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Best Japanese drama airing right now and it deserves the hype. The moments of tension, the progression of the romance and the beautifully crafted sweets are amazing.

I'd love to see them together again!

Yeah once you get to know the cast it becomes so much fun. They just have fun with the concept and I love that.

It took me some time to grow to love this series but now I look forward to every episode. I started episode 1 and didn't think too much of it but then I watched some later episodes and got hooked.

Its a standard monster of the week formula but they make it really fun and there's also always a bigger story in the background. Theres a backstory of an ancient alien civilization of gem-people and I love it. Theres tons of ''Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen'' references too.

They literally cover so many subjects too... From traditional Japanese games to obsessive fans its all there.

Also the music they use is so catchy! KIRAMAI GO!

Untamed episode 20 30:41. Watch LZs face when Jiang pushes WWX, he starts smiling and it cuts to the next shot.

He was perfect for the Untamed. I remember in 1 serious scene he didn't hold his smile back (editors probably missed it or they just hoped it wouldn't be obvious) and it had me dying xD

Oh yeah for sure, from the upcoming scenes I've seen she will probably become bitter and consequently manipulative.
But for episode 1 its mainly Asada who's acting manipulative, no doubt he will change for the better in next episodes but his first impression isn't that great.

I can't think of a worse time to timetravel to for a human

Watch ''Fujoshi, Ukkari Gei ni Kokuru'' for a highschool LGBT story and ''Kinou Nani Tabeta'' for just a normal wholesome LGBT story.
In those dramas their orientation is much more explored and I'm assuming this drama won't do that as much.

Yeah knowing Japan she will likely end up in a straight relationship. Especially considering they call this ''Sixteen syndrome'' as a way of labelling it a temporary fase of life. Of course I'm not sure but just basing this on my experience with Japanese stories.

So far (Episode 1) I think the girls relationship is indeed not based on love but dependence which can be toxic as they'll probably show in later episodes. They're cute together though. I don't like the main guy yet as he comes off as intolerant and very manipulative but I'm sure he'll grow a bit someday.

The version I saw had pretty confusing subs but it was ok and has some fun situations as other have said

Finally the river snail representation we needed in dramas.

Watched without subs but had no problems considering that the faces are very expressive and the scenes very simple.
Yes knowing some basic Japanese like ''Youkai'' as Monster and ''Ningen'' as Human will help.

Lmao that ending though

Watched the movie with some basic knowledge of Japanese and a tiny bit of Chinese. It was understandable what was happening but I couldn't follow the ending unfortunately.
The environment was beautiful to look at, some of the film-techniques were a bit random though.

Anyway, I hope someone finds it with subs sometime in the future so I can understand the ending better.

I watched it to get some perspective on the early 2000s anime scene. It was interesting to see the different fangroups, old animation/manga and old cosplays.

Yeah the chemistry was definitely there! Its one of my favourite lighthearted romance cdramas as well (granted I have not seen that much). Its also a bit more normal than what I was used to with ''King is not Easy'', ''Crazy queen'' and ''The Eternal Love''. I guess I made it a hobby to check out interesting sounding cdrama titles but having one thats a bit more normal is nice.

No problem, how was it? I found it a bit draggy at the end but still overall a good experience.

It was ok but I really didn't care for the foreign politics of Japan and you kinda have to care about that in this drama. Anyway, its the first drama I've seen about Ryukyu kingdom which was interesting to me.
The female lead also talks in an interesting way as an Eunuch, very reserved with a lot of short breaks in her speech.

For the main couple yes.