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Tokyo Tarareba Musume japanese drama review
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Tokyo Tarareba Musume
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by MilhouseIL
May 3, 2022
10 of 10 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 5.0
Story 5.0
Acting/Cast 5.5
Music 5.0
Rewatch Value 3.0
This review may contain spoilers

Frustrating show that promised more than it could deliver.

The synopsis for this show seemed fairly generic when I first read it. But I have been enjoying female perspective/lead TV shows lately and wanted to give this one a go. Unfortunately, this one becomes a little bit of a slog and by the end of the 6th or 7th episode I wasn't very motivated to finish it.

The three main characters in this show can be so frustrating with their decision making and their reasoning for making said decisions. I know love and feelings are very complex and it can hard, sometimes, to discern any logical thread that holds these decisions together. But the main character specifically seems to constantly go out of her way to create misery for herself and, most frustratingly, make decisions that are completed opposed to her goals that she constantly re-affirms with her friends (imaginary and real).

I know it's a common trope that I should expect to see often in J Dramas, but the MC dropping the caring, respectful, and kind love interest (who wants all the things she claims to want: A family, home etc) for the blond haired young guy who treats her like shit the entire show (because she reminds him of the school teacher he married as a favour because she was dying).

The left it open for a Season 2, but I am so glad they didn't make it.

Painfully average.
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