Not Today

So, dramas i finished in 2023 were...

- Vivant (Japanese)
- Miss Mystery (Chinese)
- Behind Your Touch (Korean)
- I Am Nobody (Chinese)
- Truth of Scent (Chinese)
- Heartbeat (Korean)
- Love You 7 Times (Chinese)
- Age of Legends (Chinese)
- Backstreet Rookie (Korean)
- Wanru's Journey (Chinese)
- Who Rules the World (Chinese)
- Desire Catcher (Chinese)
- Blooming Youth (Korean)
- Romance of a Twin Flower (Chinese)
- Love is Written in the Stars (Chinese)
- Journey of Chongzi (Chinese)
- Three Body (Chinese)
- Blood of Youth (Chinese)
- Miss Sherlock (Japanese)
- The Legends (Chinese)
- Thousand Years For You (Chinese)
- When We Were Young (Chinese)

Lmao i finished the exact same amount of dramas i finished last year, 22. Unsurprisingly 16 were Chinese, 2 were Japanese, and 4 were Korean. KTL should be there but ugh it was hard to maintain interest in that show. What would be like my top 5 dramas I watched? Trying to make sure they're released in 2023, actually it's probably pretty easy in no particular order.

1. I Am Nobody
2. Blood of Youth
3. Love is Written in the Stars
4. Blooming Youth
5. Love You Seven Times

Books I finished in 2023

- The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by Edgar Allen Poe
- Castle in the Air by Diana Wynne Jones
- The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden
- If on a winter's night a traveler by Italo Calvino
- The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden
- Red Blossoms IN Snow by Jeannie Lin
- A Hero Born by Jin Yong
- The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu

Only eight books this year, but that's not too bad. I was mainly addicted to the Katherine Arden trilogy or the remainder, plus the Three Body stuff, sorta lol. The former would go down as my favorite books of the year.

Movies i watched in 2023 that were new, i.e. not rewatches

- Shadow of a Doubt (American)
- Two Wrongs Make Right (Chinese)
- The Final Alchemy (Japanese)
- The Spiderwick Chronicles (American)

My big fail was movies. There just wasn't much exciting like literally none of those are new movies at all. Sad lol. And the only one that was even GOOD was Final Alchemy.

So music is gonna be fun here bc i obsessed over TOC and Ichini for about half the year. So here's an attempt to list top albums and tracks of stuff actually released in 2023

Albums

1. D-Day by Agust D
2. TOC THE BEST by TOC
3. Blood of Youth OST ( 少年歌行 网络剧原声带 )
4. Blue Giant OST by Hiromi
5. Chase by Minho
6. Liu Yanfen by YYQX
7. Killer by Key
8. Mosaic of Thoughts by Faro
9. Post Destination by Young Jack
10. Sensory Flows by Yesung
11. Sea Gazer by APOGEE
12. Last Pure Love by Gyu Hyuk
13. Predator by Lee Gik Wang
14. Naked by Chanmina
15. Polaris by Chen

Tracks

1. Haegeum by Agust D
2. HUH?! (feat. j-hope) by Agust D
3. Polar Night by Agust D
4. D-Day by Agust D
5. Psycho by Gui Bian
6. Paramania by TOC
7. Killer by Key
8. Heartbreak by Minho
9. One More Time by Fox Capture Plan
10. NEW by Hiromi
11. Break Out by Chen
12. Night Time Drive by Gyu Hyuk
13. VingleVingle by Heize
14. Zhou by Oner
15. Chaosmyth by Yesung

Top Artists

1. 12012
2. Hilcrhyme
3. TOC
4. Gui Bian
5. Agust D
6. Fox Capture Plan
7. Bonnie Pink
8. XAAXAA
9. Spitz
10. Young Jack

There were levels of obsession here. Obviously, Ichini and TOC got the most plays, but i was in the 400 level with Gui Bian and Suga, and the rest just kinda filed up the rear. The main reason 7-10 are there is bc i was going through their disco. FCP i legit chose to listen to a lot.

Top Celebs
This is a funny category lmao but essentially putting down the various celebs i fancied or was obsessed with during the year. Other than the top two, the rest are in no particular order.

1. Miyawaki Wataru
2. TOC (still dunno his real name lol)
3. Liu Xueyi
4. Ao Ruipeng
5. Hou Minghao
6. Ding Yuxi
7. Quan Peilun
8. Xiao Kaizhong
9. Suga
10. Li Hongyi