I dragged recommending this. As i rewatched musume wa kareshi ga dekinai, I felt the chaos is at par with we are all trying here. But it took me 6 episodes on the rewatch to finally submit a recommendation.
If you are imoressed with the writing of the korean one, you will get a lot of that in japanese. They are thoroughly words based. Even in manga versus webtoons. A page of a manga is filled with bubbles, be it conversation or monologues. Webtoon has more spaces in between and sceneries that convey. So in this case, we are all trying here feels so japanese. Hwang Dong Man and his million of words reminds me so much of being straight out of japanese manga panels.
The characters in musume are so complex too.
Spoiler : we have stalker and victim tandem, a doctor that is stuck with his elementary classmate, old man x college age student. Dad mom and musume is a bit odd too if you think much about it.
But the writing makes them so much of a humane that it is enjoyable. You think it is fantasy but also, it is convincing that such characters live somewhere in real japan.
Both are unique and wholesome and definitely a watch!!!
If you are imoressed with the writing of the korean one, you will get a lot of that in japanese. They are thoroughly words based. Even in manga versus webtoons. A page of a manga is filled with bubbles, be it conversation or monologues. Webtoon has more spaces in between and sceneries that convey. So in this case, we are all trying here feels so japanese. Hwang Dong Man and his million of words reminds me so much of being straight out of japanese manga panels.
The characters in musume are so complex too.
Spoiler : we have stalker and victim tandem, a doctor that is stuck with his elementary classmate, old man x college age student. Dad mom and musume is a bit odd too if you think much about it.
But the writing makes them so much of a humane that it is enjoyable. You think it is fantasy but also, it is convincing that such characters live somewhere in real japan.
Both are unique and wholesome and definitely a watch!!!
The themes are very different. WLFKBJ focuses on career, coming of age, internal struggles and Uchikare's main theme is the mother-daughter relationship. However, the 'slight romance' in Uchikare is very similar to the romance of WLFKBJ, at least the first half. We have the FL in love/likes someone else in the beginning, the ML knows and despite having feelings for her, he helps her through thick and thin. So anyone who enjoys watching men being total supportive simps, you would probably enjoy the slow-burn of Uchikare.
Both are family themed, and a part of the plot, which is a spoiler, is kind of similar. UchiKare is a series with the combination of drama and comedy, but surely has great touching parts. It focuses more of mother and daughter relationship, and just a little bit on the side of the father. Soshite Baton is more of dramatic movie, and has also explored father and daughter relationship with the mother and daughter relationship. Bonus: Okada Kenshi is both on these ;)
