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.
"The problem she has is that she’s still a virgin." We're living in the 21st century. When are people gonna…
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.
Here we go again, so when is the next Itazura na Kiss ? :))
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.
I had few doubts as well. When it came to their friendship. Sumire liked Kenta, and Kenta seemed to be bent towards…
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.
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.
So what’s your point here? They should leave them alone and see decline in their population? Really I am curious…
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.
Probably not, because NHK doesn't "sell" their works to streaming services that make money through advertising.…
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).
Hope Viki or some other streaming service that translates picks this up.
Probably not, because NHK doesn't "sell" their works to streaming services that make money through advertising. They pulled all their stuff from Netflix, too, when Netflix announced they were going to run ads.
Spoiler me please, does this turn into a romance? I watched the first few episodes but I'm kind of reluctant to continue if it does, even though I love these slow slice of life dramas with a lot of dialogue. Love them as friends and I still hope to one day find a drama that shows men and women can indeed be friends without turning into lovers.
Feels like they tried to make a 30 - 45 minute movie into 15 minutes and just put in more or less random scenes in chronological order without connecting them to each other. We get zero explanations why something happens, it just does. And on a side note, the sound quality is pretty bad. One scene when the girls are talking it's super quiet and the volume needs to be turned all the way up, the next scene some dude screams so loud, your ears fall off.
So what’s your point here? They should leave them alone and see decline in their population? Really I am curious…
Marriage ≠ population growth. Japan has a lot more (and bigger) issues when it comes to their declining birth rate than just people not wanting to marry. My point was that I was trying to make a joke because there are way too many dramas that glorify marriage in a way that says "if you're not married by age XX, you're disqualified to be a part of society" and that this is an extremely outdated viewpoint.
Unfortunately there'll probably never be subs for this one if no one requests it directly to a subber. It's not listed anywhere (d-addicts Fansub Map for example) and the raws aren't really available if you don't specifically look for it. So if you're waiting for subs, you probably don't need to hold your breath.
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 ;)
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.
To your question: because of reasons I don't really want to disclose here my mother is okay with it :)