Kono Hatsukoi wa Fiction desu (2021)

♥ この初恋はフィクションです ♥

この初恋はフィクションです is a love story of a youth group second-year high school students who are swayed by 'mysterious handsome transfer students' that no one has met because he was absent from the first day.
Kurashina Izumi who is the main FL falls in love with Sobue Hiroki who is a tranferred student to her school, but he is an actor so he never shows up at school. Izumi san goes to his house to give his mother their homework everyday.
Out of the blue Izumi and Sobue start talking on the Line app and Izumi san starts to have feelings for him...
Sawa and Moeko her best friends always start asking about Sobue and that they want to meet him too, but Izumi san hasn't met him yet so she feels sad..
After a long time finally comes they day and Izumi with Sobue have their first real meet in the library. Everything is so magical for them, they fall in love with each other...
This drama is soo romantic and youthful, One of the best dramas of 2021 ♥ ♥ ♥

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Bon Voyage!

Before i get into details, overall i thought this was a pretty cute drama that you can easily binge.

I really enjoyed the format of broadcasting 4x a week and then uploading all episodes to YouTube at the end of the week. Some weeks i watched every night and others I binged the 4 on Friday. There was something really fun about this that kept me excited about what was going to happen next. Also to watch bts videos and other content on YouTube with the actors really hyped me up for it. I think if I were to watch it now that it has all aired, it would be completely different experience. Maybe easier to toss it aside as there is less mystery.

The concept of the story was interesting, but I think the execution could've been done better. The mystery of Sobue is stretched out a little too long imo, but I guess that's the whole point of the show? I think the story did a good job of balancing serious issues with fun moments.

A lot of the actors are young and/or new so you can't expect that it's going to be award-winning performance. BUT, i think this helps them really capture the youthfulness and simple happiness that young people can experience, all while addressing real and imminent issues they may face in life. I'm really curious to see the work these actors are going to create next!

The music is catchy, and you'll find yourself humming 僕の生きがい a lot while watching this drama.
Rewatch value is high-ish; short episodes mean you could easily be enticed to watching it again.

I think it's a classic teen drama where everyone can relate to some aspect and come out of it feeling hopeful for future adventure!

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