Sunao ni Narenakute.
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Title: 素直になれなくて / Hard to say I love you
Genre: Romance, Society, Drama
Eita as Nakajima Keisuke, “Nakaji”
Ueno Juri as Mizuno Tsukiko, “Haru”
Seki Megumi as Nishimura Hikari, “Peach”
Tamayama Tetsuji as Ichihara Kaoru, “Linda”
Hero Jaejoong as Park Seonsu, “Doctor”
FINALLY, Ueno Juri and Eita and finally teamed up as love interests in this drama which came out a bit ago, after working together in Last Friends and the Nodame Cantabile series. Also in the main cast, Kim Jaejoong, in his only Japanese Drama. As you can see, I was really only interests because of the cast. Seki Megumi and Tamayama Tetsuji were also really great actors. Skip to the very last paragraph if you don't feel like reading. Go ahead.
In Sunao ni Narenakute is about five people who met over Twitter, who decided to meet up and create a place where they can talk freely about their problems. It's a journey which involves them getting to know themselves and becoming friends which overcome any problems that may come.
SnN's plot was great when the first few episodes came out, before deflating like a balloon on the second half. From what looked like a great drama, it seemed to fall apart into your typical,
Oh-I-can't-be-true-to-my-feelings-for-this-person drama, or at least that's what I felt. But still a good watch anyway, with great acting. The soundtrack was likeable.
For the acting, I think each person portrayed their characters quite well, no matter how annoying their characters were. Jaejoong, though is a korean actor, appeared here as a kinda shy and pretty awkward guy. But I'm not sure if it's the Japanese setting which had changed his acting skills, because I saw in in Protect The Boss, where he was a powerful guy, and he did his job as a powerful guy. Anyway, I've heard that he was a bad actor here, but he was supposed to be shown as that awkward, so I give him A for being good at acting awkward and meek. Anyway, Jaejoong was the only one who bugged me, or at least his character did. But then his character is kinda dorky in a cute way. UH I'm so confused!
The character concepts where a little typical. Each had problems, and for me, it seemed like the characters in Last Friends but which different problems which were a bit more common in society. I was super annoyed Doctor, who yes, was awkward to watch, but also super pushy and indifferent to the other characters. I know that his sister even says this, but I was annoyed anyway. CAN HE NOT SEE that there was sexual tension?!?! I just wanted to whack him in the head. -.- But he did redeem himself in the end, and I respect him for that. For growing into someone who wasn't as weak.
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| I feel bad that this was the only image I could find of him without being overly spoilery. |
For me, Linda, another main character, was not fully expressed until the end. He was kinda not there but also there you know? I think his problems were so rushed, it felt like a breeze and weren't fully resolved. Though he was the 'weakest', I think we could all learn from him. Peach could have really blossomed but I think the limelight focused too much on Haru and Nakaji. Peach's journey in this drama did turn out well in the end though.
Haru did not really stand out for me, because i felt that her character ended up depending on the love triangles. I liked her though, because in the end, everyone was likeable. Nakaji was a bit better, but I felt like almost everyone was in love with him or something like that. These two were also the main of the main, and COME ON. They were obviously suited with each other, having regular private time with just the two of them talking, yet they constantly denied that they liked each other. Not dissapointed about how it turned out though.Enough rant about the character and let's go onto the music.
The Soundtrack was above average. I loved some of the songs that played throughout, which felt youthful in a way. English songs were also present, with one in particular with a female vocalist. This song seemed to play regularly and was sung slowly when the moment needed it.
This one was also really good.
There were two main songs which also caught my ears as well.
I think with Weaver's song, I fell in love with as I started to notice the song. It's really catchy, and frankly, I just like how it sounds constrained like the characters in the series.
So far, it seems like I'm pretty harsh, except for the soundtrack But this drama is about people, and I think it did do what it did well. The drama, sometimes annoying, a little dragging, but portrays the lives of these young people good enough to sometimes have us on the edge of our seats. Their trial and errors became our trail and errors as we watch them fight against their everyday lives together with their bond of friendship. It explores how love can tear apart lives or change how people act, but that happens in life as well. This drama isn't as horrible as I might make it out to be, but I think I would recommend it to anyone looking for something nice to watch, or at least something they'd feel good about when they reach the end.
Pictures are from Tumblr, and Tumblr really likes Jaejoong.
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