Much better than expected!!!
This had been on my list for what seemed like forever. I thought it seemed kinda interesting but also predictable, so I kept putting off watching it. I was completely wrong though!This drama is full of the unexpected, but the twists and turns still 100% make sense and seem reasonable. I think we're all watched at least a couple of dramas with crazy twists that come out of nowhere and leave plot holes. Million Yen Women is not like that at all.
I really loved this drama. It's a wonderful thriller. The total runtime is under 6 hours, but nothing feels rushed. The pacing is literally perfect. Personally, I was hooked almost immediately. I'm not really the type to binge dramas without breaks, but that's pretty much what I did with this one. Each episode is 20ish minutes and ends with a cliffhanger. It's really easy to watch several episodes without even realizing you're been sitting there for hours. I don't watch Japanese dramas very much because I find them to be too fast paced a lot of times, but I thought this was fantastic.
The acting was good. I especially liked the facial expressions of several of the main actresses. The editing was good, as well. There are certain sound effects that are used in the second half of the drama that I loved, totally suit the vibe of the drama.
If you want a short thriller/mystery drama, this is perfect!
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Interesting but hard to watch
This intrigued me when I read the plot description, 5 women received an invitation to live in the house of an unsuccessful novelist. He did not issue the invitation, he could not ask them questions and he could not go to their rooms. And each would pay him a monthly rent of a million yen.I really wanted to know the reasons why the women agreed to do it and why the MC does not kill people in his novels. The MC at first glance is not handsome, he's awkward and has low self esteem. But as each episode passes and the mysteries about the women were unravelled, I can see that each seems to have feelings for the MC.
It was kind of hard to watch when we see the MC struggling because of guilt for something he did not do and for someone to actually play with that guilt.
Anyways, this drama gave me satisfying answers and he actually ended up with the girl I was rooting for. So all's well that ends well. But I would probably not rewatch this again since the mystery has been solved.
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I have no clue if this was addressed in the manga, but the whole plot had a glaring flaw for me. How come Minami was not able to kill Yuki because she was "too powerful", while Midori was able to do it VERY easily, with no apparent consequences? Minami knew that Yuki was the killer, if she wanted she could just take a gun and shoot her in the house, there, problem solved. I don't understand why she had to die, it makes no sense at all. You could argue that Nanaka didn't do anything because she underestimated Yuki or whatever, but you cannot say the same for Minami. This was the biggest flaw I had with this show. Was this review helpful to you?
O roteiro segue uma escalada dramática interessante embora não tenha lido o mangá original achei que este dorama retratou bem os esteriótipos e arquétipos que cada personagem interpreta.
Ademais me agradou bastante a atuação de todo o elenco em especial da Araki Yuko. É bom para maratonar quando você nãobtem nada pra e quer descobrir um mistério porque o suspense dele reside no mistério por traz das situações vividas pelas personagens e sempre parece que não conhecemos nada sobre eles
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Una trama que se va construyendo de a poco
La vida del novelista Shin Michima cambia por completo cuando cinco mujeres llegan a su casa luego de recibir una invitación que él no envió. La nota, que detalla varias normas de convivencia, indica que para quedarse allí deben pagarle a Shin un millón de yenes al mes. ¿Qué llevó a estas mujeres a aceptar el trato? ¿Quién envió las invitaciones? ¿Qué pasaría si alguna de las reglas no fuera cumplida?Esta es una de esas series que me crucé por Netflix infinidad de veces y nunca me terminó de cerrar. Parecía una de esas historias que tienen una premisa súper interesante, pero que cuyo cierre termina sin hacerle justicia a la idea base. Ojo, no voy a decirles que Million Yen Women me voló la cabeza, pero sí me sorprendió más de lo esperado, y en general me dejó bastante conforme.
Lo primero que tienen que saber es que la historia se va cocinando de a poco. No es una serie muy larga, pero empieza súper tranqui, sin dejar entrever para dónde van a ir las cosas. Al principio lo único que podía pensar era "no entiendo cuál es la intención de todo esto, ni qué hacen ahí los personajes", pero por suerte todo termina tomando cierta forma.
Las mujeres son personajes muy buenos, interesantes y originales. Como el protagonista no puede hacerles preguntas, vamos descubriendo muy de a poco quiénes son y qué hacen ahí. Creo que esa es una de las razones por las cuales este dorama engancha tanto, por el misterio que gira en torno a la vida de las mujeres (sumado a todo lo que se relaciona con las invitaciones, obvio). Después hay otros personajes secundarios que están muy bien y el protagonista funciona, pero no me quiero extender mucho ahí.
En fin, las actuaciones son buenas, el ritmo va en ascenso (lo que está bueno si la serie te enganchó de una, porque sentís que va mejorando), hubo algunos personajes que me encantaron y el final, aunque fue de lo que menos disfruté, igual me dejó conforme. Por lo menos entendí bien lo que quisieron hacer jaja.
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Grata sorpresa
Como todo drama japonés de Netflix llegue a el por la publicidad del inicio y no puedo estar mas agradecido con Netflix porque es es una joya de recomendación.Como es un drama japonés y era evidente la etiqueta de "harem" empecé con cuidado a mirar porque no quería otra decepción por parte de este país. Lo vi en una sola noche y aquí debo admitir algo y es que cuando llegue a la mitad del drama aproximadamente estaba demasiado enganchado pero no podía encontrar que es lo que me enganchaba como tampoco podía expresar el sentimiento que me transmitía y tuve muchos momentos de ahogo y frustración al no saber que era lo que me estaba haciendo sentir lo que estaba viendo pero llegando al capitulo final, el mismo drama te explica porque se siente esa sensación de ahogo y cual es el sentimiento que no estas identificando en vos mismo y justamente eso me parece PERFECTO.
Que un drama sea capaz de hacer sentir algo que no pueda reconocer y ser capaz de explicarme como me siento sin dudas me parece digno de una obra maestra, podrán restar puntos si nos ponemos a valorar otras puntos pero personalmente esta obra se convirtió en uno de mis favoritos y se las recomiendo a todos.
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