Vi-d
Brazil
The most underrated dorama? As far as my eyes have seen, I believe it is.
Okay, so here is probably the MOST UNDERRATED dorama I have ever seen. I am glad I always check out doramas and animes with my own eyes even after reading reviews and comments.---
1st. This is the best dorama I have seen fully presenting a relationship between two girls. And by 'fully' I also mean: there is a storyline to follow: start, middle and ending - there is development, with a decent duration and number of episodes instead of mini-episodes or a series with lots of main characters; without overextending with unnecessary stuff.
2nd. This dorama has comedy AND DARK COMEDY as one of its genres; and it also touchs a few 'dark themes' and sexual fetishs here and then, SLIGHTLY. If you can´t take that it´s not the dorama´s fault. And I think it adds a special touch to this dorama where we have a special relationship between two girls. If you are one of those who sees sexualization in every intimate scene between two girls and are bothered by that, then better avoid this. Oh well, can´t them also have sexual desires and fantasies? *sigh*
3rd. This is certainly yuri-sh. In other words, this certainly has girls love vibe to it. They care a lot for each other but this is surely not your typical wish-washy "sismance" nor "just best friends". Surely there is more to it than just 'best friends', and you can easily see that throughout the dorama unless you don´t want. It´s surely NOT a toxic relationship - amazes me some people are saying that.
4th Probably some people are annoyed or something just because one of the girls are "dating" a guy. Well, she´s dating since the 1st episode. From the start she was already dating. But that "dating" can´t be even taken seriously and it´s not even the focus of the dorama and shouldn´t spoil the enjoyment unless you don´t pay attention and go blindly hating from the start.
The acting is very nice. I was specially impressed here, specially compared to some other GL doramas out there.
If you are expecting a pure innocent GL or normal relationship where they will meet, french kiss, start dating and that is it, then this is not for you.
Ah! And it´s a happy ending. Depending on what would you consider to be a happy ending. But yep, ultimately it´s a happy ending. Thank goodness it´s not one of those horrible endings we usually see GL doramas.
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It's about a freshman girl, Yuzuki, who just enrolled in a school and that got herself into something that will change her school life: The Torture Club.
The Torture Club is a renowned club at that school. Girls there are trained to be strong in body and specially in mind.
Things such as family and military matters (spies and etc) seem like to be associated with the club, but nothing of that are much explored.
The club has sexual tortures -BDSM/SM- as one of its main activities, other types of torture (including psychological ones) are also used - some are even nasty but they are quickly done.
Being a renowned club, the rules are very strict, and one of the rules is: romantic relationships are forbidden!
That is where lies the future of Yuzuki, Aoi and of The Torture Club !
PS: The tortures are not just about torturing (and being tortured) for the sake of sexual pleasure, there are many times where the tortures are used for other purposes - and this is where I personally didn´t enjoy. Although... I guess it couldn´t be helped since this is part of what is this movie; and there is also the fact that other people might not be bothered by this 'other purposes' as I was.
The 1/3 part is light with a touch of comedy;
The 2/3 part is the creepiest half associated with drama;
The 3/3 part is where the drama and emotions are on their fullest;
About the ending itself, it´s hard to pinpoint whether it´s one the classic endings: sad, bad or happy ending. But I can safely say that the ending boosted up my final score hehe~
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A girls love dorama. But again, does it worth?
This was pretty much average. It started okay but soon turned out to be 'meh'.There was no chemistry between the characters (except maybe between the pair of friends: the main heroine and the short-haired girl. Sorry, I am writing this review right after watching this dorama but I don´t even remember their names anymore).
The tomboy-like senior was lifeless (was I watching a human or a doll?). I understand they chose her because of the Romeo role she would take, but her character kinda of spoiled the whole experience, which is a shame cause otherwise this dorama had potential for a bit more.
As for the ending, it was not happy nor sad; maybe bittersweet? But in general I would say the ending was kinda of okay-ish - you know when you finished watching something and then "oh, is that it? Well, okay". It was in general an "empty" dorama? If I can put it like that.
The scenes I could say I enjoyed most were those of the girl taking the role of the director. We don´t know what was on her mind (although we could have an overall idea), so those scenes were bringing a bit of suspense/tension to the dorama.
I don´t think this dorama is 'The Realistic Dorama'. In my opinion it´s nothing special. The "Romeo and Juliet" idea is not new, and it´s used here and then as an excuse for girls love / shoujo-ai. I believe the charm of this dorama is the setting, which is in (middle/high)school.
CONCLUSION: If you are just looking for a simple girls love / shoujo-ai to enjoy without having to think much and don´t minding the lack of story/plot, then this might please you. Otherwise this dorama is 'skippable'.
PS.: I might sound a bit harsh/crude here, but this is just a straightforward way of conveying my opinion without beating around the bush xD
PS2.: Please, consider just the overall score. Although story and music weren´t memorable at all, so instead of choosing a low random score, I decided to choose 1.
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