I've been of the opinion that most of Japan (as far as entertainment creators are concerned), have very little idea what the difference between drama and melodrama even is. They tend to act, and create, with melodrama in mind, and thinking that it makes good drama. It makes me have little patience for things they create in recent years, like anime and JRPGs (or really any games, most of the time). There's the rare producer or director that actually gets it. What real drama is. But they are rare