This would have been a 10 but I felt like the romance could have been developed more throughout the series and…
Most of the couple moments were through flashbacks and after the FL regains her memories, they don't really acknowledge the romance until the last couple of episodes. It's just kind of assumed that since they were in love in the past, they are still in love in the present.
This would have been a 10 but I felt like the romance could have been developed more throughout the series and the last couple episodes got convoluted before it kind of got resolved in the final episode.
Great article! I've been having similar thoughts and I also made the move to watching mostly j-dramas after getting into Asian dramas through k-dramas.
Although I watch mostly k-dramas and j-dramas, I'm curious to hear people's thoughts on the rise in popularity in Chinese dramas over the years and how it's kind of similar to Korea's international approach (putting dramas on Netflix and Youtube with subs, increase in budgets...etc). When I first got into Asian dramas, it was mostly Korea, Japan and Taiwan that were know for their dramas but now China and Korea are the most popular (based on what I see on MDL).
Thanks! What were some of your other favorite J-dramas this year? (I want to see if we have the same ones.)
I'm slowly making my way through the dramas that came out this year but I'm currently watching Renai Mangaka and Tengoku to Jigoku: Psychona Futari and recently finished Hankei 5 Metoru!
I stopped watching at episode 5 and skipped to the last episode and not much changed in plot or character development, which tells you how repetitive the drama was. It's a shame cuz it started great and I like the actors.
I'm loving the increase in articles on j-dramas!! The spring season this year brought so many great dramas, and it's nice to see more people talking about them.
Great job on the article! I was already planning on rewatching this drama but this article just made me want to do it a lot sooner.
For anyone interested, the show actually created an instagram account for Mashiba Kurumi. It ironically has more followers than the character in the drama. https://www.instagram.com/mashiba_room/?hl=en
Yes like I couldn't understand why she did that? It seemed like she was plotting something but then seemed like…
I thought she was getting her alone so she could talk to her, but instead she just leaves her?? What did she think she was going to gain from doing that?
Just finished this drama this week, and I'm not against a remake. It's interesting that they would remake it since it's already popular in Korea and part of what makes the drama so great are the plot twists and not knowing how the story will unfold.
It was great to see everyone from the drama series return for the special. But it feels like besides Kaori, the other two at the end of the special are basically where they were when the series ended. Not much development which is disappointing but maybe we'll get another special when the olympics actually happen.
This is the first time where I care more about the corporate storyline than the romance for the main character. At this point I fast forward the parts with Tammy and Morgan.
Although I watch mostly k-dramas and j-dramas, I'm curious to hear people's thoughts on the rise in popularity in Chinese dramas over the years and how it's kind of similar to Korea's international approach (putting dramas on Netflix and Youtube with subs, increase in budgets...etc). When I first got into Asian dramas, it was mostly Korea, Japan and Taiwan that were know for their dramas but now China and Korea are the most popular (based on what I see on MDL).
Great job on the article! I was already planning on rewatching this drama but this article just made me want to do it a lot sooner.