Eien no Kino (2022)

Predetermined sadness and a grief never coped with

This is a sad story, with a sad beginning and, unsurprisingly, a foreseeable sad ending. I sort of liked the plot, but I am rather indecisive regarding the acting. The story is just a miracle which happened due to love. So far so good. It becomes clear from the onset that this miracle has an expiration date and that it is all about coping with sadden loss. The idea is rather genuine, but the realization quite stylized in a typical Japanese manga fashion. Unfortunately, the developing of the characters (mainly of the one left behind) is unsatisfying - after 8 episodes the mourning lover has not come to terms with what happened, in fact he has not really progressed at all. If the story had some comic instances in-between, I might had forgiven this, but alas this is not the case. So we are left with an unresolved emotional burden (no catharsis, no absolution, no new hope). Perhaps, if the penultimate scene replaced the last one, we would at least have been left with a shimmer of hope.

Generally, the story feeds on the emotional distress induced by the sadness of the event (but not the ensuing plot), offers a predetermined unavoidable course of events. It generally falls under the definition of a kitsch movie/series, namely one that gives no food for thought and just evokes tears through pre-chewed emotions (very much like your typical tele-novella, simply in a more artistic Japanese style).

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Pouco furo e muita emoção.

É realmente uma história impressionante, que foge totalmente do lugar comum. Uma história sem os clichês de sempre, inovadora, e bem explorada apesar de curta. Que roteiro espetacular... obviamente, não esperei um final feliz, mas até mesmo o final triste teve mais poesia do que tristeza.

A história mistura real e sobrenatural. Algo inexplicável acontece, quando um jovem morre, e apesar de morto continua com todas as habilidades físicas de um ser vivo, exceto o funcionamento dos órgãos.

A história é narrada, em parte por cada um dos dois protagonistas. Isso é maravilhoso, pois podemos ver as duas perspectivas.

O interessante, é que não existiu nenhum drama que envolvesse o relacionamento deles, em relação à homossexualidade, desde o início os dois são bem resolvidos, aceitam os próprios sentimentos e se tornam namorados. Quando a "morte" acontece, é perceptível o desespero velado nos olhos do que fica vivo, e a compreensão melancólica do que estava morto, mas ambos não falam sobre isso, como se falar em voz alta fosse acelerar o processo de separação.

Os amigos são maravilhosos, simplesmente aceitam a situação, a médica é perfeita, e faz o possível para ajudar.

Achei interessante que o pai do rapaz vivo sabia de tudo e fingiu não saber, pois já tinha passado pela mesma situação. A família do rapaz morto também pareceu "prever", isso ficou claro no nascimento da bebê.

O que realmente senti falta foi de uma explicação para o que aconteceu, mesmo que fantasiosa. A história ficou no ar e ponto final... o final é bem poético, mas é triste saber que ele não seguiu em frente, pois seu amor não permitiu. Talvez seja a deixa pra uma segunda temporada onde haja um plow twist, não sei... outra dúvida que fiquei foi referente à noite que passaram juntos. Eles não usaram palavras explícitas, mas inicialmente entendi que o morto não conseguia ter uma ereção pois estava morto, e em seguida, após os beijos, eles afirmam que se tornaram um, dando a entender que transaram.

A atuação dos meninos é fantástica de verdade... a emoção que eles transparecem é latente. A ost é bem legal e os aspectos técnicos em geral são muito bons. É uma das séries que amo, realmente recomendo que assistam e se emocionem..

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я влюблена

Я посмотрела это чудесное произведение и сразу в любимые. Долго не решалась писать отзыв и почитала комментарии на разных ресурсах, показалось, что кажется все смотрели свое. Каждый увидел какую-то свою историю. Что же увидела я. Это не была история любви. хм. как бы объяснить... Каждый, кто когда-либо испытывал горе в своей жизни, Будет себя относить к Митчану. ГГ-и снова проведут нас через все эти фазы горя. От желания провести больше времени с любимым человеком, которого в этом мире больше нет, когда даже мгновение были бы желанным подарком. Так же злиться на человека который ушел. Митчану - Ему повезло (знаю, бредово звучит). У него был шанс испытать части своего горя, отрицания, огромной любви, ненависти вместе с тем, кто должен был уйти. Это немного заставило меня завидовать ему. само название - вот какого это быть оторванным от реальности мира, после потери того, кого любили. Жить тем прошлым, когда они были здесь с вами. Смех проходящего незнакомца, фигура, голос - все теперь воспринимается как нож в сердце. Старые вещи, фото и вот вы снова сидите и вспоминаете о старых "вечном вчера" временах в комнате. Снова живете "вчерашний день" с ними. Актеры (Особенно Комия Рио и Иноуэ Сора) это потрясающий актерский состав. Оба гл актера проделали невероятную работу. Актеры реально жили жизнью своих персонажей. Невероятно. Это не только история о прекрасной и чистой любви, но это еще была особенная история о горе и драгоценном времени. Дорама такая душераздирающая и в то же время очень трогательная. Делайте все сейчас, ибо ваше идеальное время может не наступить, и, к сожалению, у вас не будет такого подарка как у гг-я. В горе боль никуда не уйдет и даже время не исцелит ее. Вы просто научитесь сосуществовать с ним и снова научитесь улыбаться и любить. Это был прекрасный посыл всем нам. я в восторге. И многое поняла. Благодарю всех кто работал над проектом. В Любимые однозначно.

