MichaKu

Nice article ! Seems you did the hell of a reserch about it :-) I didn't know about the 'otona' thing. I see there's tons of differents aspects and levels about/of 'kawaii'. Recently I watched jdrama's where there are those funny kawaii moments which don't put down the FL being the inferior. Also when I look at my japanese friends it seems the society there is slowly changing for the better. Regarding the whole kawaii aspect in the sense of 'childish' I'd say I don't like people (indepedant of gender) who totally forget they have been a child or act all grown up 100% of their time. It's good to preserve a childlike curiostiy and humor at times. Question for you: How do you see the kdrama kawaii-ness compared to jdrama ?

Please, please, yes, Season 2 !

Yup :-) I wonder if that KPop band exists or just casted for the drama !?

Actually Okaeri Mone was fully subbed, don't know about others, only watched that one. Oh, may be Okaeri was spring, sorry.

Yup, but even more ridiculous sometimes :-)

I really liked that one, just the ending felt rushed...totally missing: 1) Showing and talking with the grandparents 2) The song contest in the other town ! Pefect opportunity for her to sing and win the thing !

I wonder why people rated it so low compared to other dramas...no aps, no hot oppa, no shower scene so you'd rate somthing down, haha :-p !?

Dropped at Episode 03...too boring...PMY's acting is good, but she should just explore other themes...she could pull off anything, just doesn't seem to try...and GKP - for me - is not good at acting at all here...reminded me that already in Reply 1988 he was my least favourite...may be I missed a better one from him, though.

We got to be pissed about the drama writer...the writer probably had no better idea how to make Kim Yuri eat the cake in the story. It doesn't even fit to Kim Yuri's personality to do that.

Great post ! Love your comparison pics. It's crazy how they achieved a super similar look sometimes, e.g. like in Business Proposal !

I think many drama writers have no clue how you have to make money in the real world ;-) ...and she even has to feed to employees :-p

Ep05 was really well written. Especially when the docter was explaining only a yes is a yes and said you should always ask if not sure. Just storywise I really wonder what's the problem of the ML not also confessing to her !?

I didn't watch too much yet, but may be: "17.3 About a Sex" (more like educational), the asadora "Okaeri Mone" and "Tonari no Kazoku wa Aoku Mieru"

I didn't watch too much yet, but may be: "17.3 About a Sex" (more like educational), the asadora "Okaeri Mone" and "Tonari no Kazoku wa Aoku Mieru"

Nice article, lots that I still got to watch! I think japanese dramas are also very good regarding work life and in general slice if life settings. Often superior to kdrama in that genre.

Thanks for the review! One can sense the pleasure you had watching but also the rational level why you liked it !

...what all the others already said, everybody who loves acting just got to watch that gem. This drama is so good in so many layers and an incredibly intriguing soundtrack.

I'd really like to see something good from Song Hye Kyo..."Now we are breaking up" was such a crap, instantly dropped it...hopefully the director makes this one work.

It's very interesting how the japanese industry f×××d it up. With Long Vacation they were on par with everything else. I wonder if it just was the access (also in Asia ? In Europe there wasn't for sure) or something else ? They just focused on home market and didn't trust themselves for other markets ?

I liked it in the beginning, but then for me it slowed down too much and was kinda boring. All the focus was on the revenge theme and it seems nobody had a life beside that...wouldn't watch it again and also wouldn't watch a sequel...