Pasta was the first drama I ever watched almost two years ago. I'm not sure why it got me completely saturated in the kdrama world but it did, and not too long after I stumbled on Dramabeans. What can I say... Gong Hyo Jin was a very persistent character.

congratulations! i still remember when i first found this website on a recommendation and i have been a fan ever since.

i'd have to say that probably my first drama to really get me whole-heartedly crazy about kdramas was My Name Is Kim Sam Soon.

Jealousy (질투)!

Happy birthday Dramabeans, thank you cause your insights have helped me a lot with dramas i would have appreaciated much less if i relied only on my ignorance of the K culture, metaphors, subtle meanings and so onXD...

My first drama was Goong...i loved it from head to toes. Now i found it average, however i have an endless love for Joo Ji Hoon, whom i really want to come back to his fullest glory ...

Goong changed my life in a way. it was funny cause i was browsing "Vallenatos" in youtube, and a video appeared with Goong's pics...the comments talked about "doramas". I searched the word and there my craziness started.
Due to this, I have met awesome people, broadened my mind, and met a beautiful culture.

Once again, congrats and enjoy our love and regards :)

Coffee Prince
-it is, for me.

Happy Birthday!
with thanks to you all for putting so good reads that your site is the first & most favorite on my Favorites dramadrama list.

the first korean drama that got me into the dark side is "beautiful days" by choi ji woo and lee byung hun back in 2001. these drama drag me into all kinds of emotions. i actually watched this 24 episode drama in just 2 days! i was really hooked on to the story and to the character that i don't want to stop! kekeke!

Devil beside you. I watched that while I was hospitalized in China for a back surgery, and basically fell in love with the fact that there could be so much drama filled into 10 dvd discs. Totally agree that dramas suck away youth. haha

My first drama love would have to be Mei-chan no Shitsuji. It was absolutely ridiculous and full of crack, but so funny to watch.

If it has to be K-drama, then I am guilty of Full House being the first to pull me in. The heroine is cute and a woobie, the hero is caught in a ridiculous love triangle, and the second lead seems almost the perfect guy for our heroine.

I entered for the first love drama a year or maybe two ago and didnt win. So if I entered again this year with the same entry, I'd probably wont win. :(

My 1st drama was Full House with Rain and Song HyeKyo.

What caught my interest was how different to what America considered dramas to be. We have 20+ years of soap operas and Korea has 20+ episodes of dramas.
I think the biggest factor of my love for Full House was Rain. He completely captured me. I just found him to be one of the hottest thing to ever walk on this planet LOL. Every look, expression, movement he did just captured me. And his chemistry with song hyekyo was sizzling. To people who's been a fan of kdramas for a long time, Full House just seems like a another cliche romcom kdrama but to me.. it was absolutely magical and I loved it.

The first drama I ever saw was 진짜 진짜 좋아해 in 2006 with S.E.S's 유진, the lovely 이민기, 류진 and the too cool for school, I-can't-believe-he's-really-a-rock-star, 김창완. I was in 10th grade and stumbled upon it on television one lazy summer day. Thank goodness it was broadcasted with English subtitles because I would have bypassed it otherwise. Although it was a very kooky show, it was funny and unique and I found it to be a refreshing departure from American shows. Don't get me wrong, Korean dramas can be formulaic too, but they are gripping in an unparalleled way. Anyways, 진짜 진짜 좋아해 sealed my fate as a drama devotee and a fan of Korean culture. All of my Korean drama watching and OST-listening days inspired me to learn 한글 and take Korean in college, which never would have happened if not for that show.

The first drama I watched that got me hooked (it took only one!) was My Lovely Sam Soon aka My Name is Kim Sam Soon. I remember it like it was yesterday...my sister and I were sharing a room and I was watching it with my headphones on because she was going to sleep. I ended up giggling so much (not the norm with me) that she had to see what the fuss was about. She ended up finishing the series with me :)

Keopi Prinseu!!!!!

love love

Coffee prince!!
Since summer of 2007!

