A strange but captivating series.

Nanno reminds me a little of Tomie from Junji ito, we don't know what she really is and she is destined to be reborn again and again.

I say this in the in the episode "lost and found" This chapter we see that Nanno does not really seek to bring out the worst in the boy nor does he want to punish him. She, for the first time, creates a true connection with a human being, has fun and genuinely enjoys herself with the boy and appears sad when the boy tells her that he does not want her to disappear from his life or lose her. Nanno for the first time shows a feeling of sadness and guilt. Since she knows that it is not something she can promise him, she disappears whether she likes it or not, that is her destiny.

Clearly Nanno, as she says in the final monologue of the first season, is a karmic entity. Nanno doesn't really do anything, if you think about it, to make everyone show how evil what are human beings. She somehow always gets caught up in the evil of human beings and in the end they receive punishment from her. Everyone attacks Nanno but Nanno is really outraged in many episodes, it's not that she cares or is affected by it, she knows the most perverse nature of human beings, so she lets them do whatever they want with her and then they receive their consequences.

The stories may seem bizarre, but it is something that happens every day. How many times have we seen human evil without limits? As I study criminology as a hobby, the situations shown in the series are actually mild when you see reality. It is always said that reality is stranger than fiction and it is totally true.

Nanno only demonstrates the most perverse and dark reality of the human being.

What's your objective? Who knows, it just shows that it is an entity that shows people's true colors and that people have no limits when we want to achieve something. Nanno dies and revives to show everyone the consequences of his actions.

I would not classify it as a "demon" but rather as an entity that is the representation of karma.

Why are she laughing? Well simply because she finds human beings pathetic. Looking for excuses to justify her actions.

I really enjoyed this drama. The actress acts very well, she can pretend that she is innocent and you really believe it, until she shows her true colors, showing you that her that every action has its consequence.

The music matches the drama and the cinematography shows how gloomy a seemingly beautiful place can become when in reality everyone is sick.

Some may say that Nanno incites others to commit atrocious acts but does he really do it? With her mere presence, she already arouses envy, they call her a bitch, they make up rumors about her, they beat her, they rape her, they kill her and they do many other things without Nanno really doing anything. Nanno simply awakens the desire to destroy her, almost always because of her beauty and out of envy.

This is pure psychological terror and in my case it is what I enjoy watching the most.

I have no complaints about the drama. Really, when I started watching it I completely immersed myself in the story and each story is interesting, although some remain unfinished (but this, I believe, is that the director does it so that you reflect on what kind of punishment they deserve). It won't always be Nanno who gives you the answers and that's very interesting.

So yes, I totally recommend it. I think it's the best Thai drama I've ever seen in my life.

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At what cost are you willing to harm yourself, to be loved?

This review will have a lot of spoilers and personal reflections.

Yuki is a college student with a very sad past. Coming from a broken home, where no one has loved and protected her (in that sense and in many others I see myself very much reflected in her). So she has had to learn to take care of herself and protect herself. Her past has left her traumatized, so she has closed her heart so that no one will hurt her and also because she believes that she cannot live a normal life like other girls. However, despite working as a rental girlfriend, she is very intelligent, knowledgeable, cunning and wise. Her tough personality may make it seem like she is a bad person but that is not the case, she takes great care of her friend Rina, advises her and protects her. She is also realistic and sincere and she knows how to read other people very well.

Rina is a very kind and good girl but she lacks self-love, no matter how beautiful she is, she does not see herself that way, and her loneliness and emotional attachment to men makes her have relationships with older men to satisfy her emotional emptiness. It is incredible to see her evolve, to see her take another path, modeling, I left that world and her analyzed herself and realized that depending on other emotional people has not gotten her anywhere. That she has to find her own happiness for herself.

Here we get into the most fucked up part. Personally, I have never liked hosts, I consider them bad people, who take advantage of girls who are not mentally well so that they spend all their money, sometimes on lies like "you are the only one" and "the most special to me."Clearly this is a lie, and it is clearly demonstrated in this drama, but it is a reality that happens a lot. Clearly a person who is mentally well would not believe it but the girls who go to this place are not, so they believe it. When they run out of money, they start prostitution and it's a never-ending cycle. So the hosts don't give a shit about what happens to you, how you feel or what you do to get the money. They only see you as an ATM to indulge in their own luxuries.

