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BTS, BAP and Big Bang are close to my fave but CNBlue is my favorite Korean band. I also love One Ok Rock for Japanese and Mayday.

Bromance was not a great drama by any means. The plot, what there was of it, was often over the top ridiculous. The writing so cheesy at times I literally cringed, and the biggest side couple bored me to death. Buuuut the lead couple was amazing. Almost from the beginning Zifeng treats Yanou as an equal and that never changes even after he fell in love. And she does the same to him. And the chemistry was off the charts good. They sold me on the friendship first, and then the romance without a question. And they were equal in that relationship as well.

Dear editor, " You had one job!" LOL

I need to give Pride another chance. I got so irritated by things in the latter half that I ended up skipping to the end. Also I would recommend the Thai version of Full House over the Korean one as the leads in the Thai version had very good chemistry and I actually liked the pacing and tone of the story more.

I loved the Japanese versions of BoF and TTBY too.

Heroine Disqualified was one of the few times I had serious SLS.

I've been checking this page on and off for a year hoping to see a concrete release date. Now that its available, finally!, the wait for subs begins. I really hope someone subs this.

This drama was good at first then just got more and more boring. Maybe it's because I actually liked the leads better before they got together. They were sweet and the actors tried hard, but for me the chemistry just wasn't there.

100% agree. I skip his scenes and the annoying older generation half the time.

There are so many very attractive Japanese actors so I don't know how people can think they are ugly! Maybe it's because they don't get so much surgery to look perfect.

I prefer short hair on a guy so the hairstyles on many of the Japanese actors doesn't appeal to me either.

While I agree that kdramas do focus more on women let's not give them a pass on how they allow the men in their dramas to treat the women. The men in kdramas are often patronizing and domineering to the female characters (don't get me started on the patting the female on the head like she's a dog or the infamous wrist grabs).Most kdramas with so called empowered women end up making those women out to be bossy, angry, embittered women who are obviously that way because the love of a man has passed them by. Obviously, not all kdramas portray women this way and neither do all jdramas. Though to your point, I think Japan has a long way to go in any kind of true equality for women in their society.

Great article, IwahashiGirl. 49 Days was my gateway Asian drama, and I pretty much watched only Korean dramas that first year. Somehow I stumbled on Long Vacation which is still one of my favorite dramas. I was already watching some Taiwanese dramas when I started trying out some Jdramas and I think that helped me not to judge jdramas to harshly as early Taiwanese dramas aren't the most prettily filmed dramas either. I know some people who won't watch jdramas because of what they call overacting but that's just because Japan has a different approach to acting than Korea.Plus a lot of their dramas are based on mangas so of course the characters are going to be exaggerated.

Ok, I won't. LOL

I really should stop live-watching Chinese dramas because their endings are so often disappointing.

That mix was beautiful. Loved it.

It worked great. Thank you so much. You are now my heroine :)

I don't know if it's something I'm doing wrong or or the link is just bad, but everytime I try to use userscloud I end up with a virus.

I've never managed to find a drama partner, but I've used all the other tips at one time or another. For me taking a break from dramas for awhile really helps too. I think my longest break was a month, but that was long enough to cure my drama fatigue.

Not sure if it an be considered unpopular, but I know a lot of drama watchers who didn't like Missing You. While I agree it had problems, I actually enjoyed it for the most part. Not one I'd rewatch though.