Romantics Anonymous

Very Good

Netflix may have destroyed K-Dramas, but they've really helped J-Dramas. Romatics Anonymous was surprisingly good even though some of it reminded me of Tastefully Yours (not a bad thing, I actually liked TY). It was well plotted out - each episode focusing on one of the handmade candies offered in boxed set. It seemed natural how FL/ML grew to respect and then love each other - although there was certainly a supernatural element since she, who couldn't look anyone in the eye, and he, who couldn't touch anyone, managed to look and touch each other without any problem. ML fell first since FL had the mistaken impression that SML was the man who saved her and thus, wasted most of the drama trying to work up the courage to confess to her crush. It was heart-warming to see FL become accepted by the other workers at the chocolate store. It was just a really good drama considering what Japan normally produces. I'm not sure why it's called Romantics Anonymous when the only anonymous person was FL who anonymously provided one of the candies in the boxed set. But most of these Asian dramas have odd names so whatever. I didn't quite understand SML's fascination with FL/ML's therapy doctor or their relationship. Maybe I missed something but I didn't understand what her issue was with being with SML. They apparently slept together and then she keeps running away from having a relationship with him. That couple was just...off. SML, although sexy, displayed little emotion so I found it hard to believe he was in love with the doctor. As for the doctor, she was just confusing and not very likeable. It felt as though the writer was 'forcing' a relationshp between these two because the plot needed another couple for some reason. Trust me, it would have been fine without their relationship.

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How much is just westernization and tropes, how much is real? still there is genuinely Japanese

This drama reminded me of Bon Appetit Your Majesty, with all the food preparation videos... I was watching the last several episodes after dinner and I almost wanted to throw up seeing all that food.

That aside... The story yes is pretty much the tropes and a mix/repeat of Tastefully Yours and Bon Appettit. I was thinking - ah, the Western audience on Netflix, just interested in sex and food and some killing... just like 2006 american movie Idiocracy predicted... yeah the usa does live that way...

And then the Asian tropes - the loser FL, anxious, incompetent, unable to live unless some guy protects her, etc etc etc All the scenes where FL agonizes bc her mind is fogged up and her anxiety took over - those are TYPICAL SEXIST SCENES that are the staple plot of most asian dramas... that is suuuuuuuuuuuper disgusting... Just like typical scenes of lewd sexuality of FLs in western shows.... The same disgusting sexist put down, just two different extremes.. In both cases, showing women as brainless, incompetent PAWNS.

Watching this FL for the ENTIRE drama being a clutz, not being able to operate in the world, not able to communicate, and always anxious - SOOOOOO MANY FL IN KDRAMAS AND CDRAMAS LIKE THAT - IT IS DISGUSTING, QUIT IT FINALLY !!!!!!!! IT IS LIKE WATCHING A PATIENT FROM THE PSYHCH WARD!!!!! GET OVER YOUR SOCIETAL SEXISM!!! A woman like that is not cute, she is DUMB. and that is precisely why dramas are like that. They promote dumb women. So that men can rule over them. It is super extra **** disgusting *****

So I started watching this drama with a rather flippant attitude.
I wanted to see what Japanese copied from Koreans, too. Because all Japanese dramas I watched - were not good, except "Only for the married" bc of the main actress, who is PHENOMENAL.

So this j-drama felt a lot like k-drama because acting and plot were stronger and there was warmth, it was totally like a kdrama but in Japanese, with Japanese customs. But still.... it was different than a kdrama.

First, I noticed that the pace was slower and the plot was a lot more simple. Not so much backstabbing and games, more honesty and team work. No rushing around. The conversation was deeper.

The slow plot made it possible to LOOK while you are watching. The deep and rather short, to-the-point conversation forced me to focus.

Male actor was acting like an american actor, which also captured interest because he was showing A LOT of emotion and he also was a lot more thoughtful, expressive and soft than I ever have seen in a Japanese male, young or old. I was perplexed bc I have never seen a Japanese person behave like that. So I was watching wondering WTH is going on. WHAT THE EMOTION??? FYI that is the new slang after the kdrama about working out, based on the main character, a crazy personal trainer. SO instead of WTF or WTH you way WT_____ whatever you are commenting on. In this case - what the emotion?? on a Japanese male???

