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Woooow, this is the first J-drama I watch after a long time and I have to say it has reached my expectatives. Even though the teacher-student romance thing is kinda edgy, the writers could handle it well and gave the story a realistic ending. I predicted that they would end up together right after he turned 18, but it wasn't the case. I love how she continued to pursue her dream as a teacher and went to work abroad, despite everyone was telling her she ''should just get married''. I also found interesting how Haraguchi being Bi was considered normal to all the characters and there was no issue. Her whole character was actually really cool and I liked her initiative.
Another good thing was that there were no hard feelings between the four main characters, like, between the exes, lovers, and stuff. That's really mature. I like how Hijiri and Akira's moms ended up being supportive of their children by the end of the show. Character development was definitely a 10/10!
Tl;dr. An amusing story with interesting and well developed characters, I recommend everyone to watch it, even if the student-teacher concept looks weird. :)
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about the storyline, I'm actually feel a little bit uncomfortable with teacher X students relationship but thanks god both student and teacher look so young especially the teacher.. i love how this drama try to play the viewer's emotion and feeling.. it's like a roller coaster for me.. but sometimes I'm getting bored in the mid of the drama but its getting better when its come to climax.. i think people should this student X teacher genre one.. it's literally different with others because the teacher is girl maybe (?) so no pedophile vibe at all lmao I'm joking.. please watch it if you are bored hehe
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Open you heart, and you'll see it has more to offer.
Clarification : First of all, I do like me a good Older FL younger ML love story but of course keep it Legal.Thoughts: Although I do not support it, I can understand it. It was definitely immature of her and him to do such things but the story and writing tackled this situation quite well actually.
This show has much more to it than it says.
The story is surprisingly wholesome and well done, tho I wish some parts were different but it's not my story is it haha.
Overall I'm happy with how it turned out and yes, it was worth my time. Whenever I review something I always think if a show will be worth my time and Chugakusei Nikki certainly was, so do give it a shot!
Story: As mentioned, they tackled it pretty well. I love the wholesomeness of the show and how it can also be very serious when it needs to.
Maybe if they just decided to wait until Akira is 18 and out of high school things would've been different.
I kind of wished to see the main leads relationship more but oh well.
The story of the second leads were developed nicely too, although the second ML was kind of annoying.
Music: I've always liked Japanese songs so I've definitely heard of the singer (Uru) of the main OST.
The music is so good!! Even now I still have it playing in my playlist haha just can't get enough of it!
No complaints on the OST but they did overuse it a little. I wish they had just one other song to fill the gaps instead of repeating it in scenes that were important.
Background music were good, they were subtle but add just enough effect to the scenes.
Casts and Acting:
I LOVE THE CASTS! Arimura Kasumi is just absolutely adorable!
They all did a good job portraying their characters, it didn't forced.
Overview:
Overall it is a wonderful show that will play with your heart. Beautiful shots and beautiful casts too!
Open your heart to it, and give it time.
Don't go in with a decided mind that you're just going to hate.... like why watch it then?
The story definitely has a lot more to offer than what it is so do check it out!
I genuinely enjoyed it and hope this review helps!
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UNEXPECTED LY LOVED IT SM
FORBIDDEN LOVE DONE RIGHTI hesitated after reading the synopsis, i thought i won't be able to complete it because I haven't really liked any age gap sota dramas, shows.. but damn the actors did it so well. They did such an amazing job, at 15 and at 25, at 18 and at 28, at 23 and at 33.. i cried at the last episodes. The chemistry was strong, the love was stronger, the surrounding realistic and the forbidden taboo was crushed. Damnnnnn it was such unexpected love which I have towards this drama. LOVEDD IT
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A love song..
I am not a big fan of JDramas as I usually find the cast quite disappointing in comparison to the beautiful creatures seen in the anime version and the story line very melancholic .But this show and its cast has literally swept me off my feet. It’s not an airy romance - all light and bright. The tone is quite somber but each scene is so precious and is beautifully woven in to the show. Some scenes are reminiscent of the beautiful moments seen in Anime - the rain falling on the grass, on the windscreen, the almost kiss in episode two, etc etc. Simply beautiful.
