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It was really good. Also beautifully filmed and good actors. Specially liked the young male leads. They were good at showing emotions on their faces without saying anything.

Thank you! It even had English subtitles. I really liked it. Felt really genuine and authentic.

It had its funny moments, but I did not find the physical violence funny at all. So over all I have to say, I did not like it. The actors were fine, I have always liked Yokohama Ryusei, but that was not enough for me. In my opinion violence is just not funny at all even if it is meant to be humorous or a joke.

How funny cause I did not feel the chemistry at all. I just felt they were acting it, but it was not real. I have seen many Japanese dramas where you can actually feel the chemistry between the actors, but this was not one of them.

I did not feel the chemistry. I have seen both actors in many dramas and neither of them were at their best here. The movie was well done and beatuifully filmed, but in my opinion it lacked real emotions.

Have you ever truly been in love?? I have and as I see it, if Shane loved Jonathan no woman or a man could have come between them. Just like Jonathan realized he could not be with Carrie cause he loved Shane, the same would have happened to Shane too. What I was left wondering is if by sleeping with Jonathan Shaun actually gave Jonathan a possibility to let go of his (unrequited) feelings for Shaun.

Okay. So Yong Joon had this parasite "boyfriend" who was basicly living off of him (YJ even sold his body to buy meet for him to eat) and then you had this North Korean guy who actually loved and cared for him, but YJ treated him like trash.. I could not finish the movie. Just made me feel ill. (And I don't think the nc's were so bad. For me it was the mental content that pushed me away from the movie.)

I saw the trailer and could not recognize Takeuchi Ryoma.. SO different vibe than in other of his works. And since I really like Machida Keita's acting I am waiting for this. Hope it gets released with english subtitles somewhere..

Uuuh.. It started ok and I liked Kikuchi Fuma in Usokon, so I was really wishing this would be something good.. But the Maki-character was so irritating. I am 40+ old woman and I often like the Japanese story telling, but these kind of older female characters make me so frustrated. Like being unable to communicate what you think or feel and then blaming the other person for not making you feel secure.. I had to leave the last episode. Just could not finish it.

Adding to what the previous commentator answered to you:
I am a Finnish woman and I lived one year abroad when I was 18 years old and this was the time before the mobile phones.. I used to write 10 page long letters (by hand) to my friends and cousins and whom ever.. I could only call home twice a week so that was the only way to gather and share my thoughts.

When you are in the army it is a similar type of situation. You are separated from your loved ones (family, friends etc.) and you might sometimes have quite a lot of spare time when you feel that separation and loneliness and miss those people - all of them - but also can not contact them. So then to ease that sorrow you write your thoughts down for them, not only to share your thoughts, but it kind of makes you feel you are closer to them.

In the army you sometimes have lots of spare time while surrounded by people you don't know so well. So it is only logical to write your thoughts down for someone you care about - be it a friend, a relative or whom ever.

This was a very good movie. Beautifully filmed, like you used to have this type of movies coming from Europe and East/South East Asia in the 1990's and early 2000 quite a lot. So a bit nostalgic.

How I see it at least partly it is a story of a man who is stuck with some things in the past (not to reveal the plot) and because of that can't be open to the future. Beautifull and intense.

Reminded me of my all time favourite Hong Kongese Wong Kar Wai movie "In The Mood For Love"..

And it is often caused by a traumatic incident in a person's life which their mind can't handle. So kind of a way of escape. Some people might "cross-dress" for the same reason.

Yes, I started to watch it and just finished the ep 4. I do like it.

In general I also like more the Japanse actors who look like normal natural people. The Korean actors often look so unnatural these days with all the plastic surgeries, botox and also the filters used on the editing table. It is easier for me to relate to the more natural Japanese characters.

Thanks, good to know. I could not finish the Korean one cause it just got too long and boring. I might try this one then.. :)

OMG, why did I start to watch this before all the episodes are out.. I usually wait untill the whole series is out and subbed since if it is good, I can just binge watch it all at once.. I love both main charaters and Tojo could almost be me (in my real life) and I would most definitely fall for Tanaka. What a beautifull voice he has!!

Yes, me too. It kind of fell flat since the drama itself was quite intense with everything that happened..

I really like this drama. It is much better than I expected, but from a Finnish person's perspective this consept of not being able to get a divorce if the other party disagrees is so weird. Like in real life people can refuse to divorce and keep that other person imprisoned for life that way. And what do they gain themselves by doing that?

In Finland (and I think most of the European countries) if one person wants to get a divorce, she/he will get it. No-one can be forced to stay married just out of revenge or other such reasons.

I can't get over Rei Sawamura acting in this drama. I loved his character in Happy of The End and after watching that drama several times I just still see him in that character.

Also in Japan traditionally marriages have not been based on romantic relationships between two people but rather being a deal between two families - the husband's and the wife's. So if you read about the history of the Japanese marriages there are lots of texts about affairs and prostitution. In the Japanese context the marriage has rather been a bussiness deal and people rarely married someone they loved or had feelings for. (I know some Japanese women born in the 1940's and for them it still was like this.)

Many people seem to be botherd by the thing that this drama doesn't have the type of "happy ending" they are used to. Sugary sweet happy endings come originally from U.S. and the Hollywood movie tradition and has not been typical for the story telling elsewhere before that. Fex. Disney made all the traditional European stories like the Snow White, Little Mermaid, Cinderella into these simple, happy ending, easy watch cartoons. The original ones were not like that at all. Fex. the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen's stories mostly ended horribly sad.

From my perspective this drama has a happy and beautifull ending, it is just not sugar coated: Makki, Eiji and Mieko had all lived with these painfull emotions since Makki left and after meeting up again they were able to face those emotions and that is where the healing starts.

Makki found a man who is gentle, genuinly cares for him, supports him and even encouraged him to meet his ex instead of selfishly being jealous and trying to keep Makki only for himself. In the end he also told Makki that he is very dear to him, still leaving space for Makki to heal, not to try to push him in any ways.. As I see it, in the end they will all be fine.

When you get broken it takes time to heal, but you eventually will, if you are able to face your emotions and grow further.