rec me a jdrama
So, I started dramas with jdramas, particularly the comedies, and as a result, I've rather torn through them and am running low on ones to just stumble across. As such, I am turning to the f-list for help in finding new ones before I suddenly find myself all out.
Currently watching:
Love Generation
In the backlog:
Nanisama
Pride
Rondo
Slow Dance
Taiyou no Kisetsu
Tokyo Wankei
Have watched:
Always Smiling/Egao no Hosoku
Ame to Yume
Brother Beat
Detective Conan
DragonZakura
Fugoh Keiji
GalCir
Gokusen(I, II, Special)
GTO(series, special, movie)
Hana Yori Dango(I, II)
Hero
Kekkon Dekinai Otoko
Kimi wa Petto
Kindaichi Shonen no Jikembo 3
Kurosagi
Mukodono
My Boss, My Hero
Nobuta wo Produce
Nodame Cantabile
Remote
Sapuri
Teru Teru Ashita
Tokyo Friends
Trick(I, II, III, Special, both movies)
I'm rather generous with my jdramas, moreso than with pretty much anything else, so almost anything goes. A few words, though:
1. No incest.
2. No cheating.
3. I have not listed any period dramas because pretty much any period kdrama or jdrama is on my list(period and wuxia dramas in China are like JE boy jdramas and angstfest kdramas...they throw them out left and right and you have to find the good ones. Japan and Korea are far more picky about what period dramas they put out, and it shows in the final product...what Taiga's lack in production values, they compensate for in plot and storytelling) That said, if there's one you aren't sure I know about, TELL ME.
4. I'm open to mostly anything, but I like the comedies best, romantic or otherwise. I also like a touch of the paranormal(like Ame to Yume and Teru Teru Ashita) or dramas about siblings. I'm alo very fond of mysteries, whether real or window dressing.
5. I have tried watching Antique Cake Store, Teppan Shojo Akane and Densha Otoko and couldn't get past that first ep of each. Considering their casts(all 3 have at least one of my favorites), it says a lot.
6. There are several drama you would have to pay me to watch. Among them but not the only ones(just the ones off the top of my head) are: One Million Stars Falling From the Sky(incest) Proposal Daikusen(there's an inherent unfairness and cruelty to the plot that I can't get past enough to even consider it) A Sleeping Forest(incest) and Kamisama Mou Sukoshi Dake(ProDai-like problem...can't get past the fact that the plot revolves around the heroine selling herself to buy concert tickets enough to even consider it.)
7. I have seen bits of Liar Game and j-Hana Kimi and both are firmly on the list. Just not in the backlog yet.
8. Currently airing dramas are fine as subs are either active or confirmed.
9. Old or new-doesn't matter as long as it has subs and can be acquired one way or the other, and is good.
10. And if there's a KimiTaku drama out there where there' s no (flat out or undertones incest) and he doesn't smoke, it likely won't be hard to talk me into it. I long for a drama where he doen't have a cigarette attached to his hand...
Ok, that was a bit more than a few words...
SAVE ME FROM POSSIBLY PENDING JDRAMA-LESS-NESS!
Currently watching:
Love Generation
In the backlog:
Nanisama
Pride
Rondo
Slow Dance
Taiyou no Kisetsu
Tokyo Wankei
Have watched:
Always Smiling/Egao no Hosoku
Ame to Yume
Brother Beat
Detective Conan
DragonZakura
Fugoh Keiji
GalCir
Gokusen(I, II, Special)
GTO(series, special, movie)
Hana Yori Dango(I, II)
Hero
Kekkon Dekinai Otoko
Kimi wa Petto
Kindaichi Shonen no Jikembo 3
Kurosagi
Mukodono
My Boss, My Hero
Nobuta wo Produce
Nodame Cantabile
Remote
Sapuri
Teru Teru Ashita
Tokyo Friends
Trick(I, II, III, Special, both movies)
I'm rather generous with my jdramas, moreso than with pretty much anything else, so almost anything goes. A few words, though:
1. No incest.
2. No cheating.
3. I have not listed any period dramas because pretty much any period kdrama or jdrama is on my list(period and wuxia dramas in China are like JE boy jdramas and angstfest kdramas...they throw them out left and right and you have to find the good ones. Japan and Korea are far more picky about what period dramas they put out, and it shows in the final product...what Taiga's lack in production values, they compensate for in plot and storytelling) That said, if there's one you aren't sure I know about, TELL ME.
4. I'm open to mostly anything, but I like the comedies best, romantic or otherwise. I also like a touch of the paranormal(like Ame to Yume and Teru Teru Ashita) or dramas about siblings. I'm alo very fond of mysteries, whether real or window dressing.
5. I have tried watching Antique Cake Store, Teppan Shojo Akane and Densha Otoko and couldn't get past that first ep of each. Considering their casts(all 3 have at least one of my favorites), it says a lot.
6. There are several drama you would have to pay me to watch. Among them but not the only ones(just the ones off the top of my head) are: One Million Stars Falling From the Sky(incest) Proposal Daikusen(there's an inherent unfairness and cruelty to the plot that I can't get past enough to even consider it) A Sleeping Forest(incest) and Kamisama Mou Sukoshi Dake(ProDai-like problem...can't get past the fact that the plot revolves around the heroine selling herself to buy concert tickets enough to even consider it.)
7. I have seen bits of Liar Game and j-Hana Kimi and both are firmly on the list. Just not in the backlog yet.
8. Currently airing dramas are fine as subs are either active or confirmed.
9. Old or new-doesn't matter as long as it has subs and can be acquired one way or the other, and is good.
10. And if there's a KimiTaku drama out there where there' s no (flat out or undertones incest) and he doesn't smoke, it likely won't be hard to talk me into it. I long for a drama where he doen't have a cigarette attached to his hand...
Ok, that was a bit more than a few words...
SAVE ME FROM POSSIBLY PENDING JDRAMA-LESS-NESS!