Reviews

Plotnya membosankan namun visual pemainnya bagus. Walau akting pemeran prianya kurang bisa mengimbangi akting pemeran wanita. Song hye kyo bermain sangat bagus hanya saja jarak usia dengan park bo gum yg cukup jauh membuat saya merasa aneh setiap melihat mereka berdua dalam 1 frame saat beradegan romantis. Saya sudah berhenti menonton di episode 6, tidak berniat melanjutkan lagi karena setiap nonton saya merasa mengantuk. Sayang sekali drama come back song hye kyo kali ini kurang menarik dibanding dramanya sebelum menikah. Padahal sebelum rilis sangat menantikannya tetapi saat tayang sungguh drama ini jauh dari ekspektasi awal.

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Pelo o quê estou assistindo, é um drama muito bom com um contexto bem criativo, nunca tinha visto uma tema assim, que fala do cotidiano, assuntos comuns e assuntos sérios como assédio, discriminação, preconceito... Recomendo muito esse drama. Não sei por que ele tem uma nota baixa, sendo que é muito bom. (Acho que as pessoas votam sem nem ver o conteúdo, acham que por que não está legendado quer dizer que o programa é ruim, ridículo isso.) Voltando, é um drama muito bom além de ter ótimos atores nele alguns já bem conhecidos como o nosso principal ? Espero que realmente gostem desse drama, recomendo muito para todos! 10/10

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Ce drama m'a intrigué des les premières rumeurs. Une fois de plus je dois tirer mon chapeau à WOWOW, leurs dramas sont incroyables! Je crois que c'est la première fois que je regarde un drama qui a lieu à okinawa, c'est rafraichissant. Ce première épisode confronte la culture exotique d'okinawa à son histoire et ses relations compliquée avec les États-Unis. On en apprend tellement. Quel plaisir de retrouver ma femme Matsuoka Mayu et son immense talent. La première réplique de Miyamoto Ariana ne m'a pas convaincu mais on sent l'envie de bien faire. C'est son premier rôle il me semble, cette femme est d'une beauté saisissante. Son personnage est plus cohérent que je ne l'aurait imaginé notamment les coiffures qu'elle arbore ou encore la discrimination à laquelle elle est confronté... chapeau à la personne derrière tout ça ! Je binge watch !!

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DE LOS MEJORES K DRAMAS QUE HE VISTO

es BUENÍSIMO si no has visto la primera temporada no se que estas esperando. Solo quedan 8 episodios y no puedo creerlo, la historia es buenísima y a pesar de que muchos tuvieran dudas con el cambio de actriz a mi me parece estupendo, si en la primera temporada la química era buenos en esta lo es aún más y aunque la segunda temporada sólo lleva 2 episodios ya superó todas mis expectativas. tengo miedo de que en los pocos capítulos que quedan no se resuelva todo a tiempo pero confio en que los creadores sepan lo que están haciendo. no puedo esperar a ver a janguk feliz y sonriente de nuevo. tampoco puedo esperar a ver como revelan la identidad de naksu

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Drama lucu banget

Awalnya nonton karena gabut aja, dan terlebih aku nggak suka tema body swap, tapiiii ternyataaaa.... ternyataaa... ternyata drama ini jauh lebih bagus dari yang aku bayangin. Alurnya terasa cepat meski konflik yang disajikan cukup ringan. Akting para pemerannya super kocak, para pemeran pendukungnya juga ga kalah lucu. Nyaris semua tokohnya lucu, bikin gemes. Astaga, aku ketagihan banget nonton tiap episode-nya. Jumlah episode cuma 26, tergolong dikit untuk drama China yang biasanya sampe 40an. Ngarep banget drama ini nggak bakal ngecewain sampe ending. Hahaha...........