So then I first noticed that ML had pitch black hair and slightly brownish skin. He also has big eyes and I wasnt sure if that was plastic surgery, like Koreans do, .... but his shiney ***beautiful*** hair was certainly not k-drama trope. Koreans are racist or shall I say, white-$$$$-kissers, and try to put white powder on their face and try to bleach their hair brown, and do plastic surgery, to look as white as possible. Thick lips, big eyes, small noses, ... I am not sure if there is any natural face in kdramas anymore... ? And the good guys in kdramas have brown hair and bad guys have black hair. I cannot stand to see that.

THIS ML WAS NOT TRYING TO LOOK WHITE. His beautuful hair was pitch black and shiney, and just beautiful. Did they put some shine into it? It was SHINY BLACK. ANd his skin and face with some wrinkles was real. This is one really good looking *real* guy.

I LOOKED AT HIS HAIR WITH ADMIRATION, TO ME HIS PITCH BLACK HAIR IS A SIGN OF REBELLION. OF RESISTANCE TO WESTERNIZATION, A SIGN OF STICKING TO JAPANESE, not kissing up to white people.

I am not sure if ML actor is trained in the West though, bc his facial expressions were quite.. ahem.. american, I think. He looks like he is acting in an american drama... I dont think a Japanese person is THAT expressive...

It doesnt matter. His pitch black shiney hair was definitely like carrying a Japanese flag on him, and I totally totally totally ADMIRE that courage to be themselves.

Down with trying to look white. Africans, Arabs, some Indians, and kdramas and c-dramas try to look white, and that is just disgusting.

This ML was a totally beautiful representative of Japan :) He is very handsome. And unusually buff. Other Japanese actors really lack muscle and look like urban people who never exercise. So it was nice to see a male from Japan who is athletic.

Also, the women in this drama were normal looking. Korean actresses can be SO SKINNY that you just want to put them on a feeding tube and send them hunger relief charity packets.... They look like starving kids in Africa, but dressed in nice clothes and put on a pedestal and worshipped as "fashionable." In reality they are just super unhealthy, I was so pleased to see some legs and arms and butts in this drama. Real women. Not skeletons.

But I digress.

So anyways, I kept watching, CURIOUS as to what will happen.

It was very slow for what I am used to and I was in a hurry to get to work, and it was quite tropey, and the female lead with her anxious behavior was the TYPICAL asian drama trope, FL who is just mentally ill and incapable of living her life properly and MUST HAVE A GUY TO BABYSIT HER,
luckily he too had handicaps so he wasnt the typical he-man for incapable chick, and also she was very competent professionally and taking steps to deal with her mental illness, and he was very kind and expressive, so overall... it was not too sexist and disgusting as is many kdramas....
Still it was quite tropey ... Luckily some tropes were skipped, like ... asian families owning their kids, ML did not dominate or order FL around too much, etc.

but there was something that was different than k-dramas.
This drama was simpler and easier to understand... as I have seen in Japanese dramas before - they are too simple, like the audience is little kids, the plot is too obvious...
But ... although some parts were too rosey childish, there was dialogue that was waaaaay too much deeper than a kdrama ...
and the pace that was so slow and everyone TAKING THE TIME to pay attention to each other and CONVERSE IN A MEANINGFUL WAY...
It had the feel of a Zen encounter kinda :)
and also... it was more healing. The conversations were a lot deeper than in a kdrama.
Also, it was real life and some details were not rosey - he offered an umbrella, then took it back LOL she cussed back at him LOL He learned Korean to learn what she was cussing LOL

Where I really started paying attention is when the therapist entered, and very compassionately offered some insights. The gentleness and SANITY o what she was saying, and a helping hand with gentle warm insight, made me really pay attention.

IT WAS CLEAR THAT THE TIMING AND COMMUNICATION PATTERN IN THIS DRAMA WAS ON ANOTHER LEVEL, ON A DEEPER LEVEL THAN I HAVE EVER SEEN IN A KDRAMA.

