Takara no Vidro (2024)

I don't get the hate.

Honestly I liked this show. I can understand some people's concerns with the characters or even the acting at times however, that doesn't necessarily mean the show is horrible it simply means you didn't like it. I understand that Taishin is very naive and doesn't seem to know or understand a lot about the world but, he grows and he learns especially from takara. So I understand the criticism and dislike however I think you guys are overlooking other sections of the show and just focusing on this one aspect.
Now, onto takara, while most of the criticism for takara comes from him being too mean or brutal or whatever he is an interesting character and there is depth and reason to why he is that way. Takara has deep rooted trauma from his mother, who is extremely greedy and definitely is insecure. Takara has a deep fear of becoming like his mother and that adds to his relationship with taishin in a way. After takara starts to realize that he likes Taishin he begins to feel that fear more and honestly I understand it.
TLDR
Good things:
-The wholesome moments: the couple is extremely cute and honestly I love their chemistry in many of the scenes
- the portrayal of past trauma and fear of becoming something you hate: takara's character is a great example of this omg
- the ost: the ost is really good and I always caught myself jamming out to the ending credits or the opening song bc they were such cute songs

Room for improvement:
-characterization:some of the characters are very dumbed down and only really have small personality traits
- acting: acting wasn't terrible i've just seen better and know that the actors could have done better.
- story pacing: there was a lot of moments that could've been cut or the episode could've been a lightly longer to elaborate on a one scene a little more but sadly that doesn't really happen

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Understanding the characters

you have to understand the Characters and then you will understand why they are the way they are it's so amazing they Have to help each other it's so amazing I cont what for the Other episodes I didn't have one complete just be Patient i understand these characters I can Relate to both of them thank you for this amazing Series I hope to see them both together in anther series after thus one is finished they work so amazingly well together and the story is amazing I love how this this episodes show not everyone is happy are can Communicate with everyone and not everyone has a happy childhood

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Taishin Is A Blubber Mouth Bumpkin

Okay, so like, we are ignoring that Taishin is a stalker right? Good. Cuz, he’s like the worse stalker ever. Homeboy walked up to the guy he’s stalking and went ‘...eh... I came to this school because of you… do you wanna go hiking senpei?’ LOL, he’s a naive, adorable blubber mouth and I love him.

The plot of this show is nothing to write home about. Nothing really does happens, the episodes are short, and pretty much most people will find it super boring and meh. I did at first too, but this show grew on me. At first I was a bit annoyed and was like, come on son, no one your age is that naive. No really, Taishin’s so innocent it’s pitiful. But then he got me with his constant 'Eh and adorable-ness-ness.' Cuz how could I stay annoyed at a guy who’s best friend is a parrot, his idea for the perfect first date is Bird watching, and his favorite food is pudding. HAHAH WHAT?? PUDDING and BIRD WATCHING? Even his interests are bland. But he’s what he is and I accept him.

Taishin comes off as a village bumpkin who’s seeing traffic light for the first time. He came to the big city with a goal: getting closer to Takara, and he’s made it his whole personality. I respect that, but like, does he even pay attention in class? Lol, homeboy with his doe-eyes looks like he doesn’t know what’s happening half of the time, and he’s just here to fill space and breathe air. Though, even with how smitten he is with Takara, I'm happy he's bold and brave enough to speak his mind when he needs too. Which gives him more colour as a character.

I’m sure many people will found his naivety annoying, as well as how constantly he puts himself down, because he’s put Takara on a pedestal and borderline worshiping him. Normally, I would nitpick at it with a microscope, but I found I’m enjoying the un-heaviness of the whole show that I don’t mind it. And the two leads have good chemistry as well, which makes it even more entertaining to watch. They didn't need any over the top sexual stuff to make the watcher feel their chemistry, which was refreshing to see.

Plot wise there’s nothing much happening. Basically, the story is about Taishin who uprooted his whole life and moved to the city to go to the same school on a chance he could meet the guy he met on the mountain one time. Sure it isn’t as stalkish as that one bl character who collected the trash of his crush, but this is also a form of stalking. But Taishin did his with those doe-eyes and blurted it out so fast that it doesn’t really count. I doubt it would hold up in court :)

Oh and in-between Taishin trying to get closer to Takara, we see the man himself playing with some marbles and remembering his mother who doesn’t like marbles? and thinks he sucks, so he's dealing with that and trying to move on from her. So yeah, not much happening. But I did enjoy the journey of seeing Takara come to like Taishin to the point he felt possessive and jealous. I liked seeing him struggling to not turn out like his mother, and having Taishi reassured him that he'd tell him whenever he does something he doesn't like. They communicate in their relationship, instead of following the pattern of over-done misunderstanding trope, which again made me enjoy the show.

