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If it follows the manga/anime then it's more ridiculous/surrealistic themes, like fighting a bear while reading viewers letters or being judged by some kind of otherworldly being that sends the souls of dead people to Sweden. There's no "horror" in the anime except for the one bit with the attic. But I've only skipped through ep1 of the drama, which was pretty close to the anime/manga, even if the chronology was jumbled up a bit.

The fact that this is based on a real OL with a real Youtube channel is pretty hilarious and sad at the same time. But it's a funny drama with a lot of sarcasm and (hopefully) exaggerations.

Would have been one of the, in my opinion, most enjoyable Japanese dramas of 2020 if the romantic developments would've ended in about the middle of episode 8. That was the peak of chemistry between the four characters that are labeled as leads here. After that it went downhill because most of what was enjoyable started to feel rather forced and it became more and more difficult for me to understand the characters' decision making process. But all in all a well acted drama (love Mori Nana and her mischievous smile) with a lot of enjoyable moments. I'm asking for the impossible, but if anyone has any recommendations for a workplace/friendship drama like this, without the forced romance that always becomes be the focal point in the end, please feel free to suggest them! :)

On another note: Someone should remove the recommendation to Itazura na Kiss, it's extremely misleading and almost prevented me from watching Kono Koi Atatamemasu ka. The only thing these two dramas have in common with each other is that they're both about romance (and even that is rather vague, if you only count season 1). There's no constantly verbally abusive ML partnered with a masochistic FL that can't think for or do anything by herself in KonoKoi and the setting is completely different. Even how and why they approach each other is the complete opposite. There's also a lot of mutual respect almost from the first time they meet in KonoKoi, while the ML has absolutely 0 respect for the FL the whole two seasons and movies in Itazura na Kiss.

Welcome to Shoujo Manga. It has always the same formula, rude a**holes are the most sought after guys and the more he/they (verbally) abuse the FL/girls in general the more liked and popular they are. Consent is not in anyones dictionary and most people cheer and are happy for the "abused" if someone kisses them without it. The FL can't think for herself and always needs to be rescued if a problem arises, otherwise she's just along for the ride because her brain is mostly on vacation. The biggest problem in all of this is that a lot of girls in real life think these stories are super romantic...

Thanks for the comment, I decided to not watch because of it. Seems like a really pointless drama.
Unfortunately your second paragraph is 100% right. It's gotten a lot better, but it's still something that's not really accepted by society, especially if it's a divorced woman. Old-fashioned people would ask "what's the harm if he had one of two affairs?", and they are still the majority of society. Funny thing is, people are seriously asking themselves why nobody wants to get married anymore and why the birthrate is at an alarming low.

The synopsis sounds like an average Japanese man's everyday life. As sad as that is. I don't really know why someone thought it was a good idea to make this into a story, much less a Drama shown in extremely conservative Japanese free TV.

After reading some of the comments I think someone who watched it should probably rewrite the synopsis. "[...] a perverted love begins from the worst encounter" sounds like a rather dark S&M trope not a fluffy lighthearted Shoujo Manga rom-com ;)

For the people that love the anime, like me, and are wondering: the first episode, from what I've seen by skipping through, stays mostly true to the anime. It just seems that it's a bit jumbled up chronologically. Some things are in the first episode that only happen more than halfway through the anime (like Mitsuo), but it seems like a well done adaption so far.
On a side note: Koshiba Fuka seems to have pretty much mastered the death glare and murderous intent Minare has in the anime, it's pretty terrifying ;)

It's a pretty enjoyable drama, actually the first high school themed one I liked in a while that wasn't comedy.
But oftentimes it felt like a swinger club a psychologist recommended. There are way too many characters with way too many life altering but quickly solved problems who switch partners every other episode. So if you blink there's a chance you miss or forget who's who and who's with whom half of the time. It would've been way better if they concentrated more on the 7 or 8 pretty well written characters with the most screen time to better explore them and their problems instead of giving what felt like 20+ characters an episode or two to voice and solve theirs.

On a more personal note, man am I glad I'm not part of this generation. I know all this SNS and Youtube stuff is probably cranked up to eleven, but even if it would be 1/3 of what's going on in this class I'd go insane. Also, can someone please give these kids something to eat? Everytime I saw these girls in their "school uniforms" I was afraid their legs are going to snap if they make a wrong move. Especially Kouzawa Sara, probably because she's the main character and had the most screen time. I don't know if it was always like that, but I really started to notice it in all of the recent youth centered dramas. An extreme example was Suzuki Yuki in "JK kara Yarinaosu Silver Plan". I actually had to look away every time her legs were shown because I found it pretty alarming.

Unfortunately Japanese screenwriters (and authors/mangaka in general) haven't caught on that most young people (especially women) in their country don't obsess about virginity or marriage anymore. People should just stay out of other people's business if you ask me ;)

I guess there should be a comedy tag in the genre section. Almost didn't watch it because it was missing. Liked the drama overall, but this overly exaggerated stereotypical anime-like villain dude really didn't do it for me and kind of sucked the enjoyment out of the last few episodes when he started to get more screen time. Would've been a good 8 - 8.5, but gave it a 7.5 because of him.

You shouldn't compare the two. The Kimi ni Todoke story, at least in the Manga and Anime, is actually pretty good and has a lot of character development from all characters. Not like Itazura na Kiss, where the constantly verbal abusive prick ML and airheaded happy-go-lucky masochistic FL stay almost completely the same all throughout the story.

So it's only available via hardsubbed stream?

It's not like two friends always instantly ditch each other just because of a guy/girl one of the friends has romantic feelings for. It's something I'll never understand, why all TV shows/movies are like that. I think sometimes friendship is just stronger than romantic feelings. And that's also what this show made me feel. At that point in their lives I don't think they would've chosen anybody over their friendship.

I think it's the same for Hakozume, at least from what I heard and read. Haven't watched the anime for both, though.

Seems like ECOTV picked it up. They just released Ep1

Nice premise and I liked the characters, but it's filled to the brim with cliches that feel way to artificial and are there just to create problems and fill air-time, mis- and non-communication and a lot of technical talk about airplanes, airports and everything about aviation, which isn't exactly my cup of tea. I gave it a 7 because there are enough moments and conflicts that feel natural enough to make the drama all in all modestly enjoyable.

My opinion is, one's own desire to get married and have kids is different from societal pressures to do just that. If you want to, that's totally ok. If you don't want to, you shouldn't have to. If you look at statistics and surveys, the majority of Japanese women in their 20s don't think they need to be married to be happy and over 30% think they'll be happier if they never get married because they don't want to lose their independence and individuality as a person. That's why I think Screenwriters and authors should stop selling "marriage is the ultimate goal and only way to find happiness for a woman in life" stories, they're extremely outdated.

To your question: because of reasons I don't really want to disclose here my mother is okay with it :)

Depends on what you want out of one. My favs are Natsuzora if you want all-around good story, great scenery/sets and characters, Amachan if you'd rather have more comedy and great characters and Hanbun, Aoi if you want something more emotional packed under a lighthearted blanket.

Because they are a statutory broadcasting station (I think that's the right term) and are completely funded by viewers' "tax". They don't run ads at all and don't want to "create a misunderstanding that NHK is recommending certain products". Here's an article about it https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/11/17/national/nhk-netflix-ads/ (hope I can post links here).