Where do I begin...
The FL had no character development and the ML never tried to understand her insecurities so basically their relationship was baseless. If the writer had working brain cells she would have at least used their past to create a plot. I was expecting the ML to admit that he was the insecure one and has a hard time trusting her feelings because in the past she ignored him and moved on. But no instead everything is just in the air. Does he like her? meh sorta who knows. Did he like her in the past? meh sorta who knows. Also the book he wrote is ridiculous and doesn't mean anything to the audience. We can't read it, its not helping us understand him any better.Cardboard characters, no development, no real plot, just angst and immature interactions. They all need therapy. That tsundere landlord needs to be checked for narcissism, sociopathic tendencies and mommy issues, ML has communication issues, probably depression and dysfunctional relationship with love, FL needs a confidence coach and self love. That blond girl although brain dead and slow, she's a cutie and can do no wrong so I'll spare her.
The actress who played the FL carried this drama, despite her character being a doormat and a masochist, she portrayed her perfectly.
Conclusion: BOooo, *throws eggs*
I don't completely regret watching it though, messy people are funny.
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BUNS.
This shit was highkey buns. I watched it years ago. like three. I watched it thinking it was going to be like k drama because it was the first j drama id ever watched. The plot was fucking weird, i deadass have no fucking clue how or why i finished it. When i first started watching asian dramas, even if i didn't really like a show, i would still finish it so they weren't just left hanging, idgaf now, but i did then. DONT WATCH. i remeber he had that weird condition where you know what lowkey doesn't work but yeah, this plot was weird and idk just no TUTWas this review helpful to you?
And about her character in this drama...oofff...i couldn't understand it. What is she, who is she, does she have any mind?? Does she have any self respect? I know her love was pure, selfless but upto this mark??? Howwwww??????
She doesn't like hanse but wanted to get physical with him. Wooowww!!! Basically it seems like all she want is sex and some little love abd respect.
And the male actor hongyo looks like he hasn't eaten since ages and never took bath. He is totally like a dead corpse.
This was the most ridiculous drama i have seen after "the great seducer". But it was way more worst than that.
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this is not a psychological drama:')
the story is simple and kind of ridiculous in a sense. there is no psychological thing in this drama, even though it does talk a little bit about the characters' mental problems. however, that's it. if you are expecting something healing or psychological, then this isn't for you. there is just sex and some not-so likeable characters. i do like the female lead, but her "going-with-the-manipulation" thing is definitely not likeable at all, but just sad...i guess.the story's premise is somewhat weird and creepy in a sense, but i don't really expect much from these kind of dramas. there are some times when the author gives me a ray of hope that the story will provide me with something. but it only gives the main leads a very unreasonable reason to have sex or to be intimate in any way. however, i think that's the author's purpose:/
The second lead's backstory made me sad, but dude, was very very toxic from the veryyy start. so, bye, Hase:')
The male lead is pretty plain, almost-expressionless and some kind of genius dumbass. honestly, i don't understand his reason for not falling in love before as much as i do Hase's. also, i felt that he says he won't do anything Terada dislikes, but he kind of emotionally manipulates her:'/ dude, i understand you don't get hard, but you should have a little bit of human decency:')
also, again, this drama isn't psychological. this is just your same story-less steamy drama with your same push-over fl who will probably apologize even when she is dying and your same ml who will only smile in front of the fl because he kil...i mean loves her:')
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nevertheless, if you just want to watch two straight humans having sex or some intimate moments (like me), then it's a good drama to watch. but because the ml and fl's relationship never really progressed in an emotional sense, even the sex scenes kinda feels...flat. but you will enjoy:")
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All crucial information is absent in this series. If you don't believe me and got intrigued by the introductional episode as I did, just know you have greatly been deceived because that desire to watch is short lived.
Sorry, no, that's a lie. I did indeed feel desire but it lead to disappointment.
The character progression was a load of shit and pretty much non-existent & that also goes out for story development.
Yours truly,
Suicide.
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If I'd read reviews before watching this, I probably wouldn't have bothered... But I'm really glad I did. And having watched it once, I've now seen it 4 or 5 times and I like it more on every watch.The story in itself, is not that strange albeit it's uncommon. I suspect you'd be hard pushed to find another drama that deals with impotence and has sexual overtones quite as brazen as this one. However, the subject isn't what makes this strange. It's actually the characters - their behaviour and interaction with each other is bizarre most of the time.
