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She just won another award last year though... (best supporting in Fujoshi Gay Ukkari)

Yup, thank to it she is such a rarity in J-dramaland

Judging from the trailer, it seems that Fujigaya is going to be completely outclassed by Nao in terms of acting. I've never been convinced by his performance so far. They should've cast a more competent actor instead.

On the other hand she's completely dominating that niche role, no other young actresses with similar physical feature have come close right now. She will definitely become an excellent character actress in the future.

I concur. Especially in Zettai Seigi, she pulls such a technically-demanding and psychologically very complex role at ease. Seems she has a knack in portraying characters with mental disorders, aside that her character in Dakara Watashi wo Oshimashita is also has one (most likely anxiety disorder). She is a rather underappreciated genius.

Grand Maison Tokyo - Make Kimutaku G.O.A.T again

Kenshi and him could pass as brothers btw

Ando Sakura's doppelganger lol

no probs

Oh yeah lil Anna's first UwU role ><

Sadly NHK might never sell it, despite tons of request from Japanese fans. It seems they only wanna make it as rare collectibles, which is a shame since they can just cash it in given the show does make waves in Japan.

Edit: It turns out they will sell the merchandise (T-shirt, stickers, and some other stuffs) as part of the DVD box package, which fetches around 10000 yen after tax
https://www.nhk-ep.com/special/doruota/

Not that small though, at least the character has higher difficulty than that in Kakegurui and she managed to pull it off quite well

She must've been a kid back then, I'll check it out

and even cuter in Dakara Watashi wa Oshimashita

I'd say she is one of the revelations in this year (2020) alongside the likes of Imou Haruka and Ishikawa Ruka, albeit she seems to be of far more low-profile due to the reasons I'll explain below. Compared to her peers, she is unusually versatile while still being technically decent. She can switch seamlessly from one role to another (often drastically as if these roles are played by multiple actors), for example just compare her acting as mute-deaf outcast in Terrolun Lunlun, a deliquent in Cold Case 2 (episode 8 if not mistaken, by far one of the most convincing performances of such role in recent memories despite not being important guest), as well as relative 'normies' in Alps Stand Hashi no Hou, Chuugakusei Nikki, and Zettai Seigi. She reminds me of teenage Matsuoka Mayu a lot in this aspect (heck many Japanese in social media who have seen her acting enough seems to confirm this) and yes these kind of actresses tend to be overlooked by the masses due to this very same reason that makes them good, especially in their early stage of their careers. Her acting looks a bit too raw at times especially in less-well directed shows but more experiences under decent directors should alleviate this issue because the talent is there. Mark my word, she will become the surprise of her age group (just as what Mayu does).

BTW her profile picture doesn't do her justice, someone needs to change it.

If there is no more subtantial changes, I'll only follow Jikou Keisatsu's sequel

Nope, I don't wanna see her stagnated like Ueno (tho she's now back on screen but she has a lot of things to catch up). She definitely has potentials to reach the highest level a la Mitsushima Hikari, Sakura Ando et al., although at this rate she will be rather a late bloomer.

In my books, she is a perfect example of how many Japanese actress/actors who are too good-looking (in spite of her/his skills) remain underrated. Had she is Korean or Chinese she might already be in the elite group.

*raises hand

Yup it's the role everyone remembers when they think about her