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i think kdramas excel in romance (ESPECIALLY COMPARED TO JDRAMAS OOF) and they have some good thrillers here and there. i'm not the biggest fan of signal or beyond evil 😭 but i think squid game and the glory were great. so it probably depends more on the director and team than anything. i personally don't like how much kdramas tend to focus on romance even in non-romance stories, but there's been less nowadays i think? also, kdramas tend to majorly slow down by the end. i absolutely LOVED the beginning of taxi driver, but was struggling to finish the last 4-5 eps for months. obviously depends on personal preference as well.

jdramas don't really excel in romance (kdramas) or thrillers (cdramas), they excel in slice of life by far. i def think they have the lowest quality cinematography, but i adore how strange and out-there they get with their content. i swear every jdrama description i read feels like the most original thing.

anyway, kinda long rant lol. all in all, i would enjoy seeing korean adaptation, just only if there was a japanese version first. idk it feels weird to me to have a korean ver of a manga? not sure how to explain it.

he's actually insane for that. i can't believe there's 5 for 2023 and 4 TBA. the man needs a break fr 😭😭😭

yes there's a happy ending, but this drama isn't really for everyone. it's fairly slow and frustrating at times (like they keep going back and forth with each other/some miscommunication after their breakup in the past). i personally loved it and thought they had great chemistry and it had a good ending, but obviously it's not for everyone.

i have before, i'm personally not a fan because i loved the original too much so the remake doesn't feel the same

lzw still the best man ever to exist

maybe but it's prob more noticeable if they're casting actual high schoolers

i think i would enjoy some korean adaptations of manga, esp some of the thrillers, but i also usually tend to find that korean dramas lack more in terms of storytelling. at least in my opinion. they do far better with characters than japan does (usually because of the series length), but then because of the series length the plot takes a hit.

compared to kdramas, jdramas def lack in visuals and cinematography. i never want to see another wig again. though, they have some kind of charm to them that hasn't really been captured by any other country. they just have such unique concepts every time. it'd feel a little odd to me for a korean studio to produce it esp if a japanese one hasn't yet. like taking straight from the source and not adapting off an adaptation.

that being said, i'd love to see death parade get a live action adaptation regardless of which country it comes from. such a great story and concept.

my exact thoughts

any recs where the female lead chooses herself in the end like this one?

no but why did i entirely forget this series existed. i just saw it in my watchlist and i have absolutely no recollection of anything that happens in this besides them being dentists or something lol. i legitimately forgot i even watched this

no there are many people who can't get into it and it's understandable why. it's def not for everyone with how slow and frustrating it can be. it either clicks or it doesn't. no shame if it doesn't.

gasps

still reeling over us actually getting a wooshik and dami romance drama.
like...that really happened. they really gave us that.

it's okay, it doesn't bother me much as long as there's good chemistry. and by intimate scenes i'm assuming you mean kisses which i'm pretty fine without. i prefer watching hugs tbh. i personally feel like that feels more intimate.

i just watch NY's "the standard pop" vid (https://youtu.be/cWnRi6oe4co) and i swear if they ever break up, i'm gonna cry myself to sleep. it would quite legitimately be the end of the world, i'm convinced.

oh, then perhaps i should actually start with this one first if atoats is better so i can save the best for last? lol

honestly yeah 😭 the only zombie one i love is kingdom, but everything else was just not it for me. peninsula felt like a cash grab imo ngl otherwise they wouldn't have put the "train to busan" name on it. it had zero relation to the first and you'd never even be able to tell they were from the same universe unless someone told you smh.

i mean yeah. it's not just sk though. if it works, then it works ig? people have been eating up death games and zombies anyway so why not profit off of it? lol

omg kyungsoo and junghoon, i have to watch this

but then again, might just get my hopes up with these predictions