Vals Stor

As a nonsense, fluffy, lighthearted romcom fan every now and then-especially after watching a really good and heavy drama/movie, i ve never watched such cringeworthy show.
All the ridiculous crappy nonsense fanfics out there, should bow to this one.
No, its not the non existing storyline. Its not (only) the stiffness and fake intimacy of the main couple who had multiple supposed-to-be-bed-scenes but there was nothing there, the nonsense dialogues and there's so much more!
If you want to watch a nonsense light romcom, BUT with very good actors, direction and real feeling, go and watch: "Love is Phantom". At least you ll get to see real people moving and talking like real people, not souless dummies.
What a brain damage!

Gods know how many nonsense-manga inspired, light fluffy jdramas i had to watch after this one. so to console my broken heart. This drama literally broke me into pieces with the whole cinematography,the darkness, the tragedy i was expecting to burst any moment.
I ve watched after the kversion (which ok it was good standing alone with all the superficial filtered glittered beauty of kdramas nowadays -but i felt zero feelings)
My only complain is that they should focus more on Kimutaku's character as you said, he was the initial wheel who moved the story and was very little depiction of his whole development from childhood till today-ok i get it that jdramas are too short-but still they should focus on him more.
I loved the FL, as she came out to be a deep full of real light and love character, without being silly and immature. She represented successfully the light as her brother was clearly the dark part of their special bond.
Overall, i will watch it again sometime, when i ll be fully recovered (i recently watched it), so to enjoy the acting and other stuff more.
(btw, are you Greek? im Greek too, i ve noticed your title about greek tragedies, and this drama clearly brought the same feeling to me)

Movies and dramas, are not made with the purpose to preach or tell us what to do and what to like. They just depict parts of life, even taboo ones, disgusting ones which are still part of reality-even when none of us would do it. Its ok to feel uncomfortable to any kinds of topics, but there's no such thing as "people will do what they see in a movie".

Moves and dramas, are not made with the purpose to preach or tell us what to do and what to like. They just depict parts of life, even taboo ones, disgusting ones which are still part of reality-even when none of us would do it. Its ok to feel uncomfortable to any kinds of topics, but there's no such thing as "people will do what they see in a movie".

2 years later many people have become more puritanists than ever, even with lighter themes such us infidelity, skinship, age gaps (between adults) etc. Thank god there are still normal people like you out there. Its like a denial to hate depicted taboo topics. Especially since we know that they re part of human nature, be it right or wrong, they are still part of our species

Japanese weirdos gave another quick, creepy (with no reason), nonsense
series.
Highly recommended for laughter, chill or dinner time company.
Good acting, good chemistry, actors who dont mind to caricature themselves.
Overall, yes!

Nope. Its just the actor is not good enough to convey the right feelings. Actually he has 2 expressions for any circumstances, the serious one and the "im trying to look creepy but nothing moves in my face" one hahahhaha

Its indeed 2022 and its good that women can talk about these things out there, report abnormal behaviors that cross the limit, this can only lead to healthier societies BUT, to watch dramas/movies as if you are targeted by propaganda of misogynistic propagandists its waaaaayyyy too much! I myself dont like many kinds of males portrayed in dramas of all kinds, but its just personal preference and taste. Shows and art products in general, are not here to build new politically correct stereotypes, they are here to express their creator's view. We can take it or leave it. People who actually behave in real life, same as they watch the heroes behave in a show, have serious mental health problems or issues to solve. All the others, we can just enjoy, or reject a show according to our taste. Im already freaked out seeing all these neo-puritanists preaching everywhere how people should talk and behave. They harm those who indeed have abuse problems or are sexually harassed in their workplace, or abused in their relationships.

On ep3 but it feels so boring!
Is it getting better?

Edit: it didnt get better
Too much skinship got wasted! ML has no acting skills, he moves like a robot, has that icy expression all the time, closed mouth kisses, all in all is cringworthy!
Too bad cause it has a very cosy and sensual lightning, beautiful colors, closeups of well cooked food and drinks but.....no acting-esp by the ML.
FL performs better and i suppose she is a better actress but its difficult to carry a whole couple's performance. You should have a good partner especially when there's supposed to be romance, passion, lust, 10 years of being in love and desire of people in their 20's. Their movement and interactions dont look natural, direction is quite bad too.

