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Is anyone watching this? I've only watched three episodes so far, but I'm liking it. It's cute, relaxing, warm, beautifully filmed and those bits of them eating food feel like an Asmr ahah, other than being incredibly aesthetic. The episodes are short, so even if nothing much happens it doesn't feel draggy at all.

The situation inside the Gotos clan seems weird too. It's like there are two halves clashing with each other because they have different point of views on how to handle things, like there is That Man and he seems ready to kill anyone, same as mr greasy hair who got arrested, but then there's Keisuke who actually seems, dare I say, a decent person? I want to know more about them, I think there's a lot to uncover about their family's story.

Some miscellaneous thoughts about ep. 4 because I'm too emotionally invested in this drama to put them in order right now:

The amount of stress this last episode gave me was way too high, but that's what I signed up for. And oh my gosh, the way the atmosphere slowly changes into something subtly disturbing, I loved it. The story really took an unexpected turn, showing that there are still many things we don't know about this place. Given the way it ended, I think the upcoming episodes will be totally crazy.

On another note, I love the attention to the details the directing has in terms of visual storytelling, like the quick shot of the spider building its weeb as the Agawas get more entangled in the town's affairs, emphasized again by the shot of the road from above toward the end, like a labyrinth that won't let Daigo escape.

And another minor thing: a little complaint I've read by some manga readers is that while it was raining from the beginning in the manga, giving an even gloomier atmosphere to the whole thing, in the drama the cinematography was a bit too sunny in comparison; but in this episode it finally starts raining and imho the scene they've chosen for this moment worked very well as a turning point from a narrative point of view. I personally liked this decision. Like, you can tell that by that point Daigo's perception of his surroundings has ultimately changed.

Imo it's not really bad, not at all. It's more like when you cook a fancy looking dish, it looks nice and all, but when you actually try it you remember that you forgot to put salt on it and it doesn't taste like anything at all. I can only explain it through a silly similitude because I can't even pinpoint what I don't like about it exactly, maybe it's the storytelling and the fact that it feels like nothing is happening.

Omg I was just thinking that it was a shame that we don't have any edits for this drama. This video is so dope, I loved it! And such a fitting song too

Right? It was really good, I loved the 360° camera movement. No wonder this drama is getting praised by many filmmakers

You just have to treat ott dramas (aka dramas produced by streaming services like Netflix, Disney+ and Tving) as movies while watching all the other dramas like you always did

Unfortunately I have to agree. This wasn't the kind of drama that needed to be stretched to 16 episodes. They're just going around in circles at this point.

You're welcome! Let me know how is it if you happen to watch it before me ahah

I think I understood what that scene is judging by the comments, at least there's something to look forward to 😂

Hi buddy, is ep 5 picking up in pacing?

I've heard that "Uzukawamura Jiken" is similar: horror, small village, creepy people, murders occurring etc. I haven't watched it yet, but it's on my plan to watch list.

I just rewatched that scene too, and I'm inclined to agree with you about him having an anti social personality disorder of some sort. Even if he cares about his family he's not good at showing it, it seems like he has to make an effort to show affection toward them, and from episode 1 we see that he's used to pretending (ex. When he faked eating the raw meat with a straight face, when he didn't tell anything to his wife about the finger, when he knew he had to go drink with the Gotos to keep them on his side or when he kept calm through dangerous situations, calculating coldly his actions and the risks). But he does feel guilty for what happened to Mashiro, he realized that he went too far and that he probably ruined her. Mashiro offers a nice contrast to his personality with her kind and forgiving nature and her words were able to reach him, unfortunately Tsubasa was truly crazy after all.

(And thank you friend, I'll do my best! Ahah)

The english translation for the manga is unfortunately incomplete, the drama already covered all the chapters available for now.

And yes, it seems that only in the end reality truly hit him, when he was basically called out as the violent man (and murderer tbh) he is. In that moment (the ending scene) he looked more human than ever. I still think that despite his personality he truly cares about his family, and it will be interesting to see how he will struggle between trying to be a decent person for them and facing the Goto's family who plays dirty and might make his dark side come out again.

I loved it from the beginning, but I'm super into this type of folk horror/thriller stories related to cults and small villages; I also loved Midsommar despite reading the criticisms and I even liked the TV show The Third Day with all its flaws, so this drama was just my style.

It also came out in a perfect moment because I'm actually studying those things for an uni exam and I liked how it handled the topic (what I mean is that most shows usually use cannibalism just for shock values, but here it actually looks like they did some researches about it). But yes, I agree: the third episode was the best hands down, since it gave more depth to the story and it made me feel empathy for Daigo and his family (I'm also super into family dramas, so they touched another weakness of mine).

I hope the following episodes will continue with this strong psychological tone because I think Japan excels when it comes to exposing the human's mind with all of its dark areas.

Honestly after episode 2 I thought that he simply had anger issues, you know the old cliché of the stressed cop who drinks a lot and uses his fist as a coping mechanism. But after the third episode it seems like he has bigger issues, like the scene where he's talking about his predecessor who was probably killed and about the fact that he was almost killed too, one would expect him to look sad and scared, but dude was smiling as if he was so excited and he was grinning when he was hitting the long haired guy whose name I don't remember too. He didn't even take his daughter seriously after he read that letter and he even joked about it. But it makes him a compelling characters for him.

I would dare say that he's even crazier than his manga's counterpart, Yagira really suits this role.

The third episode slowed down in terms of pacing (though it didn't lack amazing action sequences), but it was a damn interesting and much needed look inside the mind of our lead (I personally love unhinged dudes). This drama is getting darker with each episode, to the point that it's hard rooting for anyone. I loved the directing and the editing for this episode: it offered some amazing scenes, like the car chase and the gunfight and the immaculate way they were tied to the flashbacks.

He definitely shows more emotions in episode 2, but I get what you mean ahah (I also loved True Detective and Mindhunter, but it took some time to get to know Holden and Rust too).

He has a good poker face and he's kinda used to these things, being a police officer and all, but I wouldn't say that he isn't bothered ahah

I mean, if you look at the 10/10 reviews it's obvious why this drama has good ratings despite the complaints