Kimi wa Petto/ Kimi wo Petto (I've seen it both ways)
Yup, it won the viewing "war"
Possibly my last dorama for a week or two. Wanna concentrate of Supernatural and get a few movies watched. We'll see how well that works out.
Don't think I'll get much deeper into it than than the official descriptions, but...
The first half was exactly what I needed after having my angst and death capacity temporarily maxed out by Damo(but in a good way) light, fluffy and pretty and not requiring you to look much past the surface. The second half I didn't like as much. Specifically, I actively disliked the last portion of episode 6 and came out not caring for either of the men, alcohol or no alcohol(actually, only one gets to claim that excuse) and it colored the rest of the show for me, though I still enjoyed it.
Basic concept is that a highly successful but largely unhappy career woman named Sumire, who, after a very, very bad day, gets home and finds a young man, badly beaten in a cardboard box. She takes him to her apartment and bandages him up. The next day, he asks if he can stay with her, and she tells him only if he'll be a pet with no human rights and no bedroom privileges, expecting him to be offended and leave. Instead, he agrees and she has a pet. At the same time, she gets transferred to a new department at work, and the man of her dreams(since college) comes back into her life.
I didn't like this one as much as I have the other doramas I've seen(note: NOT the same as saying it's my least favorite...to me, that indicates a degree of dislike, which is not the case) but it was a good break. Koiyuki did a great job as Sumire, and managed to keep her troubles being portrayed as uncertainty and not wanting to step on toes unnecessarily, as opposed to being walked over by bullies. It's all too easy to forget that, while women(and others) still have troubles with living their own lives versus remaining in what's considered to be their proper "place," it's worse elsewhere, and this show did a good job of a woman living with that, and refusing to regret living her life and going as far as she can without obstacles.
Oddly, I found the romantic triangle the least interesting part(though I find it rather amusing that in the 2 roles I've seen him in, Matsumoto Jun plays a young guy who has a thing for an older woman who's hung up on another man) with Sumire's career and her intereactions with her best friend, who lives a more conventional, but no easier, life(actually, the friend, Yuri, is my favorite character from the series) being the most interesting parts, with the psychiatrist and his mini-Sumire assistant's plot closely following.
The ending wasn't quite what I expected, but it was probably the best ending for the series.
Possibly my last dorama for a week or two. Wanna concentrate of Supernatural and get a few movies watched. We'll see how well that works out.
Don't think I'll get much deeper into it than than the official descriptions, but...
The first half was exactly what I needed after having my angst and death capacity temporarily maxed out by Damo(but in a good way) light, fluffy and pretty and not requiring you to look much past the surface. The second half I didn't like as much. Specifically, I actively disliked the last portion of episode 6 and came out not caring for either of the men, alcohol or no alcohol(actually, only one gets to claim that excuse) and it colored the rest of the show for me, though I still enjoyed it.
Basic concept is that a highly successful but largely unhappy career woman named Sumire, who, after a very, very bad day, gets home and finds a young man, badly beaten in a cardboard box. She takes him to her apartment and bandages him up. The next day, he asks if he can stay with her, and she tells him only if he'll be a pet with no human rights and no bedroom privileges, expecting him to be offended and leave. Instead, he agrees and she has a pet. At the same time, she gets transferred to a new department at work, and the man of her dreams(since college) comes back into her life.
I didn't like this one as much as I have the other doramas I've seen(note: NOT the same as saying it's my least favorite...to me, that indicates a degree of dislike, which is not the case) but it was a good break. Koiyuki did a great job as Sumire, and managed to keep her troubles being portrayed as uncertainty and not wanting to step on toes unnecessarily, as opposed to being walked over by bullies. It's all too easy to forget that, while women(and others) still have troubles with living their own lives versus remaining in what's considered to be their proper "place," it's worse elsewhere, and this show did a good job of a woman living with that, and refusing to regret living her life and going as far as she can without obstacles.
Oddly, I found the romantic triangle the least interesting part(though I find it rather amusing that in the 2 roles I've seen him in, Matsumoto Jun plays a young guy who has a thing for an older woman who's hung up on another man) with Sumire's career and her intereactions with her best friend, who lives a more conventional, but no easier, life(actually, the friend, Yuri, is my favorite character from the series) being the most interesting parts, with the psychiatrist and his mini-Sumire assistant's plot closely following.
The ending wasn't quite what I expected, but it was probably the best ending for the series.