Terrible script
I decided to watch this dorama since Tanabe Momoko, whom I had really liked both for her looks and for her acting skills in "Yuru Camp", starred in it. And indeed, she didn't disappoint me; she was absolutely gorgeous-looking in this "Konna Mirai wa Kiitenai", and she also did very well acting-wise, given the totally lousy material she had to work with (I'll elaborate more on that in a moment). The rest of the cast was also ok, with the exception of Noro Kayo (she had me climbing the walls every time she was on screen...and whenever she'd ad-lib some of those überlousy "rap lines", I seriously felt the urge to throw something at the display).The seaside setting (my other reason for watching this, btw) was nice, but apart from the opening and ending credits, it wasn't used much, unfortunately.
The big problem this dorama had was the script, which was as terrible as they come. It reminded me of an exercise I'd have my students do in order to show them how bad a script turns out to be, without the proper planning (the exercise consisted in having them write a story where every single students could contribute only with a few lines, and what's worse, every student could only know the few lines written by the previous one, not having the slightest idea about the rest of the story; of course, with those premises, the stories turned out to be plainly terrible, lacking all coherence and structure! Well, that's totally how this dorama felt: a bunch of extremely poorly written scenes, chaotically thrown together without any logic nor any sense of how to write a script - and should I add, without any respect for the viewers. 2/10
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Overall, the love triangle was cute. And the love story was interesting to watch. However, the ending, with the whole time traveling theme was confusing. However, the pace of the drama was nice, the story fresh and entertaining, and the performances enjoyable.
So, seven out of ten.
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Garbage Writing and Bad Time Management (no pun intended)
LIKES:
Beach setting and cinematography.
Okay music.
Okay acting, considering what a piece of crap the writing/script was.
Production was fine, but could’ve been better.
DISLIKES:
WRITING
No need for the time travel bits or flash backs (since the episodes weren’t long or many).
The time travel parts just made it confusing and ridiculous.
The love triangle was all over the place without establishing why Taki was suddenly in love with the FL. And Aikawa had no chemistry with Kayo at all.
Who was Juumonji? (Other than the guy chasing FL with a camera [which was never explained] and the same guy telling her good luck on the exam. Unless he’s the one she’s supposed to end up with, this character was under used and not needed.
The time used on unnecessary characters and the time travel people/situations could’ve been cut out, so the main characters were better developed, (given the limited air time and number of episodes).
DIRECTOR
I really hated the ice cream scenes, because no one ate it, mostly it melted or was dropped on the floor. For a teen romance this had barely any romance and the delayed kisses with FL was way too long. The actors like Kamio Fuju were under used considering their talent.
FX
There were none. The time travel moments were either a bright light or a fade out, so cheap. Also every time the FL fell, she didn’t have a scraped knee or anything. The blood on her finger looked real, that’s about it.
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