That's when it hit me that I was watching something slow and hypnotical that sucked me in, bc it was DEEP. It is like looking at a lake, doing nothing, and then falling into very deep "water" into a different gear of your brain.

It was more .... sophisticated and gentle and deeper than a kdrama. I guess we got the best of the Japanese style.

I am not even going to mention cdramas, which imo are very crude and rough and feel like a military drill most of the time, and are super high on "drama" and hype to the point I cannot stand, and also have no humor, no lightness, no real joy, and often look like super cheap fake obvious imitations of the west. Cdramas are just .... like life in China LOL

But this Korean-Japanese mix was something classy... Although this is a raging rom com trash, with all the tropes and product placements, ... stil... it was elegant and wise.

THE CONVERSATION WAS CRISP AND HONEST AND TO THE POINT. I really appreciated that.

Somehow the whole show was elegant. And very warm adn WISE.

As a student of shiatsu, as a lover of coans, haiku, onsens, nature bathing, Zen and Japanese fashion and art, etc etc etc I felt like I finally experienced it in a tv drama.
It was gentle and deep and very considerate.

I still wonder if this is how people really ARE In Japan, and how much of what I have seen is just "asian hollywood" aka fabricated scenes that do NOT match the reality of daily life AT ALL. American movies and tv series are totally totally not like everyday life, Everything in there is made up fantasty to make you "feel good".

In kdramas, I have no idea what people really look like, since everyone got plastic surgery. I have no idea how ppl live, since so much of the drama is written for product placements.

So I still have my doubts about this jk drama too.... How much is real and how much is just a show that esp caters to grabbing $$$$ of the western audience.... The chocolate, the bricks restaurant, the wedding dress, the Catholic church wedding, etc etc etc So much westernization.

That is one more reason why I loved the pitch black hair of ML. At least his hair was somewhat real :) He had black hair and it was not hidden.

Even though ML was acting americanized and I wondered WOULD a real japanese male act like him?
I suspect he is someone trained in Holywood or by Holywood or spent some time in the USA but is really Japanese -
Why do I think that? bc he cannot smile LOL it is clear smiling is not something he does often LOL Also, he has not straightened or whitened his teeth That is very Asian too. Also, drinking tea or big city water stains teeth. That is very Asian too.

So I do not know how much of this drama is just a japanese version of a western fantasy ...

But the little snippets that got put in the drama have Something that is definitely a Japanese contribution and definitely a gift for all of us.

A little bit of WISDOM, in a very quiet deep way

I really appreciate that thoughtful, considerate, warm, meditative, deep feeling of Japan, that certain elegance and "Zen" feeling

That ability to be super deep in a very simple and elegant way
No drama
Just efficient warm handling of things in a considerate and honest way

very Japanese at its best

I love it

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Touching and Inspiring

For me, Romantic Anonymous is both touching and inspiring. While viewers may have different opinions about this drama, I personally can’t compare it with others - it has its own unique charm that sets it apart. The number of episodes is just right; it doesn’t feel rushed, yet it doesn’t drag, allowing the story and characters to breathe naturally.

Although it’s a J-drama, it surprisingly gives off strong K-drama vibes, which made the experience even more enjoyable for me. I was already familiar with Han Yoo Joo from Moving, and she once again proved how superb she is as an actress. Her performance felt sincere and emotionally grounded, making it easy to connect with her character.

What I appreciated most is how the drama portrayed different kinds of phobias. It reminded me that there are many forms of fear people struggle with, and that having one doesn’t make them weak or strange. Instead of judging, the drama encourages understanding and empathy, something we all need more of in real life.

I also loved the mission and purpose of the company depicted in the story. Whether big or small, the values it showed care, respect, and humanity - made a strong impact. If more companies in real life operated with the same mindset, workplaces would be healthier, relationships more harmonious, and people genuinely happier.

Overall, Romantic Anonymous is a heartfelt drama that leaves you not only entertained, but also more compassionate and reflective.

