
Drama Digest
The story is a depiction of some real-life issues such as impatience, anger, and worries faced by a woman as they turn 30. It shows the love, career, and sex lives of single, 29-year-old women as they try to survive in modern Tokyo.
The Feel-Good Part
The most beautiful thing about the show is that all women go through struggles in their life and try to deal with them on their own without worrying about their friends. But when the time comes, they all have each other’s backs whenever necessary. The portrayal of adult friendship between these women is mesmerizing to watch. Another major factor that the show successfully deployed is the LGBTQ community. Being a conservative country, people of the LGBTQ community face lots of struggles in Japan. The show put light on some significant factors that many mainstream shows are ashamed of or afraid of discussing. It was a realistic and honest show that perfectly describes the life of women in their 30s.
The Disappointing Factor
The show is a perfect blend of societal norms and has no disappointing factors.
In-Depth Analysis
The story shows female friends of 29 age. They all face various varies in that time of their lives to fit into society’s unrealistic expectations. Haruka feels sex deprived as she’s been distant from her boyfriend and to fulfill her desire ends up sleeping with a co-worker. When her fiancé found out about it, it ruins their relationship. Uta is out with her mother, who is first supportive of her and approves of everything she does. But the case is the opposite for her girlfriend Makoto. She struggles to exist in society while hiding her identity as gay. Staying in a relatively conservative society, they will never approve of her homosexuality. Kyouku inevitably desires to have a child as a single person and finds out how to have it. Kanon is desperate for marriage; she wants to get married before she turns 30 but she often leaves it to her luck to find that perfect partner for marriage.
Star Power
All four women characters played their roles with elegance. Sato Honami, Yamazaki Girona, Sato Rio, and Ishibashi Natsumi, who played the four major leads were amazing to watch.
Overall Opinion
It is an excellent show, portraying some of the major issues women face in the present society. Watching the show will raise many serious problems in women’s life that people often ignore putting on the big screen. It is a must-watched and will not disappoint.