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Todome no Parallel japanese drama review
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Todome no Parallel
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by Heracin
Jul 21, 2024
10 of 10 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 7.5
Story 7.5
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 8.5
Rewatch Value 5.0

At least watch episode 10! That sole episode is a sweet epilogue to Todome no Kiss <3

This series made of 10 quite short episodes of about 10-15 minutes is a sequel of "Todome no Kiss" which showcases stories happening in parallel universes of the drama. Indeed, when Otaro kisses Saiko, he dies and return 7 days earlier in the past. Actually, it is a time leap as even after his death, time goes on in the universe from which he time leaped.

This short drama allows us to get a glimpse to what's happening in those parallel universes, after the deaths of the characters as time continue moving forward in those alternative realities. I loved how the series was able to explore in such a short time parallel storylines. The overall tone was pretty dark for most of them, with sometimes a bit of overacting but most of them were made sense with what we knew from the characters from the main show. Not all of them were of the same qualities, but some really grabbed my attention and I was sad when some of the episodes ended because I wanted to see more of it rather than just a glimpse of what happened.

I loved the acting in the main series and here it was good with maybe a bit too much of overacting in some of the episodes...But it is more due to a directing and stylistic choices because of the format of the series than really because of the cast. As in the parent series, I kept enjoying the soundtrack...Here it was mostly bits of the opening generic but still super catchy and pleasant to my hears.

I would recommend this to people that have seen and liked "Todome no Kiss". Of course, if you have not seen the parent series, you will not be able to understand a thing (and you will spoil yourself), as the episodes are really focused on parallel stories at several points of the scenario from the main show. If you don't want to spend time watching this, I will still strongly recommend to watch only episode 10 which is an epilogue to the main story and brought me warm feelings as it is a sweet conclusion to the main series. I wish they had included it in the main series for everyone to see it.
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