I usually download the english subtitles for hollywood movies and series at this site called subscene.com, and in the home page they usually have the most downloaded subtitles categorized as per movie and tv series with the poster art, and 50% of the time i used to come across some asian series featured in the most popular tv series. This was like 2 years ago, where i came to know that there is this possibility of some quality asian drama content ,almost kind of like an alien discovery for me, because all the quality content i've been witnessing so far has been english movies and tv series. I made a mental note of this, but never minded to explore at that time.
Last August, i think i had just graduated and was having some time off, and as usual had downloaded the happening english tv series at that time, and went to subscene.com for the subtitles, and there once again was some asian content at the most popular tv content, and something buzzed on in my brain to try maybe 2 episodes of some popular drama and give it a try, i was growing tired with the barrage of english tv series, there always was a cultural template at the very least attached to them, so trying some asian dramas could at the very least be a possible departure from that.
Googled for one, initially searched for the movies, but later decided that i wanted something like a tv series to invest my time in, and there it was right off the blocks, My love from another star, i read the synopsis and was hooked right there, realizing the potential of this drama lighting up my short vacation. Downloaded it, five minutes into the first episode, and i was mentally nodding, not bad , not bad at all when compared to the english dramas, and sort of taken aback because the technical and production values on display was on par with the english dramas, which to be honest i did not expect because i had a presumption that the korean dramas wont be having the same budget to play with.
3 days in, completed it, and was back to normal life experiencing some serious withdrawal symptoms. "God that was good!", was what i was mentally uttering every hour when a scene would splash across my thoughts. Next came Moon Lovers, Lord that set the hooks in deep. Hands off personally the best Kdrama I have ever seen, and had a production value so high that i think only Goblin has managed to emulate out of all the dramas i have seen thus far. This is how i found my latest love to drain the hours of my life. What's your story then?