This wasn't the first drama I watched but it has become a beloved one. It is a deep drama not for the light of heart and I wouldn't want a child to watch it covers some very adult topics like Rape and Child Molestation.
We don't tend to remember the bombs and the stupid shows we tend to remember the ones that are the best of the best. With that said I have seen all but 2 of those and I just started watching Asian Drama around 2015. My first ever asian show was started with Itazura na Kiss (Mischievous Kiss) - Love in Tokyo (2013) as my first drama. I have added the 2 I hadn't see to my list to watch. I really enjoyed most of the others on your list. With Smiling Pasta (2006) being my guilty pleasure show I pull that out when I want something that is just fun to watch.
The first 13 ep were great but then it went off the rails a bit. The last few ep were very week the female lead personality seemed to have changed and become weak. I found the ending to we weak to be honest this show would have been 10 x better if they just reshot the last ep and made it match the rest of the series. Overall the first part of the series made up for the really weak but not bad ending.
I feel that I need to address some of these because even though I love x-dramas I can understand some of the statements.
1) Subtitles take some getting used to. My wife doesn't like watching them because of it although she is slowly changing. I can understand why people might have an issue with that.
2) China is by far the biggest county in Asia and the US school system sucks. I find it hard to believe that anyone would believe that Korea, Japan, and China are all the same country I can understand a little them not being able to tell them apart. I am a white dude and I couldn't tell you if someone is from Russia or Poland or many other countries in that area.
3) I find myself screwing up actors / actresses on US shows all the time as they all seem to look alike. On the other hand it rarely happen with Korean dramas as they seem to do a much better Job than Hollywood does at picking more distinct looking actors.
4) I started with T-Drama and there English does sound a bit odd. But than again my Mandarin problem sounds like garbage to them.
My wife doesn't want to watch t,k,c,j-drama because of the subtitles although she has been hooked by a few. It does take time to get used to watching with subtitles and you have to start out doing only a few hours at first or you will get a headache. However I have turned many people on to Asia drama's over the last few years. Once you get used to reading subtitle it is hard not having them there. I tend to have English subtitle on even with shows in English now.
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Actually I am not surprised. There are some differences between them but with Japan's imperial past and Chinese fisherman tendency to get lost at see and end up staying wherever they land there are a lost of mixed race people in Asia. The same as there are allot of mixed race people in the EU.
I love this one but be warned the first 10 ep are all about the back story and no one from ep1 will be seen past ep10 on ep10 most of the permit cast will be scene and that begin the main story.
If they had skipped the last 5 min the show would have been great but that last 5 min leave you scratching you head going when is session 2 going to begin. I hope this isn't a trend. One of the things I love about Asian drama is the fact they generally have an ending even if it isn't the one we want.
1) Subtitles take some getting used to. My wife doesn't like watching them because of it although she is slowly changing. I can understand why people might have an issue with that.
2) China is by far the biggest county in Asia and the US school system sucks. I find it hard to believe that anyone would believe that Korea, Japan, and China are all the same country I can understand a little them not being able to tell them apart. I am a white dude and I couldn't tell you if someone is from Russia or Poland or many other countries in that area.
3) I find myself screwing up actors / actresses on US shows all the time as they all seem to look alike. On the other hand it rarely happen with Korean dramas as they seem to do a much better Job than Hollywood does at picking more distinct looking actors.
4) I started with T-Drama and there English does sound a bit odd. But than again my Mandarin problem sounds like garbage to them.