Watashi to Otto to Otto no Kareshi (2023)

I enjoyed this!

I liked this more than I thought I would based on the premise. I will say without Kyoya, or an actor as expressive as he is, I would've rated it lower. I am very partial to Kyoya and will watch anything with him in it because of how expressive he is. The female lead was also good. I felt her pain and frustration. The husband was very stoic and I wish he wasn't so passive all the time.

The Christmas scene broke my whole heart. I just wanted to fly to Japan and hug Kyoya even though I know he wasn't actually heartbroken irl. My jaw hit the floor though. I was so shocked!

The ending was bittersweet and I hope we can get more of this story. I really wanted an ending with the three of them together because I felt like the female lead was coming around and accepting her true feelings, however it seemed to go a little haywire in the end.

Overall a good and engaging experience!

Lire davantage

it’s creative and somewhat realistic

and what I mean when I say realistic is that I feel like this could actually happen, ther’s actual people in the world that are gay while married to a woman for society’s standards, also with people saying he cheated, yes I agree, to some degree, because yes he kissed him and fell in love with another person but it ended up never bieng more atleast not before him and her divorced, there have also been a lot of people saying he was selfish, but she was the one that told him the student could stay with them, and she was the one staying with him because she still loved him while he started loving another, and he couldn’t do anything about that obviously but she could’ve immediately divorced, but overall I feel like they where all a little selfish

Lire davantage

This is just the beginning, so it gives more problems than solutions.

I actually enjoyed the show, but like many have said the writers bit more than they could chew at the same time they handled it as best as they could.

The show to me gives a new look to attraction and what normal is. What gives others the right to go on dictating to you what your normal is supposed to be?

To explain this show I feel it's more of a foundation than anything, it really doesn't achieve much than to introduce to you the characters and their relationship dynamics and who they were before the current relationship.

As a build up this show was close to perfect in analyzing the characters, in showing the inner struggles and outer pressures that they had to fight to finally say yes we want to actually try this out, but as a show, it lacked too much, not enough time to truly handle the complexity of the emotions or the topics the brought forth the people who brought forth those topics.

If you are looking for closure this is not for you if you understand this is actually just the beginning of the actual story you might never see then go ahead.

It's about family love and lust. Which is looked at in many different ways, can't let go, who can't accept but at the same time wants.

The husband who can't make the two people he loves happy

And the lover who has more to lose because he is the only one ready to accept what they have as a unit of three while the other two are still stuck on the fact that relationships only have two people...

if you want a show like this that actually delivers, watch the show Trigonometry by BBC two

Lire davantage

Tuvieron buenas intensiones, eso sí.

Bueno, para empezar debo decir que la serie no se fue para donde creí que se iría (lamentablemente): yo ya me podía imaginar tremendo triángulo amoroso entre los tres protagonistas. Lit podía verlos terminar en una relación en la que Misaki y Yuki (el marido) terminarían interesados por Shuhei (el novio del marido), ya que este último es bisexual.
Al final la cosa fue bastante estresante, con una protagonista en constante negación y mucho drama (no me pregunten por qué, pero pensé que iba a ser una comedia).

En fin, fue muy interesante ver una serie japonesa en donde el poliamor fuera el tema central, el problema es que se sintió como si ni la misma serie hubiera entendido bien el concepto, por lo que falló a la hora de intentar dar un mensaje positivo. O sea, se nota que las intenciones fueron buenas, pero la ejecución dejó mucho que desear ya que partió de una idea un poco errónea.

Otra cosa que me hizo un poco de ruido fue que obviamente el personaje bisexual es el que apareció con la idea del poliamor, y encima al principio me había dado la impresión de ser un poco turbio, aunque por suerte después no (ponele).

Tampoco terminé de entender nunca qué le veían Misaki y Shuhei a Yuki. Literal es el hombre más común y meh del mundo en cuando a personalidad. Y por si fuera poco, en el dorama hay algunos personajes secundarios súper interesantes que podrían haber mejorado mucho las cosas y no los supieron aprovechar.

En definitiva, una serie que espero que sea el inicio de más historias así, solo que mejor hechas (y con mejores besos, porque los de este jdrama son lo que le sigue a secos).

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Lire davantage

Boring

This series is boring and not well put together. The chemistry was off and the bi-sexual storyline was not played out well. Not recommended. If your in to threesomes then go for it. Sadly i was happy when it was over as it lacked a lot. the cast is cute and has pretty good acting, but the storyline was not at all interesting. This looked very unrealistic and it would never really work out like this. Sadly for me a no-go. A lot of the backstory and flow did not work out well. I would say this is for someone that enjoys three three-way relationships and the drama of loving 2 people. For me, this was a complete downfall.

Lire davantage

Easy Watch, Lame Ending

DISLIKES:
Shaky camera syndrome very bad in Ep. 10
Everyone except Yuki was well casted for their characters. Furukawa Yuki didn’t have chemistry with Kyoto nor with Akane. His kissing scenes with Shuhei did not make you think he was gay or even undecided. He mostly kissed with his mouth closed, even during his “hungry for you and can’t control myself” moments. So it all fell very flat.
Writer tried to tackle some hard subjects, but didn’t provide enough back story for Misaki and Yuki’s relationship, prior to Shuhei entering it. For example, why does she love Yuki so much, when he practically ignores her? Why did Yuki decide to marry her and live a lie about who he wanted?
Also they needed Misaki to define what she meant by liking/loving someone, as her definition was too ambiguous, compared to Shuhei.
They had Misaki repeating she wanted to be liked as a woman, yet when Shuhei and Daichi did exactly that, she turned them down.
Also the ending was too open ended, it needed a few more episodes to really have impact and a sound conclusion, while showing us character growth.
Wardrobe was too obvious in regards to making Misaki demure and Shuhei artsy.

LIKES:
Sets and scenery, cinematography and colour palette.
Music was okay, but nothing memorable.
Writer tackled depression and suicide, on top of the other concepts which the story revolved around. I liked how Shuhei showed them how to let go of all the negativity and move on.
I liked that the anime artists were shown actually drawing and creating.
I loved the gift Shuhei gave the couple at Christmas, it was beautiful.
The ending was okay, but was still lacking.

OVERALL:
I was a little disappointed in how this drama was concluded. Thankfully it was only 30 minute episodes and 10 episodes in total, so not a complete waste of time. I liked that it strayed from the usual Boy Love/Affair/Marriage Relationship drama formula. If you are okay with open endings, then I will recommend it. I won’t watch it again.

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