Maybe I missed something because I skipped some scenes but it did not seem like there was any cheating. Her feelings…
that was exactly my take from this part: KD was a smart & respectful man who managed excellent the sensitive situation of an unrequited love from Dongxia Queen.
I did not like the screen time that the ML had. I felt it was too much. The plot was kind of funny... the 3rd…
Yet, to artificially shrink FL traits from brilliant strategist, skilled in martial arts, extensive networking to a passive partner, just decorative role... that was to much; just to not overshadow ML. If they could find another execution in this respect, my rating would have been >9.5.
Totally agree to your disappointment how they rolled out FL story in the 2nd half; a clear sign of lacking professionalism from the writer/director side (or who took this decision). the only explanation - though quite shabby one - the title is "legend of Zhang Hai", so the hero should be Zhang Hai and any other CP should take the consequent place to avoid shadow him. quite a pity!
A drama with really interesting & challenging themes - at least IMO for Japanese society. I am from Europe, so for me it's interesting to see how JP people deal with these challenges. I also enjoyed the performance of Rika Adachi, it was convincing and she managed to save potential drift of the Character Played (CP) toward "slutty" perception. The ending was positive, encouraging people to pursue their way to "happy relations". (altough that way looks cumbersome and convoluted, important is to reach your destination).
Where did you download episode 10 from? My file was corrupted so I had to skip it and go straight to the special.
Indeed, I am more into "adult romance" = more real relationships compared to standard MDL romance. I like to see complex CP and how they deal with situations where they are outside of societal norms (some of these norms are so outdated and people are sandwiched between rules/norms and their actual needs/feelings/wishes or sometimes common sense solutions). Now I am following Musashi no Rondo, Mamono, Shikyu Renai. For fun, I am really enjoying 'Nami Uraraka ni". I plan also Sannin Fufu, but I wait to have all eps available on Netflix. I've seen already "my one night rule" and I liked it (my score 9.5); when you finish it, maybe we could exchange our impressions on MDL page of that drama... what do you say?
Where did you download episode 10 from? My file was corrupted so I had to skip it and go straight to the special.
Many thanks for your effort and sorry for late reply. It seems Shoebill/Pelican = Hisame, Koala = Ao, Hikitsune = Itaru. for 2nd, I think Beetle is another child. I will try to watch and self-translate the special episode in which they try to close the lose-ends. More important is the message: both Ima and Hisame have moved on and continue living true to themselves.
Looking at most comments here, it seems actors make a good job: we are immersed in the story.
From my POV, while at eps.8, the story moves towards real scenario: Tamaki (FL) develops a relation with Tamotsu (SML), who is a partner closer in age, thus in life experience and way of life. Of course, SML has red flags, but this is also the reality of majority of the people after they got hurt by life (he doesn't want to lose FL for ML as maybe he lost his ex-wife).
Ryuhei (ML) will be better of after liberating from his "whole-life-crush" (which might be almost an obsession to protect back FL as she was protecting him in childhood) and explore the full opportunities of his inception in adult life (photo shooting scenes gives us a glimpse of his potential development).
I am looking forward to next episodes, and hope to find a site to watch with good EN subs - so that we could enjoy the subtlety of the story.
Where did you download episode 10 from? My file was corrupted so I had to skip it and go straight to the special.
@fiflydramalover: could you please specify the animals frm the last book of Ima in comparison with the ones from the "family" with Hisame?
The cover of last book says (aprox. translation): title "If she call it love too", additional text "If it's OK to have multiple loved ones, you should be "flexible"/understanding in love / A new form of "family"
There is also spin-off episode, in which there should be some clarifications of what happened after the wedding and how CP moved on. Of course, as I am not JP language proficient, I will look forward to whole drama EN subs.
Just watched it on Prime and I enjoyed it. It raised to the value and quality of other similar movies more reknown such as Ex-Machina, Her. Of course, Asian societal values and norms were contributing to original intrigue of the movie. A good watch and a good performance of Yuko Araki.
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I also enjoyed the performance of Rika Adachi, it was convincing and she managed to save potential drift of the Character Played (CP) toward "slutty" perception.
The ending was positive, encouraging people to pursue their way to "happy relations".
(altough that way looks cumbersome and convoluted, important is to reach your destination).
Now I am following Musashi no Rondo, Mamono, Shikyu Renai.
For fun, I am really enjoying 'Nami Uraraka ni".
I plan also Sannin Fufu, but I wait to have all eps available on Netflix.
I've seen already "my one night rule" and I liked it (my score 9.5); when you finish it, maybe we could exchange our impressions on MDL page of that drama... what do you say?
It seems Shoebill/Pelican = Hisame, Koala = Ao, Hikitsune = Itaru.
for 2nd, I think Beetle is another child.
I will try to watch and self-translate the special episode in which they try to close the lose-ends.
More important is the message: both Ima and Hisame have moved on and continue living true to themselves.
From my POV, while at eps.8, the story moves towards real scenario:
Tamaki (FL) develops a relation with Tamotsu (SML), who is a partner closer in age, thus in life experience and way of life. Of course, SML has red flags, but this is also the reality of majority of the people after they got hurt by life (he doesn't want to lose FL for ML as maybe he lost his ex-wife).
Ryuhei (ML) will be better of after liberating from his "whole-life-crush" (which might be almost an obsession to protect back FL as she was protecting him in childhood) and explore the full opportunities of his inception in adult life (photo shooting scenes gives us a glimpse of his potential development).
I am looking forward to next episodes, and hope to find a site to watch with good EN subs - so that we could enjoy the subtlety of the story.
The cover of last book says (aprox. translation): title "If she call it love too", additional text "If it's OK to have multiple loved ones, you should be "flexible"/understanding in love / A new form of "family"