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alien woman fall into earth and save a human man, after it they getting closer and fall inlove.after watching more cdrama than i should i can say it's the best iv'e seen so far ( in straight genre)
the reason is that they don't take themselves so seriously here.: it's dumb but yet sassy so older people can watch it and enjoy without feeling a shame:)
.it's funny, the actors are really good and lovely, the actress is one of the cutest actress iv'e seen , she is really good and mostly the main reason of the success.
the actor is very manly unlike other cdrama iv'e watched, handsome and hot.
the woman also have desire unlike most of cdrama when they are innocence,
it's have it's conflicts and also Contradictions in that matter of "girl power" yet its very cute.
couple of narratives
the girl as an alien have power unless she is around the man, than she lose her power, her power is in the man heart , his love for her gave her power, so woman can not live without men and pretty much useless without them but still they are stronger. she can't return to her home unless she reveal the source, so the home is also the man love.
she desire him but in some scenes she is shy , so if she have desires he push her away he scared. ,but when she is shy he getting closer to her . so she can't have desires- she is above her desire, innocence is a grace.
she should be smart as an alien that has progress than humans but around him she became dumb, she can not think.
overall if you want to enjoy your time without think so much even as a thinker...it's great.
i watch it twice even if it's not the end.
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the story 8/10talking about how someone that is close to you can rape you, . this is about the gay issue. when man rape his friend. the beginning the middle the resulte.
Study show it's more common that rapist are usually the friend or lover,someon close. less strangers, i don't know why usually there aren't a lot of films on this subject, esspecially not graphic like this ,
when you see the development and how it's happen, i guess it's because peoplpe are afraid and don't want to get into their heads that this rapist could be among them . it's frightening.
the acting is not so good, esspecially of James, he is so bad that is annoying, talking slow...slow so slowww, he is the main ead but they choose someone that can not deliver the idea...the emotions. nothing ...you can't feel sad you cant feel empaty when you watch him, you even like more the rapist because you can understand what he is thinking, what his family doing to him, why he is so agressive, buut James is bland, pocker face, you don't understand what he is thinking, more disturbing they choose someone that look way too young, maybe it's hint that it's happen to younger targets, i guess it's happen a lot in the gay community, older man take advantage of younger teens...good example is kevin spacey, he take advantage of teens actors, and even not feel guilty, he grew up in violent home, and he look from outside talent samrt , nice person- just perfect! it's very similar to P'King character.
the director doesn't know the job, he doesn't deliver the emotion, if it's drama it's more difficault than comedy or fluffy bl, you need to invest more on the actir, filming ...and nothing special here.
Music- very very bad, one of the worst, it's remind me the singer of other bl, i think it's the same annoying singer all the time , again he doesn't fit for the general feeling of the drama- it's suppose to be unique, not bland.
rewatch value- 0- not again, and even regret watching at first place.
if you like fluffy bl or/ deep hight quality drama you shoud skip it.
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Challenging social norms while not falling into clichés
One of the best series I've watched, it's such a classic that always stays in your heart. It's one of those shows that gives hope and reinforces the idea that everyone has a partner who suits them and that everyone deserves love, despite their flaws and weaknesses, and that everyone also has these natural fears. It's very funny with a really strong message, showing a certain sophistication by challenging social norms while not falling into clichés. I loved all the characters except for the two clowns , the colleagues at work Hanazuma Ran and Akamine Reina.Yamamoto's two brothers were really good and funny.
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It's not bad but not good either
I watched this moview 2 years a go, skiping a lot, and I hated it but I forgot about what happned so I watched it again , maybe it was not with subtitles. and now I watched it all again with sub.It is a simple sad story about a family , mothers, and homosexuality, one guy doesn't have a mom, the other one have
For me I feel the overall story is not new, the conflict of someone that doesn't have a family and enter a relationship from the son because of the caring loveing mom care
on top of that the same trop about the mother not approving her son being gay.
and it's slow and drag trying to be artistic,
To my point of view the producer is very influence by Kim ki Duk and trying hard to be him, but it's not working, Kim ki Duk is a genius and he tell a story wonderful and slow without too much of a dialog, you understand in a way his massage,
but here you understand but stay confuse all the way and there are a lot of moments you can skip, the color pallet is the same ,and the anviorment is very cold, it feels lonely we got it already, but life have some colorful moments too , the director is probably very depressed he doesn't see anything but the dark and gloomy moments
even when the guy that became a vagtable wake up it's depressing.
