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It's not bad but it wasn't that good either
Well to be honest I've read all the reviews about the show and I thought maybe it will be a good one , and it wasn't bad but I didn't feel like it was great like the reviews said it was. I honestly feel like I've wasted ten hours of my life. I mean I thought episode 9 was a joke but it wasn't after all. For example the male lead was for a short time of period together with his friends sister..... But why? There wasnt a MOMENT of romance between those two so WHY? Just because of petty? I dont know. This back and forward between the main leads was kinda annoying too. I liked the privat family stories and the small moments between the leads sometimes but it still won't make my mind up.Was this review helpful to you?
This is neither comedy nor romance
The acting was extremely bad
They exaggerating much which made the acting extremely faraway from being natural
And I don't know why Japanese always yelling
Somebody should tell them this is not comedy at all when they act like this
The events were disconnected in my opinion and repetitive
The romance were extremely cold
Like you think you are going to Maldives then you suddenly find yourself in north pole
The storyline were really good in the summary
But when they decided to implement it
They literally ruined it
The FL was horrible
Dead face and dead face expression
She annoyed me much the whole drama
No character development for both till the end
And the END was awful , annoying and frustrated
I think I'm going to give up JD for ever
Every 100 drama I can just find good one
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Less than an 8?! kisskh, let's work on this
I'm shocked to see my newest obsession and now one of my all-time favorite J-dramas (on a second watch) receive less than an 8 on kisskh. We gotta work on this.Kidding aside, maybe the humor in Date isn't everyone's cup of tea, and maybe that's not the kind of "romance" people were expecting. Which is completely fine, but I think if you came into Date expecting sweet romance and gestures, then Date is... the opposite? And that's kind of the point. The two main characters are fairly unique in dramalands where every male lead is a hot tsundere and every female lead is either clumsy-but-kind or extremely competent but naive in romance.
I mean... Yoriko is extremely competent, and naive in romance, but she takes it to the extreme. Takumi is also sorta a tsundere, but instead of the Chiaki-senpai type, he's unemployed, leeching off of his mom, yet still looks down on everyone as having no taste in art. What I love about Takumi and Yoriko is how self-aware they are to a fault. They are brutally honest about themselves to the world, despite the world viewing them as weirdos, yet with each other, they still have more to learn about their own emotions and desires. There's also no redemption here. He doesn't fall in love with her and re-enter society (or enter society for the first time, LOL) as a competent worker. She doesn't become more socially adept and "feminine". They remain the same person they've always been in the beginning BUT they've learned to accept others who are different and other ways to live.
The support cast is so charming, and Fubuki Jun does it again here as mom (I watched her as mom first in 0.5 no otoko, so I had a good laugh seeing her as a very similar mom in Date). Kuninaka Ryoko is so so cute as Kaori, I half wanted to root for her, but the script is so good it also makes you want to root for Takumi and Yoriko. Washio is sometimes annoying but you have to admit everything he says makes sense, and it's just hilarious that in a battle between him and Takumi, he - the true "prince charming" - always ends up the loser. If this is not satire at its best, I don't know what is. Yoriko's dad is such a great dad who's of course worried about his daughter but also very progressive and open-minded, it's refreshing to see.
I was so sad when I finished Date. So sad I ended up rewatching it a second time and still can't believe how clever the dialogues and the comedic moments are. I mean... double Santas? Snake receiving CPR then being in a cast? The koi being flabbergasted by Yoriko's attempted assault? I don't know if I'll ever come across another drama this funny again and that kinda breaks my heart. So yes, kisskh, this is a 10/10 for me.
PS: if you do watch Date, please please please watch the SP. A lot of SPs are redundant but this is a great SP and IMO should have been included as part of the main drama. It had so much to say and made the drama much more complete.
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