I like Takara. His personality is to look as nonchalant as a cucumber, still he’s there for Taishin, which is a green flag in my book. He’s not mean about Taishin’s cluelessness and is patient with him.

I'm not gonna write an in-depth of what I liked/ didn't like about this drama. After the first two episode, I decided to watch it for enjoyment purpose only, and just went along for the drive. So if you want some in-depth reviews, other reviewers on here have done that quite well, so check them out. This one is just me gushing over Taishin.

So yeah, if you’re looking for something deep, my brother go look elsewhere. This show is good for rewinding after all the heavy currently airing bls. It’s light, with a simple plot. And except for the two lead characters, all the supporting cast are like background props, but still, I’m enjoying myself watching it.

There's a spinoff apparently, so I'm looking forward to seeing these two again, cuz these episodes were not enough. I wanna see how their relationship developed after they both admitted their feelings for each other. Would there be more pudding and bird watching dates? I'm excited.

Anyway, I love leads that blurts out whatever they are thinking, whether embarrassing or not, therefore causing no misunderstand and our Taishin has no filter whatsoever, and I love that loser for it.

I’ll recommend this to anyone who is looking for an easy watch and something to unwind and not think too much. Give it a chance if you have time, it's cute. This is definitely going on my list of guilty pleasure dramas.

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Don't be the audience if it's not your favorite game (I don't get the hate)

Takara no vidro is for those who craves for the calm, peacefulness and serenity.
Even though the first episode starts with a weird reason for the meet cute, I assure you that from the second episode you would not even remember the first episode even happened.

Coming to the story, it has no complex plot, no twists and turns that keeps you on edge, no dragging things for 5 episodes, no extra characters' unnecessary involvement. It is a very simple, straight forward love between a naive boy from the village and a cool senior who fears he might turn into what he hates.

Casting was so on point, I don't think I can see anyone playing Taishin that well because Konishi Eito (actor who played Taishin) knew the selling point and he did not disappoint. He knew how the typical naive bl character needs to be portrayed and he just did that. The character was a shy, naive, dumb village boy with pretty eyes and nothing in his brain and Konishi Eito showed us only that. And the reason people are pissed off about his acting is because he exactly portrayed that depthless character. Many actors overdo it or just straight up give us stiff acting. People need to understand that he was only presenting what was written and given to him. If you want a powerful character ask for the author or the director, not the actor who played the role.
Also, Iwase Yoji did pretty good as Takara. I loved his hair when he was under the sun. It was literally glowing. So the casting was pretty much a visual appetizer.

Absolutely loved both the osts, intro and the outro. They got the right feels. The music was included where it was needed, no over promoting the osts was done so that's good.

It has many rewatchable scenes and if you are someone who love to go back to your favorite series and go through a few scenes again and again, there are going to be many in case of this series.

Overall, this series is easily one of the best ones that came out this year and if you are someone who is looking for something intimate and comfy this is a must watch.

If you are someone who wants whirlwind romance where they start fucking right from the first episode itself, kindly leave your hate for this series elsewhere.

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Takara is a snack, and makes this whole viewing experience not a complete waste of time

I have been bedazzled by the appearance of Takara. He gives off strong Cha Eunwoo vibe to me. I just waited for his scenes all the time. Nothing spectacular in the way the young actor delivered his role, but he seemed in tune with Takara, and his acting was natural for the most part; better said, it was fitting of his role. He was even funny in certain instances.

I can say that the whole drama was more focused on Takara than on supposed protagonist, Taishin.

As for Taishin, I am frustrated beyond understanding. I don't know what it is about my Japanese drama choices that whichever one I pick up there is a whimpy, extra dependant stuttering second lead. Why write script like that? Is there truly an audience that loves this? The darkness falls onto my eyes thinking that this "exploitation of the other as love" is a real fetish but this is a second drama I watched perpetuating the trope.

And why does Takara start liking Taishin? Ok, the eyes and the glass connection, ok I get it, and the sense of full control, I get it. But everyone likes Takara, so why choose Taishin in particular for that purpose? Really poor character development for Taishin. And their chemistry was, well not terrible and disruptive, but certainy lacking.

