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January 21, 2025
Sookshmadarshini Review: Quirky Thriller Keeps You Guessing
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What if a mystery thriller revealed its antagonist right at the start? You’d assume it’s a red herring, leading to an eventual twist, right? That’s where M.C. Jithin’s Sookshmadarshini sets itself apart. Equal parts lighthearted and intriguing, this Malayalam film keeps you hooked by unraveling not just who the bad guy is, but why he’s doing what he’s doing.
Nazriya Nazim and Basil Joseph lead the film as primary characters Priya and Samuel, but it’s the story’s clever twists, tight editing, and gripping screenplay that steal the show. With a mix of neighborhood antics, suspenseful moments, and a dash of humor, the film stays true to the quintessential charm of Malayalam cinema.
Nazriya plays Priya, an overly curious neighbor whose nosiness is often amusing and comedic. The story takes off when Samuel moves into the neighborhood with his ailing mother. Basil portrays Samuel with a quiet intensity, balancing his role as a caregiver with his darker, more suspicious activities – like cooking up a peculiar “beef” curry after killing a monitor lizard. Priya, however, suspects there’s more to Samuel’s mother’s behavior than meets the eye. Could she really be an Alzheimer’s patient, or is she being drugged into submission?
As Priya ropes in a group of neighborhood women to investigate, things take a darker turn. Samuel’s mother mysteriously disappears, prompting her daughter to fly in from New Zealand to uncover the truth. This blend of quirky characters and eerie developments keeps the audience engaged, shifting seamlessly between laughter and suspense.
Director M.C. Jithin deserves credit for striking this delicate balance, making Sookshmadarshini an ideal weekend family watch. While the acting is solid, it’s the smart direction and compelling narrative that leave a lasting impression. It’s not perfect, but the refreshing approach and engaging storytelling make Sookshmadarshini an entertaining watch.
Rating: 7 on 10. Watch it on Disney Hotstar.
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January 20, 2025
‘XO, Kitty’ Season 2 Review: Crushes, Cousins, Chaos, & K-pop
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Kitty has a new nickname for herself – chaos queen. She is always butting into other people’s business, trying to play matchmaker, and changing crushes like a diva changes her outfits. She might be completely over Dae, but still has her heart set on the ‘very much in a relationship’ Yuri, while the same heart skips a beat over the hot playboy Min Ho. All of this despite resolving she won’t date within the same group to avoid drama. Tsk. Tsk. Good luck with that, Kitty.
Anna Cathcart is back as protagonist Kitty Covey, who goes back to America after a fun, but ultimately disastrous first semester at the Korean Independent School of Seoul (KISS) in Seoul, as an International scholarship student. In a fortunate turn of events, Kitty’s scholarship is extended, so she returns to Seoul in season 2 for her second semester in the city with her friends. However, things are a little awkward for her within the friend group. Kitty’s ex-boyfriend Dae (Minyeong Choi) is still not over her, Min Ho (Sang Heon Lee) is acting strange after she turned him down post his mid-flight ‘love’ confession, and Kitty feels unsure how to act around Yuri (Gia Kim) because she still has a massive crush on Yuri. Amid all this relationship drama, Kitty embarks on a side mission to explore her Korean roots in Seoul after discovering that her grandmother has an estranged sister living in Korea – someone no one ever mentioned to her. And Quincy AKA ‘Q’ (Anthony Keyvan), continues to be Kitty’s confidante and loyal best-friend through all her changing moods, crushes, and nosiness.
I feel like I could just copy-past most of my critique for season one of “XO, Kitty”, since season 2 is largely a re-hash of the same sub-plots, themes, and elements. For instance, this para still stands true from my earlier review – Despite the plot holes and clichés, the pretty-looking sets and talented actors make “XO, Kitty” a fun, escapist teen drama that has its own share of K-drama style twists.
