Watashi to Otto to Otto no Kareshi (2023)

not your typical bl

• napanood ko agad ep 1 nito when it was just airing no'ng march, pero may smt sa'kin na sinasabing hindi pa ko ready sa plot nito dahil alam ko kung saan papunta ang story, and i'm glad na ngayon ko lang tinuloy para mas magrasp at hindi ko dibdibin masyado ang flow. this is not new to me dahil nakaencounter na rin naman ako ng ibang polygamous series like "3 will be free" ng gmm but this MMHMHBF is different from it. so i thought that would be the setup of their relationship, but i was wrong!!

• it's stated na there are various form of likings at pwede kang magmahal ng more than one at the same time. medyo naintindihan ko ang concept nito pero masasabi kong hindi ako para sa ganitong situation. maganda ang pinaparating na message ng series na 'to dahil may kaniya-kaniya silang point na masasabi kong tama at hindi ko naman 'yon basta majjudge since magkakaiba talaga tayo ng preferences when it comes to the idea of love.

• maganda script, color grading, acting, transition, ost, & the storyline is heavy like mapapaisip na lang ako kung ano kayang susunod na mangyayari or paano nila masosolve 'yong conflict to achieve the happiness they want? my baby kyoya honda and furukawa never disappoint me!! ganda rin visual ni akane parang may dugong barretto gano'n^^

• i give it a 9/10 since naiba nito ang mindset ko in different types of love at rs na pwede magkaroon ang isang tao.

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Se intentó

Al principio pensé que iba a ser una comedia romántica re fluff y tal de una pareja poliamorosa. Me caí de culo cuando la empecé a ver y ví por dónde iba.

Tiene un par de cosas rari que no me convencieron ni a palo. Una de las parejas era maestro x alumno (Misaki y Shuhei). Shuhei en un momento salía con una chica que iba a la escuela, siendo el bastante mayor. Y las escenas esas en las que Yuki forcejea y intenta darle besos o tocar a ShuHei cuando el claramente no quiere.

La manera en la que trata el tema del poliamor es medio confusa a veces. Pero dentro de todo creo que está bien abordado. Me gusta mucho como tocó ciertos temas. Es muy corta y me ubiese gustado ver más de Maki y Daichi. Uno no termina de encariñarse ni empatizar con los personajes. Las actuaciones están bien, pero no me hacen creer que estos personajes estan enamorados. El final es demasiado abierto para mi gusto pero no es un mal final.

La producción es muy buena, como en la mayoría de más series japonesas así que le doy un punto por eso.

A veces es medio pesada de ver pero es corta y si tienen tiempo y quieren ver representación poliamorosa pueden verla.

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Not a simple cheating story

Take one heterosexual female married to a closet gay man and introduce a bisexual cutie who is romantically interested in both of them and you realise this is not a simple cheating story.

The lovely teacher Nakamichi Misaki has been in an almost sexless marriage for five years and keeps telling herself "it's all right."
We learn, later on, that her husband, Nakamichi Yuki, has been coerced by his family to play the eldest son role and marry despite the confession later by his overbearing father that he already suspected his son is gay.
As a student Ina Shuhei confessed his feelings for his teacher Misaki and then left to study art. He appears again as the lover of Yuki.

Thus begins the exploration of norms in a Japanese society with regard to sexuality and relationships.

Shuhei has a strong belief and philosophy that he is able to love more than one person at a time and his preferences are gender fluid. He desires a relationship with Yuki and Misaki yet hopes he will not harm or hurt them.

Yuki has discovered his passion through Shuhei and has to struggle with his platonic love for his wife and his wish for her happiness.

Misaki is the one who spends the most time questioning her beliefs about herself and adapting her ideas about monogamous relationships. Initially the idea of losing her love interest Yuki causes her to pretend all is well. Later she attempts to incorporate Shuhei into her husbands life only to discover she is marginalised and has also placed an added burden onto her husband.

The tense scene of their 'death' is an interesting way of introducing the topic of suicides in the LGBT community.

Although the themes are complex each actor and scene add to the story being explored. My own experience and beliefs are not too hard set so I felt empathy for each of their stances and liked how the writers did not provide answers but left me with questions.

My only negative was in the (dead fish) kiss scenes with Yuki and Shuhei that were opposite for Shuhei and Misaki's.

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An emotional story of adults trying to figure things out.

The story itself is where this show truly shines. It shows themes of love, desire, and self-discovery in a thought-provoking way. Each episode carefully peels back layers of the characters and their relationships...I was genuinely invested in their journeys and couldn't wait to see how it all played out.

