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Monday, June 11, 2018

JDrama to Miss: Happy Marriage!? (2016)


Happy Marriage!? (2016)

Grade: C
12 Episodes, 35 minutes each
Viewing Platform: Amazon Prime

Takanashi Chiwa is working hard at a local office supply store, barely making ends meet while her gambling-addict father spends everything she earns. A mysterious gentleman shows up at Chiwa's day job one day and offers to marry her. She declines, deciding that she would rather marry for love, but then some loan sharks show up at her home – her dad had racked up a substantial gambling debt and she was going to have to work as a prostitute to pay it all off. Then the man shows up again and pays off the loan, and Chiwa finally agrees to the contract marriage. Little does she realize she is now married to Mamiya Hokuto, one of the richest men in Japan. He agreed to marry Chiwa in order to please the head of the Mamiya family. What happens when she meets Hokuto's family? Will Hokuto and Chiwa end up finding true love, or will one of the Mamiya family members finish what they started 30 years ago, when Hokuto's mother was killed?

*There's something about how Japanese culture is portrayed in these kinds of dramas (and mangas) in how women are treated compared to men that doesn't sit right with me. The men are very domineering towards women. They do show women having business success, but for the most part it's a “man's world.” Plus their dramas emphasize the tragic side of humanity, with very few humorous moments. There was a little bit of character development, and the actor who plays Hokuto is handsome, but I didn't quite buy how things worked out. I wouldn't watch this again.*

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