The heroine is good, doesn’t get on your nerves. The fiancé and his boss are nice. The diamond in the crown would be the hero - he is utterly gorgeous, good specs in comparison to the usual tall lean gangly types, super expressive and so charismatic ... He makes one feel each and every emotions of his. I ALSO fell in love with him :-). Last but not the least, the excellent chemistry between the main leads, the tension... you can almost hear it.
There is nothing in this show that feels untoward or nasty.
Hats off to the director who has captured those tiny moments and emotions between the main leads and made it so special.
I am absolutely looking forward to seeing what happens in the future.
An absolute must watch....
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I like the drama. I really really like it. It's very realistic but also heart breaking and it went in a direction I didn't expect at all.
My sister watched this drama before I did and she was talking about not liking the male lead's acting..but I don't know, I actually like it. :P ? His acting was a wee bit awkward a few times in the first few episodes but I liked it a lot later. Plus I think his awkwardness suited his character.
Hopefully Okada Kenshi will get more drama roles in the future..*-*
I liked how Hijiri's and Akira's characters matured in the span of those 3 years. It made me like them much more. It was wrong of Hijiri to have a thing with a minor while she had a fiance, but I still couldn't help hoping they'd get to be happy together someday. Their love for each other is so pure and honest. *sigh*
Although it's a forbidden love story between an older woman and a younger boy, it wasn't at all creepy or weird. Hijiri didn't get attracted to Akira because he's young. Why she liked him had nothing to do with his age so don't be mistaken and think she's a pedophilie!
And I really like Akira's mother's character. She's exaxtly how a concerned parent would be. Even though Hijiri and Akira were serious about each other, I can understand why she'd want to keep them apart even though it's heartbreaking to watch.
Anyway, overall I loved the drama! Usually I find it a bit awkward to watch older woman/younger man love stories, but this one is really good. Like I said before, it didn't feel weird or creepy at all when watching it. :)
And that theme song suits the drama so well..love it!?
The reason I gave a 5/10 for the watch value is cause I'm not so sure if I can rewatch this again. It's certainly a good drama but not really a cheerful one..
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why they fall in love? story lacks reasons... other that it's great drama
I don't judge it like pedophilia, there are many other teacher/student dramas too.I have problem with reason - why he falls for her or she falls for him. Though this is really good, high quality drama, with amazing edit and cinematography, good acting and every reason to feel for characters, see chemistry, for me it's kind of misses something big/main from the beginning: ML is in love already in first ep, FL has feelings in 3rd ep, so soon we can't understand their reasons:
What he saw soo soon (almost without any interaction/communication), or what she saw while being in love with other and quite happy.
When you are getting married, really like/love your fiance, are happy and always smiling, there should be something really big to change it and start feeling for 15 year old (it's not only about taboo, but common things, understanding, which is more usual with same age people, and if there is big age/social gap there should be some big reasons, strong emotional changes, not only liking same poem, few meetings alone and hear "I love you" from teenager). Plus FL seems quite strong person, not usual naive/childish female from dramas, she knows what she wants, she really likes (I think loves, but I'm used to see in dramas when main lead then "discovers" that "it wasn't real love", because she/he was not main but second lead and real love should only be once in life and for main lead) her BF, so someone like her/in her situation there should be really big things to start changing feelings.
If they didn't rushed with main leads feelings, give them more time and reasons to see each other, feel, understand each other and then start loving, this would be perfect drama.
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I can't stand both protagonist
May be it was me but I really can't watch anymore.Both protagonist are not my type. Really really not my type.
That teacher, what is she doing? Inviting trouble? What kind of teacher? I can't stand her indecisiveness.
Worst is I don't like that guy type, so pushy and annoying. I'm also a guy but I really really like to punch that guy when I see his every action.
And then after 2 episode and I thought ... Oh .... I just need to stop watching this. I'm really annoying every time I saw that guy.