‘XO, Kitty’ Season 2 goes big on its K-drama elements by introducing Min Ho’s dad Mr Moon (Philippe Lee), a famous talent manager, who makes a big donation to KISS, and starts a singing talent show on campus. So you have students singing popular K-pop songs, and Dae reveals himself to be quite the talented vocalist! Some of the new student characters include exchange student Stella (Audrey Huynh), who is Kitty’s roommate at school and expresses romantic interest in Min Ho. Sasha Bhasin plays Praveena, one of the most interesting new faces in the season, who asks Kitty out on a date. But things unfortunately do not go anywhere between the two, it could’ve been a fresh sub-plot that’s left unexplored. Praveena seems smart, fun, adventurous, but Kitty simply has her head all over the place. If anything, Kitty is a lot more annoying this season, but since Anna Cathcart has the cutest smile, she makes Kitty are lot more likable than the character really is.
The creators should’ve simply gone for a completely new spin-off called K.I.S.S or something along those lines, making the series about multiple protagonists instead of centering everything around Kitty. Anna Cathcart is lovely, but many other cast members exude far more “main character energy” than she does. This season had the potential to be much more fun than the first, but it falls short – though it still manages to be an entertaining teen show, thanks to the very charming cast.
Rating: 6 on 10. Watch XO Kitty Season 2 on Netflix.
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La Ciguapa Siempre – Short Film Review
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It’s a dark, spooky night. A couple is out camping deep in the woods, but strange noises keep distracting them. Are the sounds coming from other campers, hikers, wild animals, or something more sinister?
Written and directed by Monica Moore Suriyage, the short horror film La Ciguapa Siempre stars Cheyenne Washington as Milagro, an orphan anxious over not knowing her parents, while her dubious boyfriend Davis (Michael Bonini) tries to distract her with a camping trip.
The 13-minute film opens with Davis collecting wood for a campfire, while Milagro snoops through his phone, vexed over his chats with his boss – a woman. Clearly, apart from the dark clouds hanging over her family situation, Milagro has questions about her relationship too. Answers come to her in the form of mysterious sounds and strange supernatural elements that turn her camping break into a terrifying experience.
While the first few minutes establish some sort of intrigue, La Ciguapa Siempre quickly descends into a weird mash of “jealous girlfriend with an asshole boyfriend” meets “girl trying to find her roots,” with a creepy twist of the supernatural. The special effects in the ghostly scenes are sub-par, almost laugh-inducing, so the climax comes off like a parody instead of the serious horror movie it tries to be.
There were a few interesting ideas in there, but they are shabbily executed. Cheyenne Washington however delivers a watchable performance as primary protagonist Milagro.
Rating: 2 on 5. La Ciguapa Siempre is on Netflix.
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January 19, 2025
Baban Baban Ban Vampire Episode 2 Review
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Ranmaru Mori might be over 300 years old, a blood-thirsty vampire, but he isn’t a lot more mature than they average 30-year-old man-child guy who wouldn’t date women who are older than 24. So instead of scaring his potential love-rival, Aoi Shinozuka, he lists all the reasons why Rihito Tatsuno is the perfect catch.
For plot overview, read: Baban Baban Ban Vampire Episode One Review
Titled “The Unpleasant Vampire,” episode 2 of Baban Baban Ban Vampire starts off right where episode one ended – with Ranmaru hanging upside down outside Aoi’s bedroom window, asking her if she fell in love on the first day of high school. Aoi says “nope,” and Ranmaru cannot believe she hasn’t fallen for his target (Rihito) yet. The rest of the episode follows the blossoming, awkward friendship between Rihito and Aoi, while Ranmaru stalks them, working to ensure that they do not fall in love—or, to be precise, that Aoi doesn’t deflower Rihito. However, in a funny little twist, Aoi seems to be more enamored by the creepy-but-handsome vampire.
“Youth is brief. Fall in love, princess,” Ranmaru tells Aoi when she says she isn’t in love. Call a girl “princess,” and chances are that if it doesn’t creep her out, it might make her feel special. A love triangle is on the cards, which is definitely going to cause a lot of headaches for our vampire protagonist. This edition of Baban Baban Ban Vampire also introduces a few new characters, some of whom bully Rihito.
