I enjoy the series. I wish the cast was fixed on the reference page as it misses many key main characters who are involved throughout the show including the Mistress of the Inn and the Yumi's Brother (Jinnai Takanori as Kurasawa Koichi Nogiwa Yoko as Yuzuhara Misako) - Both actors have been involved in many shows and I think more people would see other series played by them after seeing them involved in this series (reference: https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Egao_no_Hosoku)
I can relate to this article greatly. I started my interests in Jdramas back in 2003-2004. I enjoyed many of the shows that you have mentioned above and had no experience with Korean dramas beyond Full House and My Lovely Kim Sam Soon. Back then, it was very easily to obtain jdramas. Online there were so many sites that enabled someone to watch the tv shows without any torrenting. In 2014, the situation changed drastically. American companies started buying out licenses for animes and jdramas without allowing anyone access to them. Suits followed that caused many sites to shutdown access. Many of these sites did not torrent and simply volunteered to translate dramas into languages not available on dvd.
As of 2018, it has grown increasingly difficult for someone interested in jdramas from the US to actually watch them. sites like jdorama no longer allow subtitles to be easily accessible, and there are only a handful of sites that still allow online stream access to shows. Kdramas started to fill that gap for sites like crunchyroll not because they were necessarily in demand, but because their licenses are very cheap.
Currently the only way for anyone to easily obtain new tv shows from japan is by accessing Japanese tv (without subtitles), buy dvds (that have english subtitles), get lucky and find a private site that shares, torrent, or find a hole in the wall online stream site and pray they have all the series in english subtitles.
Kdramas are very easy to find. They are accessible on Amazon prime, Crunchyroll, Hulu, and even Netflix.
I gained the love of jdramas from more than 15 years ago. I have accumulated many shows that allow me to enjoy them and actively seek them out more effectively than those just entering into the fandom. Those whom do just get a taste of jdrama will find that their selections are limited. They will usually only find shows that are commonly translated and have been distributed for decades which is why many think jdramas are dated, low cinema quality, or are weird. If you just take a look at some tv shows that we used to watch in the 80s and 90s from the US, some of the references would also be weird even growing up during that time. I say to those that want to give jdramas the chance to not give up. I would suggest talking to people who truly love jdramas and are not indifferent between kdramas and jdramas. They may be able to pick shows or direct someone somewhere where they may be able to find a show that they can enjoy that is new.
Nogiwa Yoko as Yuzuhara Misako) - Both actors have been involved in many shows and I think more people would see other series played by them after seeing them involved in this series (reference: https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Egao_no_Hosoku)
In 2014, the situation changed drastically. American companies started buying out licenses for animes and jdramas without allowing anyone access to them. Suits followed that caused many sites to shutdown access. Many of these sites did not torrent and simply volunteered to translate dramas into languages not available on dvd.
As of 2018, it has grown increasingly difficult for someone interested in jdramas from the US to actually watch them. sites like jdorama no longer allow subtitles to be easily accessible, and there are only a handful of sites that still allow online stream access to shows. Kdramas started to fill that gap for sites like crunchyroll not because they were necessarily in demand, but because their licenses are very cheap.
Currently the only way for anyone to easily obtain new tv shows from japan is by accessing Japanese tv (without subtitles), buy dvds (that have english subtitles), get lucky and find a private site that shares, torrent, or find a hole in the wall online stream site and pray they have all the series in english subtitles.
Kdramas are very easy to find. They are accessible on Amazon prime, Crunchyroll, Hulu, and even Netflix.
I gained the love of jdramas from more than 15 years ago. I have accumulated many shows that allow me to enjoy them and actively seek them out more effectively than those just entering into the fandom. Those whom do just get a taste of jdrama will find that their selections are limited. They will usually only find shows that are commonly translated and have been distributed for decades which is why many think jdramas are dated, low cinema quality, or are weird. If you just take a look at some tv shows that we used to watch in the 80s and 90s from the US, some of the references would also be weird even growing up during that time. I say to those that want to give jdramas the chance to not give up. I would suggest talking to people who truly love jdramas and are not indifferent between kdramas and jdramas. They may be able to pick shows or direct someone somewhere where they may be able to find a show that they can enjoy that is new.