Are there any K-dramas for starters or ones that are widely agreed that they are good?
I wanna start watching.
Are there any K-dramas for starters or ones that are widely agreed that they are good?
I wanna start watching.
I started with My Princess.
Still holds a special place in my heart.
Has a lot of defining features of k-dramas.
Chaebol.
Mysterious parentage.
Royalty.
Candy girl.
Love triangles.
Hijinks. Hilarity. Romance.
Two of the biggest stars of K-Drama land.
All in an easy to digest breezy package for those new to the world.
Still a Favorite of mine. So many years later.
what do you like?
thriller, romance, slice of life, crime, mystery, high school theme ...??
If you want more action. One of the defining k-dramas of all time is City Hunter.
Lee Min Ho stars as a young crime fighter.
This K-Drama is one of the greats.
Action packed. Thrilling. But also funny and endearing.
A very special one that's also good for those getting into the world.
Has a lot of mass appeal and heart.
Are there any K-dramas for starters or ones that are widely agreed that they are good?
I wanna start watching.
@anonymouse-weeb You can check these articles. Big help for me.
what do you like?
thriller, romance, slice of life, crime, mystery, high school theme ...??
sorry for late reply, romance & school life preferably
sorry for late reply, romance & school life preferably
I have added the synopsis of each drama so that you can pick anyone that draws your interest. All of them are 16 episodes
Romance:
Despite being a bit of a prickly pear, Jang Jae Yeol has become famous for authoring mystery novels and for hosting a popular radio show. While sitting on a talk show panel with psychiatrist Ji Hae Soo, it became clear to all that the two just rubbed each other the wrong way. The unthinkable happens when Jae Yeol’s girlfriend plagiarizes his work, forcing him to lie low until the media storm blows over. Only then can he prove his innocence.
Jae Yeol moves into a house he owns but rents out. One of the current tenants, is none other than Hae Soo, unwittingly making them roommates! Add to the mix Jo Dong Min, Hae Soo’s senior colleague and fellow psychiatrist, and Park Soo Kwang, a young man with Tourette’s Syndrome.
As personalities clash, Jae Yeol and Hae Soo help the other heal from their deeply-rooted emotional scars.
After getting into a paragliding accident, South Korean heiress Yoon Se Ri crash lands in North Korea. There, she meets North Korean army officer Ri Jung Hyuk, who agrees to help her return to South Korea. Despite the tension between their countries, the two of them start falling for one another.
High school theme: I struggled to pick a drama here because I don't watch much high school drama and most of them are super cliche. I settled on the School series which includes School 2013, School 2015, and School 2017. You don't have to watch one season to understand the other. The main characters are not even the same.
Seungri High School ranks as one of the worst of the 178 high schools in Seoul based on academic scores. Kang Se Chan is the top Korean language teacher who owns a famous teaching institute in Gangnam. Meanwhile, Jung In Jae is a short-term Korean language teacher at Seungri High who gets appointed as the homeroom teacher of class 2, the bottom of grade 2. When Se Chan transfers to Seungri High to teach Korean language, he becomes the co-homeroom teacher of class 2-2. Both teachers run into many difficulties having to face bullies, academic underachievers, their parents and other teachers, as well as due to their different teaching methods. However, they need to put their differences aside in order to help their class successfully advance to their senior year.
Sekang High School is the most prestigious private high school in Seoul's Gangnam District, and Go Eun Byul is the most popular girl there. Meanwhile, her identical twin Lee Eun Bi is living in an orphanage and is being bullied at school. Then one day, Eun Byul mysteriously disappears. Soon after, Eun Bi loses her memories and is mistaken as being Eun Byul. Eun Bi then starts living her life as Eun Byul.
The drama tells realistically of the many various troubles that high school students can face. Ra Eun Ho is just one of them, struggling to survive in a school that discriminates against rich and poor, and believes that the best students are the ones with the best grades. Eun Ho is a cheerful, upbeat girl 18-year-old girl who's dream is be a webtoon artist. When she mistakenly gets caught up in another student's effort to send the school into turmoil, Ra Eun Ho is framed as the legendary Student X, a mysterious troublemaker whose identity is unknown, and suddenly, all of her aspirations are put at risk.
