TV What are your favorite asian dramas?

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  1. mintflavored

    mintflavored eat trash, do crime.

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    As someone who has been watching on-off a bunch of dramas (korean, japanese, a few from thailand, one or two chinese, etc.) in the past few years, I am quite curious about other people's favorites.

    I think what kind of dramas you watch or love can say quite a bit about you. So let me know!

    In my case, there are a lot BUT some I can mention on the spot are:
    • Beyond Evil
    • Sweet Home (s1)
    • The Boy Next Door
    • Inspector Koo
    • Strangers from Hell
    • Suiyobi 22-ji dake no Kare
    • First love: Hatsukoi
    So. What are yours? As long as they are from Asia, it's fine for them to be mentioned.
     
  2. SectOfMintTea

    SectOfMintTea Well-Known Member

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    I enjoyed most of the above! Some off the top of my head are "The glory", "D.P." , "Joy of life", "The Story of Ming Lan", "Story of Yanxi Palace", "The girl from nowhere"( although not seen s2), "Taxi Driver", "Juvenile Justice", "All of us are dead".. Plenty more but can't really think at this very moment
     
  3. Shadow Bunny

    Shadow Bunny Count of Carrot

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    Strong girl bong soon~
     
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    theknownuser Well-Known Member

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    I use to be an avid romcom watcher, still am, just not as much, but here's some:
    - Our Beloved Summer
    (Second chance, angst, cute, reverse grumpyXsunshine, enemies to lovers)

    - Lighter and Princess
    (Enemies to lovers, Highschool, Coding)

    - Crash Landing On You
    (Sk vs Nk, Strangers to lovers)

    - Soundtrack #1(Friends to lovers)

    - When I Fly Towards You
    (Highschool, strangers-friends-lovers, cute, friendships)

    - Fireworks of My Heart
    (Angst, second chance, adulthood)
     
  5. SweetLiesBL

    SweetLiesBL Well-Known Member

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    Black (2017), Tunnel (2017), Liar Game (2007), Extraordinary Attorney Woo (2022), Weak Hero Class 1 (2022)
     
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  6. Kelsealoufromkalamazoo

    Kelsealoufromkalamazoo [The Luckiest Sunfish]

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    Omg this was my first k-drama, I loved it so much! It was so funny and it had a great ending

    My favorites are:

    Strong Girl Bong Soon
    Mr.Sunshine
    The Glory
    Black
    Ashes of Love
    Eternal Love
    Love 020
    Meteor Garden
    The Girl from Nowhere
    All of Us Are Dead
    Mr. Queen
    Extraordinary Attorney Woo
    While You Were Sleeping

    And of course, a classic (though it’s slightly problematic), Boys Over Flowers
     
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  7. Scarlet Lily

    Scarlet Lily Well-Known Member

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    Strong Girl Bong Soon definitely
    I forgot the title but I also enjoyed the K-drama with a FL lawyer.

    Eternal Love, probably my most rewatched C-drama

    I enjoyed the following drama as well:
    Dream High (the 1st, with Suzy as the FL)
    Perfect Match aka Personal Taste
    Winter Sonata
    Stairway to Heaven
    Cinderella's Stepsister
    Vagabond (2019)
    Uncontrollably Fond (2016)

    Still, recent to me will be:
    Put your head on my shoulder

    I Like You So Much, You’ll Know It

    Unforgettable Love
     
  8. EnhArmy

    EnhArmy Active Member

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    Oh man, I like so many!! Let's see.. My top ones are Alice in Borderland (s1 & s2), the untamed, word of honor, under the skin, the entire high&low series (expect season 2), the lost tomb series, and cherry magic.
     
  9. Giratina

    Giratina Out of 31 cousins, I'm the 28th one...

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    I love survival stuff. I also just like cute friend groups in dramas. Im not really interested in just romance dramas.
    Korean
    • All of us are dead
    • Happiness
    • Sweet home
    • Night has come
    • Duty after school
    • Revenge of others
    • The penthouse
    Chinese
    • Go ahead
    • When i fly towards you
    Thai
    • Home school
    Japanese
    • Alice in borderland
    • Pending train
     
  10. HNCKrstl

    HNCKrstl 《The Đevîl's Cøñsørt》『♡Hayyan's Female Version』

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    Now, I am curious. What can you say about a person from the Asian dramas they love? :cookie:

    Mine are,

    Cherry Magic!
    Memories of Alhambra
    You Are Beautiful
    කූඹියෝ (Ants)
     
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    paddokuma Well-Known Member

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    my heroic husband *note: is not a BL drama
     
  12. Andro

    Andro Well-Known Member

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    I have a lots of favourites, but here's some:

    Koukou Kyoushi (2003) - This was my very first tv-drama in 2003
    Beautiful Life
    One Million Stars Falling From The Sky
    Gannibal
    The Untamed
    The Legends
    Word of Honor
    Winter Begonia
    Attic Cat
    Mawang
    Death's Game
    You Are Beautiful
     
  13. Calisthule

    Calisthule New Member

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    Only two I've really watched but both I do like are:

    Our Shining Days (about a Chinese music school where it's the competitiveness between traditional Chinese instruments vs traditional western instruments).

    Golden Eye (Chinese pawnshop owner gets injured and gets supervision such ad x-ray, magnifying etc)

    With the Our Shining Days series, I first watched the film version then it got redone as a series.
     
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    Lovelivedieforyaoi Dead

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    Queen of tears
    Not Me (BL)
    Semantic error (bl)
    It's okay not to be okay
     
  15. 3db

    3db I guess it is what it is

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    I don't watch many TV series in any language but I liked
    "Class of Lies" and "Live".

    Both of them are Korean mystery shows but are completely different.
     
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    The girl from nowhere
    Doom at your service
     
  17. yiksee

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    yesterday I saw a Chinese drama,The Long Ballad .
    feels good