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Hearing and love

Long before any young person comes out of the closet, there is a process of self-acceptance. This process can be long, difficult and terrifying as the person carries a mixture of fear and shame, and explores their feelings and emotions, while trying to keep them hidden from public view. Straight kids never go through this, and many straight adults don't understand how difficult it can be to find yourself and your sexuality in a world that assumes you are "normal".
For its part, hearing loss causes communication problems that can have significant effects on daily life and generate a feeling of loneliness, isolation and frustration.
In deaf people there are both chronic complications and physical consequences of deafness, and above all social complications. Among the latter, the most common are: shame, guilt and anger, grief, concentration problems, worry and frustration, anxiety and mistrust, insecurity and self-criticism and low self-esteem/self-confidence.
How does a deaf person deal with their shame and fears, if on top of this they have to deal with other difficulties, if they are experiencing a process of self-acceptance of their homosexuality?
The possible answers to this question lead me to ask another question: How do you express your love to someone you love? I hope to find the solution to these unknowns in 'See You Love', the series by Taiwanese director Chiang Ping Chen. I started watching it without any expectations, but surprisingly it turns into a fascinating series.
The trick of the series that allows it to transcend the usual boy love stories filled with an attractive cast is, without a doubt, the use of the non-verbal medium of sign language.
The truth is that with 'See You Love', its director once again explores the LGBT+ theme, after triumphing with 'Plus & Minus', 'Be Loved in House', 'Craving You' and 'Be Loved in House Special', and it does so by betting on insurance, having as allies the screenwriters and producers Lin Pei Yu and Anita Sung, members of the team that has produced successful BL, such as 'Kiseki: Dear To Me', 'My Tooth Your Love', See You After Quarantine ?', 'HIStory3: Trapped', 'HIStory2: Crossing the Line', 'HIStory2: Right or Wrong' and 'HIStory: Obsessed', among other series.
This time, Brains Entertainment Production, in association with an inclusive theater production, Shinehouse Theatre, produces 'See Your Love', a joint investment project between Taiwan's BIGART and Japanese streaming platforms Video Market and Rakuten TV. According to the director in interviews and on his social networks, to create the series he was inspired by his childhood experiences with his deaf uncle, to convey the belief that love remains firm despite the gradual loss of hearing or the absence of it from the cradle. On the other hand, he stated that the selection process involved actors who used sign language to convey emotions, with the aim of showing various expressions of love.
Will 'See You Love' achieve its goal of presenting love in various forms and languages ​​while contributing to awareness of deaf culture? This question will be answered at the end of this romantic and emotional journey that is just beginning.
Everything indicates that it finally feels as if people in the deaf community are being recognized in the film and television industry, as 'See You Love' joins a group of dramatized shows, including several with LGBT+ themes, in which the characters the main characters use sign language or lip reading and body gestures for most of the story, making the audience rely heavily on subtitles to help us, such as the Thai series 'Moonlight Chicken' by Aof Noppharnach. Chaiyahwimhon, and the Japanese film 'Hidamari ga Kikoeru', by Yaegashi Fuga, Makino Masaru, Harashima Takanobu, or the also Japanese film 'Hidamari ga Kikoeru', by Daisuke Kamijo, but it introduces a novel factor: voice to text and text translators to speech that can be installed on our mobile phone.
And both sign language and the aforementioned novelty work, while helping to generate interest in the public by seeing the former as a symbol of identity and cultural heritage of deaf people because it allows them to communicate without restrictions, in addition to promoting their development. linguistic and cognitive, and the other as a demonstration of how technology offers us tools to build bridges and make our lives easier.
I don't know the Taiwanese version of sign language, but the cast members seem to know it. As a result, there are numerous thoughtful, moving and emotional scenes between the characters, especially between the two leads, which are very well done.
