Favourite Dramas

•  Well written, realistic with flawed characters
• Melancholic atmosphere
• Heart wrenching and moving scenes
• Great acting from the two main leads
• It was simple but perfectly executed
• Amazing OST
• Beautifully told story
• Perfect for a winter watch
• Noteworthy quotes
• Difficult to define relationship between the two mains
• Humane
• Not easy to explain my feelings about it
• A series complicated and multi layered as life
• Slow paced and character driven

''Everyone struggles for their whole life trying to have things. 

So they live their entire lives trying to prove themselves to everyone. 

But nobody truly knows what they are gaining by doing that''.

• Unforgettable performances by the two main leads
• Flawed, multi-layered and broken characters
• Slow paced and character driven
• Fantastic directing
• Melancholic and dark atmosphere
• Great OST
• Well written characters
• Social commentary on many issues
• Heartbreaking
• The importance of grief and what it can do to a person
• Humans are the worst monsters
• Beautiful quotes
• First half is the perfect execution of a psychological thriller
• Every character is important
• Complicated relationship between the two main leads

''I've done my share of self-blaming. 

If you don't get out of it soon, simply breathing and staying alive feels like a nightmare''.

•  Great action scenes 
• Interesting and flawed characters
• Addicting watch
• Fantastic OST
• Deeper than love relationship between the two main leads
• Is quite different from the book but in a good way
• Great chemistry between the two actors
• Wen Ke Xing's shameless existence 
• Great execution even though it has a low budget
• Great clothing
• Smart made scenes and quotes to pass censorship without ruining the characters' relationship

''Lao Wen, I always knew what you wanted. I had hoped you'd change. 

Who would have thought it would be me who would ultimately change?''

• Dark atmosphere
• Character driven
• Nice OST
• Amazing execution
• Extremely complicated and realistic characters
• Different approach comparing to the book
• Melancholic yet disturbing
• Characters that you shouldn't be rooting for 
• Old but gold
• Deals with very dark themes
• Daring 
• Phenomenal quotes
• Simply unforgettable

"I have someone that I want to make happy, 

but if that person really finds happiness 

then I won’t be needed by anyone in this world".

• Phenomenal acting from the main child actors
• Unbelievable
• Symbolism-heavy
• Fantastic directing
• Dark atmosphere
• Realistic
• Genius scenes to pass censorship that didn't ruin the original material 
• Great opening 
• Thought-provoking  

'' Do you want to believe in the truth or the fairy-tale?''

• Well written main lead
• Interesting dynamics between the characters
• Unique subject
• Interesting and addicting to watch
• Character driven cases 
• Based on a real person
• You get to learn interesting fun facts related to art
• Art
• Genius yet humane male lead

''Have you ever thought how dangerous it is 

when the king is left all alone on the chessboard?''

• Satire at its finest
• Phenomenal first scene
• Flawed characters
• Social commentary on many different themes
• Fun and addicting to watch
• Great quotes
• Unexpected
• Surreal 

''Even in this world, there is hope''.

• Finally a story about everyday people and their fight
• Great OST
• Fantastic quotes
• Very well intergraded fictional elements 
• Informative on the historical period 
• Heart-breaking at times 
• Flawed and realistic characters

''Do not be blinded by the light of civilization.

Just as people made civilization, they will also be the ones to change the world''.

• Phenomenal acting from the two main leads
• Fantastic OST
• Very well written characters
• Multi-layered and flawed characters
• A beautifully told story that is based on real events
• Informative about the historical period
• Unforgettable characters
• Amazing action scenes
• Easy to watch 
• Thought provoking 
• Unforgettable scenes
• The sense of human greed
• Great quotes
• Deals with multiple themes like war, the strong taking advantage of the weak, the life of everyday people, human greed and many more

''Since the world began the weak have always been stepped on by the strong.

Even a thousand years ago, even a thousand years from now 

the strong will steal from the weak.

In this world the only truth is that the strong take and swallow the weak''.

• Masterpiece
• Amazing acting 
• Deserves nothing less than a 10
• Humane
• Realistic, raw and painful to watch 
• Daring 
• Slow paced and character driven 
• Unforgettable 
• Deals with the subject of loss and how the people that are left behing are dealing with it
• That mother monologue ruined me and it is probably one of the best scenes I have ever watched in my life
• Great quotes
• Well written in every single aspect  
• Liked the ending 
• Life changing 

• Deals delicately with a very sensitive subject
• Daring
• Hard to watch
• Moral dilemmas 
• Thought provoking
• Great cinematography

''Do you know what happens if you keep the pain buried inside your heart?

When you grow and get taller he pain will grow with you''.

• The definition of a strong female lead
• Great performance by the two main leads
• Fantastic OST
• Addicting watch
• Heart breaking at times
• Interesting characters 

''To an enemy, tears are better than blood''. 

• One of the best love stories out there
• Unforgettable OST
• Interesting main characters
• Great acting by the two mains
• Amazing chemistry
• Mark Chao was outstanding 
• Many characters 
• Heart breaking moments
• Angst
• Passion   

''As long as you are safe it doesn't matter what happens to me''.

• Hard to watch
• Realistic
• Phenomenal cinematography
• Accurate representation of mental illness
• Incredible acting by the two main leads

''If you don't have confidence in yourself just believe in me 

because I have confidence in you''.

• Extremely interesting main characters
• Great acting
• Unique theme
• Character driven stories
• Thought-provoking
• Easy to watch 

''Society is about having only one personality.

The more consistent, the more sincere you are being regarded by others.

So everyone puts on an act for their outward appearance 

and hides the parts that don't fit''.

• I cried one litre of tears every episode
• Must watch 
• It  teaches you many valuable lessons
• Good acting 
• Great OST
• Realistic, raw and just heart wrenching
• Made me appreciate many things 
• Hard to watch 
• Based on the real life story of Aya Kito and her memoir One Litre of Tears  
• Unforgettable    

''For those people who are really listening, they will definitely understand''.