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I like both, but japanese ones more. I don't know why, but jdramas are more appealing to me... it is probably their wackiness and their humour. For example I can't imagine other asian countries to produce something so crazy like the movie Yatterman, which I saw recently. I also like the language, which I got used to while watching anime and that jdramas are more realistic and often not too serious and less draggy.

Few days ago I thought that kdramas are more emotional, but when I saw Hello Harinezumi, I don't think that anymore. It was amazing mix of genres and emotions. In kdramas I am now afraid to watch something with unknown actors, because many kdramas are good at the beginning and the 2nd half go south and it is draggy and more dramatic (hard to warch for me). But with jdramas I am more courageous, because their genres are usually more stable for the whole duration of a drama.

I will wait for it to finish airing. Many kdramas looked good at start and then changed to hard watch drama. I hope that this one will not, because it looks promising (from the comments).

This was perfect. Each case was different and each was interesting. Both males "rats" and their chief were awesome and Ranko (Fukada Kyoko) as innocent lady was in good contrast with them. This was my 10th drama with her and she never dissapointed me. I like her and her acting. :)
As drama, this is great mix of comedy, mystary and other genres... 10/10 for me.

Then watch also its spin-off Mada Mada Koi... :)

Then add some more for its spin-off (mada mada koi...). :D It is also good and it has some background info for some events.

I think that there is one small, but it is fixed very fast. Leads help each other a lot. Second couple is more dramatic, but leads have almost no conflict.

I watched this for Kamishiraishi Mone and I am very satisfied. It was nice and cute romcom movie.

It is good, but more dramatic and not so lighthearted as MLH. So, it depends on what you like.
If you want something less dramatic then try:
Put Your Head on My Shoulder (same FL)
Sweet Teeth
or something with Wan Peng, for example: Meeting You
or My Girlfriend is an Alien - a lot of cliché, but it is fun.
or japanese romcom Koi wa Tsuzuku yo Doko Made mo - cute and funny.

They became best friends in episode 3 and then it is slow burning.

if you liked this and you want another sweet light drama then I would recommend Sweet Teeth.

ML character was only one likeable for me. After that 8th episode I started skipping a lot (scenes with kang woo, ballet and business) and then I realized that I don't care about it anymore, so I gonna drop it. It is a pity, it looked promising in first episodes., but it is not my cup of tea.

Idk how I got to this article after so many years... maybe while searhing for Hokusai to Meshi Saeareba.
You wrote about Kamishiraishi Mone, that: "people believe she has great potential to become one of the most popular actresses". So I have to say that they were right. She is amazing. :)

Anyone found subtitles for all episodes?
If you have none, then here are at least subs for ep. 1 - 3:
https://subscene.com/subtitles/hokusai-to-meshi-sae-areba

Not so good as Koi wa tsuzuku yo doko made mo, but still a good fun. Romance was good, but those triangles were unnecessary.

After episode 9? Ahh... I am at ep. 8 and it is frustrating how naive ML is and I don't like Ji Kang Woo. So I was hoping that it will get better. :/

She was amazing in Koi wa Tsuzuku yo Doko Made mo. Now I watch her in Oh! My Boss! and she is great too. I will surely also watch her other roles.

I watched this without skipping any scenes. All main characters were likable. If you like sweet fairy tales with almost no drama then I recommend this. Ending was beautiful. 9.5/10 for me.

episode 10 (maybe you are already there) :)

They get together very soon, when she realizes who ML is. If you want to know exact episode, then look at the next spoiler...

There were many irrelevant events and plot holes. That thing with revelation of ML's identity was also absolutely unnecessary and not resolved in the end. Death of her friend was also unnecessary, she could be in some distant sanatorium instead...etc. I didn't care about 2nd leads much too. First 10 episodes were amazing and I would give it 10/10, but then it went slowly south.
One last complain... how could Xiao Wei look the same after 3 years? Is she not human? :)