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Mine was Meteor Garden haha

W—Two Worlds! If we’re talking about the start of my drama-bingeing… lol, back in the day I did watch a couple of K-dramas, but it was just a casual thing. I wasn’t that obsessed yet

K drama: Jewel in the palace 

Cdrama: The Holy Pearl

Jdrama: Oshin

Mine was novoland: Pearl Eclipse. 

My first Japanese drama was Ultraman (can't remember which version I watched first). I think I should've watched a lot versions every sunday on TV. It could also be Kamen Rider, henshin! I love Ultraman more because it's so cool fighting against huge monsters with time limit.

My first HK drama was The Return of the Condor Heroes, used to be a big fan of Yo Ko/Yang Guo before I realize that he's ignoring the country/dynasty, unlike his uncle (sworn brother of his father) who died serving the country after the peace pact he's done with his father figure from Mongolian (Genghis Khan from The Legend of the Condor Heroes) ended with the death of that father figure iirc. Want to say like father, like son? But the son was not so bad.

My first Taiwanese drama was Xue Ke. It's forced marriage, FL gave birth to a daughter before marrying the rich man. What remained in my memory was the finger cover FL used to hide her lost finger cut to prove her belief iirc. It's unique at that time.

My first Chinese drama was Princess Pearl (also from Qiong Yao). I remembered pauper chicken, a delicacy I never had. I also remembered thinking that Fu Er Kang was a bit ugly (well, he's a farmer now). How come, when he was rumored to be Qian Long's illegitimate son (just realize there's a chance of an incest in this fictional drama ^^).

My first Korean drama was definitely Hotelier which I watched multiple times, more than any other drama exist. It's like a Cinderella story, but this Prince Charming was more of a red flag than the original Prince Charming, quite a criminal who's an expert in finding loopholes in law (well, his egg lover overweight friend was a lawyer iirc). + he ended up quite broke selling most of his assets to buy the hotel where FL works.

I know it's an A, B, or C question, but I'm this kind of person. 😅

My first asian drama was japanese with Hana Yori Dango. I'm not sure for the korean drama maybe Coffee Prince or Goong. For Taiwan Devil beside you or Love contract. For Thailand years later it was Hormones. China Let's go watch Meteor Shower.

Cdrama: Meteor garden

It took YEARS to finish, started in 2018 finished in 2022. I was looking for anime on Netflix, then saw the pretty poster and thought it was anime, turns out I was wrong but stuck around because of the ending of the first episode( when Shanghai kicked daoming si in the face). I was a casual watcher tho(about 5 dramas max a year because I didn't know there were other genres besides college romcoms till 2023 when I discovered costumes)


Kdrama: The smile has left your eyes

 2021 An fmv made me start watching it(it's you- ali gatie) but what got me hooked was my second kdrama strong girl do bong soon. After the second one I was really obsessed  and stopped watching cartoons, TV, Hollywood you name it. I literally restructured my day so I can watch the maximum amount of kdramas and got my family hooked for a while, they eventually stopped but clearly I'm still watching.

Jdrama: todome no kissu

2022- I saw a YouTube short and thought I'd try it, but I'm still a casual watcher.

C-drama - Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty. Someone I followed on social media was raving about it, it was free on YT, so I gave it a go. Then she pointed me to MDL.

K-drama - Queen In-Hyun's Man. Online friend who knows far more than I do says I started with one of the best and from my few points of comparison, I can't disagree :D

J-drama - 1 Litre of Dears. I've been watching Japanese films on and off for nearly 40 years, so of course I had to try a drama. This was a good one to start with.

But it turns out I get on best with the Thai ways of telling their stories.

Cdrama: Ever Night (my first ever drama)

Kdrama: Kingdom

Jdrama: Promise Cinderella

Kdrama: Descendants of the Sun

Cdrama: Love O2O

Jdrama (assuming we're not counting anime): The Full-Time Wife Escapist

Taiwan: History2: Boundary Crossing

Thailand: Together with Me

Philippines: Like in the Movies.