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what were those two doing there in the end lol (not talking abt the fl and ml)

pleasantly surprised at how giggly and fluffy i got after watching this drama. High percentage of me enjoying this drama is because of the couple's chemisitry that went thru the roof! mature love is seriously the best. even with the usual aloof ceo/nervous staff combination, the good writing make every characters feel 3d and not cheap imitation of the french counterpart.

also all the star-studded cameos! im Indonesian and how surprised i am to learn this drama took place in Bali, heck when I saw Omara (the driver when they went searching for god send cacao) i needed to do double take lmao and akanishi jin? he is so hot 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

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I have watched over 400 dramas and this one is now one of my favorites

Review

I rate this a 10/10, and I honestly don’t indicate perfect scores very often. I couldn’t find a single thing wrong with it.

The premise is incredibly refreshing and adorable: Hana Iwayama has severe social anxiety and can’t meet people’s eyes, while Sosuke Kojima has a phobia of being touched by others—yet from the very first moment they meet, they can look at and touch each other without any problem. It’s such a sweet, clever twist on the “fated connection” idea. What makes it truly special is how both characters grow and heal each other throughout relatively short series. Sosuke is smitten with Hana from the start (and never wavers), which is just pure catnip for romance fans. The series is funny when it needs to be, deeply heart-warming the rest of the time, and surprisingly thoughtful in its portrayal of anxiety disorders and trauma without ever feeling heavy-handed. The chocolate-making scenes are gorgeous—almost therapeutic to watch—and the happy, wholesome vibe is off the charts. If you love feel-good romances with zero second-lead syndrome, no unnecessary angst, and a perfect happy ending, this is an absolute must-watch. I already want to re-watch it, and that basically never happens.

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Hana Iwayama is one of the genuinely sweetest, most selfless female leads I’ve ever seen. Giving up her prized original recipe at the chocolate competition so her teammate could take the spotlight? That moment was the cherry on top of her kindness.Sosuke Kojima is just as lovely. When his cousin tries to stage a hostile takeover of the family company, Sosuke doesn’t get bitter or vengeful—he understands the envy, empathizes, and immediately offers to share the top position. Even his best friend Daigo is an absolute gem (no wonder Hana briefly mistakes him for the guy who saved her at the beginning; they’re cut from the same ridiculously decent cloth).There’s none of the tired Japanese drama tropes I usually groan at—no silent pining from afar, no “I loved you first so you owe me” nonsense, no cold chaebol/F4-type male lead. Sosuke is soft and melty for Hana pretty much from episode 1, and it’s glorious. The story is fairly predictable, but in the best comfort-food way. And that ending—seeing them get married, Hana freezing in panic halfway down the aisle, and Sosuke just casually walking over to meet her instead? Perfect encapsulation of how they’ll keep supporting each other forever. I was grinning like an idiot. Easily one of the best short romances I’ve ever watched—yes, even compared to my beloved Korean dramas. 100% recommended.

Synopsis
Aired: 2025
Number of Episodes: 8
Average Run Time per Episode: 50 minutes

In the enchanting world of artisanal chocolate, two guarded souls navigate the delicate art of vulnerability, discovering that the sweetest confections are born from the courage to connect. Sosuke Fujiwara (Shun Oguri), the reclusive heir to a faltering sweets dynasty plagued by an aversion to physical contact, acquires a quaint Tokyo chocolaterie to revive his family's legacy. There, he encounters Ha-Na (Han Hyo-Joo), a masterful yet reclusive confectioner who crafts divine treats under a pseudonym, her genius veiled by a paralyzing fear of eye contact. As their professional collaboration ignites unexpected sparks—forged in late-night tastings and whispered recipes—they form an unlikely alliance, immune to each other's deepest anxieties. Through a tapestry of melting ganaches and tentative gestures, they unravel personal scars, blending professional rivalry with budding affection in a heartfelt ode to love's imperfect alchemy.