'See You Love' confronts this disability without seeking the viewer's sensitivity or compassion or easy tears. On the contrary, it is presented completely naturally, which is appreciated and exalts it.
The story, which is about how love can transcend language and all external barriers, tells the initiation journey of discovery and acceptance of Jiang Xiao Peng, played by Jin Yun, a simple and honest young man, and Yang Ji Xiang, role assumed by Lin Yu, a romantic and wealthy second-generation heir of Taiwanese origin living abroad, who tries to escape taking over the family business.
With this character, Jin Yun begins his struggle in the world of entertainment, while Lin Yu demonstrates a meteoric rise, after playing a supporting role in the successful BL series 'Unknown', from this same year. Both provide good performances that are close to the realities of many young people in Taiwan and the entire world, since their characters address stories in which those who have recently left adolescence and who, despite disabilities and economic limitations or, on the contrary, having been born in a cradle of gold, they seek family independence in a risky act on which they bet everything, without knowing if it will work out or not.
The lives of these two young people intersect when the first, after graduating, and while looking for a job that no one offers him due to his deafness, runs into the spirited Yang Ji Xiang, who has just arrived in Taiwan from abroad to negotiate the merger of the family business with another from the Asian island, and this one, because of his kindness and good character, ends up offering him a job as his caretaker. And this will be the trigger for two hearts to beat for each other. The moment they meet, and thanks to unexpected help, misunderstandings and funny situations, a beautiful bond is established between them, and their evolution and development will be what the series tells us.
Most of the time, the scenes are filled with silent dialogues and silence or reading on the phone screen or lips and body gestures. I am amazed every time I see this unique couple speaking to each other with their sign language, how their hand movements and facial expressions interact more effectively than our everyday language. And this is just the beginning, but from the progress everything seems to indicate that Yang Ji Xiang will learn the most effective way to communicate with her lover.
'See You Love' is definitely not a superficial love drama: it is an empowering and inspiring story about dreams and aspirations. There are some melancholic and moving scenes, particularly those in which the deaf boy feels that he is marginalized by society because of his disability, but they have the power to remind us that dreams, hope, the desire to help others, and the search for of economic independence, must always be there to illuminate our lives.
All the time the director plays with sound and its absence, causing an interesting sensation in the viewer who, after the initial confusion, learns to empathize with the condition of his protagonist.
The rest of the story is quite simple, without ignoring the action, crime and mystery plot, and follows a formula, although it remains extremely interesting thanks to the cheerful story, with a good dose of humor, and its extremely actors. attractive, who have obviously greatly polished their skills to communicate non-verbally in an effective effort to achieve organicity and credibility on screen.
Although some may shudder at the most dramatic moments, my old sentimental self somehow sees it as something capable of bringing something extra to the table, with the fight against mafia organizations, often led by someone close to us who tries to take away our dreams and inheritances, and the relationship between two very close brothers, one deaf and the other the assistant of the company to merge with the company that Yang Ji Xiang would inherit, which makes you appreciate the nature of that innate feeling of brotherhood.
The role of Zheng Yu Nong ("Jessica"), the sister, is assumed by Chiang Ping Chen's fetish actress Amy, who previously starred in 'Plus & Minus' and 'Be Loved in House'.
The love between siblings and the love between the family, also composed of two loving and supportive parents with their children, parents who play key roles here, accentuates the sensitivity of how parents can care for their offspring, regardless of the disability they may have. Not to mention also that they almost always steal the show due to their quirkiness and comedic timing whenever they appear on screen, plus some slapstick humor that director Chiang Ping Chen introduces from time to time. The simplicity of the characters makes everything believable.
