When you thought you checked out all of this season’s good jdrama’s, suddenly you find one that might be interesting. I wasn’t particularly charmed by the cast, but after having watched episode 1 I thought it the story was too funny to pass up. That is…. until it reverted back to average. Oh noes!
So what is the story about?
In short: the story is about a 25 year old girl (Kuroki Meisa) who turns to a matchmaking company in order to find a man.
What could have made it brilliant?
If she didn’t lie on her matchmaking application and at least would have had the job as a system designer! The first episode really touches the problems IT gals have finding love. She displayed the same kind of attitude: “Don’t care about the type of guy as long as he isn’t in my way”, “It’s because I’m not the cute type, right? That’s why men never get serious about me.” And then when her advisor took pictures of her and said “You look kinda stiff”. XDD. It was hilarious to me all the way. In the intake one thing sort of gave it away she was lying though: admitting/saying she wanted a rich man. It doesn’t fit the profile per say. Then they enter Fujiki Naohito’s character: a big shot lawyer who went to the matchmaking company to find “a beautiful woman” and “the reason he says that out loud is because he thinks that’s not discriminating. Saying you like someone because they like to cook/clean is much worse and kills the fighting spirit of a woman”. Rofls. Trust me, this drama would have been way better if the second or third episode was about putting a system designer with a lawyer together in one room. FAIL, with the potential to turn out nasty in a hilarious way.
All I can say is: shame that recognizable topics for the masses once again prevail over a topic that has not been explored. Then again, I know if they once make a drama like I would have wanted to have this one turn out, they’ll totally geekify the female nerd as they do the male ones and turn it cracktastic. The beauty of it is: you don’t need to make a spectacle out of it for it to still be insanely funny. In short: my life makes a really good drama. XD. That’s also the joke that let’s system admin’s laugh, btw. “You know, if my life wasn’t mine and I’d watch from a distance it’s pretty fucking funny”. There basically ARE NO other people that will look at you and your dead serious poker face and start laughing. Nope, other people will ask you if you’re okay or need to see a shrink (lol). That, including bystanders, is already five minutes of great tv. I’m basically waiting for Japan or Korea’s entertainment industry to finally romanticize the unromanticizable in a naturally cracktastic way.