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My first love was the ever so melodrama, Autumn In My Heart. That freakin crack flooded me into the k-drama world and introduce me to my many many drama dates in the future. It showed me that every other drama after it will never be the same, introduce me to learning that most dramas under it's genre will have almost the same cliches', and nothing will change my second lead love of Tae Suk with the acotr that stole my heart, Wonbin.

You're beautiful is the one that started it all for me. I had watched a a couple bad ones that made me not want to ever watch another k-drama again and this was my last chance before giving up on them. So glad I picked this to watch... ive now watched at least 100 k-dramas and may never be able to stop...

autumn in my heart and winter sonata

Congratulations on your 5th Anniversary!!!

For me it was Kmovies that got me into Kdramas. Even though Marry Me Mary was my first drama…..my first drama(s) love did not happen until Coffee Prince and Goong. Oh Boy! and was I addicted…even after a year I am still giddily in love with Kdramas that I had to change my internet package to unlimited download to feed my addiction!!

Thanks for all the hard work on this website javabeans, girlfriday and the numerous guest writers and here’s to many more good years!

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happy birthday!

my first drama was full house, which got me hooked despite the fact that i (1) stumbled upon it mid-drama while it was televising on tv, and (2) didn't - and still don't particularly - fancy Rain. but it was good enough to make me sit up and notice kdramas... and to troll the internet for back episodes!

i've been on this slippery slope down the drama-black-hole-of-time for... how many years is that? omg!

coffee prince...... my first love in the world of kdramas......

i love the plot.... a girl mistaken as a boy due to her looks which she did not do on purpose but is definitely called for by demands of her economic status/work...

an incident.... a white lie... then love came knockin...

a plus cause i love coffee... reason why i want to be a barista. hahah....

as they always say.... " and the rest is history.." ^_^

My first korean drama I watched was like a year ago. it was pasta. i thought it was cute and nice but i didn't fall in love with it or feel the need to continue watching k-dramas especially since i've seen the effects of the addiction and promised myself i wouldn't become like my k-drama addicted friends...then months later i was bored and decided to watch this silly little drama that i thought would be like pasta and not be a super big deal. it was called coffee prince... it was the drama i first loved. that's when the "drama love" (i don't like to call it an addiction if i'm talking about myself) started and it hasn't ended yet. =)

It was Princess Hours for me!!

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Mine is The Jewel in the Palace (Dae Jang Gum). I saw it when I was still in elementary school, and it stuck with me ever since. I was constantly on the lookout for it online, and didn't find it until I saw BOF, haha. Anyways, I LOVED the heroine, and it was alllll because of her and that drama that I've been hooked :D

Thank You in 2008. One look at Jang Hyuk's wet six-pack and I was a goner...

Boys Over Flowers!

It has to be My Girl.

I loved Princess Hours cause of how the main girl was completely fun loving and wasn't all serious which made her the perfect person for the serious prince :) I thought it made the show pretty awesome by having her being forced to marry the crown prince and showing her trying to adapt to life in the palace. I was a bit annoyed by the fact that the cousin was constantly trying to get the girl even though she had already told him she was in love with the prince at first I was glad that he was comforting her because her husband didn't love her but then when he started trying to steal her from her husband by doing things that made the prince look bad it made me really mad in the end i only felt a slight bit of sympathy for him. I was really happy with the whole show is and always will be my favorite korean show! :)

Congratulations on your 5th anniversary, Dramabeans! ~ (: I've been enjoying your posts for two years now hehe. ^__^ I hope you'll keep up the amazing work!