Now, I've not seen many Japanese shows but I like their brevity and their quirkiness. I've seen about 10 now (versus 50+ korean and more than 20 chinese) and I'm loving the 10 episodes or less set-ups... And I'm loving just how odd and in some cases, controversial you could say they are in comparison to their chinese and korean counterparts. Given this is reasonably short and doesn't rely on significant use of flashbacks to help viewers understand why someone is the way they are, don't expect to be able to put any meaning to the characters behaviour or expect them to change or grow in their psychology or make up. Our female lead does become a little bit more assertive but to some extent, this assertiveness just extends to her recognising what she wants or even who she wants. And if what or who she wants is weird or strange, she'll go after it anyway if she wants to whereas in the past as an adult, she was a people pleaser who apparently couldn't say no to anything which meant that she did things for others because they asked her to, rather than having dreams or goals for herself. The other characters saw no such self-awareness and seemingly continued their lives doing what they had always done.
The story was interesting. I've never seen anything like this nor do I think I'll ever see the likes of it again and I liked the acting and characterisation. Our male and female leads pretty much downplayed and dead-panned everything despite both their historic and present relationship being so unconventional... And their need for each other both then and now was at best, interrupted by their housemates and at worst, it was positively interfered with (I'm looking at you Hase!). The male lead has a knack for just coming out and saying whatever he wants to with no shame or embarrassment which actually makes some of these episodes or scenes hilarious.
Music was inconsequential. I actually really liked the opening theme but there was barely any music throughout the episodes so if it was there, it neither added or took anything away and as for re-watch value, as mentioned above I've seen it several times both because I think it was a good drama and because it's a fairly quick watch.
I'd definitely give it a go as I genuinely don't think anyone could 'lose' anything by watching it... But be prepared probably for something you've not experienced before. Its rated 18+ for a reason and whilst nothing is shocking, it's definitely not traditional.
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Messed up adults in one house.
3/5. This drama is so messed up. Just like the title, "Screwed-Up Adults Sharehouse", basically a bunch of adults with a weird way of thinking. It's cute and great in some scenes, but can't count how many times I want to puke myself out with the possibility that someone did this in reality. Glad, they ended the drama before everything goes in much more complicated way. They have almost a zero percent of character development. The story went on and on in a circle. The cinematography in highschool flashback somehow looks like Thai drama, the current one is more like a Korean drama. The genre is YA romance. The acting feels much more mild compare to other Japan drama, which mostly overstate. Still, a lightwatch to spend your times with.Was this review helpful to you?
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Potential great love story however cheapened by its main theme on sexual drive!
FL and ML has their first sex experience in their high school day. The experience created and impact for both of them.In adulthood, FL didn’t have much success in love and life, she met the ML again who was having trouble with his male libido. ML’s libido to him was also equivalent to his creativity. So as a writer, he was in despair when he lost his writing ability due to his lost of libido. However when FL came into the scene, ML found his miracle cure, where he was able to regain his sexual arousal. So subsequently the few episodes were about ML trying to convince FL to have physical intimacy and sex with him. Which she gave in eventually. In this drama, FL was portrayed as a ‘push over’, giving in to ML’s advances and requests again and again. After she gave in to him and had sex with him, which she was still unable to set clear boundaries and resulting in her wondering was she just a sex object. Deep inside, FL seems to love ML previously or/and was once emotionally hurt by him (in high school, she couldn’t understand why after she gave her virginity to him), he abandoned her. As adult, she tried to act mature and cool about the matter but still deeply curious and drawn to ML as she was in high school.
There was another matured SML who was gentle and respectful to FL and took interest in her. But yet ultimately we know that she chooses to stay with ML because she accepted ML’s term of loving her is via physical connection (or sex). Partly she is flattered that she is the only women that can aroused him and maintain his sexual desire/needs. So they end up staying together and be happy in the moment.
What I dislike:
Normalizing woman to be a ‘push over’ and sex object to man. Allowing woman to be a victim to man’s fantasy.
Suggesting that it’s acceptable to allow a man to act on his sexual drive to manipulate a woman through her emotional vulnerability and love for him.
Dehumanizing man to a state only being driven by sexual drive and needs.
What I like
The actors/actress acting were natural and believable in their roles.
ML’s character is uniquely designed and he is not really like all man, one can see a mild autistic traits presented. And as FL learnt and choose to love and accept his flaws, their love is simple and uncomplicated as they meet each others’ needs.
The boldness of the director and script to explore this topic in an open manner.
One need to watch with an open mind or you won’t appreciate it.
