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Ana
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Nov 17, 2023
8 of 8 episodes seen
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Overall 6.0
Story 6.0
Acting/Cast 5.5
Music 5.0
Rewatch Value 5.0
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Dissapointments All Around

**Brief Synopsis**
B (Employee): Kazuma
T (Employee): Ren

- Beginning: B and T are childhood best friends but fell apart and lost contact for 10 years. T was B’s first love and T is in love with B. T tries to remain friendly and impartial but one night, they ended up sleeping together. This changes the nature of their relationship.

- Middle: After that night, they became friends with benefits because neither of them want this intimacy to end. Despite being friends with benefits, they begin living together, spending all their free time together, acting like real lovers. B is just happy to be with T, no matter what their relationship is.

- End: After going through a series of challenges at work, the series ends with T finally confessing his feelings to B and expressing his worries that B will one day leave him. B reassures him he will not leave.

**My Opinion**

WHAT I LIKED ABOUT IT:
- There aren’t much angst, mostly because the show is so short. B and T never breaks up or misunderstand each other. Any worries are talked out.

WHAT I DIDN’T LIKE ABOUT IT:
- The show is only 8 episodes and yet seemed to touch upon many deep topics that were quickly introduced and quickly resolved. For a short show like this, I feel it’s better to concentrate on the relationship side of things. As for the relationship, I feel we didn’t have enough time to get to know these two, no build ups, no tensions, no reasons why they fell for each other. Under these circumstances, it’s really difficult to root them on.
- The flashbacks doesn’t seem to help me understand the couple at all. And there are way too many flashbacks and they can come out of no where.
- The acting is just plain sometimes, as if the actors were just reading off a script instead of acting out the scene. The directing is just weird sometimes and the lighting and cinematography is just subpar.
- The lack of chemistry between the actors. I don’t know why, it just doesn’t feel intimate or romantic. In the last scene, when B went to kiss T, I saw the latter shrink away a few times. I don’t know if it’s intentional or not, but it just feels weird between lovers who love each other very much. There is a lack of intimate scenes, which I accept, but the kissing scenes just feel off.
- Usage of miscommunication or misunderstanding as reason for best friends to lose contact for all these years is just so cliche.

**Conclusion**
It’s a very short show that I didn’t like.

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18months
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Nov 19, 2023
8 of 8 episodes seen
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Overall 9.5
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 7.5
Rewatch Value 10

Authentic ans simple

That's a type of history that catch you at the first seconds and makes you heart cry for more, it's one most beautiful stories that I watch in 2023, in producion they do a good job that you see they really was engaged and not justing drop a new series, the acting was so good, like at all. All the actors did a good job, the main, the lead, the support every act add a layer to this so well tought out drama. They really makes me interest in read the mangá and for sure I will. The only weak point was the soundtrack, if they add just one strong song I would give a ten. The rewatch value is 10 for sure. I will comeback and I want more.

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HypaGemie
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Feb 24, 2024
8 of 8 episodes seen
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Overall 9.5
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 8.5

THIS DRAMA WAS SO GREAT!

I just finished this drama I really loved it so much! To me it was perfect! I have no idea why some people are saying its bad!? Very weird as I LOVED IT! Such a great BL drama I loved the characters, the acting was great to me! Japanese drama’s are a hit or miss for me but this was a Hit! ❤️ I loved the story a lot! I love soul mate storylines like this! ^_^ Ren is very cute! Baby Ren is aww! the story at times is sad but it was also very sweet! I love happy endings like this!
Watch it, don’t listen to negative reviews!!
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u12104589
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Apr 16, 2024
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Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10

The only TV series to ever make me cry

When i started, i was sceptical because of the reviews. And that was so wrong. The story was very rich, acting was on point - it looked realistic, not cringe nor underacted. Sensitive topics were approached in a very realistic and serious way. It gave me the same amount of cuteness and romance as a korean series would, but with the japanese seriousness and anxiety. I also enjoy the fact, that there is no power dynamic between the main characters - that they don't fall into the stereotypical tough guyxweak guy thrope. Simply and easily my new favorite series.
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smy
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Aug 24, 2023
8 of 8 episodes seen
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Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 10

they have deep love for each other

the cinematography is good , with good story I really liked it ,it's an easy watch , and since it's short with good story can be great to rewatch. I would liked it if there were more episodes since they looked good together it would have been nicer to see more cute scenes of them ........... has two friends who had been separated for a really long and they finally meet ,,,,.............................,.........................
it's called Tokyo in April because for him, he is like the Tokyo in the month of april
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EymiLaritzaJorgeCastillo
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Aug 5, 2023
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Overall 7.5
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 8.5
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 6.5

Ame!!

Sin duda una serie demasiado linda, que me hacia suspirar a cada segundo y tuvo un poco de todo, despertó muchas emociones la verdad, pase de estar super contenta a molesta y enojada con la vida por las cosas que tuvieron que pasar los protas.

La verdad la serie me sorprendió bastante, no esperaba muchas de las cosas que pasaron, la decidí ver porque a una amiga le encanto y de paso estaba aburrida en el trabajo, pero la verdad me gusto mucho, si hay cosas que pueden mejorar de la serie y que se pudieron contar mejor, pero la verdad me gusto el resultado total, no creo que hayan dejado cabo suelto en la serie, resolvieron los problemas que plantearon, quizás una cosita me hubiera encantado ver y era quizás a la Ren hablando con su "familia" pero de ahí en mas todo estuvo bien.