Joining her is Hyun Tae Woon, the son of the school's director with a difficult personality and troubled past. In a motorbike accident, he lost his best friend and from there, his life changed. He is uptight, aloof and rude, but as he gets to know the polar opposite Ra Eun Ho, his view on the world changes. He falls in love with her, and together with their fellow students, they decide to stand up against their corrupt school system and make a change.
Display MoreI have added the synopsis of each drama so that you can pick anyone that draws your interest. All of them are 16 episodes
Romance:
Despite being a bit of a prickly pear, Jang Jae Yeol has become famous for authoring mystery novels and for hosting a popular radio show. While sitting on a talk show panel with psychiatrist Ji Hae Soo, it became clear to all that the two just rubbed each other the wrong way. The unthinkable happens when Jae Yeol’s girlfriend plagiarizes his work, forcing him to lie low until the media storm blows over. Only then can he prove his innocence.
Jae Yeol moves into a house he owns but rents out. One of the current tenants, is none other than Hae Soo, unwittingly making them roommates! Add to the mix Jo Dong Min, Hae Soo’s senior colleague and fellow psychiatrist, and Park Soo Kwang, a young man with Tourette’s Syndrome.
As personalities clash, Jae Yeol and Hae Soo help the other heal from their deeply-rooted emotional scars.After getting into a paragliding accident, South Korean heiress Yoon Se Ri crash lands in North Korea. There, she meets North Korean army officer Ri Jung Hyuk, who agrees to help her return to South Korea. Despite the tension between their countries, the two of them start falling for one another.
High school theme: I struggled to pick a drama here because I don't watch much high school drama and most of them are super cliche. I settled on the School series which includes School 2013, School 2015, and School 2017. You don't have to watch one season to understand the other. The main characters are not even the same.
Seungri High School ranks as one of the worst of the 178 high schools in Seoul based on academic scores. Kang Se Chan is the top Korean language teacher who owns a famous teaching institute in Gangnam. Meanwhile, Jung In Jae is a short-term Korean language teacher at Seungri High who gets appointed as the homeroom teacher of class 2, the bottom of grade 2. When Se Chan transfers to Seungri High to teach Korean language, he becomes the co-homeroom teacher of class 2-2. Both teachers run into many difficulties having to face bullies, academic underachievers, their parents and other teachers, as well as due to their different teaching methods. However, they need to put their differences aside in order to help their class successfully advance to their senior year.
Sekang High School is the most prestigious private high school in Seoul's Gangnam District, and Go Eun Byul is the most popular girl there. Meanwhile, her identical twin Lee Eun Bi is living in an orphanage and is being bullied at school. Then one day, Eun Byul mysteriously disappears. Soon after, Eun Bi loses her memories and is mistaken as being Eun Byul. Eun Bi then starts living her life as Eun Byul.
The drama tells realistically of the many various troubles that high school students can face. Ra Eun Ho is just one of them, struggling to survive in a school that discriminates against rich and poor, and believes that the best students are the ones with the best grades. Eun Ho is a cheerful, upbeat girl 18-year-old girl who's dream is be a webtoon artist. When she mistakenly gets caught up in another student's effort to send the school into turmoil, Ra Eun Ho is framed as the legendary Student X, a mysterious troublemaker whose identity is unknown, and suddenly, all of her aspirations are put at risk.
Joining her is Hyun Tae Woon, the son of the school's director with a difficult personality and troubled past. In a motorbike accident, he lost his best friend and from there, his life changed. He is uptight, aloof and rude, but as he gets to know the polar opposite Ra Eun Ho, his view on the world changes. He falls in love with her, and together with their fellow students, they decide to stand up against their corrupt school system and make a change.
TYSM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
dunno if its good for beginners but I thing Forest (2020) is a good one
I think Queen In-Hyun's Man is a great start. Simple, yet effective. For something more western, try City Hunter.
I think extraordinary you is pretty good for beginners, same with strong woman do bong soon
i agree with your pics. i started with strong woman do bong soon and here i am :) i loved their chemistry so much, they are still my fave kdrama couple chemistry wise. i wish they did another drama but that's highly unlikely. sigh
extraordinary you has an interesting concept and it's not boring.
great choices for beginners!
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