Intense and Hot
I really liked the intensity of the romance in this drama but I didn't really like the whole love at first sight aspect. I can kind of understand the ML and his love at first sight for the FL since his charecter is suppose to be obsessive and possessive. So it might have started of as obsession going on to love, but the drama didn't really show this development since the show is from the FL's perspective. But I don't understand how the FL immediately fell in love with him. She is shown to be a shy, introverted person who is constantly hit on by men and is always uncomfortable by it. How the hell did she immediately fall for the overbearing ML. It makes no sense to me.I really liked the ML, especially compared to the FL, he is also the exact opposite of the FL. The FL is the epitome of a damsel in distress and it was so annoying. I only saw the tag "weak female lead" after starting the drama, and the tag really bothered me. At first you don't really see how weak and pathetic her character is until the last few episode. Which I also couldn't understand. How could a person who just recently moved from a countryside to a big city, going to (from what I gathered) a good university and (also from what I gathered) living on her own, be so weak and pathetic. The fact thay she was able to do all that, all by herself after living with her family on essentially a farm and somehow becomes completely dependent on another guy, is what baffles me. Also, how does she not already have some sort of job. I hate that they made the FL who could have at least have some backbone, into such a pathetic damsel who is always pitiful of herself. How on earth did she live independently without the ML.
Litterally the only good thing about this drama and the only reason I was able to finish it was because it was steamy. When I say this drama was hot, I mean REALLY steamy. Not to mention the good looking cast. Both the ML and FL are handsome/gorgeous, they had good chemistry, but the FL's characteristics got in the way, a lot. The ML was so damn hot, kinda sadistic, has such a nice voice and says some of the hottest things. And that's about it. I'm a bit confused and intrigued by the ML's relationship with his (male) secretary though.
There's really not much to the plot. When you have a love at first sight drama where it is reciprocated immediately, there's nothing much you can add to it. Good thing is that it is really short, so worth the watch if you want an intense and hot romance with very little else to it.
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I loved their story short and simple ..
I loved the boy character most ..
The Mysterious boy and simple girl
Overall nice drama ..
This is my first Japanese drama and I'm aready addicted about it
When I watched first episode I thought he is playing with girl emotions then gradually watched another one its gives me stronge feeling for that boy
This story acted on manga stories .
I'm never read managa stories but this drama give me the to watch Japanese drama and Manga book
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Perfection
This is how actually romance between Omega and Alpha looks like. Dominant man and very Obedient Girl. Actors perfectly choosen Dori Sakurada plays a role so well that Obedient girl like me would straightly subbmit myslef under Him. This is the exact romance I want to expierience . For those whom thinks is too sudden thats how it would go. For those whom state They hate it , it's just not for You is for those like me whom enjoy this because are exact like female lead. I have rewatched it many times even today I have watched it 4 times already.Was this review helpful to you?
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I have watched this drama two times which clearly was a mistake! First time I really liked it, but then I didn't have watched many other dramas. Second time which is now my eyes really open up and I saw it what it really is and not just the actors. I forgave a lot to this drama only because there's my favorite actors, but I couldn't do that twice. This drama is just way too much vanilla and if I'm honest the story is horrible!! Like c'mon they started dating in the first episode!!! There's nothing interesting about that. I was embarrassed in every episode bc the things they did and said in this drama was just so vanilla that it really make me wanna puke. The characters were also so boring and gloomy. The only character that was even a little bit funny was Akutsu and he didn't even have many scenes! The fact that Risa and Hiroto broke up in the last episode but planned getting married in the same episode was just ridiculous.
Also the female lead is honestly the worst character ever. She has no personality or her own will. She just did anything Hiroto told her to do and she was constantly in situations from which she had to be saved. I don’t know a more infuriating character.
The only good thing in this drama is the actors cause I love Sakurada Dori and Fukuhara Haruka and my points goes only for them!! I remember the first time I saw this drama and I was so happy because Nao and Daichi has their own drama now but this made me so furious bc they deserved better drama!
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Never forget it’s the story, not the acting.
Everybody has heard the expression, “Only In The Movies”? Well, this drama will brings meaning to that in every way you can think of. You will never meet a woman, on screen, who is more naïve, unaware, weak, trusting, shy, and just totally oblivious to the world than the female lead in this drama. Excuse me if I missed one of her attributes. She gives in to everybody, never says no and has little if any self esteem. Men take advantage of her and even her best friend gets her to agree to give her a chance to win her boyfriend. Never have I seen a woman more vulnerable than Risa. She’s like a moth to a flame, but she is sweet and innocent. And, she has a nice smile.So, if you want to see this incredible woman, give this drama a watch. Forget about the obsessive boyfriend, it’s not his fault. She was there in front of him and he swept her up like dust on a sheet of glass. She willingly gave herself to him and after a while you begin to think it might have been a good choice.
