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Soul Mate japanese drama review
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Soul Mate
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by BL Compilations
9 days ago
8 of 8 episodes seen
Completed 2
Overall 7.5
Story 6.0
Acting/Cast 9.5
Music 8.5
Rewatch Value 6.5
This review may contain spoilers

fantastic acting with unrealistic plot

Overall: I enjoy slice of life series; however, so many rare things happened that it completely pulled me out of the story. I define soulmates as people with romantic connections, so in my opinion the series is misnamed as I felt zero romance. Aired on Netflix. Spoiler for the ending in the comment section.

Content Warnings: homophobia, vomiting, attempted suicide, xenophobia, blood, fights, past death, hate crime, death, grief

Watch Suggestions to take out content warnings
- skip episode 1
- episode 2 watch 15-end
- episode 3 watch 5:20-27:45
- episode 4 beginning-7:30, 20:15-21:45, 24:50-27
- episode 5 watch 13-29
- episode 6 watch 16:30-end (there is a photo that will tell you something sad)
- episode 7 beginning to 7m30s or 10 minutes
- skip episode 8

What I Liked
- acting
- production value
- support characters like the friends, parents, bar owner & more
- realistic portrayal of the struggle of having a child and working

Room For Improvement
- the first episode was confusing, I wasn't sure what was real or not
- way too many coincidental/rare things happened that the series felt fake and 'because the writer said so'
- I did not feel soulmate chemistry
- noble idiot trope
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