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Ronsboy67 Apr 23

Day 24: Love Story.

This one was surprisingly easy. Many great romances in 13 years of 600+ East Asian Dramas, but this one came to mind first.
#cDrama #TheTaleOfRose is 38 eps long, time enough to fully develop a rare 30+ love story love story between the FL's brother and her boss. An arc as much about their individual personal growth as their romance

And in a Mastodon-only exclusive, the full clip of imo the most swoonworthy part

Ronsboy67 Apr 15

Day 17: Mystery
So MANY great options here,
#kDrama
#ForestOfSecrets
#Doubt
#TheVillageAchiarasSecret

but my favourite mystery is #jDrama
#OkitegamiKyōkoNoBibōroku - that I've watched 5 times in the last 12 years kinda proves that 😀

A case of the week mystery series, with a sweet slow/no burn romance (and the greenest of green flag MLs) , the REAL mystery of the series is "who is she, and how did she end up as she is? NEVER answered. 😢

Ronsboy67 Apr 12

Day 15: Favourite time travel Drama

time-travel #cDrama are literally not allowed HEAs, so they're a nope

My fave is the 2017 #twDrama #LoveTimeless I've watched 5 times, 4 times focused ONLY on the arc of the 2nd pair.
Elements of the OTP relationship remained problematic to the end for me, but the Groundhog Day time travel gave real growth to the STP.

Good luck finding it though, so a good runner-up is
#kDrama #QueenInHyunsMan

Ronsboy67 Apr 12

Day 14: Favourite trope

This one was really tough. I have several tropes that really push my buttons, but thinking of a trope I really like was tough.

I love it when tropes are flipped/inverted, but the closest I could come to a trope happens so seldom I'm not even sure it counts as a trope. That said, I love it every time I see it and perhaps because it's not that common, the scene is often really well done

Asking consent for a first kiss

Ronsboy67 Apr 11

Day 13: Found family
Glad of the extra characters here as #cDrama #jDrama & #kDrama have all produced great examples. the first 3 that came to mind for me are #jDrama

In 1 'found family' is a BIG spoiler. So it's #KotaroLivesAlone for a stunning performance from the then 7yo lead, who had to really ACT.

AND #GiboToMusumeNoBlues - a #JDrama I dropped after 2-3 eps then went back to MANY years later and scored 9.5/10

Ronsboy67 Apr 9

Day 12: Comedy

Possibly the MOST subjective genre. The first Drama that comes to mind whenever I see this even after 12 years, is the 2014 #jDrama #Date - whoever wrote it shared MY sense of humour almost perfectly.

BUT, hooray for the extra characters here, because #kDrama #TheDivorceInsurance surprised me by how FUNNY it was. I already knew Giraffe as a great comic actor but the whole core cast made me laugh, a lot.

Ronsboy67 Apr 8

Day 8: Enemies to lovers

The Song Joong Ki #kDrama #InnocentMan qualifies, as does the #twDrama #BehindYourSmile but since this is about favourites, the 9.9/10 I gave to #LoveToHateYou makes it a clear winner:

A FUN romcom with just about everything right - including lots of on point social commentary, and the complete absence of serial killers

Ronsboy67 Apr 7

Day 7: Revenge Drama

#MarryMyHusbandJPN
I didn't even CONSIDER this one until someone selected it for this day on bsky, but of course it is a revenge Drama. But so much MORE than a revenge Drama.

NOT strictly a remake of the #kDrama version - because both were in varying stages of production at the same time, this one ended up a co-production. And a VERY different beast by all accounts. A journey from revenge to personal growth.

Ronsboy67 Apr 5