The episode ends with a bizarre twist, which had been foreshadowed since episode one. While the anime series isn’t the “oh, I can’t wait to watch the next episode” kind of entertaining, it has its comedic moments along with its wacky elements, and we’re definitely not giving up on the show yet.
You can watch Baban Baban Ban Vampire on Netflix.
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Sakamoto Days Episode 2 Review: Pork Buns Meet Lu!
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Even a little trip to buy some delectable, authentic Japanese pork buns can be dangerous if you’re running errands with retired legendary hitman Taro Sakamoto.
Titled “Vs. Son Hee and Bacho,” episode 2 of the anime series Sakamoto Days starts with a relaxed scene of Shin Akasura stacking shelves in Sakamoto’s convenience store. Shin started off as a hitman dispatched to murder Sakamoto in Sakamoto Days Episode 1. However, in an amusing turn of events, he ends up quitting his life of crime, like Mr. Sakamoto, and becoming his employee instead. And if you remember, Shin can read minds!
Episode 2 follows Sakamoto and Shin on a harmless outing to shop a little and pack some pork buns, but right after Sakamoto gets his parcel of steaming buns, a teenage girl crashes into them, ruining the food and bringing chaos—a bunch of nefarious mafia men are trying to kill her. Instead of minding his own business, Sakamoto decides to help the girl, so a reluctant Shin does the same.
It’s a cutesy, fun little episode, which introduces the girl as Lu Shaotang, a feisty character who can fight grown men with tai chi and is set to become one of the primary characters of Sakamoto Days. The episode also includes some flashbacks to explain how Sakamoto’s wife, Aoi, turned him into a complete domestic family man. The running gag about Sakamoto killing Shin in his mind continues in this episode and remains pretty funny.
Overall, episode two is a little more entertaining than the pilot, packed with violent but humorous fight sequences that feature two creepy twin contract killers dispatched to get rid of Lu. But they’ll have to get through the gentle-looking Sakamoto first, whom they grossly underestimate.
Watch ‘Sakamoto Days’ on Netflix.
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January 18, 2025
Castlevania: Nocturne Season 2 Review – Near Immaculate!
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‘Castlevania: Nocturne’ Season One had ended on a high note – it brought in the legendary vampire Alucard, the son of Dracula, in the climactic moments of the last episode with a picture-perfect scene in the sky, as if it were made for a High Renaissance classical painting. So, ‘Castlevania: Nocturne’ season two kicks off with a flashback scene of Alucard looking for something in an ancient Egyptian tomb, guarded by supernatural entities…
Created by Clive Bradley, directed by Sam Deats and Adam Deats, season two of ‘Castlevania: Nocturne’ is definitely an upgrade from season one in terms of animation quality. In the previous season, scenes featuring characters walking often appeared choppy and slightly glitchy, but that issue has been resolved in the 2025 edition. Of course, the plot now is mostly about Richter Belmont, a descendant of the greatest vampire-hunting family in the world, defeating megalomaniac ‘vampire messiah’ Erzsebet Bathory with some help from Alucard and allies. So there aren’t a lot of twists, turns, and complexities in the tale, but it’s a completely binge-worthy successor.
Titled “A Living Legend,” episode one of this season begins with a flashback but soon shifts to the present timeline, where the primary protagonists – Richter Belmont (voiced by Edward Bluemel), Maria Renard (Pixie Davies), and Annette (Thuso Mbedu) – are fresh from having their heads saved from Erzsebet’s army by Alucard’s (James Callis) surprise appearance. The voice cast is fantastic, adding the perfect amount of emotional heft to their animated characters.
Erzsebet & Drolta is a flashback scene
Like season one, Castlevania: Nocturne Season 2 has eight episodes, and the first four are well-paced, packed with flashbacks to explain how the vampire Drolta played a crucial role in Erzsebet’s rise from being an imprisoned human noblewoman to a dreaded vampire queen. The writers mix some fascinating Egyptian lore into the story, linking Drolta’s origin story with the Egyptian Goddess of War. And of-course, the French Revolution continues to be the background of the tale.