It took me a moment to remember and I finally came down to this: my drama first love was *drum roll* Boys Over Flowers. I'm thinking that it was for many others, also. (x I remember watching a lot of other dramas before it, but this one caught my attention. Why? Before BOF, I always watched dramas with my whole family, and those were always the kinds like Pure 19 (I believe Gu Hye Sun was the main character). BOF, my family didn't like (LOL), so it was the first drama I got to watch independently. I fell in love with the fact that everything happening in the story was like a girl's dream come true. From being able to go to such a prestigious school, to befriending the hottest and richest boys in that school. I mean, don't you wish that was possible in your life, too?! I was able to fantasize with this drama and that's what made me enjoy it. Nowadays, I sometimes visit Dramafever and reminiscence the F4 with a few episodes; I'll admit that it has its flaws, but still - Boys Over Flowers will be my forever first love. ♥

Thanks for reading, that was quite long. ^__^;;

Are T-dramas counted? Then its Meteor Garden - and Jerry Yan was my first love drama-boy.

If its a K-drama, then its Hotelier

My drama first love would have to be Coffee Prince. It captured me with it's adorkable characters and chic directing. I was instantly a fan and became eager to see what other dramas were out there. To my surprise, I was overwhelmed with choices. So for the past 4 years I have become a drama addict. No one can save me and I don't mind one bit! The dark side has cookies and hotties!

-Asian Dramas 4 LYFE! <3

My first drama love was Meteor Garden, which I stumbled onto via YouTube a few years back but it fell to the wayside until about two years ago when I managed to stumble onto it again after having forgotten about it. From there it's been a downward spiral into addiction from Coffee Prince to Down With Love to Secret Garden and more in-between. While some dramas have fallen flat and remain unfinished, others have only served to further my love of foreign dramas. I really love comedies more than anything because I find the type and style of humor to be a refreshing break from american trends.

For me the first was My name is Kim Sam Soon... and the rest is now history (i watched almost 50 dramas or more... i lost my count to many time ago)

My Name is Kim Sam Soon had me falling in love, and watching Coffee Prince closely thereafter sealed the deal!

I stumbled across Get Karl Oh Soo Jung in 2007 and it was so crazy and different that I had to have more. I also found dramabeans because of it, which has fed my drama addiction even more. Happy Anniversary dramabeans!!!

My Name Is Kim Sam Soon ^_^v

My first love for Kdrama is Sassy girl Chunhyang (2005). I fell in love with it accidentally as I intended to hire DVDs of Goong 1 (since at that time - 2007, Goong was widely popular and I was recommended to watch it by my friends) to watch but then I was handed the wrong DVDs. But the film was so interesting. the relationship between two main characters was not only cute, lovely and somehow funny but also valuable. With that drama, I could have laughs but also with it, i could burst in tears easily with such deeply moving scenes as well as script. Up to now, i have watched it for 4 times and sometimes I watch some funny scenes over and over again ( I did download the whole drama) and I feel that i have never got tired of it.

Coffee Prince!

Woah~ My first drama Love? That's so hard because I remember watching LOTS of dramas as a kid. The drama that comes to mind would be Glass Slippers with So Jiseop in it. Oh boy was Jiseob HOT! ahaha And I remember watching a few of Ryu Siwon's dramas too. Oh how they were Awesomely Good! And Addicting!! I was probably in the early years of elementary when I began watching Korean Dramas and listening to Kpop. Oh how hard it was to find them back then. ahah Now all we have to do is use google to find dramas with english subs. =D

Anyways, Thanks Dramabeans for your website. I remember stumbling upon this website of yours in 2007 but then lost track of it and then stumbled back onto this in 2009 and now I'm back here again in 2011. I remember I use to come here because of the AWESOME music you had posted here. ahaha anyways, Hope you had a wonderful New Year Celebration! And may your website continue to be as Awesome as ever for the many years to come. =D

Woah~ My first drama Love? That's so hard because I remember watching LOTS of dramas as a kid. The drama that comes to mind would be Glass Slippers with So Jiseop in it. Oh boy was Jiseob HOT! ahaha And I remember watching a few of Ryu Siwon's dramas too. Oh how they were Awesomely Good! And Addicting!! Oh, and I can't forget Friend, I believe that's what it's called, with Wonbin. Oh was he Good Looking! I was probably in the early years of elementary when I began watching Korean Dramas and listening to Kpop. Oh how hard it was to find them back then. ahah Now all we have to do is use google to find dramas with english subs. =D

Anyways, Thanks Dramabeans for your website. I remember stumbling upon this website of yours in 2007 but then lost track of it and then stumbled back onto this in 2009 and now I'm back here again in 2011. I remember I use to come here because of the AWESOME music you had posted here. ahaha anyways, Hope you had a wonderful New Year Celebration! And may your website continue to be as Awesome as ever for the many years to come. =D

Delightful Girl Choon-Hyang FTW!!!

