I finally purchased it on ebay since it was half the price of Amazon. Hope it will be worth the $25. It just arrived…
another PPPS: What really stands out, are the conversations. The conversations are fully fledged out and deep. Usually all interactions in (modern) movies/shows are cut. They start, they talk, a problem occurs and then: Cut, next scene. Even though two people are engaging and talking about a specific problem with time to solve the problem or at least discuss it, the scene has to stop because the problem is a plot line which can be followed in later scenes/episodes.
In long vacation you get full conversations. From the beginning to the end. Maybe an interruption occurs but it has a meaning to the plot. It builts up gloominess and small misunderstandings which lead to the one big problem the show basically revolves around. (it's a love story ok? The problem is of course getting together and commit to your feelings first without knowing how the other person _really_ feels) And everything is talked out properly. The even refer to earlier conversations and they even talk (sometimes, especially at the first eps) about plot unrelated stuff to establish living characters who have different interests besides the main plot.
I finally purchased it on ebay since it was half the price of Amazon. Hope it will be worth the $25. It just arrived…
And if someone stumbles accross the unsynchronized / desynchronized subtitles for ep11, someone else provided a solution: https://4subscene.com/subtitles/1155082
I finally purchased it on ebay since it was half the price of Amazon. Hope it will be worth the $25. It just arrived…
I'm currently watching it (had a long pause between ep10 and 11) because I watched it in Japan and didn't felt like it to finish it. But honestly: I would gladly pay 25 bucks for it.
The show is quite good because the story, the setting and the scenery/coulisse is pretty realistic. The actors do a great job and the chemistry between the main leads is there. And because we talk about a J-Drama (and not a K-Drama), there is only the main plotline packaged into eleven 55min episodes. There is no unnecessary plot bloat. All in all, the plot pace is fitting and the lengths of scenes a tiny bit longer than our current watching habit. Still, if you watched movies and shows from that time earlier in your life, I don't think there is any problem. Of course the image quality is not on par with modern cinema but IMHO that's part of the charm.
What personally really like is the 90s nostalgia. I got to know Japan as the Japan of the 90s and early 00s through manga and movies from the time. And because this show was (obviously) filmed at that time, the show delivers. I'm currently here because I got a good torrent file but halfway in ep11 (the final ...) the subtitle synchronisation seems to be way off. Grr. My japanese is not that good to understand everything which comes in the next 40min XD
So, IF I had the chance to grab the DVDs for 25 bucks tomorrow I would definitly buy it. I don't have a DVD player, but I would organize one as well.
PS: An 8.2 rating for a J-Drama on MDL speaks for itself. A K-Drama with that rating isn definitly not bad but also not super good. I would describe it as good average. But for J-Dramas, an 8.2 feels more like a 9 for K-Dramas. Personally, I would rate the show (without having seen the ending) as 8.5 to 9. (because it checks so many points I was expecting from this show)
Oh, and PPS: The plot and characters feel quite modern as well. Well, thats because they were quite modern for the time. And the meta topic (older single women (= >27 years) in Japan) is still a prominent topic.
my question was more a meta joke you have to read with a wink. ;) (it wasn’t meant in a serious way) right when the first scenes in Dubai were shown, Netflix presented the hint“ this show contains product placements“. product placements usually refer to small objects one can buy for relative small money. so, my question should be read as: does Netflix see Dubai (a wealthy country) in line with quite unimportant things like Kopiko. Subway, beer and so on, which kinda downgrades the nation. ;) OR does Dubai itself see themselves in line with the namens products? 🤔😉
What's your favorite show with him? And which one of his older works do you recommend?
What really stands out, are the conversations. The conversations are fully fledged out and deep. Usually all interactions in (modern) movies/shows are cut. They start, they talk, a problem occurs and then: Cut, next scene. Even though two people are engaging and talking about a specific problem with time to solve the problem or at least discuss it, the scene has to stop because the problem is a plot line which can be followed in later scenes/episodes.
In long vacation you get full conversations. From the beginning to the end. Maybe an interruption occurs but it has a meaning to the plot. It builts up gloominess and small misunderstandings which lead to the one big problem the show basically revolves around. (it's a love story ok? The problem is of course getting together and commit to your feelings first without knowing how the other person _really_ feels)
And everything is talked out properly. The even refer to earlier conversations and they even talk (sometimes, especially at the first eps) about plot unrelated stuff to establish living characters who have different interests besides the main plot.
https://4subscene.com/subtitles/1155082
THANK YOU Nenabunena
The show is quite good because the story, the setting and the scenery/coulisse is pretty realistic. The actors do a great job and the chemistry between the main leads is there. And because we talk about a J-Drama (and not a K-Drama), there is only the main plotline packaged into eleven 55min episodes. There is no unnecessary plot bloat. All in all, the plot pace is fitting and the lengths of scenes a tiny bit longer than our current watching habit. Still, if you watched movies and shows from that time earlier in your life, I don't think there is any problem.
Of course the image quality is not on par with modern cinema but IMHO that's part of the charm.
What personally really like is the 90s nostalgia. I got to know Japan as the Japan of the 90s and early 00s through manga and movies from the time. And because this show was (obviously) filmed at that time, the show delivers.
I'm currently here because I got a good torrent file but halfway in ep11 (the final ...) the subtitle synchronisation seems to be way off. Grr. My japanese is not that good to understand everything which comes in the next 40min XD
So, IF I had the chance to grab the DVDs for 25 bucks tomorrow I would definitly buy it. I don't have a DVD player, but I would organize one as well.
PS: An 8.2 rating for a J-Drama on MDL speaks for itself. A K-Drama with that rating isn definitly not bad but also not super good. I would describe it as good average. But for J-Dramas, an 8.2 feels more like a 9 for K-Dramas. Personally, I would rate the show (without having seen the ending) as 8.5 to 9. (because it checks so many points I was expecting from this show)
Oh, and PPS: The plot and characters feel quite modern as well. Well, thats because they were quite modern for the time. And the meta topic (older single women (= >27 years) in Japan) is still a prominent topic.
right when the first scenes in Dubai were shown, Netflix presented the hint“ this show contains product placements“.
product placements usually refer to small objects one can buy for relative small money. so, my question should be read as: does Netflix see Dubai (a wealthy country) in line with quite unimportant things like Kopiko. Subway, beer and so on, which kinda downgrades the nation. ;)
OR does Dubai itself see themselves in line with the namens products? 🤔😉
but I didn’t get the ending. can someone elaborate? it felt like a cameo but I don’t know the characters.
Thanks! :)
Can someone help me? :3