Kyou wa Kaisha Yasumimasu (2014)

Office Drama super cute, très révélateur de la condition de la femme au Japon

Drama japonais classique (10 épisodes) relatant l'amour entre une femme de 30 ans, très introvertie, et un stagiaire de 21 ans, au sein d'1 bureau.
Le couple est trop cute (j'envie Ayase Haruka d'avoir pu jouer avec des ML tels que Kamenashi Kazuya ou Fukushi Sato).
Les personnages secondaires sont attachants et bien décrits.

Mais ce drama (influencé par le caractère de la FL, qui manque totalement de confiance en elle) décrit aussi la pression (réellement oppressante) exercée sur les femmes au Japon, que ce soit au niveau familial, professionnel ou personnel (nécessité de se marier, de trouver le partenaire "adapté", d'être féminine, etc.).

Les personnages ont un développement réaliste, "grandissent" bien, et comme j'aime les happy end, j'ai aimé ce drama jusqu'au bout. Je vous le conseille donc fortement.

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I finished this drama this morning. I watched it raw and my Japanese is still rough, so I might have missed some things. On the whole I have to say it was an interesting story, with an interesting heroine. Even though this is a romance, the focus seems to be more on the main character's development.

I don't really like stories where you can't figure out why the guy likes the girl, so when I read the synopsis of this drama I was worried this would just be weird wish fulfillment and there would be no reason for the guys to like her. I was pleasantly surprised in that respect. First of all, even really dressed down, the actress is very pretty. I think it's realistic that people might notice that. Secondly, even if she's not very friendly, we as the viewers get to see inside her thoughts which are frankly hilarious. I like it when she is insightful and sarcastic (only inside her head) and the things she imagines make me laugh every time. I think the two guys are attracted to her in part because she has an introverted, guarded personality, and they like the moments where she lets her guard down.

I just wish the leading men were better developed, especially the younger man. I think there is substance behind the character, but you're left to just guess at it instead of seeing it.

Naka Riisa is worth mentioning here because this character, while still comic relief at times, was a more mature character than I've seen her play in a while. She handled it well.

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