The happy ending felt a bit forced. I was actually hoping for a scene where Hayakawa meets Yamashita again—I wanted it to be more dramatic.
As for the acting, no doubt there, they all nailed it.
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One of The Best!
This is one of those dramas that, once you begin to reflect and remunerate, it more deeply affects you than perhaps it did when you were watching it in the moment. Indeed, this is a remarkable and almost surreal symphony of emotions. Feckly brooding and doleful, yet somehow sympathizable and relatable. My initial reaction was to label this series as ‘almost getting’ there, but as I started to write this review, and began to conjugate my thoughts, I realized the narrative was way more than an ‘almost’. It was epic. I found myself thinking how deeply this series acutely affected me and understood that its quintessence was supposed to do exactly that. It felt emblematic because if you see the characters and sense who they were, you grasp their temperaments. Suddenly, I completely understood them and their natures. More importantly, the story transposed me to being both protagonists. That is rare when I could identify and relate equally with both leading figures. I saw myself in both at various times within my own life. The key to its magic is to see it as a chronicle of peeling back the layers of the personas of the characters. One of the best this year!Was this review helpful to you?
A narrow aperture to their story that gives you a deep depth of field!
As expected, Depth of Field has stunning pictures, some of the most beautiful shots i've seen in a while, with sharp colours and this sense of mystic reality. It is emphasised a lot in the scenes on the rooftop that feels surreal by how breathtaking they look and yet....they are real.While the story lacks a bit and defintely feels somewhat rushed, especially in the second part of the drama (but that is expected as to the number of episodes) the acting which was really good and the visually pleasing sceneries makes up for it, at least to me! The story started well and although the characters might feel a little hollow per moments, there was an underlying message throughout the entire drama that I appreciated a lot : stop hiding and punishing yourself for who you are and what you love, just do it and be true to yourself!
A narrow aperture in photography tend to give you the deepest depth of field, meaning everything becomes sharper and in focus and I feel like this kinda summarises their story! I think Konno helped Hayakawa regain focus on what really matters to him and that helped him fully accept his love for music and that regardless of the past, music will always be IT for him just like photography will always be IT for Konno. And in between all these self-discoveries, they found themselves and fell in love and i'd lie if i said i was 100% fine with how it all went down but considering the little 5 eps they got, i think they did a good job.
Overall, Depth of Field is a nice short drama with scenes that will leave you gobsmacked by how pretty they are...look at it as an array of quick snapshots of Kono and Hayakawa's lives.
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Short and cute
This BL was kinda slow but it was cute. I don't really like it when a show main couple get together only the last episode but it is whatever. I feel like they could have done better but with the time constraints it was okay I guess. It is a chill watch. Nothing out of the ordinary but still managed to make it interesting.Was this review helpful to you?
A well done adaptation
This is a cute drama, very easy one time watch, the actors are gorgeous and the atmosphere is sweet.When I read the maga a while back, there were some things about the story that I didn't like and almost didn't continue reading it. But Hayakawa intrigued me, I needed to understand why he acted the way he did so I finished it despite the upsetting events.
I am so happy that this version changed those things thatI didn't like and other than that they stayed very true to the source material. I was left wanting more in both instances, the story feels incomplete somehow and also I expected the music to be better, as Hayakawa is described as such a great musician, but still it's sweet and worth the watch.
I don't think I would watch a second time, but I would recommend it to friends.
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Short but deep beautiful story
I love how jbl always have short but deep series. This drama is one of those you can put in your sweet spot. I'm definitely going to miss these two and feel like a proud mom for both of them growing up and thriving in life with their each passion and love for each other.At first hayakawa (high school) is such a questionable and a bit freaky character tbh, this kid is really something and him got repression made his mental breakdown all over the place and I'm glad he met konno who help him overcome his feelings, if he doesn't meet konno, his life will completely different and could be worse in some case. Some people may find his behaviour and his past has no correlation, but in my opinion child psychologic can be extremely complex and difficult to understand. I guess that's what the series is trying to tell us that what we do or did in the past can drastically changes someone else lives.
This may be different but I kind of like how they change the ending about konno go to NY and hayakawa and his band on their away getting some record deal. It's means that both growing up and dreams are starting to come true but yes the cost of this is they have to ldr for a while, which is sad but life keeps move on but both still so young and we'll leave our imagination for their future. Like some people said, your life is not only involves about your partner but also about your journey about your dreams.
Other than that, love the music, visual, cinematography, and the location are gorgeous. I'm still trying to find the original background music to add on my playlist because it's such a beautiful piece. If you guys can find it, let me know! ☺️
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Amor de ontem, de hoje e amanhã.
Japão tem realmente o dom de quebrar meu coração em mil pedaços e o pior eu continuar gostando , já chorei mas o nó na garganta ainda permanece. História com final aberto pra quem é ansioso e fantasioso é o pior, mas valeu pois eles conseguiram libertar os sentimentos que estavam guardados a muito tempo. Os atores foram perfeitos na sutileza e delicadeza das interpretações, as lágrimas do Hayakawa no final me fizeram soluçar. ❤️É um amor do passado, do presente e com certeza vai perdurar no futuro. Eu não gosto de dar nota as obras mas para quem dá é um 10/10 com muita emoção.Was this review helpful to you?
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SehCo
Uma história muito boa. Começei ela daquele jeito, sem muitas esperanças, mas o drama fez valer os seus 6 episódios. A história ao redor do casal é muito comovente, falando sobre sonhos, sobre a dificuldade em alcançar esses sonhos, sobre como pessoas que você julgava serem próximas podem te trair de maneira árdua e como isso afeta os seus relacionamentos posteriores, não só amorosos mais também de amigos. Os 3 anos fingindo que não gostava do outro tá aí pra provar. E que final lindo, simplesmente a aceitação e botar a bola pra andar novamente sem mentiras, sem medo.História muito boa, recomendo bastante. Nota 9/10!
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