Well I started watching dramas with my mother at a young age. She watched a variety of different kinds of drama. Mainly Chinese, Japanese, and of course Korean. I didn’t actively start watching and searching for K-Drama until I was about 13 I’d say. I used to watch many american crime dramas like Bones, NCIS, Criminal Minds etc. But those shows never really end they go on forever and I loved the shows but the more i watched K-Drama the more I realized I liked the absolute end and beginning not endless episodes. I never watched any of the american teen dramas cause they always seemed so stupid and needlessly dramatic. Filled with too many misunderstandings and unrelatable ■■■■■■■■.
Anyway the reasons I love K-Drama
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Like I said before I love the absolute beginning and end. It gives me something to look forward to and helps me to feel at peace because I know eventually/soon the end is coming and everything will be solved
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The production and writing of many of the dramas are so good. They always cast such great actors/actresses the stories really draw you in and you can imagine yourself as the character depending on the drama or at least sympathize with them. As someone who usually doesn’t cry or feel anything when watching sad scenes in movies or shows that’s a big thing for me. If I’m able to get to a point where I’m like omg I could cry it’s a good scene/drama. That’s part of my criteria.
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I love when the drama really grabs you by your throat from the beginning but can also creep up on you, throw so many twists and turns yet still be great and not over the top. Sometimes they try to do too much and it doesn’t work. There’s so many different dramas out there and I’ve only watched a small portion.
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I love the innocence of love and friendship but also the other aspects of life that they put in the drama. It helps me understand Korean culture in some of the things they do but also helps me see some of the flaws in Korea. Not all K-Dramas have the innocence and love which is fine but they can definitely be cleaner than American dramas. It’s refreshing
(can’t really think of anything else right now)
Now to your questions
Definitely not addicted I’d say.I’m a casual viewer. But there was one time I was addicted to watching a drama. I was thinking about it all day and tried to watch it anyway I could while I was at school lol. Made sure to hurry and finish my work to watch it.
I think I’ll keep watching K-Drama for years to come as long as there’s some that interests me
I mainly watch anime and K-drama these days. I also watch superhero movies mainly Marvel. I’m not opposed to watching any other kind but none have interested me other than Sherlock.