Oishii Rikon Todokemasu (2025)

Where is the warmth?

This was good but I'm not too sure if this was good enough. The similarities between this and Love is Poison stops at: they are both eccentric successful lawyers with private investigators partners. Don't look for anything beyond that. Which I was grateful for. I enjoyed the format of one continuous story running concurrently with a new short story every two episodes. The differing reasons behind every divorce or separation were varied, thought provoking and harsh. The brutality of their resolve was not sugar coated and Hajime ensured his clients needs were met.

Then there was his sister. She was dying and enthrusted her daughter to his and his partner's care. The usually stoic and closed off Hajime began to thaw and let others in. Two of the most heart wrenching moments were because of her death. The daughter being present when it happened and his release in his solitude. The battle to gain custody of his niece began.

I can not find fault but still I felt something was missing. The acting was great. The stories interesting. The mannerisms suited to every character, tho the secretary can be a bit irritating. The ending as it should be. I think I didn't quite get Hajime and Kai's real connection. It was there but felt matter of fact. He felt more to be a helper than a helpmate. The focal point of the series was how and why divorces happen. I felt while watching them for the entiety that they interacted as already divorced but cohabitating. The lack of intimacy that would make their conversations precious. I'm not speaking of nc, but moments where they felt right together.

As I said, it was interesting. If you get your hands on a properly subbed version, go for it.

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Iconic queer couple going after cheaters? Hell yeah!

A japanese drama about cheaters & divorces ? I know that's damn right. First of all, kudos all around for this drama for taking the risk and being absolutely unhinged and real at highligthing a very problematic issue in the jpn society meaning cheaters hehe

Now, I love how this show provides, until now, what seems to be 2 episodes per cases as it gives us (and them) time to develop relationships and comes up with much more interesting cheating stories & therefore investigations. I enjoy the fact that on top of the divorce cases, we get to follow some sort of adjacent plots regarding the main characters aka the iconic, very cool & super healthy queer couple and what goes on in their lives. I particularly appreciate the fact that the queerness of this couple isn't the main point of it all but rather something utterly natural and given! It is also interesting to see how each of their cases impacts their realtionship and seems to highlight certain issues.

Very excited for the rest, stay tuned~~

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