Asian dramas that I have watched/am in the process of watching

[firthgal]

I'm not quite sure why I'm making this list. I guess so that I don't forget that I've already watched something and start watching it again? (which I have already done several times now)

Drama - Country of Origin - Completed/Completed through Episode # - My Rating (out of 5 stars)



Meteor Garden - Taiwan - Completed - 3
Mars - Taiwan - Completed - 5
It Started With a Kiss - Taiwan - Completed through ep 13 - 3
Office Girls - Taiwan - Completed - 4.5
Fated to Love You - Taiwan - Completed through ep 7 - 2
Down With Love - Taiwan - Completed - 4
My Splendid Life - Taiwan - Completed through ep 34 - 4
In Time With You - Taiwan - Completed through ep 8 - 4
Drunken to Love You - Taiwan - Completed - 4
Miss Rose - Taiwan - Completed through ep 10 - 4



Hana Yori Dango - Japan - Completed - 4
Deka Wanko - Japan - Completed - 5
Keizoku 2: SPEC - Japan - Completed - 5
Toradora (anime) - Japan - Completed - 5
Ouran High School Host Club - Japan - Completed - 5
Mitsu no Aji - Japan - Completed - 4
Ai no Uta - Japan - Completed - 5
Mop Girl - Japan - Completed - 5
Rich Man Poor Woman - Japan - Completed - 4.5



Goong - Korea - Completed - 5
My Girl - Korea - Completed - 4
My Lovely Sam Soon - Korea - Completed - 4.5
Coffee Prince - Korea - Completed - 5
Brilliant Legacy/Shining Inheritance - Korea - Completed - 5
Full House - Korea - Completed - 3
Boys Over Flowers - Korea - Completed - 4
9 End 2 Outs - Korea - Completed - 3.5
Sweet 18 - Korea - Completed - 3
You're Beautiful - Korea - Completed - 4
City Hall - Korea - Completed - 5
Delightful Girl Chun Hyang - Korea - Completed through ep 13 - 2.5
Oh! My Lady - Korea - Completed - 4
Personal Taste - Korea - Completed - 3
IRIS - Korea - Completed - 5000
How to Meet a Perfect Neighbor - Korea - Completed - 3.5 (would have been higher had the show not shafted my man Kim Seung Woo)
Playful Kiss - Korea - Completed - 3.5
Smile, You - Korea - Completed through ep 23 - 3.5
Hotelier - Korea - Completed - 4.5
Mr. Duke - Korea - Completed - 3
Rosemary - Korea - Completed - 5
Stars Falling From the Sky - Korea - Completed - 4
Take Care of the Young Lady - Korea - Completed - 4
I am Sam - Korea - Completed - 5 (It's my guilty pleasure drama, okay? Don't judge me)
My Sister-in-Law is 19 - Korea - Completed - 3
Sungkyunkwan Scandal - Korea - Completed - 5
Snow White - Korea - Completed - 2.5
The Vineyard Man - Korea - Completed - 3.5
Marry Me, Mary - Korea - Completed - 3.5
The Painter of the Wind - Korea - Completed - 5
Secret Garden - Korea - Completed through ep 13 - 3.5 (was a 5 until it got too angsty for me)
Athena: Goddess of War - Korea - Completed through ep 13 - 2.5
Dream High - Korea - Completed - 5
My Princess - Korea - Completed through ep 14 - 3
Sign - Korea - Completed - 4.5 (the ending broke my heart too much to give it a 5)
My Country Calls - Korea - Completed through ep 10 - 3
Tamra the Island - Korea - Completed through ep 8 - 3 (I was enjoying this one to a point, but the lead actress just got too annoying for me)
Crime Squad - Korea - Completed through ep 2 - 3
49 Days - Korea - Competed to ep 15 (or maybe 16? Can't remember) - 3 (hated the main romance, which really dragged the show down for me)
The Last Scandal - Korea - Completed - 4
Beethoven Virus - Korea - Completed - 5 million
Baby-faced Beauty - Korea - Completed - 4.5
Best Love - Korea - Completed through ep 12 - 4
White Tower - Korea - Completed - 4.5 (the last two or three eps were kind of nonsensical, otherwise it would have been a 5)
Lie to Me - Korea - Completed through ep 10 - 2.5 (that .5 is purely because the lead actors had wicked hot chemistry)
Bad Family - Korea - Completed - 5
Romance Town - Korea - Completed through ep 2 - 2
City Hunter - Korea - Completed - 4.5
Miss Ripley - Korea - Completed - 4
Warrior Baek Dong Soo - Korea - Completed - 5
Scent of a Woman - Korea - Completed - 4
The Princess' Man - Korea - Completed through ep 8 - 3
Kye Baek - Korea - Completed through halfway point of ep 1
Myong Wol the Spy - Korea - Completed through ep 1 - 2
Heartstrings/You've Fallen for Me - Korea - Completed through ep 14 - 3.5
Protect the Boss - Korea - Completed - 5
A Thousand Kisses - Korea - Completed through ep 11 - 3.5
Girl K - Korea - Completed - 4
Vampire Prosecutor - Korea - Completed through ep 3 - 3.5
Accidental Couple - Korea - Completed through ep 2
Tree with Deep Roots - Korea - never got through the first ep
The Musical - Korea - never got through the first ep
Can't Lose - Korea - Completed through ep 3 - 3
Flower Boy Ramyun Shop - Korea - Completed - 5
High Kick 3 - Korea - Completed through ep 1
Brain - Korea - Completed through ep 12 - 4
What's Up - Korea - Completed - 4
Padam, Padam - Korea - Completed through ep 3 - 4
Color of Woman - Korea - Completed through ep 9 - 3
Fermentation Family - Korea - Completed through ep 1
History of a Salaryman - Korea - Completed through ep 16 - 5
The Moon that Embraces the Sun - Korea - Completed through ep 8 - 3.5
Wild Romance - Korea - Completed through ep 14 - 3
Take Care of Us, Captain - Korea - Completed - 4.5
Billie Jean, Look at Me - Korea - Completed through ep 4 (or ep 8, depending on the episode cuts) - 3.5 (I need more, gosh darn it! WHY is the rest of this show so hard to find?)
Hello Miss - Korea - Completed through ep 4 - 3
Dream High 2 - Korea - Completed - 3
The King 2 Hearts - Korea - Completed through ep 10 - 3
Rooftop Prince - Korea - Completed through ep 17 - 4
Ghost - Korea - Completed - 4.5
Gakistal/Bridal Mask - Korea - Completed through ep 12 - 4
Big - Korea - Completed through ep 10 - 3
I Do, I Do - Korea - Completed - 4
Answer Me, 1997 - Korea - Completed - 5
Faith - Korea - Completed through ep 8 - 4
Arang and the Magistrate - Korea - Completed through ep 6 - 4
Can Love Become Money - Korea - Completed - 4.5
Ma Boy - Korea - Completed - 4
The Third Ward - Korea - Completed through ep 19 - 4.5
Oohlala Spouses - Korea - Completed through ep 2
Full House Take 2 - Korea - Completed through ep 11 - 3
King of Dramas - Korea - Completed through ep 14 - 5 billion trillion gazillion
School 2013 - Korea - Completed through ep 2
Alice in Cheongnamdong - Korea - Completed through ep 6 - 4