*Sosuke Fujiwara (Shun Oguri): The introspective president of a struggling chocolate empire, haunted by tactile phobias from past trauma, who steps into the kitchen to reinvent his legacy and finds solace in unexpected partnership.
*Ha-Na (Han Hyo-Joo): A prodigious chocolatier with scopophobia that keeps her hidden behind aliases and aprons, whose innovative flavors and quiet resilience bloom into bold self-expression amid budding romance.
*Takashi Fujiwara (Ryo Narita): Sosuke's steadfast childhood companion and confidant, a pragmatic executive at the family firm who offers wry humor and unwavering support while navigating his own tangled loyalties.
*Motomi Kawamura (Ayumi Ito): The bubbly, ever-optimistic sales whiz at the chocolaterie, whose infectious energy and meddlesome matchmaking often propel the leads toward awkward but pivotal heart-to-hearts.
*Kenji Koiwa (Eiji Okuda): The wise, no-nonsense veteran chocolatier and former mentor figure, dispensing gruff yet profound advice on life's bitter-sweet balances from his perch behind the counter.
*Shuntaro Fujiwara (Koichi Sato): Sosuke's imperious father and the iron-fisted patriarch of the Fujiwara confectionery empire, whose high-stakes expectations clash with his son's quiet rebellion in pursuit of authentic passion.

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Chocolate is a love language.

Someone whose love language is always a chocolate, I loved it. In happiness and sadness I always shared chocolate with my loved one's. In hostel life whenever I and my friends recieved chocolate from someone we always eat it together at night while sharing all the stories. Whenever we fight we just gave each other chocolate to say sorry, it's always a language for us to share our emotions with each other. This story is so relatable for me, it gives the warm feeling. Though the story and plot is not new and for many people choclate is unhealthier. But for me it's always a comfort shared by people I love. I always remember them while eating it and always goes back to the bestest time of my life. ❤️

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Staring Meets Feeling

Another story on healing. I'm not a fan of this genre, but this one is okay for me. ML's touch problem and OC to cleanliness is a common psychological behavior in CEO Cdramas. While FL's extreme sensitivity to glare or stare is quite rare I guess.

So this made me crave for chocolates. I just don't buy the idea of being an anonymous creator of the product yet, you have to deliver the product yourself. Like, don't you think you want yourself to be revealed?!! Not a fan of the leads. but, I liked the idea that one is Korean and the other is Japanese. Oh and ML's flaunt of his abs would really make you have another look. I just don't get the idea either, why flaunt this when there's not even a single intimate moment in this drama. But,ML and 2ML are surely hot.

Definitely there's chemistry between the leads. Very minimal kisses and yes, it doesn't feel like am watching a Jdrama when there's no intimacy here and there. This is just another too conservative romance drama that I've seen. The injected humor is cute. Honestly, the pace is quite slow for an 8ep drama.

Ok, why I gave this an 8 rating? Actors nailed their jobs portraying their role. And yes, seeing Kentaro and Song Joongki in the finale is a big plus. And a HE wedding. Not to mention, this drama is trlingual.

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Uma história sobre amor e medo, vulnerabilidade e confiança!

Além de ser uma comédia romântica fofa, é simplesmente um dorama conforto e inspirador sobre duas pessoas que que lidam com seus desafios de fobia social. E é nisso que está o encanto da trama, na qual a vulnerabilidade entra em ação dando charme para história, sem contar que em cada episódio retrata um pouco sobre cada chocolate e o quanto o impacto deles faz a diferença na vida das pessoas.

É simplesmente um dorama que te faz refletir em muitas coisas, como sei lá você ter uma fobia, TEA, uma deficiência... independe do desafio e pensa em muitas coisas do tipo: achar que você não mereci o melhor da vida só porque você não consegue lidar com aquilo (que ambos personagens demostraram muito isso), ou de a pessoa que você amar será que vai te aceitar do jeito que és, ou se as pessoas ao redor vão te aceitar do jeito que és...?
Esses tipos de questionamentos me fizeram refletir sobre o exemplo tão lindo e delicado dos protagonista, na qual eu diria em duas formas: as várias formas do amor e o amor em suas diversas cores. Ou seja, o AMOR é para todos!

A atuação eu achei incrível, especialmente a conexão dos protagonista achei muito fofo saber que ambos tem uma certo desafio a lidar, mas juntos mesmo com a dificuldade que tinham se apoiavam um ao outro, incentivando um ao outro e mano... isso me trouxe até alegria.

Pra uma produção de J-Drama da Netflix com só apenas 8 episódios de aproximadamente 45 minutos, tá bom demais. Eu realmente amei!