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Worth It

Oh boy. As soon as I started watching this, I knew it was going to be a sad ending. I could sense it from the cinematography, from the actors, from the plot itself. However, that didn't detract from the show, I think it actually enhanced it. There are some stories that are only good because of the bittersweet-ness. If this had had a happy ending, I don't think I would have enjoyed it as much since it wouldn't have been as poignant a story.

If you know me, you know I don't generally like sad stories. "Why watch sad stuff when there's already so much sad stuff in the world?" I always say. But this, this is the exception. When the story is so good, the plot and the actors and the writing is so well done, I get it.

So let's get to it.

First, the acting. While I've seen better acting, I do think the actors did really well. It's hard to convey the complex emotions this show requires. Grief and love are not easy emotions, and I think Komiya and Inoue did wonderfully given that they don't have a lot of acting experience as the main characters. Personally I think Inoue had the harder job -- it's hard to portray a character that is stoic most of the time and has to act more with micro-expressions. I think he did a really good job with that. I'd also like to shout out Otomo's portrayal of Kagami -- I really liked her character, she did well with the relatively little screentime she had.

As for the plot itself, I liked it a lot. The pacing was done beautifully with the exception of the last episode -- I felt there were a bit too many plot reveals at the very end, but I also don't know where else I would put them in the story. Otherwise, I really enjoyed the writing -- this is definitely one of those shows that makes you realize how beautiful life and love is, exactly because you can see it ending. It makes you realize just how special the sweet is because of the bitter.

Do I think everyone should watch this? No. There are some people who won't like this type of story. But I do think if you're on the fence, you should give it a shot. I didn't regret it, and I don't think you will either.

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Underrated, Quirky and Heartwarming

I started watching this to pass the time, but this drama surpassed my expectations. It's quirky and has a sad undertone right from the start but it's sweet and heartwarming. At the heart of the show is how to deal with grief and they handled it well. Koichi and Mitchan are so sweet together. You can feel their love through the screen.

The internal monologues, which are something I'm usually not fond of because they can be so cringey, are really well done and felt genuine. I love contrasts between the Koichi and Mitchan's personalities and they really complement each other. Their story progresses naturally and you really see the character development especially Mitchan's.

The timeline at the beginning felt a little odd and the supernatural stuff isn't really explained, but that's not too important. Watch this drama for the characters and the love they have for each other. As someone who doesn't usually like sad endings I must say that it was warranted here and really well done. Any other ending wouldn't have fit the story

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Interesting storyline, amazing acting and chemistry. Difficult pill to swallow.

This is a rather short BL like most Japanese BLs but I felt that the story and characters were well portrayed in the total run time. Koichi is a cheerful and likeable student while Mitsuru is shy and has a wall around him. Koichi manages to get closer to Mitsuru and the two become lovers. Unfortunately, Koichi suffers a car accident trying to shield Mitsuru.

The central concept of this BL is about loss of a loved one as well as life and death. While every episode has both of the characters in them, I wouldn't consider this as a focused a love story because it is about accepting the other has passed and moving on while remembering them. This of course is insanely difficult, I cannot imagine doing this myself.

The actors have done an amazing job at portraying the story well. You can tell that the main characters love and care for each other, and that this is difficult for both of them. This is obviously fiction, which makes the story a little more magical and less depressing. I think this BL is for when you want to watch something more serious and deep. Now excuse me while I watch something lighthearted to cheer me up because this ending is as hard to accept as it is for Mitsuru.

