Café & Baunilha (2019)

Sweet and fluffy but no buildup to romance

I am not a fan of sudden love at first sight kind of romances. For them to be believable it has to at least be mutual and the chemistry believable. Here the leads fall in love and are in a relationship within the first episode. At least the ML has seen the FL before but the FL just falls for a handsome face and a kind gesture and decides to accept him as a boyfriend. This supposedly from a totally innocent college girl new to Tokyo.
The ML does his best to save the drama, his affection and feelings translate to the screen. But the FL characterization as a doe eyed virginal college student totally spoils the romance because even after she supposedly falls in love and even sleeps with the ML she remains stiff, shy and immature till the very last episode! There were intimate scenes scattered throughout the drama and they all felt robotic and totally off putting as there was no build up to the romance and no cooperation from the FL. The drama would have worked better with just back hugs from the ML.
All the cliches you expect from a romance are present in this - cold handsome CEO ML mushy in love, pretty innocent poor village girl FL, something like a love triangle (but gets squashed within one episode), parent issue (again gets resolved within one episode), jealous friend, competitive friend who crosses the line (he even kisses the FL forcibly and she is dumb enough to go work at his cafe after that - talk about being brainless). None of them work because it all feels forced, cliched and not an organic buildup to the story.
The only redeeming factor about this one is that it is over in 10 episodes and yet it felt like a waste of time. I felt quite bad for the ML for wasting his potential on this drama where the script and FL characterization were absolutely pathetic.
I have seen many korean dramas where the buildup of the relationship is so masterfully done you root for the couple once they confess their feelings. This is my first Japanese drama and it has put me off so much I doubt I will see another Japanese one. If anyone is reading this review and feel there are actual good Jdrama romcoms out there kindly suggest those to me and change my mind.

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"I want you to feel me with all of your senses."

I wasn't expecting a lot, so I guess the drama was okay. I liked the interactions of the characters a lot. I didn't really expect to find out that it was based on an anime. The plot was pretty basic, but I guess it's good for something to put on when you're trying to watch something that you know would bore you.

Risa is a very fragile person, but then again she's not used to all the attention she receives in the city since she's from the country. But there's no way she grew up to be innocent how she was portrayed the whole show, there must've been a few things she learned, you what I mean? Hiroto was okay, but I felt his backstory wasn't explained at all whatsoever, we just knew that he was a CEO and he fell in love with her at first sight? Akutsu is my favorite character, manz is always somewhere and I love his relationship with Hiroto. Yoshiki is so cute, I actually felt really bad when Risa kept rejecting him and he still kept trying to win her over. We need another show just for him. Yuki was surprising, the way how Hiroto knew that he liked him and not Risa shocked me for some reason, but then I look back at the whole show and I realize Yuki was always close to Hiroto yet he treated Risa really well. Natsuki was an okay character, I didn't like her at first because even though she knew Risa was in a relationship, she still asked for a date with her boyfriend? But I realized she looked hella good with Akutsu, so I guess she's okay now. THEY NEED THEIR OWN SHOW, I LIKE THEIR MOMENTS TOGETHER.

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Toxic relationship romanticised

So my biggest take away from this drama is that if I was 21 or younger I would be highly influenced by this seemingly romantic relationship and fantasise about seeking something similar myself. Now as a less impressionable woman in her late 20s I can safely say this is just 10 episodes of pure toxicity. If you take that away you're not left with much at all. There's no real story and what there is of one is utterly un-realistic, the chemistry is lacking between any of the characters and the FL is treated like a piece of meat throughout. Dori is gorgeous to look at, but I didn't find him believable as on older leading male. Also if you came here for steamy romantic scenes, look elsewhere. There's no passionate kisses here. I just feel the FL is taken advantage of and is constantly love bombed and gaslighted.

Maybe I'm taking it all too literally but I struggled to enjoy this drama with all these negative themes. I endured it in the hope the FL would find a backbone and become confident in her own skin. Sadly this wasn't the case. Maybe the manga is better?

