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IMO they'll suit the role because IMO Neither of them look like early 20s lol they look mid-20s imo

There are a lot of good idol actors though (Junho and Kyungsoo are my favourite idol actors too). Don't let the prejudice keep you. Sometimes the idol actors are even better than the actor actors in dramas. Personally though, the only drama where L has acted well IMO was Miss Hammurabi.

Ew Zoophilia. lol I'm sorry but the animal turns to human and falls in love with the owner premise gives me the creeps. Is it just me???

LOL That's a hilarious premise. To fall in love with a character you create xD I cannot fathom such notions LOL

Loool I wonder how that would've gone. I mean the writer cannot physically appear in their world so how'll they even contact her in the first place.

I hope this has Nik and Suthee couple too. Cannot wait for it.

Nope. We exist. I got bored of them after the 666th time they played the "I'm a possessive jerk" card. Boring af

I was actually expecting a not so happy ending tbh lol Or maybe with the two leads as the actual lead in another manhwa.

BTW I kinda disagree with your assessment of Extraordinary You. I think for veteran Kdrama fans, this is actually like a fresh breathe of air. Because the show is more like a satire of other high school dramas. It kinda parodies shows like Boys over Flowers really well. I think it's one of the more smartly written school dramas due to it being a pseudo-spoof lol It pokes fun at the common tropes and cliches in these drama really well.

True. I hope if someone makes a part 2, they'd like create sections and take different genres and perspectives into account lol

Agreed about Prison Playbook. It's one of those dramas that does everything right. The romance is not overwhelming, but is still really detailed. The bromance is just right and the way the main character adapts to a life in prison while surviving every day scuffles and making friends along the way is just so well written. It's one of the best Kdramas I've seen in the 2010s tbh

It's not a deal breaker for me, but I'd still like it if they wrap it up nicely instead of just teasing us. Some other dramas like Miss Hammurabi does the same.

That's fair enough lol I'm a guy, so most of the people I recommended these dramas to were guys xD Probably why they didn't like romcoms much.

Cultural difference, personal taste as well as gender perspective makes it hard to make a proper "Beginner's friendly" list like this. I think the best we can do is like pick a few dramas from each genre lol

Ahh noted. I thought we were talking about Kdramas in general. And yeah, the crime/mystery type of drama usually lack romances. It's kinda disappointing too because after all the episodes you usually end up rooting for two characters who share a good chemistry but it goes nowhere.

I completely agree with what you said and that's what disappoints me.

And omg yes! I have been saying that to my friends. CLOY is the type of drama, the production team and writer expected to be a hit without any effort into the writing. And that's what they got, disappointing tbh because better dramas are almost always ignored.

I dislike dropping dramas in the middle, so similar to you I also forced myself to complete it. It was a painful experience though.

And I have to agree with you on that too! "Masterpiece", I'm sorry but what???? lmao If that's a masterpiece then what's a true masterpiece??? Unlike you though I don't like being charitable, I call their taste in dramas total gobshite. I mean liking? Fine. Best Drama Ever/Masterpeice? No standards. XD

And agreed, I tend to not follow hype anymore because as noted in my original comment, they always are decent at best with most of them being mediocre. And that's how I find good dramas myself. Anything that generates low viewership or MDL rating? Must watch because it's generally bound to be really good.

I agree with your assessment that he popular Kdramas are the worst choices to show to beginners imo as well. And in general are mediocre dramas.

My own dose of Kdrama/Kmovie started in early 2000s with the movie called the Classic (Son Yejin, Jo Seung Woo movie). I absolutely loved that movie's portrayal of starcrossed lovers. Then I diverged into the Kdrama world and the next few Kdramas I watched - Autumn in My Heart, Winter Sonata, Stairway to Heaven etc. were all mediocre experience for me. So I understand what you mean by popular dramas being the worst ones to show to newbies.

I actually think there are good numbers of Eastern shows, including Kdramas that showcases both parts well. The most recent one I've seen was Be Melodramatic. It juggled the professions of a bunch of friends with their struggling love life well. I loved that they didn't sacrifice any of their characters to develop another character either which happens so often in your typical Kdrama where the 2nd lead or the antagonist gets zero development and just exist there as a plot device to further the main lead or to unite the main couple. The best example among the new Kdramas is Itaewon Class - where the character of Ahn Bohyun is completely wasted and is just a plot device that exists there to further Park Seo Joon's character.

A good melodrama that does this well (at least IMO) is Just Between Lovers. It shows the romance aspect between the main leads and also develops the other aspects of their life at the same time, whilst never ignoring the existence of the ensemble either as they each get their own development.

Thanks for mentioning Prison Playbook, I completely forgot about that drama. I think this is a good recommendation to beginners as well, especially if they enjoy a laidback type of show. Also yes, Nine! I was gonna recommend that too, but it escaped my mind when I was typing my recommendation.

I first became a fan of his after his role in Witch at Court. And he's consistently done good dramas since then.

Bromance is STRONK in this one. This is a fun drama due to the camarederie shared by the four leads. It's not unique, it's not extraordinary, it's not brilliant, but it's simplistic, it's fun and it's entertaining.

"My pet peeve is when they put popular actors, a filler story and lots of cameos for ratings. "

Exactly the same for me. They seem to believe that popular actors is enough to make a drama, and then they put little to no effort into the actual writing.

Many of these are not very beginner's friendly imo. You've to understand that romcom in general is a genre highly frowned upon by non-Kdrama watchers. Especially in the west, romcoms are considered lower forms of media, the genre's even less popular among guys. So IMO most of these will not leave a good impression on beginners at all.

If you force someone who has never seen Kdramas to watch things like Strong Woman or Tale of Nokdu, I'm sure they'll never touch Kdramas again. Saeguk or Historical dramas, in general, is not everyone's cup of tea, even I as an avid Kdrama fan shy away from that genre often.

Strong Woman while a hella fun watch is incredibly messy in terms of writing. If a Kdrama skeptic starts with it, they'll end up generalising the whole Kdrama world as messy writing that trades off writing continuity and consistency for comic relief. Some of the parts in it are so random that it's bound to leave a really bad impression on newbies for e.g the whole Buddhist temple storyline with the gangster boss, the high school boy worshipping Bong Soon, etc. I personally showed it to a few of my non-Kdrama fan friends and they found it laugh-worthy (not my words, theirs!).

I think there are better Kdramas to leave a great impression on newbies -> Stranger, Hwayugi, the Fiery Priest, the Guest, Doctor Romantic etc. These are genres that don't have a demographic divide and is generally loved by both males and females in both the eastern and western part of the world.

This is the best BL of the year tbh No question asked, no arguments valid. It's well paced (unlike UWMA), the story's not chopped up into nonsensical sections (unlike Why R U) and as it's produced by GMMTV the production quality's much better than the aforementioned BLs. Both UWMA and Why R U started off strong but then went downhill, but this seems to be getting better by the episode!

I'm loving it so far and I need the episodes to come faster!!!