Critiques (1)
I was thinking that this treatment definitely has an advantage over the others in that it's Japanese, short (9 episodes), and from 1996. I wasn’t wrong. But I also thought that, given the material available at the time, it would be at a disadvantage since the manga didn’t stop being published until 1999. It was a shame, but it got by without it. The big positive about this series was that not once did it make me feel as horribly embarrassed for the main character as I did in Oh Ha-Ni, or worse, in Yuan Xiang Qin. The treatment is the same, but simply put, the Japanese version is the best, even though the main character is such an idiot (ahem, for real). She was able to tone down the shrillness and stupidity and it wasn't driven to such proportions as the two mentioned above. It's true that both the Taiwanese and Korean versions have more of those "oh dear" moments, but the Japanese version managed to get by without them without a problem. Another great stroke is the main character. He is portrayed as a human or a monster who is absolutely flawless in the little box of his 200+ IQ. The actor is quite handsome, likable, and I think this Irie-kun is the real deal and believable. It's just a shame that I've seen this story so many times already, otherwise I'd definitely enjoy it a lot more.
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