Some may find this drama likeable but not me.
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This was not cute!
I expected a sweet drama with some real life understanding of what a relationship between a teacher and her student would be like. Based on the top reviews, it should have been a masterpiece... I was bamboozled! In the first episode the ML slaps the FL when she calls him handsome. Immediately I had red flags butI tried to stick through it. By episode 2 he was confessing his feelings and when she told him she wasnt't interested, he did what he wanted to anyway! And not just once,multiple times! Because as he put it "romance should have been sweet, why did it turn out this way?" For him, his feelings were more important than hers. By the end of the episode when hes's hugging her after she tells him to stop and he says he doesn’t care if people see them, I knew I would have to drop this drama. I'm sure there is going to be some convoluted reasons the writers use to make us think these two are destined for eachother but I can't think of a single reason why she should leave her fiance for this immature child. Anyways if you've read my rant and want a reward, some actual good age-gap/ teacher romances are chinese dramas, Falling into you, and Nothing but you!
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touchant et émouvant
Un sujet tabou. Une romance interdite. Et mon coeur s'est enflammé pour nos deux tourtereaux.Kuroiwa Akira, 15 ans. Tombe follement. Naïvement. Amoureux. De Suenaga Hijiri, 25 ans, son professeur.
Tout simplement.
Réciproquement.
Non, non pas de pédophilie, comme j'ai pu lire. Juste une histoire entre un homme, jeune certes, et une femme. Leur amour qui violemment éclot à leur insu est pourtant traité avec une grande douceur. Avec beaucoup de poésie.
Nous sommes témoins des démons intérieurs d'Hijiri devant cet amour qu'elle ne devrait pas ressentir. De l'incompréhension d'Akira devant ce sentiment inconnu.
Est-ce immoral? Toute la société bien pensante l'a en tout cas condamné.
C'est donc une guerre que Hijiri et Akira doivent mener.
Contre eux même pour commencer.
Contre la mère d'Akira.
Contre le regard inquisiteur du monde.
Et c'est ce qui m'a été le plus difficile durant les 11 épisodes. J'ai été pris à la gorge devant la souffrance et les cas de conscience d'Hijiri. L'impuissance juvénile d'Akira. La première partie se termine sur cette phrase, poignante d'Akira : " Sensei, vous m'avez demandé ce que je voulais faire plus tard! Sensei, je veux devenir un adulte!". Point d'immoralité, leur amour ne sera pas sacrifié à l'autel de l'infamie, Hijiri fuit et tournera le dos à ce qu'elle pense être un acte criminel et immoral. Ils se verront 3 ans plus tard. 5 ans plus tard, le point final.
Les scènes entre Akira et Hijiri sont empreints de pudeur et de passion contenues. Je ne vais pas vous mentir, j'aurais aimé plus d'intensité, mais cela aurait été immoral n'est ce pas? leur simple baiser était déjà au regard des autres un crime passible d'emprisonnement.
(A me lire, on pourrait penser que je soutiens ces amours interdits. Après tout ma propre histoire...)
Je citerais Haraguchi Ritsu, mon personnage préféré dans ce drama, " l'amour n'a que faire du bien ou du mal. Il ne sait qu'aimer. De tout son coeur." Le comportement d'Hijiri, à mes yeux, n'a jamais été pris en défaut. Elle a toujours su se contenir vis à vis d'Akira.
Chaque personnage, que cela soit la mère d'Akira, le fiancé d'Hijiri, l'amoureuse d'Akira ou la directrice du collège d'Akira, aussi détestable ou pathétique qu'il soit dans mon esprit n'a au final agit que selon leur rôle. J'ai apprécié par exemple la phrase de l'ancienne directrice au dernier épisode à la mère d'Akira :
"Vous n'avez rien fait de mal. Tout est de la faute d'Hijiri. Vous avez agit en tant que mère. Vous avez protégé votre enfant".
Il était difficile pour chacun de comprendre l'impensable. D'accepter l'absurde. Le ridicule comme le dira Kawai.