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Unrealistic fluff. Sometimes it's just what you need.

Unrealistic fluff. Sometimes it's just what you need. If you like mills and boon romance with 50 shades vibes, go ahead and watch.
I don't get the haters of this little drama. Obviously it's not a masterpiece but no one ever meant for it to be one. It should be judged for the manga based fluff that it is, and then its kind of fun.
And yes, the guy is a bit short and skinny but he's still good looking and rather hypnotic. The girl isn't strong and modern for most of the drama, although she does get some backbone in the end, and again, in the rich guy vs pretty virgin trope you don't really expect some kind of valkyrie...

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Short & Very predictable Love Story

It's a love story between Risa Shiroki and Hiroto Fukami. Risa Shiroki comes to Tokyo from her hometown in the countryside to attend university. She is Twenty-years-old & Pretty and popular with male students, she has never had a boyfriend and dreams of having a sweet love. One day, Hiroto Fukami appears in front of her. He is Thirty -years old & a businessman who appears to be gentle and looks perfect. As romance blossoms between them, Risa discovers Hiroto's dark past.

As I say it's a small & Very predictable love story. Romance Is not for all audiences it's Kind of for Adults.
Too much fast-paced romance which many people would not prefer to watch.

Plot: I would say the plot is very simple it's a love story of a Rich & Handsome Cafe franchise Owner & a College Student who is getting very uncomfortable around men.

Cast: I would say one thing I like about this drama is the selection of cast it's fit perfectly for Characters which is we get to see in Japanese Dramas.
Especially the Sakurada Dori Fits perfect for the character.
I would say, Fukuhara Hruka is also good at acting They fit perfectly for each other.
(Sakurada Dori is One of most handsome Me I have ever seen. He can even compete with one of most handsome actors in Korean Dramas.)

Music: You would not get that much music in this drama

Rewatch: For rewatching from my perspective I would not recommend it because you certainly not gonna enjoy rewatching this drama

Overall Score: Overall the drama is okey for me. I gave this drama 6/10 Score

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Sweet romantic drama "coffee and Vanilla" only for 15+

It’s a great drama!
I Don't know why people giving little rate to this drama. Actually It is adapted from a manga and when you will watch that drama you will feel that it is just like the anime but main characters are human!
I love the story.
Seriously love this drama! So romantic, sweet and fluffy! But you can't watch this infront of your parents! Hahaha

This a romantic drama that will give you butterflies. The fact is every boy in this drama are so handsome. But girls are not that pretty. Hahah sorry for that!
But I love how he touches her head. She is like a baby girl.
Overall, I loved this drama very much.
Enjoyed watching.
Ok I Didn't spoil you. Hope you all watch this drama and give it a high rate!

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Too Cute

I got sick of hearing the word "cute" as it was over used in this drama. Also having the FL constantly call the ML by his last name was dumb, by Episode 2, especially when they are alone. Sakurada Dori did the best he could in the role of Hiroto, but there was no chemistry with FL (Fukuhara Haruka) Risa. However she was better in this drama than in Good Morning Call. Drama's like this that have the FL as extremely incompetent and clueless, take away from the overall watchability. They could've had her learning self defence with Yuki or something. I felt more chemistry between Hiroto and Yuki, lol. And Risa had more chemistry with Tsubasa (Ogoe Yuki). The FL's childhood friend was under utilized and fell flat. I rate it 6.5/10 overall. It's a good watch for someone just starting to watch Japanese dramas. To be cheesie: The Vanilla overpowered the Coffee.

