I liked the first episode! I always enjoy fun dynamics in drama, especially when they decide to not follow the usual "the cold/crazy genius and his useless assistant".
Here, they are friends and partners, and each has their own field of work. Even the secondary female cop (she's like a third lead) is not the usual hardass "I don't trust them, but I always get manipulated into helping/letting them have info". She's strong-headed, but the fact she's treated as a friend as well changes the dynamics. Even if they banter, they are all on the same relationship level, which I like.
The case, though, was a little underwhelming. But that's also because I usually like the "why" better than the "how". And the reason was pretty obvious since the beginning, only the trick was a real mystery. It wasn't that much of a problem, though, as I enjoyed the first episode.
"the one looks like bear whats her name" !! she was very rude
I'm not from an English-speaking country, and we do use the word "teddy bear" to describe guys who are impressive looking, but in fact are super cute, maybe it's the same in Korea? (In Korean, I think "bear" and "teddy bear" is the same word, I could be wrong).
I heard some of my Asian friends use that word in the same way, too, so it may be something lost in translation.
(I also heard "bear" being used to describe bearded, kind of old and usually grumpy guy, but that's obviously not the case in this context).
The fact she forgot his name is sad, but some people are just bad with names. It's the first time they meet, and they all must be super stressed because it's the first day of filming.
Worth watching for ep 5-6 (Kitamura Takumi), ep 7-8 (Shiraishi Mai), and ep 9-10 (Sometani Shota). The rest is boring to the extreme.
For the ones curious: Aragaki Yui episodes are 3, 4, and 11, and for Akaso Eiji, it's 1 and 2. Unfortunately, the script cannot be saved by the actors.
Anyone else feels less sympathy for Tono than we are supposed to? I mean, he recklessly chased after the criminal…
I definitely feel the sympathy, and cried a lot. Especially because I'm kinda scared that his colleague is pregnant with his child (the stomach problems).
But I do think that his reason of being a policeman is pretty cringe. Like, his backstory is not really emotional. They should have made it his dead little sister or something other than a girl he barely knew lol And for the criminal, it was kind of reckless, but he's a young cop, and he was already into the building when Kazama told him to stop.
I liked it. Tbh, I watched for the cast, and I think it's the best way to enjoy it. The story is not very interesting, but the characters and their interactions are super fun to watch.
The chemistry is sparking between everybody, it's pretty amazing.
I don't think that the steamy scenes can be considered "sex scenes"? I mean, before watching the movie, I saw…
There is sex scenes, but not porn scenes.
The bathtub scene is a sex scenes to me. Obviously we don't see it, but we can hear, and what happen before ???????? 😯
It's sexy as hell. Not porn, but it's still super embarrassing in a theatre. 🤣
Same for the last scene under the transparent sheets.
I don't think there was a lot of "kiss" scenes, I was actually disappointed in that. All of the few kiss scene we had were immediately turning into sex.
I wanted more everyday cute scenes. Playful kiss, good morning kiss, good bye kiss. I feel like it's the best ones. ✌️
(I'm not against sexy stuff but tbh it got me out of the movie, especially when there wasn't enough communication and alone sweet scenes between KiyoHira)
Hmmmmmmmmm.... What to say. It's not a bad mavie at all. I think it's a nice ending to the story.
But as a sequel to THAT drama? Hmmmmmm.... I can't say that I wasn't a little disappointed.
After watching season 2 which felt SO right, I feel like I'm back at season 1.
Everything felt too much, with too many things happening outside of their control. I kind of wanted them to talk, and exchange with the people around them. Not to have such over the top problems, and for their relationship to be magically solved thanks to the power of climax (and not the power of communication).
There was also some moments that felt too long, where the director somehow wanted to show their skills. It didn't work.
Maybe my negative feelings are too much because of the theatre setting. Tbh, from the last 2 seasons, I didn't expect to have sex scenes during the movie, just some kiss or cute skinship. But there was, and I cannot be more embarrassed next to that middle aged japanese woman while listening to Kiyoi's moans.
Movie.... Why re you doing that to me 😭
But the cute scenes were REALLY CUTE. I loved that !!! The friendship scenes and family scenes were the best. I loved the photographer characters he was a good add to the casting, and felt super right as he is outside of the wtf happenings and is just here to have deep conversations and funny moment with Hira.
It was truly Hira's movie. That's why I'm even more disappointed about the fact we don't have more of Hira-Kiyoi communication... 🥲
I feel like I'm doing a super bad review of the movie. But it's not a bad movie at all, like I said ! It was just different from what I excepted and I think watching it at home alone or with friends is a 100 times better than with strangers in a dark room lol
Saw the movie in theatre last week, it was reeeeeaaaally cool. I actually enjoyed it more than the 1st one.
