I think Squid Game became more popular because it turned the deathgame concept on its head, at least the concept…
''Friends Games: The movie'' did the voluntary participation already. While not being a death game it was about money (debt) and basically the rest of the participants life being ruined if they lost. ''As the Gods Will'' did the childrens game thing already, While a lot more fantastical since it's scifi/fantasy its definitely a deathgame.
For me one of the reasons of being less impressed by Squid Game concept was because I had already seen elements of it in the many battle royal versions of Japan. But yes it was a good combination of elements.
Alright currently the drama has hit a pace where I'm sure that I'll be entertained enough by each episode. Mayby we'll hit a filler arc eventually but for Rowoon I can survive through it.
Alice in Borderland fan here. I don't think Alice in Borderland could've done the same as a Korean show because of the difference in how kdramas and jdramas are perceived internationally currently.
Kdramas have benefit from the global success of the movie Parasite and have allowed access to international kdrama fans for many years now. What did jdramas build up internationally? Very limited access and most shows being subbed by fans. Also a pretty bad reputation among anime fans due to a lot of live-actions not doing great.
There is a subconcious/open bias against jdramas among even many drama fans. I do honestly think if Alice in Borderland was produced by Korea in a very similar manner then it would've done better internationally. It's just a more favorable country for release of media currently. But yeah I liked both SG and AiB personally (AiB being my personal favorite) and I watch both kdramas and jdramas.
This is one of the older Korean movies that left an impression. Not necessarily for positive reasons but I will say they acted great for the story it was. It was definitely unique, especially for its time.
I would definitely recommend both kdrama and BL fans to check tags before starting this one, just to be prepared. I hope they are able to modernize some of its elements.
Due to repeated uncertainty about where the fansubs are from users I've made a Forum Topic listing every English fansubber I am aware of. 3 have easily accessible subs, 2 have subs on account-sites and 1 is paid. Their sites/accounts are linked.
I hope this will clear up some things and make it more easy for users to check for subs themselves without having to ask on here a lot. And yes you can watch fansubs before dramacool rips it if you put in the effort. Fansubbers will appreciate it a ton.
Is there anyone who knows why they use Sekaiichi hatsukoi OST as opening for this drama? XD
Cause the version you watched is a fansub dramacool ripped from a fansubber called rhizky17__. Which is a different one from the two previous fansubber teams they ripped it from for episodes 1-3. I've never watched their subs but I assume they made that opening themselves out of love for the show since Kieta Hatsukoi doesn't have its own opening song.
https://mis-snow-man.livejournal.com/280682.html EP 4 SUBBED NEED TO MAKE AN ACCOUNT TO ACCESS
Also just adding here for new users: Theres also easier available subs that will release tomorrow. So you don't HAVE to go this far and create an account as long as you're willing to wait.
i think we will have to wait until monday cus thats when dramacool posts the ep with eng sub and there are other…
Slight correction on that: That's usually when Dramacool takes the subbed episode from fansubbers without their permission. Dramacool is not translating this show themselves and is also not involved with any fansubbing team translating the show.
All the subbed episodes on the dramacool sites are either from the larger fansubbing team with this logo in the lower left-corner: ✎ღ or icedragontmr who posts their subs on their Tumblr blog (credits at the end of the video).
For me one of the reasons of being less impressed by Squid Game concept was because I had already seen elements of it in the many battle royal versions of Japan. But yes it was a good combination of elements.
Kdramas have benefit from the global success of the movie Parasite and have allowed access to international kdrama fans for many years now. What did jdramas build up internationally? Very limited access and most shows being subbed by fans. Also a pretty bad reputation among anime fans due to a lot of live-actions not doing great.
There is a subconcious/open bias against jdramas among even many drama fans. I do honestly think if Alice in Borderland was produced by Korea in a very similar manner then it would've done better internationally. It's just a more favorable country for release of media currently. But yeah I liked both SG and AiB personally (AiB being my personal favorite) and I watch both kdramas and jdramas.
https://mydramalist.com/list/73DnwRe1
You can check angst levels to find the ones you like.
Episode 8 is good!!
I would definitely recommend both kdrama and BL fans to check tags before starting this one, just to be prepared. I hope they are able to modernize some of its elements.
I hope this will clear up some things and make it more easy for users to check for subs themselves without having to ask on here a lot. And yes you can watch fansubs before dramacool rips it if you put in the effort. Fansubbers will appreciate it a ton.
This is the link to the topic, you can also check the ''Recent Discussions'' (above the comment section) and click ''view all''/the title:
https://mydramalist.com/discussions/kieta-hatsukoi/66801-fansubs-for-kieta-hatsukoi-support-fanmade-translations
Yes its a lovely profile picture, I'm glad you're enjoying Kieta Hatsukoi! I'm sure you'll love episode 5.
That's usually when Dramacool takes the subbed episode from fansubbers without their permission. Dramacool is not translating this show themselves and is also not involved with any fansubbing team translating the show.
All the subbed episodes on the dramacool sites are either from the larger fansubbing team with this logo in the lower left-corner: ✎ღ or icedragontmr who posts their subs on their Tumblr blog (credits at the end of the video).