Watched/completed in 2026

A very interesting portrayal of mother-daughter relationships through the plot device of pretending to be a student's mother at a elite school. The drama also portrays some societal issues such as the cut throat nature of prestigious academic institutions and motherhood in Japan, and the unpaid labor of being a parent.

An enjoyable watch.

After the somberness of this winter, this was a breath of fresh air to me. Funny, tropey and fast paced. The female lead was funny and likeable. Reminds me of Business Proposal but with its own flair. 

A young women is arranged to marry a General and she doles out justice on the villains in her family and in his. Predictable but fun. Lots of problematic female characters. 

Watched until Episode 4 and then dropped. Seems interesting and very slice of life but the topics of grief, loss and loneliness are hard for me to watch in this season. 

Tropey but kind of cute. The female lead Jay Jay is quite likable. Gives off reverse harem vibes as she meddles and makes friends with everyone in Section E. What makes the show different than other high school harem series is that it incorporates violence, trauma, and mental health in an interesting way. Also, the secondary male lead is so likeable - he's so easy to root for.

Cute but also a bit reluctant to praise  this portrayal of an age-gap romance. I wish the writers wrote the female lead as a college student or older - it would still work. I wish there were more high school romances or even an age gap among high schoolers or college students (senpai kouhei within the high school or college context). 

The second season went dark.

What I liked: I loved the portrayal of the friendships that Jay Jay has with Ci-N, David, and the rest of the Section E boys, the humor, the portrayal that echoes real life of when a young lady gets along so well with groups of young men, the backstory to the characters, and the inner dialogue of Jay Jay.

What I did not like: I was turned off by both male leads this season, the engagement, why Jay Jay has to pick between the male leads when she should pick herself or a more chill boy, why high schoolers are saying "I love you" to each other, why high schoolers are not portrayed as doing inner work or studying or thinking about their careers/future, lack of understanding who certain characters are, and why Jay Jay can't spend more time with supportive young women - her school and home life is filled with lots of males. 

I am curious where the third season will go.

I personally find relationships between the students at the school fascinating. The friendships or former friendships should be explored more - we need more dramas depicting male friendships and how they can go sour and how they can reconcile. And why the male leads are always drawn to the same woman.  Also, more of Jay Jay figuring out how to navigate the existing relationships as she is a newcomer would be interesting. The love lines and engagement plotline is dull. 

An interesting portrayal of infidelity. Amazing acting by Matsumoto Marika as Minori - who oscillates between unhinged and sorrowful. The music was good too.

The drama lost me when it introduced the true intentions of the male lead's mother and the age-gap romance plot line which was unsettling to me. 

I like it. Sun Qian has nice chemistry with Arthur Chen. These former classmates end up entering a marriage of convenience in an interesting time period. There is a good amount of humor and heart.

I don't enjoy the scenes with the male lead's sister - her marriage plot feels a bit dark and twisted compared to the sweet, light-hearted feeling of the remaining characters. The female antagonist at the factory also elicits similar feelings and seems to be a constant thorn in the side of the leads. 

Ep 13 may have been some of the funniest scenes I have seen in a while - props to the writers and actors for making the humor work so well.  Ep 14 portrays the sweet, shy attraction of the wo leads in a lovely way.

Sweet and light. Really a lovely watch.

It's a fun watch. The female lead is strong and plucky butcher who is fun to root for. Zhang Linghe is attractive as usual and still seems mysterious 7 episodes in. 

Dropped at episode 10. Has a lot of elements that I like but am not in the right mindset to watch another 30 episodes of this.

Dropped at ep 2. The leads are great together but I am turned off by the male lead's lack of transparency.