Until I Destroyed My Husband's Family

Revenge is a dish best served with green beans

Let's be real. Could I resist a series called " Until I Destroy my Husband's Family"? Nope, I couldn't.

Otto no Katei wo Kowasu made may have been a low budget series and may have gotten a bit draggy towards the end, but no one can deny that it was entertaining.

Matsumoto Marika is splendidly overacting from beginning to end, as many of the actors and actresses in the series. I may have not read the manga, but the drama definitely had the right vibes. The plot itself was entertaining for the most part, even though there were some predictable moments, especially if you have watched similar series in the past. The ending was not that great, writing-wise, but it was good enough. Lastly, thumbs up to the people responsible for the music (♪ Galileo Galileiii ♪)!

In simple words, Until I Destroy my Husband's Family is an entertaining revenge drama, that would definitely benefit from less episodes, a higher budget and a better written ending.

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A Perfect Life, A Perfect Lie: The Most Satisfying Revenge Drama I’ve Seen

The moment this drama was announced and I saw the casting, I **knew** this was going to be a banger. No doubts. No hesitation. I waited forever to watch it, and finding subtitles felt like a full-time job 😭 but once I finally did… let me just say: this drama made me thirsty and then **overfed me**. If you know, you KNOW.

Plot*
The story follows Minori, a woman who truly believed she had the perfect life. She married her high school sweetheart, Yudai, and they have a son together. From the outside, everything looks stable, loving, and normal. That illusion completely shatters when Minori finds cryptic messages on her husband’s phone. Something feels off, so she decides to follow him. What she witnesses is beyond anything she could have imagined. Her husband meets up with a high school boy. Together, they go to a restaurant where they are joined by a woman. What Minori watches unfold is the perfect picture of a family celebrating the wife’s birthday. That’s how she discovers the truth: Her husband has been cheating on her for 15 years and He has a second family. Instead of confronting him right away, Minori decides to take revenge. She joins the cram school where the high school boy studies, posing as a teacher, determined to uncover everything about her husband’s other life.

Why This Drama Is Different

What makes this drama so clever is its structure. Usually, in revenge dramas, once the revenge is executed, the antagonists disappear and the story wraps up. Not here!
In this drama, we get four full episodes where the “bad guys” strike back. The roles reverse, and suddenly we’re watching Minori deal with the consequences of her own actions. The revenge doesn’t end it mutates.

It is SO hard for me to review this without spoilers because this is one of those dramas you *have* to experience blind. Every twist lands harder because you don’t see it coming.
Honestly?
This surpassed all my expectations. Hands down, one of the best Japanese revenge dramas I’ve ever watched. It gives proper closure to every character, and when it ended, all I wanted was amnesia so I could watch it again for the first time and relive that emotional rollercoaster.

Acting (aka: PERFECTION)

*Takezai Terunosuke* one of my all-time favorite actors, was incredible, as always. He is *so* good at playing morally questionable, unsettling characters. I love him every time, no matter how much I hate his role.

And * Matsumoto Marika* as Minori? Absolutely terrifying. Absolutely brilliant. Marika nails the female rage !
The facial expressions. The controlled madness. The way her anger simmers just beneath the surface. I was genuinely scared of her and I mean that as the highest compliment. She made Minori feel painfully real, and I lived every single emotion with her.

Please, do not miss this drama.
It’s intense, smart, unsettling, emotional, and deeply satisfying.
This one stays with you long after the credits roll.

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When payback is being handled, there will be drama!

With the drama titled "Until I Destroy My Husband's Family" the storyline points towards being a heavy revenge-driven drama. Which it definitely is!

The plot is wrapped in a slice of life- and thrilleresque way which drives forward the plot unveiling of a long scam.
Minori, the female lead, actress portrays her with so many emotions which is a huge interested from my perspective. The silent
retribution she takes is beyond gratifying!

A big part of setting the tone to the drama is the music. Both the opening and ending songs add character to the plot and is incorporated to add the finesse and the emotions when needed. Not only that, they come to be very catchy!

