These posts take a lot more time than I would have thought. So, I apologize for taking so long to write the next update. (although I'm skeptical that anyone is even reading this.) I have watched a fair amount of anime and one other j dramain the interim, but I am going to write about j drama Kimi wa Petto.
Synopsis:
One evening after a long day at work Iwaya Sumire comes home to find a beaten-up young man in a cardboard box in front of her apartment building. She decides to take him in and nurse him back to health. He becomes attached to her during this period and he reminds her of her dead dog Momo. So, she decides to keep him in her apartment as her pet.
Most of the drama is spent with Iwaya trying to hide the fact that she has a young man living in her apartment, especially once she begins to date her college crush. And with Momo trying to get Iwaya to see him as more than just a pet and to fight the fear that one day she will abandon him.
There are two sub-plots: one with Takeshi and one with Iwaya:
1) In Iwaya's subplot a scheming woman on her job tries to ensnare Iwaya's boyfriend.
2) In Takeshi's subplot involves his ex-girlfriend and his best friend (Eita! :0)). In typical love triangle form, his ex still loves him and his best friend loves his ex.
Neither of these plots are that interesting although Iwaya's co-worker is the biggest schemer I have seen on tv in a long time. You will love to hate her!
Despite the fact that Iwaya and her boyfriend work in a newpaper office, this is not an office drama. I would put this completely into the romance category (with hints of humor).
Characters:
Takeshi/Momo: I don't think that he's "attractive", but his character is supposed to be such in this dorama. (there are frequent references to his good looks). His personality is the most interesting of the group because on one hand he is an amazing ballet turned modern dancer. But, on the other hand he is a confused homeless 'animal' looking for a safe space to be loved. Matusmoto Jun handles both of these aspects of his personality really well.
Iwaya/Sumire-chan: Is played by Koyuki. Again she is supposed to be "attractive", according to the many references to her beauty, but she is not what I would consider to be attractive (and she is shockingly thin, even for a TV personality). Her personality reminded me a lot of myself. She has a need to be strong and poised when at work and when interacting with others, but in reality she longs to express her weaknesses just like everyone else. She enjoys her time with Momo because she can cry freely in front of him (he's not a person, he's a "pet"). I imagine that there are many career women who feel similarly.
My Impression:
When I first read that a woman keeps a young man as her "pet-to" I thought that it was more like a gigolo sort of pet. No. She really treats him like a pet dog and he responds like one. There are some episodes where he woofs at her and her date. And typically he greets her return home by jumping up on her. She enjoys patting his hair and scratching his neck. Quite strange....
It seemed obvious from the beginning that there would be a romance between the two main characters. *spoiler coming* I was afraid the drama was going to completely depart from the relationship already established and force them into some typical girlfriend/boyfriend scenario. However, they surprisingly stayed true to the relationship and left them in a very non-traditional friendship. *spoiler over*
There was something surprisingly intriguing about this dorama, although I don't think that I would call it a really good dorama. Each episode was annoyingly similar to the one before it and it took a bit too long to get to the resolution at the end. However, because of personal identification with the female lead and the strong acting of the male lead I give this dorama a 6.5
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