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Why not try "Autumn Concerto"?
It's a bit of a classic, with quite a few cliches, but I believe it's worth it. A very romantic story, with lovely landscapes too. :)

Yes, popularity can be a double-edge sword for a drama. Some choose to watch it because it is, some to NOT watch it for the same reason. Lately (that is, yesterday, lol), I found out that even too much discussion on a drama can be detrimental to a genuine liking. At times it's hard to distance ourselves from the opinion of others and form our own in a totally independent way.
By the way, good to read you, Aria. :)

I'm a little like this too. Because I need to feel intensely, I also get easily deprived of energy, be it laughter, tears or simple angst. Perhaps the same happens to you, you fear... "tepid", and this is why your mind is always looking for something new and different that can light up your emotions.
Slumps are always lurking in tepidity, at least for me. :)

Ohhhhh, I can sooooo relate to this.
I lured my husband into the drama world with King 2 Hearts, almost 4 years ago. Because it had shortly aired in Korea, no Italian subs were available, so I ended up translating it all, with the sole purpose of showing it to him and my mom. Both were deterred by subs, but they got used to them a lot faster than they had expected.
And just like you, while translating I ended up rewatching the whole drama by myself, then with my husband and then with my mom, lol.
I think I know the script by heart.
So you see, don't feel too lonely in that long way of yours: you're not. :)

Thank you, I'm glad you do. :)

Thank you for your lovely and funny reply. :)
Wow, rewatching a 54 episode drama multiple times isn't a task, it's a challenge! ;) But I know the feeling very well and after such a heated enthusiasm, a setback is almost inevitable.
Good luck with your next watch, then. May the gods of wuxia sweep you up again and find you a flying buddy! :D

You already know it's going to cause you withdrawal symptoms? Many consider it the best Saeguk ever made ( I myself don't know, I haven't seen it), so I suppose it'll be hard to find something that lives up to it.
I'd watch a short Japanese comedy after it. :D

I haven't been notified of any of the comments or the replies either. I have to come back here every half an hour, looking like some kind of megalomaniac who needs to re-read her own article 100 times over. :P

It's nice to share the pleasure, isn't it?
I can even appreciate a drama a little more when I'm watching it in company, because I try to see things through the eyes of the other. Newbies are usually a lot more lenient and teach me some patience. :D

You're right. I still remember when I complained I couldn't get out of the obsession and considered joining a therapy group, lol. You know, something like "Hi everyone, I'm a drama addict. I've been sober for a week now..."
*Claps and cheers*
;)

I think once we should write an article solely on the methods used to convert the people around us to Asian dramas! :D

And I should learn to finally drop other things! :P
We are a cool club, aren't we? :D

LOL, and I wasn't kidding about the brutality of my deeds. I literally forced a whole drama down my best friend's throat (well, her laptop, to be more precise), and kept on calling her to ask whether she had watched the first episode! I had so many drama stalkers to learn from, after all! ;)
Now we are at a point in our firiendship when she calls me only to know when the next dose is due, ungrateful thing! ;);)

Bravo Pretty Akai!!! The OST!
I know many don't put too much importance into the music of a drama, but I do. An Ost can be that decisive aspect of a show that makes me love it to bits or get annoyed with.
Huge hugs! ♥

Exactly.:D
You know when they say: you have to give your all to make your love relationship work. But if it becomes, as you put it, an obligatory job, what's the point of all the struggle?
I'm a little fixated with the analogy... sorry, lol.

We do.
It helps regaining a modicum of balance and can even be beneficial to my real love life... if only my husband weren't one of the monsters I mention in the article, lol. ;)

I agree. I haven't come around to watch any Lakorn yet, though. No prejudice, but I'm not sure I'm cut out for the kiss-slap-kiss-slap trope... ;)

Thank you for your kind words. :)
Are you in love right now, by the way? :D

I hope they help. Just in case they don't, we can always suffer in good company.;)

Lol, I've shrunk. ;);)

Ah, the Boys Over Flower baptism: who hasn't gone through it?
What does not kill you will make you stronger - or pickier. ;);)