I notice that I have great difficulty watching some kdrama, only barely making 1 episode at a time with a lot of pauses. This doesn't mean I find the drama boring or bad, it's just very heavy, like some food is heavy to eat it still is good. Sometimes it can take me 2-3 months to finish such a series.

Then there are dramas that I just can't stop watching and I watch into the night coming to work with red eyes the day after, finish binge watching in 2-3 days a whole 16 episode series.

Have you guys experienced this?


My most heavy series I've watched:

- Mr. Sunshine
- It's okay to not be okay
- Itaewon class
- While you were sleeping
- Chocolate

The most easiest to watch series:

- Boys over flowers + Hana Yori Dango
- Flower of evil
- Strong Woman Do Bong Soon
- I'm not a robot
- Sweet 18


These are all series in my top list, so I find them all very good. But some series go down much easier.

Maybe the stories are different, the heavy series have a heavy long evolving plot, often with not much occuring noteworthy in some episodes it all building up to a finale climax, while the easier to watch series keep you intrigued with what happens next and drag your forward to the next episode.

 Heavy - a rollercoaster of a ride and so bingeable 'til my heart is squeezed for all emotions it can get...Light -  fluffy, breezy and just gives you highs of fun and beautiful flutters and butterflies in the tummy
Misaeng
Signal
My Mister
Mr. Sunshine
The World of the Married

Thousand Days Promise
Bridal Mask
Sandglass
49 Days
Secret

Reply 1997
1% of something
Secret Garden
Greatest Love
You are Beautiful

Monstar
Prison Playbook
My Girl
Delightful Girl ChunHyang
Full House

Heavy:

Empress Ki 

Jewel in the Palace

Mr. Sunshine

Doctor Stranger

Flower of Evil

Innocent Man

Stairway to heaven 


Light:

My Secret Romance

Marriage not dating

True Beaty

What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim

The Time we were not in love

Heavy:

almost all sageuk from Joseon period. After watching some, I realized that I hate all those stupid kings and evil scheming ministers. Is that a mandatory rule for them? Can't there be any clever king with loyal ministers and (drama about solving problems of the country and not only power struggle OR focused mainly on a romance?

Love in the Moonlight Good at the beginning, but then I got fed up with absolutely stupid king and very evil ministers.

The Tale Of NokDu first act was nice and easy watch(comedy), then it changed and become too dramatic + palace scenes.., annoying villain.

Rebel I am watching that now. It can be good romance, if I cut out all palace scenes and flashbacks.

Others are those with too much clichés (annoying love triangles, break ups, no communication, too annoying villains, (noble) idiocy of lead character...

Bring it on, ghost! - medium heavy lack of communication, annoying villain, but I finished it with pauses and without skipping scenes.

Okay... I don't have to watch them, or I can edit episodes and cut out bad parts (or just skip them) if it is otherwise good.

Easy:

All those which I want to watch all episodes at once (if that would be possible) without skipping any scenes.

I'm not a robot It has many clichés, but they are done in clever way (not annoying). There is also noble idiocy of ML, but FL stops it very fast. :) 

Where stars land it had some annoying characters, idiocy of ML, but also many good characters and mainly for me very likeable Han Yeo Reum (Chae Soo Bin).

Splash Splash Love Sageuk, but short and mostly comedy

Sassy Go Go it had some annoying characters (mother of Kwon Soo Ah and others), but also many likable, including Kwon Soo Ah :).

 Momochan:

Flower of evil 

Easy or heavy?