So interesting...my list is almost completely different. I don't think we share any of the top 10 except for Pride :)
Mine is: 1 Legend 2 Mars 3 Pride 4 Capital Scandal 5 My Girl 6 The Outsiders 7 Itoshi Kimi E 8 A Love to Kill 9 Hana Yori Dango 10 Goong 10 Tree of Heaven 10 Why Why Love 10 Meteor Garden 10 Sapuri
(yeah, I cheated :P)
So yeah, we'd have two, Sapuri and Pride. Hmmm....
Funnily, I like the idea of wuxia more than I do real wuxia, if it makes sense. The only cdrama I managed to finish was ROCH, I keep getting sidetracked with the others...
Well, you prefer romance centric, I prefer a strong non-romantic(usually) plot supported by romance(but not imply that romance centric means no plot.) To be a "favorite" and a straight romance, it has to hit me amazingly right, and usually have the romance furthering other things. HYD and probably My Girl would be on a Top 20 list, though, and I haven't seen Legend or Capital Scandal yet.
(And wuxia tend to be coming of age adventures with a strong rtomantic subplot, really. That said, while I haven't seen Bichunmu so I can't comment there, the wuxia I know of that you've started but not finished, while having very good parts, aren't the best.)
The weird thing is, while my cracktastic meter is set pretty high, most Chinese wuxias I've tried break it (even the one I loved, like ROCH). I don't mean I don't enjoy them regardless, but my disbelief isn't suspended, it's broken :) I also don't enjoy the often OTT acting I've seen in them
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wuxias remind me a lot of shounen action, and I approach them about equally. The Korean period dramas I've seen are straightup the best dramas I've seen. I do plan to see Bichunmoo eventually, I just have to have the $$ for it.
I think the fact that, once I start something, I'm incapable of stopping until I finish(be it a season or a set or an entirety) helps me get through the long ones.
I only just got into dramas almost exactly 2 years ago, so I have been largely watching the more recent stuff, though I have been tracking down some of the 90s jdramas.
Is that the Kindaichi with Matsumoto Jun? I've seen and like that one. I've had Long Vacation recced to me, too. There are a lot of good ones, though it's hard sometimes to find popular jdramas that aren't vehicles for the JE boys. (I also tend to be drawn to the period dramas.)
Great list :) I like a lot of the ones you've mentioned but the ones that made my Top 10 from your list is Pride. I want to watch Emperor of the Sea but it's sooooo long o_0
Emperor of the Sea is long, but very much worth it. (And didn't you make it through Jumong? That one's about 30 eps longer...)
I suspect my list will be very different from most peoples', simply because, while I like the romances, the more romance centric it is, the more likely it is to be "good, but not a favorite" for me. (A lot of the ones on my list are driven by romance, but the actual romance supports the plot.)
What a great list - some good recs there that I haven't watched yet.
Both 3. and 4. will make it into my top tem jdrama list. I must watch Gokusen and Ame to Yume (yay! ghosts!).
I have made "Lovers in Prague" post as promised, here: http://alexandral.livejournal.com/186582.html. No real after-ep-10 spoilers, only things we had already discussed (who gets the girl :D).
Gokusen is just awesome crack, and is one of those that's partly on the list because it takes elements I'd usually dislike and makes me like them. Ame to Yume is very much a love story, but love between a father and daughter(and as we learn, there's a whole lot more to it than normal "single father" stuff...not in a remotely squicky way, you just realize how much he gave up and did for her, but that he never wanted her to know about because he didn't want her to be hurt), not romantic love. (Though it does, of course, have some romance-there's Ame and Hokuto, who have puppy love, but I easily see them staying together and getting married when they're older, and then Sakurai and Akiko are very much of the "we'd be a thing if it weren't for the whole ghost thing" variety.)
I saw the Lovers in Prague post, I just hadn't had a chance to comment on it.
I couldn't finish It Started With A Kiss. I tried! I loved all the supporting characters - well, mostly braids guy and Jiro Wang (!) - but I thought the girl was way too dopey and they guy was too mean. The drama I wanted to see had her ditching mean guy for Jiro Wang halfway through but then he isn't sure if she likes really likes him or not and then she does. Braids Guy has a subplot, as well. :P
I didn't finish Gokusen because of the lack of romantic subplot between Matsujun and the teacher. Although, dangermousie tells me that there is such a subplot in the manga.
I do share your love for Pride, NwP, and Suppli. I'm not sure what my ideal drama contains - a romantic subplot for sure, but it doesn't need to be fully realized. It can be just tension between the two main characters, like Dororo or even the first seasons of The X-Files, as long as the main plot is good enough. I tend to lose patience with the purely romance ones.
I love Xiang Qin when I should be annoyed by her. Probably because Ariel Lin can actually act.
Gokusen does have the romantic subplot. It's not traditionally romantic, but it's very much there.
The romances have to be amazingly good for me to watch them for anything but a distraction, to be honest. I need a lot more going on than romantic angst, most of the time.
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Mine is:
1 Legend
2 Mars
3 Pride
4 Capital Scandal
5 My Girl
6 The Outsiders
7 Itoshi Kimi E
8 A Love to Kill
9 Hana Yori Dango
10 Goong
10 Tree of Heaven
10 Why Why Love
10 Meteor Garden
10 Sapuri
(yeah, I cheated :P)
So yeah, we'd have two, Sapuri and Pride. Hmmm....
Funnily, I like the idea of wuxia more than I do real wuxia, if it makes sense. The only cdrama I managed to finish was ROCH, I keep getting sidetracked with the others...
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(And wuxia tend to be coming of age adventures with a strong rtomantic subplot, really. That said, while I haven't seen Bichunmu so I can't comment there, the wuxia I know of that you've started but not finished, while having very good parts, aren't the best.)
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I think the fact that, once I start something, I'm incapable of stopping until I finish(be it a season or a set or an entirety) helps me get through the long ones.
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So, what ARE your favorite dramas?
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I suspect my list will be very different from most peoples', simply because, while I like the romances, the more romance centric it is, the more likely it is to be "good, but not a favorite" for me. (A lot of the ones on my list are driven by romance, but the actual romance supports the plot.)
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Both 3. and 4. will make it into my top tem jdrama list. I must watch Gokusen and Ame to Yume (yay! ghosts!).
I have made "Lovers in Prague" post as promised, here: http://alexandral.livejournal.com/186582.html. No real after-ep-10 spoilers, only things we had already discussed (who gets the girl :D).
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I saw the Lovers in Prague post, I just hadn't had a chance to comment on it.
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I didn't finish Gokusen because of the lack of romantic subplot between Matsujun and the teacher. Although, dangermousie tells me that there is such a subplot in the manga.
I do share your love for Pride, NwP, and Suppli. I'm not sure what my ideal drama contains - a romantic subplot for sure, but it doesn't need to be fully realized. It can be just tension between the two main characters, like Dororo or even the first seasons of The X-Files, as long as the main plot is good enough. I tend to lose patience with the purely romance ones.
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Gokusen does have the romantic subplot. It's not traditionally romantic, but it's very much there.
The romances have to be amazingly good for me to watch them for anything but a distraction, to be honest. I need a lot more going on than romantic angst, most of the time.
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