My most favorite drama in the last 3 years
I rated 10 for actorr/actesses and the plot.Kaka fukaka = can or cannot
One guy being straightforward while another was too thoughtful. The latter was one of those real men in capitalism world. With odd plot and awkward ending, everything makes more sense if you understand that the lead actor had Asperger syndrome. He knows what he wants but not what others want. The writer tried to tell us in literally every episodes but most clearly in the last one through the book written by the male leader. Working with Asperger people myself, I appreciate how thoughtful the writer was.
The question that was answered in the last scene hit me hard. If you are open-minded and live your life in the way ‘This could be better’ way, I guess it might hit you hard too.
Being a semi-erotic drama, this movie really drives the butterflies in your tummy in a unusually pleasant way. To me, this is far from hentai. It is not easy for making this kind of drama without being called hentai but this crews nailed it.
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A modern take on young love in your 20s.
Judging by reviews, I see this drama is one where you either love it or hate it. I personally loved it and it will be my first review on here. I think if you like a show like sex & the city, then this drama is for you. It has fresh and open dialogue about love, obsession, traditonal values,...and yes sex! I've never seen a Jdrama quite like this. The first episode alone tackles a subject with the male lead that is usually never discussed. I will also say I loved the side characters as well in this drama. Plus, the opening song is hella catchy.Positives:
Characters: This show has basically only 4 characters and it focuses solely on them and their relationships with each other. I love that because with the limited time, the show is able to delve into past events/back story of why each person has their hang ups and makes the choices they make.
Female Lead: Terada is the main character and I found her so funny. There were moments where I was cracking up. She has a hard time after college and finds herself working at a grocery store part time barely getting by. She needs to find herself and find what is special about her. I liked how she seemed real and relatable.
Male Lead: Tomo is hard to understand at first because he doesn't know how to express his emotions, and at other times he's shockingly blunt and honest. He's a writer that doesn't write and has no motivation. He has a problem only Terada can seem to fix.
2nd male lead: Hase was one of the most interesting characters to me. He is confident and polite, but with a lot of mental hangups from his childhood.
2nd Female lead: Funny Akari. She's odd and quirky and is not your typical side female character. She idolizes and is a fan of Tomo because of his previously published books.
CHEMISTRY: The chemistry is off the charts with Terada and Tomo. Just the way Tomo would look at Terada with smouldering eyes in some scenes..ahh.
Love Scenes: If you are sick of the stiff kisses in dramas where the female lead looks shocked, eyes bulging outta her head, while the male lead barely touches her lips then Kakafukaka is for you. There are definitely some steamy heart palpitating scenes haha.
Negatives: Not much negative to say. This drama was a wild crazy ride. It was different in a good way. Rewatch value 10/10.
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I have never ever wrote review before but I guess I have to write for this one.I have never watched something like this before, it was so new story for me which was kinda silly and childish, I hate the fact that this girl couldn't say no to anything, she was just accepting everything and it make me to dislike her, also main boy character was so dumb, what he was even thinking no one knows... This story is example how we shouldn't live, how we shouldn't act...
The second lead characters would make better couple
For me ending was so disappointing and also dumb, my brain couldn't proceed what just happened
(maybe it's my problem).
was it happy ending or not? Why did I watch it in one day?why did I spent that much time on this show? This is all I think after watching "kakafukaka"
I watched this series cause it had only good reviews when I checked, so I am sorry to say it but I didn't like it, I didn't like music, story, acting... I liked nothing about it. I definitely wouldn't watch it again cause for me it was just a wasting of time.
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This drama is one of the best when it comes to how real this issue is displayed. I may not agree with his method of treatment but I have to give it to the writer that this is very good writing about a very real condition that affects a lot of young and old men.I'm a medical student and I can say that for what we've seen so far (only 4 episodes are out by the time of this review) everything about his condition seem very real. I don't know anything about the writer but they may know someone who has it or they themselves have this condition. Erectile dysfunction is a very common condition that affect a lot of men, normally in their later years but more and more people of younger ages experience it.
Many factors can lead to erectile dysfunction like chemichals, stress, life style, a trauma etc.
What we know s far is that:
1. He has had this condition for 2 years.
2. He hasn't been able to write novels since then.
3. He used to have a girlfriend at that time which lead to their break-up.
4. He is "cured" when he is with the main heroine.
This leads me to believe that he had a traumatic experience in a sexual matter about 2 years ago which lead to this condition. It may be linked to the main heroine. Maybe his first time was with our main heroine and when she left him after that and pretended he was invisible it left him scarred and something opened up that scar 2 years ago. I may be wrong as this is all speculations.
