kristel | 26 | swedish-filipino

I started watching kdramas rather late, in 2017. My first kdrama was "Romance is a Bonus Book". Not the best drama, but it got me HOOKED. Nowadays, I try to branch out with watching more cdramas and also historical kdramas. I avoid medical dramas at all costs becuase I have hypochondria, and also dramas with the terminal illness trope (I have made the mistake of watching these types of dramas a few times though lol).

I used to go easy on the ratings, giving all dramas I enjoyed enough to finish 8-10 stars, but now I try to be more critical. 

A top 10 list of my all-time favorite dramas;

1.  Reply 1988
2. Flower of Evil
3. Lovely Runner
4. Hidden Love
5. Falling Into Your Smile
6. The Master's Sun
7. The Love You Give Me
8. Be Melodramatic
9. Beautiful Love, Wonderful Life
10. It's Okay to Not Be Okay

Some on this list are not objectively good/well-made, but I rated them for how much I enjoyed the journey of watching them.

Favorite tropes: lovers-to-enemies-to-lovers, cohabitation, cold man/warm woman,  male chases female first, jealous male lead (not over-possessive though), bickering couple

Least favorite tropes: sad endings, open endings, younger man/older woman (some are fine though), time skip (when there are only like 2-3 episodes left)

I am also a Viki contributor! I subtitle dramas to Swedish. Here is my Viki profile!