Kanojo wa Kirei datta
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sunako_yueWhen Ai Sato (Fuka Koshiba) was little, she was pretty. She is now 28-years-old and her appearance has changed for the worse. Her life has also become gloomy. Making things worse for her, she gets fired from her part-time job on her 28th birthday. One day, she receives an email from her first love Sosuke Hasebe (Kento Nakajima). Sosuke Hasebe moved to the United States 17 years ago. In his email, he informs Ai Sato that he is moving back to Japan and he wants to meet her. (asianwiki-2021)
Generally speaking, I don't like to watch remakes but this one was starring the charming Koshiba Fuka so I just had to. It was a nice drama that kept me entertained and besides a few moments of eyerolling, was much better than expected. In fact, I liked it very much and I would recommend it.
The star was of course Koshiba Fuka, she does the goofy, awkward girl perfectly. Except maybe that when she was "plain" she was still pretty, her smile is very infectious. The love triangle between her, Sosuke and Higashi made sense because, how couldn't one fall for this girl?? It should have been a love square or more actually :D And not really a love triangle since Higashi never stood a chance... was friend-zoned from the beginning. In spite of me liking Akaso Eiji a lot, I never had SLS because he wasn't the guy she loved.
Nakajima Kento was more or less at first, a bit stiff, but he gets better in latter episodes. He doesn't come off as unlikable but the first 2 episodes it was hard to root for him and Ai. There is something in Koshiba Fuka that makes you dislike anyone who is rude to her character :) A big plus to Kenty is that I loved his voice, it was calm and I don't know, soothing. Only that I can't take him seriously as a romantic lead, sorry Kenty! But he gets better.
There were a few cliches that made me roll my eyes, such as Sosuke fainting in the street, or just the whole Risa hiding stuff from Ai and then acting like the victim... that kind of plot makes me nervous. And Sosuke living from the past... like dude, that happened 15 years ago!
There are a lot of skinship that made me have a bit of 2nd hand embarrassment because I am not used to it in JDramas XD This drama is a much, MUCH, better version of the awful Oh My Boss.
**My rating: 8.5/10**
Generally speaking, I don't like to watch remakes but this one was starring the charming Koshiba Fuka so I just had to. It was a nice drama that kept me entertained and besides a few moments of eyerolling, was much better than expected. In fact, I liked it very much and I would recommend it.
The star was of course Koshiba Fuka, she does the goofy, awkward girl perfectly. Except maybe that when she was "plain" she was still pretty, her smile is very infectious. The love triangle between her, Sosuke and Higashi made sense because, how couldn't one fall for this girl?? It should have been a love square or more actually :D And not really a love triangle since Higashi never stood a chance... was friend-zoned from the beginning. In spite of me liking Akaso Eiji a lot, I never had SLS because he wasn't the guy she loved.
Nakajima Kento was more or less at first, a bit stiff, but he gets better in latter episodes. He doesn't come off as unlikable but the first 2 episodes it was hard to root for him and Ai. There is something in Koshiba Fuka that makes you dislike anyone who is rude to her character :) A big plus to Kenty is that I loved his voice, it was calm and I don't know, soothing. Only that I can't take him seriously as a romantic lead, sorry Kenty! But he gets better.
There were a few cliches that made me roll my eyes, such as Sosuke fainting in the street, or just the whole Risa hiding stuff from Ai and then acting like the victim... that kind of plot makes me nervous. And Sosuke living from the past... like dude, that happened 15 years ago!
There are a lot of skinship that made me have a bit of 2nd hand embarrassment because I am not used to it in JDramas XD This drama is a much, MUCH, better version of the awful Oh My Boss.
**My rating: 8.5/10**