The fact that this condition lead to depression and insomnia is very true as most people experience that once they understand that something is wrong with their bodies and they can't fix it. Most people would visit a doctor once it comes to that, and if you think you have erectile dysfucntion I will recommend you see a sexologist and psychiatrist. There are ways to fix this condition, be it medicine or surgery.
This condition affects a small percent of young people like him, about 2-5% and it is very sad to see it affect such a young person in reproductive age.
This is a perfect set-up and I think the main heroine will be able to "fix" his problem.
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Definitely just a bunch of adults who are living their own lives and happen to live together in this share house.
Honestly my favorite character (even though yes she was a pushover at times) was the female lead. Maybe it was because we get to listen in on what she's thinking at every single moment..and that makes her more relatable and human. Personally I think the actress did a great job at breathing life into a character that could've been like a...tuna.
The drama isn't going to have a plot that will make sense. I think in that sense it's much like reality. There's no set ending and people make their choices and live with the consequences of those choices. Or in this drama's case, love/like make people do weird things. You know the saying "When in Love" is basically this drama in a nutshell.
So even though I was questioning where the plot was heading towards, I couldn't help but finish all 10 episodes (20 minutes each is not bad) in one sitting.
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The only thing that could've saved this from getting the minimum grade would have been if one of the following two changes to the script had been applied:
1) All of a sudden, Jim Caviezel's character from "Person Of Interest" is magically transported inside the shared-house during the last breakfast scene, and of course he does what he's best at, shooting the male lead's kneecaps off right on the spot! (see if that brings up a reaction on that insufferable fish-face of his!)
2) Right after the last scene, an extra scene with the caption "some time later": we see a prison guard escorting the new inmate, Hongyo, to his cell. The prison guard opens the cell and introduces Hongyo's cell mate, a 7-feet, 250-pounds giant with a scary face and an evil smirk right in the middle of it: "This is Bubba, you guys are bound to get along just fine...you see, he also tends to "GET STRAIGHT TO THE POINT!". Caption: "And they lived *painfully* ever after"...
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I genuinely have a loss for words right now. I finished this show roughy 30 minutes ago and I'm still looking at the screen with the most lost look on my face.I hate that I ranked this show so low because it's really not a terrible show, it's quick and the characters are really interesting but... I just feel like there are some HUGE gaps that must have been left out to make this show end as quickly as it did. I take nothing away from the actors, all of them did amazing and worked with what storyline they had. But.... in the long run the story just feels incomplete.
The FL made me want to scream half the time, I get it -- she was popular in school and I know growing up humbles us (most of the time) but it gave zero information as to why and how she went from being positive and bubbly to being extremely gullible and introverted. How the hell 2 men can tell you to your face they have never loved/liked anyone before and have used women before because they felt nothing, only for them to both tell you they like you and you believe them!? I don't understand. I really don't. I get it's nice to be wanted -- but in what dalulu land you have to live in to put yourself through that?
And by the end, we still aren't told if they ever actually liked her or not. I was also pissed that at one point when SL talked about kicking everyone out of the house so it could just be them too, she should have put her foot down from the start and been like "no. That's not fair to them" (WHO WERE THERE BEFORE HER!) -- it wasn't until a little bit later that she was the one to say she would leave. *insert dramatic eye roll*
I still don't understand the point of the second girl being there. She was like a yoyo of emotions and ...I don't even have a word for it honestly. I feel like her and FL really could become good friends if she would kinda chill out, because in the scenes where they are just talking like normal friends, it's like the most normal scenes through the whole show that actually make full sense. Lol I know that's weird to say but I'm not sure I can explain it any better. Those two should have moved out and just got a place together. Lol Leave the messy dudes behind.
There really just seems like way to many gaps for this show to fully make sense and I feel like if I read the manga, it would be so much better and worse for my emotions. Lol Because honestly neither of them are what she needs in her life. The emotionally dead guy or the guy that has a complex to make mommy happy and is manipulative.
I got way to much beef with this show. Lol
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Where do I begin...
The FL had no character development and the ML never tried to understand her insecurities so basically their relationship was baseless. If the writer had working brain cells she would have at least used their past to create a plot. I was expecting the ML to admit that he was the insecure one and has a hard time trusting her feelings because in the past she ignored him and moved on. But no instead everything is just in the air. Does he like her? meh sorta who knows. Did he like her in the past? meh sorta who knows. Also the book he wrote is ridiculous and doesn't mean anything to the audience. We can't read it, its not helping us understand him any better.Cardboard characters, no development, no real plot, just angst and immature interactions. They all need therapy. That tsundere landlord needs to be checked for narcissism, sociopathic tendencies and mommy issues, ML has communication issues, probably depression and dysfunctional relationship with love, FL needs a confidence coach and self love. That blond girl although brain dead and slow, she's a cutie and can do no wrong so I'll spare her.
