Everyone has those dramas that they absolutely love. Here's my list of my top ten favorite k-dramas, at least as of 10 Dec 13. Making this list was not easy, and I'm sure that it will change as time goes on. (These are listed in alphabetical order, because picking my *favorite* k-drama is just too hard.)
Boys Over Flowers (2009) - I admit it, this is the first k-drama that I marathoned. I'd watched a few other dramas, but this is the one where I *had* to see what happened next and hated that I had to interrupt my watching with that pesky thing called sleep. And although other dramas have made cry since, this one sticks out as one that I cried the hardest watching, because I *cared* what happened to the characters. It seems like the last third of the show I cried. I cared that Ji Hoo was estranged from his ailing grandfather, that Jun Pyo was being forced to marry someone he didn't love because of his evil mother, that Ga Eul pined for a man who was a perpetual playboy. And because I was relatively new to k-dramas, the twists and turns and some of the cliche moments... I wasn't expecting them. I think this is about the time where I started calling k-dramas addictive, because I did get addicted. One of the things that I love most about this drama is the breakout performance of Lee Min Ho as Gu Jun Pyo. Even when he was being the biggest jerk, he still had that sweet, personable quality. Even as I wanted to punch him because he was so arrogant, I found myself liking him. I attribute this directly to Lee Min Ho. Other dramas, the hero has been Jun Pyo's kind of jerk, but I never did really grow to like them. And I think if it had been a different actor, I don't think I would have liked Jun Pyo quite as much. And who can beat Woo Bin's "Yo, yo, my bro!"?
City Hunter (2011) - Another Lee Min Ho drama that I loved. It had intrigue, drama, plenty of action, and some good angsty romance. It constantly kept you guessing as to what might happen next. Plus, the heroine wasn't a pushover. Played by Park Min Young, Kim Na Na could take care of herself and spoke her mind, but was still someone you'd want to be best friends with. And she taught judo so she could kick the hero's butt if she wanted to. Lee Min Ho wore pink pants and rocked them and his Lee Yoon Sung was just smooth and clever. And tortured. I mean, who wouldn't be tortured when your honorable father was betrayed and murdered by greedy politicians and your mother abandoned you? Except that he wasn't really abandoned by his mother, but stolen by his foster-father, so she was doubly pathetic when they're finally reunited. Plus, she's got cancer. Plus, Kim Sang Joong was amazing as Yoon Sung's twisted foster father, Jin Pyo. The man was cold-hearted. Even to the end. And I loved every minute of it. Plus, there was a fight scene that took place in a "Rocker Room," with lockers and everything. Who wouldn't love that?
