Could have been better but it has its own charm...
PROS:
1. Great Acting: Anyone who is into J-dramas is familiar with Takeru Satoh's acting and OMG he was next level in this drama, He embodied the genius music-obsessed composer who was quirky yet charming. The FL's actress also did pretty well and so did the bandmates. The actor who played Toya, Masaki Suda also did a GREAT job (I already knew he was good but damn he was next level in the role of a rockstar) . The stand out actors were definitely Takeru Satoh and Masaki Suda though.
2. Music: I got to hear tons of great music which usually only happens for OSTs. (the campfire scene where they played the song from Hatsukoi was so nostalgic for me)
CONS:
1. Pacing: the pacing was way too fast, a lot of incidents happen back to back and they don't have enough time for development. Its like there were many ideas but only 10eps to execute them
2. Other bandmates didn't get as much attention: We are introduced to the premise that Naoki, Sho and Kazushi are geniuses and Akane is "normal" but what we get to see is Naoki being the "only" genius. Besides the occasional argument from kazushi's side, everyone seems to just go along with what Naoki is saying, for people who claim to be geniuses they have no pride.
3. Rushed Love Lines: Some people catching feelings made no sense (if ykyk) and it felt unnecessary to rush all that development into barely 2 eps.
4. Rushed ending: No matter how I look at it the ending is not good. I guess the writers saw this as the only way to end this drama at 1 season with no speculations for another with everything cleanly ending but to me the ending felt a bit lazy.
5. The drama's plot was drowned by the songs: The plot randomly creeps up between impromtu performances and the balance was definitely not good.
6. Random scenes show up: keyword: stab
All in all this drama has its perks but it doesn't have the best plot, which makes me sad because all of the WASTED POTENTIALLL. I watched through this show and it is pretty decent but It had a whole lot more potential.
1. Great Acting: Anyone who is into J-dramas is familiar with Takeru Satoh's acting and OMG he was next level in this drama, He embodied the genius music-obsessed composer who was quirky yet charming. The FL's actress also did pretty well and so did the bandmates. The actor who played Toya, Masaki Suda also did a GREAT job (I already knew he was good but damn he was next level in the role of a rockstar) . The stand out actors were definitely Takeru Satoh and Masaki Suda though.
2. Music: I got to hear tons of great music which usually only happens for OSTs. (the campfire scene where they played the song from Hatsukoi was so nostalgic for me)
CONS:
1. Pacing: the pacing was way too fast, a lot of incidents happen back to back and they don't have enough time for development. Its like there were many ideas but only 10eps to execute them
2. Other bandmates didn't get as much attention: We are introduced to the premise that Naoki, Sho and Kazushi are geniuses and Akane is "normal" but what we get to see is Naoki being the "only" genius. Besides the occasional argument from kazushi's side, everyone seems to just go along with what Naoki is saying, for people who claim to be geniuses they have no pride.
3. Rushed Love Lines: Some people catching feelings made no sense (if ykyk) and it felt unnecessary to rush all that development into barely 2 eps.
4. Rushed ending: No matter how I look at it the ending is not good. I guess the writers saw this as the only way to end this drama at 1 season with no speculations for another with everything cleanly ending but to me the ending felt a bit lazy.
5. The drama's plot was drowned by the songs: The plot randomly creeps up between impromtu performances and the balance was definitely not good.
6. Random scenes show up: keyword: stab
All in all this drama has its perks but it doesn't have the best plot, which makes me sad because all of the WASTED POTENTIALLL. I watched through this show and it is pretty decent but It had a whole lot more potential.
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