Here we don't see parents locking up their disabled children rather than face the shame associated with it. However, they will not avoid blaming themselves for their child's disability.
Also attractive and fun is the relationship between Yang Ji Xiang and Cheng Feng Jie, which is not sexual, but is overly friendly. The role of Jonathan, as the assistant and friend of the handsome businessman co-protagonist is also known, is played with rigor by Lin Chia Yo, who had previously worked under the direction of the director of the series, when he took part in a supporting role in 'Be Loved in House'.
Since Yang Ji Xiang is not interested in inheriting the family business, he will ask Jonathan to take his place as negotiator with the Taiwanese side in the merger of the companies. Jonathan then being confused with the young heir, Wang A romance arises between the two.
I am waiting for the appearance of the character Wang Xin Jia, played by Lin Yung Chieh, since everything seems to indicate there will be more than one romantic relationship.
'See You Love' reminds us that no matter what medium are used to express love: as long as it comes straight from the heart, honestly and sincerely, that emotion will be heard loud and clear.
I am struck by the way in which the main characters build the intimacy and chemistry they have, especially when the communication between them is not "normal", which shows that there is no single way to conceive them on screen. The actors create a relationship based on attraction, complicity, flirtation, romance, friendship, even a certain brotherly connection. The viewers witness the spark, the humor, the tenderness and the chemistry that makes it clear from their first meet cute that we don't know how or when, but those two will end up together.
It is evident the work that goes on behind the camera so that we perceive that they are in love. And the two characters have such a good time that they create this kind of reality in which the rest of the world seems not to exist when they are together in a room or any other meeting place.
The costumes and locations provide a material dimension to the veracity of the dialogues that rock, caress, make you laugh and scratch at times, like reality itself, while the music reinforces the meaning of the ideas that, by themselves, the images are not capable of expressing, and establishes a continuous narrative link in the cinematographic discourse, contributing to giving credibility to the action.
Speaking of tenderness, I have to say that Jiang Xiao Peng, without being perfect, is without a doubt one of the sweetest and most tender male characters, best constructed that I have come across in recent times, with that sense of kindness towards others and the search for independence, to stand up for oneself.
Unlike other characters who suffer from deafness, the one played by Jin Yun is rich in nuances. We do not know how he went through the stages of denial to acceptance that every deaf person goes through, he is aware of his weaknesses, and turns them into strengths. In everyday life, being hard of hearing is a kind of balancing act in which you have to walk a tightrope between what is perceived and what is not perceived.
Becoming aware of her hearing disability, Jiang Xiao Peng realizes that he must drag and lift her along with him to find his place in the world. And the series also tells the story of the search for that place. There we see him not being content with his sister throwing him a lifeline in the form of a job in her company. He wants to be independent for his efforts, on his own merits, although he thanks her for her concern and solidarity. There we have him helping other disabled people like him to overcome architectural barriers that prevent his passage, or with his phone or his eyes trying to capture all the sounds and signals so that none escapes him and he can dominate the reality that surrounds him. He understands that the world is beautiful to listen to, even if it often plunges him into chaos. He is not one to easily withdraw into himself and avoid the company of humans.
The series reminds us that love and dreams are miraculous. It is not necessary to hear them or transform them into words.
You can call me romantic if you want, but I love this series despite its simple story. It is a beautiful story of love, improvement and sacrifice that I have surely overrated by rating it more with my heart than with my head.

