Obbligato

I watched this all in one go last night blindly so I can understand that maybe my experience with watching the show is slightly different than someone waiting in real time for episodes to release. But honestly I enjoyed the show, I would say if anything it’s one of those shows that is best watched in one go.

I think I might have read the manga source this drama comes from but I was definitely surprised to see how differently the characters looked from the drama almost like they did a swap of the characters appearances lol. I do have to say though for once it’s a decision that I was glad they made I personally enjoyed the different dynamic, appearance wise at least, it created in the drama.

Watching Hiro slowly fall in love over the episodes with the end revenge goal still in his mind was great. From the beginning I felt like it was pretty obvious that Natsuo’s past actions were not ever out of true malice (this is not me trying to justify what he ultimately did), they did make an effort to try and show an explanation for his hyper-ness and how easily attached he gets because of the lack of attention from his parents in his childhood I just wish there would’ve been more of a conclusion to it. However, I did like the dynamic between the two characters it was a little choppy at times but I could feel what they were going for. The nc scene near the end was really nice I could honestly feel the intense emotions and tenderness between them, this was the exact time in the series where I could feel the genuine chemistry and love between these characters more so than any other moment in the series, it’s a shame it happens near the end. For the first time I think the last episode of a series was my favorite.

What I would have wished for is the drama touch on the sexual assault scene and actually did some sort of condemning for it, I mean there was a slap but that’s it just felt like the audience was expected to move past that like it was nothing. I also found it hard to believe it was love at first sight for Natsuo, even more so when we see another crush of his looked exactly like the old Hiro, it makes me wonder what exactly it was about current Hiro that made Natsuo instantly fall in love when he did not even know this was the same Hiro from high school. Alongside that I get the purpose of the flashbacks but some of the flashbacks being repeated so much took away screen time from what I feel could have been used to explore other things. Natsuo’s stalker tendencies never get touched on either like literally not at all and I’m not sure how to feel about it. The pacing in the series felt rough at times, where they chooses to speed things up and slowed things down felt very random. That’s what I will say I dislike about this series, it introduces a lot of deeper conversations and topics only for them to never be explored. With an additional couple of episodes I feel the pacing and story could have improved.

I was surprised to see the reviews I did see here, I don’t think the story is spectacular or anything but I don’t think it’s the god awful show some people are making it out to be.. Of course it’s not going to be everyone’s cup of tea and that’s fine, but I’m glad I went into watching this show blindly without looking at reviews.

Overall, I’d say binge it one night it’s entertaining and enjoyable enough in my book. It’s a show that has an interesting premise but needs a couple fixes here and there. Just know that when you watch this series a lot of things will remained unanswered and not explored, essentially lower your expectations going into it and you’ll enjoy it more.