While many of the plot devices and tropes are core to sci fi, the delivery method is very different. I don't think the characters are wooden so much as presente

While many of the plot devices and tropes are core to sci fi, the delivery method is very different. I don't think the characters are wooden so much as presented and characterized differently than in western sci fi. It's a lot like watching a Korean drama vs. an American one in terms of the way that the arc unfolds and the suspension of disbelief that's expected.