Love Is Phantom (2021)

Wow, a lot of kisses!

Ok I watched this jdrama after watching clip on Asian Crush's Youtube channel & reading the synopsis.

What I like
1. The kisses - I was pleasantly surprised by the quantity & quality. Hase had insatiable appettite for Momo. The actors did these scenes well.
2. Female lead's characteristic - I enjoy seeing her growth. She was assertive at the end but still remains compassionate.
3. Pacing - Fast-paced and I had to binge!
4. Music - This is one of the few eastern dramas that I enjoyed the opening song. Dreaming night is so catchy.
5. Colleagues - I enjoyed watching camaraderie amongst Calico Cafe staff.

What I dislike
1. Plot - There isn't a proper plot for this drama. I was wondered a lot about the direction of the series throughout.
2. Supporting cast - I wish Fukami's relationship with Hase was elaborated further.

Favourite scene
Cafe lesson no. 3 because I never expected it!

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SAY WHAT?

Okay this one is on a whole different level of WHAT THE FUDGE WAS THAT .
She sees a man on the roof who she thinks is about to jump but was mistaken, and instead of turning around and leaving, the girls deep kisses her and she doesn't find it offence or slap the shit out of the guy.
that's just ep 1.
the rest I don't remember how it went, but I did like it to finish watching it
FL is either crazy pysco or very stupid and naive or horny as a dog because she just invited a guy she doesn't know from adam to her house at night, the guy refused then show up at her house when she never ?gave him the address then she invite the guy to come up, then tells the guy what I said I wasn't thinking, what if I want a kiss?
who wrote this crap, this chic can get hurt by this man that no one knows like huh?
They always make the women in Jdramas look so easy for sex and doesn't care showing their boobs either
why is women lowered so much in these dramas? no self esteem for the women
FL screams crazy and all the men in here screams pysco what why is the drama so entertaining

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This is why one should be careful when adapting a manga

It is a mediocre drama full of cliches. But this isn't the problem.

What i didnt like about this live action is that they kept the key points but made them weaker. In the manga Hase and Momo fall in love at first sight which leads them to passionately kiss and unable to stay away from each other they start a relationship in which they BOTH take initiative. Their wish is to be close, live together and make a home for the two of them and their cat.(sidenote:WHERE IS THE CAT?) Buuut this doesnt get shown as such in the drama but rather it is shown as "lets just live together for the plot"

In the manga Momo is kind but never to the point you can call her an idiot. She is gentle but she knows what she wants in her relationship with Hase. Sure they have a lot of skinship and intimate moments but in no case would you think Hase had the upper hand in anything. In fact he was whipped for her since day one. In the drama it is shown but it gets buried underneath the ridiculousness, though it emerges every now and then.

That is my main complaint about this drama,especially in the beginning. That little bit of flame was what made the manga so enjoyable and is missed here making this just ok. Too bad because this could have been far better. But what can you do about it?

If you haven't read the manga though, you are in a mood for something fluff and you don't overthink the plot much there is a chance you'll enjoy watching it. ^^

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Whirlwind smutty romance

I was overwhelmed by how fast-paced the romance in this drama was. Just watch Episode 1 and you would know what I mean. It had everything that could have happened in 3-4 episodes in other dramas.

Even though this employs the cold mature man melted by a warm younger woman trope, the leads had a healthy relationship. The icy man also melted pretty quickly. Despite their large age gap, the ML never disrespected the FL once they established their relationship. Even though the ML was more experienced while the FL was still naive, you can feel that both are invested in making the relationship work. Though there were some jealousies, it never reached to the point of becoming a Great misunderstanding.

However, despite the seemingly great relationship, I can't help but feel some ick factor, it felt creepy somehow. Maybe it's just me but the ML was too overconfident and calculating, maybe he was just too experienced. To be honest, he never forced the FL to do anything she didn't want to, the FL just kept saying sorry for everything even when she had nothing to be sorry for. The ML finds this naivety super cute and when she says sorry you can be sure that he will kiss her or make love with her. So expect a lot of skinship scenes.

I also did not understand what happened in the last few episodes with the ML's stepmother. I didn't know what the conflict was or why the FL's solution resolved the conflict. I just know that everyone was happy.

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Little light drama full of sweet moments

Love Is Phantom is not the best drama out there, but it's definitely worth watching, especially when you just want to relax, not thinking about complicated stories and just enjoying a little bit of sweetness.
The episodes are a little bit shorter, around 24 minutes, so 10 episodes feels like very short time to tell a complicated story, which is true. The plot is quite straightforward but full of kissing and warm love moments that will make your heart flutter.
The main cast is chosen really well, I like both characters, the manly and sweet side of Hase-san, and nice and cute Momoko. Their chemistry just works especially well.
The thing I regret is that I thought some of the side characters will play a bigger role in the plot, but these were just merely short episodes when they interacted with the duo and nothing much happened, but sure, the time was very short for it.
I really liked it and can recommend watching it to everyone who just wants to sit and relax with coffee (most of the scenes are taking place in a café so I always wanted to drink coffee during watching), likes heartwarming moments and lot of kissing scenes.

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Drop it like it's hot! Or not...

Ok, so I don't mind less plot and more kissing but the little plot there is should make just a little bit of sense! The two main characters keep on doing and saying things that are jarring and unrealistic, and the whole thing just feels like the disjointed first draft of a 15 year old wannabe writer.
And the acting is...
The actress starts as cute and submissive, Coffee And Vanilla style, but then they try to make her into this bizarre hysterical mother hen type as well and it just doesn't blend together. The hero is another coffee and vanilla type, all the girls fall for him because he's good looking and rich and full of the elusive x factor... but as a viewer I didn't see any of this in him. He's just this mediocre guy that does and says things that don't make any sense.
I'm dropping, not even finishing the first episode.

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Perda de tempo

A protagonista era tão doce que me deu carie, fofa demais , boazinha demais , submissa demais estranha demais para mim, parecia um filhote de cachorro, até a forma que o ML fazia carinho na cabeça dela me lembrava como se acaricia um cachorro. O protagonista masculino era sem graça e fazia aquele estereótipo macho alfa , que todas desejam , lindo e rico, bom lindo para eles lá pois meu tipo não faz nem de longe. O elenco de apoio era caricato enfadonhos, o enredo foi uma bagunça a história foi rápido demais cheio de atropelos, o romance não tina base para se defender, eles se conheceram e se beijaram do nada num dia no outro ele estava na casa dela , logo depois estavam morando juntos e jurando amor eterno, eu fiquei pasma podiam ter pelo menos dar a ilusão de uma passagem de tempo. O romance não funcionou para mim achei meio doentio de ambas as partes, na realidade todo mundo nesse drama deveriam sentar e bater um papo com um psiquiatra.
Em fim não recomendo a não ser que desligue totalmente seu cérebro.

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