Dylan Rodrigues

First ep didn't impress me but I'm loving this drama so far! I hope the grandpa doesn't back down from his dream next ep. T-T

1) I started out hating the mom but I now feel so much sympathy for her. Don't get me wrong, she still has many flaws and toxic qualities but I genuinely don't she is in the wrong when it comes to her dad. This man was a teacher who had an affair with a student, which is already unethical and immoral, but we can assume she was a minor as well. He tries to say he loved both of them, implying it's a polyamorous situation, but his wife didn't consent so it's just cheating. The message of the drama is to accept and forgive but the dad genuinely hurt Chikako. She doesn't need to forgive him and she's well within her rights to have such a creepy old man out of her life. Regardless, it seems like only Shunsuke thinks of his behaviour as messed up while Nobuhiro and Mokomi both support him because of his "charming personality" and castigate Chikako for being too mean...

2) Shunsuke. He has been ignored or pigeonholed as Mokomi's brother and protector all his life. Ever since he came back home, all of his concerns and anguish has been dismissed. The attention in the family immediately shifted back to Mokomi, as usual. I hope this man finally breaks free of his little sister's shadow and does whatever makes him happy. It seems like in the next ep., he might break up with his gf and work on himself, which is probably for the best.

3) Nobuhiro. I know you have a great, big dream to move to the countryside. But the rest of your family have lives in the city and your spouse is firmly opposed to it. So how is it fair to move your entire household based on the whims of your midlife crisis? Don't the rest of your family also deserve a say?

I am probably going to watch the final episode of this drama but there are so many problematic elements and wrong messages, I am finding hard to continue.

I take back what I said. Ep. 9 picked up and got really interesting and I'm hyped for the finale. Nevertheless, the first 6-8 episodes of this drama have been really slow paced, draggy, with repetitive dialogue, scenes and flashbacks. I am enjoying from ep. 8 or so onwards because the pace has finally quickened and the plot is actually moving forwards.

Most of the negative feedback was... Deserved. But I still find fun, which is why I rewatch it sometimes. I didn't like it so much when it was airing, but honestly I found the romance was actually touching,, the sci fi aspects weren't too bad at all and the OST is a complete banger. I would recommend watching it when you have nothing else and are bored out of your mind :)

I became a fan of Honoka Matsumoto after that. She is such a good actress! Sadly, she acts mostly in indie films so they rarely get subbed.

Guys, I'm confused. I thought Eunjung got an internship at some big corporation, they even showed her in the office. But then in Ep. 2, she's a full timer at the restaurant? That's the position she worked really hard for?

Marry Me!, Kono Koi Atatamemasu ka and Shanai Marriage Honey are also good romcoms. The first two are the best imo

You watched In This Corner of the World too?? One of my favourite jdramas ever.

Kishibe Rohan is a character from Jojo and apparently the drama was based on stories from the manga. You don't need to know anything about Jojo to watch it, I certainly don't.

Kishibe Rohan was surprisingly good. I'm not a manga person but I'm genuinely considering reading Jojo's Bizarre Adventures. As always, he killed that role too.

Lol, I myself am currently trying going through his filmography. So far, I loved his roles in Wife of a Spy, Until I Meet September's Love and ofc Tengoku to Jigoku. I'm going to check out Quartet, Ryu no Michi, Mikazuki, and a bunch of other dramas & movies, they have a lot of hype.

I just watched "A Melody to Remember" and imo she did great in it as a 9yo orphan dealing with the trauma of war and the loss of her parents. Also, in "Memories of the Alhambra", my guilty pleasure kdrama, she was funny and endearing as the shipper-on-deck younger sister of the FL. In both of those roles, there was no over acting. I think in Hello, Me she's just acting according to the director's instructions.

this is is actually such a good movie!

which is funny bc in all of her previous roles, she plays the cute little girl

She started off as a damsel in distress and then ended up as an annoying death magnet.

I wish I knew any Japanese people who watch this drama bc then I could ask them what their reasoning is to support Kurumi so much.

yes. yes it does.

Look how they massacred my boy Hibiki's entire character arc. Plus, it seems they keep adding more and more outlandish ways to keep Hibiki and Kurumi apart and I could not care less. Their romance just doesn't make me feel anything and all it does is torture Hibiki and lead him to bad decisions.

Kurumi is such an annoying character, I wish they would remove her. Hibiki says he's always dreamed of having a family but the moment she appeared, he seems to have forgotten all about that.

Honestly, same, if S2 keeps going down this path I may drop it. It's disappointing because this drama and Mokomi both showed so much promise but I'm thinking of dropping both.