Are there mens who are watching Kdramas? Which drama was your first one?

Hello everyone

I am curious how many mens are watching kdramas recently. I think there is some hype which also have an influence in different none korean countries :P

I am from switzerland and my first kdrama was "its ok not to be ok". I was very stunned the quality of the production and the storytelling. The content was also more likable then the hollywoodstuff. So these were the reasons that i started to watch more kdramas...

How about you ? ^^

Yes, I am a guy and watch k-drama, my first one was I Am Not A Robot in 2018.

I love Korean culture in general, my girlfriend is Korean.

My first kdrama... hm.... I think I have to say Crash Landing On You.

It actually was quite a fluke that I started watching kdrama (been hooked ever since), I didn't even know the word "kdrama" at the time.

It's been over a year since I started watching, and the decision making process for starting to watch Crash Landing On You was just that Netflix was recommending it, and I've always been interested in North Korea, and I had nothing interesting to watch, so I just decided to give it a try.... a totally random thing. And the first episode just blew my mind, when she arrived at the north korean village at the end of the episode totally lost. I couldn't stop after that.

However before CLOY I had watched The Kingdom (zombie/joseon series), and I found it fun, but it's not exactly kdrama as CLOY is, although it did open me up for watching more korean content. And of course I thought "Hey, Parasite just won an oscar, maybe those koreans can actually make good entertainment" - lol.

And before The Kingdom I had watched Train to Busan... that's actually the first korean entertainment I watched that I appreciated fully. And the reason I watched The Kingdom was because of Train to Busan... I thought "Hey, those korean zombies were great in Train to Busan, maybe The Kingdom will be similar".

So, Train to Busan -> The Kingdom -> Crash Landing On You -> total kdrama addiction blizz

Long time ago now. Maybe like 2008 ?

I watched some japanese dramas first, because I was already into that, mangas, anime, like Death Note or Kaiji.

My favorite : Liar Game.

Then 2010 or maybe a bit later, moved on Korean ones.

Dont remember exactly the first one. Should be City Hunter, as I was expecting to see korean adaptation of this japanese hero. But it was nothing about that. Still, nice drama.

Then, Miss Ripley (I liked the pitch), turn out to be crazy good actress. So I watched more drama with her.

I can hear your voice, is also a drama I watched in this distant past, 2013 maybe.

Today I don't watch many japanese dramas anymore, I have difficulty to find where to watch (and have a french subtitle).