K-Drama 
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These overly-cliche romances were never for me, but I wanted to give it a try, anyways.
Perhaps I was expecting something better than the Thai original considering I'd dropped the aforementioned, however, the Japanese remake manages to be just as painfully cringey, in my opinion.
Fukuda Ayuta's acting was somewhat believable and not too hard on the eyes, but Aihara Isshin's was really, really painful. Painful in the sense that there was no expressions on his face (I got war flashbacks of Eunwoo's 'tsundere' characters, so) and there was barely any disparity within his limited range to sell the concept of Sora being down bad for Hinata. Most viewers would want to be convinced by the LI's character enough to want to vouch for them, and I couldn't find it in myself to do that at all.
Vasayegh Hikaru definitely did his job as the only opp of the story (with more variance in his expressions and personality despite them being overly exaggerated in many places), though the encounters between Oji and Sora weren't as fulfilling as I personally wanted them to be. The other side characters are barely given a role beyond eagerly following up on the main characters' developing love story, and the progression of Da On and Riku's relationship was way too abrupt to be enjoyable. If anything, I probably liked Makoto and Yu's relationship the most (though that 'drunken' kiss was incredibly uncomfortable both visually and as a plot point).
Overall, a super difficult watch.
Perhaps I was expecting something better than the Thai original considering I'd dropped the aforementioned, however, the Japanese remake manages to be just as painfully cringey, in my opinion.
Fukuda Ayuta's acting was somewhat believable and not too hard on the eyes, but Aihara Isshin's was really, really painful. Painful in the sense that there was no expressions on his face (I got war flashbacks of Eunwoo's 'tsundere' characters, so) and there was barely any disparity within his limited range to sell the concept of Sora being down bad for Hinata. Most viewers would want to be convinced by the LI's character enough to want to vouch for them, and I couldn't find it in myself to do that at all.
Vasayegh Hikaru definitely did his job as the only opp of the story (with more variance in his expressions and personality despite them being overly exaggerated in many places), though the encounters between Oji and Sora weren't as fulfilling as I personally wanted them to be. The other side characters are barely given a role beyond eagerly following up on the main characters' developing love story, and the progression of Da On and Riku's relationship was way too abrupt to be enjoyable. If anything, I probably liked Makoto and Yu's relationship the most (though that 'drunken' kiss was incredibly uncomfortable both visually and as a plot point).
Overall, a super difficult watch.
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