I read so many negative reviews about the acting but I thought it was great. There is no plot in this drama so the acting is just scene to scene. The dialog means nothing so don’t blame the actors. I don’t think it’s as easy as you think to play the naïve virgin type for the entire drama. She can’t drop her persona for even a second or it all falls apart. The cheesy boyfriend has the same problem. He has to stay in character every scene. If you don’t try to find an actual story you may see some actors and actresses who may be in a future blockbuster. Just saying… It could have been an audition drama.
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Don't watch this drama if you want a plot or anything other than eye candy
In my quest to watch more japanese dramas, Coffee and Vanilla is mentioned pretty often. Also, Dori's international popularity has shot up high since his appearance in Alice in Borderland so I was pretty interested to see him in this drama. Also I didn't read the original material, so this review is coming from someone who has absolutely no knowledge about this story.However, this drama has like... no plot.. I mean it does, but it's like a fanfiction come to life. Dori plays this just perfect CEO character that is just obsessed with the FL (who is gorgeous) but her character is so damn shy I wonder how she even is able to date him in the drama. Some scenes make me genuinely cringe, but I do like how it's just straight up taken from the manga.
The color grading on this drama is also really interesting. It does look beautiful and much more of a high production than some other japanese dramas I have watched.
Why would you watch this drama?
Probably because you watch something that involved no thinking and maybe you're a simp for Dori or maybe you're a simp for perfect CEOs who are obsessed with you and do everything for you.
However, there's this one scene in this drama that makes it ---relatively--- worth it -it involves a smirk. My god, that was a hell of a scene.
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Sweet, short and cute jdrama
This is my first j drama. It doesn't look like forced romance. He always gives her time to get comfortable, cares about her, and respects her decisions. Dori and Haruka look so cute together. Their chemistry is also good. Dori as Hiroto is something else. He played his character, perfectly and their sweet moments give butterflies. It is based on love at first sight but if you watched it properly before started the relationship he already knew her and fell in love with her at first sight. Short , sweet and cute jdrama. Love the ending!Was this review helpful to you?
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No. Not For Me.
This show got on my last nerves and I'm here to explain why.First, the entirety of the show was too quick for me. Yeah, I read the tags but it was just too much. Like the leads just met each other and now they're established? Two, every guy kept chasing after her. The stalker in the first episode, the guy who was cornering her in that room, her best friend, that other dude who smokes. Too many guys wanted her, which was creepy to me. Three, Risa not knowing what to do in situations where she's being chased. The shit really pissed me off. Plus her childish tendencies were annoying and weird to watch. She acted like a full-on child, fresh from birth. Fourth, his show is just a fucking mess for me. The only reason why I even decided to watch this is because of Dori Sakurada. If he wasn't even in it, I wouldn't have touched it. I'll cut it some slack for being a recreation of a manga but if you're going to include them kissing on the first fucking episode, cut up the episodes at least. But my overall description is that this was a waste of time for me.
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Not the best
To be honest I didn't really like it. The story was pretty bad it just didn't make sense. The female lead was pretty bad at acting to be honest. The male lead is fine. I wouldn't watch it again. I just don't like that the female lead had to be saved all the time and how the guys would always hit on her. It got annoying. All those kissing scenes and that, they were just weird, to be honest the female lead kind of ruined it all. Don't really recommended.Was this review helpful to you?
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It's a lovely drama that had a lot of effort put into it.
But I can't really say it was really a mature relationship, they just kept on sleeping with each other and kissing. But it was an entertaining drama and i totally recommend it.And it also gives some examples of bad decisions like Risa sleeping with Fukamisan when she had just met him. The acting was amazing and the story line too. Coffee and Vanilla, the Japan's answer to fifty shades of grey, is perhaps the cheesiest Japanese drama I've seen, but it doesn't mean it sucks because there are people who enjoy this type of show, hence this is the hottest Japanese drama right now. In Coffee and Vanilla, the characters are captivating, and the story kept me needing more as each episode ended, but it was also a short drama. And also ,There was no character development, no love story build up and no surprises. Plus, the leading lady was, as you can guess, the vanilla of the story, and rightly so. She had no personality, claimed to be immature, but she never actually changed, even though there were some scenes that had potential. Her love interest was a more complicated that was never explored.
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