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Women that have no goals in life or success getting into a full house with new friends(with benefits)she has no confident in herself, and she learn couple of things on the way.
some of the episode you feel the sparks of deep thoughts like loneliness or weirdness, not fit in to society, its common in Jdrama but yet it's little fluffy as they shown desires and also they progress and more open in the bed scenes
the deep questions rising at the end and i will write about it in the end
The music is cheesy not interesting.
1-9 episode talking about sexual relationship and how does it develop to emotional connection, from the female side at least, you watch her stay the same but going trough this, and it's very cute you can relate to her feeling,
the only problem is the last episode when you don't see any emotions or understanding the main man lead, he has a problem but it's not cover nothing he don't have any emotions,
When the women confess at the end again she get answer: why do you like me i don't understand...it's more desire.
and i think it's sum up the problem in the end: we don't know why she like him except the desire for him, he doesn't give her nothing or care about her at all,
i think if she would have end with the other man that more showing emotion or something it would have close better
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Absurdist, Offbeat Goodness
I've been a bit surprised by the lack of interest or love for this show, but then again I guess I shouldn't be. It doesn't give us any of the tropes that we get fed in other Asian rom coms - there's no "accidentally" falling into his arms, there's no getting drunk and piggy-backed home, there's not even any reaching out to wipe food sensually from her mouth. So what do we get? We get four highly quirky people living in a shared house. They sort of function in society but navigating the real world and its expectations of them is a struggle. We get varying details of their back stories, not a lot but enough to empathise with them. The FL and ML are solid in their portrayals of two misfits - I especially enjoyed the ML, his expressions and body language were spot on. The FL is over the top in many ways, but this is the Japanese way - it is a live-action take on very normal behaviour in the anime world. The love dynamics between the four characters is fun to watch, and the show is so short and snappy so you get to enjoy the brief ride without it getting too absurd or dull.I was even more surprised with some of the reviewers commenting on how badly the story is resolved, because I totally disagree - I watched four people progress by the end of it and there was definitely a resolution. Have we become so trained by K and C dramas to expect the beautiful confession, the happy tears, the story book wedding, the glossy magazine happily ever after? Or worse, are we so passive as viewers now that we need the message for a show to be spoon-fed to us as some sort monologue by the lead actors themselves? If this is what you're after, then okay this show is absolutely not for you. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy and want good HEAs too but more and more I've been seeking out Japanese shows to balance this out a bit.
Because there is a nice romantic story here. There is a really compelling second lead, and not a love triangle, but a four way one even! And there is even a happy ending. But just like the weird and wonderful people that this show is about, this story is quite a bit weird and pretty darn wonderful. I enjoyed it immensely. Watch it so that you can argue with me - I look forward to it! :P
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Not bad at all.
This wasn’t as bad as I expected, I actually quite liked it. The FL felt very relatable in the way that she was conflicted and had low self esteem. A lot of people have felt those same feelings and confusion over relationships and our self worth. With the ML I wasn’t even sure I should root for him, I was as confused as the FL. The 2nd ML was interesting and I really felt for him once his childhood was revealed. You could understand where he was coming from with his actions. The 2nd FL was adorable and even though I was afraid she’d be someone obnoxious she actually turned out to be the most well rounded of the 4.Theae characters worked on understanding themselves and talked things out, by the end they were a happy dysfunctional family.
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Interesting idea, but I don't like the characters
This is a kind of drama with quite more adult topics and talking a lot openly about sex, although not in any offensive way, just in a way I am not used to in other Japanese dramas, so I kind of liked the more realistic side of this.The main story is a little bit strange if you think about it - what kind of girl would do such things with her roommate like Terada did? But still it works somehow and it caught my attention, so I kind of enjoyed watching the whole series.
I have to say I like the character of Terada, she's kind of genuine girl and we can see all her emotions very clearly, so I think this was a very good acting. But other characters are just trash I think. Hongyo is cold, abusive and so strange that it seems like he has a kind of psychotic disorder and to me he looked scary all the time, so I don't understand Terada's behavior towards him. Hase is the opposite, too flegmatic, always smiling, even though it seems like a strange kind of mask and acting his feelings all the time, his behavior was also abusive and egoistic and I didn't like him. Another crazy character is Akari. If I lived with her she would scare me all the time. Like all in all, I would leave this sharehouse immediately, as it seemed like a house of horror to me.
The plus for me were some steamy scenes and how I already said, good psychology in case of Terada.
It probably won't be my favorite jdrama but it's definitely worth watching (not again though). But be prepared to think how strange this is.
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