The Sweetest Drama Ever!
Teasing Master Tagaki-san is an absolute delight to watch. This live action adaptation is reminiscent of a time when Jdoramas delivered well written and beautifully told stories, not unlike (similar to) last year’s Maiko-san Chi no Makanai-san.I found myself transported back in time to when I was a youth living in a much more simple world faced with similar experiences. Teasing one another was something that happened. Sometimes, it had the desired effect, a reaction that actually meant something, other times it was not so great.
What we have is a young couple, in all but name, sharing the common bond of enjoying each other’s company even if Nishikata was forever on the losing end of the teasing exchange.
I thought the young actors did a marvellous job. Takagi with her smiling face and Nishikata always looking dazed or confused when he had lost another exchange.
There are some beautiful moments: being with each other at the beach, reaching the shrine at the top of the hill or simply walking to and from school.
This show is worth three and a half hours of your time. I’m looking forward to the movie which is set ten years later. It has its release in Japan within the next two weeks.
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Thoughts on the Takagi-San franchise (Anime, Manga, Live Action)
If I had to choose one genre in anime that is by and far my least favorite, it's the romance genre, not because I am a cynic (well, maybe), but the shows all tend to fall into two camps: harems and melodrama. Finding a show outside of that mold is like finding a needle in a ginormous haystack, which is why "Teasing Master Takagi-San" was such a surprise when I stumbled upon the first season of the anime in 2018. There were no love triangles, miscommunications, and it was just the innocent and budding relationship between two youth in the form of "teasing" as she likes to playfully tease the male character, Nishikata, who tries to find ways to get her back. As they are in middle school, she is shy about her feelings and he is not fully aware of them, creating a nice push and pull between the two characters.Once I watched the first season of the anime, I went and picked up the source material and found myself breezing through the chapters. While they often found themselves falling into repetitive situations, there was a nice calm enjoyment that came from watching the two characters interact. The anime continued into seasons 2, 3, and a movie and decided to take what was an episodic story and create a more serial approach to the story which helped it stand apart from the source material and create two different experiences with the story. With both the anime and manga over, I thought that was the end of Takagi-San but here we are in 2024 with both a live-action television adaptation and a sequel movie coming later this year.
I at first was skeptical as live-action adaptations of anime struggle in adapting its source material but once I got into the first episodes of this adaptation, all my worry was gone. While holding onto remnants of the source material, the series was able to craft its own path, creating a third and just as engaging adaptation of the story. Our two leads have great chemistry and feel like the characters come to life but would work just as well if this was your first introduction to them. With this review, I can recommend all three; the manga, the anime, and now the live-action as each approach the story in an entertaining and thoughtful way.
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I strongly recommend Teasing Master Takagi-san (aka Karakai Jozu no Takagi-san), if you’re looking for a lovely, slice of life, Japanese drama. The story explores a boy’s conflicting emotions as he interacts with a girl who constantly but gently teases him and usually gets the better of him. The two students’ interactions are treated with sensitivity and sympathy. I thought that both young actors were outstanding, particularly the boy. The whole thing takes place in a beautiful town on an island off the coast of Japan and the setting adds to the dreamy, idyllic tone of the drama. Was this review helpful to you?
Such a lovely, innocent, pure love story!
This is a lovely, shy, innocent, pure love drama!It’s a very slow pace drama but it shows all the details when we are teens and those first looks, comments that we usually use since we are so shy and innocent.
Loved him in Monster (wonderful movie) and this one didn’t disappoint me. It’s very slow pace but since it’s only 8 short episodes it goes well and just perfect timing. I cried just seeing how beautiful their interaction was. She tease him in a loving way and he was so shy about it.
It’s a wonderful story and will take you to your youth school years. Prepare the tissues!
What I didn’t like…… probably the too slow pace sometimes that made me sleepy but surely enjoyed it.
Ohh and btw there will be a movie sequel of them as adults. Can’t wait!
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I loved the passive-aggressiveness of Takagi, juxtaposed with the naivete of Nishikata. Tsukishima Rui is fantastic as the witty girl who is harboring a not-so secret crush on her classmate. Meanwhile, Kurokawa Souya is adorable as Nishikata. His expressions are on point, especially when he becomes surprised that Takagi always got the better of him.
Their innocent flirtation is the crux of this story, and how they are more bonded to each other than they realize, particularly by the oblivious Nishikata. This drama captures the essence of that first sweet instance of blooming love, that I am too afraid to watch the sequel lest that bubble break.
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Still, I can say I pretty much enjoyed this drama, thanks to its relaxing, almost-iyashikei overall atmosphere, to its clean script and to the extremely beautiful setting!
As for the leads, they're both very, very young and there's still a lot of room for improvement of course (I did find the FL the better half of the pair, personally).
Looking forward to watching the sequel!!! 8/10
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Family friendly
Cutest little button of a Japanese series. This series is as cute as the Chinese Drama ‘When I Fly Towards You’ and very child friendly. Soya Kurokawa plays Nishikata. This young actor is kicking up a storm in the acting world, so remember his name. He has two support roles and Teasing Master Takagi-san is his first lead role. Soya Kurokawa also stars in the Movie Monster. None of these series scored less than 8.0/10. Heavens, I wish that he could speak Korean. He would make a huge crossover star. The female lead is Rui Tsukishima as Takagi. She gives a great performance too. Please don’t view this drama if you are allergic to sweetness overload.Was this review helpful to you?
Mas com o lançamento da versão em live action resolvi dar uma segunda chance a obra e foi uma grata surpresa. Achei a direção da história em live action mais contida, sem aquelas ações exageradas próprias dos animes e isso tornou as situações e as reações das personagens mais realistas.
O drama é um misto de nostalgia e amor juvenil. A descoberta do primeiro amor e a insegurança de confessar os sentimentos para a pessoa amada, o amor platônico. Mesmo que você já não seja o público alvo do drama, creio que todo mundo já se sentiu assim na adolescência e por isso é fácil se identificar com as personagens em nossas próprias versões juvenis do passado.
É um drama muito fofo sobre primeiro amor e amizade. O fato dos atores serem realmente adolescentes transborda uma inocência juvenil que torna tudo mais verossímil.
Para quem gosta de assistir dramas escolares, este pode ser uma boa escolha. Nada de dramas exagerados, apenas o dia de Takagi e Nishikata na escola descobrindo o primeiro amor. Estou curiosa para assistir o reencontro de Takagi e Nishikata adultos no filme que está para estrear em breve. Espero que a Netflix também traga o filme para o catálogo.
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Lembranças/recordações ♥️
É algo que vai mexer com seus sentimentos e arrependimentos que você teve nessa fase da vida, conta a história sobre como é puro e emotivo no começo da nossa fase quando ainda não tivemos um amor na vida e como temos medo e vergonha de expressar nossos sentimentos, e sobre poder aproveitar essa fase da vida, e quando você acha que tem todo o tempo do mundo, e tenta adiar expressar seu sentimento por vergonha ou medo 😭😭Was this review helpful to you?