The actress who played the FL carried this drama, despite her character being a doormat and a masochist, she portrayed her perfectly.
Conclusion: BOooo, *throws eggs*
I don't completely regret watching it though, messy people are funny.
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Loved this drama!
Quirky and entertaining. I really love watching this because of the way the actors interact with each other and they have made their own little family in order to meet the needs of each other. Each character has their own flaws but they also each had their own outstanding character attributes. I really do wish they would do a season two because in my imagination I assume that The ML and FL end up together! I really didn’t feel it was necessary to go back and over analyze their childhoods or different issues that let him to this point because basically were dealing with what situation there currently in and how to move forward at this point in their lives.Was this review helpful to you?
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If I'd read reviews before watching this, I probably wouldn't have bothered... But I'm really glad I did. And having watched it once, I've now seen it 4 or 5 times and I like it more on every watch.The story in itself, is not that strange albeit it's uncommon. I suspect you'd be hard pushed to find another drama that deals with impotence and has sexual overtones quite as brazen as this one. However, the subject isn't what makes this strange. It's actually the characters - their behaviour and interaction with each other is bizarre most of the time.
Now, I've not seen many Japanese shows but I like their brevity and their quirkiness. I've seen about 10 now (versus 50+ korean and more than 20 chinese) and I'm loving the 10 episodes or less set-ups... And I'm loving just how odd and in some cases, controversial you could say they are in comparison to their chinese and korean counterparts. Given this is reasonably short and doesn't rely on significant use of flashbacks to help viewers understand why someone is the way they are, don't expect to be able to put any meaning to the characters behaviour or expect them to change or grow in their psychology or make up. Our female lead does become a little bit more assertive but to some extent, this assertiveness just extends to her recognising what she wants or even who she wants. And if what or who she wants is weird or strange, she'll go after it anyway if she wants to whereas in the past as an adult, she was a people pleaser who apparently couldn't say no to anything which meant that she did things for others because they asked her to, rather than having dreams or goals for herself. The other characters saw no such self-awareness and seemingly continued their lives doing what they had always done.
The story was interesting. I've never seen anything like this nor do I think I'll ever see the likes of it again and I liked the acting and characterisation. Our male and female leads pretty much downplayed and dead-panned everything despite both their historic and present relationship being so unconventional... And their need for each other both then and now was at best, interrupted by their housemates and at worst, it was positively interfered with (I'm looking at you Hase!). The male lead has a knack for just coming out and saying whatever he wants to with no shame or embarrassment which actually makes some of these episodes or scenes hilarious.
Music was inconsequential. I actually really liked the opening theme but there was barely any music throughout the episodes so if it was there, it neither added or took anything away and as for re-watch value, as mentioned above I've seen it several times both because I think it was a good drama and because it's a fairly quick watch.
I'd definitely give it a go as I genuinely don't think anyone could 'lose' anything by watching it... But be prepared probably for something you've not experienced before. Its rated 18+ for a reason and whilst nothing is shocking, it's definitely not traditional.
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A play with conventions done odd
Well this was.... ehem odd...In this drama we get to follow the thoughts of a girl who has lived long enough to realise that life is just not as lovely as she thought it would be when she was young. Having pretty much no special skills, dreams or hints of aspiration she basically just want to get by and thinks very little of her self.
After a person just lowered her price tag she ends up i a share house with the guy who took her virginity, normally I would not say the word took for this type of situation but this is one of the very rare occasions where it works... She seams to feel a bit awkward/ashamed over the whole situation but somehow winds up with his erectile dysfunctional boner against her but and well it does not get less weird from there...
She also meets Hasse a guy with some other type of dysfunction in need of some TLC and Aki a fangirl who is probably the most together of the bunch...
Together they explore love, relationships, potential marriage ideas, friendship... Ok honestly they become something outside most family and romance conventions... Helping each other grow ( both relocation of blood-flow and spiritually) Refreshing, different and easy to watch. There are of course a bunch of misunderstandings and drama here and there, but hey we could not call it drama if it was to smooth of a glide... (sorry).
So do I recommend it, sure it is short easy to binge and not something you have seen before.
P.S. I also found it odd to see so much stuff from Sweden, something tells me IKEA sponsored this...
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And about her character in this drama...oofff...i couldn't understand it. What is she, who is she, does she have any mind?? Does she have any self respect? I know her love was pure, selfless but upto this mark??? Howwwww??????
She doesn't like hanse but wanted to get physical with him. Wooowww!!! Basically it seems like all she want is sex and some little love abd respect.
And the male actor hongyo looks like he hasn't eaten since ages and never took bath. He is totally like a dead corpse.
This was the most ridiculous drama i have seen after "the great seducer". But it was way more worst than that.
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