A masterpiece of a heart-touching slice-of-life story
I wanted to watch a slice-of-life drama and I found this.I loved the synopsis and started it and God what a ride. Usually slice-of-life dramas are slow and that's why some people don't like them cuz slow means boring to them.Honestly, I too am not much fond of slow dramas but this slice-of-life drama was just awesome! From the beginning to the end it was never boring! I wouldn't say it was slow I would say it was too fast and intense! Like so much intensity it had! AHH.
Like in the first episode 1 guy died and the other wanted to murder 😳😳😳( this is not a spoiler I swear haha )
As you might have read in the story part, the drama is about two families. One family is of the victim and the other one is of the killer. It's the story of their struggles and the unusual relationship of them.
As a slice-of-life drama, it was given that it would be a realistic one but many slice-of-life dramas exaggerate things, this one wasn't like that. All the things that happened felt real.
It was honestly too real and it my heart feels pain whenever I think that these kinds of things really happens in reality.
The drama was a mega hit in Japan and MDL reviews were all positive, after completing I think it deserves all the love it got cuz the screenwriting is amazing
( truly deserved the award) I usually love to analyse scripts and this one has one of the best I swear! Every dialogue has depth and meaningful. It really has an amazing script!
And the acting...oh lord oh...I don't have words to describe how much I liked the acting. Seriously although only one of the main actor won the best actor award I really think others deserved it too!
Specially the actress who played aki's mother cuz god her acting was fabulous! Every actor and actress is just... incredibly amazing. Really it is hard to find a drama with such great cast.
The emotions delivered were so amazing. The drama felt realistic cuz of the amazing script and the amazing way it was delivered by the incredible actors!
The direction didn't caught much of my attention even though all the three directors won the best director awards 😂😂 but it wasn't so special to me 😅
The picture quality was rubbish so the drama won't be cup of tea for every one cuz a lot of people want to see dramas of good picture quality which is something I don't care about but whatever.
If I had to describe the show in one line then it would " the families struggling to find happiness in life".
Yes the whole drama is just about that. Happiness. It's a word both of the families want to have but can't since 15 years and maybe will never obtain it.
The drama shows how some wounds can never heal...or maybe they can.. idk...no one knows.
It's a very tragic story like very. I cried in literally every episode. I mean they weren't literal tears. They were little tears idk how to explain lol but yes.
As I said it's a very intense drama , seriously it is. It has kind of a dark humour too if you like that like I do 🌚🌚🌚
It's an amazing slice-of-life drama with a very flowing story. Like it's not slow and it's not fast, it's flow is just perfect. With amazing characters and yes psychology!
Psychology is in there cuz there is a guy with some mental illness and I love how they tried to tell the audience his feelings too and not just label him as the "villian".
Overall this drama is an amazing slice-of-life with a tragic story and a message " no matter what life throws at you, you'll still live" the message is cruel but all the drama they are trying to tell us that life is hard but we gotta
love for no reason. Just live. It's not a drama to describe by one. It's a drama you'd understand while watching it yourself and feeling every thing.
Just watch it if you love slice-of-life dramas or tragic dramas! This one has got a place in my favourite do ana list without a further ado! And no wonder the drama won the best drama award in Japan! Truly deserved!
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A truly interesting title indeed. Soredemo Ikite yuku expresses the emotions of the characters bare n its actually frightful that it does it so brilliantly without much music.STORY 9.5/10 : I wanted to give it a 10 but settled at 9.5 due to some situations being cliched. Though i don't dislike cliches some of them in the drama could've been better avoided. But it was overall convincing. I really love how they showed both sides of the coin (both families). Both families suffer but still they try to live on which is very admirable. However I was a bit disappointed with the ending but it was amusing how the last scene showed HIROKI returning the DVD he borrowed (FYI its p**n). I laughed hard when he said what was the overtime fee XD.
ACTING/CAST 8.5/10 : A high score if I should say. The characters were well acted n depicted. Though it could have been better at some scenes it was acceptable. The awkward chemistry between HIROKI n FUTABA had me laughing at times. Looking at them got me nervous sometimes thinking how it would turn out.
MUSIC 7/10 : Though I mentioned how it used very little music to show lot of scenes raw n at the same time did it brilliantly there was that feeling that what if it had music to intensify the emotions further. I cant help but think that it would have been awesome with more music # u don't have to necessarily agree.
REWATCH VALUE 7/10 : i don't usually re watch what I have watched once primarily bcoz i don't want to be left with the feeling - wasn't it better than this. That is why I believe its a fairly high rewatch value for me.
OVERALL 8.5/10 : Its was certainly an interesting series n worth the time. Though it may be offensive to some that I didn't rate it 10/10 all I can say that it was a certainly amazing series but not the likes of the greatest. However it tackled a very deep topic n i believe that this problem is prevalent even in our current society n for that i give this series a thumbs up. Its not rare seeing people dish out offensive comments on social media when all along we dont even know a fragment of what the person or their family is going through.
Lastly, if u r someone who enjoys fast paced dramas with great music then I believe this series won't be be ur cup of tea.
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