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Not as good as I thought it was...
I'm going to spoil one episode, barely, but I don't really care right now.Looking back, I don't really like this drama as much as I used to. And I definitely don't like this relationship anymore. I honestly can't believe I ever did. About a week ago I couldn't understand the more negative reviews I read about this show. But, I decided to rewatch it, and I can definitely see how messed up Uehara and Nao's relationship is.
Uehara almost never expresses his feelings, never really apologizes, doesn't put Nao first, doesn't consider Nao's feelings, waits too long to clear things up or never does, and doesn't pay enough attention to Nao.
Everything that is wrong with this couple, from the beginning and in the future episodes, can be found in season 1, episode 10.
Daichi summed it up best a third of the way into the episode: "What's wrong with you? Are you even thinking about Nao's feelings? If you make a promise, then keep it! You got her hopes up and played with her feelings. She just giggles and brushes off whatever you say. Have you ever thought about her feelings?"
Nao just lets Uehara walk all over her and is happy with the slight crumbs of affection and/or attention he gives her. She didn't have to start dating Daichi instead just because he also liked her. But, she should have Never dated Uehara. He is not a good person.
At some point you think Nao would finally realize that this relationship is unhealthy and Uehara isn't treating her right. She almost does for a brief moment in episode 10. But, then what does she do? She goes right back to him without him acknowledging that how he acted and continues to act is messed up.
He literally drags her home to make some sort of apology. But he doesn't apologize. Instead, he says, "Don't be stupid." when she asked if he kissed Yuri, when she has every right to be worried. And his idea of a "present" to make up with her is to buy her 25 milk puddings?!
Then he holds her, she cries and says "I like you," he says it back, and they kiss.
Yep. Totally romantic. Not manipulative and emotionally abusive at all.
Sorry for this rant. Can you tell I'm mad I got blindsided back then?
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The music for some reason will always be stuck in my head, such as the opening and the problem song that sounds in the background when something is going to happen, litterally, everytime now I see someone running in the street following someone, that song sounds in my head.
¨But 10 means masterpiece, why would you rate that¨ Because I dont think anything here is a true Masterpiece, non drama is perfect, and that is ok. There is no need to have something perfect.
Plus, if something was truly perfect, there wouldnt be haters on it, which is impossible, everyone is different, and that is ok.
I would rewatch this entire drama just because of the fancies, I would love to re-watch it again before Season 2 airs :D
I really recommend you to watch this drama, not because is extremely good, or because I like it, I recommend it for those who search that typically cliché high school drama ;) This shows shouldnt be taken so seriously tbh...
PD: Also, if you were like me and said ¨I dont watch Manga or Anime Live-actions, they ruin the story¨ go ahead and watch Good Morning Call, from what I believe, for me the essence of each character is kep the same ;)
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I reaaallyyy don't understand the nay-sayers here.
First of all, Nao and Uehara did enjoy their time together, it really comes out even without having rea the manga (which I have since then). Everybody says the actor wasn't showing emotions, I disagree: I remember him smiling, sometimes looking extremely kind but at the beginning. Of course bc his character starts to melt up slowly when getting familiar, then becoming friends and then lovers with Nao. I don't understand how you guys don't see all this here, sorry.Some may say here, in the manga Uehara was nicer. Well, I've just finished reading, most of the time we can't even see his face, only his back, and yup, when we get his face, it is not always smiling (it'd be ooc btw). He sometimes smiles but most of the time he does not give a damn to anything, except Nao.
Anyway, a one-sided character, there was not much to do about him. I think the actor did the role well. Honestly, even at Twilight it is the same with Edward, there's nothing much about the character except for that he must be hot, uninterested, cold and so on... But that's the same with every other shoujou stuff.
I wouldn't say that the actor was more terrible than eg. the one in the 1st L-DK movie (imo) or any other typical shoujou. It is just that story is from the girl's perspective as always. If we consider L-DK here as a comparison, I prefer this one bc it was a bit more realistic, L-DK was way too 'high in the clouds' especially the girl.
About the acting, I didn't like the FL first but later she became better, more into character and I really like her now as an actress. I LIKE Shiraishi Shunya as an actor (I'm currently watching his Kamen Rider) but after coming here I also came to the sad realisation that I'm probably the only one or at least in the minority with this opinion. Anyway, I stick with it. I think people who don't like him they haved probably never watched pretty bad acting in doramas. Well, I have and I really think that this is not a bad one, maybe so many of you feel it so bc the actor's eyes is a bit unusual and his mimics were that too. However, it certainly isn't the worst I've ever seen in my life.
Other actors were great here too, Sakurada Dori and Tanaka Kei never gives his name to a story that is not worth at least a lil bit. So as for actors/actresses this dorama certainly is a good kickstarter, also a cheerful, fluffy dorama for boring days, only that with a bit of a boring plot (at the end their problems is a bit repetitive) but definitely a good one.
BTW all is the same in the manga (yes, Uehara too), only some minor changes so I don't understand why people here are angry with the outcome, it is very well adapted, that's just another thing that some people seem not to like the original story itself. But if so, why blame the dorama? they should take the blame (if they want that so much) on the mangaka, not on the dorama... Anyway, I even liked its 2nd season more as their story has matured a lot (which in the manga hasn't), their character too, and not to mention everybody's acting has just got better and better.
I recommend this dorama, its 2nd season even more, it is available on Netflix and if you like school romcoms like this then I really think it is a must for you!!