Comments

[llivla.livejournal.com]

Have you watched one called Coffee Shop Prince?

[firthgal.livejournal.com]

Indeed I have! I think I shortened it to Coffee Prince. While it's not exactly one of my very favorites (most of my faves are guilty pleasures), I consider it one of the very best k-dramas that I have ever watched.

[llivla.livejournal.com]

I was interested because of the plot that he doesn't know the gender of the person he's falling for (like Mulan! lol), but I was afraid it would be homo/transphobic considering Asian culture is as bad as any other when it comes to sensitivity.

[firthgal.livejournal.com]

It's surprisingly non-offensive, actually! I mean, it still has gay jokes, but not like the typical k-drama where it's over the top. I found the story of the heterosexual man falling for what he thinks to be another man to be fascinating and very well-done, and it actually takes a LONG time for everyone to find out that she's a girl, so the romance is treated entirely as a male/male one from the guy's standpoint (it's after she reveals herself to be a girl that I kind of lost a little love for the drama. Just a little bit, though).

But anyway, I was surprised at how well this drama handled the subject of homosexuality, but Asian culture has this way of saying it's okay if one of them turns out to be a girl in the end, which is why I think this drama gets away with a lot of what it did. There's this other drama called Personal Taste where one dude pretends to be gay so that he can be roommates with a girl because he was after the design of her house, and his boss (who is a man) is totally in love with him, and while the boss character was handled pretty magnificently, I HATED that he was the only one who didn't get to have a happy ending. So, when there are ACTUAL homosexual characters on a Korean show and they are treated seriously, their story is usually tragic. Pfft.

Oh, oh, one you might like is Painter of the Wind, which has a legit female/female romance, but again, it's one of those where the girl dresses and acts like a boy, but she has gender identity issues and really does fall in love with the other girl (but the main romance is between her and her much older male teacher, which is why I adored it, but the female/female romance was handled very beautifully).

[llivla.livejournal.com]

omigod i'm on episode 6 already I CAN'T STOP this is so good ldksjfdls

This is the longest list ever. Of anything.

[15lbpurebunny.livejournal.com]

I come over to see how the hell my old friend is....and I find this list. Of nothing. And everything.

How the hell are you, lady? Still making lists, I see. ;)

Re: This is the longest list ever. Of anything.

[firthgal.livejournal.com]

HEYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!! I just want you to know that I read this this morning and it totally made my day. Work was bearable because I heard from my Bunny! ♥ Will PM you with a proper update.

Re: This is the longest list ever. Of anything.

[15lbpurebunny.livejournal.com]

Aww, you're adorable. I'm glad I made your morning! :)

[rectherapyfreak.livejournal.com]

I don't know if you will see this but I am watching Six Flying Dragons and seeing Kim Myung Min makes me think of you every episode (I am on 9). While I respected him greatly as an actor I never felt attracted to Kim Myung Min..but damn...he is quite attractive in this drama! I do have a thing for facial hair and I love his smile that was never really present in the other 2 dramas I saw him in. Anyways! Hope all is well with you! :D

[firthgal.livejournal.com]

Hey, so glad to hear from you! I've been pretty absent from LJ, didn't think anyone was still here. Haha, I love that seeing Kim Myung Min made you think of me! I am adoring Six Flying Dragons so much. Didn't think I would since I'm not big on sageuks, but OMG it is so freaking good. KMM has such a large presence in the drama despite not actually being there much (although the last two eps featured him quite a bit more). I love that goofy smile of his, so adorable!

[rectherapyfreak.livejournal.com]

Sorry it took me almost 2 months to respond after you were so awesome as to respond so quickly! I am not on LJ much either. I cam back solely to message you about KMM last time! :D I have been busy and not had much time for dramas lately! I think I am on episode 13 or 14 of Six Flying Dragons. I think he is becoming more main. :D Need to catch up! I hope you had a great Christmas, Birthday, and New Year!