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My favorite lakorn also. If you can recommend any more, please feel free. This genre is growing on me.

Can you actually have a bad drama with this cast? Uh, no.

I've become an Asian drama addict over the past five years. I've seen the really good, the mediocre and the one's that I'm personally grateful there's a fast forward button. This drama is written, directed and acted with extraordinary care and it makes me feel as if I'm the invisible human viewing their world. Thank you @ cheshire unicorn for your well written piece about "Before We Get Married" and for bringing attention to it. This is truly a rollercoaster ride that shouldn't be missed.

That's on my "to watch" list as well. Once I find a Chinese drama that is well written and produced, I rewatch the thing multiple times. Ming Lan and Goodbye My Princess still get a weekly glance just to see if I missed any details.

This is how crazy I've gotten in my dramaworld, but I measure all historical Chinese dramas against "The Story of Ming Lan". It definitively displays the power of language and intelligence in adversarial situations. A definite must see!

This series should be titled "Addictive". This is such a well written, extremely well acted (by all) series that it's like eating one potato chip a week. This next episode cannot come out soon enough....

Rookie Agent Rogue, Cruel City and Empress Ki, not necessarily in that order. I've watched all the rest, multiple times, just for the strong female lead. Every time a story starts out with the innocent, naive and cute girl character, I want to bang my head on a countertop or throw something at the tv screen. Another Thai drama with a spunky female lead was "Khun Mae Suam Roy". It's also pretty good.

Loved your article! Thanks to your list, I now have a few more dramas to pick up and watch.

In interviews right before they were married, Song Joong Ki talked in a manner that displayed the traditional Korean value of a male dominant household. Song Hye Kyo was older than him, had dated in the public eye several times and that probably lent itself to a firm stance of independence. I think Song Joong Ki's announcement of a divorce displayed anger, Song Hye Kyo's displayed damage control and both were telling in that it wasn't a joint statement. Divorce is a very hard process outside of the public eye let alone in the fishbowl of fame their chosen vocation puts them in. I personally wish them swift healing and peace.

The four main actors in this drama are so freaking convincing in their parts! I have to watch it in 15 minute intervals because the emotions they make me feel go straight through the roof.

Same here. After watching a K-Dramas for the last four years, I've started enjoying Thai and Chinese Dramas more (exceptions: I love Angel's Last Mission and My Ahjussi). I thought the male and female leads in this were absolutely fantastic at nuanced acting; it went beyond the slap and kiss and you could see the torment on both.

This is the most thought provoking drama that I've watched in a while. First off, KUDOS to the writers because this topic, in less delicate hands, could have been flat and one dimensional as far as storytelling. Instead and without boring the viewer, there are fleshed out characters in a grey morality. The other award goes to the actors Jasper Liu and Puff Kuo whose subtle expressions convey a sense of longing, loss and desperation to feel. I'm thoroughly addicted.

I LOVED that part.

This is the first drama that I find the secondary couple storyline good and interesting. The actors deserve a round of applause for this.

Definitely.

Try " Behind Your Smile" https://kisskh.at/search?q=behind+your+smile, "Murphy's Law of Love" https://kisskh.at/13452-murphys-law-of-love, "Emily's Five Things" (also called "Five Missions) https://kisskh.at/31219-five-missions. I really enjoyed the chemistry between the main leads.

This is my first Drama with Jasper Lui starring in it and he does a fantastic job. With another actor, there would be the tendency to agree with some of the other comments that the main male lead gives off strong creeper vibes. Watching his subtle expressions, I take the opinion that he sees the female lead as kindred spirit in that their life has become a series of schedules and appointments. In my opinion, both actors do an excellent job of conveying how they are slowly dying an emotional death and really, really want to feel again.

I love the differing opinions that are found on this site. After five years of binging and obsessing over dramas, I can't do the "cutesy" female role any more. Sometimes it's done well and fits with the story, but the female character that suffers innocently through jealousy, backstabbing and the occasional slap but understands that person didn't mean it....I'm usually throwing something at the tv.

Definitely!

It honestly took until episode 8 for me to get invested. The acting is top notch but it was hard to like and sympathize with Lee Yeon Seo's character. That being said, by episode 8, I'm all in.