Top Drama Recommendations

I wanted to make a list of my recommended dramas for people who have no idea what to watch next or who have just discovered Asian dramas. I used to search for hours and hours (slight exaggeration) for a good drama to watch, only to get bored after 10 minutes of watching it, so here's a guide to help you avoid that!

Korean Dramas:

1. Goong (Princess Hours) - Yoon Eun Hye is in it... need I say more? S'all good :)
2. Coffee Prince - Again, I loved the cast. YEH is the female lead, plus a really hot guy that I always forget the name of...
3. My Girl - LEE DONG WOOK - yupp 'nuff said. Cute story + I loved the girl in it (Lee Da Hae).
4. Full House - Bi Rain and Song Hye Gyo... really funny although could be more romantic.
5. Autumn Tale - One of the older ones and it's completely different to the rest. If you like crying your eyes out then this one's for you.

J-Dorama:

1. Hana Yori Dango 1+2 - I cannot recommend this enough. JUST GO WATCH IT OK?!
2. A Litre of Tears - I actually did cry a litre of tears. not so much a romance drama but it got me so .. ;]
3. Nodame Cantabile - "gyaboooo" o___0 no i am not psycho.. you'll get it when you watch the drama
4. Hotaru no Hikari - stars Ayase Haruka
5. Gokusen 1-3 - It's not exactly a "must watch" but watching a comic drama about a school of boys doesn't hurt a bit.

Taiwanese Drama:

1. Meteor Garden - the drama that started it all... watch it if you haven't (Barbie + Zaizai).
2. Mars - the drama after the drama that started it all ;P hahah same leads.
3. Devil Beside You - Mike He and Kingone anyone? Dont forget Rainie Yang too :)
4. Why Why love - the trio again but completely different story. I prefered this one though.
5. It Started With A Kiss - Cuteee girl-loves-guy-who-doesn't-care-but-then-falls-for-thegirl-but-doesn't- admit-it-till-the-end story.

These are my top recommendations... I've only inculded the ones I consider are "must watch" and 7/10 chances, people who look at this will probably have seen them because these are literally the most popular series.

PS. I know posts have been so irregular for the past month or so... I've just been on holiday so i haven't updated the blog for ageess (thanks Michelle for keeping it up though ^^ ). Things are starting to fall back into place though and I will be posting more soon :)

Contributor: Dulce

Dulce's Top 10 Guys (2008)

A list of my Top 10 Asian guys. Because why not, right? It was really hard to choose just ten because to be honest, I named about thirty right of the top of my head. A small reminder that this is just based on my opinion so don't kill me if I haven't included your favourites up there...

10. Daniel Henney
I've seen him in a couple of dramas and movies but i only really noticed him in the movie 'Seducing Mr. Perfect', which as a sidenote is worth watching! I believe he is Korean-American, but he grew up in the States.



9. Bi Rain
I got one word for this guy and that is CUUUUTE! No matter what character he plays... his baby-face still gets me! For me his best role was in K-drama, Full House.



8. Matsumoto Jun

MatsuJun doesn't particularly have that HOTTT look but he does have a lot of cuteness to offer ;)
I fell in love with him in Hana Yori Dango and if you haven't seen it.. scrap whatever i said about seeing a particular movie or drama and go SEE THIS ONE!
PS. I can't wait for HYD movie coming out this summer!






7. Jiro Wang


I say he has one of the best smiles in this list... He's part of a group called Fahrenheit where each of the four members represent a season. Jiro represents summer; or HOT





6. Yamapi


He's part of a group called NEWS... sings, acts, dances. Pretty much everything you could wish for in a boy xD haah..! He was in the popular JDrama "Nobuta wo Produce" and "Kurosagi". Also, the new "Kurosagi" movie just came out this summer so go check it out!




5. Vic Zhou


The first one that caught my eyes.. haaha! Back in 2001 (i think) when Meteor Garden aired in Philippines. The quiet and mysterious Hua ze Lei aaah the memories :)





4. Arron Yan


He's in the same boy band as Jiro Wang (#7) but he represents the opposite of Jiro... winter; or cold. I dunno why tbh, he's the complete opposite of cold! His smile alone is waaarghh! LOL








3. Joo Ji Hoon


He was working as a model until he was cast as a lead to the drama Goong (KDrama). The drama was widely known all over Korean, all over Asia as a matter of fact!
After the drama ended, all four of the leads went bigggg! He got more and more modelling contracts and was considered to be one of the best male models in Korea.




2. Mike He


I love his deep voice, his face, his eyes.. everything about him basically. I'm not even gonna claim him for myself because I have already chosen a wife for himm = Rainie Yang. Those two should just be together.. blatantly!






LAST BUT NOT LEAST...



1. Nishikido Ryo


He's probably not as well known as the rest of the guys i picked but i still picked him as 1#. I loved him in "1 Litre of Tears" (JDrama).. He's got a bad boy type of attitude and he's the bully (in a nice & funny way) of his group called NEWS (same as Yamapi). Since he's the top male entry, i also decided to include a video of him :)









This vid is an mv of the drama Ryo was in (1 Litre of Tears) where the main girl has a disease and she gets worse and worse as time goes on. In this part of the series, she has already lost the ability to run or even walk properly. Her friends turn their back on her so Ryo helps her.


there you go..! My top 10 guys.
It took ages to decide rather than to write up actually but trust me.. it was MY PLEASURE ;)