What are the best J and K-Dramas?

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rutea7 said:

noname2200 said:
I was pleasantly surprised by 49 Days. The main character dies shortly before her wedding day because of a car accident caused by another woman's suicide attempt, but since she wasn't supposed to die yet she's allowed to use the suicidal woman's body (only when that woman is sleeping) to find three non-relatives in her life who actually loved her. If she succeeds, she can come out of her coma. If she fails, she dies, whether it's her time or not. Of course, she's not allowed to tell anyone who she actually is either, 'cause that'd be cheating.

It's fun to see how she wasn't as important to many of the people around her as she thought, and to see how some of the people she thought were closest to her were actually scheming to backstab her had she lived. It's twenty episodes long, but I found it a pretty pleasant ride after the first episode (which covers a lot of important things, but their importance isn't particularly clear until later).

that sounds extremely interesting? 20 episodes? is it korean?

korean series are always longer than japanese ones thats why i end up losing interest. but i'll check it out.

49 Days is a K-drama.  I thought it was good, too.  It's a real tear-jerker, though.  It does bog down a little bit, like a lot of other K-dramas, but it finishes very strong.

That's also my biggest complaint about many K-dramas, the way a lot of them start spinning in circles mid-way through.  You can tell they've trying to extend things by running over the same old ground and it just dissolves into pure melo-drama.  I quit watching so many K-dramas that started out very well simply because they slipped into a rut around the half-way point.  J-dramas are usually much more concise and keep moving forward.

I remember being absolutely in love with Ice Adonis/Yellow Boots; the actors were good, the plot was well-crafted, and the twist was epic.  It was like 50 episodes, though.  Even though the first 20 episodes blazed by, it ran out of steam after about 30 and it seemed like nothing would happen for entire episodes.  I would like to know what happened, because it really was very well written, but I can only stand so much of the bad girl almost having her secrets discovered, only to be saved at the last second by coincidence.

I also liked Personal Taste.  It did well at staying fresh throughout.