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RBR8man

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RBR8man

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Friends japanese drama review
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by RBR8man
Mar 14, 2024
4 of 4 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 9.5
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 10.0
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 10.0

Love knows no bounds.

What a rare spectacle it is seeing a J-Drama so far removed from the norm; a short story about the chance encounter and eventual love between a Japanese and a Korean despite neither knowing the other's language (nor a common ground language such as English).
I relate somewhat personally to this drama as it reminds me of how my parents met (Mom is Canadian, dad is Swedish, email pen pals for the longest time before meeting) so seeing all this in a drama format was really nice.
As I mentioned above, this is a very rare format, I've hardly seen any J-Drama where they leave Japan, let alone have true foreign actors/actresses (meaning not speaking Japanese), it as genuinely really cool to see this drama share practically half of it's screen time with a Korean setting and a Korean cast (who many of you probably know are all rather famous themselves). I like the themes presented in the show too, really gave me a proper grasp on just how bad the Korean Economy was at the time compared to the also poorly performing Japanese (I won't over explain any of it but yes I know the Japanese were MUCH better off still) along with the still present cultural resentment towards the Japanese.
I enjoyed the acting very much, I found the way Tomoko and Ji Hoon communicated through the language barrier very realistic and rather sweet at times.

Overall a very good short drama, I recommend this to absolutely everyone (especially Japanese learners, for obvious reasons, Tomoko uses pretty easy to understand Japanese most of the time)
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