Sean Akizuki's East Asian Drama and Movie Blog

  Well, Memorials or alternatively titled as The Ballot or Into the Ring - I thought about it that it's not the kind of series I'd expect Nana to be in. Sure, she did some action scenes but it's a far cry (at least for me) from her two previous performances in Kill It followed up by  Justice . Personally, I find the whole toning down of Nana from two serious roles to a comedic role is a double-edged sword. Nana retains her beautiful as a rose and deadly as its thorns image. However, don't expect serious plots here because Memorials seem to focus on lighthearted comedy and romance than action scenes. The character of Sera does come to life with Nana. Maybe, I'm holding such a high bar because of Nana's rather serious performances. The role of Sera as a funny badass does come to life with Nana's acting. The show doesn't make the mistake of intentionally capitalizing on Nana's looks. Instead, it tries to give Nana some flexibility by making her act as a...

I remembered the first time I saw Jin A Nana were in two really serious TV series namely Kill It and Justice . After two serious roles, she's ended up in a lighthearted show where she's anything but like her two previous characters. Instead, she's an unemployed social activist for change named Se-Ra who's at odds with Gong-Myung (Park Sung-Hoon, who also played the main antagonist in Justice ) who knew each other since childhood. The two are reunited in a lighthearted comedy. Se Ra wants to be an activist for change and tries to run for councilor in this current ONGOING TV series.  I have to admit it's really hard to accept Nana is acting as a comedic character as Se Ra (I wonder if dubbing this series will get her named Sarah). Gong Myung is a jerk who presumably had a crush on her since childhood. They do have some tensions. In Se Ra's case, she has a very screwed-up life with an irresponsible mother and she's someone who's overly aggressive in he...