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I do not like Winner acting/look, but this couple has such great chemistry that you can watch them in any additional nonsense they have on their list of silly series.

I really like this series, and I feel it’s not just another show. It’s truly one of those series that has both depth and excellent directing, with beautiful editing, and each episode starts and ends so quickly that it’s almost disappointing.

But I still think Daigo’s casting isn’t good. He just doesn’t fit and he isn’t in Nakagawa’s league, not in appearance and not in acting. He performs well in the anxiety and pressure scenes, but when it comes to attraction and those kinds of moments, he isn’t convincing that he’s drawn to Ogami. He also doesn’t have anything attractive or appealing about him; on the contrary, he’s irritating. Still, it’s fun to watch the actor who plays Nogami, and the plot is excellent.

For me, it’s just extra entertainment time; there’s nothing particularly serious about it.

Wt....You seriously went way too far with your rude comment.

Someone wrote that it doesn’t meet the standards of the original manga, and now I understand what they meant, because this series is becoming bad — and the casting is bad as well.

I don’t think any mentally healthy person with even basic self-respect could tolerate behavior like that. At first it was still bearable, but now it’s starting to feel like actual mistreatment.

I don’t know why, but Kida annoys me more as the episodes go on — and not just because of the character, which I already find hard to understand what’s supposed to be lovable about him (besides the fact that he looks good), but because his acting just isn’t convincing.

Thank you. I still love the drama and think it’s one of the best recent dramas about a straight couple’s relationship. I also think they mainly wanted to make a statement about social prejudices in Japan related to interpersonal relationships, not necessarily just romantic ones. That’s apparently something that characterizes Japanese society.

When I visited Japan I didn’t feel that at all, It’s very possible that this is something a tourist doesn’t really get to see or become aware of. My visit there actually shook me a bit because I felt there was no connection between their dramas and the actual people, but as a tourist it’s apparently very hard to know.

For example, there were many women dressed in a masculine or completely simple style—jeans and a T-shirt—but in these dramas women are always dressed in a very feminine way.

I’m also not interested in digging deeper into it; I just love the Japanese depth and attention to detail, at least when it comes to production… even if not in reality.

The ending of episode 9 made the whole thing feel very disconnected. It was a beautiful and impressive episode, yes, and at times frustrating because reality itself is frustrating—so lacking in discernment that it allowed itself to be deceived like that and handed over all its assets. But the series has something very detached about it. For example, her reaction to losing all her savings. And what felt even more disconnected was the ending, when the former couple sat together in the food bar and she told him she never really knew him and he never really knew her. Six years together is not a day, not a year, not even two. It is a long time to know someone. In a way, her character stirred even more anger and aversion in me. She could have deceived the other side, but not only did she not apologize—she suddenly claimed she never knew him, which is very strange in my view.

This series could have been much better if it were more realistic and grounded in humanity, instead of trying to force some message that “Japan is changing.” That is simply not good enough in my eyes. There are no flashbacks to their past at all, no reference to memories that could explain how she supposedly didn’t know him. After all, he never hid anything the way she did. She was the fake one, not him. They forced the attempt to convey that message far too hard.

And the scene where he tried to be friendly to a colleague by giving him a rice ball—it seemed really strange to me that he was dismissed from his job because that was considered harassment. It was exaggerated. I don’t know if such things actually happen, but there is also something called a hearing, and it is hard for me to believe that this would not be done in Japan. There are witnesses, colleagues who can give testimony. You don’t just fire someone out of nowhere because he gave a rice ball. It is excessive.

In short… it’s a bit annoying.

It is not a live streaming

I’d like to understand exactly what this is about, what exactly happens in episode 2, what he works for him as, what he is supposed to do.

I protest, I just don’t want this series to end

On the Japanese site I saw that there’s an additional episode today, but I don’t see it — how is that possible?

It’s disappointing that the season ended so quickly, what a shame. When is season 2?

I don’t want it to end. It’s episode 9 and it feels way too fast. I think a series like this could have continued for a long time if their love had developed again, with more and more events happening, and maybe if they had been in other relationships before… In short, it’s a pity that it’s about to end.

It was hard for me to connect with him because of his previous series (Teen Spirit) , but here I really fell in love with him. He’s truly talented, There’s no connection between his previous character and this one, and he’s doing an amazing job.

Each episode is better than the one before it

The lead actor is utterly lacking in charisma, and his performance is painfully bland. His facial expressions never change, his delivery is flat and monotone, and there’s no charm, nuance, or energy in anything he does. Whether the scene calls for joy or anger, he looks exactly the same. I have no idea why he was cast; it was a seriously poor casting decision. The only things that kept the series afloat were the passable storyline and UP’s performance.

I love this series, but the last two episodes are making me waver, and I’m a bit disappointed because it went in a very clichéd direction. It’s quite common in Japanese cinematic culture, but still, I hoped things would unfold differently. I think a person can change, but not to the extent of becoming a completely different person, so it’s not entirely convincing that a couple who has been together for seven years (if I’m not mistaken) has one partner pretending to be someone she isn’t, not knowing herself, and then when she comes back to the relationship, she returns as her “true self.” It’s hard for me to connect to that, because I think that if she were with someone who accepts her or gives her the space she needs, she would be herself regardless of what she wants or doesn’t want.

In other words, this whole concept of going back and making the same choices again as a more mature person seems impossible to me. A person doesn’t change to that degree, even through crises. At least in my view, it’s hard to buy it, especially when throughout all that time there was nothing to suggest she was in love with her ex or had fallen in love with him. Her motivations were never pure from the start. So how can she suddenly, after all those years, develop something she never saw before? Is it only because her ex started cooking or understanding the meaning of effort behind cooking? That feels very shallow to me. There are many other aspects to tolerance; a person expresses them in all kinds of situations, not just in one domain.

In short, it’s very strange. In a way, it contradicts the whole idea of flexibility. If the screenwriter is already being flexible, then let them continue the story toward a new and different relationship, instead of dragging us back into the usual tropes.

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