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Love Shuffle japanese drama review
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Love Shuffle
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by noob
Aug 5, 2020
10 of 10 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 8.5
Story 8.5
Acting/Cast 8.5
Music 6.5
Rewatch Value 8.0

Such an entertaining show!!

To be honest I didn't expect much.
The idea of changing partners didn't seem that good, I thought all it could give maybe were just some cheap drama.

Oh, how WRONG was I!!!

This was such an entertaining show!
The story was actually quite interesting and quirky, it had its jokes but also its mysteries and you wanted to see what comes next.

The characters were quirky and fun, their interactions were nice to watch, how they shared and got to know more about themselves.
Also thumbs up for actually not overplaying that much! I mean some characters were maybe a little too straightforward with their personality but it fit the tone I think. Also some crying scenes didn't work well, but some were just really believable. I guess the acting had it's ups and downs, but I definitely think there were more ups!

Probably what I loved the MOST about it (after the characters) is how it mixed being super lighthearted with being scarily serious and tragic. It was quite goofy at times, and other times it brought up topics which were very dark actually. Sometimes they used these very bold and gutsy cuts, like cutting away in the middle of a goofy fun part to a silent serious one that you just did not expect.

It was also quite pleasing to see that someone cared either in the storyboard/camerawork/editing to find some connection between scenes coming after each other and cut similar looking pictures after each other at times. (I'm more used to kinda bad framings and low budget shots with these older dramas)

Overall I think it was a quite unique, heart-warming, super fun, but at times also quite deep series.
In one word very entertaining!!
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