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Peut-on faire pire?

C'est mauvais. Serais-je huée sous les projecteurs?
C'est un navet. Serais-je lynchée sur la place publique?
Je n'ai pas pour habitude de noter et de donne une critique d'un drama dont seuls 2 épisodes ont (péniblement) été visionnés. Mais, 2 heures reste suffisantes pour se faire une bonne idée de la qualité ou non. Un film dure 2 heures environ.
J'ai lu quelque part que notre âge (canonique) devait probablement nous empêcher d'apprécier ce truc, mais lorsque je l'ai proposé à mon ado de 16 ans, esseulé après presque 2 mois de vacances à tourner en rond, il a eu tout de même le culot de me dire " heu, non merci, ton truc a l'air débile....". Mon ado est-il devenu plus mature? Ou ai-je régressé?
Bref, citons rapidement le pourquoi de mon 1 assumé :

- Des protagonistes d'une superficialité affligeante.... Tous ces lycéens sonnent creux, n'ont aucun fond (tout comme comme la forme d'ailleurs). Cela passe son temps à montrer un irrespect culotté aux adultes (un comble dans un pays où le respect du professeur et des soldats devraient pourtant être souligné), à se battre pour des broutilles (après tout, c'est tellement plus classe des mômes qui pètent et se battent pour tout et n'importer quoi), à se maquiller sans aucune pudeur (super l'image des lycéennes qui ne pensent qu'a se re-poudrer le nez, je me demande où sont les féministes?), à fumer et à vociférer des grossièretés (laissez moi croire please qu'il y a encore des jeunes de 17 ans qui savent aligner des mots sans passer par la case trop méga cool des gros mots toutes les 2 minutes), et j'en passe...
Bref, des morveux classiques qui si j'ai bien compris vont sauver le monde....cela fait peur tout de même. Alors pour ceux qui me sortent la carte du "ah mais, ce sont des ados, rien de plus normal!" , je les invite à regarder "71 into the fire". Alors, certes le film "71 into the fire" nous conte une histoire différente dans un contexte particulier, mais il faut avouer que si la jeunesse coréenne montrée dans ce drama devait vivre la même chose que les 71 étudiants du film, je pense que l'issue serait bien différente...
- Des adultes d'une niaiserie affligeante...Mais quel pays n'a donc pas honte de voir ses soldats ridiculisés au plus au point? Apparement, les coréens s'en tapent comme d'une guigne... Allô? un truc louche tombe du ciel dans un camp militaire, et pam des soldats grouillants maladroitement autour du truc extraterrestre, et vlà un officier (joué pourtant par un acteur que j'apprécie en temps normal (Kim Won Hae, que fait-tu là, nan mais sérieux??? Passer de "Chief Kim" à cela, ça fait mal quand même), faisant son apparition, vociférant, et cherchant à tirer sur le truc louche sans attendre les ordres des supérieurs, sans en référer à des scientifiques, sans prendre aucune précaution. Et je ne vous raconte pas la dégaine des soldats tout au long du drama, on devine qu'aucun des acteurs n'a dû prendre des cours de posture afin de nous faire croire un minimum que l'on se trouvait devant de vrais soldats, jsais pas, un peu comme dans " Glory of Special Forces"....
- Les parents pas du tout inquiet pour leur môme..... Ils doivent vivre dans un monde de bisounours....
- Et le scénario? Ne vous attendez pas à un "Three Body", on en est à des années lumières. Ici le non sens et l'illogisme ont pris le pas et cela en est tellement risible qu'on ne rit même plus.
- Le jeu des acteurs????? Heu................... allez on va dire qu'ils sont encore jeunes....Ah mince, non, Choi Moon Hee 26 ans, Kim Ki Hae 23 ans, Lee Yeon 28 ans... je n'ai rien dit. Même les vétérans n'ont pas su jouer....
- L'OST? Des notes juste pour dire " oh c'est trop cool comme drama", si ce n'est pas de la m*, cela reste tout de même dénuée d'émotion.

Je vais oublier que les K-dramas sont tombés bien bas, et penser que c'est une erreur de parcours. Ah mince, au bout de deux fois, ce n'est plus une erreur de parcours, non?

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Pas le pire, mais pas loin.

Oui, je sais, donner une note aussi mauvaise après seulement 6 épisodes...
Mais j'avais tellement envie de quelque chose de léger, de drôle, de follement romantique, quelque chose comme "My fated boy" ou "Promise Cinderella" (pour rester dans le thème du drama), hé bien, on en est très très loin....

Un scénario bancal et maladroit servi par des acteurs qui ont dû être mal dirigé (oui, par ce qu'en même temps j'avais tout de même adoré F4 et que c'est un peu pour cela que je me suis retrouvée à regarder ce truc), une bande son un chouilla mauvais, bref, j'aurais voulu lui donner sa chance, mais impossible.

La romance possède zéro alchimie, les protagonistes ne dégagent rien si ce ne sont des soupirs de part et d'autres du spectateur que nous sommes :
1 - Le personnage féminin est sois-disant une femme forte, démoniaque...je cherche encore. Certes, plutôt jolie, elle n'a pourtant aucune prestance et de charme réel, je parle du personnage et non de l'actrice (quoique...).
Elle n'a rien ici d'une devil sister, du moins sur les 6 épisodes visionnés. Je ne sais si elle s'améliore par la suite, j'avoue ne pas avoir eu envie de le savoir.
2 - Namcha....je suis venue pour lui, et Oh Dieu, si Win Metawin m'avait impressionnée dans "F4", ici il m'a parut maladroit, enfantin, collant... en résumé mauvais. Quelle déception. Je n'ai rien contre les amoureux transis et collants, si c'est drôle, sexy ou sensuel. Rien de tout cela ici...

Les rivaux...Ennuyeux, fade et surtout, surtout horripilants. Quand est-il permis de vouloir absolument gagner la personne au détriment de son coeur sincère?? Cela m'exaspère de voir toujours et encore des antagonistes ne pensant qu'à leur bonheur et persuadés du bien fondé de leurs actes (Méga soupir...).

Je me répète, je suis navrée d'avoir à donner une aussi mauvaise note après seulement 6 épisodes, mais je pense sincèrement qu'il me serait impossible d'avoir un avis positif avec le peu que j'ai pu entrevoir...