Takara's tiny reveal of his character being like his mother's was gold and I wished it was explored more because that would make this drama more meaningful.. if that is possible at all.

I mean, only for Takara I am recommending this one because he is easy on the eyes. Otherwise, skip and you will miss nothing.

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A Hidden Gem

This series not only started emotionally deep, it also ended up being deeply substantial. I honestly felt like we really got to know these two unlikeliest of inamoratos. Do not misinterpret what I just stated, however. Although this is not an intensely romantic story, it is nonetheless a profoundly solemn love story. This is one of the most distinguishable love stories I have ever seen and certainly one of the more insightful Japanese ones. While Japanese BLs sometimes go deep, dark, and pensive and paint life generally in broad strokes as somber, this series projects intimacy between two guys in a non-intimate way but still affirms a sense of profound communion. Overall, however, this is an exceptional and deeply introspective BL from Japan that concentrates on the two protagonists that makes you feel as if you are watching the cultivation of a relationship that is a world onto their own.

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Cute only if you find obsessive fan behaviour cute

It romanticised bordeline stalking (sure stalking by a middle-aged man is creepy and it's fine if it's a supposedly cute teenage boy who knows nothing about the big bad city), but not in the same way that "My Beautiful Man" does it. The latter had some character development and an intriguing dynamic between the MLs which created a perverse yet captivating chemistry (which is what i think was what it was going for). This though, had almost zero character development (both main and side characters).

The actor playing Taishin was not able to pull off the cute innocent country boy role (he looked like a scared frog talking at 0.5 speed 90% of the time). Bad casting choice and the script was as flat as a runway. Everything was very mediocre for a japanese BL and was quite honestly a waste of time for me.

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Cute/creepy, Laid-Back College Love Story

A cute, laid-back college love story about two seemingly different people. However, by the end, it becomes clear that they are more similar than they initially appear.

Character are: Takara - A senior who appears cold and closed-off, with few friends. However, he's insanely popular because of his looks.(I liked how Takara's backstory was presented. It did a great job of explaining his closed-off mindset and why he behaves the way he does). Taishin - A cute, always confused, naive, overly happy, easygoing, and somewhat creepy freshman.(we don't get much of Taishin backstory just mainly that he comes from a great family)

As the story progresses the similarities between them are the driving point of the story and it's obvious. Both Takara and Taishin are extreme overthinkers, constantly afraid of scaring each other away. They share a deep love for hiking, nature, and a tendency to be highly critical of themselves. Despite not being shown too obviously, they gradually understand and connect with each other because of them.

Now let's talk about the first official time they met, by far the strangest and, obviously, the creepiest part of the series. After their coincidental meeting in the mountains, where Taishin was grieving the loss of his beloved bird, Takara chose to stay and comfort him, offering a small life lesson: that he would be fine. This one encounter led Taishin to decide he needed to enroll in Takara's university, join his hiking club, and learn everything about him. To his defense, Taishin's character is supposed to be oblivious to almost everything, including how creepy his actions might seem. However, following someone so obsessively after just one conversation is a bit much, especially when he admits in front of his friend that he enrolled in his university just because of that brief interaction.

The ending feels a bit unfinished for my liking. I felt like something was missing. I still don't know if Taishin's family knows about their relationship, what happened with Takara's mother, or how their friends reacted to them being together. Their relationship didn't really develop either, they always seem a bit distant and scared of making the wrong move, which doesn't quite fit the idea of them constantly hanging out, having sleepovers, and always talking. I can't say there was any significant character development, either individually or together.

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A treasure amongst J-BLs

I was very hesitant to watch this show when I found out that one of the characters follows another to university after having met once in the woods. It felt pretty stalker-ish to me, and I almost didn't watch this series because of it, but boy oh boy am I glad I did.

Don't get me wrong, Taishin being so enamoured with Takara after meeting one time and then following him not only to Tokyo but also to the same university is still pretty creepy. I'm glad Takara said so too and was taken aback, because if someone approached me at uni being like "Remember that one time you consoled me in the woods? I wanted to thank you, so I followed you here. Hi!" I would run away real fucking fast. Definitely not a fan of how the whole thing started, but it's pretty easy to forget amidst all the cuteness that follows.

