7.5/10 is my rating. This is close to the ratings I have seen of 7.8 average over thousands of reviewers on other sites. This is a 2010 Japanese television drama spanning 10 episodes (60 minutes/episode). It is an adaptation of a popular Manga and Anime series Wallflower/Perfect Girl Evolution. It takes place in a boarding house and the premise is if the four young men living there can convert the landlord's shut-in niece from a "horror girl" to a proper lady not only can they continue to live there but they will be able to do so rent free. Takano Kyohei ( Kamenashi Kazuya) is a college student who has exceptionally good looks. Everywhere he goes he draws a crowd of young ladies hoping to catch his attention. These unruly crowds of young women cause him to lose jobs and even ends close personal relationships with friends and family. He does not feel being born exceptionally attractive is a good thing and often hides himself to keep away from the unwanted attention. He has three other housemates, Yukinojo Toyama ( Yuya Tegoshi), Oda Takenaga ( Hiroki Uchi) and Morii Ranmaru ( Miyao Shuntaro), who are also college students and have become close friends over their time of living together. They feel up to the challenge even when they see the niece who moves in with her black hair covering her face, black cape and overall gloomy demeanor. She loves skulls, anatomical figures and all things spooky and does not relate well to others. If she sees someone attractive it causes her to say "dazzling" and typically head butt the beautiful being before her. Each episode has a bit of a side/additive story on each of the leads and keeps the story moving along.

Spoiler ? This one felt like one part Adams Family, a portion of Beauty and the beast, maybe some Meteor Garden, and then perhaps Deadpool all mixed together. It kept me watching but I could see where some say things that have been converted from Manga or Anime in Japanese literature are not typically converted well into a live version. There were aspects that really took you out of the story when one of the characters did something that would not happen in the context of a live story. So it has some elements that were more cartoonish and silly relative to the story line. That is why I rate it down. The love story was good but I felt like it was more an aside than a central part of the story. Some of it is it is hard to imagine a woman falling in love with someone that can be so cruel at times and for a man to fall in love with someone that has such deep seated psychological issues that remain unresolved. I could a bit see why they "worked" both hid themselves for different reasons so you could understand how they related on that level but love is something else - not just having things in common but feeling really attracted to certain things about the other person and I just did not see that part. He continued to seem repelled by her love of horror and she did not change his knee jerk reaction to respond to certain situations by striking back with cruel words. You sensed that evolution of both starting but hadn't fully seen it by the end. It is entertaining and worth the watch if you really want something different but if you are into a realistic scenario and a strong love story this could be a bit of a turn off.

This was nearly impossible to find. I looked for ways to buy it or to livestream it on sites I subscribe to. I wound up watching it segmented on you tube with lots of advertisements. So, just be aware, it might be difficult to find it.