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Many of us have been amazed by the latest project by the Japanese director, screenwriter, actress and casting director Sawada Ikuko for her point of view, for several of the ideas that are dropped, for the aesthetics that accompanies the story, for the strength of the performance of a luxury cast, for the splendid soundtrack that accompanies us.
We are in the 90s of the last century. We are in a quiet rural town during the Heisei era. We are facing a story of acceptance and self-discovery during adolescence, but far from the romanticism of most of the series based on manga that I usually review here, telling us a hard, stark and bittersweet story. This is a coming-of-age drama that explores the pressures to conform and the power of friendship.
The beginning of 'Smells Like Green Spirit', the LGBT+ themed drama series, is engaging. We are introduced to a high school student being chased by several of his schoolmates.
Mishima, an androgynous teenager who defies social norms of sexuality, with his very long hair, delicate beauty and marked feminine features, lives in two different worlds: while the Sun shines in the sky, his classmates give free rein to their homophobia and is systematically tortured for "appearing to be gay." At night, in the silence of his house, once his mother goes to bed, we can distinguish a boy who is clear that he likes boys, something he hides and, faced with the economic impossibility of buying other cosmetic products, he only applies lipstick taken from his mother's bag, while he enjoys dressing the clothes of the woman who sleeps a few meters away from him.
His colleagues harass and physically and psychologically attack him because of his femininity, calling him in the most derogatory ways alluding to his sexuality. But he doesn't care, he's happy being the way he is.
All this reveals two of the pillars of the work. But be careful, this is not a more or less classic story that revolves around transsexuality.
But that bittersweet existence takes a radical turn when he discovers by accident that the hatred that Makoto Kirino, one of his staunchest harassers, professes towards him, is not only the result of the education received by a heteronormative family or from living in a society that does not accept diversity and that makes someone who is different hate themselves for not fitting into a supposed canon of "normality", but that they have much more in common than what appears at first glance and that this hatred is actually a desire to have the freedom to be like him.
In this way, the fatherless young boy will discover that, like him, Kirino is gay and likes to cross-dress, but he has hidden this side of him due to his conservative mother, who cannot accept he son's true nature. In this sense, since his childhood, in his environment, Kirino has been raised listening to prejudices and stereotypes of rejection or hatred towards LGTB+ people. Having integrated these values into your system, the construction of your identity has been marked by those beliefs. For this reason, he considers that a part of him is not worthy of acceptance and recognition, so he must hide, compensate, repair... his sexuality.
This is how the series borders on that controversial stereotype that behind every homophobe there is someone repressing their authentic sexuality. However, Kirino's story is so well done that it is difficult not to empathize and feel sorry for him, and even understand the pain that not accepting oneself can lead to something terrible. Kirino is ultimately, unlike Mishima, a poor confused teenager with his head in a mess.
Although it is true that this stereotype also comes into play with another character with whom one does enter into more delicate terrain that is much more controversial, and I will not go into detail about it so as not to give away spoilers.
Once the moment of initial terror of being discovered has passed, Kirino experiences the relief of being able to show himself as he is to another person who does not judge him and understands him. Being able to talk and share their problems without having to hide will be the first step for the two to begin to weave a beautiful friendship based on the secrets they hide from the world. And in this way we discover the other pillar on which the series is based.
These two teenagers must face a hostile social environment, allies who are wolves in sheep's clothing, and, what's worse, the possibility of frustrating their families' expectations. They must not only hide from others, but also hide from themselves.
All this, while we are presented with a Japan far from the typical view and the images of cities of futuristic technology mixed with ancient traditions. A much "dirtier and darker" Japan, for a story that usually appears darker than what we get from there, where the main character suffers daily harassment by teenagers like him, while others are forced to hide who they are out of fear to receive the same bullying that Mishima suffers.
While Mishima benefits from having a loving and understanding mother, Kirino struggles to reconcile her sexuality with her oppressive and patriarchal upbringing.
Kirino quickly opens up to Mishima, when they both meet during free hours on the school roof and outside the educational grounds, and can be who he really is without having to hide, although in front of his classmates he has to continue pretending contrary. However, he slowly begins to change the way he treats Mishima in front of others as he begins to accept himself.
