Joshi-teki Seikatsu
Nov. 12th, 2020 08:04 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sunako_yueMiki Ogawa (Jun Shison) yearned to live the life of a lovely girl and moved to the city from the countryside because of this. She holds a job at a fashion mail order company. Miki Ogawa also has a secret. She is transgender. Although, she has a pretty woman's appearance, her gender is male. One day, Tadaomi Goto (Keita Machida) appears in front of Miki Ogawa. They graduated from the same school. Tadaomi Goto is flustered by Miki's different appearance, but they happen to live together. (asiawiki-2018)
Not what I expected, in a good way. I was expecting more angst and more melodrama, but it wasn't. Of course there are a couple of people that say nasty stuff to Miki, but this drama doesn't show her most difficult life... only her life. Ups and downs. And thank God the ups are more than the downs, she is not alone, has several friends and coworkers who love her and accept her. Even in her flashbacks her job interview wasn't that hard and her boss is nice.
The most difficult for her maybe, 1) her family, but luckily her father accept her at the end and since they were mostly estranged, we only see the reconciliation; and 2) her love life, since there isn't any. Yes, she has hook-ups (it seems it is easier for her to approach girls as a girl) but seems like girls only see her as a one-night stand or adventure, nothing serious. Now THAT is depressing.
Still, she has her friends who are always there for her, and her new friend and old classmate, Goto, who is just a sweetheart and the kind of character I love to see in a drama. A bit naive, understanding, supportive, ignorant at first, yes, but never condescending nor making any judgements. I do like seeing Machida Keita in this kind of role, it suits him and makes him more endearing.
As for Shison Jun, I may have not liked him at first for petty reasons, but I admit he is a good actor. He is good in comedy and in drama. His legs and lips certainly look a bit feminine so this role suited him. He wasn't too feminine, he was respectful in his role, and also portrayed a brave, strong trans but with a certain vulnerability.
His love interest was my sweet girl Koshiba Fuka, who is a little bitchy girl who just likes to have fun with Miki while cheating on her bf. Yep, not the kind of role I am used to see her so at first I was like, eehhh, this is TOTALLY different from what I expected, but besides her character, the story was nice and not heavy.
**My rating: 8/10**
Not what I expected, in a good way. I was expecting more angst and more melodrama, but it wasn't. Of course there are a couple of people that say nasty stuff to Miki, but this drama doesn't show her most difficult life... only her life. Ups and downs. And thank God the ups are more than the downs, she is not alone, has several friends and coworkers who love her and accept her. Even in her flashbacks her job interview wasn't that hard and her boss is nice.
The most difficult for her maybe, 1) her family, but luckily her father accept her at the end and since they were mostly estranged, we only see the reconciliation; and 2) her love life, since there isn't any. Yes, she has hook-ups (it seems it is easier for her to approach girls as a girl) but seems like girls only see her as a one-night stand or adventure, nothing serious. Now THAT is depressing.
Still, she has her friends who are always there for her, and her new friend and old classmate, Goto, who is just a sweetheart and the kind of character I love to see in a drama. A bit naive, understanding, supportive, ignorant at first, yes, but never condescending nor making any judgements. I do like seeing Machida Keita in this kind of role, it suits him and makes him more endearing.
As for Shison Jun, I may have not liked him at first for petty reasons, but I admit he is a good actor. He is good in comedy and in drama. His legs and lips certainly look a bit feminine so this role suited him. He wasn't too feminine, he was respectful in his role, and also portrayed a brave, strong trans but with a certain vulnerability.
His love interest was my sweet girl Koshiba Fuka, who is a little bitchy girl who just likes to have fun with Miki while cheating on her bf. Yep, not the kind of role I am used to see her so at first I was like, eehhh, this is TOTALLY different from what I expected, but besides her character, the story was nice and not heavy.
**My rating: 8/10**