Overall I think that there is not so much of this movie, the producer or the script was trying hard to tell you that everything is gloomy, and you need to accept that it's life, but it's only his narrow prespective. if you go after Kim Ki duk at list you have some shiny moments, and some meaning behind things. what we got here exactly, did we get with some insight? no, you left without and 2 hours less from you life and sad
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Regret
The end killes it for me, DISASTER!And i enjoy all 8 episodes, but 9-10 was terrible and i skiped most of it.
2/10 acting
Very bad acting
2/10
Story is really lame but i don't mind, i really don't care about the low budget, but the story itself is lame.
Music 1/10
Worse of the worse it can be
it was fun to watch 1-8 because it's like a joke, funny and lame but fluffy
but the end ...so lame so tribble
there even not enough words for the review to get pass it, it's just lame drama, and i've seen a lot of bl, also chinese bl..there were a lot better with low budget
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Storyit's a typical Jdrama story not something special and i like for time to time to watch easy going romance drama.especially japanese because you don't know how it will end.(contrary to korean+ chinese +western)
it's about 4 women friends that have a men and developing relationships. nothing much into it.
The music i don't even remember even though i watched this couple days ago...so probably it's not so good.
The acting is the main problem..it's ruind everything. the main actress Sasaki Nozomi is one of the worst japanese actress i've seen. not to say her face and smile very annoying. she put so much effort to smile it's look fake, i don't know why they pick her, usually they pick good actors..it's maybe low budget drama.
the main actor Suzuki Nobuyuki is better but more like pretty face nothing more. he is more a model they cast wrongly.
they just ruined the show.
The best story to my opinion is the second couple. the actress Nakagawa Shoko have more acting skilles but she is acting like a kid in old body and it's not match to the style or her look. it's not her faulte but it's not working.
Isomura Hayato is very hansome and doing a good job but also he is not fit to his charecter so much, he look like the "bad guy" but acting like he is the good one...maybe its the hair or his style, or maybe his eyes looking more like villian bastard...
their love story is interesting because its the young guy and older woman but she is not mature...so it's appiling, he loving her from childhood so it's a lasting long love, but the problem is that it's not convinsing at all and there is no base to his love, we supose to jump to this conclution just because of one flashback that she protect him as a child. after it they star their relationship but also here they are not developing it enough. it's like they suddenly married and not even dating.
The third couple are at the botom of the chain not interesting at all...very boring acting.(Natsuna acting and her guy)
the last married couple have acting skilles but their story starting to be boring in the middle of the drama. and not developing wright.
I think you can watch it if you want to pass the time.
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Main character is unbearable
Usually, I love old series because they are classics. I wondered why this one had such a low rating, but after watching four episodes, I understood why. The main actress plays her role excellently, but her character is unbearable. She is extremely forced, even the happiest person in the world doesn't behave like that. She tries to prove that she has no emotions, which is perfectly fine, but her enthusiasm and smile while telling a white lie are truly exaggerated and cannot be attributed to any normal woman.There is another major issue with this series. It tries to portray something that never existed in Japan, especially not during that period. There is a complete disconnect from reality. I highly doubt that women felt so free to talk about their exploits and that they were free to do as they pleased in Tokyo. I strongly suspect that this was a forced attempt to be a series fitting the spirit of the times in the U.S. and to pander a bit. This was, of course, a common occurrence then as it is today, but when watching old series in retrospect, it becomes very clear and grotesque to the point of disgust.
What truly lasts will last despite the passage of time, even for 100 years. The only reason it can still be called a classic is due to some attachment to that period by Japanese viewers who watched it. It's hard for me to believe that they don't realize how grotesque and disconnected it is from the past.
