DramaHeroine

I think a big part of it was that people thought they had to call their works manga or anime if they shared similar art styles or took any inspiration from them, etc. or they had some kind of unhealthy over-attachment to the Japanese terminology and to manga and anime as a medium. But manga and anime are basically the same thing as cartoons and comics/graphic novels. Different terminology and art styles and storytelling for different parts of the world but still the same general concept of telling a story through art.

I don't know that it's totally fair to hate on TokyoPop for giving US-based writers/artists the opportunity to publish their work, but I do think it would have been better for them to create a graphic novels imprint or something instead and advertise the works alongside their manga.

I assume you mean Joseph Almani? I'd personally like to see some proof to back up his claim, as there was nothing I came across in my research to support it, but I suppose it's always possible. I would honestly love to interview some of the people involved with the show, but I think it's highly unlikely any of them would ever see this article or that I would ever be able to track most of them down.

Saved yourself a lot of time, lol.

Yeah, it was never finished. I believe they made 6 episodes before the whole thing shut down.

It does seem to be the one that everyone forgets about. Although I guess that makes sense since it was so poorly made and was never finished.

I understand that many people will disagree with me about this, and that's fine. I have no interest or desire in going into people's private lives and telling them how to live. I just personally disagree with the lifestyle, and I am allowed to. I have no negative feelings or opinions about people who engage in BDSM. I don't think there is something 'wrong' with them. I simply think the lifestyle is not healthy. Perhaps I could have worded these thoughts better in my first comment. But again, I am allowed to feel the way I feel, and I am also allowed to express how I feel in a polite manner, just like you are free to express how you disagree with me.

My first question is just how many people live next door to a chinchilla farmer, and what is that life like, lol? Second, yes yes yes to Overprotected Kahoko (Kahogo no Kahoko). One of my top favorite dramas.

I've been avoiding adding this one to my watch list, because I was afraid of how the relationship would be portrayed. If it was going to be a 'he's never had someone stand up to him before, so he was attracted to and impressed by her strength of character and went an awkward, backwards way of gaining her trust and affection until he eventually realized it's not being pushed around that he likes, it's being pushed to be better' then yeah, I was down for that. But what the story has become just...doesn't sound cool to me. I know some people are into things like BDSM, but that's never sounded healthy to me. Even when it's 100% consensual, there's still a deeper, unhealthy reason for why someone might want to be treated that way, and I wasn't really interested in watching that play out on screen and then be treated as normal.

Honestly, I think I'm leaning more toward something like 1 Litre of Tears, because love stories that end really sad are really difficult for me to watch. 1 Litre isn't a romance, so I won't be so devastated watching two people who love each other be torn apart. The more I ponder my options, the more I think I need to ease myself into those kinds of sad ending dramas.

Up until maybe 4 or 5 years ago, I was a strict rom-com with a happy ending kind of drama girl. I would add dramas of all genres to my to-watch list in a genuine desire to watch them, but if it wasn't rom-com with that fairytale ending, I was unlikely to actually sit down and watch it. And I purposely avoided anything that I knew would have a sad ending, cause that was decidedly Not what I came to Asian dramas for. (I was here for the Romance, gosh darn it.) Then I started to branch out a bit, not into anything too heavy or sad, and certainly not anything with a sad ending, but I became more willing to give stories that weren't strictly rom-com a chance. Age of Youth, After School: Lucky or Not, Five Star Tourist, etc. Eventually, I found myself sprinkling in dramas like Misaeng/Incomplete Life, The Hours of My Life/Boku no Ita Jikan, and My Mister, stories that still have a happy ending but that definitely put you through a level of pain and suffering before getting there. Now I think I'm finally at the place where I can start watching dramas with sad endings and actually, potentially, enjoy them. I just have to find the perfect sad drama to start with, lol. (I'm leaning toward something like 1 Litre of Tears or possibly one of the myriad of amazing looking Chinese historical/wuxia dramas I keep seeing photos and videos for. Ugh! They all look so good, and it's hard to choooooooose.)

Ah, ok. I can understand that then, I guess.

It looks like it’s not out yet.

Are we sure that it's meant to be two distinct seasons, or are they just uploading it in two batches because Netflix is weird like that? I get the impression that Netflix just likes to split their dramas up when they upload them sometimes, not because production is still ongoing or they're meant to be distinct seasons or anything like that, but because they have some weird attachment to their particular system of dump-uploading content, and they're also trying to milk their drama content as much as possible in order to get more eyeballs watching them over a longer period of time. If there's definitely another 6 episodes coming out at some point within the next few months, I wouldn't consider that two separate seasons since 12 episodes is a pretty standard number of eps for a complete drama. To me, that's just Netflix being Netflix and using a weird system for uploading their drama content in order to trick people into using their site more. Which I kinda hate, lol.

Are we sure this drama is only meant to have 6 eps? Or is this another one of Netflix' dramas where they upload it in two parts for no discernible reason? (I still can't wrap my head around why they think that's a good idea.)

Are we sure this is only six episodes, or is this one of those Netflix dramas where they upload the first half of the series all at once and then the second half later on?

Um, the synopsis is actually really different? Yeah, they're still going to meet on a cruise and have a baby and then a miscarriage, but a lot of the other key elements appear to be missing. Like no secondary love interest for the male lead, the main characters will fall for each other Before getting married and pregnant, it honestly sounds like a pretty different, more modern, take on the story to me.

So this is a very interesting sounding take on the original story, and I'm kind of intrigued. Might actually check this out even though I don't really watch C dramas.

So maybe I'm going crazy, but it says this was published on March 10, 2020. But today's only the 7th. Did I just get a peak into the matrix???

I don't agree with OP that they've become westernized, but I do agree that they've changed. I think what's different is Korean audiences and that's what's creating the shift in Kdramas. Koreans just don't want the same things in their entertainment anymore. They're not interested in dramas that use the same tropes and common plot concepts that they used to. They've been there, they've done that, and they're ready for something different. That's not becoming westernized. That's moving on from a particular form of storytelling.