After finishing the show, I did believe that the drama sadly dragged on for too long. After a dramatic vengeance that was wrapped up and with various episodes to go before the end, the show lost the "spark" it previously had as it now tackled the characters trying to move on from the events. As the revenge no longer drives the story forward, romance and angst took its place. The ending wasn't perfect and turned more into soap drama.

Given that, I do think this is a fun watch if you are looking for a revenge drama with dramatics. And if the music hooks you in, you know you will be watching the story unfold!

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Best cheating revenge drama

Never thought it would be this entertaining. I love all the plot twist in this the drama..
Really can't expect what comes next. Love how they arrange the story and when to reveal the secret behind everything.
If you're looking for a satisfying revenge drama, this is it. The actors really did a good job bring the character to life. I'm satisfied for every act the main character do. All the culprit get what they deserve.
The best about this drama is, it teach you in a fair way, just because you're a victim didn't mean other people didn't get hurt too. and when you think you have hurt other people, you might have hurt yourself too. :)

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Fluff is not what to expect from a revenge drama, but the first half of the series can easily drained you by watching the characters slowly revealing their true characters and turning against the female lead (Minori). This makes it clear that some people are disgusting in nature to the point beyond help, and as Minori pointed out to Riko in the rooftop scene, people who hurt their closest ones don't deserve sympathy. The pain from deception and betrayal leaves a long scar that prob takes many years to heal. I was satisfied with Minori's father siding with her and helping her to fulfill her revenge, then I was dissapointed in the second half of Minori's redemption arc because she basically got swayed by a younger man who used to be her student and also her ploy for revenge. For a second, I thought I was watching chuukagusei nikki because it felt like a sudden change of narrative. Although it is entertaining to watch, the romance between them felt forced and didn't make any sense. I was happy with Minori's choice of her being independent and her belief that a woman doesn’t need a man to be happy. The story should have ended there, with Riko starting a new life with her daughter, Yudai and his mom getting their consequences, and Wataru starting his career, it would have been a satisfying conclusion.

Rating: 8/10. Watch if you like dark psychological drama around marriage and affairs.

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BIKIN DARAH MENDIDIH

Demi apa ini menurutku salah satu dorama terbaik musim ini( ≧∀≦)ノ dari segi alur, cast, sampai akting semuanya keren dan bikin merinding terutama alur ceritanya yang se-mebangongkan itu( ﾟーﾟ)

bayangin dari awal kenal-pacaran-nikah selama 17 tahun ternyata orang yang paling lu sayang, suami, ayah dari anak lo ternyata punya keluarga lain yang sudah dia sembunyiin selama 10 tahun?! the f—(((￣へ￣井)

ini drama dan masalahnya cukup bikin greget, karena yang terlibat bukan cuma suami MC tapi ibu mertua juga pura-pura baik selama ini(　:ﾟ皿ﾟ) jadi kek makin asdfghjkl banget t____t jujur ini tuh cocok banget buat yang suka tantangan selama nonton drama, wajib nonton iniiiiii!!! gamau tau.

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Not sure why this is popular

I actually liked the way this was going. Getting revenge on your cheating husband and his other family and finally putting an end to it all and ruining their lives as punishment. But i wish it stopped there. The whole "seven year later" story is what killed it for me. It was just dragging. Not to mention, the lead literally groomed her student into falling in love with her. The dude was a minor like wth even???? And when he grows up, they eventually end up together. Its just so wild and romanticizing this kind of love is another reason I just could not stand this drama for too long. Truly wished they ended it right when she got her revenge.

