#Mashima Hidekazu

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The boykissers of CHASTITY HIGH • 恋愛バトルロワイヤル (2024)

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Zenra Meshi (2023)

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Following the Sound (Kyoshi Sugita, 2023)

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I forgot to post this last week but hello there! I did not expect to see a familiar face here. Hidekazu Mashima I as not expecting to see you in a bl again.

Cool cameo!

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In Love and Deep Water

Movies watched in 2023

In Love and Deep Water (2023, Japan)

Director: Yusuke Taki

Writer: Yuji Sakamoto

Mini-review:

I enjoyed this a lot. It's far from Yuji Sakamoto's best work, but even his lesser scripts still have above-average quality. I must admit I didn't really care for the murder-mystery part of the story, although the final twist did surprise me more than I expected. That being said, I definitely liked the romcom parts way more. The writing is as witty as one could expect from Sakamoto, and Ryo Yoshizawa and Aoi Miyazaki know how to play off each other. The banter between their characters is delightful. The rest of the cast is also great, and it's clear the actors had fun making this movie. On top of that, I also loved the social commentary that permeates the plot without overwhelming it. Overall, I had fun with In Love and Deep Water.

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watched 2 different recent shows starring one of my favorite cute jdrama ossans (mashima hidekazu) since they were both subbed by the same person and the links were right there and it was like well why not. so i might as well do a joint review of them too.

coincidentally they both also feature a FL who's potentially down to fuck that middle aged man which is often an added draw for me but in advance i'll just say that i would not recommend either of these shows on that front.

"halation love" is a pretty limp lowkey mystery/"psychological thriller" where it being a fairly low budget show is kinda what damns it the most bc it's like. the cast is so small that once we eliminate both of the FL's sort of love interests as suspects who else could it be other than Guy C? there's not really any other recurring characters?

the FL here is also this aggravatingly bland doe-eyed waif who blinks confusedly through the whole ordeal & does things like apologize (in a genuine manner) to the guy who just tazed her & tied her up. just a spark of personality in this girl would've gone such a long way.

and this is just petty but they consistently put her in some of the ugliest clothes i have ever seen in a drama.

overall: not really recommended. mashima-san gets all bloody at one point though and it's very nice <3

"shoumonai bokura no renaimon" is a bizarre slice of life about a ~40 y/o guy who's contacted by his one true love from college only to find that she's actually dead & the one who contacted him is her teen daughter who looks exactly like her.

slice of life doesn't always need a coherent thesis statement i guess but i was still really perplexed about the messaging of this one. the ML and his childhood friend who's carried a torch for him for 25 yrs get into a relationship then later break up bc even after agreeing to date he never seemed to think of her romantically, only saying yes to make her happy/bc it would be an "easy" logical relationship. her putting her foot down against this is painted as a good move.

and yet in the end both the main women get into relationships with other men that neither of them ever display romantic attraction towards, who have seemingly just "worn them down" through persistence (not in the creepy way, but still). and THIS is painted as sweet. like ?? ??? it's the same thing though....

it's just a very frustrating straight people show in general. the best moments in it are probably the bits of cross generational bonding, and i kept waiting for the shoe to drop and for the daughter character to finally realize that her feelings for this 40 y/o man are actually "wanting a dad". dad & daughter are what most of their interactions read as. like, extremely so. at one point she calls him to pick her up at the park bc she fell off the jungle gym. (this 17 y/o girl kinda being written like she's 10 is a whole other can of worms, but.)

you could really do something with that, like a contemplation on the way society trains us to prioritize the idea of romance so much that we sometimes can't register other types of affection.

but the revelation never comes. she continues insisting she's romantically into this guy until getting rejected years later as a college student.

overall: also not recommended. but mashima-san wears many knit sweaters in it and looks very adorable :3

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Kureiji Kuruzu

Kureiji Kuruzu (2023) #YusukeTaki #RyoYoshizawa #AoiMiyazaki #YoYoshida #RinkoKikuchi #KentoNagayama Mehr auf:

クレイジークルーズ / In Love and Deep Water / Jahr: 2023 (Oktober) Genre: Comedy / Mystery / Romantik Regie: Yûsuke Taki Hauptrollen: Ryo Yoshizawa, Aoi Miyazaki, Yo Yoshida, Rinko Kikuchi, Kento Nagayama, Yuki Izumisawa, Aju Makita, Amane Okayama, Airi Matsui, Yoshimasa Kondo, Tomu Miyazaki, Takashi Okabe, Yunho, Nahana, Rumika Ogai, Hidekazu Mashima, Miyu Hayashida, Ken Mitsuishi, Hatsunori Hasegawa,…

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I am obsessed with this blog (the good amount not the creepy kind hahah) May I suggest Hidekazu Mashima In Residental Complex please ?

Honestly, that's amazing to hear because I feel like I've been such a slowpoke the last few months! I will keep him in mind. And thank you so much for the suggestion and compliment! Hope you have a lovely day/night, anon.

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oh, it hurt

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Following the Sound (Kyoshi Sugita, 2023)

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Tonari no Kazoku wa Aoku Mieru (2018)

Aoki Saku x Hirose Wataru

Bartender meets architect, love sparks that leads to life long commitment. These two went through a number of obstacles; dealing with homophobia, Hirose’s doubt of his own-self (coming out) and Saku’s own inferior complex around his lack of self-esteem. But in the end they proved everyone else wrong. 

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