Appreciation post for the Taiwanese drama A Thousand Goodnights (2019)! A show full of insightful words, majestic sceneries, and would make you want to return to your hometown.

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    Thank you for the recommendation! I’ve been looking for a new tw-drama to watch. I like this crop of tw-dramas, which are slow, meandering and yet immersive and meaningful, that is in completely contrast to the loud and gaudy rom-coms.

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      Hello! I think I saw in a different post that you tried to watch A Thousand Goodnights! I understand your sentiments, especially when I watched I, Myself (I saw that you recommended it!). Can you recommend other tw-drama with the same feel/genre?

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        Hi there! Yes, I did watch A Thousand Goodnights. The scenery was spectacular. I am sold on Taiwan. Just waiting for the lockdown to be lifted to start planning my next vacay 😀 But I did not find the drama itself as good as I would have liked. It had good material, but maybe drama length was a factor. You picked out the best parts about it, i.e., insightful chunks of wisdom, majestic and sweeping landscapes, and nostalgia for a different time.

        Did you like I, Myself? I thought that is the best I have seen of this kind so far. I think Yong Jiu Grocery Store fits into this genre as well. I tried live watching that but didn’t stick around till the end. I need to revisit to see if it holds up to the ‘I, Myself’ standard I have now set 🙂 I don’t know of any other shows like this, though! Do let me know if you come across any such, as I will too.

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          Yeah! Same thoughts with A Thousand Goodnights! The storyline I liked the least was with Wu Po-Sen haha, I skipped those parts the most, it had too much unnecessary angst. I agree that the drama length was a factor, it could have been more tightly written with fewer episodes.

          I really loved I, Myself! It had the right amount of questions to think about, and just the right pacing. I find it relaxing to watch, and at the same time, meditative. That ending for me was in-character and appropriate as well. I specifically liked how they presented the two MLs “chatting” with each other. It’s like they’re alone but at the same time “present” with each other. Even if they’re physically “alone,” they’re “metaphysically together” and I think that’s better than being physically together, but there’s no connection (FL and ex-BF). It really was creative, especially the mini-interview parts! I want to travel to Taiwan soon, hopefully after this lockdown.

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            You describe the “real” messaging conversations between the leads so well – that was one of the stand out things about the drama for me as well. This was quite a gem of a show, and I’m glad I watched it! Thank you also for picking it up and sharing the joy 🙂

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          I’ll try Yong Jiu Grocery Store soon. I’m exploring tw-dramas recently (I’ve been looking for slice-of-life/meditative-ish dramas in every country), since I’ve tried to watch every slice-of-life kdrama, and explored slice-of-life jdramas. I’m thinking of watching A Touch of Green (it’s more on the historical side/war/drama/life in the Kuomintang camp in taiwan), but I’m still not sure because of the length of episodes haha. It won lots of awards back then, so maybe I’ll try.

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            Ooh have you found other dramas like I, Myself? I’ve been looking for shows like this too, and feel only the Taiwanese are making dramas like this. To be fair, though, I’ve not watched non-Asian programming in a while.

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            I’m still exploring similar taiwanese dramas similar to I, Myself, but so far, I haven’t seen anything similar yet. Hopefully I can find other shows of the same genre from taiwan. <3

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            Please let me know if you do find something! A Touch of Green has been on my watchlist, but I don’t do too well with historicals, so have not ventured into it so far.

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