
Japanese title: マンハッタンラブストーリー
Number of episodes: 11
Some info:
1) D-Addicts Wiki
2) Official Site (Japanese)
Just by looking at the title, you might have some imagination on what it’d be about. Well, unfortunately, this is not set in Manhattan, nor related to the geographical place in any way, but rather it refers to the name of a cafe. The drama series is unique in its own ways, at least from the series I’ve watched before.
The presentation style is quite different, and one thing is that the main lead, also the owner of the cafe, “narrates” a lot in the sense that most of his lines are voiced over rather than actual speaking. This makes it harder to convey feelings etc with just facial expressions alone though from what we view we do hear dialogues along with it. Furthermore, the character is actually quite comical, so yeah it’s a pretty interesting and fun way to mould the main character.
Of course, a shop owner alone will not bring much content into the show, so there’s this group of customers who eventually end up his cafe for various reasons. And not surprisingly, to have the love story element, all of these people become involved in a rather complicated web of relationships in one way or anotherr. And the funniest thing is that each of the characters have their names beginning in sequential order of A,B,C…H. Haha. It can be quite fun seeing things mess up for no reason, or just being rather random, but the very same kind of thing can be the very reason the show becomes ridiculous and kind of lame at times. Haha, a double edged sword I guess, and also subject to the viewer’s preferences and discretion. Lol, oh well.
Although it may seem quite random and messy at times, there is actually quite some order in a way and it does show as the show goes on. It turns out to be a rather successful piece of work, even though I somehow find it not exactly being a mainstream kind of show. Haha. If you think you are able to handle a little absurdness and ridiculous moments, this series might prove to be an entertaining watch after all. Hic =P

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