E se você não assistiu porque ficou com receio de não ser tão bom ou só porque você estranha a língua japonesa... EU DIRIA QUE TÁ PERDENDO COISA BOA! VOCÊ DEVERIA ASSISTIR! É UMA HISTÓRIA QUE VALE A PENA!

Mas vou logo dizendo: é um dorama pra se apreciar; se você é o tipo de pessoa que não tem saco pra essas coisas, de apreciar os minimos detalhes, então esqueça, NEXXTTTT -.-).
Dar pra maratonar de boa sem pressão. Romance tem...? Temos sim de forma bem delicada e sutil, porém não espere um romance daqueles. Fora isso, vale a pena apreciar esta história! <3

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No estilo encantador....

É um romance doce e sutil, onde emoções e eventos se desdobram como uma metáfora para a criação de chocolate.
Estou pensando, por exemplo, no chocolate wasabi: picante à primeira mordida, depois macio e reconfortante quando derrete no coração. Eu associei esse chocolate com a cena do abraço: um momento difícil, imbuído de seus respectivos traumas, mas ainda mais tocante uma vez que o conforto é encontrado. E como um bônus, essa cena evoca uma memória nostálgica, como uma doçura saboreada com um atraso...
Cada história estava ligada a um chocolate, e cada chocolate a um episódio.
A música e as fotos foram cuidadosamente escolhidas, com grande precisão estética.
O elenco fez um trabalho notável: ambos os atores foram profundamente tocantes.

Shun é um ator excepcional; perfeitamente em sincronia com seu parceiro, eles exalam a mesma energia, uma bela harmonia na tela. Hyo Joo, por sua vez, era esplêndida: ela parecia quase japonesa, e seu sotaque era impressionante! Eu nem sempre estava em sincronia com algumas de suas performances, mas dado o contexto, provavelmente era difícil para ela demonstrar mais confiança.
No geral, eu realmente gostei desse drama, embora eu esperasse mais conexões românticas.

É uma bela história que é uma mudança em relação às habituais, onde eu ri, chorei e amei com elas!

Não é um drama excepcional, mas é um drama comovente que merece ser visto, onde você certamente se divertirá! A culinária é limitada à fábrica de chocolate, então ela está presente, mas há mais. Que grande elenco!

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“La vita è come una scatola di cioccolatini, non sai mai che gusto ti capita”: è andata proprio così con questo drama. Colpa mia che non mi sono informata e l’ho messo in visione appena uscito solo per il titolo, “RomanticsAnonymous”, credendo fosse una serie coreana, ma è giapponese, convinta fosse doppiato, invece è con i sottotitoli, pensando fosse frivolo, invece è davvero profondo. E ci sono davvero i cioccolatini, perché ogni episodio ha il nome di un cioccolatino, con un ingrediente particolare. La storia è quella di una ragazza coreana, trasferita in Giappone, con un passato da hichikomori, incapace di guardare le persone negli occhi, che ha trovato nel cioccolato e nelle sue creazioni una ragione per vivere, diventando una creatrice anonima di cioccolatini per una prestigiosa cioccolateria (ma quanto cioccolato gronda da queste righe??). Il nuovo proprietario di questo negozio ha a sua volta una grossa difficoltà: non può toccare o essere toccato da nessuno, un problema notevole considerato che non può stringere nemmeno le mani dei clienti o essere avvicinato da amici e familiari. Tra un cioccolatino ripieno e l’altro, alla ricerca di preziosi ingredienti e sapori che riportano in vita vecchi ricordi (come delle vere e proprie madelaines), si intreccia il cammino della psicoterapeuta di entrambi i protagonisti, sarà lei la chiave? Due cameo eccellenti mi hanno quasi fatto pensare ad una seconda stagione, che, se ci fosse, stavolta mi sbaferei e divorerei con consapevolezza.

Cast indovinato, scenari dai colori vivaci e ost deliziosa.

Da mangiare tuto a scatola chiusa. Una scatola di cioccolatini può salvare la vita. Aveva ragione Forrest Gump. Slurp!