Haraguchi Ritsu en personnage controversé a apporté cette touche de femme forte et fragile à la fois. Plus d'une fois, j'ai été émue par cette femme. Ses paroles abruptes et franches étaient souvent démenties par son regard aigu et l'intelligence de ses réparties. Son amitié sincère et son soutien envers le couple a été un bol d'air frais. Haraguchi Ritsu fut le seul personnage à comprendre et soutenir clairement Hijiri du début jusqu'à la fin.
Si vous souhaitez savoir si Hijiri et Akira finiront ensemble....je vous invite à les suivre tout au long des ces 11 épisodes.
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Del por qué un adolescente no es buen interés amoroso para un adulto.
Primero que nada voy a expresar meramente mi opinión respecto de este drama. No, no apruebo las relaciones amorosas entre un adulto y un mocoso, no las veo románticas y considero que no es correcto romantizarlas."Chuugakusei Nikki" (o en español "Diario de secundaria"), es la historia de Hijiri Suenaga, una maestra novata de 25 años que es hecha tutora de un grupo de tercer grado de secundaria en alguna escuela de alguna localidad en Kanagawa. Como buena novata tiene cierto grado de inocencia y muchas carencias como docente frente a grupo; pero como escribió un muy buen ensayo sobre la "clase de profesora que desea ser", la vicedirectora de la institución la planta como tutora, ¿por qué chin**dos no?
Como es "inocente y pura", el problemático alumno del tercer grado del que es tutora, Akira Kuroiwa, pierde la cabeza con un flechazo de cupido y en un arranque de ira adolescente se la cachetea en un pasillo de la escuela dejándola "out", pero desde ahí ella no se lo puede sacar de la cabeza por una razón u otra. ¿No es súper romántico? Bueno, por si esto no fuera poco, el mocoso en cuestión se decide a "confesarle su amor" a gritos en la escuela (¿por qué no?, ¡viva la juventud, car*jo!), el último trancazo que nuestra dramática heroína necesitaba para encender sus luces de alarma emocional.
De ahí comienza el bucle de mentiras que Hijiri se la pasa diciéndole a otros buscando engañarse a sí misma sobre la situación. Jamás maneja correctamente la situación pisando el suelo como ADULTO, y peor todavía como PROFESORA, con responsabilidad social y moral. Sin contar la cantidad de berrinches y manotazos al viento que el "maduro" héroe en brillante armadura 10 años menor que ella se la pasa dando toda la serie; dando muestra fiel de lo fiable que puede ser como pareja ilegal de nuestra heorína profesora-pedófila.
No conforme con esto, la mujer es como sarricida; ya que todas las vidas que toca terminan desmoroándose a cierto grado, una a una: el ex prometido, sus padres, la madre del mocoso, la ex alumna enamorada del mocoso, su amiga Chizuru que logra encontrarle trabajo en la escuela donde trabaja, y la lista sigue.
Actuaciones excelentes porque los actores logran conmover y transmitir lo enfermo de la trama en sí; cada personaje se hace sentir, y pasas de sentir pena por Kawai Shotaro a tenerle lástima por cómo maneja su propia situación a consecuencia de la indecisión y tumbos que va dando Hijiri, por ejemplo.
Desde la perspectiva de una docente de secundaria (que es lo que soy), la historia es enferma, absurda y el personaje de Hijiri pasa de ser absurdo y ridículo a ser completamente estúpido, hasta el capítulo 11 cuando comprende la triste realidad de Akira: ES UN MOCOSO.
Como mujer, como profesora, como ser humano, considero que esta clase de historias buscan romantizar una triste realidad que está extendiéndose lentamente a nivel mundial; buscando hacernos cada vez más permisivos y tolerantes a ello. Sin embargo, como expresé en el párrafo anterior, un adolescente no es un adulto ni legal, ni física, ni moralmente hablando, y como tal, es inestable emocionalmente y dependiente; buscar que las relaciones amorosas con esa brecha de edad sean vistas amigablemente por la sociedad, es enfermo por decir lo menos.
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