Last Cinderella

My Cinderella, My thoughts!

I know that by the end of the season, pretty much everyone knows what it is. And let me be honest, but guiltily, i held this as a kinda secret guilty pleasure, watching it alone and never discussing it with anyone, throwing away all my brain cells and education, and just watched it religiously each week. No matter how bad things were, I only looked at the good parts and enjoyed myself. Yup. All its cute moments, fangirly parts, THE LOT, I just threw myself in.

Does that make sense? I know people think My cinderella was kinda stupid and the plot sucked and blah blah blah, but I watched it for the enjoyment factor, okay?!?! I watched it because I wanted to let go all criticism and just watch  with as much enthusiasm as I could. And to be honest, I enjoyed this show a little too much. And though my insides squealed each time I saw a new episode, to be frank, my intellectual side did start surfacing, and a tiny voice was calling to me; that this show was inevitably and uncontrollably going downhill.

First impressions~
Ohh man. When I first saw this, I dismissed it completely. Because
1) it looked kinda stupid somehow, partly because I had always thought romances were a bit stupid (I was kinda new at watching j dramas, so I didn't really know what I wanted, and I'M SORRY!! Romances aren't stupid!! @-@ Don't bash me for it)
2) the plot seemed Meh
and
3) I just wasn't all that excited when I saw the trailer either.

But I watched it because I saw how popular it was (oh, the influences that masses of people have), and I thought that it was funny, kinda cute and that Haruma Miura isn't all that bad looking. But from the start I pretty much just shipped Rintaro and Sakura  because Hiroto was pretty much a jerk. Though his character did start growing on me and my ship shifted towards Hiroto about midway.

At first, I loved how energetic Sakura was with everything, and her friendship with Shima and  Miki was something that was beloved and awesome. But the thing that hit me hard was that Sakura and Hiroto was way too cuddly but never close,  like the way she was with Rintaro. I mean, all the scenes felt like it was Hiroto and Sakura just cuddling, kissing and then more cuddling. They didn't really share anything except for the feel of each other. It was always her and Rintaro talking together, and she was much more comfortable with him. So thinking back, there was always a thin air of awkwardness between Sakura and Hiroto. I think it would have been much more logical if she saw Rintaro as a man earlier, than just a frienemy. I guess Hiroto's youth and straightforwardness overshadowed what a great guy Rintaro was.

I just had a thought that it's human nature to go for the 'best person' that you can get so you can get better offspring, and maybe it's like that. :| But still, Rintaro....

My problem with Rintaro was that he was too naive and denying of his feelings for Sakura. If he had accepted it earlier, it wouldn't have ended with her and Hiroto. Seriously. It annoyed me further that EVERYONE ELSE saw through him, and yet he left it too late. In the end, he was kinda like a best friend and was just too good to have Sakura when Hiroto was already in her heart.

And the last episode was pretty disappointing for that reason. It sucked, because Sakura and Rintarou seemed well together, and spent most of that episode have a meaningful relationship, only to spend that last 2 minutes snogging Hiroto. Sorry if my opinion here threw you off because I'm writing this months after I started this haha.