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Kuzu no Honkai japanese drama review
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Kuzu no Honkai
4 people found this review helpful
by hhlinn
Mar 15, 2021
12 of 12 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 8.0
Story 8.5
Acting/Cast 7.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 8.0
This review may contain spoilers

Surprisingly good

I didn't expect to like this very much if I am being honest. But it was the realistic kind of ending I wanted to see.

Story: the plot centers around Hanabi and Mugí, two high school students that have unrequited loves for two different teachers at their school. The two characters have drastically different plot lines in those unrequited loves and the most uncomfortable part for me was Mugi's relationship with the teacher. I am not very comfortable with those scenarios in any drama/ show and I hadn't really expected the show to go there so... the other uncomfortable thing for me is sexualización of characters that are minors. I am from a western country that is just as guilty of it but when it is an adult and a minor it is even more uncomfortable.

*this show has a lot of sexual content between lots to characters*

Hanabi and Mugi start "dating each other basically to distract themselves from their unrequited loves and I could really see high school students agreeing to hook up because they can't be with the person they truly like.

There's a lot that goes on, but I'm not about to write a whole synopsis and I don't think anyone would like the read that anyway.

Cast: the cast it okay, nothing terrible, nothing great. The actress who plays Hanabi does a good job of expressing her confusion and emotions. There's a lot going on in that characters head and the actress really gave it her best. Etoba was also portrayed well, with her conflicting emotions and the distress she feels.

Music: it's nice and fits the lord. Nothing exceptional to comment on.

Rewatch value: I would probably rewatch it, skipping through all of the things that are uncomfortable for me. It only 12 episodes and they are all around 30 minutes.

Overall, it's worth a shot. It's just a filler kind of drama but it's more thought provoking than a lot of other things you could be watching.
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