Is this show very realistic? Not really. Taishin is portrayed as a country bumpkin who appears to have lived in a cave for all his life, because the guy doesn't even know that gay people exist. That seems incredibly silly, but it does make for Taishin being very endearing as he tries to figure out life in the city and his feelings for Takara. He's just so pure and awkward, and you want to put him in your pocket at all times (though I do understand why he may be annoying to some people). He's all in all a really solid character who's easy to love, and he definitely reads neurodivergent to some extent which is never explicitly stated but still nice to have.

The real treasure of this show, however, is Takara. At first, he appears to be your standard J-BL love interest who's emotionally constipated and acts cold towards others. However, that cliché gets broken rather quickly. Takara is honestly such a breath of fresh air because he's not only very in touch with his feelings, but he's also not shy about making them known to Taishin. Despite his resting bitch face, he actually emotes a lot, and he's really good at communicating. The progression of his feelings for Taishin seems more realistic than in most other BLs because he slowly warms up to him more and more, and he's honest about not being 100% there yet when they two become boyfriends. Despite that, he keeps reassuring Taishin and makes him feel comfortable. His past and his shitty relationship with his mother is very interesting, because he's afraid of being overly possessive which is nice considering in most BLs possessiveness is presented as something normal or even cute. Maybe because of his fear, Takara never comes across as the toxically jealous kind of guy. He even feels bad for coming over to Taishin's house late at night after not having seen him for a while, and he voices out his thoughts. In turn, Taishin reassures him that Takara hasn't done anything he didn't like, and that he'd tell him if he did. All in all their relationship seems pretty healthy with the way they communicate, and they're both green flags — apart form their first kiss. That wasn't a great move on Takara's part, because he basically just pushed Taishin against the bed and didn't give him any time to consent or not consent before smashing their lips together. The way I see it, their kiss in episode 9 should've been their first kiss.

Generally, I have a hard time with Japanese BLs because they often feel so awkward, and (maybe because of that) I hardly ever feel romantic chemistry between the main leads. This show was also painfully awkward at times, but not in a secondhand embarrassment kind of way, just in a two young people in their first relationship kind of way. It fit well with the characters, and the main leads had plenty of chemistry together. The acting was also amazing, so this has easily become my favorite J-BL despite the strange start. It has interesting elements to offer such as the hiking club or their first date being bird-watching, and it's refreshingly self-aware by pointing out that Taishin following Takara to Tokyo was creepy. The show isn't perfect, and the ending felt a bit abrupt but that's a small issue in the grand scheme of things. All in all, Takara's Treasure feels unique despite the standard campus BL setting, and it has cute, fluffy vibes all around. I'm so glad I didn't just write this off when I first heard about it and gave it a chance, because I definitely see myself re-watching this a bunch of times.

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Slowly paced, cute and different

As usual, japanese BL offer something different.
Boy's (Taishin) bird died and because he had him since school, he is endlessly sad and cries in the woods. There a tourist (Takara) comes by and conforts sad boy. Sometimes later Taishin comes to the same university where Takara studies...
In the next seven episodes we see Taishin coming to grips with his feeling, each episode is a step forward for him. Because (?) Taishin is from a rual area he is incredible naive and innocent and does not know much about life. On the other hand Takara is the opposite, he is disenchanted and does not expect much from life. But Taishin opens his heart nearly instantly and while a "selfish bastard" (his words in the finale), he really does care about him and wants to protect Taishin, because he also can't believe how naive Taishin is...

The mellow pace and the story focus just for one couple was a nice difference after many shows with two or more couples and rapidly switching from one couple to the next. Both actors did a really good job of portraying their characters and the vibe of the series was mostly relaxed with some dark spots espiecally for Takara. While the pace was slow I felt never bored with any episode. The only letdown (as of many JBLs) are the lack of real kissing. But maybe we get more with the "spin off". Artstyle, camera, scenery, lighting was top notch.

Overall I can recommand this show especially if you have a stressful life, because it will calm you down. Besides that you get a sweet, sometimes fluffy story which was sensible crafted.

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Absolutely adored this

Writing this at 10/11 will update if the spin-off episode somehow ruins everything, but I‘m quite confident it won’t so:

Not much to say it’s your typical cool cold guy + innocent, naive, sheltered romance. I personally loved every second of it. So incredibly cute.

Both actors did really well in their roles, I was a bit put off by Taishin looking mich older than he was supposed to be and especially than his co-star (which makes sense since he is 4 years older irl) who was supposedly his senior. But overall it didn’t really take anything away from the experience.

Some things could have been done a bit different…but overall I still really really enjoyed this one.

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