By @ally-le
Is it just me, or does it seem harder to watch dramas now that we have all these different streaming sites available? I’m mainly going to be talking about drama accessibility here in the U.S., but I realize there are other parts of the world that have been dealing with this issue for years, and I sympathize!
This year, I had — in very much a first-world problem — not less than six streaming sites to choose from to watch K-dramas legally. SIX! And honestly, you had to have them all to watch all the dramas that were available. No longer do just two or three sites have all the popular ones. Also, good luck trying to watch many of them live — you’ll needed a VPN for that.
I like watching live and discussing what I’ve seen on Dramabeans with others on the recap pages, but several dramas that I wanted to watch this year were just not available when they were released in South Korea, so the buzz was gone by the time it was available to me subtitled. And that’s what made this year so frustrating for me: there were good shows, but not when I wanted to watch them.
Below, I picked three shows that aired live in South Korea and Asia — but not in the U.S. — and I’ll be sharing what happened to me while I watched.