LA recomiendo? si, es linda, te transmite mucho y te deja deseando que los portas siempre sean felices, porque lo merecen. Espero y la vean, no se van arrepentir, quizás lo único que lamentara es que necesitan mas capítulos de ellos siendo felices XD. Y les dejo un pequeño y gracioso spoiler del cap final por si ya la leyeron o quieren saber porque me reí tanto en ese momento.

Spoiler: hay una escena que ame, y es en el capitulo final cuando se besan en la calle, nos muestran dos punto de vista, uno es el de ellos en su burbuja que están inmersos el uno del otro, y el otro es de las personas que están en la calle viendo a dos chicos tirados en el suelo balándose, me pareció realmente gracioso y ademas lógico, ya que aunque no nos importe lo que pase, el mundo sigue corriendo y creo que fue muy divertido ver esa escena así.

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AnnyTriz
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Apr 25, 2024
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Overall 4.0
Story 4.5
Acting/Cast 5.5
Music 3.0
Rewatch Value 2.0

PODERIA SER MUITO MELHOR

Essa é uma história curta e cheia de camadas mas essas camadas foram mal apresentadas e desenvolvidas.
A pegada da série é mais intimista e eu gosto muito disso, mas o roteiro era levemente confuso e inconsistente.
O trauma do Ren é algo que poderia ser melhor retratado, em muitos momentos foi vazio e a gente não entendia de verdade o que ele estava sentindo e sim o que falavam sobre ele. Já Kazuma é um personagem sem nada de especial, mas até que funcionou apesar de algumas cenas em que a atuação era bem mediana. O companheirismo é o tópico mais forte da história.
Não é ruim, mas também não é maravilhoso. Eu diria que é superficial mas consegue ser um bom passatempo para quem quer uma trama mais profunda.

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Nata-Stay
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Aug 4, 2023
8 of 8 episodes seen
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Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10
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Эта любовь с первых моментов

Очень люблю такого сюжета дорамы, когда надо подумать, посмотреть, почувствовать. Когда поднимается очень много сложных тем, а тем более если вспомнить о культуре страны. Эта дорама уходит в любимые без каких-либо НО... Я не очень люблю когда показывают любовь подростков 12+ , но здесь это было не обходимо и сделано очень хорошо, чтобы зрителю было понятно откуда та или иная травма у взрослого персонажа. Моя благодарность режиссеру и сценаристу, которые дали сюжет в котором хочется быть не зрителем, а героем. Я мангу не читала, да и думаю, что не буду, тк видела комментарии, что сделано все идеально точно, за что опять спасибо всем работающим над этим проектом. Актерская игра. То о чем будет говорить мать одного из героев, лишний раз и говорит об актерской игре. Сыграно безупречно естественно, красиво, эмоционально для Японии. Это я о гг. А мальчики актеры 14-и лет. Ну если один Сена Такена, уже активный и известный в мире развлечений, то второй Мицунобу Дзё дебютант. Сцены были тревожными, но ребята идеально справились. А насколько красивы и аккуратны эти нежные сексуальные сцены, честно, тайцам стоит на это посмотреть, на красоту и передачу чувств, а не "завалил и победил, как обычный альфач". Концовка. Храни мои нервы, я не ожидала такой мудрой мысли и наблюдательности от матери. Мудро, очень тонко и мудро. Я бы хотела как можно больше таких работ с такой эмоциональной глубиной, персонажи, которые есть вокруг нас, так как они естественны. Лучшее на данный момент от Японии и буду пересматривать еще не раз.

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dakstars
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Feb 17, 2024
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Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 9.0
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La mejor forma de retratar los traumas

AME esta serie como ninguna otra. La forma en como las luces juegan un papel super esencial en la historia y las escena, es maravilloso como la escenografia te lleva a sentir la historia de forma muy intima y parte de ella.
La forma tan verdadera como retrataron las consecuencias de las relaciones sexuales a TAN temprana edad fue maravillosa y que cualquier persona que paso o presenció algo asi, se puede identificar facilmente. Por ejemplo el flashback donde despues de terminar todo Kazuma comienza a llorar, es algo que ocurre mucho en esa situaciones, donde la persona siente que perdió algo muy importante o siente que la otra persona perdió algo muy importante, que fue lo que sintió Kazuma en el final. Tambien como adicionaron las consecuencias en los ataques de ansiedad que sentia Ren al tener relaciones con otras personas.
Al final me entregaron una obra perfecta de traumas y superaciones personales maravillosa.
Si pudiera criticar algo seria el papel de la mamá de Kazuma ya que según ella misma "no estaba molesta por ellos dos ser hombres sino por, lo que hicieron cuando eran niños" fueron sus palabras al final cuando acepto la relacion de los dos, pero, por que trato tan mal a Ren cuando el estaba con la camisa de su hijo? Para protegerlo? Puede ser, pero se sintio un poco extraño que despues de esa pequeña discusion ella magicamente aceptara todo.

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