Café & Baunilha (2019)

The Story

Well, I have watched this drama full and nicely .
With a handsome male lead and a shy female lead,so,the story was that 2 boys cheating on The shy girl and when hiroto fukami comes , he falls in love with her so and she is shy then to good .
lots of skinships and the story was not too good. The girl was beautiful whereas again 2 boys cheating on him . When hiroto fukami gave her a hickey then another boy touched and gave another one .
so next is the akutsu a bad boy gave a kiss in hiroto party.
now then a boy kiddnaps him and tells i have fallen for u come to me plz and then again fukami saves him but fukami hand full of blood and at the last part they were engaged .
Can u understand this?full of kidnapping and all . what a story this is?!

Leia Mais

Unintentionally Funny

Ok, so maybe I'm not the target audience of this drama. I haven't read the source material and I'm 32 years old but this was so unintentionally hilarious. Also to preface I don't believe in Love at 1st sight, I find the whole concept childish and shallow. First of all I love the male lead. I think I might have rated it so high because dayumn! Anyway the female lead leads much to be desired. Maybe it's written in to the script to act like an 8 year old who is bewildered at all times and has no concept of what the real world is like but I think it was an acting choice. If I saw one more surprised Pikachu face from her when the kissed or hugged, something they did quite a lot I was going to scream. Also, is it not stalking if you're classically handsome, cause that man definitely stalked her. She'd be just walking down the street, or in school, or in a restaurant and bam, that man would show up. Does he have a GPS device on her, why is he always there? Why does she have no spine, isn't it hard to stand up? Why did she continue working for a man who sexually assaulted her? That's not normal, her letting her friend date her boyfriend too because she saw him on the street and said she fell for him, what a toxic friend she was! Actually all of her friends were a bit toxic, that one guy was her friend just because he was in love with her. I liked that she realized that she needed to change but ugh, too little too late. I had so many unintentional laughs while watching this. Their kiss in a closet where he smirked at a guy that was interested in her was hot. It just seemed somewhat wrong, their whole relationship because he was definitely an adult doing adult things with someone who acted like a child. So many of their actions were just inconceivable, they wouldn't happen. IDK I might watch again just to see the male lead's face but he pops up in a lot of jdramas so I don't even really need to. Yeah, this show was a mess!

Leia Mais

My first Japanese show. The storyline was okay not too bad and not too good. It mostly revolves around their relationship. As we can see Hiroto already in love with risa ( as he said in episode 3, he opened a cafe for her... That's so sweet of him ..love at first sight) & the same with the girl, she wanted to be in a relationship with a mature guy when she saw him, she fell in love with him. Then they start dating and all couple things. Hiroto seems to be the dominant one but he's very caring and protective towards risa and gives her time to be comfortable. They look so cute together. One thing I like about them the way Hiroto pats her head. Most of we can see their kiss scenes and sometimes you can feel butterfly in your stomach with their interactions. It looks like the neck kisses in some scenes, the actor use only the facial movements. I really like Dori's deep voice and his Japanese really hits different when he has to say something sweet and Romantic, his voice totally changes and the way he gives back hugs..love it. He played Hiroto so well. You feel sometimes irritated with the female character but that's her nature. In the end, you can see a little bit of character development in girls character. Love the ending. So it's a short and sweet show with a 25minutes episode. So watch it, if you like this genre without any expectations

Leia Mais

50 shades of toxic sweet and HOT obsession

"Let me be your first and last love" Romantic or the beginning of a crime thriller? This drama gave out strong 50 shades of grey vibes in the beginning, not that I have seen/read 50 shades of grey, but I do live on earth and have been here for a while.

I honestly do not know what to make of this, I watched it for the week lead, and boy did I get a week lead. Reall. really, week lead making me wonder how on earth this person survived to the age of 20.

The Male lead is possessive, obsessive and horney as hell and is most definitely in need of a lesson or two in consent while at the same time showing moments of respect. Very odd combination if I may say so but fun to watch and makes way to A LOT of very steamy scenes. Scenes shot beautifully sexy yet without reveling to much skin. The sexual tension in this drama is over top.

This drama also has some interesting twists, other toxic evil men who most definitely cross the line over to seexual asult showing us how victims often blame themselves instead of the perpetrator.

All in all pretty fun to watch and very easy to binge

Leia Mais

This show is not for the faint heart (not because of mature content) but because of the wtf value

P.s. you might kill yourself if you watch this

What I liked
-Absolutely Nothing
-the best part about this show is watching it on Viki with the timed comments going. If you decide to watch this show beware because its basically "50 Shades of Coffee and Vanilla"

What I disliked
-the fact that this girl acts way to f-ing clueless about everything. I get that she is supposed to be portrayed as innocent but to me, she just seems like a dumb b*tch
-how fast this show got intense. it's like 7 minutes in there in a relationship then at 12 minutes in they're doing the dirty! like calm down, can we take some time to learn about each other or have some character development instead of just going right into it
-the fact that there was supposed to be a love triangle but it was only really brought up in the first and last episode
-**This show was laced with so much sexual harassment that I was like about to just drop dead with shock! like what that the hell did they think they were doing?! she'd say "no" he'd say friggin "yes and unbutton my shirt and kiss me" and she's like "I can't" and he's like "do it!!"

