Drama Review: Koisenu Futari

8

Rating

★★★★

Episodes

8

Drama Digest

About two aromantic and asexual people who start living together. Sakuko finds it difficult to live in a culture where people are expected to fall in love with one another. When she goes to promote a “fall-in-love” campaign run by her junior at work, she meets grocery employee Takahashi.

The Feel-Good Part

This drama brilliantly highlighted the problems, as well as the delight, of discovering your aroace identity and living as an aroace in such an amatonormative culture. The examination of Takahashi touch aversion might leave you dumbfounded because to the attention with which they treated it. Everyone involved in this drama approached it with such caution and handled everything so gracefully. You can tell by the way they approach even the most difficult aspects of discovering and accepting your identity, as well as the reactions of people closest to you. It was difficult to watch at times, but it was vital to do so because so many people have gone through or fear going through what Sakuko and Takahashi have gone through.

The Disappointing Factor

This drama has nothing to dislike about it. You will have a great time watching it. The subject is unusual, but it provides new perspectives on sexual orientation. It doesn’t come to me in a frenzy; it all comes to you gradually, softly, and organically.

In-Depth Analysis

A story about two aromantic and asexual persons who decide to live together. Sakuko finds it difficult to live in a world that assumes individuals will fall in love. When she goes to promote her junior’s “fall-in-love” campaign at work, she meets Takahashi, a supermarket employee. When she overhears him say that some people never fall in love, she is taken aback. Sakuko chooses to move out and rent an apartment with her friend, but her friend backs out at the last minute after reconnecting with her ex-boyfriend, as her mother is pressuring her to get married. Sakuko ends up living with Takahashi under one roof just when she is about to give up due to their shared romantic principles.

Star Power

This drama wonderfully pointed out the problem, as well as the delight, of discovering your aroace identity and living as an aroace in such an amatonormative culture. The examination of Takahashi touch aversion might leave you dumbfounded because to the attention with which they treated it. Everyone involved in this drama approached it with such caution and handled everything so gracefully. You can tell by the way they approach even the most difficult aspects of discovering and accepting your identity, as well as the reactions of people closest to you. It was difficult to watch at times, but it was vital to do so because so many people have gone through or fear going through what Sakuko and Takahashi have gone through.

Overall Opinion

It’s like watching your favourite and happiest dream play out over and over again, filled with warm and pleased sentiments.