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Utsukushii Kare japanese drama review
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Utsukushii Kare
3 people found this review helpful
by Daisuke
Jan 3, 2022
6 of 6 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 7.0
Story 6.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 3.0
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美しい彼〜嘘!

this drama has some good aspects but I do not change my earlier critique。 a lot of the acting in the first half school episodes ーI assume reflecting the script ーwas superficial and unpleasant in the cliched way so many Japanese school dramas focus on bullying。as for the relationship of Kiyoi and Hira、 for five and half episodes out of 6 I see a disturbing narcissistー codependent relationship fuelled by Hira's obsessive love attraction which - as Proust shows so well - really derives its strength from projection of a fantasy image on the loved object。 then we are asked to believe in the last half of the final episode that this was all a misunderstanding and the flame of love was buried but now lights up after years 〜but! Kiyoi is still putting down Hira and this is somehow the basis of a lasting relationship when anyone with self-respect would walk away :if it does lead to some kind of relationship then it is a twisted one。 the ending has some appeal and it is nice if you can view it as somehow a happy ending、 but being honest this is simply not reconcilable with what is depicted in the previous five and half episodes。 I do not criticise the main leads who made the best of a ridiculous script。
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