I currently have a love/hate relationship of melodramatic stories that involve highschool students and romance. There are some that I love, like Toradora or After the Rain. The drama in those shows are very impactful and make me feel for the characters. But their are some melodramas that just don't sit well with me at all, and I'm there watching the show feeling bored and annoyed. Either the drama feels forced, goes on for too long, its silly or its like something I've seen in many other shows before. This show that I'm talking about here, with only 6 episodes, was a chore to get through.
The characters are dull. They have very little personalty and are filled with every single cliche in the book. Miou Aida is the shy main female character, who doesn't talk much and has trouble expressing her feelings. She loves art, she's a talented painter but is having a hard time getting her feelings out their not only to her love interest but also with her paintings. Haruki Serizawa is the main male character who has dreams of becoming a film director. He's the character the more talkative type, a bit popular, more outgoing blah blah. He and Miou like each other, but their are instances where their feelings get in the way and its hard to be upfront with one another. Miou learns something about Harukis brother and she starts having panic attacks and feels like she can't talk to Haruki anymore, which leaves Haruki confused why she is avoiding him.
In the spoiler above, I explained some key parts of the story and thought how unrealistic and silly the whole situation the characters were in. There are stages to these melodrama shows.
Stage 1 - Main female or male character notices someone attractive and he/she tries to get to know them.
Stage 2 - They become friends, talk about stuff, hang out with others, do fun things together
Stage 3 - One of them learns something about their love interest that he/she doesn't like. Or finds out that another person has a crush on their love interest, so they just try to avoid them completely like their is absolutely no way they can talk about it or fix the issue.
Stage 4 - They fix the issue after some side characters talks to one of them about it, they express their feelings after wasting so much time moping and doing nothing for some episodes and boom happily ever after.
In conclusion. It's a rinse and repeat with these generic highschool romance shows. I always feel like I'm watching the same show, even if the drama, whatever the characters are arguing about maybe different, the way everything goes down and how everything finishes is all the same. They feel uninspired, you can predict what will happen, and you end up not surprised by everything that went done once the credits roll. It's just so generic. Idk how many more of these shows with the exact style they're gonna keep making. Hopefully someday, it'll end.
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