Takara-kun to Amagi-kun (2022)

ADORABLE

This was absolutely ADORABLE!!!

The story is pretty basic - cute, innocent unpopular boy develops a crush on the cool, cold popular boy without realising that the popular boy is also crushing on him. What follows is eight short episodes that follows the pair discovering more about each other and navigating their new relationship. There’s a lot of secret glances and affectionate smiles - and so much healthy communication!!!

Takara is the greenest flag ever, he is absolutely adorable underneath that cool facade, and he was hopelessly smitten with Amagi, it was SO CUTE.

This whole series just had me kicking my feet and screaming into my pillow, it was too adorable for words.

Also if Amagi’s best friend wants to just step out of this show and marry me, I am absolutely on board with that. He was the MVP of this show, what a national treasure.

Definitely a show I’ll rewatch often.

Leia Mais

Cute and Fluffy BL without any drama

Okay so... It is not a 10/10 show but since the score is much lower than my expectation I gave this a 10. This is a short, cute and romantic bl without any drama and conflict.

If you are in the mood for watching a show without any depth, and just to enjoy it, go ahead. There aren't any sad moments and tiring subplots to kill your joy.

I didn't instantly fell in love with the drama at the episode 1. But after episode 2 , I watched the entire show in one sitting. I think characters are not instantly likable. You get used to them and after a while you cheer for the couple and for their happiness.

I did not love the acting of Amagi but he is very young and he has the time for development. I liked Takara, I also liked him on the Silent too.

Plot was refreshing for me. After watching so many characters get bullied, or get socially isolated, it was refreshing to watch that both leads have their own circle of friends and have a nice high school experience :)

Overall, this is a cute, light, romantic high school drama. I will rewatch it from time to time, I know. If you are in a bad mood, there is a very good chance this will cheer you up :)

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Every Drama Series Serves its Purpose...

For me this one was the healing one. This is second ever watched BL series and it came in the right time specifically for me. So I am very subjective here. I loved every second of it.

However objectively it is well done in manga style, with silly moments that don't require top acting skills. The main leads are young Jpop stars and it shows right away. However the support team are professional actors that did not steal the spotlight, but enhanced overall quality of the series.

Cinematography and overall production is great quality. If you are in need of some healing series- this is it. Takara's smile, confidence and love will get you hooked from ep 1, and OMG Amagi! We are all a little bit Amagi in this world

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Not very remarkable

I was on a roll of jbls, and so far I'd really liked the ones I'd seen, but this one broke that streak. The story feels very shallow and I still don't understand when/where/WHY did the main leads liked each other. The whole show it's just one misunderstanding after the other and they don't even make sense. One of the protagonists is an overthinker and keeps crying every 5 minutes without a real reason, and the other one doesn't really have a personality nor a wide range of facial expressions. The friends were more memorable for me.

Although the dynamic of the characters was cute, I wouldn't recommend this show nor watch it again, but I know a lot of people think differently, so maybe give it a try if you want.

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Like:
+ I really fell for the dry humour. It made me laugh several times!
+ I like Agami! He's absolutely adorable and I actually liked his goofiness. :D
+ Also liked Takana. He's calm, but he give off pretty cool vibes.
+ I can absolutely see this made as an anime.
+ Suzuki Kosuke stole my heart. Again. I loved him in Jack O'Frost and his role in this show is really good! His acting is great and he's funny.
+ Tanakas acting was also good!
+ Some dislike the acting of the leads and I can understand this. But somehow I liked the way they act.. ^^' It was really fitting to the dry humour.
+ Overall I liked the characters a lot! It's fun to watch them.
+ I'm a huge fan of inner monologues most of the time and I also liked them in this show.