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Familiar BL Theme Leads to Dead End

Well, I was really looking forward to a final episode where Mitsuru wakes up from a dream to find Koichi really isn't dead. But you really can't have a same gender love story without one (or both) of the heroes dying a violent death or living out their lives in misery and loneliness. Here we get both cliches. That kills any re-watch value for me. But I'll give the writer credit for the dad accepting the same-sex romance of his son without question or the usual parental hysterics. Yuki Matsumura gives the stand-out performance as Mitsuru's dad, with a lovely speech in the final episode. As for the two leads, Sora Inoue is a bit too stoic for me. He seems disinterested in nearly every scene. He does get one good crying scene at the end, but even that's a bit too subtle. Fortunately, his love interest Koichi (Rio Komiya) steps up to do the heavy lifting in the kissing scenes. These actors look good together so I'd give them a look in a better story. The music may be the best part of this show. It's simple but on point in every scene. I rewatched sections just to hear the music again. The theme of dead partners has become a bit of a cliche in boy love dramas. As these are written for girls, I assume the message to guys is -- get back to dating girls or you'll end up lonely and miserable chasing after your dead boyfriend. We probably need more guys to write these Y stories to impart more empathic plots.

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A sad but unique one of a kind BL drama that is faithful to the source novel to boot

So I am LATE to write my review.

My review will be from a viewpoint of someone who READ the original Japanese novel (in Japanese).

At 1st when this series got announced I was suprised and a bit confused. There's a LOT of Japanese BL novels being released every year and only now they decided to adapt another one to be a drama (after my Beautiful man). I need to thank bookwalker for me being able to buy a e-book copy of the novel. I previously read Egoist (and that novel hit me hard), overall the novel for Eien no kino was ok (but Egoist is a better novel). It was a sad read and more importantly the mofits/themes of the weather described in the novel really impressed me (which I think the drama does'nt take from the novel enough the only flaw I will give the drama).

ANYWAY ON TO THE DRAMA VERSION. Overall solid and a REALLY good adpatation of the novel. I am seriously impressed and envious that Senpai, this can't be love did'nt get this treatment (lol I am still salty about this).

Story: Mitsuru and Koichi are high school students (also dating), the two are enjoying their high school life until one rainy day/ Koichi is hit by a truck. BUT Koichi is somehow alive after the accident, slowly Mitsuru notices odd things about him and concludes that he is a "corpse". Still Koichi can be seen by a few but slowly the memory of Koichi is slowly forgotten. Thus the time that Mitsuru and Koichi have is limited by time..

Casting/acting: You will hear me say a lot that it was good/solid. I've never heard of Komiya Rio and Inoue Sora before this drama but after I am going to notice them more. Inoue Sora nailed that dull, quite and serious tone for Mitsuru and Komiya Rio got down the happy go lucky mood of Koichi (plus showing his toned chest a lot lol). They had good chemistry and acted their characters out really well. Nakamura Yuchi was really good as well when he did that roof scene (he was also in a pop team epic skit acting his heart out lol so respect to him).

Music: The opening song is seriously really good, but overall really ok OST matching the mood of all of the scenes.

Positives: How FAITHFUL the drama is to the novel. When I watched a scene from the drama I would question "Was that in the novel?" and when I went back to the novel it's there word for word. I would say that the drama version helped me like the novel version of the story much better before I watched the drama. If not the drama bought the novel version to life like how would Koichi act like a corpse and the drama showed that to me. It's very well shot and directed.

Negatives: As I said the very few positives I liked from the novel was the strong theme of weather described in some scenes. It stood out a lot to me when the truck scene happened in the snow and the image of the two walking in the snow spending their time together giving a metaphor of their time being like snow beautiful but short. It's lost in the drama version as there's no snow and just rain. I feel that rain is not that impactful compaired to snow. But still a very minor negative.

Overall: A one of a kind sad romance story. Some may find it a bit confusing (like why is Koichi still alive?) and too sad. Look past that and it's a really sad but touching romance story that Japan could of done.

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ROLLERCOASTER RIDE... (Ready ur tissues)

MY TOP SERIES FOR THIS 2023 (i haven't watched it last year)

Plot: 10
The series revolves around two highschool boys', (Koichi and Micchan). Where they soon fell in love but was ended tragically.

I loved how the plot depicted "Grief" as a person.

The touch of melancholic scenes, poignant and unpredictable plot had lead me to continue watching this series.

Acting: 10
Speechless. The actors gave justice to their roles. They also did a great job in executing variety of emotions.

Music: 10
PLAYING ON MY PLAYLIST 24/7!
OST: Sunshower by Ayumu Izamu (Intro OST) and Eternal by Aoi Kubo (Outro OST)

Rewatch Value: 8
I had my doubts in rewatching it, because I don't want to cry again. But I let my intrusive thoughts and decided to watch it again for the 3rd time.

Note: IT MADE ME CRY FOR DAYSSS STRAIGHT. PLUS I FELT BROKEN FOR MANY DAYS. PREPARE URSELF MENTALLY FOR THIS EYE-BAWLING SERIES.

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