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1I recommend this one if you love Shojo, Even if you don't because they are over the top and frustrating, because this one is ...more believable? More real? More current times? All of the above.
So pull up some tissues, your netflix remote, and watch this generations Shojo classic.
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Yes, the storyline is very typical, but I found each and every episode to be enjoying to watch, and the writers do a great job of ending off with a cliffhanger, making you click on the next episode. I deleted 3 apps on my phone just so I could have the storage for Good Morning Call. I love the cliches (THE FREAKING LOVE TRIANGLE HAD ME TORN OMG), but also appreciated how some drama stereotypes were broken (the guy, while handsome and smart, isn't rich and you really get to see how hard he has to work). I loved the friendships. Oh my holy goodness, the friendship between the main protagonists with the other characters is so delightful and genuine and I was so happy to see such a tight group of friends.
I absolutely adored the acting and cast. All of the cast did a great job of brining unique aspects to their character and tying the storyline together. They also all had great chemistry with each other, making the story believable.
The music wasn't' a big part of the drama, but there were definitely some tunes I found to be super cute and fitting to the drama.
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This is not good
Holy shit, this is not good, it fails in almost every single aspect what the hell. Trust me in this one: If you're really interested in this just read the damn manga, this drama is NOT worth it.First, what bothers me the most, is the acting.
The female lead does a horrible job in acting, she tries so hard to copy the aspects of how the female lead acts in the manga that she forgets that this is not a manga, it's a television show and she's a human, not a cartoon character. The same can be said for the other actors, most of them fall for this trap to try and act like their manga counterparts and end up making of the silliest and most awkward acting I've seen in a while. They tried making as faithful as possible to the manga not remembering that there are things that ONLY WORK IN THEIR RESPECTIVE MEDIAS.
The romance is quite rushed with stupid silly plotlines (TOO SILLY EVEN), you can't take the "villains" seriously 'cause is just too silly, maybe this is a country aspect but I just could NOT take those girls seriously at all. They're fighting this one Sasuke-inspired kid and keep saying that "he's for everyone" as if he was an object, and trying to ruin some girl's life because she apparently is his friend, like??????
This show was filmed in 2017, a time when we already had plenty of very beautiful dramas and movies with smaller budgets even, this show looks like it was filmed in the early 2000s. It looks like someone took their mother's camera and everything she had was this one that she gained on her birthday in the '80s and they were like "sure ok no one's gonna notice" GUESS WHAT, I NOTICED.
It has this VERY desaturated filter throughout the whole thing, quite yellowish too (I watched it on Netflix), really ugly.
In short: Read the manga, don't waste your time with this piece of crap
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I saw that there'll be a season 2 of this drama so I'm still quite excited to see what'll happen! Let's hope that the next season will focus on the romance more!
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I liked it better at the start, it lost me a little bit halfway through - stella ending though :)
I get bored when the main girl is a little depressing and mopey - confident and positive are the mains that appeal to me more. Though if you like the popular guy falling for normal, quirky girl then its worth a watch!
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The thing that I disliked a bit about this drama is that I hoped there were more romantic scenes. Well it is quite understandable that there are not much of skinship scenes and such because the characters are only high school students, but I hope that they were more sweet to each other. Like they would kiss for real because their kiss scenes were like their lips just touched. I hope they would take it to the next level. BUT I think it was also made like that because they have this innocent relationship.
There are also some cringe moments where the female lead would imagine things and she wasn't aware of the things around her like she is embarrassing herself or something. It was somewhat childish of Yoshikawa so I really cringed. There were also scenes where some of the characters, over acted a bit so it was quite off.
BUT STILL! This drama is recommendable especially if you have nothing much to do or if you are bored. I enjoyed watching this drama and I hope that you'll enjoy it as well.
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As it sounds, it's filled with expected situations: misunderstandings, girls hating the lead because two of the guys who are into her are from a "top 3 most handsome" in the whole school, the male lead hurting her because he "doesn't know how to express his feelings" and "he wants to protect her", the female lead losing a lot of her character once she starts having feelings for him. You know, that questionably somewhat toxic relationship dynamic that, if you're anything like me, makes you wonder why you're doing this to yourself again. There's also a situation between Uehara, the male lead, and his brother and said brother's girlfriend, much like in Please Love the Useless Me, but here it goes around in circles rather than really helping the development of the character. Actually, a lot of the things that happen go around in circles, the same situations happening over and over and the amount of episodes seeming too long for this story. But, like I said, it's not the worst I've seen, not even this year, so there's that.
The bunch of friends Nao, the female lead, acquires and has by her side make the story a bit more worthwhile: her unconditional friend Marina (played by Arai Moe), who is more upset about her friend not trusting her than about boy competitions and is openly interested in both boys and girls without batting an eyelash about it, the well-intentioned yet pretty clumsy Jun (played by Nagasawa Koya) who is rejected by girls on a daily basis yet doesn't become enraged or vengeful at all for it, and my favorite character, Nozomi Kitaura (played by Tezuka Mai), a "Girl Prince" type who isn't really there to become part of the love pentacle situation and offers a tough female perspective to the whole thing, giving a short but extremely memorable speech to Uehara at one point in defense of Nao's situation as a girl and calls him out for thinking that, as a man, he understands her position. Those characters are worth me giving this drama a higher score than I gave to Happy Marriage, although they aren't as prominent in the show for me to give it a higher score than the one I gave to Please Love The Useless Me. All in all, it's passable yet annoying at times, the performances are generally good and it is visually nice looking, plus, it's on Netflix.
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