Age of Youth - There are five female leads, and I liked all the characters except for one (Eun Jae). The other four are great characters - all consistent.
Characters -
- Ye Eun - very will-do-anything-for-a-man type of a character, but that is acknowledged in the drama. But its still a very real character.
- Jin Myung - is poor and hardworking but not dumb, naive and innocent. She's too exhausted and struggling to be like all wide-eyed, cheerful and cute. I thought that was realistic.
- Yi Na - Very good looking and is shown as promiscuous. Her owning her being sexy isnt shown as negative.
- Ji Won - My favourite character. She's hilarious, smart, obsessed about sex and just refreshingly weird.
Strong Woman Do Bong Soon - It took me ages to watch this and I dropped it at first but Bong Soon is definitely consistently awesome. She is super cute and blushes but not anymore than the male lead himself. Overall, she wont annoy you into wanting to scream 'it's 2018 ffs!'
Splash Splash LOVE - This is a drama special, but really great. Kim Seul Gi is the FL. Her character just absolutely doesn't give a shit about what's appropriate way to conduct herself or not. She's brazen high school girl who hates studying, and the handsome king of Joseon isn't going to turn her into a graceful damsel.
Lets Eat 2 - The FL is a nerd and a shut in. But she's not the meek shut in Park Shin Hye was in FBND. She's irritable and has no idea that she's not stylish/feminine/cute. Of course, she has a crush on a guy and she wants to win him over and she tries to change but fails massively. Its hilarious. In the end, she wins as herself and not as a more graceful version of herself.
Lawless Attorney - Seo Ye Ji's character is a good lawyer, and stays that way. Sure Lee Joon Gi is shown as more badass because he's 'lawless' but she's never shown as a meek character. Also their relationship is an equal one and they both balance each other out. Of course, romance is only a subplot here.
FIght For My Way - Watched this ages back, but I really liked it at the time. FL is awesome for most of the drama, though I can't remember if I thought differently at the end. But I would say about 75-80% of the drama she's clearly the stronger character personality wise compared to the ML.
Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo - Consistently herself throughout - badass, weird, and doesnt care that she is for the most part. The ML loves her for how she is too.
There's more but I cant remember now.
Also, all of the above will overall not leave you annoyed with the FL. That being said, almost all of them very vastly different characters but almost all of them have the upper hand in their interactions with MLs and the MLs don't want to change them and like them for who they are. They are all strong characters in different ways. I watched most of these a while back but I feel like I remember them and like them precisely for their relatable female leads.
