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Wednesday, April 5, 2017

JDrama to Watch: Good Morning Call (2016)

Japanese Drama  

Good Morning Call (2016)

Grade: B-
17 episodes, about 45 minutes each
Viewing Platform: Netflix

High school student Yoshikawa Nao decides to live in the city on her own in order to attend a decent high school, as her parents now live in the countryside. Unfortunately, Nao soon learns that she is a rent scam victim once she walks in to find the school's resident “hot guy” also moving in to the same apartment! All the girls dormitories are full by this point, and Uehara Hisashi refuses to move back in with his now-married older brother, so the two reluctantly agree to share the apartment and split the rent. What happens when Nao's parents find out? Will the school find out and expel Nao and Uehara before they can graduate? What happens when Nao starts to have feelings for her cold, distant roommate?

*This drama had a very strong start with lots of awkward falling-in-love moments, but it slowed considerably towards the halfway point. There were also a few F-bombs and a clearly lesbian character (if that bothers you – I thought it was an interesting story arc), but the show stayed innocent despite having two teenagers living together. I didn't see a lot of character development for Uehara, however. He stays quite taciturn throughout the show, belittling and insulting Nao when he does talk to a point that even when he *spoiler alert* decides to commit to her, he's still not treating her all that well. It feels like a shallow victory for the viewers. All the guys' haircuts were distractingly bad, too. I might watch this again.*

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