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RL is still rather blah. I’m so tired all the time lately. Thank god I’m not working, because I can’t imagine going to work every day feeling like that. At least now I know it’s not my heart getting worse, since my fist doctor visit – a cardiologist – is done.
And at least I got over my unwillingness to try watching something new. 😊 I mean I’m also in the middle of Wandee Goodday re-watch, because it’s on VIKI now, and their subtitles are always better that those on Youtube. But I did try a few new dramas, too. With one successful result, one failure, and one meh.
Aoshima-kun is a Bully!
This drama was a success. I started watching it because, finally two weeks ago, after like half a year break, I finished that Japanese crime drama I started last year just because Higuchi Kouhei had a secondary part there. Kouhei didn’t have much to do, true, but this drama called Yakusoku: 16-Nen-me no Shinjitsu (The Promise: The Truth from 16 Years Ago) introduced Anne Nakamura to me. I loved her here so much that I went looking for something else with her. And found this little gem.
It is an adorable and sweet Japanese noona romance that starts with fake dating. And despite the title nobody is a bully in this drama.
Katsuragi Yukino is 35 years old. She’s a very competent and hard working office worker, whose boyfriend dumped her six months ago. But when a friend calls her to confirm Yukino’s presence at the friend’s wedding in a week and says that she can’t wait to meet Yukino’s mysterious boyfriend, Yukino panics and asks a new handsome IT guy at her company – 26 years old Aoshima Mizuki, to be her fake boyfriend for the wedding. Mizuki agrees because he wants to use this as a deterrent to other single female employees asking him out on a date all the time. So this one fake wedding date turns into a longer arrangement, and in the process they of course fall in love for real.
Apart from our lovely main couple this drama has a lot of great secondary characters I loved. Especially Yukino’s supportive best friend. And Mizuki’s two stepmothers, ex-wife number 2 Tamayo and ex-wife number 3 Reiko, who raised him during his middle school and high school years. Now Reiko has a bar where Mizuki hangs out a lot. And Tamayo is always there, too, since she and Reiko are clearly very good friends. I admit, I shipped them a little bit. They’re wonderful, and funny, and always have a good advice for Mizuki during all his love troubles.
It is a very short drama – only nine 25-minutes-long episodes. It’s available on VIKI.
Meh was Minato’s Laundromat – a Japanese BL drama, also with an age gap pairing. I watched the first two episodes and it’s ok, I guess. I just can’t connect emotionally with it. Probably won’t watch more.
And a failure was Top Form – a new Thai BL about a romance between a rookie actor and his famous costar. I watched the first two episodes here, too. I found the 1st episode quite entertaining and promising. And then I watched the 2nd episode. And, well... Sigh... It’s 2025, I thought we were over that ‘kissing someone sleeping or unconscious is fine and romantic’ BL trend. But apparently not. After that I searched for the summary of manga this drama is based on and wow, no, absolutely not. I’m sure they will tone it down for the drama a lot, but still, this one is not for me.
And at least I got over my unwillingness to try watching something new. 😊 I mean I’m also in the middle of Wandee Goodday re-watch, because it’s on VIKI now, and their subtitles are always better that those on Youtube. But I did try a few new dramas, too. With one successful result, one failure, and one meh.
Aoshima-kun is a Bully!
This drama was a success. I started watching it because, finally two weeks ago, after like half a year break, I finished that Japanese crime drama I started last year just because Higuchi Kouhei had a secondary part there. Kouhei didn’t have much to do, true, but this drama called Yakusoku: 16-Nen-me no Shinjitsu (The Promise: The Truth from 16 Years Ago) introduced Anne Nakamura to me. I loved her here so much that I went looking for something else with her. And found this little gem.
It is an adorable and sweet Japanese noona romance that starts with fake dating. And despite the title nobody is a bully in this drama.
Katsuragi Yukino is 35 years old. She’s a very competent and hard working office worker, whose boyfriend dumped her six months ago. But when a friend calls her to confirm Yukino’s presence at the friend’s wedding in a week and says that she can’t wait to meet Yukino’s mysterious boyfriend, Yukino panics and asks a new handsome IT guy at her company – 26 years old Aoshima Mizuki, to be her fake boyfriend for the wedding. Mizuki agrees because he wants to use this as a deterrent to other single female employees asking him out on a date all the time. So this one fake wedding date turns into a longer arrangement, and in the process they of course fall in love for real.
Apart from our lovely main couple this drama has a lot of great secondary characters I loved. Especially Yukino’s supportive best friend. And Mizuki’s two stepmothers, ex-wife number 2 Tamayo and ex-wife number 3 Reiko, who raised him during his middle school and high school years. Now Reiko has a bar where Mizuki hangs out a lot. And Tamayo is always there, too, since she and Reiko are clearly very good friends. I admit, I shipped them a little bit. They’re wonderful, and funny, and always have a good advice for Mizuki during all his love troubles.
It is a very short drama – only nine 25-minutes-long episodes. It’s available on VIKI.
Meh was Minato’s Laundromat – a Japanese BL drama, also with an age gap pairing. I watched the first two episodes and it’s ok, I guess. I just can’t connect emotionally with it. Probably won’t watch more.
And a failure was Top Form – a new Thai BL about a romance between a rookie actor and his famous costar. I watched the first two episodes here, too. I found the 1st episode quite entertaining and promising. And then I watched the 2nd episode. And, well... Sigh... It’s 2025, I thought we were over that ‘kissing someone sleeping or unconscious is fine and romantic’ BL trend. But apparently not. After that I searched for the summary of manga this drama is based on and wow, no, absolutely not. I’m sure they will tone it down for the drama a lot, but still, this one is not for me.
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