Ojisan wa Kawaii Mono ga Osuki
Mitsutaka Oji (Hidekazu Mashima) is 43-years-old and works as a sales department manager. He is divorced and lives alone. His colleagues respect him at work, but he has a secret. His secret is that he likes cute things, including dolls of the Pug Taro character. (asianwiki-2020)
I am very happy to see Imai Tsubasa doing well! He looks amazing, and I am happy that this drama did it so well.
It is a very lovely and funny drama; my 2nd favorite of this season. The trailer may look a bit silly but fun: a middle-aged man loving kawaii things secretly. A tsundere loving cats secretly. A boy loving shoujo manga secretly.
While it is cute and funny to see grown-up men loving characters so much, it is also showing us our secret desires that we feel we must hide because of our age. Other people may look at an adult otaku like he/she is a freak, only for the fact that he/she likes anime and manga. I have the same issue, not because I like to have a keychain of Sebastian Michaelis it means I am weird! But people like to judge, and because we do not want to be ridicule or whatever, it is easier to hide it. But it also can make us a bit miserable, having to pretend we are someone else. Ahhh if we can only show proudly what we like without having other people judging you!
This is what the drama is about, and also, while hiding who you are, you will feel lonely eventually. Oji-san (haha, ojisan) is very reserved because of that.. we may listen to his thoughts when he is happy but since he doesn't show much, sensitive people like Kenta may feel like their feelings are not conveyed. Oji-san is super happy to have a new friend that understands him and share the same feelings as him, but if he doesn't say it out loud, Kenta wouldn't know. It takes him some time to properly say his feelings XD
Their friendship is so cute (remember, it is a FIRST for them) so it may look like a BL: the overthinking, over-analyzing, both of them thinking about each other, being happy just being together; the little gifts, some awkward encounters and the final "I like you" XD But it is really just about a treasured friendship between two older guys who, finally, are not afraid to show their "feminine" side XD
There are many merchandising about Pug Taro / Pagtaro thoughout the drama... it is so cute I also want a plushie! Both Oji-san and Kenta visit a big store, full of kawaii things, called Hakuhinkan. I've read it has like 5 floors of toys and plushies, and I want to go there sometime! I visited Kiddyland, which was cute of course, but it can also be a bit overwhelming.
Mashima Hidekazu was so good as Oji-san... look at this meme! His stern looks + his cute thoughts... the contrast was very funny, so he was a perfect fit. He has played a couple of gay characters so far (in Ossan's Love and Tonari no Kazoku wa Aoku Mieru) so the audience can't help it if they want a romance btw him and Kenta XD Nevertheless, it was a fun drama, I just wish it was longer... 5 episodes is so short!
My rating: **9.5/10**
I am very happy to see Imai Tsubasa doing well! He looks amazing, and I am happy that this drama did it so well.
It is a very lovely and funny drama; my 2nd favorite of this season. The trailer may look a bit silly but fun: a middle-aged man loving kawaii things secretly. A tsundere loving cats secretly. A boy loving shoujo manga secretly.
While it is cute and funny to see grown-up men loving characters so much, it is also showing us our secret desires that we feel we must hide because of our age. Other people may look at an adult otaku like he/she is a freak, only for the fact that he/she likes anime and manga. I have the same issue, not because I like to have a keychain of Sebastian Michaelis it means I am weird! But people like to judge, and because we do not want to be ridicule or whatever, it is easier to hide it. But it also can make us a bit miserable, having to pretend we are someone else. Ahhh if we can only show proudly what we like without having other people judging you!
This is what the drama is about, and also, while hiding who you are, you will feel lonely eventually. Oji-san (haha, ojisan) is very reserved because of that.. we may listen to his thoughts when he is happy but since he doesn't show much, sensitive people like Kenta may feel like their feelings are not conveyed. Oji-san is super happy to have a new friend that understands him and share the same feelings as him, but if he doesn't say it out loud, Kenta wouldn't know. It takes him some time to properly say his feelings XD
Their friendship is so cute (remember, it is a FIRST for them) so it may look like a BL: the overthinking, over-analyzing, both of them thinking about each other, being happy just being together; the little gifts, some awkward encounters and the final "I like you" XD But it is really just about a treasured friendship between two older guys who, finally, are not afraid to show their "feminine" side XD
There are many merchandising about Pug Taro / Pagtaro thoughout the drama... it is so cute I also want a plushie! Both Oji-san and Kenta visit a big store, full of kawaii things, called Hakuhinkan. I've read it has like 5 floors of toys and plushies, and I want to go there sometime! I visited Kiddyland, which was cute of course, but it can also be a bit overwhelming.
Mashima Hidekazu was so good as Oji-san... look at this meme! His stern looks + his cute thoughts... the contrast was very funny, so he was a perfect fit. He has played a couple of gay characters so far (in Ossan's Love and Tonari no Kazoku wa Aoku Mieru) so the audience can't help it if they want a romance btw him and Kenta XD Nevertheless, it was a fun drama, I just wish it was longer... 5 episodes is so short!
My rating: **9.5/10**