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Romantics Anonymous – A Fantasy About Chocolate and Denial

Romantics Anonymous starts with chocolate, but don’t be fooled — this isn’t a sweet story, it’s a clumsy one.
She suffers from scopophobia, the irrational fear of being watched.
He has misophobia, a fear of being touched.
Two people trapped in their own anxieties… that the script turns into romance.

Instead of showing what it means to live with social anxiety or touch disorders, the series uses them as excuses for “cute” moments.
He falls on top of her, both panicking — and the script goes, “Look how adorable!”
There’s no tenderness in a mutual nervous breakdown.

And of course, the message is the same as always: love cures everything.
She wins a contest, spots him in the crowd, runs, hugs him… and magically, she’s healed.

In real life, these phobias don’t vanish with hugs or chocolate.
They take years of therapy, relapses, and isolation.
But Romantics Anonymous uses them as decoration, as if trauma were just part of the packaging.

So no, this isn’t a romantic story.
It’s a fantasy about chocolate and denial.

Does it work?
Yes — if what you enjoy are surreal worlds and bedtime stories where you control the ending.

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O Doce Encontro de Duas Almas Ansiosas

Em uma adaptação charmosa do filme francês Les Émotifs Anonymes, a série nos apresenta a dois protagonistas que são gênios em suas áreas, mas desastrosos em interações sociais. Sosuke Fujiwara é o herdeiro de uma grande empresa de doces e o novo CEO de uma popular loja de chocolates, mas sofre de misofobia (medo de germes) devido a um trauma de infância. Hana Lee é uma chocolatier talentosa, mas que sofre de ansiedade social e fobia de contato visual. Seus caminhos se cruzam através de sua paixão compartilhada pelo chocolate. O drama acompanha o lento e doce desabrochar de seu romance, mostrando como esses dois estranhos desajeitados encontram consolo e cura um no outro, superando seus medos em um mundo que exige contato.


Shun Oguri como Sosuke Fujiwara — O ator japonês entrega o empresário genial, mas germofóbico. Sua atuação foca na tensão entre o seu lado profissional impecável e a sua vulnerabilidade social.

Han Hyo-joo como Hana Lee — A talentosa atriz coreana interpreta a chocolatier Han-na. Sua performance sutil e doce captura a essência da ansiedade e a luta para fazer contato visual.

Yuri Nakamura como Irene — Uma psicóloga e autora renomada, provavelmente ligada ao círculo de apoio anônimo que os protagonistas frequentam.

Jin Akanishi como Hiro Takada — Um personagem importante que adiciona outra dimensão de relacionamento ao cenário.

✨ Pontos Importantes

Colaboração Japão-Coreia do Sul: Embora seja uma série original da Netflix do Japão, conta com a atriz coreana Han Hyo-joo e com uma produção executiva da Coreia, resultando em uma estética única que mistura a sensibilidade japonesa com a emoção dos K-Dramas.

O Chocolate como Terapia: O doce é mais do que um pano de fundo, é o catalisador que permite que Sosuke e Hana se conectem de forma segura e apaixonada.

O Encontro dos Medos: A premissa central de dois adultos que enfrentam fobias extremas cria situações engraçadas e momentos de romance terno.

Direção Estilosa: Dirigida por Sho Tsukikawa (conhecido por Your Name e Eu te Amo há um Mês), a série tem uma cinematografia rica e quente que realça o ambiente da chocolateria.

💭 Minha Experiência

Fiquei fascinado com a premissa de que o amor pode ser o único remédio para as neuroses modernas. Romantic Anonymous é um drama de cura que é muito doce (literalmente). A química entre Shun Oguri e Han Hyo-joo, apesar da barreira cultural e dos personagens que evitam contato, é surpreendentemente palpável. O drama consegue tratar a ansiedade social com leveza, mas sem desrespeito. É um lembrete lindo de que o que nos torna "quebrados" é muitas vezes a coisa que nos conecta. É o tipo de drama que te faz querer uma xícara de chocolate quente e um abraço.

⭐ Vale a pena assistir?

Sim, se você busca um romance maduro, slow-burn e com uma premissa original. É uma comédia romântica delicada e calorosa, perfeita para quem aprecia histórias sobre superação e a beleza das conexões improváveis.

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