The portrayal of Misaki, the main character, was exceptional. She showcased her concern for her husband and her determination to protect herself and her relationship with him. She was no pushover; she made thoughtful decisions and handled the situation carefully and gracefully. It was impressive to see her navigate such a challenging circumstance. Honestly, I don't know how I would react in the same situation! The married couple, Misaki and Yuki, were genuinely concerned for each other's happiness. It was refreshing to see their journey. There is no yelling or unnecessary drama here—just genuine, heartfelt acting that hooked me from the first scene. I was initially leery of the lover, Shuhei, but he was respectful and sensitive. It really kept me on edge, wondering how everything would unfold.

I haven't seen another show like it. It's not a simple show about cheaters. It showed the complexities of relationships, showcasing its characters' struggles and choices. If you've been hesitant about watching it because you thought it might be predictable or cliché, let me assure you that it's not. The show surprises you with its depth and thoughtfulness. If I had to nitpick, there were a few episodes where the pacing felt a bit off, but honestly, it didn't take away from the overall greatness of the show.

But also, let's talk about Furukawa Yuki as Nakamichi Yuki. He totally nailed his character's emotional journey, and I can see why he's such a popular actor.

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I enjoyed this!

I liked this more than I thought I would based on the premise. I will say without Kyoya, or an actor as expressive as he is, I would've rated it lower. I am very partial to Kyoya and will watch anything with him in it because of how expressive he is. The female lead was also good. I felt her pain and frustration. The husband was very stoic and I wish he wasn't so passive all the time.

The Christmas scene broke my whole heart. I just wanted to fly to Japan and hug Kyoya even though I know he wasn't actually heartbroken irl. My jaw hit the floor though. I was so shocked!

The ending was bittersweet and I hope we can get more of this story. I really wanted an ending with the three of them together because I felt like the female lead was coming around and accepting her true feelings, however it seemed to go a little haywire in the end.

Overall a good and engaging experience!

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it’s creative and somewhat realistic

and what I mean when I say realistic is that I feel like this could actually happen, ther’s actual people in the world that are gay while married to a woman for society’s standards, also with people saying he cheated, yes I agree, to some degree, because yes he kissed him and fell in love with another person but it ended up never bieng more atleast not before him and her divorced, there have also been a lot of people saying he was selfish, but she was the one that told him the student could stay with them, and she was the one staying with him because she still loved him while he started loving another, and he couldn’t do anything about that obviously but she could’ve immediately divorced, but overall I feel like they where all a little selfish

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This is just the beginning, so it gives more problems than solutions.

I actually enjoyed the show, but like many have said the writers bit more than they could chew at the same time they handled it as best as they could.

The show to me gives a new look to attraction and what normal is. What gives others the right to go on dictating to you what your normal is supposed to be?

To explain this show I feel it's more of a foundation than anything, it really doesn't achieve much than to introduce to you the characters and their relationship dynamics and who they were before the current relationship.

As a build up this show was close to perfect in analyzing the characters, in showing the inner struggles and outer pressures that they had to fight to finally say yes we want to actually try this out, but as a show, it lacked too much, not enough time to truly handle the complexity of the emotions or the topics the brought forth the people who brought forth those topics.

If you are looking for closure this is not for you if you understand this is actually just the beginning of the actual story you might never see then go ahead.

It's about family love and lust. Which is looked at in many different ways, can't let go, who can't accept but at the same time wants.

The husband who can't make the two people he loves happy

And the lover who has more to lose because he is the only one ready to accept what they have as a unit of three while the other two are still stuck on the fact that relationships only have two people...

if you want a show like this that actually delivers, watch the show Trigonometry by BBC two

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Tuvieron buenas intensiones, eso sí.

Bueno, para empezar debo decir que la serie no se fue para donde creí que se iría (lamentablemente): yo ya me podía imaginar tremendo triángulo amoroso entre los tres protagonistas. Lit podía verlos terminar en una relación en la que Misaki y Yuki (el marido) terminarían interesados por Shuhei (el novio del marido), ya que este último es bisexual.
Al final la cosa fue bastante estresante, con una protagonista en constante negación y mucho drama (no me pregunten por qué, pero pensé que iba a ser una comedia).

En fin, fue muy interesante ver una serie japonesa en donde el poliamor fuera el tema central, el problema es que se sintió como si ni la misma serie hubiera entendido bien el concepto, por lo que falló a la hora de intentar dar un mensaje positivo. O sea, se nota que las intenciones fueron buenas, pero la ejecución dejó mucho que desear ya que partió de una idea un poco errónea.

Otra cosa que me hizo un poco de ruido fue que obviamente el personaje bisexual es el que apareció con la idea del poliamor, y encima al principio me había dado la impresión de ser un poco turbio, aunque por suerte después no (ponele).

Tampoco terminé de entender nunca qué le veían Misaki y Shuhei a Yuki. Literal es el hombre más común y meh del mundo en cuando a personalidad. Y por si fuera poco, en el dorama hay algunos personajes secundarios súper interesantes que podrían haber mejorado mucho las cosas y no los supieron aprovechar.

