I will admit that I'm a bit of a popularist—I largely watch things to share and engage and discuss with other people, which I find difficult to do with smaller or more niche dramas. While I love to watch, dissect and pick apart popular pieces of media as a part of my own creative process, there is almost ALWAYS a reason a drama gets popular... which leads me to ask:
Are there any dramas that you have seen particularly hyped up and/or widely discussed that you, too, absolutely fell in love with—and for what reasons?
(I'll give my examples first... I have recently absolutely fallen for CLOY, IOTNBO and Healer; nearly everybody I've seen has at least liked these, and I personally think they're each beautifully shot, with incredible chemistry and very lovable main and side-characters. They have brilliantly executed character arcs paired with exceptional pacing, and I loved each of the themes these dramas explored. Each were never afraid or self-conscious to tell slightly whimsical, but still very rooted stories and I genuinely believe that all of them deserve any praise and hype that they might get.)
