kristel | 27 | 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 dramas. I avoid medical dramas at all costs because of my 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, slow burn

Least favorite tropes: sad endings, open endings, time skip in the last few episodes

Favorite actors and actresses:

☆  Jo In Sung ☆
 ☆  Byeon Woo Seok ☆Shin Hye Sun
Kim Young Dae
Kim Jae Young
Lee Sung Kyung
Kim Yoo Jung
Na In Woo
Han So Hee
Zhou Ye
Seo Kang Joon
Woo Do Hwan
Taecyeon
Zhao Lu Si
Gong Jun
So Ji Sub
Choo Young Woo
Park Shin Hye

Infamous for loving the handsome villain ❤️

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