so far all the Japanese drama i had watched, compare to Taiwanese or Korean it is much better in my eyes because:
1. they seems to have standard format, only 11 episodes all. so, i wont get crazy for a whole week doing drama marathon hehe.. with 11 episodes i can finish in one day or 2 days..hehe.. compare to korean normally have 18-22, taiwanese one worst..might go to 30+ episodes. waahh..
2. all the drama have very different plot or theme. i had watched so far 8 sets, all this 8 have totally different story. unlike Taiwanese or Korean one, they seem to have 'season' like..after success of Autumn in My Heart all the rest of the following dramas are sad story. after the success of Full House it become comedy time. and all is so predictable!! i guest i get tired of it...
3. Taiwanese drama sometimes i feel is too silly. or too cartoon look. hmnn... not my taste...and they like to keep repeating scenes for 'remembering the past' purpose. so...let's say you are in eps. 12, u maybe can find all the summary of eps. 1-11. so it's like..so...hmmmpppp!
4. Korean drama plays on human emotional problems. i would say, they focus only on emotional problems. love story, love problem, bla-bla. nah..get tired of it. Japanese drama on the other hand focus on certain issue, along with the emotional problems of the characters. like.. in Dragon Zakura, it focus on society views towards Todai university. it's the best univ apparently, having the hardest exam make whoever successfully enter it is label as successful person. in Kurosagi it focus on a story of a swindler, specialist on swindling money from other swindler. Liar Game is about believing human at it's core is good. My boss my hero is about enjoying your high school time.
5. Japanese drama, each of it, have insert some value into the story. so i get to learn few thing from there. it talks about life. all of it don't have the fairy tale-super sweet-expected ending, but it feels very real. that's what i like the most. there's message about life for you to get.
antique cake store talks about in life, you are not only good at one thing. so if u ever failed in your most successful thing, don't just stop there and cursing life. go out and discover your another talent.Eizi is a very successful young boxer, but because of his eyes problem he was forced to stop. but stoping from his most cherish job make him discover his other talent, which is baking cakes. so he managed to become a successful baker as well.
talking about hope i guest. and hard work. and luck! hahaha. and yah, keep moving foward :)