Twelve Men in a Year

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Yoon Jin-seo plays Miru, a 29 year old magazine writer who takes on a new romance column and launches headlong into a project where she dates twelve men, one for each astrological sign of the year.

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Yoon Jin Seo (Na Mi Roo)
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Ohn Joo Wan (Cha Jin Oh)
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Lee Yong Woo (Lee Joon)
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Kwang Soo (Shi Hoo)
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Kang Julien (Kang Alex)
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Go Joon Hee (Tanya)
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24 days ago 16 of 16 episodes seen

LisNoir
6 of 7 people found this review helpful
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- Overall 7
- Story 9
- Acting/Cast 7
- Music 8
- Rewatch Value 3
This show had all the makings of a great drama, which I would have easily scored 10. It had a fresh story with interesting situations, which certainly made it different from other Korean dramas I've watched and that made it very appealing for me.

But as good as the story was, there was one thing which bothered me too much to be overlooked: the main character, Na Mi Roo. This woman was not what I imagined for the main lead of this drama. For me, she didn't fit the concept of it at all. She was annoying beyond belief and a few times I wanted to physically hurt her. At times, it also felt like the character wasn't well written. I didn't feel she had much character growth, if any at all. It was like she was meant to be an ordinary and forgettable supporting character and they decided to make her the main one at the very last minute.

So, in one hand we have "loser Mi Roo" and on the other we have Tanya. Now this character was awesome. She was interesting, mysterious, had depth, was funny... In other words, she was everything I had hoped the main character of this drama would be. I also felt she had much more character growth, and was better written, than Mi Roo.

Besides Tanya, all the other characters were also interesting and I actually wanted to know more about them and the reasons behind their actions. The wonderful portrayal of those characters was what kept me watching this drama.

The OST of the drama was good. I already knew some of the songs because they were in English and the opening credits track was very catchy.

And the ending was not common, but not unpredictable since I had a feeling it would end like that.

As much as I loved some of the characters (like 4-D writer Lee, awesome Tanya and cute Kwang Woo) and thought the story was very good, I cannot subject myself to watching Mi Roo for 16 episodes again, so I do not ever plan on re-watching this drama again. read more
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Apr 11, 2012 16 of 16 episodes seen

JadeDarcy
12 of 13 people found this review helpful
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- Overall 8
- Story 8
- Acting/Cast 8
- Music 7
- Rewatch Value 8
I just finished watching the last episode of this drama via Hulu. I thought it was a drama worth watching. It had a good premise, interesting characters and was well acted and executed. It was by no means perfect and I did have a couple of issues I was not too happy about, but even with those I would highly recommend this drama.

This drama was different from other Korean and Asian dramas that -I- have seen. The premise alone seemed daring and atypical to what I'm used to watching. One modern woman living independently with her boyfriend while not being married and then dating 12 men in one year? I believe that brakes a lot of drama cliches just right there. That alone made this drama worth watching.

I feel the drama was executed well. This is a story that deals with the question of what happens when love is not enough and does not last forever. Actually, I feel like it deals with the topic of love in a very modern and pragmatic way. It shows many forms of love in an interesting, funny and often touchy way. There is love of parent and child, friends, first love, etc...

I felt the drama was acted well enough. But, I felt the main character was overshadowed by that of the girl who plays her best friend. The way that character was written, acted and even physically, out shined the lead. There were some parts where I thought that Mi Roo was behaving like a total B...rat!. I was never really able to connect or really fully like her.
There are really no bad guys here. Everyone has their good and bad qualities in different proportions at different parts of the story. I liked that.

Now, as I said, it was not perfect. I had issues with a few things.
1. Was that by episode 4 I felt the drama lost a bit of its steam. I don't know how they were doing ratings wise or how it was received in Korea, but I felt like they decided to stop and look for that line they wanted to step on but not cross. It had this feeling of uncertainty, like for a second they were not sure how they wanted to continue. This was not really detract me from enjoying, but I did feel a change.

2. It did not feel as though the main girl had a lot of character growth. She pretty much felt the same from beginning to end.

3. I hated the main character's sense of fashion and hair cut. IT DISTRACTED ME!. At times I was busy thinking how much I disliked it and had to rewind the episode.

4.The ending felt a bit rushed.But it did tie and tell you what happens to all the important characters. I did not know who she was going to end up with.Well, I think that was not necessarily a bad thing, but it did feel underdeveloped.

Again, if you want a good rom-com, with a good story and don't mind the main girl kissing more than one man, this is a story worth watching. Enjoy! read more
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Nana87 19 days ago
Finally a drama that's a little more mature for my taste. Really enjoyed this drama, story overall was great. Favorite character would have to be Tanya, love her :)

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Kirika 29 days ago
i can watch ep 8 100 times. its such amazing ! *_*
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beloved Apr 21, 2012
okay just finish it, and, wow! nice, really something, really different, and the ending or the last eps are all great...giving 9 for it...
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beloved Apr 21, 2012
i'm still watching it and really loving it, i don't know why you don't like the main girl but i think she did great for me, and just finished Gemini story, really cute love it and I'm proud to be Gemini^^
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kdramafan89 Apr 18, 2012
Just finished it and here are my thoughts:
I loved the entire cast/characters except the main female. Thats the only thing keeping me from giving this drama a 9 as a whole instead of an 8, cause I really did enjoy watching it. The last episode was perfect=)

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kminozsj Apr 16, 2012
hi.. can anyone please send the .srt or engsubs of this drama? I can't watch via hulu.. :(
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- JadeDarcy Apr 17, 2012
  Have you tried Dramacrazy(.)net or EPdrama?
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myrraan Apr 12, 2012
Well I loved the ending! I was in a shock really, I didn't think that would end so, wow. The storyline is so unique and funny. I can se this drama over and over and there was a lot of hot guys! ;D

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kdramafan89 Apr 12, 2012
JadeDarcy's review is basically everything I wanted to say=)

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Diba Apr 12, 2012
Reminds me of this bollywood movie :\ but instead of the girl dating 12 guys it was the boy dating 12 girls of the zodiac sign.
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foxfirenights Apr 7, 2012
Great drama until now and very funny at times. I absolutely love Tanya's quirkiness and her relationship with that Libra waiter. Also, the whole idea about zodiac signs is awesome and very interesting although I am disappointed in the lack of information about all the signs.
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sabubu Apr 3, 2012
I've seen the first 8 episodes continously it was so interesting I couldn't stop watching! Even now I'm dying for DC to come out with subs for the rest- I want to know what happens next!!

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kdramafan89 Mar 28, 2012
Ive only seen the first 2 eps but they were fresh and funny. They went by so fast! I'm not quite sold on the main female actress just yet. However, I have a girl crush on the actress who plays Tanya! I've always liked the characters shes played. But her character in this is just totally awesome! I'd kill to have a best friend like her. Roo is so lucky haha.
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Ossie30 Mar 26, 2012
i love with the storyline. very unique!
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JadeDarcy Mar 23, 2012
Watched the first 6 episodes. I like it but I felt like it lost some of it's wind by episode 4. I will keep watching as soon as the other episodes are available. Subs in Hulu were good but some of the words were missing at the end of some sentences. I feel like the girl playing He Ra is being woefully underused. We'll see what happens.
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anythingadrama Mar 23, 2012
i finally found it in eng subs, and i instantly fell in love with the story line, i cant wait till it gets up to Virgo
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