Year In Review: What I Missed 2013

Rosie hasn't watched WHAT yet?!?

Another year nearly gone, and you know what? I feel I've watched less airing dramas than I did last year! I blame this partly on the overall lack of interesting dramas. But the truth is I think I've become a tiny bit more jaded, and therefore way pickier when choosing what to watch next. Also, mid-year I tackled about 5 airing dramas at a time and that burned me out. More often now I will wait until a series has aired and then marathon it (or drop it..) Maybe it loses some of the excitement that way? Oh well- I like a duller lifestyle. :P

Comparing my stats from 2012's Year In Review, let's line up my progress this year.

Approx Total Dramas Watched (or sampled): 55   (65 last year)

Dramas Watched (or sampled) from 2013: 20   (12 last year)

Verdict so far? I have watched LESS dramas, but attempted more from this year... How did I fair keeping them up though?

Dramas Watched AS THEY AIRED that Weren't Dropped: 9   (6 last year)

Marginally better. However if I could generate a stat for the number of hours spent watching shows, all these numbers would be significantly lower; my trend for 2013 was to actually watch less Kdramas and more of the offerings from Japan and Taiwan. Jdramas = shorter and easier to watch. Kdramas = more time/dedication necessary to complete. Cheating much? Maybe so. 

I'm no longer hiding out in a little drama bubble - having reached out to more people in the community, and made more drama friends. (Hooray for drama buddies!) Also- my mom and sister are now dedicated drama addicts (Hooray for my conversion rate!) and my husband is always watching at least one drama with me (I made him watch Nine about 1 week after I marathoned it by myself, and we completed the rewatch in 3 days flat. My eyes were burnt red and watery for a week after). 

But being more aware of the blogger community, and general drama world means I have followed the progress of more dramas than I've cared to watch.  And the list* includes a shocking amount of crowd favorites that for whatever reason, I refuse to try at this time, or this year. Some are already on my Plan To Watch list; others may need a little persuasion... 

*Kdramas only. I'm not qualified to even note how many grand and/or atrocious Jdramas or Twdramas I may have missed this year. 

Year In Review: What I Missed 2012

This time last year I'd been puttering around the drama world for barely two months, watching any old thing I could get my hands on, and generally thrilling in this brave new world I'd suddenly found myself in.  I maybe had a tally of 10 dramas when I started noticing bloggers across the board beginning their Year In Review series.  That people could watch that many dramas in a year?  Incredible.  And be able to review them all? Superb.  How would I ever manage to catch up on all the good dramas, let alone all the ones from this year?  That's just impossible. Me one year later, and I'm having roughly the same thoughts...

Total Dramas Watched (or sampled):  65

Dramas Watched (or sampled) from 2012:  12

I actually feel pretty good about that number 12 too.  When you think of the benefits of watching dramas as they air, my main argument is that you get to be apart of the drama-community as it happens.  Spazzing out with other fangirls and bloggers all over the net.  It makes me feel like I'm in touch with the world around me.  Ex: "I was totally apart of that trend! I watched it just like you!"  Unfortunately, I kind of killed the mood when I tallied up another sad stat.

Dramas Watched in 2012 AS THEY AIRED that Weren't Dropped:  6

Basically, this means that I live in my own little drama world.  I'm kind of sad about that.  It's true though that my K-Drama world is lived either marginally to or vicariously with the rest of the online K-Drama community.  Maybe that's why instead of writing up my Year In Review list for the 9 Korean dramas I actually completed this year, I'm kind of more amused at the number of dramas I didn't watch, for one reason or another.

Read more below for a partial list of (by other accounts) popular or at least notorious dramas of 2012 that I missed, why I may have missed them, and if they should be added to the great 'You missed this in 2012, so watch in 2013' list.  I'll be taking suggestions too, so help out a girl in need!