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Sweet and bitter, exactly as its name

This one won't be one of my favorite Japanese dramas, but still I think it deserves watching.
I think the acting is overally good, but what is the bitter part here is the story.
I know that in 10 episodes of around 24 minutes you can't portrait much but still it mostly failed for me.
The overall idea is the biggest cliché you could imagine - handsome, rich and confident man falling in love with poor, naive girl who thinks she's good for nothing. But I think even from this setting they could make more of a story. I think the biggest problems I had was that usually there was something hinted and I was looking forward to further explore the (usually dark) topic, but it was skipped and we did not know anything about it further. Also the complications that started at the beginning of the episode were usually solved right in the end of the episode and in the simplest (and usually very cringy) way possible. I can see almost no character development throughout the show. And what I really didn't like was the ML's often really too violent behaviour and FL's constant embarrasment about everything.
Despite of what I just wrote the drama still has some really good and sweet moments and I appreciate some of the "steamy" scenes out there which I haven't seen in any other j-drama yet.
If you don't want to watch anything complicated (because the story is quite straightforward), you should give this a chance, but prepare for some bitter taste to the overall sweetness of this drama.

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LIGHT ROMANTIC SHOW. YOU CAN WATCH IT IN ONE DAY

Synopsis:
Young and naive, country girl Shiroki Risa is in Tokyo to attend university. She is almost painfully shy and does not realize how beautiful she is, so all the male attention she attracts makes her uncomfortable. She dreams of the kind of love you read about but does not accept any of the invitations for a date from her classmates. She has a chance meeting with Fukami Hiroto, a handsome, gentle, and mysterious man. As their love grows, Risa and Hiroto learn about each other’s strengths and weaknesses
(By fangirl's review that was just similar to what I wanted to say)
Plot:
1.Shiragi Risa by fukuhara haruka:
She is definitely a beauty and that typical shy girl out in the town.
She just nailed the role of a shy, beautiful girl in Tokyo from a small Town it just felt she was made for that role.
I just felt that she should me more mature and think of how dangerous the world can be, you can say she was lucky to have that man but she was easy to be fooled it could have been a scam and that would have been a disaster for her!!
She is friendly but she doesn't show her that side and i can totally understand why she hated bitter things I mean me too I hate bitter things i don't understand how people out there enjoy it!!!
2. Fukami hiroto by sakurada Dori:
The most charming man omg!! How can a person together be handsome,cute,hot,sexy like srsly.
The first impression was definitely "amazing" this but I thought he is scammer, or a bad guy just hanging around wasting time around beautiful girls but I was wrong until the 5 or 6 ep i thought that now it would be revealed that he is scammer but I was wrong!!!!
He was a bad guy but Risa chaged her a lot he is way too possesive about her. He loves her so much that he should how miserable he could be without her.
That was definitely a straightforward confession i have every seen way to straightforward
Enough of the charecter but is there anyone who feels the same as me this guy ii's bit similar to j-hope^_^
Ep review:
1. Kiss and night
The very first ep of this drama and i was literally confused because of ML cause he way being way too straightforward i thought that it was lie and someone was trying to scam her.
But those scenes were way too much of realistic it felt too real ?. I can't deny the fact that I was enjoying them......
How she meet a stranger and agreed to have dinner and then ended up waking up in his house and then that sudden confession and then thier relation..
But the most best thing i loved his back hug when he meet her after a week
2.collage and jealously
This ep was exactly the same as its name not only the ML was jealously of her sitting beside a guy in the collage but that guy was also jealously of her being in relationship because he knew he just can't defeat hiroto.
I loved that scar on the neck and the way ML trusted her after seeing that scar so red......
3.Enemy and gurdian
This ep has that beautiful entry of so called villan with a soft heart?
He has that charming face which can make you fall for him in just few seconds
Thiswas theep where i actually understood that hiroto is not cheating on her he really is geniune about his feelings for her
4.Revenge and reward:
Again it confused me at some point when that so called soft hearted villian said about dark past of hiroto's i once again thought that is is a liar??.
5.play and game:
In this ep i was a bit frustrated you can say the scenes seemed a bit unconnected....but it wasn't that boring
6.Battle and crisis :
Oh god her bestfriend!! When she made that bet of kiss i wished I could go and punch her on that face of her's like how could you do that to your bestfriend ... Thankfully our shy FL gathered confidence to refuse this kiss i was happy for her ...
And yess it was good to see that Rosa's bestfriend had some sense left in her brain to give up so both our FL and ML can live happily!!
7.Sweet and home
Here I think Risa needs a new brain cell no i guess she needs a whole new brain like what's with I can't go further ? bitch you have this heavenly piece of man which is nearly impossible to find in real life....
8. Host and mother:
That hiroto in white was so similar to j-hope!
And here we go everything is going so well now Risa has won over both hiroto and his mom and everything seems so good they are having a happy time but wait why is Yuki there with all his bags? Wait is staying there I mean are fucking kiddin man everything was so good whydo you have to come out of nowhere!!!
Plus this man seemed suspicious it feels at any point he will just turn into a serial killer!!!
8. Risk and danger
Stop it already you guys it's not a bl why does it feel that it will end as bl we wanted Risa and hiroto not Yuki and hiroto!!!
And wait Risa are you giving up ! She is so stupid man! Just go and take a self defense class and get your brain tested because I think you are a totall dumb!!
She just gave up wtf! Are you going to leave that rare heavenly piece like just because you think you are useless. I think that leaving him was the most stupid and useless thing you did right now.
10.coffee and vanilla
Ok
Was it just me who was asking about this girls parents? LOL I mean she's in collage but.... This girl met a older guy lost her virginity, had a stalker got kidnapped, broke up with him, got back together, and is going to marry him. And she just married him without even introducing to her parents??
Happy ending for nao and daichi tho lol!!
But anyways it was quite a light series with nothing much special but not too boring and definitely kept watching this drama just for Dori?.

