I watched Love Shuffle after Liar Game simply because I was very interested in Matsuda Shota's performance as Akeyama and wished to see him in another role. Also it came after the movie Tada Kimi wo Aishiteru with Tamaki Hiroshi. I consider Love Shuffle one of my best j-drama choices of all times.
First thing that impressed me was the idea - something rather unique and unexpectedly well mixed. The first encounter of the four neighbours is one of my most favorite in the whole show. Because it naturally leads to the second best thing in this drama for me - the dialogues. Witty and fun and natural.
Acting was the third part of the show that made it the most re-watchable of all the dramas I've seen yet so far. (In fact it's a tie between Love Shuffle and Liar Game...)Everyone suited their parts and was likable in their own way. I believed in their stories and saw them as fully fledged humans not just characters in a script.
The thing that surprised me most was the fact that this drama was not a sweet romance with flowery and dramatic declarations of eternal love but a realistic down to earth life story of eight different people with different lives and ways of thinking and acting. Not fluffy, just steady and smart. Even if you're not a fan of romance, you may find enjoyable the relationships and dynamics among the characters simply because this story has so much more to it than romance.

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