strawgal

I agree with the ADHD, I used to work in a school and my goodness the boys when they didn't take their medication they were so hyper their friends would complain, and bring them to have their medication. The actor must be exhausted.
I think they are both a probably neurodevergent, lets hope they find something to obsess over together.
My SIL only speaks to people he knows, he can not talk to strangers, and if we are in a group you forget he can actually hold a conversation, until you leave and he starts talking on the way to the car or he starts talking about gaming.

He reminds me of a boy of about 12-13, with ADHD and on no medication, you can tell the days they are off it, a he literally does not know what to do with himself, so although he is cute just listening to him is tiring, The actor playing him must be exhausted. Lets hope their energy levels equalise.

I started watching it on Netflix and I you found the FL line delivery annoying, very fast statcarto, and the character difficult to find appealing in any way. Even if a character is flawed it has to have something you can connect with or fascinated by, and I just wanted her to STFU
Not sure if I will flick through it when it ends.

I watched it and then completely forgot to give it a score, I think because its a bit of a mind f!ck and you have to process it. It made really cry, because it the issue it tackles are something everyone faces, and it was just so thoughtful.
Even my husband thought it was good, and he hardly thinks at all, unless its about four wheels and a engine.

I think if cats could talk they would be sardonic, and we are just the fools. One of mine is having an 'affair' with a house a mile away, I am the other women, and he only comes home when he its cold or wet.

I just wish they would leave out the talking cats, its just cringe. I have five including a b!tch faced ragdoll whose face could curdle milk, and in between climbing up the curtains and bringing live things to chase around the bathroom they say a lot, non verbally. Most of it is with a death stare, which is a notch up from a Paddington stare.

Its not awful, I just found it a bit bland. It was so invested in being 'nice' and wholesome that it avoided realities and the the tough parts for the sake of pushing a message.

So far a really competent who done it. I am not a fan of flash backs, but it gives a Stand By Me sort vibe, that it's more about feelings than what really happened, and how those feelings echo in the present.
And yes Takeuchi Ryoma is charmingly watchable but the rest of the cast are holding their own.

This is so bad it needs a health warning, and is a valid reason for doom scrolling.
So much filler, so much that makes no dramatic sense, so little under standing of character development, and so much money that appears to be spent on a production that is only competent in its failure.
None of the actors did a bad job, put who ever produced, directed it, and the complete incompetant that wrote it needs to review their life choices. EP 10 was like the sinking of the Titanic with the band playing as it goes down.

Its a 10 from me.
I liked the end, how do you tell someone you love them without words, they both thought about each other constantly and they are mutually dependant. IMO Jira always had the upper hand, and he knew it.
Isn't a scrappy fight just the best?

In the end you didn't care about any of them, and I think that is the reason for the MDL rating, is it failed to connect with its audience, because it is grim with no relief, for what seems no reason. No redemption arch, not a glimmer of the positive. Mainly not very nice people doing not very nice things, to seeming lead not very nice lives.
See above for why I gave it an 8, mainly for production and acting not story telling.

Really well acted, directed and excellent production values, and the but is.....
You almost need a detectives white board to keep up who is effing over who.
There is virtually no character progression and little explanation why they are the way they are, The big reveal of the ML past is virtually tossed away so it has no dramatic impact, As one character says why did I do this, and you think all these hours spent and blood split and eff me if I know if you don't either.
None linier story telling, if it doesn't make the drama clearer WTF is the point? It is just a over used device.
One character you sort of did understand, her actions made no sense for the realist she was.

In the end you didn't care about any of them, and I think that is the reason for the MDL rating, is it failed to connect with its audience, because it is grim with no relief, for what seems no reason. No redemption arch, not a glimmer of the positive. Mainly not very nice people doing not very nice things, to seeming lead not very nice lives.

We watched as a couple watching The Night Manager at the same time, betrayal again was a main part of the plot. I have some issues with it, but you ended up completely understanding the motives and progression of characters, so you care what happens to them, and a good cliff hanger at the end.
Made in Korea even fluffed the cliff hanger for season 2.

