ONTD Original: 6 Underrated Korean Dramas to Watch

[sunsetburgundy]

I was reminiscing on the kdramas I loved but don’t receive enough love, so I decided to make a post for everyone to share their favorite underrated Asian dramas.
(Disclaimer: This list veers older since I have been out of the kdrama loop in recent years.)

365: Repeat the Year
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Genre: Mystery, suspense, time travel

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[theoryofwar]

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- Semantic Error (K)
- Utsukushii Kare/My Beautiful Man (J, seasons 1-2 and the movie)
- Jack & Joker: U Steal My Heart (Thai. Currently airing, I'm waiting for it to finish so I can binge)
- Unknown (Taiwanese)
- Aki Wants to Eat With Haru (J, cheating since it's a movie, but it's very cute!)
- The Eight Sense (K)
- Love For Love's Sake (K)
- Jack o' Frost (J)
- Tokyo in April Is…(J)
- A Man Who Defies the World of BL (J, 2 seasons, with one coming out soon. Very funny!)
- Pit Babe (Thai. Super goofy show, I love it)
- Our Dining Table (J)

All of those are queer and currently the only ones I can think of off the top of my head.

[anachan87]

I'm watching Jack and Joker and I love it so much, I'm terrified of rec it around in fear of jinxing it and making it turn bad.
Heads up tho, all the episodes so far have been over one hour long. And the first episode might drag a bit but it is because they need to lay down all the backstory.

But seriously, I like it so much I ended up watching The Best Story (I don't wanna talk about it.-.), and on the next night I have nothing to watch, I'm starting Love Mechanics, I need more YinWar in my life, I guess.

[theoryofwar]

You probably know this, but there are two versions of Love Mechanics! There's the regular one and then the directors cut, the directors cut is the one you want to watch, imo, but both are good! The only (legal) way I know of to watch that one is the WeTv app.

I love YinWar so much. I might cave and start the series. I already have lots of gifs saved lol. Is The Best Story bad? I've had it on my watch list for awhile now.

[anachan87]

I didn't find The Best Story bad, it is only 3 episodes so it was a quick watch, it was just... very realistics, let's say that.

i might DM you about LM, tho...

(did you see the news that yinwar were seen at gmmtv a couple of weeks, months?, ago?!)

[theoryofwar]

I would not say no to a DM 👀

And I remember hearing about that! Hopefully something fun comes from that!

[sunsetburgundy]

[theoryofwar]

Utsukushii Kare is hands down my all time favorite. I could go on and on about it lol. There are a lot of good JDramas out there, I mostly love them because they're just a little on the unhinged side sometimes.

The Man Who Defies the World of BL is just really goofy, I love it. The lead actor in that is also in Our Dining Table, which is really cute!

[sunsetburgundy]

[kattyerin]

you make me wanna list all my fave bl's now. i have a shopping cart of dvd's that i want to get from yesasia (i think) that includes a lot of these and it's topping off at $1000 😅 i'm resisting, for now...

[theoryofwar]

Your icon reminded me, I forgot all about Old Fashioned Cupcake!

What's on your list? I really want to get Let's Eat Together, Aki and Haru, but there are no English subtitles :(

[kattyerin]

it was almost $2000 originally so i cut back a lot. and a lot don't have subtitles 😬 right now it currently sits with
old fashioned cupcake
jack o'frost
the eighth sense
if it's with you
tokyo in april is
to my star 2
love is better the second time around
at 25, in akaska

[theoryofwar]

So many good choices! I really want Tokyo in April Is... but I can't justify it if it doesn't have subtitles :(

[kattyerin]

same. but i really really want a physical copy. :(

[butnow]

Out of curiosity, does queer mean BL here or are there other kinds of queer series in this list as well?