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My reaction to the title "10 Things WRONG with Boys Over Flowers?" was

ONLY TEN?

I tried leaving a review, but even though I endured 9/18 episodes, it wouldn't let me, so here it is - as a warning to ther potential victims:

I tried REALLY hard to give this a good go. But in the end, the troglodytic chauvinism was just too much, and I dropped after lurching to halfway.
I did not realise when I started it that the "Home" they were going back to you was in the ancient past, when men ruled by right, women were stupid and thoughtless and needed saving and to be ordered around by their infallible male partners. I kept hoping to see, JUST ONCE, where she was right, and he was wrong, but when that sisn't happen even once in the first 9 of 18 episodes, I bailed. What we got instead was him sulking and pouting whenever she disagreed with him about anything at all, her apologising for daring to upset him, and him CONSTANTLY calling her "stupid" "dumb", "thoughtless" - those actual words used in the subtitles. It was such a common refrain that when she described HERSELF that way, he always said "yes, you are" . Too UGH for words.

"The site will automatically show you when the episodes will air in your timezone! " Yep, that's pretty easy for my timezone - the answers is always "Never" :)

These are ALL in the "you couldn't pay me to watch them" category, although I am tempted to check out "It's OK to Not be OK. I have a massive allergy to the dire Kim Soo Soo Hyun, as I do to Lee Min Ho, but Seo Ye Ji I like, so I might, just MIGHT, give it an episode to see if I can stomach the male lead for her sake. Everything else is a hard pass.

You may find your opinions not as unpopular as you thought. I avoided Another Miss Oh for pretty much the reasons listed, dropped W, was SUPER-frustrated by the same things that annoyed you about Kim Nana. You are never alone on the Interweb Tubes. :)

Ah, thanks. Most Asian Dramas do have that 'no change" thing, which I actually find depressing and pointless. Personally, since time travel is by definition an impossibility in this Universe, I have no problem with stories that don't try make an illogical impossibility behave according to some definition of logic - if it means I get a happy ending :)

What are "the time heist rules for ime travel"?

She has my deepest sympathy, losing her father on her birthday :(

The Drama may not be high art, but your review was - and a public service too, thanks!

Nobunaga Concerto was my first, still a favourite

As a fellow fan of Punch (too few people appreciate it imo), I strongly agree with your comments about female roles in K Dramas. That's why I'd encourage you to at least try "Goodbye to Goodbye". I see it's on your dropped list, listed as dropped at 0 episodes watched. To me, that's a shame, because the Drama is all about the two women at the core of the story, and Chae Si Ra shines to the end. YMMV of course, but if you give it a chance, you might enjoy it.

Our recollection of the ending differs. I don't recall him inviting her to accompany him, nor her saying that she would go looking for him. The final scene of them together impressed me precisely because everything was left up in the air. I do agree that the trigger for their relationship was convenient, but not implausibly so, given how often such random drunken assaults occur irl.

Part of that is the natural result of novelty wearing off, too. I started watching East Asian Dramas in May 2013. It took me just over 6 months to watch my first 100 KDramas. It's taken me another 6 years to watch 237 more Dramas (~97 J, C, TW, the rest K) As you get a better idea of what you like, and as your tastes develop, you get more selective and either start fewer, or drop more, or both.

"I would love to see 'mydramalist' statistics on this. This side would be able to tell us when it all started, how many people, who once watched 90% of KDramas, now watch 90% CDramas "
The solution is to do it yourself - spreadsheets are fun http://tiny.cc/formdl :)

I *DID* read another review here that mentioned this, happily. I'd watched the first episode and part of the second and was looking forward to the rest, but this was an absolute dealbreaker. I really can't understand how ANYONE can like and rave about this Drama knowing what he did. Despicable and disgusting, people like you who share this are doing others a big favour - thank you!

". It's just like in one episode, leads are like we should definitely get together and be in a relationship. " THIS - very much this. That's why most of the romance arcs I've ejoyrd from recent K Dramas have been secondary, not lead, as in Be Melodramatic, the fascinating arc involving the documentary film maker. That was a credible and interesting loveline that actually held me to a Drama I otherwise would have dropped.

I've seen pleasantly surprised by the quality of C-Drama fluff of late. I loathe and avoid Dramas with any elements of the supernatural or "fantasy"; ghosts, demons, angels, reapers, gods and goddesses are not remotely entertaining for me. And my aversion to violence, especially graphic violence, means that sageuks/historicals have no appeal. The Tale of Nokdu started off fun for me until they started slaughtering basically everyone in it with loving attention to all the gory bloody dying. So my K Drama viewing is very selective, and devoid of "crack". That said, there have still been a few K Dramas in the last couple of years that impressed me - Goodbye to Goodbye, Search:WWW, Be Melodramatic, A Poem a Day.
One's tastes change over time, a look back at Dramas I loved confirms this. For now, the PRC is providing most of what I look for in Dramas, with Japan in support. C'est la vie

"When last have you loved a drama with all your heart from the last two years?" Only one, the outstanding Goodbye to Goodbye. I only started watching K Dramas in 2013, but like you, I've watched well over 200 K Dramas (My J, TW & C count combined is only 97), and like you, I'm in a K Drama slump. Then again, as a male closer to 60 than to 40, I'm not exactly the standard K Drama viewing demographic, and my tastes reflect that - you couldn't pay me to watch Waikiki or Angel's Last Mission. Dramas are supposed to be entertainment, if they're not entertaining, it's time to move on

Plenty more confusion coming in that regard for you. The author of this post and I clearly have different concepts of what "fluff" means

Thanks for that - I keep meaning to check it out because at least 90% of people who've seen both say exactly the same thing