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Karakai Jozu no Takagi-san japanese drama review
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Karakai Jozu no Takagi-san
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by andriaa
Jan 27, 2025
8 of 8 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 9.5
Story 9.5
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 8.5
Rewatch Value 10.0
This review may contain spoilers

I cried a lot, unexpectedly...

A middle school drama.
Funny & light.
Drama with almost no "drama".
No explicit confession.
Not much skinship & those usual romantic scenes.
No 3rd wheel.
But it made me cried, alot.

Not bcoz of their goodbye.
But how the girl falls for the boy, how she keeps her feeling but also tries to hint him in many moments.
How she acts cheerfully, teaseful, witty but in certain moments she just can't hide her sadness & worry for leaving him 😭

I wondered why Nishikata keeps being close to Takagi if he is that annoyed with her. And he can choose to be with his boy friends instead of her. But yeah, he's just being comfy with her being teaseful. Even if there's no romantic feeling between them, their interaction & friendship is wonderful. Warm, cute, fun.

Yes the girl looks a bit older than the boy, physically & psychologically. But in reality, a girl usually grows faster psychologically than a boy. Takagi does realize about her own feeling, while Nishikata doesn't. Nishikata's reaction/expression is always priceless. He's that cute, funny, naive, innocent.

I just realize how lovely & wise their teacher is actually, when he tries to comfort Nishikata. He does know how close Nishikata & Takagi are, also the "problem" between them.

This drama shows us that youth romance drama doesn't need to try so hard to be romantic. Simple & fun relationship like Nishikata & Takagi's already gives me butterflies (& tears, lol). Like, they're just in middle school. Too young to talk about love, to date (although in reality, even primary school students have already experienced dating). No need to confess the feeling explicitly. No need to say "love", "like". Both of them have no idea about each other's feeling, but 1 thing they do know, they feel comfy with each other, want each other to be happy. At the very least, they are really good friends.

Sure will be back here if i need something warm, light romance, also a good cry 😆
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