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Ikr?
It doesn't update anyone.

I so wanted to love it too, but I had to drop it even before reaching mid-way.
Little annoyances became big very soon and, like you said, it turned out to be the usual k-drama with a lot of disagreable characters, including the main couple, as well as a lot of frustrating blunders only convenient for the plot to move on somehow.

Exactly my thoughts.
Love the way he speaks with his eyes. I can vividly remember all the characters he has created throughout his career, even those from dramas I've forgotten the plot of.
♥

This drama has been gathering dust in my PTW list for a while now: I've been recommended it before, but it seems I needed this review to finally start it. :)
I believe I'm ready to make "enormous use of my heart" for it - or so I hope. Thank you for this splendid review, it's truly inspiring. :)

Let me guess: at some point you were a little tired of the controversy too.
I enjoyed this drama immensely and love your review. I wish people would watch the drama and form a personal opinion, instead of stepping on board with a prejudice.

I'm sooo going to watch this! :D
However, I'll wait until it's completed. Airing dramas are not my thing, really, so my dearest Lumi, I've just decided you will be my personal "path-finder"!
Am I not adorably bossy? ;)

LOL, please don't worry so much, it didn't ruin everything. I adored this drama and, like you you said, seeing Algernon go was incredibly sad even without the suprise effect.:)
As for Sakuto's impaired mobility, I believe it was mainly useful to visually stress on his change before and after the surgery. Part of the challenge for the actor was to show a slow but striking change both in his talking as well as in moving. I don't think it would have had the same emotional impact on the viewers if he simply started doing the maths or talk like a scientist.
Just my opinion, mind you. :)

You may want to tag this post as spoiler. I've read it per mistake before watching the drama and I could not erase it from my mind.

As for Sakuto's physical impairement, muscle coordination is also controlled by the brain. As a result of a misfunctioning of the central nervous system, his cognitive, linguistic, social and motor abilities are damaged.
It's explained in the drama too.

Yours is a brave approach to things you dislike. Perhaps because I'm a little more experienced in K-dramas, I now drop almost everything I don't like very soon, but I've never thought enduring could be of help: this is a new point of view worth thinking over. :)

Thank you, Geanina!
I'm astonished at this debate, really. Why has nobody felt unconfortable watching her play in violent movies? How is a fictional / fairy-tale romance - and please, let's stress romance, not sex - that nobody has seen yet, morally more disturbing than watching a child being abused, sold or involved in the violent world of adults?
Now and then I feel like I've been catapulted in the Victorian era.

Thank you everyone for reading. If it tempts even one of you to watch it, I'll be a very happy reviewer.

Wow, I hadn't even realized this was from the same scriptwriter of Love Shuffle, Bara No Nai Hanaya and Strawberry on the Shortcake, some of my all time favourites. Thank you Mike for pointing this out! :)

Since you're openly adressing other viewers of this drama, I'd like to comment on your review. Funnily, while I don't agree on your rating, I do find what you write... relatable. I can understand your frustration, part of which I felt myself while watching, with the sole difference that for me it resulted in enjoying the drama and feeling for its characters while it worked the exact opposite for you.
Still, you get a thumb up from me because your review perfectly fulfills its purpose, that is giving a detailed analysis and articulated explanation of why you didn't like it.
I also find it commendable to spend 51 hours of your life to watch something that gave you so little pleasure, but then again, that's a personal choice I have no say in.
So, to me this is actually a great review, even when I felt very differently about it all.

"Japan is the best in human dramas like Mother, which stay with you long after the glowing warmth of a sappy romantic comedy drama has faded."
I couldn't agree more.
I haven't watched Mother, but your review is so inspiring it makes me want to watch it with the same intensity I fear to do so. I'm sure to you my weird words make sense. :)

Thank you for this wonderful review.

A sweet and brief review that perfectly captures the spirit of this brilliant drama.
Thank you. :)

Thank you so much Emrys! :)

It's one of my shortest. LOL

LOL

Kachiing, I fear I've given away more than I wanted to.
Do you think I'm now at risk of being chased by angry monks or prospective missionaries? :P

Thank you, Marooya. :)
I see we have given it the same rate too! ^_^