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very cute, girls love , first love, they found that love byond gender
acting- bad...the girls tom is really bad.
music- surprisingly it's ok, for thai...that i really don't like thai music...(my taste) it's mostly generic, but this time they more verity
i think it's the year they were influence by Korean drama, and korean music...there are similarity in the clothing fashion and music .
overall:
i don't watch girls love movies, i don't like it most of the time, i watch bl ...most of the time.
i watched at those years the produced it couple of streight Thai movies and i didn't like them because they were very generic and the music was off and they were very cliche and boring in extreme boring, slow, really bad overall. so i was surprised to like this.
i like when a person looking for his identity, so here i think the Tom girl is very suitble, she looks and act like aboy. she is very convincing in that way (not her actong) , i was touhed when they found out they are inlove,
there are parts that are very childish, naive, so sweet you believe it's real, that is what i like about it,
when they kiss it's rith on the spot, touch your hear and you full of their buterflys...that is why i feel this movie worth watching.
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The Hypocrisy of Unreal Perfection in Korean Dramas
The S Koreans are smart, so they don't like this series,What bothered me most of all is that the series' greedy creators themselves use all the vile means possible to show how greed can bring you to a low point. It's contradictory. There's nothing real in this series except for one beautiful and chilling scene where the maid removes the shoes of the rich man while he keeps walking.
Why do we need to be exposed to this immense wealth and perfect detail in every scene, with the glowing screens? There's not a single moment that's real and simple, without makeup, with dark circles under the eyes.
It's a disgraceful series meant to distress the Koreans and push them to the edge, but the Koreans are probably smart enough to understand and are exploding with anger inside.
How can you not criticize the actors and the mismatch between them, or how someone looks one way or another, while they swim in money without limit, and all they want to tell them is that it's not really justified, that money blinds and dazzles and darkens. This hypocrisy is truly unbearable.
Where are the days when you would watch a series where the house wasn't perfect, not to show poverty, just an imperfect house to show truth? Reality? This no longer suits their productions.
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Identity theory
Everything is fine with lesbians or gays; it's natural and people are born with their own identity or develop one. However, when a character says, "I am neither a girl nor a boy, and it doesn't matter anyway," it borders on a fascist script for engineering consciousness. She could have said, "I don't feel sure about being a girl, I don't feel feminine, I don't like being feminine, and maybe I'm also attracted to women," but the end of her sentence, "I am neither this nor that, so it doesn't matter," already proves there is fascist intervention.A human girl with clear, realistic boundaries, especially in conservative Japan, would never say or even think such a thing. There are quite a few Japanese films with identity issues; that's fine, but this trifle of identity theory and this obsession has nothing to do with conservative Japan that cherishes femininity and family values.
It's clear that this production is aimed primarily at the Western audience in the United States. Even the way they talk in the videos, as if speaking to themselves, feels forced. Instead of speaking to someone, a friend, a parent, or in front of a mirror, we watch a scene where characters are displayed like in a mobile, squeezed into a technological cube, as if they are broadcasting their feelings on TikTok. They lack personality and thoughts of their own, even a human space. What matters to the director or writers is to please the viewers, not to show a human perspective outside the box.
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I'm 99% certain that they cut it in the middle and it where suppose to developed ,
The family issue maybe can be in progress and also the relationship between the gay living in the appartment and her
..yet we will never ever know.!!!
if you watch it till the end you understand.
It's very sad that someone had the power to cut this drama because it could be a jam.
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After 5 episode overall it's very cute and worth watching
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Those who enjoy realistic films about everyday life will likely love it
The two main actors are beautiful and talented, but I stopped watching after the third episode because I felt it wasn't exciting at all. Those who enjoy realistic films about everyday life will likely love it, as it's quite a true-to-life story and perhaps even too banal because of its realism. If it were a fantasy, the younger character would be chasing the older one, not only due to the age difference and maturity in understanding what love truly is but also in terms of status. A beautiful woman like that, with her status and intelligence, would seemingly be able to get the best. Is this true in the real world? Obviously not. A doctor is also a human being with weaknesses and needs. However, to achieve the title of a doctor, one has to go through much more than the average person and be strong, so their expectations from a partner should align accordingly, not only financially but also mentally. But again, this couple is understandable, and it is certainly something that can happen in reality. However, it does not challenge the viewer enough, in my opinion, and for me, a movie is meant to be an escape from reality. Another note, which might be the main reason this drama is directed differently from a typical Japanese drama, is the involvement or influence of Korea. The background music is Korean, and there is something in the overly open style that feels like a Korean plot.Was this review helpful to you?
