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I'm a big fan of age-gap noona romances, so I was excited to watch this drama. After now completing it, I would say that I found it an enjoyable but flawed drama. In my judgement, it deserves a higher MDL score than what it currently has (7.8), but it certainly isn't the masterpiece that some reviewers suggest that it is.
I found the story to be quite compelling and I really wanted to know where it was heading. I found the character of Ogawa Manami to be entirely believable, but the character of Takamori Taiga less so. Some of the support characters were just walking stereotypes - especially Manami's father (the evil mysoginistic psychologically abusive parent) and her fiancé (the cheating manipulative scheming controlling partner). The later transitions of these two characters from pieces of shit to supportive, upstanding citizens was far too sudden and consequently not really believable. Also, neither of them "earned" their redemptions - they just decided to stop being evil. For some reason, writers struggle to write compelling emotionally rewarding redemption arcs for characters, which is a shame.
The production was generally of a high standard, but the editing was terrible. At times it seemed like random scenes were just shown one after the other, separated by an annoyingly long blackscreen trying to soften the jarring caused by the editing decisions.
One thing that Japanese dramas often get wrong in my opinion is the balance between angst and feel good moments, and this drama suffered from that imbalance. Too much angst, and too little happy, feel-good moments for my taste.
The ending was much less satisying that it could have been. It seemed rushed, and it was disappointing that the writers chose to have Taiga regress so much after we watched such character growth from him. After watching him physically throw Manami out of his room, my advice to her is to leave him. He's incredibly immature and volatile. He's also indifferent to her feelings, something that she should be warey of after seeing her sexist father dismiss and ignore her mother for years. I love Noona romances, but I NEED the younger male to have (or develop) the maturity to deserve to be with the older woman. In my judgement, Taiga didn't do this and unless he grows up a LOT and quickly, their relationship has little chance of lasting.
My score: 8.5/10

That is your subjective opinion, and I'd be interested in hearing you justify it. Can you refer me to one specific scene that you think best illustrates her allegedly inadequate acting skills?

I liked the premise of this drama, and it started off really strongly. However, like most dramas, it didn't finish as strongly as it started.
Some things which I didn't like and wished were done differently or not at all:
* The drama moved away from being a light and humerous rom com to being far more serious, even dark. KDrama writers seemed almost obsessed with inserting a 'thriller' subplot into their otherwise fluffy rom coms.
* I hate injustices that are not corrected such as Bok Gyu Hyun's unjust demotion of Son Hae Yeong. I also hated that Nam Ja Yeon made no effort to address Son Hae Yeong's unfair demotion with Bok Gyu Hyu. Not much loyality from her "sister".
* I hate unearned redemptions. Bok Gyu Hyun's behaviour towards both Kim Ji Uk and Son Hae Yeong was extremely unacceptable. Quite frankly, he acted like a total piece of shit. But then without making any attempt to remedy any of the situations he caused that hurt people, he's forgiven by Kim Ji Uk, who calls him "brother", and it didn't even bother Nam Ja Yeon.
* I hate pointless or unjustified breakups that are manufactured for no reason other than to provide the set up for a "reunion" in the last 10 minutes of the final episode.

This could have been a really funny, feel-good age-gap romance, but for me it ended up falling well short of what it could have been.

I'm only up to episode 7, and so far, I've found his acting to be quite mediocre. But I will admit this could be affected by the style of acting in most Japanese dramas that never seem entirely believable to me. It almost seems like the actor is trying to impersonate a manga character rather than a real person. Actions and dialogue seem more theatrical than natural.

I'm only up to episode 7, and its mostly angst. There was some romance squeezed in-between the angst in episode 6 which was quite sweet, but its really mostly angst. One of my criticisms of Japanese dramas in general is they seem to prioritise angst far more than does a typical Korean or Chinese romance drama. In my judgement, this is to the detriment of the drama.

She perfectly portrayed the character as described in the novel. That is evidence that she is quite a good actress.

No one is forcing you to watch it.

Reasonably amateur production, but it was watchable.
If you're a GL fan, its worth your time, but I'd suggest you give it a miss if you're not.

Stop trying to profit by stealing someone else's work. The show is freely availalbe on YouTube. By stealing t heir views, you're depriving them of income and incentive to keep making more seasons. Strop being a thief.

The ML is 27.

Trying to steal their views and therefore their income is disgusting. If you were really a fan of GL content, you would want them to succeed financially so they can make more and better content in the future. But you just want to profit by stealing other's work. You're a disgrace.

Trying to steal their views and therefore their income is disgusting. If you were really a fan of GL content, you would want them to succeed financially so they can make more and better content in the future. But you just want to profit by stealing other's work. You're a disgrace.

Trying to steal their views and therefore their income is disgusting. If you were really a fan of GL content, you would want them to succeed financially so they can make more and better content in the future. But you just want to profit by stealing other's work. You're a disgrace.

Trying to steal their views and therefore their income is disgusting. If you were really a fan of GL content, you would want them to succeed financially so they can make more and better content in the future. But you just want to profit by stealing other's work. You're a disgrace.

Trying to steal their views and therefore their income is disgusting. If you were really a fan of GL content, you would want them to succeed financially so they can make more and better content in the future. But you just want to profit by stealing other's work. You're a disgrace.

To the best of my recollection, the Novel doesn't state their specific ages. But they are both young, in their early to mid 20s.

I tried to get into this drama, but I just couldn't. I found Su Yan Cheng behaviour just too annoying for me. Even though he's very self-righteous about people not lying, he's quite happy to lie to, and deceive people when its suits him. For example, in episode 5, after his injured leg had healed, he faked an exaggerated limp when he saw Bai Xiao Duo in order to garner her sympathy. He even kept his leg brace on once it was no longer needed, again to deceive her to gain sympathy. When he got busted for his deception, he lied about why he was keeping it on.
Another example also in episode 5 is when he lied to his Professor claiming to have booked all of Bai Xiao Duo's time so his project parter (Su Yan Cheng) couldn't have any access to her. He hadn't. He just lied to try to keep her away from Yu Shu Bo.
Anyway, clearly some people absolutely loved this drama, but its jut not for me, so I'm dropping it after 5 episodes.

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If you genuinely cannot find any legal way to watch it, then ...

You shouldn't try to steal their income. Also, when I went to visit your website, my antivirus software had a heart attack.