Alucard proposes a mission to Paris, claiming the city might have an ancient relic that could help them fight Erzsebet’s army. While Richter and Annette follow Alucard to Paris, the young magician Maria wants to stay back in her town, primarily to seek vengeance for her mother Tera’s (Nastassja Kinski) death – or rather, her conversion into a vampire. With Tera now a vampire, Maria, who relished slaying the blood-suckers with Richter, is forced to ponder the nature of vampires and whether they retain the goodness of their human selves. Meanwhile, Erzsebet continues to have the Abbot craft hellish night creatures to become her pawns.
I feel like episode five was the only episode where the pace dipped, focusing a lot on Maria’s struggle with grief, anger, and Juste Belmont’s (Iain Glen) efforts to guide her. Since Maria doesn’t join Richter and crew to Paris, and is instead wrapped in her own personal struggles, I wasn’t very invested in her sub-plot. Although, her character arc does play a crucial part in the overall war between Erzsebet and revolutionaries. And thankfully, unlike some of the eyesore neon monsters of the older Castlevania, the wicked supernatural creatures of Nocturne are much easier on the eyes. One can spot some manga/anime influences in the animation, especially during the bloody battles between the characters, which was exciting to see.
For those hoping for a repeat of the witty, humorous banter and brotherhood the original Castlevania series offered through Alucard and Richter Belmont – there’s just some glimpse of it in Nocturne. Alucard this time is more of a tired ancient uncle dealing with kids. Richter and Annette however prove to be strong, powerful heroes – just what the world needs to fight evil forces. The last two episodes are entirely focused on the final war between the vampires trying to seize Paris and those defending it. Honestly, some of it felt a little prolonged, but the killer music makes all the madness – and the endless swooshing of swords, magic whips, guns, dragons (yes, dragons), and monsters – seem exciting.
Gritty animation, lots of violent fights, all accompanied by some really great background music – Castlevania: Nocturne Season 2 has it all. If you loved season one, you’ll probably be more than happy to watch this one too. All its high points easily overshadow its flaws. This was a near immaculate season!
Rating: 4.5 stars on 5. Stream Castlevania: Nocturne Season 2 on Netflix.
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January 17, 2025
Rose Wolves: Graphic Novel Review
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So, this started on a raw, magical note – it felt like a cutesy, raw little comic-book journal about a girl and a few days in her life. But her day takes an increasingly bizarre turn, after falling from a terrifying height, she picks up a strange flower from a creepy black bush, and that flower transforms into a mysterious cat-like creature. Interestingly, the most intriguing thing about this little creature isn’t its magical birth or even its rose-shaped tail, but the fact that it’s missing a limb, just like the little girl. So, the two quickly become friends.
Illustrated by Natalie Warner, Rose Wolves is a picture book with no dialogue, created by the artist for children who struggle with reading. However, I’m not entirely sure younger readers will fully grasp the themes of friendship and kinship woven into the story. Funnily enough, I didn’t even notice that the protagonist was missing an arm until page 32, which was 37% of the way through the book. Honestly, that’s a good thing… a missing limb shouldn’t define anyone, and it certainly doesn’t define the little girl in this story. That said, we don’t learn much about her beyond the fact that she seems to live with an adult who is barely around.
At less than 100 pages, Rose Wolves left me wishing for dialogues or thought bubbles to add depth to the narrative as the story progressed. The artwork, though simple and doodle-like, didn’t feel engaging enough to hook readers who prefer more detailed visuals. Overall, this is an intriguing seed of an idea, but it needs more watering and greater finesse in storytelling. If I had to gift a book to a kid, this really wouldn’t be on my mind.
Rating: 2.5 on 5. “Rose Wolves” is on Kindle Unlimited.
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Back in Action Review – Your Regular ‘Time-Pass’ Kinda Family Flick
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Actor Cameron Diaz took a ten year break from her acting career to focus on her family life, so… odds are, the last time most viewers saw her kick butt on screen was in the action flick “Charlie’s Angels”. At least, it’s the case with me. So, it was kinda fun to watch her play a top spy with Jamie Foxx in the 2025 action-comedy “Back in Action”, which of-course also seems to be a clever nod to the actor’s Hollywood work.
