Korean Shortage

I have realised, much to my dismay, that despite having recently watched a number of k-dramas, I have still watched far more Japanese dramas and so my blog will be slightly skewed. There are a few dramas that I am watching now that I will hopefully have finished by the time I have to write the further down end of the list, and luckily most of the k-dramas I have already watched rate up there in the top ten. There are also a few Korean shows that I stopped watching because they are often longer and more drawn out, whereas their Japanese equivalent is a lot less painful to sit through.

I finished ranking all of the dramas I have watched so far last night, and it was more difficult than I thought. Many of the more recent dramas one points simply for being more aesthetically pleasing. Initially I was going to try to base my rankings solely around how good the drama was, but if I do that, past selection seven or so, I'll hit a bit of trouble, because honestly, after that point, if you're not a hardcore fan, don't be watching. So instead it's based solely on how much I like it, for whatever reason that is (I will mention why each drama was awarded the rank it recieved).

Some of the dramas that have been rated highly on other sites I just don't get, just like some of the acting people say is brilliant I find shallow and awful, but there you go, I guess that's how things work out. Besides, sometimes it doesn't matter how poor the acting or how bad the storyline, if it has hot guys, it'll probably make the top ten. Not that I'm shallow...

Another thing is, it could be coincidental or it could be that they are just legitimately awesome, but every drama I've seen which involves females cross-dressing as males, I have loved. And each for a totally different reason. So there you go, a common theme. My number 1, as previously listed, involves cross-dressing, and so does number 2, but where as number two is a crazy comedy from Japan, number 2 is slightly more on the serious side, and is a product of korea.

If you know anything about korean drama, what I'll write next will totally give away my number 2, so here you go, a clue:

The korean drama was released in 2007 and was one of the most popular drama of the year.

Well, until next time =)