This may be spiralling in to the script writers bucket of doom.
One of my main issues is that two thirty somethings have a case of unrequited love that is obviously going no where and yet they hang a round like a bad smell, like scraps off the table are better than going out and finding a proper relationship. Does anyone in real life invest this much in some one so not choosing you and not need some MH help. They are not flirty teenagers playing relationship musical chairs.
Then there is the ML, he is pleasant but seems to stuck with needing a nanny, and the filter they are using makes his face look like a peeled boiled egg. The toddler in our family has more furrows on his forehead than he does, the actor is 39.
You could say the FL has the same problem but at least she is allowed to have some expression in her face.
I just do not know where this can go, the office romance is stupid enough in its exaggeration.

The only plus point of this I can think of is ML hair, if they were selling hair product it would be a hit.
I skipped through this, its like a dot to dot picture that once you have joined the first four dots you can see the whole picture and you do not need to watch it to fill in the blanks.
Lots of things like school days, and being well off which are completely over used, and a FL that is 'plucky', but had no screen presence at all, so neither actor could really sell the premise.
Its not badly made or truly awful but I can think of better use of the time and effort.

What I loved about this is that it knew what it was and went with it without trying to add stuff to cover everything else. IMO comedy works best when it is played seriously, what ever is going on the reactions must be not exaggerated, and with no stupid sound effects.
My only wish is perhaps the 2ML story was just an add on that had no depth and the resolution made no sense.
One thing is for sure, Pond looks good in a suit, and its hard to believe Phuwin ever played a dork. I think they have perhaps more acting range than most of the present couples.

I first watched this a long when it came out, and sometimes I flick through it because some parts of this really work well and others not some much but it has elements that are very real, if you have ever had to share a bedroom with a sibling you will know, I can almost smell the bedroom, and nothing is truly your own.
I some respects it stands up well against the newer dramas because it has a clear premise in the script, its funny at times, the supporting characters are just as well rounded as the main one, but of course the ex girl friend has to be the annoying plot device.

The positive of this is it tried to tackle the subject of obsessive fandom, intrusion in to public figures private lives and the pressure of being in a business that judges your performance from a young age, where you have to be seen to be perfect all the time.
As someone who obsession when I was a teenager was horses and competition riders, I used to spend hours at competitions watching them warm up and then in the competition, I think I was more in love with the horses, and grew out of it by the time I was sixteen, its hard for me to comprehend why an adult women who be spending money on mass produced merch for some group. So the premise of the FL just makes me think WTF, get a train set, or a dog, find something mind numbing but useful to do if you want to de stress.
Most of the time I enjoyed it but it had to fall back of two tropes which are so over used which is a complete shame, and the last episode was just scapes barely held together.
With two other actors this could have been complete dross, and it was held together by their skill.
Not funny enough for a rom com, and not dark for a proper thriller, with a very simplistic formula end.
I have given it an 8 for the bits that worked well, but the script needed to be better.

This for me was just irritating. Interesting idea but not delivered well.
I think we are past the point that a couple can be cute to hold a story together. It was directed very flatly so what ever the acting you were watching it was mainly either a reaction shot or a long shot, so it was more like watching a play with a few close ups.
Its 2026 do we really need any more caricature females plot devices who are literally deranged in a very obvious way, like they have a huge arrow pointing over their head, with over made up gurning faces. ( there are competitions for gurning)
The end was just, park you brain and do not think about it too much because it makes no logical sense.
Some one needs a red pen.

So you kill off part of the most interesting couple, for no reason.
In real life people die unexpectedly, but in 2026, if you have your seat belt on and the car is modern unless the car is crushed you can walk away because they now have air bags ,which never seem to go off in dramas, and side protection bars. That car in terms of my husbands head on crash, then spin into another car, had a dented bumper. My husband ended up with two bruises on his arms, although the Kia's front and side was a crushed mess.

Then there is the complete fiasco where after not pinning the ML to the wall and and not allowing to move until he says why he was dumped, and stringing us and him along for weeks, he shrugs and goes that's ok, I love you.
Is anyone such a twit that they would accept you were dumped not only because your ex didn't believe/trust you but they treats you like sh!t for weeks just because he does want to talk about it, because you friend tell you he is at fault.
Let's remember these are supposed to be adults, and the plot is a slow as a slug on concrete in hot sun, going now where
Not the fault of the actors, they need a better agent.

Who wrote this sh!t.