Leia Mais

ok to start off no I have not read the manga and I wrote a review after I first finished this drama and have since deleted that one. This is a drama from when I first finished I thought nothing of it but its been stuck in my head since I watched it!

STORY: its cliche! But I think that’s what I loved so much. You first watch it and you think how unbelievable the relationship is until they throw in the background story (even then it’s still a little side eye). But the story is cute and that’s what it’s meant to be! It’s meant to be a short cute not to angst filled drama and it passed that test. I do wish the episodes or the show itself was longer to get more background and stories from the characters but what we are given is amazing to.

Acting: Both leads are from good morning call so I’m very familiar with them and some of their other works! They never fail to get into character and make me love the characters even more. Dori Sakurada got wayyyy too into character (trust me it’s a good thing in this case). The supporting roles also made the story interesting and even had me rooting for them in the end they were able to bring their characters to life. They made me WANT to go look up other dramas they were in.

MUSIC: eh, there was nothing to memorable for me. I liked maybe one song and even then I wasn’t rushing to go look it up.

REWATCH: like I stated in the beginning of this review at first I put the rewatch value 5 but two weeks after finishing it I’m thinking about it all over again and I am planning to rewatch now! It’s one of those that you comeback too and I think that’s partly do to not the story per say but the actors!!

Yes, it’s cliche. Yes, it’s short. BUT!!! I think watching it is worth your while the show has very sensual scenes and honestly I was kinda shocked at first I never seen a drama like this and that’s part of the reason I love it!

Leia Mais

Ugh!

Ok, I have to admit I started to watch after reading some reviews and wanted to see for myself.
Fortunately there are only 10 episodes because it's really bad. The lead actress seems to love playing stupid and naive girls that have no idea about men and life in general. Twice already Fukuhara Haruka played the exact same role. What does she gets from it? I don't know. Plus, it's really not a good message for women in general and Japanese women in particular. The male lead has no other plan in life than playing with his female toy and "teach" her the ways to pleasure...
The story is non existant, the chemistry between the leads is so boring and really unbelievable. Thank you @sammi for this hilarious review as well as it summarises the whole thing.
Don't waste your time then with this drama. There are many more to explore and enjoy.

Leia Mais

Beware because this is basically me ranting a lot. If you feel like trying this drama park your brain somewhere and retrieve it after you finished because ugh. If you liked it and don't agree well good for you xD, I just felt my pride as a woman very very hurt by this drama.
This drama is basically some 50sog bad written fanfiction (while that novel was already a bad written fanfiction lol) but the "smut" parts are so cringeworthy and straight up uncomfortable to watch I actual had chills on my spine, facepalming and rolling my eyes like a freaking ferris wheel all the time lol
The male lead is what is called a basic f#ckboi, the female is a brainless spineless girl who's constantly oblivious of her surroundings and she apologizes even to someone who just forced a kiss on her. The plot....what plot?! Lol

