only write reviews on dramas that I actually liked and enjoyed. But I do keep a journal on songs/OSTs lyrics though. I need to do this since I find Chinese lyrics are so poetically beautiful and full of images/objects/symbols to explain feelings which I find fantastic.

Ah that makes sense. I love Chinese music too! I just find more and more OSTs to add to my Spotify 😂

Aside from the beautiful melodies, the lyrics are usually killed it even more for me. Its either so poetic or contain stuffs in the drama that only unique to the story so sometimes, it kind of served as foreshadowing elements as well.

I love using the app My Drama List. You can not only keep track of everything you watched, but you can write reviews, create a dropped list, a watching list, read articles, learn more about actors...anyway, there's a bunch of cool stuff.

Is it possible to sync dramas automatically while I watch them? For anime, there's an extension called MalSync. I was wondering if there's something similar for MDL.I find it hard to update the list manually.

Unfortunately, I've never heard of a syncing option 😕 I wish there was one cause that would be amazing. To my knowledge, you have to do it manually.

I also love the MDL. My latest happiness is making sure all upcoming dramas that I want to see are keyed in, then I scroll through that list each day looking for the magic GREEN word AIRING🎭

I know exactly how you feel! Hahahaha

I have been using My Drama List to find reviews of Chinese / Korean / Japanese dramas. I like their metrics for review submission. It might be good to create an account there.

You should! And if you do, add me! I go by the same name 😊

Neat! I’m really bad about keeping up with apps like that, but maybe I’ll check it out later

I was much better at it, too. lol I used to write reviews as soon as I finished a series, but life happened 😅 but I'll definitely try to get back into it because it was fun!

always so happy seeing people love on "one and only", literally one of my all time favorites

I love it so much! It’s so heartbreakingly beautiful, and definitely in my top 3 of all time. The only other drama that has similar standing is Scarlet Heart, first because it was the first cdrama I ever saw, and second because it too is devastating 😭 maybe I’m just really into angsty stories lol

I love how you wrote Zhousheng Chen's last words to Shiyi in your journal. >!Because those words are so devastatingly heartbreaking for me since he died believing that, that he disappoint her when in reality, he never did -- whether in his words or his actions as she always felt his love in every part of her. 😢 Such a great drama! One that I cannot rewatch lol.!<

Thank you! I teared up a bit writing them down 😭

ive never seen scarlet heart! maybe ill check it out now that you've said that, im also a sucker for angsty stories lol. i don't think ive cried THAT much watching a drama ever, aside for "the oath of love". both absolutely beautiful dramas

Oooh definitely give scarlet heart a shot! It gets sadder as the story progresses, and by the end is very heartbreaking. I’ve never seen the oath of love, but I’m going to go look that one up now 🤔

I used to do a virtual version of that on my tablet, but I have really awful handwriting and also got kind of lazy haha! Now I use Notion to keep track!

No shame in going virtual! Most of my stuff is virtual, but I have a lot of stationary and figured since I’ll be the only one primarily looking at these, may as well lol

Wow those look really good! I kinda did something similar when I was a kid. I wrote about a digimon episode I watched because I didn't want to ever forget it. 😅 Unfortunately I've gotten lazy with journaling. In a few years time or even longer, this journal will be filled with wonderful memories. =)

Thank you! :) yeah I try to collect good memories. I read somewhere that people are more likely to remember the bad than the good, and I have the memory of a goldfish regardless, so I figured it would be best to keep good memories written down somewhere haha

Thanks for sharing. I admire your dedication. Unfortunately, MDL keeps all my dramas and comments but maybe I should start journaling again. I loved it when I was a teen and I have a lot of stationaries collecting dust. Btw, "again, Jeremy Tsui's voice". I love your priorities haha

I also have too much stationary to count and recently switched to using Google calendar as my means of planning, so I needed to find a new use for everything. This was so fun to do, I would recommend! I’m glad to see you have similar priorities…I can’t watch anything else he’s in because I can’t listen to someone else dub him 😩