Himitsu no Ai-chan (2021)

School drama too cute

The story is quite classic: a romance between a "tomboy" FL and the high school star ML.
In the 1st episode, we can expect a hate-love relationship like in many dramas. But no !
It's young, fresh, dynamic. Always well built.

This little couple is cute. In blonde she has a great style !!!! . And him ❤️❤️❤️?!!!!. And above all, I appreciate their sincerity, their attention to others. I'm a little disappointed with the ending, I would have liked her to have enough confidence in herself to go through with her process.

The other characters are well developed (for a Japanese series in 10 episodes, so succinct). We have the usual love triangles (why always the return of the persistent ex???), jealousy, fear, sadness...

In short, you'll have a great time.
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L'histoire est assez classique : romance entre une FL "tomboy" et le garçon star du lycée.
Dans le 1er épisode, on peut s'attendre à une relation hate-love comme on en voit dans beaucoup de dramas. Mais non !
C'est jeune, frais, dynamique. Toujours bien construit.

Ce petit couple est mignon. En blonde elle a du "chien"!!!! . Et lui ❤️❤️❤️? !!!!. Et surtout, j'apprécie leur sincérité, leur attention à l'autre. Je suis un peu déçue du dénouement, j'aurai aimé qu'elle ait suffisamment confiance en elle pour aller au bout de sa démarche.

Les autres personnages sont bien développés (pour une série japonaise en 10 épisodes, donc succincte). On a les habituels triangles amoureux (pourquoi toujours le retour de l'ex persistante ???) , la jalousie, la peur, la tristesse...

Bref, on passe un sacré bon moment.

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Could have been so much better!

I liked the concept and I appreciated that they didn't have the hidden identity between the main couple last for too long. The couple was cute together.

However, her not wanting to tell anyone else her true identity throughout the whole show got old fast. She had the "I'm not good enough for you" vibe going on (she actually verbalized it a couple of times) and that made me feel, through her inferiority complex, that she didn't love him like she should/claimed.

I'll admit up front that I don't like bullying, but this show went so far in the other direction it was ridiculous. Ai was good to everyone, and wanted to help everyone out, but unfortunately, her boyfriend seemed to be nowhere on the list of those she wanted to help. His needs always took a backseat to everyone else.

I felt that the end was unsatisfying.

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