Directed by Seth Gordon, who co-wrote the film with Brendan O’Brien, Back in Action follows former CIA agents Emily (Cameron Diaz) and Matt (Jamie Foxx), who have retired from their lives as spies to play full-time parents to their kids, Alice (McKenna Roberts) and Leo (Rylan Jackson). However, after 15 years of quiet living, Emily and Matt find old enemies knocking at their door when their identities and location are exposed by a social media video. Unaware of their parents’ true identities, the kids are suddenly dragged into a crazy chase across the countries as armed terrorists and mercenaries pursue the family, all in search of a “key” the couple lost during their final mission.
So “Back in Action” is essentially a tweaked version of Mark Wahlberg’s action-comedy flick “The Family Plan”, which also follows a family on the run, after their ‘boring’ car-salesman father reveals he used to be a deadly assassin. Just that in this film, teen Alice and her younger brother Leo have to come to terms with the fact that their both their ‘boring’ parents, were killer spies. On the other hand, Emily and Matt are more than happy to be back in their thrilling spy life, although it’s harder when you also have to protect your kids.
Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx are entertaining in both avatars, as CIA spies and regular parents; however, the action sequences in the film aren’t all that thrilling, and many scenes are rehashed bits from older films. You have the usual bike chases, cars flying, phone-throwing moments, and a few red herrings to keep you confused about who the ‘real bad guy’ is.
With its nearly 2-hour runtime, Back in Action would have been more worthwhile for viewers if the climactic moments hadn’t been dragged out and the creators had adhered to the typical 90-minute runtime common for action-comedies. Actor Andrew Scott feels wasted in his cameo and could’ve used more screen-time than some of the other supporting cast.
And yes, since this is action-comedy territory, things are ridiculously exaggerated. For instance, there are scenes where Max and Emily are walking around inside a plane that’s already half-crashed (yeah, that doesn’t even make sense in writing, does it?), or Emily casually stepping away from a speeding bike she’s riding as if she’s simply getting up from a stationary gaming chair after winning a round of Counter-Strike. So if you do not mind some mindless action fun, this is a decent one-time watch, especially for a family night.
Rating: 2.5 on 5. Watch ‘Back in Action’ on Netflix.
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January 16, 2025
Sliced Review: Pizza Chefs vs. Mafia – Who Gets the Last Slice?
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“Sliced” showed up so many times in my ‘graphic novel’ search query on the Kindle library that I finally decided to read it. I’m glad I gave this book a shot because it turned out to be an engaging read, despite the first few pages throwing me off with their weird palette, which included some soft violet/mauve shades mixed with peachy and yellow tones. The colors seemed bizarre, considering the opening scene was about two men from the mafia striking some sort of shady deal. And even otherwise, I didn’t like the color scheme, but thankfully, except for the first few pages, the rest of “Sliced” looked a lot more visually engaging, even though the coloring is too loud in some sections.
Set in a fictional world, “Sliced” largely unfolds on a street once famed for its rows of pizzerias. But in the story only two rival restaurants remain, the La Napoletana, run by a cheery Silvio Zampini, known to be the ‘best pizzaiolo’ (Pizza chef) in town, and the Pizzeria di Napoli, headed by the bitter Pietro Pizzutti. When a dreaded mafia gang tries to buy out both businesses, the owners refuse. However, their resolve falters when a shiny new pizzeria suddenly opens overnight right across from them, driving away all their customers and squeezing them down to their last penny. Silvio and Pietro must find common ground – and maybe a miracle – to take on the flashy new outlet, whose pizzas taste fishy and awful at first bite, yet strangely addictive!
Created by Rafael Scavone, Guilherme Grandizolli, and Cris Peter, “Sliced” is an interesting mix of the culinary world and the underworld. Both Silvio and Pietro deeply care about their pizza businesses, which have been in their family for generations, and while Silvio is helped by his smart, teen daughter Sofi, Pietro has his mom Marta to keep him company. The antagonist in the tale is the Canolli family, the mafia who want to buy out the pizzerias to make way for a big architectural project. Rocco Canolli, the son of the mafia mob boss, comes up with a wicked ‘start-up’ plan to bleed Silvio and Pietro dry, forcing them to sell. Luckily, Sofi comes up with a plan to expose the new competition, but it’s not easy.
