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I liked how it portrays the characters struggle to re-adjust to society with their 'criminal' label, but I wish it had been more creative on the nature of the their crimes, other than just making them either done out of (excessive) self defense or accidentally got caught up in some bad deal. By framing the characters as misfits fighting againts society's prejudices and not showing the gravity of their crimes beyond how it effects their own life, I feel like we don't get to see the whole picture of the matter to weigh comprehensively whether people who did crime can continue to live their life normally or not after they paid jail time and how society should treat them. The subplot about the allegedly false accused tenant provided some needed variation, but the truth regarding his case makes me wonder what novel emotional spectrum could've been explored if a certain person was the MC and we see things from that uniquely positioned character's perspective instead.

Was thinking I would've preferred if the climax was built on some sort of unintended negative effect from the changes made by Aran's administration (with the help Solon) instead of something that's considerably quite detached from it, but I suppose such plot development would've conveyed that 'changes are bad' or 'screw idealism' which is clearly not the message the show wanted to send across. While the whole 'AI gone rouge' thing indeed feels uninspired, I appreciate that it was still rooted from Aran's complex and weaknesses as human being, hence the show managed to avoid over-glorifyng the youngs.

Ando Sakura, Kuroki Haru, Kaho, Tadanobu Asano... All my fave acts in j-ent industry, thank you Bakarhythm for putting them in this one enjoyable show.

It's high-concept in premise but rather humble in its message. Ultimately I think the show is about youths vs adults, young gen vs older gen, their struggles in their respective societal positions in this rapidly changing era and what either can learn from/share with each other to improve society. Ergo if you read the synopsis hoping for extensive and thought-provoking exploration on governance and piercing commentary on AI implementations, I'd suggest to look elsewhere.

Well-meaning show with clunky writing. Dialogues are heavily reliance on side characters saying and acting out all the ignorant things about AroAce and simply being shallow in general just so the main characters can 'correct' and educate them (thus educate the viewers too I suppose) as seemingly the only decent people with common sense in the room. It's informative in that sense but it also leads to stilted scenes/convos and two-dimensional characters/relationships, no matter what handwave-y 'personality' the show assigned to them.

The first and last ep are my favorites. The deceased are deeply flawed individuals, leaving the bereaved feeling conflicted dealing with their deaths, it makes a good story though nothing groundbreaking still. The Korea ep is a feel-good one, with some plot twist snuck in. The rest are mixed bags, some feels a bit too much of "trying to make things as sad as possible", some just feels half-baked, especially the cheating couple ep, could've been interesting one but ended up being cringe. From time to time I wish they get technical, like explaining how restoring heavily damaged body parts works, I like learning things I never even wonder about before. All in all, not a bad show, but not the best from the writer.

Thing is after learning from the SP episode that this whole thing is Hiroshi's journal about their relationship which then published for public consumption, I kinda get the impression that 'seling her saliva' part is sort of a cover for her actual job, which is probably prostitution or some sort... Because the crisis he experienced whenever she went to do her 'job' is a bit too over the top if she's just selling her salliva, I think.

Jarring tonal shift, a slew of comic reliefs shoved in the middle of serious situation by sacrificing characters intelligence and stripping them from normal human behaviours. Keizoku series, Jikou Keisatsu series etc are what this show wanted to be but failed unfortunately. 3 eps in and we're still given no reason why we should root for the main characters except that they are the main characters, fighting against stock caricature villains with vague objectives. Since they touch on cold cases, maybe shed some light on the victims family to earn audience sympathy/serve as motivation for main characters? I was drawn to this show because of the director, probably the actors were too.

So far I'm enjoying this better than Atom no Ko. It isn't high on realism ranking but I like the main character, for once we have an underdog protagonist who also plays dirty so I don't really feel bad for him or upset over the injustice when things don't go his way, it's somewhat a relaxing watch lol. Yet I still want to root for him, in the sense of I want to see how far he can get with simply part-clowning part-winging his way through. The palpable UST between Haru and Kirihime tho, talk about enemies with sexual tension, didn't expect that one. Thanks to blitzfansub for subbing the show~

I think it's pretty neat that wihin just 15 minutes runtime this little show managed to develop both lead characters well, such as their dreams and their worries and what they're like as teenagers in general, and then establish genuine connection between them, without having to rely much on expository dialogues. Of course I wouldn't mind if this is a proper series with longer runtime though ;D

It's a rather typical food-themed show where foods are always the answer to the characters problems, with the worst thing antagonist characters would do is being annoying eyesore, therefore conflicts are solved with relative ease and less 'drama'. This means the show can either be simplistic and unexciting, or feel-good and relaxing, depending on one's mood and inclination. I liked that while there's an overt theme of women empowerment in the show, Ichika herself doesn't necessarily set-out to make changes in society or even all that progressive herself which makes her feel more authentic; she's simply someone who refuses to back down in front of challenges life throws at her, somewhat instinctively and sometimes impulsively. And this is where the romance comes in; in the form of support, mutual inspiration and positive influences to each other's life, which is rather similar to how romance is executed in asadora I think. Not the epic kind, yet there's always something that makes me grin and or my heart goes kyun in every episode lol. Their age gap is treated like a 'flavor' to their relationship, rather than something the show focused in or built conflicts around. Would definitely love a second season, just like Isekai Izakaya another similar show by WOWOW which is already in its 3rd season this year. All in all, thanks to ECOTVsub for subbing the show!

Can't think of anything, sorry!

I'm enjoying the heck out of TTEOTM in all its trope-fest glory and finding both leads outselling themselves with their characters and characters' relationship dynamic there but I'm also looking forward to this one. Bai Lu in another love-hate romance, sign me up.

His early works "Kuroi 10-nin no Onna" and "Suteki na Sen Taxi" are some of my faves.

Integral by Dios https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kc5esqa-M0Y

When I learned that the FL works in OB/GYN and the ML is both deaf and works as a relic organizer, I was dreaded with the prospect of how the drama would throw in any and every 'touching' screnarios there is for the sake of making the audience cry, that would just give the opposite effect when done too deliberately and too in-your-face. The whole set up with FL's job being related to birth and ML's job being related to death, also sounds way too gimmicky for me to take seriously. The first two eps pretty much confirmed my apprehension, but in the next three eps the patients/clients stories have been surprisingly genuine and sober, so I hope it stays that way. It seems the romance is gradually overtaking the show's focus though and this could be a good thing for some and the opposite for some others. Anyway, thanks to ECOtv for subbing the show.

A heavily psychological drama with supernatural elements introduced mainly to facilitate its existentialist themes, though I appreciate how the drama did enough world-building to make the story and characters feel grounded.

The directing in ep 3 starting from the car ambush is everything, in terms of both visual stimulation and information delivery. I'd be interested if this director do more action dramas in the future.

All questions posed in first ep only got their answers in the last ep. Of course it would be rushed and packed with flashback galores and exposition dump. Meanwhile in the second half of the show we barely learned any new insight about the mystery or characters but we sure got a whole lot of characters running around like headless chickens creating troubles for themselves. Show doesn't need more episodes, it needs better pacing.

Seems like it's going to cover more chapters of the manga compare to the 2012 ver, which means we're going to get more generations of female shogun beyond Iemitsu. From the promo it seems like they're focusing on Yoshimune's reign instead so I'm actually quite looking forward to it!