Cojiro
Cohesive story makes this one of the best BL dramas of the year
The main power of a story is knowing how to be interesting even in the smallest things and, in this regard, Unintentional Love Story is very effective.The characters have depth and are worked with great delicacy, but without being pedantic: the objectives are concrete, the characters are deep and the development coherent. There are no script holes that bother. Each episode being between 35 and 40 minutes makes this Drama one of the most coherent that Korea has ever produced in the BL genre.
The actors performances are consistent, although not all are amazing. The main couple has a lot of power and the secondary is also interesting.
The mise-en-scene bothers me because, many times, there are blurry things on the screen just to avoid ads. It's hard not to notice.
In the end, a pleasant and big surprise.
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The best possible casting choice
When you make an adaptation like this, you need to be delicate. It's dangerous to transform certain things and I was scared, but they managed it: this is a wonderful adaptation!Firstly, it is not simply a romance story. In fact, it's not a romance story: it's about finding self-love in someone else who is as empty as you are.
There is power in the performance of the two protagonists, but there is also power in the direction, which was careful at the right time and ambitious in several beautiful and unique moments.
It's one of the best dramas of its gender made in Japan this year. I was absolutely happy with all the fidelity to the manga and the precision of knowing what should be adapted.
Just: beautiful!
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