D-Day (2015)

D-Day was a show I came across after watching Descendants of the Sun in the hopes of finding something of a similar feel. Unfortunately, it was not similar to Dots, butttttt it was still a good show on it's own. D-Day was good, it just didn't have a whole lot going on to keep me binge watching. I would watch an episode or two and then I wouldn't watch it for like a month and then I would come back to it and watch 5 episodes. There were certain moments that simply tore my heart out toward the end so prepare yourself! The plot was organized and made sense and I definitely think the actors did a great job!!!

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A kdrama that makes you cry your eyes out!!!

This is one of the most beautiful and amazing kdramas ever, It's so inspiring that I cried a lot watching it!

The drama was really interesting! The effects were so amazing that I felt like I was really living the earthquake!

I think it shows really well the two different types of doctors in the world, the ones who just care about money and reputation and those who really want to save people no matter what they have to do.
It also shows how tough is to be living an earthquake, the desperate people, deaths, missing people, destruction, people trapped under the destruction, lack of supplies and many other cruel things, we can see all of this in the drama.

It inspired me a lot, I wasn't sure of what do with my future, but seeing how some doctors risk their lives and do everything they can to save people made me want to be a doctor.

The actors are just amazing, I could feel all the emotions they were trying to express!

The music was so beautiful that whenever i was holding my tears in a sad moment if the music started playing I would just cry and cry and cry....

I screamed my lungs out to the hospital's director, I was so furious at him every time he appeared that my friend would laugh at me.

I don't think there's any negative point in this drama!

I recommend this 100% since it's really amazing and inspiring!

I'm not sure if I would rewatch it again since it wouldn't that interesting because you already know what will happen and it takes all the feeling. So be careful about the spoilers!!!

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A great show that ended stupidly

i don’t even know where to begin! I’m writing this after watching the finale and i’m kind of mad. This series has been pretty damn good, but the writing in key moments has been hit and miss. I don’t write a lot of reviews, but i’ll stay mad if i don’t put down somewhere.

Let me start with the good first. Casting was damn near perfect. Kang young Wang and Jung So Min were perfect and their chemistry was great. All the second and third leads were cast extremely well too.

Story line and plot was very entertaining and kept me on my seat the whole time. To go 20 episodes and not make me feel bored is not an easy task. I haven’t binged watched a drama this good since another miss oh. So min was so hilarious with the intern and her control over her facial expressions is always amazing. Young Wang is really talented. He handles his roles so well and this was no different.

The bad. The worst thing first. Why in the heck do we waste almost an half an hour of the finale on the evil hospital director??? This man attempted to kill his brother in law, other patients, cover up malpractice, try get numerous doctors licenses suspended and fire people left and right. So why in F**K does he get a send off of cheers out of the hospital??? Stupid writing!!

Second thing. is there no punishment for any of these characters???

Dr Han, malpractice and corruption = no punishment
Dr Yoo. almost kills multiple patients = no punishment
Ja Hyuk - international let’s houses burn down and is responsible for the death of woong sun = no punishment. and will be rich from construction


Third bad thing. Baiting romance of Dr Lee and Dr Jung. I wasn’t sure this show was even going to have romance till a couple episodes in, but they sealed it when they had lee give jung a peck on the cheeks. After that barely anything except division between them 80% of the time. Even in the finale for some weird reason he doesn’t call her, how does that make sense? No kiss at the end, but a hand grab off into the sunset….smh. Tell me how the second leads had a better kiss than main couple smh.


I was really ready to give this kdrama a 9 out of 10 until the last two episodes. Knowing how to end your shows is a true skill that these writers do not possess.

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D-Day is a plot driven story.

While there is character development, and the characters do a good job portraying their various roles, the show focused largely on revealing the many sides of humanity as they face a natural disaster.

In this drama, you will see the many sides of humanity revealed:  the selfish, the survivor, the helpful, the self-sacrificial.

There are also plenty of frustrating characters bent on misunderstanding our protagonist.  And one-dimensional villains.  Sometimes I don't mind these types of antagonists but after watching so many kdramas, these types of characters get old.

As far as disaster dramas go, this is the first I've seen in a korean production and I was impressed with what was filmed given the production value.  As far as medical dramas go, this is an average drama.  There are lots of cute between the two main leads, but never progresses too far (and for good reason, they are focused on saving peoples' lives in the midst of disaster!)  Story moves along at a nice pace, could have been cut to 16 episodes though.  

Overall, a decent drama.  Watch if you want to watch disaster scenes.  If you love medical dramas, then this is okay too, but there are better ones out there.

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this drama started out very funny and romantic and happy until the earthquake. to be honest right then everything started crashing and scene went from happy to super scary and suspenseful. this drama had many sad scenes because of how the doctors reacted to the deaths of the patients and the people around them during the earthquake. as you know that when an earthquake happens death and sadness and despair follow along with. so there should be no surprise there when it comes to death scenes here. but, some scenes might shock you. this drama really made me want to go into their world and try to at least help them out. it also made me think about the kind of doctor i wanted to be when i grow up. i still think about the kinds of doctors there were. this drama also makes me really mad because the people who own the hospital go against our main actor here. they are always trying to move him out and make him go away. there are 2 sides. because there are two different sets of people who are helping. the first one is the doctors which has our main actors in here. the lead actress and the lead actor are in the doctor team. then we have the firefighter team. which brings in the patients and trust me this is where most of the sad scenes come in because they witness so much death beneath the piles of ruble. they see people and their homes being broken down. this drama literally made me almost cry and i don't cry that much. this drama also gave me some insights on what kind of doctor i want to be. there are also some doctor terms and types of doctor tools that i picked up from here. so this drama was also helpful. PLUS THIS DRAMA IS ON NETFLIX. BETTER WATCH BEFORE THEY TAKE IT OFF.

