thanks for making this list! i love the choice to use headshots + them in trad clothing. many of my beloveds are on here, and i am also happy to see many commenters calling out my girl mitsushima hikari as well. so glad that my fave actresses are getting the praise they're due!
i learned today that fukada kyoko has actually taken calligraphy lessons in her youth which makes her version of chiyomi all the more precious to me 🥺🥺💙
Here's an interesting interview with lil Mone (in English!!) https://www.disruptingjapan.com/outside-of-the-bubble-with-japans-startup-girls-mone-kamishiraishi/
THIS WAS SUCH A FASCINATING LISTEN. i loved her insights on hurdles to startup culture in japan, and i am 0% surprised to learn she did befriend some of the people she interviewed when preparing for the role. thanks so much for sharing the link!!!
i completely agree with everything you said, and it was way more succinct and articulate than i was when i first completed the drama!!! minimal substance and complete waste of talent. the sfx in ep 9 were especially disappointing since their sfx to portray ghostly habits, like passing through solid surfaces, is so much cleaner than other ghost dramas i've seen. (... i guess that's where all the budget went l o l) i had such high expectations of the show too b.c i'm a huge sttkr fan 😔 really disappointed overall
thank you for the warning! i gave it a try and dropped it 58 minutes in. (probably too generous with my time).
from the synopsis, you get the feeling there's maybe a gray area surrounding the "accident". however, when it actually happens and the ramifications start appearing, there is no way to continue painting the perpetrator as a sympathetic character. this movie is not 'humanistic' as described, it just has has too large of a cast.
Can anyone pls spoil this? Who killed him and why he died? Thank youuuu
who: ikezawa eisuke why: when he was informing naoki about his past misdeeds, naoki believed in his goodness and encouraged him to confess to the police. eisuke did not want to in order to protect the new life he built for himself, but he still felt guilty over being trusted to such an extent. that guilt turned into hysteria, and he killed naoki for being the source of it even though naoki did not even threaten him with the whole "if you wont tell someone, then i will" trope. there is PROBABLY also some "since i told you, i have to kill you" and "no one understands me" sprinkled in, but that isnt clearly stated in the show.
i encourage other people to weigh in on their interpretation because the dialogue was Messy tbh. this is just what i understood from watching it
i am asking this with genuine confusion and as a genuine fan of the show: what was up with the final episode omg
how did chawoong travel to the past, why was that necessary narratively (the most impt question!), how did he survive the stabbing?? if someone could offer me their own interpretations of -gestures vaguely- all that, i would be very grateful.
does anyone like to analyse media for fun? i'd love to read people's takes on the whale/'splash!' thing. i could see it serving as the codeword for when she's actually disassociating, driven by the fact that she still visits the whale statue by her university. i spent the whole movie wondering if there's something more than this, so please let me know what you think!
(i separate 'actually dissociating' from her 'out-loud' conversations with A b.c we the audience purposefully cannot tell when exactly other people can hear her.)
replying to this with spoiler-less self-harm context for the sake of future watchers! the main character who self-harms, nana, does perform it on-screen once. blood is mentioned but not seen. there are two other instances where nana is performing or intending to perform self-harm, but these are off screen. nana's self-harm scars are shown infrequently, and jokes are made about them most times. nadeshiko accidentally hurts herself on her wrist with a razor, and blood is shown, but this is not a self-harm attempt. however, the in-process visual may still be a concern. i am happy to answer other questions that will help potential viewers decide if this movie will be safe to watch :)
the end of episode 8 when yamamoto koji is CLEARLY making fun of takeru sato: genius, inspired, hilarious. the squinty eyes and the hand on his hip omg 🤭
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thanks so much for sharing the link!!!
i had such high expectations of the show too b.c i'm a huge sttkr fan 😔 really disappointed overall
from the synopsis, you get the feeling there's maybe a gray area surrounding the "accident". however, when it actually happens and the ramifications start appearing, there is no way to continue painting the perpetrator as a sympathetic character. this movie is not 'humanistic' as described, it just has has too large of a cast.
why: when he was informing naoki about his past misdeeds, naoki believed in his goodness and encouraged him to confess to the police. eisuke did not want to in order to protect the new life he built for himself, but he still felt guilty over being trusted to such an extent. that guilt turned into hysteria, and he killed naoki for being the source of it even though naoki did not even threaten him with the whole "if you wont tell someone, then i will" trope. there is PROBABLY also some "since i told you, i have to kill you" and "no one understands me" sprinkled in, but that isnt clearly stated in the show.
i encourage other people to weigh in on their interpretation because the dialogue was Messy tbh. this is just what i understood from watching it
how did chawoong travel to the past, why was that necessary narratively (the most impt question!), how did he survive the stabbing?? if someone could offer me their own interpretations of -gestures vaguely- all that, i would be very grateful.
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(i separate 'actually dissociating' from her 'out-loud' conversations with A b.c we the audience purposefully cannot tell when exactly other people can hear her.)
the main character who self-harms, nana, does perform it on-screen once. blood is mentioned but not seen.
there are two other instances where nana is performing or intending to perform self-harm, but these are off screen.
nana's self-harm scars are shown infrequently, and jokes are made about them most times.
nadeshiko accidentally hurts herself on her wrist with a razor, and blood is shown, but this is not a self-harm attempt. however, the in-process visual may still be a concern.
i am happy to answer other questions that will help potential viewers decide if this movie will be safe to watch :)