It is surprising that Mishima does not feel or express any type of resentment towards his harassers and that he quickly finds in Kirino a being similar to the one who forgives all the bad times he put him through.
Thanks to the friendship with Mishima, Kirino's character transforms into a totally different person. If it is true that his attitude at the beginning is inexcusable and unjustifiable, as you begin to interact more with Mishima you discover his past and who he really is, making it easier to connect with him.
Through Mishima we observe the story and see how Tarō Yumeno, another of his bullies, a classmate and one of the main players in the school basketball club, is actually a boy who hides behind the façade of the bully, and who always makes fun of Mishima, to hide his true feelings.
Falling in love with Mishima is easy; He is so tender, so close, that you can't help but love him, sympathize with his character, let yourself be carried away by his antics, identify with a being that is certain of knowing who he is, even if he has to hide it.
And as these three young people begin to discover who they are, struggling to define themselves, they will make difficult decisions that will shape the rest of their lives.
'Smells Like Green Spirit' presents a heartbreaking character study anchored by a confident and convincing performance by Araki Towa, Sono Shunta and Fujimoto Kodai, actors who play Mishima Futoshi, Kirino Makoto and Yumeno Taro, respectively.
Araki Towa shines in her role, which she plays with delicacy and melancholy.
It is interesting how the story mixes comic situations that will brighten your day with other moments of extreme drama that will break your heart, while telling a story whose characters explore different ways of living sexuality and gender identity. Without a doubt, they are characters that anyone can empathize with.
Screenwriter Arai Yuuka takes the cake by adapting the manga of the same name written and illustrated by Saburō Nagai, serialized in Fusion Product's Comic Be between 2011 and 2013, collected in two tankōbon volumes, which allows the viewer to take a look at how complicated it is. a time that is complex in itself like adolescence, when one also does not fit into what is considered normal. As in the original work, the narrative text not only allows a very honest story to be translated into moving images, but also skips many stereotypes associated with BL manga.
The series addresses topics such as transvestism, while emphasizing that being a transvestite does not mean being transsexual, and that, in turn, this is not linked to sexual orientation.
Linking family history makes it feel even more intimate and personal, especially when one of them's mother is a widow and the other is single, and they have raised their children with so much love that their descendants want to care for them in the same way.
Sawada Ikuko addresses all these complex issues with commendable delicacy and lucidity. He raises the questions but does not decide, does not judge, does not take sides.
It is also true that with a cast like this it makes it very easy for the viewer. In addition to the aforementioned actors, Abe Aran joins as Professor Yanagida, Sakai Miyuki as Futoshi's mother, Kanai Miki as Sawada Ayako, Kaji Masaki as Edokawa Toshihiko, Katada Hiyori as Fujii Rinka, among others. That is to say, the stellar performances of the entire cast, especially the young people who turn from rivals to friends, anchor the story.
With an outstanding soundtrack, whose musical themes are inserted in such a way that they become the perfect complement to the story, the Japanese director succeeds in maintaining her closeness with his main character at all times, especially in that climactic moment when Mishima and Kirino They look into each other's eyes for the first time and scrutinize their souls.
There are some clichés often found in LGBT+ stories, but for the most part, Sawada Ikuko creates a totally original drama that is worth watching. Bearing the weight of emotional trauma and gay shame, the three boys need more than a hug to get them through. But there is a hopeful message, tinged with painful sadness. 'Smells Like Green Spirit' teaches an important lesson that will reach many young people who struggle with their sexual preferences, especially those who live among family members who are intolerant towards LGBT+ people.
As a result, the series doesn't flinch from contemplating the unfortunate reality of hate and intolerance, but also reflects and celebrates the other side of humanity.
This is a bittersweet series that reinforces the idea that there are good people who will love and accept you no matter who you are. The audiovisual demonstrates great empathy for those who have to hide who they are throughout their lives, or part of it, even if that eventually turns them into melancholic beings.
It is a deeply personal story, which speaks of young queer people who have the luxury of searching for their identity and discovering who they are from an early age, and those who must keep part of their identity hidden for fear of losing their family or receiving hate from the community.
There are moments in this queer story that are truly terrifying and other moments are tender and pure.
For all that has been said, the series stays with the viewer after the final credits of the first three episodes of the 9 that the MBS and TVK audiovisual have.
A splendid and bittersweet story as well as a tough love story. Yes, of love, because self-acceptance can only be fulfilled with a lot of love.

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