Shinee members Onew and Key also stared in dramas, Onew played a young doctor in Descendants of the Sun and did very well in that role. Minho´s role in Yumi´s cell is also worth mentioning. The girl dreams about him naked in her bed, like, bestie, I feel you. Also his character there is gay, so it´s interesting to see an idol of his format to take on this role. Its the same with 2PM, Chansung and Nichkhun both have several roles under their belt (and both did a cameo for Taecyons Vincenzo). Chansung is great in comedic roles and Nichkhun is aknowledged as a prince in his home country, wonder why....but not really :D Also, if you want to watch some korean SNL skits, I recomend Shinee and 2PM cause these guys know how to make fun of them selves. Yes, some are cringey as hell, but brooding Taemin? Come on! EXOs Sehun was in the Pirates movie that came out earlier this year, be it a small role. Baekhyun was in Moon Lovers with IU and the little f**k made me cry so hard I had to watch all SuperM content, when they started, just to find out he is a total weirdo (also in the army now). Blackpinks Ji Soo had a main role in the widely discussed drama Snowdrop which came out last december. Bae Suzy was an idol under JYP before moving fully to acting since her group disbanded. Victon´s Byungchan played a dark brooding bodyguard in King´s affecction and then younger brother of FL in Business Proposal, and let me tell you, those dimples are going places. And last but not least Rain, with his Hollywood career? Well, not that Ninja Assassin is a good movie, cause it´s not, but he did what none of the younger idols managed so far, so.... yeah.... Cant remember more from the top of my head but I think I did well? :D:D:D
This takes me back to my school days, sooo nostalgic. 2000s k-dramas were great, its what got me hooked on them even thou I preffered j-dramas at the time. Goong was probably the first for many of us. Full House, Secret Garden, Kim Sam-soon Iljimae, Coffee Prince.... I dont know how I could even manage to watch so many back then. Taiwanese dramas were also pretty popular in that time, since they made their version of HanaDan called Meteor Garden. But it´s been so long I dont even remember most of the titles except maybe Devil Beside You and Bull Fighting with Mike He, and Mars and Silence with Vic Zhou. Cried so hard watching those T__T
1 litre of tears broke me, japanese have this way of totally crushing you with your own emotions. Could never finish Last Friends cause it was too hard to watch Ryo be the bad guy in such a mundane way. Scary as fuuu, too, since you can see it happening to you too... Liar Game was fun, watched it when it first came out. Never tried the korean version, tho.
I almsot forgot about Nodame Cantabile!!! It was filmed in Prague and my friends were there as extras XDDD
I started with j-dramas around 2005/6, talked about it with a couple of anime friends, so we all knew what Nodame is and we weren´t dissaponted with what we got. There were so many great stories from that filming we never got tired listening to them on every anime con that year XD
Thank you! Although I began with Japanese dramas, later I found I prefer Korean dramas. Japanese tend to be overwrought…
Nobuta wo Produce is I think a must watch for anyone interested in jdramas cause the main trio, and especialy YamaPi, gave their everything. I never miss a chance to "fly" down the stairs as YamaPi did and still have the blue schoop bag somewhere at my parents house :)
OMG, so many oldies but goodies :D 1 liter of tears made me cry so much when it came out. I never liked Nishikido that much, more like hated him, but this changed my mind cause he was so good.
Miura Haruma in anything was an instant win but I cant watch his works again now cause it makes me too sad :(
Hanadan with Matsujun, Ogurin and Inoue Mao is an unsurpassable version. She is the fiercest girl I could hope for and her family in the japanese version is the best one yet <3 Ogurin was my big crush, watched almost everything he was in, lol
Komi-san anime version is coming to netflix sometimes next week or so. I see some interesting titles, so it seems I have now a couple of j-dramas on to watch list after. Its been a while....
