Articles and Reviews about Learning to Love in English and Japanese

This is a review that dives into the critique of the patriarchy and toxic masculinity in Learning to Love. I haven't seen many people in Japan discussing it even though it was talked about a lot among English speaking fans and I find that difference fascinating:

https://ashita.biglobe.co.jp/entry/column/oshima/aino_gakkou

Article in Madame Figaro where the writer hyperventilates over Raul (lol): https://madamefigaro.jp/culture/250911-ai-no-gakkou.html 

In Japan, tall male actors are often shunned because it's difficult to balance them with the actress. However, the presence of Kaworu, created by Raul, brings out Aimi's cuteness to an outstanding extent. In particular, in episode 6, when the two go to Miura Beach, Aimi looks up at Kaworu and her whole body seems to be overflowing with the feeling that she doesn't want to go home. I also liked the way they exchanged the straw hats they had bought, and Kaworu gently put it on Aimi's head with one hand. I was overcome with the urge and fantasy of falling in love with a tall man. I know, I'm not Kimura Fumino.

I like article in Article in Madame Figaro, it has some kind of Cary Bradshaw’ style.

Another article about last episode https://gendai.media/articles/-/158016?imp=0

 Parisatmidnight:

I like to read every and any thing I can find on this series. That said, what I find incredibly frustrating is the differences in translation.  It seems like almost every article talks about dialogue that either never appeared in the Netfix subtitles ( the only one that I had access to) or is radically different from the Netfix translation.  I am not  multi - lingual, so I never realized how difficult it must be to translate. It has made me lose hope that  I'm getting even  a minute drop of what is being said.And that makes me sad, wondering what the experience would have been like if I had access to the totality. 

Yes it's very frustrating but the Netflix translations aren't bad. I think they did a decent job given the constraints of space and also translating for an audience that doesn't know anything about Japan. It's hard to quickly give context for things like Manami using Kaoru-sama at the end of episode 3 to show how much she respects him. Sama is the highest formality level and usually used only in writing (which is perfect for them 😭) and it's also used when addressing customers so she's reversing their dynamic and establishing that she's not one of his customers. But how do you cram all that into a quick subtitle?  😭 It's not just the language but the cultural literacy that's in play. 

You might want to look for fan subs, I think they exist? Or at least someone was putting out episodes subbed in English before they got posted to Netflix. Now that I think about it, I'm going to rewatch the episodes that were put out before the Netflix release to see if the subs are different. It's here https://onetouchtv.xyz/detail/725220-learning-to-love-2025/1

Interview with an expert on developmental dyslexia who was a consultant on the show and met with Raul to prepare him for the role:

https://hanasone.mainichi.jp/articles/20250901/wom/00m/403/002000c 

Thank you for these! Will have to get to them when I have more time.