Cold and misunderstood heroine?

Dec 8, 2015 08:52 pm

So I really like heroines that are complex and hard to understand. Could anyone recommend me a drama that involves a cold female lead with a dark past or simply a drama with an odd unusual heroine? some examples that I've seen include:

Cinderella's sister

Alice in wonder city

miss ripley

my love patzzi

summer's desire

hard nut!

otenki onee-san

keizoku 2 Spec

the snow queen

zeamays Contributor

Dec 8, 2015 11:10 pm

Flowers for My Life has a very unusual heroine. Not cold, exactly, but definitely odd and not at all a typical k-drama heroine. And it's a fantastic drama, to boot.

Someday (2006 K-drama)? I hesitate to recommend it as a drama, but the lead girl is pretty weird (the synopsis even calls her cold and aloof! So there you go). But she's a likable weird, at least for most of the drama.

Wanderingjinny

Dec 8, 2015 11:40 pm

The first drama I thought of was Birth Secret. It's an amnesia drama and may not be your cup of tea, but I felt that the heroine had a lot of similarities to the ones you mentioned that I've seen (played by Sung Yuri, same as The Snow Queen).
If you like crime procedural the heroine in H.I.T (Homicide Investigation Team) is someone I would describe as cold and determined (that drama is highly underrated in my opinion).
And if you want a really mysterious female lead you can always go with The Suspicious Housekeeper (I've only seen the Korean version but I thought it was very well done).

versaillesyoo

Dec 9, 2015 02:26 am

Secret Agent Miss Oh was the first to come to mind since the female lead was very unusual and different from most dramas I've seen.
I Love Lee Tae Ri's lead was straight up cold though.

TheGrowlingStomach Author

Dec 11, 2015 02:49 am

thank you for all the recommendations! They all look super interesting. you guys are awesome! stay classy =)

lunatepe

Dec 12, 2015 07:25 pm

There is also Cinderella's Sister.

ViolinGal VIP

Dec 12, 2015 07:51 pm

Padam Padam: I've only just started it, but the synopsis describes the female character as cold, so far I can say that's accurate (I'm about 4 episodes in), although I don't think she's the stereotypical cold character. I have to say the male main lead is quirky, unlike any male lead I've ever seen before.

kura2ninja

Dec 13, 2015 05:09 am

What about The Queen's Classroom? The homeroom teacher in question deploys extreme method to manage her class, but there's logic behind it (which the students came to understand too, eventually), and she also has a dark past (told in the special episodes) that made her become the teacher that she is.

tropka

Dec 13, 2015 10:48 am

coldish leads
Akumu chan
Tantei no tantei
Piece
Orange days
strawberry night
Hi my sweetheart

odd unusual
Date

Malu

Dec 16, 2015 09:03 pm

Hi, I was looking for the same kind of female lead.

History of the salaryman: The female protagonist is unbearable, bossy, rude and conceited, and she is the granddaughter of the CEO of a company. Only the two male leads can see the reason for her behavior and all the pain she hides.

This is an awesome kdrama, and has one of the best performances of Jung Ryeo Won.

Dreamwalker

Dec 17, 2015 03:16 am

That Winter, The Wind Blows and Innocent Man to an extent.

TheGrowlingStomach Author

Dec 17, 2015 03:43 am

thanks! Padam Padam and History of the Salaryman are exactly what i've been looking for. I definitely plan on watching alot of the other ones mentioned as well since they all look pretty damn awesome. Thanks so much for the recommendations!