Word of Honor is great, I loved the whole team/family and enjoyed their bickering immensly. I have both Douluo continent (and handsome siblings) on hold for a while now since it started to be boring after about 12 episodes or so, and not even my long love for Calvin Chen could bring me to continue watching it. I´ll have to try to get back to it now that the weather is more friendly towards staying indoors :)
Jiro Wang looks soooo different now from when he was in KO One and other older stuff, almost didnt recognize him and did a double take, thinking for a moment the photos were switched ´(>_<) Calvin Chen was my ultimate bias back in the day and he still looks good in his latest works, shining brighhter than his younger co-stars <3
Oh, I didnt know (or forgott) there is ParaKissu Live Action version. I loved the anime very much and will definitely give the LA version a chance thanks to this scene <3
Doom at Your Service has one of the best OSTs from the latest dramas IMO. My absolute favourite is the Descendants of the Sun ost cause thats just perfection. Goblin, K2, Korean Odyssey and My Holo Love also had great songs and not only balads. Now that I look at it, most of the hit dramas on Netflix do have great OSTs :D Also, your playlist is full of gold, thank you :D
Thank you for all those great recs, my "to watch" list grew a bit again :) I got through the whole EXO next door yesterday evening with a glass (or two) of wine and it was a very enjoyable me-time :D I´m still not an EXO fan but it was suprising to find out I saw some of them in other dramas. I´m a bit slow with linking actors in dramas to their music carreers, maybe because of all those hair colour changes and stuff *embarased*
Its the same with 2PM, Chansung and Nichkhun both have several roles under their belt (and both did a cameo for Taecyons Vincenzo). Chansung is great in comedic roles and Nichkhun is aknowledged as a prince in his home country, wonder why....but not really :D
Also, if you want to watch some korean SNL skits, I recomend Shinee and 2PM cause these guys know how to make fun of them selves. Yes, some are cringey as hell, but brooding Taemin? Come on!
EXOs Sehun was in the Pirates movie that came out earlier this year, be it a small role. Baekhyun was in Moon Lovers with IU and the little f**k made me cry so hard I had to watch all SuperM content, when they started, just to find out he is a total weirdo (also in the army now).
Blackpinks Ji Soo had a main role in the widely discussed drama Snowdrop which came out last december.
Bae Suzy was an idol under JYP before moving fully to acting since her group disbanded.
Victon´s Byungchan played a dark brooding bodyguard in King´s affecction and then younger brother of FL in Business Proposal, and let me tell you, those dimples are going places.
And last but not least Rain, with his Hollywood career? Well, not that Ninja Assassin is a good movie, cause it´s not, but he did what none of the younger idols managed so far, so.... yeah....
Cant remember more from the top of my head but I think I did well? :D:D:D
Goong was probably the first for many of us. Full House, Secret Garden, Kim Sam-soon Iljimae, Coffee Prince.... I dont know how I could even manage to watch so many back then.
Taiwanese dramas were also pretty popular in that time, since they made their version of HanaDan called Meteor Garden. But it´s been so long I dont even remember most of the titles except maybe Devil Beside You and Bull Fighting with Mike He, and Mars and Silence with Vic Zhou. Cried so hard watching those T__T
Liar Game was fun, watched it when it first came out. Never tried the korean version, tho.
Miura Haruma in anything was an instant win but I cant watch his works again now cause it makes me too sad :(
Hanadan with Matsujun, Ogurin and Inoue Mao is an unsurpassable version. She is the fiercest girl I could hope for and her family in the japanese version is the best one yet <3 Ogurin was my big crush, watched almost everything he was in, lol
Calvin Chen was my ultimate bias back in the day and he still looks good in his latest works, shining brighhter than his younger co-stars <3
Also, your playlist is full of gold, thank you :D
I got through the whole EXO next door yesterday evening with a glass (or two) of wine and it was a very enjoyable me-time :D I´m still not an EXO fan but it was suprising to find out I saw some of them in other dramas. I´m a bit slow with linking actors in dramas to their music carreers, maybe because of all those hair colour changes and stuff *embarased*