If this would have been a psychological thriller that depict the risks of being captured by sexual predators and become prisoner in a dangerous mental state (aka brainwashed) then it would be a great start, but unfortunately this thing is supposed to be a romantic fantasy. (??)
So the main leads accidentally meet in a coffee shop, he saves her from one really persistent guy who was trying to hit on her (the 4th in 2 minutes of drama) and there's this moment when their eyes met and the time stops. He asks her on a dinner and she accepts. During this date we get to know that he's 30 and she's 20, but I swear everything about him screamed 20 yo (the amazing thing is that the actor himself is 30 but he looks so young! To me wasn't a good choice but okay, some have baby faces or they're immortal, dunno. Good for them xD) and here's the first red signal: she got asked if she drinks wine and she just seem incapable of saying what's really in her mind, she thinks "gosh I never drank wine" but she does it. In front of a stranger you just met?? That's really dangerous!
She faints after one glass and she wakes up at his house. And he just confess that he loves her (love not like, yes) and asks her to be his girlfriend. She accepts because...idk he's handsome I suppose. In the real word there are two options: is fu#king up your mind to get into your panties or he's a creep. Either way, your spider senses should be tingling in that situation. The fact that it was promised some dark past when he's actually serious got me dumbfounded because I was waiting the time she discovered she's been played all along, he's a drug lord, a killer or idk he sells young naive girls like her. But no, his corny and cringey sentences are really sincere. Lol
But the girl...oh she's another level of irritating. Spineless and in constant search for a validation: the perfect victim for a sexual predator. Every man in this drama just violate her space and she's petrified looking down - well that could be a realistic reaction because even the strong ones can unfortunately experience that panic...the point is that she had this reaction also with his lover: she clenches her fists, shut her eyes and turn her head every time he makes a move on her, the sex scenes looked like he's just raping her or in the best cases, using a sex doll. I don't know if it was the actress who couldn't get in this role or she was requested to be this much passive but I swear that was so uncomfortable! I get the passive type thing, but she was shaking like crazy unbuttoning her shirt and it wasn't even their first rodeo!! How can you call that consent? She looked like she was doing any kind of stuff (even the wine thing) just because she didn't want to disobey him. Gross.
Also! I was really annoyed how she apologized basically for being alive: she was FINE if he was ashamed to date her publicly (it was just her thinking it but still you can't be fine with something like that), she apologized to a couple of guys who forced themselves on her, she apologized for not being a "fine lady" and she was fine he disappeared for weeks with not even a text (my cells screamed he's so shadyyyy but it turned out to be yet another damn young CEO) This girl needed a consultation not a possessive dude that only says "gosh you're cute" and awkwardly pat on her head like she's a pet.
Oh and in the final episode he said something like "we already broke up so I don't need to listen to what you want"............. That really was a calling for a well placed pointy shoe on his jewels at 100km\sec speed. Destroy them so he can't fool anyone else. (I'm usually against violence, but these guys just drained my tolerance)
And yes, I decided to go in with the thriller part and it has a happy ending, she successfully escaped his grip, got him jailed and gained a bit of self respect.
Ps. Also what's that random "youtuber-like" music?? Lol

I really apologize if this rant hurts your feelings about this drama but my pride was hurt too watching this thing xD

Leia Mais

a decent binge-watch with a cute

I probably won't watch this again but it was bingeable for one day and I saw a few clips of the kissing scenes and was interested to see what the show was about(this was my first Japanese show btw.) I watched this purely for the erotica, so I wasn't surprised about the lack of depth or development in the characters.

The plot was full of cliches and isn't really that strong. It’s very fan-fictiony but that works for a lot of people.

The characters were ok. The ML was such eye candy. I don't blame the female lead for being shy in front of him cause gurl same. I was like 😳 whenever he had any scene with Risa. I personally like their intimate scenes. They're not bad at all. I read complaints about Risa being too stiff and unnatural but that's in line with her character. She's supposed to be shy and innocent and inexperienced with intimacy, so her actions are kinda on brand. She becomes somewhat mature and starts to take stepping stones to adult moves towards the end so that's good I guess lol. The boy who had a crush on the FL and the FL's best friend were kinda just there. And that other CEO guy was just plain weird. I have no idea why he would try to kiss Risa.

The romance is undoubtedly the strongest point in this drama. The skinship was great too. Although it was excessive I really like how Fukami gives Risa back hugs almost every time he sees her. Dori Sakurada was so natural with the kissing and intimate scenes. I'm sure he's very experienced in real life(just an educated guess). Giving this a 6.5 out of 10.

Leia Mais

So I checked it out, because people were talking about it and honestly speaking.....Why???
This is that type of drama where you can not criticaly think, because the whole story is ridiculous. What makes it so overwhelming if I can say so, is that they took the basic 1 hour long 12-16 episode drama and mushed it down to 20 minutes long 10 episode drama. They took all the cliche tropes and just put them in for the sake of it. It makes it seem like something is always happening but when you think about it, nothing is actually happening at all. You have no time to invest into the story or what is currently going on because you are jumping from point to point. So everything becomes this grey mush that has no impact. In my opinion people can skip this one. You will be fine without seeing it. There are better dramas out there that have the exact trope and plot.

Leia Mais

Consider my scarred.

I think the title is so apt for this drama. I don’t think I’ve come across a show more irritating than this drama in the recent times. It is the episode of damsel in distress and a series of scenes with absolutely no plot. While most of the characters were mostly meh, even the lead (Hiroto) though his backstory wasn’t creepy, the FL’s character (Risa) was absolutely atrocious — she basically had zero personality and went along with everything no matter who the person was. This is a very cliched drama with all the cute scenes and no plot to back it up. And the acting, god, even Sakurada Dori’s good looks weren’t a distraction because I was so irritated with how the FL was portrayed. She was constantly awkward and scared and during their intimate scenes she was so wooden that it just makes you feel like cringing into oblivion. So much happens in the first episode without actually happening. The chemistry could have been great but the wooden acting from the female lead really killed it in all the wrong ways. Honestly, I felt there was more chemistry between Hiroto and his secretary, Yuki.

I would only recommend watching this drama if you want your brain cells to die. There’s literally nothing redeemable about it. It’s just a mix of aggressive hugs, cringe dialogues that make you want to throw away the device you’re watching it on, supporting characters who appear out of no where, and plenty of cliched moments.

Leia Mais