One of the best drama

Hiroshi Abe deserve to win the best actor award for this drama. His performance here is really splendid, so much of depth, layers and details. Its a blessing for the audience when we get to watch movie-quality acting performance in a drama like this. This drama is all about him and he carried the whole story so well. I was so immersed in his character that I can really feel him all the time. The drama production was superb too. The scenes and everything are all very well-written. Everything was carried out so naturally that there's not a single moment which I would feel awkward. And I love watching Yui Natsukawa, she's one of the sweetest FL I have ever came across. The chemistry between them are just so sweet!!!!! Throughout the whole drama I laughed, I smiled, I cried, I teared. Its just so good. The only complain I have for this drama is the super short happy ending! aaarrghhh I wish they would have shown the life after Kuwano-Hayasaka got together or until their marriage!!! And the worst is when there's a season 2 but the original FL is not in it! Please tell me, why oh why???!!! T_T

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A sweet cultural drama

Let me start with the bad points first,
I didn't like the drama in the first half episode due to the awkward scene settings as it gives me a lot of cringe moments such as the ML suddenly grab FL arm even when its their first meeting. I mean there's nothing wrong with such script but the way they edit the scene (and some of the similar scenes like Kabedon) feel as it they just wanna show how cool is the ML and all. That kind of scene just make me feel all awkward and definitely cringe. But as the story and plot goes on, its getting more interesting and they way they keep the suspense hooked me up too. The acting skill of ML and FL are overall quite flat, not much of in-depth emotions going on, I would say the best actor goes to Kyoko (Tsubaki's mother), even though on the surface she is the pure villain in the drama but the way she act there's more in depth about this character which I develop more empathy than hatred to her. I got really hooked up watching this drama, only when I play the video at 1.25x speed, or else I would feel the normal speed pace is too slow and draggy. And what I find most annoying is the number of unnecessary flashbacks. I think the flashback for a same scene is played for over 10 times throughout the whole drama. Totally unnecessary and draggy.

Well, the good points are,
I love the how the story is about Japanese artisanal sweets, its educational to me. And how the people value about craft and artisan, its very inspiring to me. Their professionalism, passion and dedication in perfecting their products and how they serve their customers. I love the story line and the plot. The insights of Japanese traditional family and historic background. The drama highlights Japanese culture so much that I really enjoy watching it.

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Old but GOLD!

Came across with this very recently so I watch it out of curiosity and it turned out to be one of my favourite romance dramas of all time. Note that it's 2021 when I first watch it. Even though this drama is already 25 years old I still find this amusing, definitely a masterpiece. Definitely classic and aged well. Everything is just perfect, shooting technique, character development, storyline, right pace, rhythm, inspiring and everything. If I have to pick something I don't like about this drama, that would be the poor picture quality, its so low definition that I feel it could hurt my eyes. Hopefully somebody can remaster it one day. Nevertheless, it's still worth the watch. Absolutely recommended!

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