Quantcast

Details

  • Last Online: 1 hour ago
  • Gender: Female
  • Location: hell
  • Contribution Points: 298 LV3
  • Birthday: March 30
  • Roles: VIP
  • Join Date: February 7, 2013
  • Awards Received: Finger Heart Award274 Flower Award652 Coin Gift Award135 Golden Tomato Award12 Reply Goblin Award13 Dumpster Fire Award14 Lore Scrolls Award12 Spoiler-Free Captain Award3 Cleansing Tomato Award10 Drama Bestie Award32 Emotional Support Commenter6 Comment of Comfort Award14 Hidden Gem Recommender1 Conspiracy Theorist2 Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girlboss17 Clap Clap Clap Award25 Drama Therapist Award2 Award Hoarder Enabler8 Wholesome Troll5 Emotional Support Viewer2 Sassy Tomato4 Free Range Tomato2 Tomato of Chaos2 Thread Historian4 Boba Brainstormer7 Notification Ninja1 Lore Librarian2 Mic Drop Darling4 Emotional Bandage7 Reply Hugger18 Soulmate Screamer19 Big Brain Award36
Hold My Hand at Twilight japanese drama review
Completed
Hold My Hand at Twilight
3 people found this review helpful
by Kate
Jul 30, 2023
10 of 10 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 7.5
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 8.5
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 7.5

By the end I was filled with a feeling of emptiness…

And I honestly do not know how to explain what it means. I just wanted to feel a little bit more, understand the characters a little bit better, connect to the story a little bit deeper, but it all stopped right before it hit the spot.

How to put it… every new revelation made me disconnect from the plot more and more. Soramame started as an amazing and relatable character, but then was stripped from that mundane context that made me love her so much. Oto stayed frustratingly consistent throughout the show, but by the end some of his choices just made me roll my eyes - why so dramatic? Why can’t you act like a normal adult?

While I enjoyed the mutual pining and I have no issue with slow pace plots, the fact they were able to build misunderstanding on already existing misunderstanding was one step too far. The story focusing on chasing their dreams also lost its charm the moment we found out both leads some really unique skills that most people do not have. Not exactly motivational storytelling if you ask me.

I liked the show a lot, but I also liked it a little bit less with each episode I watched, and by episode 10 I had too many conflicting feelings about it.

Writing aside, the acting was great. I loved how the whole cast was able to deliver such unique and vibrant characters in such an approachable way. Hirose Suzu did an amazing job especially during the more emotional scenes. With that performance you can truly relate to the saying sometimes some of the happiest people are hurting the most.

Directing and editing was great. Loved all the shots during the sunset/dusk and how warm the tones were during them. The set designs were also to die for, made me want to live in the house with the leads, enjoying each day and anticipating what the next one will bring.

Overall, it was an enjoyable drama, but I cannot stop myself from feeling like something was missing.
Was this review helpful to you?