This review may contain spoilers
It could have been Glorious!!
This series had all the elements of a GREAT story. I was engrossed for 6 days straight and sad that it was coming to an end and then the end came and I was left sooo frustrated, it's not even funny. That has to be the most frustrating end in the history of my drama watching. Seriously, how is that the end??!?
-.5 for Ginpei. I absolutely disliked Ginpei. He was the most annoying character in my opinion.
At first I understood his "oh poor weak beloved me" thing but as time passed, it seemed like that was it. He'd confirmed that he was weak and useless and nothing else! He'd occasionally blurt out redundant crap then slink back to the shadows till the next time we need him to blurt out more redundant crap, uselessly root for his brother and pity himself in that pattern. My problem wasn't that he never helped his brother, it's that it didn't even seem to cross his mind to find some indirect approach to help said beloved brother, He was never shown to even think of anything and discard it, He just never seem to consider any approach at all. WHY?!
I was so irritated with him by the end that when he blurted his usual redundant crap about being at fault for Teppei, I almost flew threw the screen to throw hands! How is a character this frustrating and off-putting. His tepid double-mindedness was not fun and in real life I have no idea what to do with someone like that. Teppei was a better person than me for managing him.
Now Teppei though, I JUST HAVE NO WORDS RIGHT NOW!
For Daisuke, I actually didn't mind the guy. No one in his life would grow a spine and ever talk straight with him so he did as he liked. I kept wondering what they were all afraid of him because we'd never been shown him doing anything harsh to his family members. Maybe its the fear of being disinherited that stayed all their spines, but then it should have been communicated better. It just seemed like they would upset when he or his mistress did something they didn't like and then they just got on with it.
So many conversations just weren't had.
The extras were extras till the end and no one extra'd harder than the mum.
I know my review doesn't reflect my score, this is because I just finished watching and the things that pissed me off are at the forefront of my mind, I might edit this later.
The most annoying thing is that this show was on track to being one of my GREATS! The story telling was sooo engaging. The melodrama was interesting. Teppei's wins felt so good and his losses hit hard but I can't help but feel that he ultimately lost which made rooting for him feel like a major letdown.
EXTREME SPOILERS HERE!!
How can you move forward or attain dreams if you kill yourself. Death is FINAL, there is no growth, no attainments, no rebuilding, no healing, no slapping Ginpei if you kill yourself before you find out if they were even possible and those things are only possible for the living.
Suicide is never the answer to anything and while I don't need every story to have a happy ending, at least let it make sense and this just didn't for me.
Also, what's that crap they wrote at the end about his dream living on? Was the blast furace built or did they just continue making steel like before? Talk about vague and annoying. What even was the point of his death except as tool for his parents to find out that he was Daisuke's? I also teared up at the end but alot of sheer anger and frustration was mixed in with the pain.
I'll stop here.
The music was fitting. The cinematography was beautiful. And the rewatch value matters on the feelings of those who watched.
Even ending as a steel worker, working with what he loved and raising his family would have been some sort of triumph for him.
-.5 for Ginpei. I absolutely disliked Ginpei. He was the most annoying character in my opinion.
At first I understood his "oh poor weak beloved me" thing but as time passed, it seemed like that was it. He'd confirmed that he was weak and useless and nothing else! He'd occasionally blurt out redundant crap then slink back to the shadows till the next time we need him to blurt out more redundant crap, uselessly root for his brother and pity himself in that pattern. My problem wasn't that he never helped his brother, it's that it didn't even seem to cross his mind to find some indirect approach to help said beloved brother, He was never shown to even think of anything and discard it, He just never seem to consider any approach at all. WHY?!
I was so irritated with him by the end that when he blurted his usual redundant crap about being at fault for Teppei, I almost flew threw the screen to throw hands! How is a character this frustrating and off-putting. His tepid double-mindedness was not fun and in real life I have no idea what to do with someone like that. Teppei was a better person than me for managing him.
Now Teppei though, I JUST HAVE NO WORDS RIGHT NOW!
For Daisuke, I actually didn't mind the guy. No one in his life would grow a spine and ever talk straight with him so he did as he liked. I kept wondering what they were all afraid of him because we'd never been shown him doing anything harsh to his family members. Maybe its the fear of being disinherited that stayed all their spines, but then it should have been communicated better. It just seemed like they would upset when he or his mistress did something they didn't like and then they just got on with it.
So many conversations just weren't had.
The extras were extras till the end and no one extra'd harder than the mum.
I know my review doesn't reflect my score, this is because I just finished watching and the things that pissed me off are at the forefront of my mind, I might edit this later.
The most annoying thing is that this show was on track to being one of my GREATS! The story telling was sooo engaging. The melodrama was interesting. Teppei's wins felt so good and his losses hit hard but I can't help but feel that he ultimately lost which made rooting for him feel like a major letdown.
EXTREME SPOILERS HERE!!
How can you move forward or attain dreams if you kill yourself. Death is FINAL, there is no growth, no attainments, no rebuilding, no healing, no slapping Ginpei if you kill yourself before you find out if they were even possible and those things are only possible for the living.
Suicide is never the answer to anything and while I don't need every story to have a happy ending, at least let it make sense and this just didn't for me.
Also, what's that crap they wrote at the end about his dream living on? Was the blast furace built or did they just continue making steel like before? Talk about vague and annoying. What even was the point of his death except as tool for his parents to find out that he was Daisuke's? I also teared up at the end but alot of sheer anger and frustration was mixed in with the pain.
I'll stop here.
The music was fitting. The cinematography was beautiful. And the rewatch value matters on the feelings of those who watched.
Even ending as a steel worker, working with what he loved and raising his family would have been some sort of triumph for him.
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