With that said, let's move on to Moe. At first Moe does not believe in love and she has many self-esteem problems, because she does not consider herself beautiful like the others, but rather a disposable woman. So when she meets Yua (damn the time she met this girl) she reluctantly goes to a host. At first she doesn't feel comfortable until she meets Kaede (I mean he's not that bad even he cares that Moe doesn't do weird things to make money) and starts to fall in love. Obviously Kaede is becoming more popular and the money she has to invest to be with him is becoming higher, she can't afford the money with her job, so she invests money from her scholarship but it is still not enough. So she abandons university, her old job and starts prostitution to earn money, after all it's the quickest way (unfortunately). The clients they have are disgusting and Moe begins to feel dirty and begins to wear out even more mentally. But when she calls Kaede and he answers, she continues doing that job no matter how disgusting it is. Yua runs into her and listens to Moe's conversation with her pimp (because there's no other way to call her boss). So Yua thinks it's a great idea for her to be a prostitute just like her ??‍♀️ and invites her to see the boys and continue spending money. Kaede's birthday arrives and she already has the money to celebrate Kaede's birthday at the host club, so she is happy until she sees that he is having a great time with his other clients. Moe's heart breaks and she leaves, just at that moment she receives a very understanding message from her mother and also the invitation from her friends, that they miss her (because even she distances herself from her real friends) and she realizes all the mistakes, that she has fallen very low and the absurdity of it all. There she decides to never see Kaede or set foot in a host club again. Moe also has a big change, and she resumes her friendship with her friends, who really loved her, and begins to study hairdressing, but she still wanted to continue having her "friendship" with Yua even though she no longer goes to host clubs or works as a prostitution. Yua's response is really shit, Yua tells her that they both belong to different worlds and that it was a waste of time to talk to her (it's normal that Yua doesn't have friends, with friends like her, it's preferable to have enemies)

Now let's talk about Yua, I honestly don't know what kind of mental illness she has but she is clearly not a normal person. She is addicted to host clubs and prostitution, although she says she is disgusting.
But her reality is quite sad, since her host boyfriend (what a shitty man, if I can call him a man,he is). He forces her to prostitute herself more and more so she invests even more money for him. He doesn't care that she is so tired mentally and physically, he wants me to work three times as hard. He even tells her that he will get her a new boss because he didn't make her earn or work as much as he wanted. He treats her very badly and when he treats her well, which is only once, he tells her that he would always treat her like that if she didn't always make a fuss, he is really sick shit.
After all, Yua gets tired, she even cuts her wrist and he goes to see her because an intimate photo with another client had been leaked. Yua is tired and wants to break up with him, she tells him that she really didn't care that he slept with other clients but that he was very careless in his work, there he begins to choke her while telling her pure meaningless shit to justify himself, but then he stops and He apologizes to Yua, but she is no longer interested in anything about him. So she breaks up with him, warning him that she will expose him and report him for physical assault. One at that moment thinks that Yua has come to her senses but no, a year later she is still addicted to the host and continues to spend money on they. Unfortunately, but it is a reality.

And finally we have Aya, a fairly irrelevant character but who shows us the obsession with being beautiful. Although she has had many surgeries, she does not stop. And the ending for her is the same as Yua's, nothing changed.

There is also a somewhat relevant character like Tsubasa, a boy who likes "women's" things and who becomes confused by his sexuality. Although he has dated both men and women, he has not been comfortable with either gender. And in the end he repeats to Moe the words he had told him before becoming obsessed with Kaede, is love really that important? The important thing is to do the things you like and love yourself.

Here I want to explain something about the hosts, which I didn't know but through a YouTube video I found out, that rule that you can't get involved sexually with a client is a lie. Yes they can, as long as the club doesn't find out. He tends to flirt a lot on Tinder and they are a walking flag network, so if you go to Japan NEVER think about messing with a Host. In reality, never go to a Host club, it is usually more addictive than going to a casino and you really become a gambling addict.

As you can see, it is a drama complicated by the complexity of the characters. And it also keeps you waiting for how each of the girls will end up. There are cases where things have ended well and other cases where things remain the same. But in the cases that have not ended well, it is not because they have not had development as a character, but rather their obsession with host clubs or achieving a perfection that does not exist are trapped in that world.

There is a phrase by Yuki that stuck in my head from "I will never give my body or my heart for money" and it is a harsh but realistic phrase.

Clearly the director gives you the possible reasons why each girl makes those decisions so that you can understand the girls. The issue of Yuki, Aya and Yue could be solved if they went to therapy. But we all know that the topic of going to a psychologist or psychiatrist is a taboo topic and that there is zero knowledge that going to therapy does not make you a crazy person.

That's why there is a high suicide rate or more people who decide to stay out of society. Because Japan is such a rigid country that if you have a mental problem, it is your fault because you did not know how to adapt to society, that is Japanese thinking. Clearly the government has a great debt with mental health for years and that they have not wanted to solve. It's not that they can't, it's that they don't want to.

Is it a drama that I recommend? Yes, for me it is a must see because it will make you think a lot and open your eyes about Japan. Because the director of this drama does not hesitate to explain this. She doesn't romanticize anything, she just shows you reality.

