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The Most Important Thing: Beauty or Personality?
Switched is a thoroughly enjoyable drama that is not only full of plot twist but also on it’s life lessons. What’s more important? How beautiful your exterior or how beautiful your interior is? That’s the question Switched tries to tackle. I truly believe it does a wonderful job of handling the topic with grace but fair warning suicide, whether it’s mentioned or actually shown, is a big part of the drama so if that triggers you please be aware.
To be honest Japanese dramas and me do not mix well—I’m not used to the cinematography, subtle language, and acting—but Switched made made open my heart to watching more of them. Like all dramas Switched is flawed, hence the fact that I only gave it 8 stars but I’m fine with overlooking those flaws since I liked it.
Ayumi, Umine, Kaga, and Koushirou as the main leads all have good and bad qualities that will make you root for them which I found interesting. No character is completely evil or completely good—they are just human. How far are you willing to go to achieve what society deems as ‘perfect’? That’s a hard question to answer honestly. You can be the most beautiful person on the outside but at the end of the day it’s your personality that matters. Obviously society is superficial and continues to judge off of physical attributes but to the people who truly matter they will value your personality.
The plot is full of so many twists that I don’t want to go in-depth on what happens but it takes a very cliche trope (body switching) and gives it a unique spin complete with its own backstory and lore. On top of the interesting plot you also have a phenomenally talented cast who really delivers when it comes to the emotions. I could truly feel like the Ayumi we met in the first few minutes of episode one really was stuck in Umine’s body by the little mannerisms and ticks; likewise can be said with Umine in Ayumi’s body. Hats off to the four main leads and the side characters for giving it all they got despite the fact that the limited runtime. I don’t remember anything that stands out in the OST but I would say it enhances everything rather than takes me out of the scene.
Switched is a little gem I’m so glad I stumbled upon on Netflix and I found myself glued to my screen time until the very last minute.
To be honest Japanese dramas and me do not mix well—I’m not used to the cinematography, subtle language, and acting—but Switched made made open my heart to watching more of them. Like all dramas Switched is flawed, hence the fact that I only gave it 8 stars but I’m fine with overlooking those flaws since I liked it.
Ayumi, Umine, Kaga, and Koushirou as the main leads all have good and bad qualities that will make you root for them which I found interesting. No character is completely evil or completely good—they are just human. How far are you willing to go to achieve what society deems as ‘perfect’? That’s a hard question to answer honestly. You can be the most beautiful person on the outside but at the end of the day it’s your personality that matters. Obviously society is superficial and continues to judge off of physical attributes but to the people who truly matter they will value your personality.
The plot is full of so many twists that I don’t want to go in-depth on what happens but it takes a very cliche trope (body switching) and gives it a unique spin complete with its own backstory and lore. On top of the interesting plot you also have a phenomenally talented cast who really delivers when it comes to the emotions. I could truly feel like the Ayumi we met in the first few minutes of episode one really was stuck in Umine’s body by the little mannerisms and ticks; likewise can be said with Umine in Ayumi’s body. Hats off to the four main leads and the side characters for giving it all they got despite the fact that the limited runtime. I don’t remember anything that stands out in the OST but I would say it enhances everything rather than takes me out of the scene.
Switched is a little gem I’m so glad I stumbled upon on Netflix and I found myself glued to my screen time until the very last minute.
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