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Poor Characterization of the Female Lead

What’s up with the weird psycho vibe and the weird music that turns female lead Minori into a psychopath like figure? Just make her act more natural instead of doing these weird psychopath expressions, bug-eyes, creepy smile, fake baby voice, horror music, and hearing “whispering voices” as if she is some kind of crazy horror show. The female lead’s acting is so badly done that it’s comical. It’s natural that the character Minori wants to get revenge, but they make everyone else including the lying husband and his affair girlfriend look normal and make her look unhinged, ominous, and crazy. In the end, the man looks calm and innocent, and the two women- the wife and mistress are pitted against each other fighting like crazy psychos. I find that treatment of her to be quite misogynistic. Making the woman, the wife look crazy when she is the only one who is honest and the victim. The way she acts is so creepy and off-putting. The man-the husband and everyone else lie all day long, and keep a flat calm expression. But the one character that is the victim of all this is being made to look like a crazy person. She laughs to herself while rocking back and forth in a chair. I also don’t like the fact that she uses that innocent teenage boy Wataru to do her bidding and manipulates him so much. The poor boy becomes obsessed with her. Where does he even live when he leaves home? On the street? On a park bench? He’s a teenager with no money. Minori is responsible for that. What she did to him is still child abuse and criminal. She could have gotten revenge without ruining him at all.

Then Minori says she’s getting revenge and then goes around spreading her guts to everyone like the mistress and her son. She spent all that time and effort trying to seduce the mistress’s son just to spill her guts to him like an unhinged mess instead of laying low and making sure he was firm in her trap so that he could be more useful to her. Not exactly calculated is it? Just an unhinged mess. She squeezes half a bottle of ketchup on her husband’s omurice with this ominous music like she’s psycho. Why does she need to be so crazy - instead she can just openly talk to her husband instead of acting like a total weirdo. I get it- a wife would feel like she’s going crazy but this series makes her look like she has serious psychological problems apart from her husband’s affair, which is an attack on the wife’s role.

One dialogue of hers that I did appreciate was when the husband was seducing her and she was going along with it and her inner dialogue says, “It made me realize how ridiculous this is. Somehow the whole thing felt a bit comical.”

Starting episode 5 it starts to get quite interesting…but Minori goes off into the usual psycho crazy laughter with the ominous music starting episode 6. Come on stop make her the crazy one!

The actress playing Minori is very annoying with her baby voice and constant hyperventilating. She’s a grown adult but even to children like her own small son or the teenage boy of her husband’s mistress- she speaks like a baby to them. It’s weird like she’s infantilizing herself. Nothing about her voice sounds natural, like she’s putting it on. It’s offputting. Sometimes her acting also comes across as fake and overdone like her crying scene during the funeral conversation with her real dad, she’s like “Okaasaan!” And breaks down and she just looks so fake. She could be natural but instead she’s trying so hard even during a crying scene to look cute and doing the baby voice and pouty botox duck lips.. like no! It’s a crying scene be natural! Ugh. And she keeps blowing her cover with all the bad guys instead of keeping it cool and calculated which would have been a lot more effective and entertaining. This just makes me irritated like she keeps acting like a psychopath.

Then the scene with fake acting between Minori and her husband & mother in law revealing to them that she knows she’s the Tsukishiro chairman’s daughter (they know that well already). And all was fine until Minori starts doing these weird deranged expressions like bug eyes and pouring too much tea in the cup so that it overflows. Like she should be using that money for psychological treatment of her mental state. What is the point of pouring too much tea in the cup except to look like a psycho? What’s the point of that shot showing her stabbing herself with a fork with those weird whispering hallucination voices? Stabbing her self with a fork? (Episode 8) What kind of ridiculous idea is that? What is the point of those weird behaviors making her look like the creepy scary one? She is the victim in all this but the director and creators of this show made her look bad by doing this. They could have made her more cold and calculating and sharp, instead of a deranged bug eyed person. That’s why I call her characterization misogynistic. When juxtaposed with the husbands acting- he looks so calm and composed and happy go lucky most of the time, and only mildly serious when things go terribly wrong. He’s only ever thinking about himself which is not love. Even after his cover is blown in the office, he still acts like a chill, happy go lucky dude. Only halfway through episode 8, he actually cries and shows any real emotion- that contrast makes his wife Minori’s creepy overacting look even more unhinged and it’s often the way men describe their wives or women in general - crazy, unhinged, scary.

