Maddie & Christina are back for another throwback drama! They have never seen this Joseon-era drama before and are very intrigued by the premise — and WANT TO SEE MORE OF YEO JIN-GOO.

The Crowned Clown tells the story of a struggling king named Lee Hun and a clown performer named Ha Sun who look IDENTICAL. Ha Sun is brought to the palace to stand in for the king and must adapt quickly to royal life. Along the way, Ha Sun ends up falling for the queen.

The king and Ha Sun are played by the wonderful Yeo Jin-Goo (Hotel Del Luna), and the queen is played by the incredible Lee Se-Young (The Red Sleeve, The Story of Park’s Marriage Contract).

The Crowned Clown premiered in 2019 and is a 16-episode drama available on Viki.

If you haven't seen this drama, come watch it with them!

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Christina & Maddie are here to review Hotel Del Luna! (Christina needed a palate cleanser after the Moon Lovers ending—IYKYK.)

Hotel Del Luna stars the fabulous IU (My Mister, Moon Lovers, When Life Gives You Tangerines) as Jang Man-Wol and the cutie pie Yeo Jin-Goo (The Crowned Clown, Link: Eat, Love, Kill) as Koo Chan-Sung. This story is about a mysterious hotel that caters only to ghosts. Man-Wol has been the hotel’s owner for years, cursed to stay there, while Koo Chan-Sung becomes the new manager. He helps the hotel’s ghostly clientele resolve their unfinished business before passing on to the afterlife.

This drama came out in 2019, and it still holds up today. It’s on Maddie’s top ten list, so that’s saying something! It has everything—fantasy, emotion, romance, cute banter, and humor. So let Hotel Del Luna be the next drama you watch!

Hotel Del Luna is a 16-episode drama available on Netflix.

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Introduction & Initial Thoughts

10:00 Synopsis

18:35 Discussing Characters

57:15 Talking Notable Scenes

1:47:00 Final Thoughts & Ratings

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BUNNY AND ALL HER (super difficult) PROBLEMS

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Crushology 101 is over and both Elle and Maddie are super sad about it! Was this show a 10/10 slam-dunk? Not quite. But it did have sooo many great parts and made them crazy emo every week.

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Enjoy this full review of the drama where Maddie tries not to defend Yeol the whole time (and probs fails), Elle hypes up the 4th male lead (bc she loves him), and the girls share on the pod allll the thoughts they had while watching the drama week by week.

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If you loved Crushology 101, we hope you love this review! If you haven’t watched it yet, the girls would totally recommend it as a great college KDrama.

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Crushology 101 is a 12-episode KDrama and can be found on Viki

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Happy Mayl Chingu Chat, everyone! This segment is a special one at Ya Girl’s KDrama Podcast where Maddie & Christina talk about Korean-related things (like JK, for example).

In this episode, the ladies discuss life happenings, dramas they are currently watching, and dive into (actual) trip tropes! They also gush about their favorite ummas in kdramas and talk Pride & Prejudice (IYKYK).

Grab your coffee, tea, or soju and come laugh with us!

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Christina & Elle are here to debrief about the first two episodes of Tastefully Yours! This drama seems like it will be a short and sweet rom com with funny banter and great townspeople.

This kdrama stars Kang Ha-Neul (When the Camellia Blooms, Squid Game 2, Moon Lovers) and Go Min-Shi (Love Alarm, Sweet Home, The Frog). Kang Ha-Neul plays a rich entitled company man who wants to get into business with Go Min-Si who has a one-table restaurant in Jeonju. He is passionate about making money and she is passionate about local ingredients and making delicious food.

Chaos ensues. Great townspeople activated. Yummy food displayed. Constant banter between the two leads who are clearly attracted to each other. SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT TIME.

Tastefully Yours is on Netflix and new episodes come out every Monday & Tuesday. This drama will be ten episodes.

Let the ladies know what you think so far about the show!

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SPOILER: Elle luuuuvs this drama

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Spring of Youth is a short, sweet college idol drama, and the actual definition of unserious. Elle and Maddie have never seen a drama cram this amount of plot into the first two episodes, and they’re cracking up because they cannot begin to guess where this story is going.

If you love fun, lighthearted, Disney Channel coded KDramas - THIS ONE’S FOR YOU. LOL.

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ALSO. Did Spring of Youth have the weirdest episode 2 cliffhanger of all time???? YES. WATCH TO FIND OUT.

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Spring of Youth is a 10-episode KDrama and can be found on Viki.

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THE LADIES HAVE MADE IT (well, two of the Pod Sisters did - we love you, Elle😘). Out of all the endings that could have happened, they were not expecting this outcome and BOY did they have THOUGHTS.

Maddie and Christina do a deep dive of the ending and discuss their comments, questions, and concerns. They felt that the fourth prince did a complete 180 at the end and still have not recovered by what they witnessed from the end of the drama.

In this final review, the ladies talk about the ending first and then back track through some of their favorite scenes from the show. Did Hae-Su deserve her ending? Did Maddie & Christina miss the message of the story? But really…. Are they the only ones feeling this way about the ending?

Let them know your thoughts about the ending!

Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo is a 20-episode drama available on Viki.

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Do we wanna be part of this MERMAID LORE world? We dunno

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Christina, Elle and Maddie finished The Legend of the Blue Sea (like 2 months ago LOLOLOLOL) and are here to talk about it! While they loved the first half of this drama, the second half had some….. problems, in their humble opinion. They’re here to hype (and ham) all the different parts of The Mermaid Show (as they so affectionately call it).

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Have y’all seen The Legend of the Blue Sea? Do you feel the same way as YA GIRLS?

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The Legend of the Blue Sea is a 2016 fantasy-romance KDrama and can be found on Viki.

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