Asian drama recs?

[katewrites]

FLIST! I am looking for a drama as wonderful as Coffee Prince, Stars Falling from Heaven, or Nodame Cantabile. RECS, PLEASE!

Comments

[paintedmaypole]

"Why does it always have to be a love triangle??? Why can't it ever be just a love duo?"

YES!!! It will nearly always be a triangle though. It drives me nuts too because there's the nice guy and the mean guy and 80% of the time I'm routing for the nice guy, but I know that its NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN because in k-dramas (and j-dramas), the nice guy is never going to get the girl.

Actually, you'll notice that a lot of the dramas I rec'd drift from this model a tad. Which may have something to do with why I liked them. :D

[katewrites]

Yay!

I know, I mean, even in CP, I understood why they nice guy didn't get her (because he had a different girl to be in love with), but in like Stars Falling... I had to perpetually ask, "WHY????"

[paintedmaypole]

Yes! That was actually one of the things about Coffee Prince, they used elements of the mean-guy vs. nice-guy triangle, but ultimately, it was just configured very differently.

There's a similar dynamic in My Lovely Sam Soon. I think the addition of another girl character-- so two compelling couples, rather than one love triangle that you're hyper focused on-- really helps. Also, the two guys had a bit more nuance to them than just mean/grumpy and nice/shy.

[katewrites]

I really did like how they handled it in Sam Soon, since it wasn't really her choosing between two guys so much as the guy choosing between two girls.

[paintedmaypole]

Yes! Ultimately, its just a small shift, but even a little variance feels refreshing after a while. :D