Dislike/Room for improvement:
- What is the actual plot? What is a chronologically timeline? Lol. I was so confused! There are many time jumps and still after finishing the show I don't get it. It was all over the place and hard to follow. x.x
- It's a bit sad that there aren't any proper kisses. Most of the time they are forced by Takara, which I really didn't like. I'm a huge fan of consent! Maybe it would have been better without any kisses and just hugs. That's really a point that bothered me much, because I'm so sick of people kissing others without permission (while seeing and KNOWING how uncomfortable the other person is, making it just worse) T_T
(Not really a - point for me, but maybe for others): I think it's definitely a show that's character driven and not plot driven. So..it doesn't really happen much plotwise. The whole show is centered around their feelings and thoughts. About how difficult a relationship can be and yeah, it's definitely repetitive. But it didn't bother me much. I see the reviews from others who are annoyed by the show and somehow I can understand this but I definitely don't share this opinion. I had fun watching this (after I deleted it in the beginning after reading reviews, but then decided to give it a try and didn't regret it.) even if I'm confused as hell. T_T

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SERIE SIN ARGUMENTO

La serie trata de dos chicos, Takara y Amagi, los cuales porque la serie lo dice, deciden salir juntos. Esto sucede al principio de la serie. Basicamente, Amagi está enamorado de Takara, le pide salir y dice que si. No habría mayor problema con esto si los demás capitulos desarrollaran una trama interesante.

Entiendo que han intentado alejarse de la típica trama en la cual dos chicos se gustan y nos van contanto como llegan a hacerse pareja, como el 99% de este tipo de series, y me parece bien, hasta tal punto que la primera reseña que hice de la serie me pareció algo admirable, el hecho de que intentaran hacer algo diferente.

PERSONAJES

Takara: el seme, popular en la escuela, se supone que por guapo? pero que es serio e incluso cortante, no muestra sus sentimientos ante los demás, por timidez supongo, porque tampoco nos cuenta la serie por qué él es así. Decide salir con Amagi porque se lo pide y acepta. Podemos encontrar cierto desarrollo en su personaje, ya que le importa lo que puedan pensar de él sus amigos, hecho en el cual se basará toda la trama, pero tampoco de manera muy fuerte.

Amagi: el uke, tímido, lindo, se supone. Tiene gran falta de autoestima. Su inseguridad ante si Takara le quiere será el otro punto de avance de la trama inexistente. El personaje resulta insufrible, no se si por mala dirección o porque el actor no da para más.

Katori: el amigo de Amagi. Lo definen como "su amigo del alma", hecho que tienen que contarnos, porque la trama para que nos demos cuenta. Es el confidente de Amagi, pero da la sensación de ser un stalker, e incluso manipulador. Resulta un personaje, incómodo de ver, hace que la trama avance, ya que habla con los protagonistas, pero se puede cambiar perfectamente por un ficus, y el resultado sería el mismo.

Tanaka: se supone que es amigo de Takara. Y digo "se supone" porque tampoco lo dejan claro. Muestran algun flashback de que se conocen desde hace tiempo y tal, pero vamos, insignificantes. También lo usan en algun punto para crear algún pequeño conflicto, ya que se entera de que Takara y Amagi están juntos y se sorprende de que se quieran.

TRAMA

Como ya he dejado claro, la serie no tiene trama. Deciden salir juntos, pero Takara quiere que sea secreto, Amagi se molesta porque piensa que se avergüenza de él, pero después nos dice que es porque lo quiere solo para él, y tiene miedo de que sus amigos de enamoren de él (perpetuando roles machistas, en un intento de hacerlo ver sensible y con inseguridades)

Otro conflicto es que Amagi no tiene experiencia en el amor, y se raya todo el rato porque quiere estar a la altura, y Takara también se raya porque no quiere presionarlo. Esta trama se ve varias veces, pero tampoco sabes bien de donde sale la mayoría de las veces. Da la sensación de que la serie se reinicia al empezar cada capítulo, como si se olvidaran de lo que pasó en el capítulo anterior.

Y el conflicto final digamos, puede ser que Tanaka los descubre liandose, y tienen miedo de que lo cuente, pero Takara habla con él y le dice que es su amor verdadero y ahí se acaba la trama.

Otro punto en el que falla esta serie es que no tiene nada de humor. Se define como drama , pero la trama resulta insulsa para mantener la atención durante 8 capítulos. Tal vez con algo de humor hubiera sido más llevadera, o con más drama, pero es que los problemas los resuelven en 5 minutos.