At its heart, “Sliced” is all about small businesses, food, and the very real struggles that authentic traditional restaurants face against cheap, quick, and unhealthy fast-food chains. There’s a running gag in the novel about how the mob boss loves his pet dog more than his own “good-for-nothing” son, and this humorous element proves to be a lasting and entertaining ingredient in the story.
“Sliced” has the usual ‘David versus Goliath’ theme, the pizza chefs of course have a hard time fighting the mafia, but they also learn a lesson or two about the importance of family, friendship, and unity along the way. Overall, I thought this was a pretty fun graphic novel.
Rating: 4 on 5. ‘Sliced’ is also on Kindle Unlimited.
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Love in the Air: Koi no Yokan Series Review
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Nagumo Shoma looked aptly cast as the hot, rich biker/mechanic in the trailer for Japanese series “Love in the Air: Koi no Yokan”, which is an adaptation of the 2022 Thai series of the same name. And I am willing to bet that a lot of viewers saw the show for the good-looking Nagumo Shoma. Guilty as charged. Although the biggest salient feature about this Japanese adaptation is the fact that it’s only eight episodes long, with about 26-30 minute long episodes, while the original packed 13 episodes that were almost hour long in duration.
Directed by Tomori Atsuki, “Love in the Air: Koi no Yokan” follows the chaotic, steamy romantic lives of architecture students Rei (Hamaya Takuto) and Kai (Nagatsuma Reo), who fall for flambyouyant biker-boys Arashi (Nagumo Shoma) and Fuma (Suzuki Asahi). Rei is a childlike, energetic, impish college student, whose romance with Arashi, a popular alumni from the same faculty, starts off on the wrong foot. Meanwhile, Rei’s friend Kai is shy, quiet, with a dark traumatic past, and even though he isn’t interested in a relationship, he is strongly pursued by Arashi’s biker friend Fuma.
The first 2-3 episodes of “Love in the Air: Koi no Yokan” were kind of entertaining, the makers of-course make a few tweaks to adjust the story to the Japanese settings, however, as the plot progresses, it becomes increasingly difficult to be invested in the show. Nagatsuma Reo who plays Kai, is not convincing as a college student at all, and looks the oldest of the four lead actors. In-fact, in real life, he is the same age as actor Suzuki Asahi, who plays his romantic interest Fuma. I usually try to ignore such superficial details (of whether an actor looks the age of their character), however, it was hard to do so while watching this show.
Hamaya Takuto’s performance as Rei fluctuated between being endearingly cutesy and downright annoying, but that’s more a reflection of how the character is written. In fact, the actor Takuto, who is in his mid-twenties, looked more like a high school boy than a university student. Nagumo Shoma as Arashi does what his brief asks him to do – be the sexy, broody, intimidating, dominant boyfriend to the puppy-like Rei. Their chemistry is debatable: it’s hot and cold, they are cute sometimes, and cringe-y other times.
The collision of Rei and Kai’s straightforward college lives with the adrenaline-fueled world of bike racing, illegal gambling, and intense rivalries surrounding Rei and Fuma initially proves to be fun, but quickly runs out of steam. The antagonists of “Love in the Air: Koi no Yokan” are very exaggerated and caricature like, almost like they are starring in a parody of some sorts. Fuma’s evil, abusive ex-boyfriend looks alarmingly older, and looks like a bad adult comic-book villain. The abuse sub-plot seemed unrealistic, and felt forced into the plot so that a primary character could have some serious trauma and trust issues.
I kind of lost interest in the series midway and resumed watching the remaining after weeks only to see what happens in the end. There’s not a lot of fresh material in terms of plot: two hot men fall for “damsel-in-distress” sort of younger college kids. Things work out in the end, and there are some steamy scenes in between. I wouldn’t recommend the show, but go ahead and give it a chance if it sounds like the kind of romantic series you wouldn’t mind watching when you have some free time on your hands.
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