There’s no more K-dramas to watch

I wonder if you simply have a Kdrama burnout (it is a thing) and if it's better to stop watching them entirely for some time.

I believe that there are good pre-2013 Kdramas out there that you might like, if only you can get over the obvious difference in production quality. Allow me to provide a couple of recs:

• The End of the World: A mashup (?) of medical drama and zombie apocalypse. Interestingly, it's more about the follies of bureaucracy and people behaving badly during a crisis than about the epidemic itself. Unfortunately, the drama tanked and got shortened by several episodes, making it felt rushed in latter episodes.  It's still good, IMHO.
• A Tree with Deep Roots: From the writer of Six Flying Dragons (which I noticed you rated highly), it tells the story of how King Sejong and his court made hangul alphabets. Lots of talk about the ideological arguments for and against universal literacy and ideograms vs alphabets. The worst that I can say about it is, again, the rushed feel of the latter episodes; the pacing is considerably better in its first two-thirds.

I am in the same situation right now the only difference is I do watch pre 2012 dramas and have watched almost everything I like.None of the upcoming dramas excite me :-( Currently I am re-watching dramas.I will probably quit watching dramas for some time until I accumulate some unwatched ones and then marathon them.Atleast that's what I have concluded.

I honestly feel the same. I am trying to take a break or even stop watching dramas not only because of duties but also because I feel like I've seen the sam ethings over and over again.

But, I recommend you try watching The Gifted, since I saw you haven't watched many Thai series yet. You an search for it on YouTube on GMMTV chanel. Also it's my fav series from 2018!

Discovering something for the first time is always exciting! You’re entering the land of the unknown and there are endless possibilities. That thrill of watching something foreign to you, discovering a new community and encountering an endless list of new shows you can binge is something you unfortunately can’t now recreate in kdrama-land.

I’d agree with some of the above users. Give yourself a break, don’t force dramas on yourself and see if you can stumble across a new passion. Whether it be tv-show related or not, if you venture out of your comfort zone I have no doubt you’ll find something else that’ll reignite your passion.

And the fact of the matter is - good dramas will be waiting for you if/when you decide to come back.

May not be quite what you were wanting to hear, but I hope it helps none the less.

PS As you can probably tell, I haven’t been watching dramas for quite as long as you have, but I fully get what the above users are saying when they talk about kdrama-burnout. Personally, I attempt to just switch things up and throw in some chinese, Taiwanese, Japanese and Thai shows - which in all honesty, can be very different. Plus I’m still watching non-Asian TV with fam and friends. I also go back to reading my favourite genre of books, and have recently even given WEBTOONs a go.

But wouldn’t it be great to invent a machine that could wipe out our memories and let us relive the joy of binge watching kdramas for the first time!

I second the notion on Sky Castle.  I just watched it a couple weeks ago and it sucked me in.    

When I start feeling this way with Kdramas,  I look at it as a window of opportunity to work thru the K-movies on my PTW.  They are short and sweet, but also they have a different feel from Kdramas because they take more risks with the scripts.   I usually see new and different sides of the actors I am familiar with in dramas.     Often I watch a bunch in a row by a certain director or screenwriter or actor. Or pull up Baeksang award winning movies by each year.   I'll even watch some of the genres that are low on my preferences to widen my perspectives.    But most of the time I just let the dice roll.    (I take the same approach with C-movies and J-movies)

I too have some restrictions on how far I'll go back for Kdramas, but mine is to year 2000.  If you allowed yourself at least to go back to 2005, there are plenty with good quality out there.  I find that Kissasian has the older Kdramas posted with the best quality and if lucky, of course VIki.   

I started going through the same thing and rewatched some favorites several more times but still wasn’t satisfied. I then opened myself up by watching Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo because I enjoyed Playful Kiss and found I liked that also. Next, I decided to watch Love O2O, a Chinese drama and loved it — but then I’m a sometimes gamer and a retired IT worker. Some other good C-dramas are: A Love So Beautiful, Put Your Head On My Shoulder, Le Coupe de Foudre, Go Go Squid, and When We Were Young. Right now I’m also watching The King’s Avatar. 

Hope this helps you!

Try these dramas 

Smile Has Left your Eyes 

Day and Night 

Love Me if you 

Dr Qin Medical Examiner S 1

Galileo