Happy 5th Anniversary!

For me Save the last dance by Eugene and Ji Sung, although its not the first drama I've watched but its the first drama who made me cried a lot.I remember the first time I watched it the subtitle total sucks but surprisingly I enjoyed it.I don't know what to do if that situation will going to happen to me.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, Dramabeans! I love all the recaps. I read after I watch an ep and you flesh out the episodes beautifully, providing enough cultural and genre background to help me to really understand and enjoy the series.

My very first drama was Temptation of Wife. I came across while channel surfing and there was just so much going on what with the screaming and crying and theatrics that it caught my attention. Plus, subtitles! It was so over the top that I was hooked into watching it until the series ended.

But what really made me fall in love with kdramas, my first OTL, was Coffee Prince. My BFF's sister watches kdramas (a fact that I was not aware of) and in a random conversation I told her about Temptation of Wife. She then recommended Coffee Prince and gave me a brief rundown of the plot. She admitted it sounded ridonkulous, but that I should watch it anyway. I'm very glad that I did because I totally fell in love and my deep abiding passion for Coffee Prince led me to Dramabeans and its been on like Donkey Kong ever since.

I don't comment often, but I check Dramabeans pretty much every day. So, thanks for all the hard work and maintaining such an awesome sight.

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Ah, you know what?

Embarrassing as it is, I think my first ever k-drama was in high school while Goong was airing.... much as I loved it, it actually introduced me to my least favorite trope right off the bat! You know, when two characters get married, no change in chemistry, then all of a sudden, "Belch!" ... Must be pregnant! Cue end of series montage and credits. Awwww.

Even still, I used to beg to get out of classes to
"work on my college essays," which meant I would sneak into whatever teacher's office or computer lab was open and stream episodes on their computers :)

first drama love is probably Goong (Palace) with YEH. It was the first time I was infatuated with actors and actresses. but over the years i've grown a particular taste to korean dramas. now my favorites are city hunter, return of iljimae and ramyun shop. yay!

Devil Beside You! Although it is a taiwanese drama, it led me to watch more dramas. For kdrama, it would be Boys over Flowers. :)

Boys over flowers helped a lot (and i only started watching it because i loved the original manga), but it was Coffee Prince that completely sealed my fate - Coffee Prince and you site, which I found hunting new episodes to the show. :) Thank you, and a very happy birthday to you!

My 1st korean show and songs are from the drama
My Name is Kim Sam-Soon
by Kim Sun Ah and Hyun Bin
old school classic...cannot stop laughing...
bought the VCD to watch too...
and fall in love with Hyun Bin ;)

my first ever k drama was "My Girl" and that's where my love for Lee dong wook began...lol! it started my addiction for korean dramas and im definitely hooked until now! beautiful OST's a plus too..:) thank you dramabeans!

My first ever drama that got me running for seconds and much more was Meteor Garden where Jerry Yan, Vic Chou, and Vanness Wu won me over with their F4 tag. Then more versions came out with Hana Yori Dango (which had a superb soundtrack) and then Boys Before Flowers (which struck gold with my ideal man, Lee Min Ho). What actually got me to the dark side of dramas and shows was a variety show called Love Letter. Thats when korean actors and singers became so much more apart of my interests. Subbing of course was of course something we had to wait for back then for at least..1 week after the air date. Sometime around then i discovered dramabeans to help me not only know more about the episode because of my impatience but there were minor things that i would miss without reading the synopsis. Thank you so much for your hard work and dedication!