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One of the best Medical dramas!!! Thankfully, I found this and I loved it. Surely commendable!

This drama was released 2015 and I only watched it now. What am I doing in 2015 to missed this gem. Good thing I found it.

Currently watching Kim Young Kwang's series, movies and other projects. I didn't expect much about it, I just wanted to watch KYK. But this one is a gem. I wonder why it is not as popular as other Medical dramas. If you love Medical dramas this one is for you. There is also a bit of romance which makes it a little less heavy drama.

What I liked!
1. Kim Young Kwang - argh! I love him and I love how tall he is! And damn, his acting is insanely good. Woah. I love it when he's acting grumpy and joking around. I love how his smile is contagious.
2. The friendship between Nurse Park Jina, Psychiatrist Eun So yool and Dr. Lee Hae Sung + Chief/ Director Kang Joo ran. I just love how they look out and take care of each other. I almost ship Jina x Hae Sung and/ or So Yool x Hae Sung. Without Ddolmi any of them will be great partner for him.
3. The disaster storyline is great. It seems realistic and I'm afraid it is possible to happen in real life. I really hope there are real Doctors like Dr. Lee.
4. Touching and inspiring. In times of disaster there are people who can be selfish and only choose to protect themselves. But there are still people who will choose to help despite the fact that each and everyone is having a hard time. What we have to do in times of trouble is to cooperate and look out for each other.
5. Many more things to like so please watch.

What I hate!
1. I hate that it seems like Dr. Lee is shouldering all the misfortunes in this drama. Give this man a break. From his mom, to his brother, the earthquake and his license. Mygawd. He saved a lot of people but can't even look out for himself! Poor thing. I also hate how super kind he is. Dangit. He forgives and forgets easily.
2. The romance is too little. I want more. I really wish there's Season 2 where we see how Seoul has recovered and Ddolmi x Hae Sung as partner surgeons.
3. There are other things to haye which can be ignored.

Please watch. It surely will make you reflect on a lot of things. It made me cry, laugh and smile.

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I love me some good medical drama. That's probably just Grey's anatomy fever, but every time I watch a medical drama I have high expectations. Well, this one definitely reached my top level. I absolutely adored the story. It was not rushed, it was believable it had wonderful, realistic character and most importantly it was thrilling to watch and made my heart ache many many times.  It glued me to my Isengard throne until I finished. I admit I finished this drama in a day (so what everyone has a lazy day, my orcs can work by themselves). The star of this drama is definitely Kim Young Kwang, who portrayed his doctor character so fantastically well I daydreamed him for weeks. Jung So Min was a little less impressive, but still a decent leading lady. The couple definitely had lots of chemistry that's why I was so very much disappointed that the producer or screenwriters did not decide to explore or elaborate their relationship any further. I watched this drama twice now and I will watch it at least once more. I love it and I know you will love it too, so watch it.

Saruman approved!

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Catastrophe on an epic scale

I love love love disaster movies, and D-Day has some of my favorite stars and character actors, so I was popcorn ready for a binge fest. But catastrophe on an epic scale can describe both the plot and the series. There was a master adrenaline punch, some intriguing moral dilemmas, a cast deep with truly talented actors - and some ridiculously cheesy directing with a script that relied on action to cover pedantic dialogue and story flaws. So much going for D-Day, but nothing could save this disaster of a disaster series from being 20 episodes of one-note melodrama, full of one-dimensional characters, and devoid of nuance.

The first half of the series is worth watching for the depth of acting talent, all of whom delivered outstanding performances, and some of whom deserve kudos just for showing up to work every day to slog through this cliche fest. Gold medals to:
- Kim Hye Eun (a stoic and principled character played perfectly),
- Yoon Joo Hee (a subtly strong performance that made her character the backbone of every scene she was in and the voice of conscience for the story's throughline),
- Kim Jung Hwa (I was rooting for her to ride off into the sunset with the ML. Compelling character, but underused here; later notable as the heartbreakingly devoted Suzy Choi from "Mine," and criminally underused in that series also),
- Kim Jae Hwa, & Kim Sang Ho, character actors who each made their role's total into more than the sum of the parts.

Extra special hats off to Jung So Min for playing a witless, silly, giddy, immature, ill trained, and emotionally/intellectually stunted doctor to a T. It had to be painful. We get an early glance at Jung So Min's characters proclivity to threaten low-level violence when things don't go their way, a trait that's almost a signature of her characters (see "Love Next Door" for more examples).

Honorable mention to Kim Young Kwang who played both a Labradoodle and a cardboard caricature of the heroic, wounded, noble savior - a veritable Superman of the operating theatre - and did it well, such as it was. I do wonder if even he tired of his character's many, many self canonizing monologues delivered over the open bowels of his patients.

Neither Jung So Min nor Kim Young Kwang, as talented as they are, could make the romance between their characters feel anything but awkward, forced, and painfully unbalanced.

This is the kind of drama that makes a remote control with fast-forward a handy thing to have. Even so, I almost dropped the series in E9 for gross script stupidity when a critically short-staffed ER Director sent off a single patient escorted by THREE doctors AND a surgical nurse. Later, that same ER Director let another doctor walk out in a fit of petulance without informing him that his career would justifiably end RIGHT THERE if he took another step. Though, tbh, maybe it was because he was a pathetic excuse for a doctor and a ticking time bomb of malpractice.

I figured it would only get more stupid from there and I was right. The only kiss of the series happened in the least romantic setting ever, with no romantic build-up, between the two least well developed characters. Yes, they were the leads, so of course it had to be them, but I still get to whinge that they were one-dimensional and not even especially likeable.

I slogged through until E15 when it was clear the plot had nowhere to go and I, fortunately, did.

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