Un gran inconvemiente que encuentro es que viene de la misma productora que Kieta Hatsukoi, y aunque el director y demás sea diferente, es inevitable hacer comparaciones. Los personajes principales son bastante comparables, encontramos el mismo caso de chico popular que no muestra sus sentimientos y chico timido y patoso que se "declara" . En este caso, la serie tiene un muy mejor desarrollo de la historia y los actores tienen mucha química, sin olvidar que el personaje de Aoki es el "uke perfecto", es lindo, es timido y resulta gracioso. Y la trama principal viene a ser muy parecida.



ATUACIÓN

Quiero creer que la direccón de la película no ha sido la correcta, porque es imposible que todos los actores actúen tan mal. Los personajes de relleno resultan insulsos, y los dialogos que desarrollan son puro relleno. Los personajes principales no resultan entrañables, no ha habido ni un solo momento en el cual me creyera lo que están diciendo (también por culpa de la trama)

EN RESUMEN

Me ha desilusionado, podría haberse hecho algo mejor, y la idea no era mala, han intentado variar un poco la fórmula y ha quedado algo muy soso. Podría haberse resumido perfectamente en una película de hora y media y tal vez hubiera sido menos vacía.

¿La volvería a ver? Nunca ¿La recomiendo? No, para nada, mírate Kieta Hatsukoi, es mucho más linda y desarrolla mejor el tema de las relaciones de amor juvenil. O Cherry Magic, que no tiene nada que ver pero es fantástica

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my now comfort bl...

PRODUCTION:
everything was shot great and everything sounded good. however i sometimes had a hard time telling if a scene was a flashback or not - even on rewatch. i wish there wouldve been a better way for them to show that. the music didn't really stick out to me which is why i gave it an average score.

STORY:
simple but darling. i can understand why people would be disappointed but i am very much a sucker for established relationships / early relationship stories. and although the subvertions are subtle from generic stories i liked them a lot. i only wish there was MORE story so that says something.

CHARACTERS / ACTING:
amagi (nao oriyama) is a cute character - the most sunshine-y character i have ever seen. his actions and behavior never tipped the scale of being annoying to me and i think that is thanks to the wonderful acting job. sure amagi makes mistakes in the series but he's a high schooler! and he learns and grows thanks to them - i wish we could have more time to actually see amagi open up more but oh well...

takara (arata sato) is what really sold me - truly such a subversion from the popular boy troupe. im so glad that we do get his prespective because honestly i do feel like the series would be boring without it. i truly related to takara... i again wish there was more time to see him grow but ehat can ya do :/

together they make such a sweet couple - they are awkward but not in a way thats out of character. moreso that this is their first relationship. i truly appericated that the struggles they were having werent so catastrophic and they were able pretty much resolve each one by the end of the episode. they are so innocent too - makes me jealous of the high school relationship i never got to have. and again - their subversion is subtle but its a huge welcome for me.

the side characters were alright but the standout was definitely katori (suzuki kosuke). he was very funny and it was good for them to invent a way for the characters to talk about their relationship to SOMEONE. i didnt really care for tanaka (komiya rio) like he was fine and well acted. but i didnt really get why he got as much focus as he did other than giving a little more background to taraka's charactee ig?

OVERALL:
anytime i want a simple bl to watch i will definitely pick this one back up again. im not sure if a season 2 is possible but i would love it if it were to be done. i feel like i could watch these two idiots navigate their relationship for ages haha. but for now this will do.

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Those manga characters (exactly as David compared it in the previous review) that were invented by Japanese women still look really weird to me, because their horrible hairdos make both the main actors, aged 18 and 22, look like thirteen-year-old hermaphrodites, or at best, so that they would rather go to the bathroom to make sure they are a boy or a girl. And when the Amagi opened its wide mouth with huge teeth from ear to ear in the close-up, I was afraid that the head of the praying mantis wanted to eat me. And now seriously. As it is almost unnatural, I actually enjoy it on the other hand. From that point of view, it was a gentle, sweet series, well-acted in its Japanese way with a straightforward story. Anyone who knows Japanese will relax with it or even smile in some scenes.