My opinion :
Guys this series is light and relaxing one with less cliffhanger and stress over what will happen in next ep. If you are tired and want a break from cliffhanger and cusiosity dramas you can binge-watch this show in one go without feeling stress!!

What i loved
- hiroto fukami
- daichi
- yuki
-yoshiki
?

What i hated
- lack of storyline
-lack of charecters
-less ep
- ML being a dumbass for literally whole drama
- that yuki interfering in leads life like wtf!!

OST
You and i - Good on the reel

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the only thing that made this dogwater bearable to watch was sakurada dori's face. the ONLY reason im giving this thing two stars instead of one is because there was that little BL scene and i will take sakurada dori in a BL scene in any way that i can get, thank you very much. on a sidenote, i dont get why its ok for dori's character to flirt with another man and thats just ok, never bringing that up again, ok. cool. not like hes got a gf or anything. but risa so much as looks at another man and fukami goes all cool jealous ikemen or whatever.

i cannot comprehend why anybody would want to adapt the manga (which i didnt read, but if its anything similar to the pile of shit that is the storyline, well...) into a ten episode drama. i want to know how much money these actors got paid to participate in such a truly unenjoyable unstimulating piece of garbage. maybe this is the fantasy of japanese women or something, i dunno, but out of all the dog water this is truly some of the doggiest.

in conclusion, sakurada dori has a face, and maybe if you just skip every scene that doesnt have him in frame except for 15:20 - 16:23 of episode nine, you might get some kind of value from this......thing.

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Mala no, lo siguiente

No tenia muchas esperanzas puestas en ella, pero como vi que era cortita y capítulos de poca duración me anime a verla....
En el primer capitulo ya sabia que lo que iba a ver no me iba gustar, tal como se conocen están enamorados, en el minuto 10 de la serie !! cliché sobre cliché, ella es inaguantable, inútil a mas no poder, y él...obsesivo y a veces sus actuaciones rozaban la violación jajaja
Me ha parecido como si hubieran querido hacer un cincuenta sombras de Grey a la japonesa por supuesto, mucho mas cometidos , por supuesto es un fracaso total.
Los personajes secundarios, carecen de personalidad, solo están ahí para rellenar capítulos y enamorarse de los protagonistas sin ton ni son.
No perdáis vuestro tiempo en ver esto, hay mil series mejores.

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