J and K drama

I have to say, my obsession with Japanese drama began a few years ago now, when I was first introduced to a drama called 'Hanazakari no Kimitachi e' (or 'Hana Kimi' for short) by my year 12 Japanese teacher. It was like nothing I'd ever seen. Storylines didn't make sense, dialogue didn't make sense, and it didn't matter! It was amazing and magical and the closest representation to the television show of my heart that I have ever seen. Combining bizarre writing with crazy characters and unnecessary costumes, j drama was what I had been waiting for.

However, it was greatly difficult to obtain. I managed to find my second drama, Hana Yori Dango, quickly enough, but it was a while before I decided to search the internet for more amazing shows. It took me about two years actually, but when I finally did, I discovered Korean drama. It was beautiful, the perfect counter to the crazy humour of japanese drama.

You see, korean drama, whilst still having similar crazy storylines, has heartfealt characters with real emotion, and futhermore, often quite decent acting (no offense Japan, you know it's true). So still crazy, but only, serious? How does that work?

And yet somehow it does...

So I decided I'd write a blog for all the people out there who love asian drama as much as me. Who need to share the joy and the craziness of Japanese television and the emotion-charged wackiness of its Korean counterpart. A.k.a. me, MangoMan.

Korean drama has a good review site called Dramabeans, which I myself enjoy reading, but it is limited to Korean drama, so in the weeks following, I will write similar sorts of reviews for both Korean and Japanese drama, for the enjoyment of myself. And you, if you are reading this, person reading.

Now I'm off to watch me some drama.