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It’s like reading a manga and watching a series in one go.

A no spoilers review. The score 1 to 10 ratings show that this series isn’t everybody’s cup of tea. The series deserves a much higher score. I liked it and really wish for a sequel. It’s Japanese, so it’s different then drama’s from Korea or Thailand. See it for what it is: a simple first love high school series, in a specific Japanese genre. The story is small, but so what - it’s deep love we’re talking about. No real bodywork, it’s real cute and fluffy (holding hands etc.). You’ve got to like and respect that, and the meaning of the series - also in your ratings.

I didn’t read the manga. I also didn’t mind the overall scoring of the series, in the way that it would make me not watch the series. I’m very interested in Japanese series, because the are always unique. There’s no plot, no speed and no surprising action. It’s a series with a main role for the colors beige and blue to set the tone. The voice-overs for Takara and Amagi are great in their worth.

As I wrote in the headline: it’s like reading a manga and watching a series in one go. The main characters seem flat/2D in their expressions - like in a manga book, but aren’t. There’s a lot of room for communication and finding out how a first and also very deep love works between them. They make small mistakes and learn. The 2 boys also look like they stepped right out of a manga book. The lighting on their faces is specific, it suits the manga idea. I ‘fell in love’ with both main characters and their personalities. You see their struggle together and alone on being (not) populair, (physical) needs and finding a balance in that. There’s a process of adjusting going on.

The 2 most importend supporting roles seem like boys who could have been on your school, they are real. Their roles are well written and played. I want to see more series with these 2 guys. The chemistry between the four boys was very good.

The going forward and back in the story is not my thing, but suits the story.

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история первой любви

Эта дорама очень сладкая. Нравится мне Япония в такой подаче материала. Тот же "Красивый парень", "Прачечная Минато" и очень похожую по школьной тематике "Исчезающая первая любовь". Два главных героя очень привлекательны и демонстрируют противоположные черты характера. Такара сдержан и экспрессивен, но часто прямолинеен в своей речи. Амаги наивен и по-детски неуверен в себе из-за пережитого в детстве. Это чувство ненужности и одиночества добавляет некоторого напряжения сюжетной линии, но оно умеренное, и двое продолжают предварительно исследовать этот скрытный роман. Мне понравилось использование внутреннего диалога, чтобы показать внутреннее смятение этих двух застенчивых подростков. В целом мне понравилось уважение, проявленное более опытным партнером, а также поддержка друга застенчивого персонажа Амаги. Когда дорама закончилась, мне уже было грустно прощаться с двумя персонажами (и их друзьями). Эти персонажи в этой истории именно такие, какими, по-моему мнению, должны быть влюбленные молодые люди. Один уважает и дорожит другим. После просмотра стольких дорам, где молодые люди собираются вместе и расстаются, не задумываясь Здесь мне нравится, что эти отношения направлены на то, чтобы замедлять друг друга и разрешать недоразумения по мере их возникновения. Любовь будет длительной, только если обе стороны будут стараться изо всех сил. жаль, что люди не могут чему-то научиться из дорам и стать лучшими любовниками. они определенно будут вместе навсегда.

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a bit disappointed but still cute

I had high hopes for this Bl but got kinda disappointed, the storyline was cute but the constant misunderstandings were a bit to much, also the story seemed for me kind of untied in the end, I had hoped for maybe a scene in the future and would have liked a bit more character developement. Amagi was always really shy and unsure and I had hoped that maybe he would take the initiative in a few moments just to not make it seem so one sided and i wished for Takara to maybe show a bit more emotion and vulnerability and also maybe a bit more background knowledge about them to really tie the story. I was a bit sad about the lack of information so i didn't feel connected or attached ro the characters like i normally do. All in all i think its a BL that is worth watching because of the unique characters and good if you want something cute and light but not one of my favorites, maybe because of the lack of connection I felt between the characters but feel free to watch it and make yourself yojr own opinion cause its still wort watching!

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