The episode 1-5 was so good and i love it though im not satisfied in this kind of ending since ep1-5 is kinda…
Here is the thing, from the beginning this drama had that fantasy in it. Natsume (the name of the cat) reminded my of the anime Aria, the the folkloric figure of Cait Sith. We can't know if Natsume orchestrated the two's meeting, if she knew that Kouji was looking for a cat that resembled her and intentionally approached Mineko to make the two meet, but Natsume was there all along, and without a doubt guided Mineko to the temple to make her own wish before moving away. Mineko's cure wasn't a random miracle, she was cured by Kouji's wish. That's the reason why Natsume was waiting in front of their house so early the day he died, he probable had to pay a price for Mineko's cure. This fantasy/supernatural was a core element of the story.
I thought about dividing my comment into two parts, with a second part in spoilers but I changed my mind and I'm going to write everything here in the open.
I liked this movie, was much more interesting than I was expecting. But! Exactly because I think the movie was got that it got me into thinking... isn't there something that movies "like this" are lacking? The makers and the audience seems to be missing an important point in these stories and you can see a sign of this here on MDL. Look at the tags assigned to this movie. Tell me, why there are not "Mental Health" related tags there? The main female lead isn't a bad person, isn't ill malicious, she is just a person who crumbled under the weight of her dreams. She is weak person that dreamed higher than she could fly. Just look he denials during the ending and tell me she isn't ill. But unfortunately, in these stories and I'm don't doubt also in real life, the male lead isn't even able to get to this realization, so they never help and these movies end with this vibe of "what a crazy girl, right?".
I wish to see movies in the future take this angle.
I thought the idol would be at the end of her career but no, she is young! She is actually still a high schooler and yes, the actress was only 17 years old? NANI?! I can't make sense of this.
Watching the first episode I have to think again... "Why really GOOD jdramas are unpopular while BAD dramas are really popular in the island?" This one made some "success", right? Watching the first episode I can see some sign on why... and they're all bad signs.
The only problem this whole series has, the sole one, is that the writing insist on making Jun the protagonist instead of giving us more from other characters like Hotaru. We can praise how consistent the character is since the very beginning, but to "appreciate" this you have to endure him. I HATE HIS CHARACTER! He is a "bad person", how can he never learn anything, never improve! One of the most disgusting characters I met in fiction.
I'm watching now and very surprising, it doesn't "feel" old at all, it's very well made AND very well written. All episodes have at least one or two strong scenes, this drama was made with much care and love.
Intrigued by your comment. I also felt the ending was slightly off-place, but likely not for "Lynchian" reasons.…
I'm sure I wrote about it someone by I can't find where... now I can't remember all the details. Remembers the scene when one of her staff goes to her room and comments that he hear someone singing, I think? Asks if she was singing and she denies? Some people says that there's nothing really "wrong" with the story, that nothing strange was happening, she was just imagining and nothing more, that scene just meant that she was practicing to her audience when she was alone. But wasn't that maybe just a diversion? Instead of "proving" that there was nothing maybe, I say that perhaps that scene "proves" that she was doing things that even she wasn't aware, doing unconsciously. Get my point? Again, I don't remember all the details now, but strongly felt that something was wrong with her (not just with her attitude). The strange coincidences, the fire, her surviving boyfriend, the "monster", that mysterious sheep... was that sheep really there at the end? Was she really singing at the end or was just another fantasy?
Not that any of this means something bad, it can also mean something good, because in the beginning she was imagining just bad things, always fearful and distrustful. At the end this had changed and she was having much happier thoughts.
I need to watch it again someday, to check these suspicious and think more about if that story about the japanese soldiers have any special meaning.
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Natsume (the name of the cat) reminded my of the anime Aria, the the folkloric figure of Cait Sith. We can't know if Natsume orchestrated the two's meeting, if she knew that Kouji was looking for a cat that resembled her and intentionally approached Mineko to make the two meet, but Natsume was there all along, and without a doubt guided Mineko to the temple to make her own wish before moving away.
Mineko's cure wasn't a random miracle, she was cured by Kouji's wish.
That's the reason why Natsume was waiting in front of their house so early the day he died, he probable had to pay a price for Mineko's cure.
This fantasy/supernatural was a core element of the story.
I liked this movie, was much more interesting than I was expecting.
But! Exactly because I think the movie was got that it got me into thinking... isn't there something that movies "like this" are lacking? The makers and the audience seems to be missing an important point in these stories and you can see a sign of this here on MDL.
Look at the tags assigned to this movie.
Tell me, why there are not "Mental Health" related tags there?
The main female lead isn't a bad person, isn't ill malicious, she is just a person who crumbled under the weight of her dreams. She is weak person that dreamed higher than she could fly. Just look he denials during the ending and tell me she isn't ill. But unfortunately, in these stories and I'm don't doubt also in real life, the male lead isn't even able to get to this realization, so they never help and these movies end with this vibe of "what a crazy girl, right?".
I wish to see movies in the future take this angle.
She is actually still a high schooler and yes, the actress was only 17 years old? NANI?! I can't make sense of this.
What's her story? S many roles.
The second half contradicts the whole premise, what the heck the writer was thinking?!
"Why really GOOD jdramas are unpopular while BAD dramas are really popular in the island?"
This one made some "success", right?
Watching the first episode I can see some sign on why... and they're all bad signs.
I HATE HIS CHARACTER!
He is a "bad person", how can he never learn anything, never improve!
One of the most disgusting characters I met in fiction.
Anyone else?
This site have so many strange omissions.
All episodes have at least one or two strong scenes, this drama was made with much care and love.
Remembers the scene when one of her staff goes to her room and comments that he hear someone singing, I think? Asks if she was singing and she denies? Some people says that there's nothing really "wrong" with the story, that nothing strange was happening, she was just imagining and nothing more, that scene just meant that she was practicing to her audience when she was alone. But wasn't that maybe just a diversion?
Instead of "proving" that there was nothing maybe, I say that perhaps that scene "proves" that she was doing things that even she wasn't aware, doing unconsciously. Get my point?
Again, I don't remember all the details now, but strongly felt that something was wrong with her (not just with her attitude). The strange coincidences, the fire, her surviving boyfriend, the "monster", that mysterious sheep... was that sheep really there at the end? Was she really singing at the end or was just another fantasy?
Not that any of this means something bad, it can also mean something good, because in the beginning she was imagining just bad things, always fearful and distrustful. At the end this had changed and she was having much happier thoughts.
I need to watch it again someday, to check these suspicious and think more about if that story about the japanese soldiers have any special meaning.