Because they cut a story arc into two, we have the time to explore the characters and to get attached. I really hope the climax in the next movie is gonna be amazing, as the movie that precedes it is on point.
I saw in the interviews Kitamura Takumi talking a lot about how it is really Nijiiro and Kento's movie, and I agree that they are the center of it. But Takemichi was really cool, too?
He felt really determined while also being understandingly terrified.
No but seriously it was super cool. Everything felt a lot more stable and the rhythm was GOOD. The 1h30 passed in a second.
I'm not surprised that some people are annoyed about some aspect of this drama, but those same aspect are what…
I like what the salary-woman said to Kayashima, about the fact that it's not weird he fell in love during such a time : because, right now, he truly feels alive.
He didn't feel alive, before, because of his living situation.
Now that he is fighting for survival, he can only feel alive. And when you are alive, you fall in love.
And I do like Hatano and Kayashima together. I do feel like her crush on the firefighter a little useless, but they didn't use that plot point to create weird jealousy stories and rivalry, so that's nice. 👍
I'm not surprised that some people are annoyed about some aspect of this drama, but those same aspect are what I love !
1) The too "idealistic" Shirahama that some comments seems to hate : I love him. At first, I wasn't really on board. Not that I dislike idealistic characters, but he seemed the perfect archetype, that is too idealistic, but kind of hollow inside, and always has a story arc where he despairs, and finally see the light thanks to his friends or so bs.
But he's not. He's actually an idealistic person who fully understand that it's hard to be like that. But try, and try again.
Now, I really love the character, and I think his duo with Kayashima works really well. And he rely on him a lot to be the realism to his idealism.
He doesn't think that he is right. But he acts like that because he knows that it's what the other people need. And because he is like that, Kayashima can be 100% realist and they can create this middle between realism and idealism.
2) The teamwork and the group atmosphere. I already said it, but I LOVE IT. I'm so tired of every single distopian-style/stuck on a deserted island-style dramas where everybody creates groups, and they all kill each other, rape each other, prostitute themselves, some weird cults appear, etc... It's always the same thing. To have a drama that finally show something else is a breath of fresh air, tbh 😂
3) The "love triangle". I kind of like it? It doesn't take that much place. I'll put the reason on spoiler 😅
Anyway, I'm not at all disappointed at the moment !
I'm only two episodes in and I'm already disappointed... It's gone down the usual "what makes us human" and human…
But, isn't actually not "usual"?
This type of drama IS always "creating gangs, fight for survival, extra chaos and dystopia". So it's actual not doing the stuff that every other drama does 😂 Tbh, I was getting tired of it, so that's fine for me.
But if that's what you excepted from this drama, then, yes, it must be disappointing for you. 🥲
Interesting to hear the side of the writer because when I read the webtoon, I never imagined an actor with ABH’s…
Even while losing weight, he's still way too big to play someone who's supposed to be able to fly away just because of the wind. x) But he's still a super good actor, and an adaptation does not have to be 100% exactly the same thing as the webtoon, so it'll definitely be good. Can't wait for the broadcast!
K-Drama 
Still a good KR; but could have been great.
I always enjoy fun dynamics in drama, especially when they decide to not follow the usual "the cold/crazy genius and his useless assistant".
Here, they are friends and partners, and each has their own field of work. Even the secondary female cop (she's like a third lead) is not the usual hardass "I don't trust them, but I always get manipulated into helping/letting them have info". She's strong-headed, but the fact she's treated as a friend as well changes the dynamics. Even if they banter, they are all on the same relationship level, which I like.
The case, though, was a little underwhelming. But that's also because I usually like the "why" better than the "how". And the reason was pretty obvious since the beginning, only the trick was a real mystery. It wasn't that much of a problem, though, as I enjoyed the first episode.
I heard some of my Asian friends use that word in the same way, too, so it may be something lost in translation.
(I also heard "bear" being used to describe bearded, kind of old and usually grumpy guy, but that's obviously not the case in this context).
The fact she forgot his name is sad, but some people are just bad with names. It's the first time they meet, and they all must be super stressed because it's the first day of filming.
For the ones curious: Aragaki Yui episodes are 3, 4, and 11, and for Akaso Eiji, it's 1 and 2. Unfortunately, the script cannot be saved by the actors.
But I do think that his reason of being a policeman is pretty cringe. Like, his backstory is not really emotional. They should have made it his dead little sister or something other than a girl he barely knew lol
And for the criminal, it was kind of reckless, but he's a young cop, and he was already into the building when Kazama told him to stop.
Tbh, I watched for the cast, and I think it's the best way to enjoy it. The story is not very interesting, but the characters and their interactions are super fun to watch.