En definitiva, una serie que espero que sea el inicio de más historias así, solo que mejor hechas (y con mejores besos, porque los de este jdrama son lo que le sigue a secos).

•IG DE RESEÑAS CORTAS: @altoplottwist

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Easy Watch, Lame Ending

DISLIKES:
Shaky camera syndrome very bad in Ep. 10
Everyone except Yuki was well casted for their characters. Furukawa Yuki didn’t have chemistry with Kyoto nor with Akane. His kissing scenes with Shuhei did not make you think he was gay or even undecided. He mostly kissed with his mouth closed, even during his “hungry for you and can’t control myself” moments. So it all fell very flat.
Writer tried to tackle some hard subjects, but didn’t provide enough back story for Misaki and Yuki’s relationship, prior to Shuhei entering it. For example, why does she love Yuki so much, when he practically ignores her? Why did Yuki decide to marry her and live a lie about who he wanted?
Also they needed Misaki to define what she meant by liking/loving someone, as her definition was too ambiguous, compared to Shuhei.
They had Misaki repeating she wanted to be liked as a woman, yet when Shuhei and Daichi did exactly that, she turned them down.
Also the ending was too open ended, it needed a few more episodes to really have impact and a sound conclusion, while showing us character growth.
Wardrobe was too obvious in regards to making Misaki demure and Shuhei artsy.

LIKES:
Sets and scenery, cinematography and colour palette.
Music was okay, but nothing memorable.
Writer tackled depression and suicide, on top of the other concepts which the story revolved around. I liked how Shuhei showed them how to let go of all the negativity and move on.
I liked that the anime artists were shown actually drawing and creating.
I loved the gift Shuhei gave the couple at Christmas, it was beautiful.
The ending was okay, but was still lacking.

OVERALL:
I was a little disappointed in how this drama was concluded. Thankfully it was only 30 minute episodes and 10 episodes in total, so not a complete waste of time. I liked that it strayed from the usual Boy Love/Affair/Marriage Relationship drama formula. If you are okay with open endings, then I will recommend it. I won’t watch it again.

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Boring Cubed

Normally I would be all for all three characters just dating each other, but both Misaki and Yuki are the blandest people and Shuhei is annoying. There's no romantic spark or tension between the three of them. Misaki shows more spark and happiness with her friends and even her frenemy, until that guy she also has no chemistry with hits on her anyways. The show has a short runtime, but the 10 episodes feels like it drags on forever until they FINALLY divorce and cut to black with Yuki still having zero attraction to Misaki even though she's interested in joining what Yuki wants to do with Shuhei.

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I hate this movie and this is why

I had to create an account just to write this review and this is very subjective but I have to put it out there.

I thought this would be a fun threesomes movie with such good looking casts and it delivered though I didn't get to the threesomes part because I raged quit after 5 episodes because of the absurdity that was this series.

The series was very UNREALISTIC. Imagine how you would act if you met the person your husband cheated on you with... and just know that the wife had the polar opposite reactions. Like how unrealistic do you need to make this movie??? This was probably why I hated this movie so much, because of how the characters were acting and if feelings of anger was what the producers wanted then they succeeded but if not then Idek. And also just how everyone around that boyfriend was just so in love they couldn't just uphold some of their dignity was just so annoying like he is just a dude if he doesn't like you then LEAVE HIM.

I just thought that the boyfriend's backstory was so unnecessary and was just the last effort of the producers and writers to make him seem more likeable, which DID NOT WORK FOR ME??? I guess he was oh so special and not normal, but that doesn't justify how he basically home wrecked a marriage. So after 5 episodes there was nothing that could've helped me to like the blondie more... ALSO how do you expect me to like him? After him just coming into their home and telling both partners that omg im so in love with both of you like how much of a player do you want to make him out to be???

Also like I get this show was meant to be like omg im finding myself and blah blah blah but like why wont you just think about everyone you're hurting on the way of finding yourself like that is basically what the husband is like. Man like don't be a coward and just I don’t know? TELL YOUR WIFE YOU DON'T LOVE HER AND THAT YOU'RE GAY. But it's all good because I won't be seeing another 125m of this show.

What I liked from my first 5 episodes was the scenery and the acting (not in kissing scenes with the guy)

What I disliked was: everything, the plot, the happy music in scenes that were not... happy???, the blondie, how dumb everyone was.

I WILL NOT REWATCH DO NOT RECOMMEND GO WATCH SOMETHING THAT WILL MAKE YOU HAPPY AND NOT THIS! WHAT A MESSED UP SHOW ??? (maybe it would have helped if I watched the threesomes scenes but I just couldn't because of how unrealistic and dumb this show was :( ) What a waste of my time.

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