Regarding the story, doesn’t Tsukishiro think it’s odd that Minori- his daughter has married the son of his housekeeper? And the housekeeper is Minori’s mother in law? It should be obvious to him what is going on because technically those two parties should have nothing to do with each other. But somehow they both show up with Minori’s son at the grandfather’s funeral acting like the perfect family- did Tsukishiro think nothing of this? It’s suspect! Or maybe he doesn’t think at all? And as far as the cheating husband and mother in law goes, waiting for 17 years and then waiting for the chairman to die is quite and unrealistically long time to put on an act as if they’re family with Minori just to get her inheritance right? They just be awfully patient and didn’t get even one slip of the truth in those 17 years? Seems unrealistic but I guess Minori was too idealistic with her rose colored glasses to see the truth even if it were right in her face. Maybe this was all her own lucidity and waking up too.

The only actor that I truly thought was natural eith the appropriate acting and expressions for the situation was the guy who played Wataru. The actress playing the wife Minori was way too weird/deranged/psychopathic like she’s the main attraction at a horror show, the husband way too chill like he’s in a Blue’s Clues kid’s show, and everyone else honestly did a better job than the actress playing Minori. While the story was interesting and well written, the acting and execution was severely lacking, mainly due to Minori.

And 7 years later poor Wataru is still in “love” with Minori after that initial manipulation, seduction, and abuse of her power as a teacher when he was a minor. Just because he’s older now doesn’t mean he’s healed from it all. He simply carries on the wound calling it love, and tries to have a relationship with Minori while she tries to ignore him but falls into it again. And what’s with Tsubasa? Minori’s son looks the exact same 7 years later as if he never grew up from 5 years old. And here is 40 year old Minori hooking up with 25 year old Wataru after the sins she committed towards him as a minor. Time for her punishment now?

Well if the kid she manipulated as a minor comes back, who knows if it’s love or a trauma bond from the abuse? How can it be love? But Minori San has no other options. Anyways the very last shot in the last episode that shows the fork drop to the ground as in the first scene is interesting. As if to say.. did it all really happen or is it a hypothetical dream?

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10/10 Interesting

10/10 Interesting
The plot seemed interesting to me.
Minori is married to Yudai, who has been having an affair with another woman for 17 years. He helped her raise her son, Wataru, and both of them have been patiently waiting for Minori to inherit a fortune so he can finally get divorced.
The most shocking part for me was finding out that Yudai's mother had planned everything. Hiromi was a very fake and mean woman who only cared about money, even more than about her own son.
This drama has a dark, eerie touch; Minori's expressions and some scenes feel like something out of a horror movie. The characters act strangely and over the top, yet it's still possible to empathize with them. The ending is somewhat unexpected and unrealistic, but I still enjoyed watching it, it's entertaining.
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du coup de Maitre au fiasco

Until I Destroyed My Husband's Family est une serie de vengeance comme on les aime, mais une serie en deux temps oui. passe du coup de maître puis au fiasco.

Les 8 premiers épisodes sont un pur chef-d'œuvre de thriller psychologique. Minori, cette femme trahie, orchestre sa vengeance avec une précision chirurgicale. Chaque regard, chaque sourire complice, chaque action est un régal.

L'actrice principale est incroyable, habitée par une rage froide qui donne des frissons. On l’admire, on tremble avec elle.

Mais quel effondrement sur les 4 derniers épisodes ! L’intrigue s’essouffle, devient plate et inintéressante. Pire, Wataru, qui avait une présence magnétique sur les 8 premiers épisodes, devient un personnage exaspérant, ses motivations floues, ses sautes d’humeur et son manque de relief transforment la tension en ennui mortel. Il traîne une intrigue qui n’en finit plus, gâchant tout le travail de la première partie.

Une déception immense, car le potentiel était là. Mais allez … on va dire qu’on garde les 8 premiers comme une vraie pépite, portée par une héroïne remarquable et puis le reste, on l’oublie très vite.

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