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30-sai made Dotei Da to Mahotsukai ni Nareru rashii japanese drama review
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30-sai made Dotei Da to Mahotsukai ni Nareru rashii
16 people found this review helpful
by Yi-Hyun
Dec 12, 2020
12 of 12 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 9.5
Story 9.5
Acting/Cast 10.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 10.0
This review may contain spoilers

How I view this drama (This Review Contains Spoilers)

This is such a wholesome drama.

Although the overall premise is about 'magic', I found that the initial character development and the details with Kurosawa and Adachi are extremely realistic, especially with the way they approached the romance. Rather than using the excuse of magic to force a relationship, the writer(s) instead chose to slowly develop the relationship of both characters from co-workers to friends, and finally to lovers.

Kurosawa is a humble, humane man who deserves a lot of high praise. The way his character was written was absolutely beautiful. He is a kindhearted man, who deeply cherishes Adachi for his entire being. He observes the little things when it comes to Adachi; how he shows up to work with bed hair, how he is shy but is skillfully accurate when it comes to his work, how he doesn't smile that much but when he does, he is soft, and how he always puts others first and is always willing to lend a helping hand.
Kurosawa never put his own needs and feelings above Adachi's. He never forced a friendship or a relationship on him. He always treated him with respect, supported him, he ensured that he did not overstep boundaries and made Adachi uncomfortable and he gave Adachi space when it was needed. Kurosawa not only fell in love with Adachi but he also highly respected him as a human being.

Adachi is an introverted, yet kind man, who isn't necessarily confident in the things he does, and the choices he makes. Before he received his magical abilities, he had never been in a relationship before with a man or a woman and thus never really understood the emotions of love. It wasn't until he received his magic and accidentally touched Kurosawa, that he heard the man's thoughts about him. Kurosawa was in love with him. Adachi reacted like any person who has never experienced love, let alone been in a relationship before would; he didn't believe what he heard was true and attempted to distance himself from the latter a bit.
As the show progressed, we the audience, and Adachi got to hear more of Kurosawa's thoughts and they were absolutely beautiful. His thoughts were never disrespectful, they were never sexual, instead, they were filled with love and respect. Kurosawa wholeheartedly loved Adachi and valued his entirety as a human being.

The most important factor of this, in my opinion, is that Adachi was in no way homophobic in the slightest. He did not look down on Kurosawa for falling for a man, nor did he throw out the 'We can't date because we're both men' or 'It's wrong because we're both men'. I also respect that the writers did not flat out make Adachi think or state that he does not like Kurosawa from the beginning. Adachi's introverted nature does result in him struggling to speak his mind on many occasions, and because he is new to everything about love, he is extremely unsure of how he feels towards the latter, however, it does not stop him from wanting to learn more about Kurosawa and his thoughts. It also does not stop him from wanting to find out where he stands romantically.

Meanwhile, we have Tsugae and Minato. We never got quite an in-depth development of the two, like we did Kurosawa and Adachi, since they're side characters.

Tsugae is Adachi's best friend and is a book writer. He is a homebody, who mainly prefers to be at home with his cat, writing books. He also likes to online shop (a lot). Like Adachi, he is introverted and cannot always make up his mind on things, let alone speak his mind.
He begins to develop feelings for an attractive delivery man, Minato.

Minato, at first, seemed a little creepy to me (he slowly grew on me). Here you have this delivery man, who is observing everything in the room, along with stating things about Tsugae under his breath. For example; 'How weird he is' etc. I also found it weird that he was the main delivery person to Tsugae's house majority of the time. Probably because, where I live, it's always a different person.

Tsugae and Minato did face an initial 'plot barrier' ie. When Tsugae saw Minato's ex kiss him.
He saw the man he liked getting kissed by another man so he ran away and began to hide away in his flat, not socialising as he began to emotionally and mentally collect his thoughts. In response, Minato felt hurt and ignored, he proceeded to vent to his friend which resulted in his friend accusing of Tsugae of being homophobic.
Overall, that was realistic, but at the same time, I found the friend's accusations of homophobia quite rude.
He could have sat Tsugae down, and calmly talked to him from the beginning and find out the source of the problem, but instead, he jumped headfirst into the situation and assumed the reasoning behind Tsugae running away and not socialising was homophobia. Running away does not mean homophobia. Most people would feel uncomfortable if they walked in on two people kissing, especially if one of the people being kissed was their crush.

The quality of acting in this drama had me impressed. The way the actors spoke their dialogue, interacted and behaved was not awkward at all. In fact, they all seemed comfortable with each other, and yes, this includes the side and background characters. Nothing felt forced, and even the topic of romance seemed natural.

Music-wise, there really isn't much to comment on. I don't necessarily focus on a soundtrack when it comes to these types of dramas. However, I must say, the ending song was quite enjoyable.

Overall, the story, the characters, and the acting all compliment each other really well. The actors really brought this story to life and without them, the live-action would not have been that great. I would certainly be willing to re-watch this.
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