For anyone who shares same opinion with me, i suggest "Love is Phantom"
Same non plot, no storyline, but great atmosphere, great acting, chemistry off the charts and a couple you ll remember for long, even though its weird and creepy at first sight.

Still we never saw the exact situation between the couple in the past. Only 1 flashback in a loop playing with strings. Did they have a relationship? Or only childhood friends with a bit of flirt? And if they had a relationship, Okita just went to Seattle and she got married and thats all? Who wrote this nonsense thing?

Ok i laughed so hard in ep1, thinking: what kind of cr@p am i watching??
Indeed, there is no storyline, there is no plot, but its an interesting watch ONLY because of that weird creepy couple. You watch a man falling instantly for a woman and he starts behaving as being charmed or something. Then you watch a woman kind of submissive and veeeeery low key person, to be so witty (sexually) with a very slight layer or seduction, acting like a dumb child and both of them give you the impression that there's something else going on in their minds, something very dark, maybe a secret, but NO. They re just like that lol!
GREAT chemistry, creepy in a very unique way and french kisses very well directed, beautiful lightning and atmosphere, sensual but natural choreographed interactions, are the only reasons for this watch. Overall i enjoyed it very much for what it is. At least it was sincere, not pretending to be something else, or taking itself more serious that it is.
Plus: eye candy Kubota Yuki wearing grey colored contact lenses, making him look even hotter!

Actually no im not new. I just prefer japanese dramas though i ve watched enough of chinese and kdramas. Indeed they are a bit more restrained, mostly because of censorship (in Chinese and Korean dramaland). Japan and Thailand differ a lot

Partly because Jdramas are not so popular both in the east and the west (except the netflix ones, which are not that good, as they re more mainstream according to netflix regular watchers).
Another reason is that majority of audience is watching Kdarmas like crazy and also Chinese ones.
I did that too before i discover the hidden gem that's hidden in Japanese movies and dramas

Try older jap dramas, esp 1990-2010

No matter if we like it or not, there are people like her out there, males and females. Its just a personality type -not necessarily mean that is promoted as a must be for a woman. Women and men dont need dramas to choose how their character will form. We all are what we are. And in dramas there are plenty of personalities displayed-still there are cliches so that the product can bring money, but its just a show after all

Well a year later response:
1. Kimi wa Petto-the japanese version, light watch, also weird and kinda creepy in the beginning but you wont be focused on the creepy start. Natural chemistry, real relatable people acting like real relatable human beings in love.
2. Sora Kara Furu Ichioku no Hoshi. A very dark tragic story, oldie but masterpiece in many aspects. Heavy watch in terms of storyline but its my fav by far
3. Its okay that s love. Not too light, not too heavy, very good cast and acting and very sensitive real approach of mental health issues. A must watch and maybe the only Kdrama i truly enjoyed as most of them are very beautiful to the eye but too fake for my taste

Im so glad that there are people out there cringe the hell out of 'em
when watching adults behaving like fish having a stroke or something (and dont get me started with the virginity issues of 30+ ceo male/female who suddenly falls for nothing and behaves like an outlaw creepy stalker)

Try older ones. Especially of the 1990-2015. You ll be surprised

You ve said it all! I d give it an 8 too, just for the intention (or not, idk) of the creators to give us a freedom of imagining the true background story, be it a ghost love story, a goblin, a cursed soul, or just a boring guy playing the macho role-play to a naive woman

One of the best $#$%%#$ i ve read in MDL !!!! It cracked me up!

The ending was off and confusing. Did they see all these things in a dream? Did they actually return after the volcano explosion?
Looks like it was a dream, but if it was one, how come only ML remembers it?
If the returned, how did they return? Very confusing, I chose to believe that he dreamed the whole thing, by himself, no one else experienced it thats why we watch the ending through his eyes only