It's been awhile since I've watched a drama that featured Matsumoto Jun. I usually enjoy the dramas that he's in, so I was pretty excited to watch this one. The bonus~ was all the delicious looking chocolate! I'm going to do a few brief thoughts that I had... I'm not really motivated enough for a full-out review (so cutting out a bunch of characters and what not). lol. (All photos in this post are screen captures from episode 1)
The first episode completely got my attention. I was absorbed by it and loved watching the unrequited love that Sota (Matsumoto Jun) had for Saeko (Ishihara Satomi). I was excited with the ending of the episode and then, I got extremely upset when the second episode came around. Mainly because, Sota was still hung up over Saeko. I enjoyed the love sickness in the first episode, but was hoping that he would move on in future episodes. Continuously watching the series, I found myself getting less and less interested, but I wanted to see him get over his love. Unfortunately, the entire series was about him and his unrequited love.
A few episodes in, the character Erena (Mizuhara Kiko) really caught my attention. She also suffered from unrequited love. Both her and Sota bonded this way and eventually became friends with benefits. When that first happened, I pretty much head-desked; however, in later episodes, I found myself fully supporting the two of them. Erena had her reasoning for this. Without them really knowing, they ended up caring deeply for each other; however, with the developments with Saeko and Sota in later episodes, Sota ended up giving up his chance with Erena for his unrequited love. During the middle of the series I found myself completely absorbed in Erena's character. I found her to be the most likable character in the series. It also was refreshing to see Mizuhara Kiko act out this character, considering that I first witnessed her acting in Platina Data. It was refreshing seeing her play a completely different role than that.
I'm not going to spoil everything; however, after getting frustrated and upset... I actually came to the conclusion that the series was absolutely amazing. Really thinking about it, it felt like one of the more realistic dramas out there. There really are several people who get hung up over someone and just won't move on no matter what. When I think about those type of people, I understand Sota's character more. The most realistic character of the bunch in my opinion was Kaoruko (Mizukawa Asami). She frustrated me the most, because she was constantly complaining about her love interest (Sota); however, never really made any effort to get his attention. I guess what bothered me the most about her was the fact that I could really relate with this character. The fact that I really disliked the character really upset me. I really wanted to like her; however, I couldn't bring myself to. In the first episode, I really thought that she would be the character that I root on, but that never happened.
Overall, I would give the drama 4/5 stars. If I didn't sit through the whole drama, the rating would have been waaaaaay lower. Yet, I felt that the ending was the best ending for this kind of series.
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