What I have done in this lockdown is watching Korean Dramas! I started watching Korean dramas from 9th grade. My first ever drama was ‘Playful Kiss’ the second one that led me to this vicious circle of binge-watching was ‘Boys over flowers. I was in school so Boys over flowers was really dreaming for me. It was high school drama so as a teen I loved that one. But after years passed I got more into romantic comedies and thriller genre dramas. Also as I grew up I started noticing character development, plot, acting, cinematography, and pictures in the frame. Because of this drama addiction, I took a bachelor’s degree in Mass Media and I learned a lot from it.
As a ‘legally mature person I started criticizing dramas more than anything. It is not like I never liked any Indian drama but I hate the way of showing women’s character. Always oppressed, housewives and god knows why some intelligent yet dumb vamps. But in Korean dramas, I also found out female leads are just like Indian female leads but in advanced type. Korean dramas also gave me a kind of disappointment.
But much to my surprise, this year (year 2020-2021) I got to see many badass female leads in dramas. Some dramas are underrated but the character development, plot, the storyline is on to the point. From all my favorite badass protagonists, I came up with five female leads of drama to which we all can relate!
1.Oh Min Joo (Run On)
Run On’s storyline revolves around athlete Ki Seon Gyeom and translator Oh Min Joo. It is their love story. But this drama surprisingly covered many things which happened in our life. Now talking about Oh Min Joo, my badass character, she is a strong independent woman who is struggling to meet her ends.
She is an orphan but she won’t let her mind down due to this. She is not annoying, fragile, or dumb FL but a sensible, strong, and firm decision-maker female lead. In fact, she believes in self-love more than anything. Her dreams matter to her more than anything. Through her dialogues, you can imagine her inner thoughts.
2. Seo Dan Ah (Run On)
If you have watched drama you might see her as an arrogant, egoistic, and career ambitious woman who doesn’t respect anyone, not even her family. Her dialogues also seem to be sarcastic and rude but to me, she is the best character in Drama. She is career-oriented, pragmatic thinker, lowkey lover, and overall definition of the modern feminist. Her surrounding made her rude because why not (spoilers ahead) her father only wanted her to marry someone, her illegitimate brother wanted to overpower her and rude to her. Any girl in this century will behave exactly like her if these things happen. She is well respected and feared by everyone in her company. Even if she is a girl she dreams to be a successful woman in her field. I can relate to her character more than anything ever because as a girl I am still fighting with patriarchy, biasedness, partiality in society. She chose a career over her love not because she is selfish but her priority was that. I admired her more than anything.
3. Ko Moon Young (It’s okay to not be okay)
The most psychotic, weird, anti-social character in the drama. She is chaotically beautiful in her own way. You may see her as a psychopath in drama or she is not a ‘proper lady’ according to the ‘Korean Drama Stylebook’. But she has more strong personality than ML in drama. She overcame her fears, anti-social ness, and past traumas of her life. This drama tells us the story of two brothers and an author of children’s books (Ko Moon Young). How their lives are interconnected with each other and how they heal each other is must watch from my side.
4. Nam Ji Ah (Tale of nine-tailed)
Two adjectives are best for her intelligent and fearless badass woman. The tale of nine-tailed is a story of Gumiho ( Mythical Korean Nine-Tailed Fox) and his past life lover. In this drama, the female lead Ji ah is shown as intelligent and beautiful with brain girl who tackles every situation with her wisdom and brainpower. In drama, she doesn’t make any stupid mistakes like any other FL which was appreciable. Her character growth from a heartless, insensitive woman to a caring woman is notable. I like the way they have shown the development of character.
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So these are my top 4 badass female characters in Korean dramas. What are yours? Are you a Kdrama fan? If yes then comment below! Like and share this blog if you like the content!
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