J-dorama vs K-drama

We heard this too many times. 'I love k-drama, it's the best', 'No, J-dorama is the best' and then it'll lead to another catfight, too often seen on Youtube comments for compilation clips (yeah you know which ones). Recently I've been doing lots of k-drama catch up marathon due to travelling, the super slow dorama season (I'd prefer to have sub for police and medical dramas for me not to work my brain watching them) plus also due to years of not watching k-drama, and really, after watching so many J-dorama, going back to k-drama lets me see k-drama at a different angle, well, more of a different mindset. There are many areas that we can look into when we're talking about drama, in this case particularly is the K and the J. My criteria of watching K-drama is the same as J-dorama, prettiness is a must and no melodrama (I just can't watch this type of K-drama as it affects my emotion), the rest is sort of tolarable to some certain level. I may end up spouting lots of stuffs which are common sense and obvious or even completely different take from common opinions, and be warned, this will be a loooong reading.

If you see my comparison on K-drama later, it's mostly Lee Jun Ki or Jang Geun Suk's drama, that's because I'm running through their resume for the past couple of weeks. Tried Kim Bum's resume but gave up halfway. I can't remember the old ones in detail and I didn't really keep track on what I've watched in the past and I don't plan to rewatch any or going through more unless I developed an interest. As for J-drama, I'll throw in those which I remember on top of my head (not going to do extra researches) as this is supposed to be for fun, not an academic paper.

Let's start dissecting XD!!!
( Who watch these dramas? )

( Drama in the span of time )

( The format & formula )

( The characters )

( The bad dudes )

( Love is in the air )

( Badassery scenes )

( All those little things that you'll notice )

( The remakes )

( So? Conclusion? )