Mircah

I liked the premise of a career-minded woman who struggled with the personal side of her life, and had to admit that she needed help. But at the beginning of the show, I was not expecting that she would end up marrying her middle-aged housekeeper! I was surprised, and not in a good way.
I'm not completely against the idea of a story where a younger woman marries an older man. It happens in RL, and as long as the two are happy, it's their business. But in a TV romance, I want to see that there is chemistry between the two love interests, that they have things in common, that they will make a good match with each contributing something to the other. All that was missing in this story.
Nagisa is a nice guy and a great cook and housekeeper, sure, but he is portrayed as a fussy old bachelor, complete with a checked shirt and a bad back. His avowed goal in life is "to be a mother". Yes, he makes Mei's life easier by doing all the cooking and cleaning, and showing up at all hours whenever she calls him. But is that really an equal relationship? What is he getting out of this arrangement (other than arm-candy)?
Mei also exploits him. At one point, he comes into her bedroom area to talk to her, and looking around at the disaster of clothes strewn all over, he exclaims, "I just cleaned this up!" to which she replies with - so what? you are so good at cleaning, you can quickly clean it all up again. I mean, what? She totally disrespects him in that scene.
Similarly, when she is over at her neighbour Tadokoro's house and discovers how messy it is, she summons Nagisa to come immediately - at night! - and he spends the night cleaning Tadokoro's place, while they literally sit and watch him do it. When Nagisa asks her to change the water in the bucket, to help him, she can't even manage that -- I think it's supposed to be a cute moment, but ugh! She and Tadokoro come across as very entitled in that scene.
The romantic chemistry between Mei and Nagisa is completely non-existent. The few "moments" they had in early episodes -- like him catching her in his arms when she tripped and started to fall -- felt like they were supposed to be humorous, rather than serious. Honestly, until episode 8, I was still thinking that she would end up with Tadokoro, and that Nagisa would be their fulltime housekeeper once they were married. Since Nagisa's goal is to "be a mother" he could look after them as though they were his adopted children, and their kids could be like his grandkids, and they could still do their MR jobs. I was shocked when it became clear that her love interest was actually going to be Nagisa! It felt very cringey and wrong - a bit Oedipal, like Mei was marrying a parent. There was way more chemistry in the moment when Tadokoro almost kisses Mei than in any interaction she has with Nagisa.
I think a story like this could be pulled off if the older man is vibrant, has some sex appeal, can be seen as a "youthful" older man. Also, they should have more in common than just him cleaning her house. I couldn't get behind Mei marrying someone close to twice her age, who is a fussy middle-aged mothering type. It gave me the ick.