The chemistry is sparking between everybody, it's pretty amazing.
I don't remember what happened around ep 15, but I think Geats is super fun to watch.
Sentai is definitely for younger children
The bathtub scene is a sex scenes to me. Obviously we don't see it, but we can hear, and what happen before ???????? 😯
It's sexy as hell. Not porn, but it's still super embarrassing in a theatre. 🤣
Same for the last scene under the transparent sheets.
I don't think there was a lot of "kiss" scenes, I was actually disappointed in that. All of the few kiss scene we had were immediately turning into sex.
I wanted more everyday cute scenes. Playful kiss, good morning kiss, good bye kiss. I feel like it's the best ones. ✌️
(I'm not against sexy stuff but tbh it got me out of the movie, especially when there wasn't enough communication and alone sweet scenes between KiyoHira)
It's not a bad mavie at all. I think it's a nice ending to the story.
But as a sequel to THAT drama? Hmmmmmm.... I can't say that I wasn't a little disappointed.
After watching season 2 which felt SO right, I feel like I'm back at season 1.
Everything felt too much, with too many things happening outside of their control. I kind of wanted them to talk, and exchange with the people around them. Not to have such over the top problems, and for their relationship to be magically solved thanks to the power of climax (and not the power of communication).
There was also some moments that felt too long, where the director somehow wanted to show their skills. It didn't work.
Maybe my negative feelings are too much because of the theatre setting. Tbh, from the last 2 seasons, I didn't expect to have sex scenes during the movie, just some kiss or cute skinship. But there was, and I cannot be more embarrassed next to that middle aged japanese woman while listening to Kiyoi's moans.
Movie.... Why re you doing that to me 😭
But the cute scenes were REALLY CUTE. I loved that !!! The friendship scenes and family scenes were the best.
I loved the photographer characters he was a good add to the casting, and felt super right as he is outside of the wtf happenings and is just here to have deep conversations and funny moment with Hira.
It was truly Hira's movie. That's why I'm even more disappointed about the fact we don't have more of Hira-Kiyoi communication... 🥲
I feel like I'm doing a super bad review of the movie. But it's not a bad movie at all, like I said !
It was just different from what I excepted and I think watching it at home alone or with friends is a 100 times better than with strangers in a dark room lol
Because they cut a story arc into two, we have the time to explore the characters and to get attached. I really hope the climax in the next movie is gonna be amazing, as the movie that precedes it is on point.
I saw in the interviews Kitamura Takumi talking a lot about how it is really Nijiiro and Kento's movie, and I agree that they are the center of it. But Takemichi was really cool, too?
He felt really determined while also being understandingly terrified.
No but seriously it was super cool. Everything felt a lot more stable and the rhythm was GOOD. The 1h30 passed in a second.
He didn't feel alive, before, because of his living situation.
Now that he is fighting for survival, he can only feel alive. And when you are alive, you fall in love.
And I do like Hatano and Kayashima together. I do feel like her crush on the firefighter a little useless, but they didn't use that plot point to create weird jealousy stories and rivalry, so that's nice. 👍
1) The too "idealistic" Shirahama that some comments seems to hate : I love him. At first, I wasn't really on board. Not that I dislike idealistic characters, but he seemed the perfect archetype, that is too idealistic, but kind of hollow inside, and always has a story arc where he despairs, and finally see the light thanks to his friends or so bs.
But he's not. He's actually an idealistic person who fully understand that it's hard to be like that. But try, and try again.
Now, I really love the character, and I think his duo with Kayashima works really well. And he rely on him a lot to be the realism to his idealism.
He doesn't think that he is right. But he acts like that because he knows that it's what the other people need. And because he is like that, Kayashima can be 100% realist and they can create this middle between realism and idealism.
2) The teamwork and the group atmosphere. I already said it, but I LOVE IT. I'm so tired of every single distopian-style/stuck on a deserted island-style dramas where everybody creates groups, and they all kill each other, rape each other, prostitute themselves, some weird cults appear, etc... It's always the same thing.
To have a drama that finally show something else is a breath of fresh air, tbh 😂
3) The "love triangle". I kind of like it? It doesn't take that much place. I'll put the reason on spoiler 😅
Anyway, I'm not at all disappointed at the moment !
This type of drama IS always "creating gangs, fight for survival, extra chaos and dystopia". So it's actual not doing the stuff that every other drama does 😂
Tbh, I was getting tired of it, so that's fine for me.
But if that's what you excepted from this drama, then, yes, it must be disappointing for you. 🥲
But he's still a super good actor, and an adaptation does not have to be 100% exactly the same thing as the webtoon, so it'll definitely be good. Can't wait for the broadcast!