The Certified Noonas: Kdrama, Kpop, and More
Jul 27, 2026 · 1 hr 55 min · 11 segments
The Noonas return with their monthly rundown of the Dramas that have caught their attention over the past month. This month features quite a range of genres and vibes, so if you're looking for a new…
Tell us what the first drama you're
talking
about
did.
I started watching Archives the Nanyang Mystery.
It's on iXiyi.
treasure hunting.
Is it in the same series as like the Mystic Nine and stuff? Is it like in that universe? Okay.
Yeah.
It's
in, it's, it is based off of, out of a series of novels.
It's one story, like one volume in this series of novels that also the Mystic Nine comes from the candle in the tomb and, and, tomb on the water or something like there's a bunch of them and they're all based out of these same book series apparently
is that is that also still living because if so they're making bank man like that's a lot just saying
because it's like so much when you look at like all the
offshoots
and stuff because i'm like this feels very and it's like oh this feels similar familiar yeah so it's starring um still alive even jane alive he's 44 and wow okay so he's got he's making bank he's making bank off of these yeah yeah nice well done well done So, yeah, so it starts Steven Jang, who I know from Skate Into Love, and Ryan Ding, who I know from Intense Love and Romance of Tiger and Rose.
Good actors.
And they play, I guess, like, yeah.
And they're like cousins, kind of, who work for their family is deep into this sort of like mystical investigation organization.
And it begins off with them they're searching through this cave.
It's got like death demon idol stuff happening.
There's, you know, one of them is a little more serious and like, let's do the job.
And one of them's a little more like, teehee, this is fun.
Teehee, this is
Tell us what the first drama you're
talking
about
did.
I started watching Archives the Nanyang Mystery.
It's on iXiyi.
treasure hunting.
Is it in the same series as like the Mystic Nine and stuff? Is it like in that universe? Okay.
Yeah.
It's
in, it's, it is based off of, out of a series of novels.
It's one story, like one volume in this series of novels that also the Mystic Nine comes from the candle in the tomb and, and, tomb on the water or something like there's a bunch of them and they're all based out of these same book series apparently
is that is that also still living because if so they're making bank man like that's a lot just saying
because it's like so much when you look at like all the
offshoots
and stuff because i'm like this feels very and it's like oh this feels similar familiar yeah so it's starring um still alive even jane alive he's 44 and wow okay so he's got he's making bank he's making bank off of these yeah yeah nice well done well done So, yeah, so it starts Steven Jang, who I know from Skate Into Love, and Ryan Ding, who I know from Intense Love and Romance of Tiger and Rose.
Good actors.
And they play, I guess, like, yeah.
And they're like cousins, kind of, who work for their family is deep into this sort of like mystical investigation organization.
And it begins off with them they're searching through this cave.
It's got like death demon idol stuff happening.
There's, you know, one of them is a little more serious and like, let's do the job.
And one of them's a little more like, teehee, this is fun.
Teehee, this is
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