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Coffee & Vanilla Type
Story
When there is no plot, the series needs to have significant advantages. In this case, there is nothing that can make up for the lack of a plot.
Acting
Since the 2019 Coffee & Vanilla wave, the casting quality has dropped to almost zero. The lead actress is stunning and looks like a doll, but her facial expressions are identical throughout all the scenes. The funniest part was in one episode when the man describes how he loved the faces she made, and then when they show her expressions, you see they are all the same—just wide eyes and raised eyebrows. It's really frustrating when they cast such a beautiful actress.
We also have an actor whose only facial expression is pursing his lips forward, even in an entire episode dedicated to him. If he were more masculine without such feminine lips, it would be less distracting. However, it never could have worked with him from the start because he has no acting skills and looks too feminine to convincingly portray forced masculinity.
Music
My guess is that it had a very low budget, which is why there wasn't much music. A nice piano melody played throughout the series, but it didn't have any real musical value.
Rewatch Value
Japanese series are usually accompanied by emotional depth or intelligent logic, and above all, there is always a message behind everything, even if it seems forced and feels too "educational." In this case, the characters are very flat, without development, emotion, intelligence, or facial expressions—they are paper characters. It makes sense for someone to feel too old due to lack of experience, and it even makes sense for her to become attached to the person she is experiencing things with, but the question is how to convey something when there is no dialogue, or at least how to emotionally engage the viewer without dialogue, monologue, or even facial expressions. Apparently, this is an impossible task. The only goal of this series is to show her in a bra. Honestly, it could have worked better if there was some added value like humor or extreme silliness that could justify the stupidity in the lack of plot.
When there is no plot, the series needs to have significant advantages. In this case, there is nothing that can make up for the lack of a plot.
Acting
Since the 2019 Coffee & Vanilla wave, the casting quality has dropped to almost zero. The lead actress is stunning and looks like a doll, but her facial expressions are identical throughout all the scenes. The funniest part was in one episode when the man describes how he loved the faces she made, and then when they show her expressions, you see they are all the same—just wide eyes and raised eyebrows. It's really frustrating when they cast such a beautiful actress.
We also have an actor whose only facial expression is pursing his lips forward, even in an entire episode dedicated to him. If he were more masculine without such feminine lips, it would be less distracting. However, it never could have worked with him from the start because he has no acting skills and looks too feminine to convincingly portray forced masculinity.
Music
My guess is that it had a very low budget, which is why there wasn't much music. A nice piano melody played throughout the series, but it didn't have any real musical value.
Rewatch Value
Japanese series are usually accompanied by emotional depth or intelligent logic, and above all, there is always a message behind everything, even if it seems forced and feels too "educational." In this case, the characters are very flat, without development, emotion, intelligence, or facial expressions—they are paper characters. It makes sense for someone to feel too old due to lack of experience, and it even makes sense for her to become attached to the person she is experiencing things with, but the question is how to convey something when there is no dialogue, or at least how to emotionally engage the viewer without dialogue, monologue, or even facial expressions. Apparently, this is an impossible task. The only goal of this series is to show her in a bra. Honestly, it could have worked better if there was some added value like humor or extreme silliness that could justify the stupidity in the lack of plot.
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