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A LOT of these actors are well into their 30s

I wouldn't use the number of followers as a guide. I've been quite active on MDL for nearly 5 years, and I still follow exactly ZERO people, not even any of the actors I added to your list. I've never seen the point.

I added a couple of my J faves, so I'm happy to see them getting some love 😀 Thank you for creating the list!

Guo Shu Yao has a support role in one my FAVOURITE TW romances, Office Girls. Pretty sure the osculation in that one is acceptable :)

Nah, that's a Korean thing. Many TW romcoms are serial-killer free. Ditto J romcoms and C romcoms

Yes, that spin-off will be interesting. His character was one reason I actually scored Forest of Secrets 2 slightly higher than the excellent season 1

I cxall this "aural aesthetics" and it's very personal and very subjective. It's also the reason my first Thai Drama is likely to be my last. The language just doesn't fit my personal, subjective sense of aural aesthetics and so I find it challenging to listen to.

Yeah it was the K version I took EXTRA efforts to avoid, I knew they would utterly ruin it

I haven't rewatched My Princess, but of the just over 100 Dramas I watched in 2013 after that one, I've rewtached 22 of them: TW - In Time With You 4 times, They Kiss Again 3 times; Korea - Capital Scandal, Queen In Hyun's Man, I Hear Your Voice and Coffee Prince 3 times each and Goong NEARLY 3 times. I gave up on Goong on my most recent rewatch about 80% done. Then here's a bunch that I've watched twice

Yay, another fan of MARS. And Kimi Wa Petto is so quintessentially Japanese. I've avoided all the remakes because the original was so unique

Back to 1989 was a lovely Drama. I'm currently watching my first Thai Drama, Full House, and I think that iy will also be my last 😀

LOVE Mars! Great to se that TW classic getting a mention

Did you like the sequel? I preferred it to the original myself

For me, Pasta has a very special place in my Drama watching history: The very first Drama I EVER dropped. Nine full episodes where every character except oe only ever seemed to have one line "Yes Chef!" was enough for me. 😂

Cooking is also VERY prominent in Dae Jang Geum. I absolutely REFUSE to use the name MDL gives it because Dae Jang Geum was a real historical person and the Drama is all about her, so naming it after her makes sense. Plus, it remains a VERY, VERY rare KDrama for having a FEMALE GENIUS lead. That made putting up with 6000 hours of cooking classes in the Drama worthwhile. :)

As afan of Mike He, if you haven't already, do check out Imperfect Us, he's very good in that. VERY different from his early stuff of course, but as a fan of Ariel Lin, I enjoyed seeing the two of them together again after Love Contract

Vive la différence! Life would be so dull if we all had the same opinions about everything. Thanks for taking the time to stick up for them both :)

I call that trope "kindergarten kismet", and I absolutely HATE it. I'm 9 Dramas short of having completed 500 East Asian Dramas and I still loathe that trope. So no, you are definitely not alone. 🙂

If I could, I would have upvoted your post 1000 times for its opening. The concepts of "subjective" and "objective" sadly sail right over the head of so many MDL users. The War and Peace length diatribe at the the top of this thread is a great example. That user always writes incredibly long rants about shows they don't lik, which is of course absolutely fine and totally their right. But they invariably open with a disclaimer that what follows is subjective then proceed to write their entire diss in terms of objective assesment. Before wrapping with the same stock "subjective" disclaimer. It's also curious that their 'praise' reviews are MUCH shorter. Subjectively, I find that, très drôle.

Damo = DAEBAK! The first K Drama I ever saw where they LITERALLY showed the ending at the very beginning. She totally owned King2Hearst too, she was one of the main reasons I watched that one twice

It's very much a matter of personal taste, but as I said the "roads less travelled" article linked above, it would be nice if people would at least TRY them out for themselves, to see if they do fit or not