Everyone's acting is great, so much so that you really come to hate some of the characters and want to get on the screen and give them a good kick in the ass.

The soundtrack is incredible as is the cinematography, allowing you to see how each character feels, especially Yuki.

Honestly there is nothing I don't like. There are 11 chapters and it is rare for a Japanese drama to go beyond 9 chapters and have a long duration, but for me it was very good because it doesn't leave any loose ends.

You feel very sad for Yuki, Yua and Aya, yes but it is a reality. That this could be solved by each one going to therapy, is true. But the director is realistic in this case, since the topic of mental health is a taboo topic and not very well regarded, you could not expect another premise. So it was quite realistic, in all aspects.

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Well I'm new to watching web dramas so it was the first time I was hooked on one. And mainly with a long one (yes, I know it has a prequel but I haven't seen it yet).

The actors, although they are newbies, acted very well. I mean, I see a great promising future for everyone.

The story is very good, although it seems simple. I mean, it's about guys in their 20s and their problems. Which sometimes, I portray the reality of some young people very well.

The family drama was great, and I think that was the focal point of the plot. My only complaint would be that they left a lot of loose cavities. For example, we knew that the protagonist had problems with his family but there was not really a resolution of it; more than he discovered the truth. The protagonist's friend was the one who left the most unknowns. His family seemed weird but none of that is ever described. They also left open their past with bullying and their friend. I think I suppose that this will be explained in the second season (since it is left open to that possibility)

Regarding the romance: I am not complaining about how rushed it was because after all it is a webdrama so things usually go fast lol but it is true that sometimes the chemistry seemed a bit uncomfortable. More than anything its silences.

Although there were many things under the inkwell, I liked it and it entertained me. And I look forward to a second season so I can see that they give a proper closure to all the characters.

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Well I think people are a bit harsh on the concepts that the drama handled as "cute". After all it is the remake of a movie that already had that base lol But I really liked the drama a lot. I firmly believe that it surpasses the movie.

Miao Miao, our protagonist, is evolving step by step and not only because she was in love. Her had his own goals and fight for them! It was really lovely to see her go from being a shy and insecure girl to a determined, strong, talented and persevering woman.

I also really liked Liang. He is not a "perfect" being and in all his stages I saw him as a very human character. But most of all I liked his relationship with Miao Miao, which was very healthy from the beginning. He really was very kind and encouraged her to follow her dreams.

And their courtship was also very credible because it happened naturally. The whole cast was perfect overall and although there are misunderstandings, you can understand them. When you are really young, misunderstandings are frequent.

I liked it because there was no really bad character (except Miao Miao's roommate) and they all helped each other grow.

It is a highly recommended drama ♡

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As is known, Naoko (the creator of the manga) died suddenly and this story never had an end. The only thing left was what she had told her husband.

For this reason, those who did a second part took different courses for the end (since they did not have one). But hands down, again, this is the best.

It is not just seeing Irie and Kotoko grow as a married couple or as individuals, but the great ending so beautiful that this adaptation have.

The ending where the two of them are walking together with their daughter, with that little conversation that seems to say nothing but harbors many feelings between them was, simply, beautiful and always cried when I see again. Not sadness, but happiness.

Really his first and second part were beautiful with a great performance.

I can only really recommend that you see it ♡ you will not regret it.

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I started watching this adaptation on raw, when it started and I really fell in love with it completely!

If there is one thing that none of the other versions had, it was the sweetness of this adaptation. Honoka, just 15 years old, did a great job making an adorable Kotoko. Who at no point is annoying (plus it's amazing how the director even took into account every hairstyle Naoko did to Kotoko in the manga)

Yuki, for me, is the best Irie of all the adaptations. Not too cold, cruel, or mean. Yuki could really convey with a few gestures how he was falling in love with Kotoko.

And the rest of the cast were also very good. Overall, I loved this drama so much and the great chemistry that Yuki and Miki had despite their huge age difference, that I can't really be objective lol

Special mention to Kin chan: He really was the best and his work was impeccable.

If you want to enter this world I recommend that you start with this adaptation ♡

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I'm sorry but I can't understand how this adaptation is so popular with people.

I understand that it was an adaptation, but did so many things have to change? Heck, this feels like a completely different story and not an adaptation at all.

Mike was by no means a smart boy, in fact, most of his attitudes had no logic or motive. And Aom, his character is really disappointing. Many say that her character was a tenacious girl and that she didn't let him play with her, but from my point of view, it was not like that at all.

And the boy who was doing Kin chan, suddenly disappeared in the end. I really got bored and it was very disappointing.

I would not recommend it at all.

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