Won’t crack on this too much, the writer and director were clearly aware of the lows of this drama and played into such, but damn was it that hard to at least leave the highs the hell alone?

Boku No Ita Jikan has what you’d want in any great drama specifically from Japan, unfortunately it’s also just as convenient and tropey as any typical jdrama comes, which you’d expect different from a series created within say idk, the past decade? I’ll touch more into that below, let’s acknowledge and praise what makes this drama worth your time.

Ost, ost, ost. I wouldn’t fault you for diving in solely for the beauty each and every track brings to the story. Yes it can be slightly repetitive but be honest, we’d all have the playlist on repeat if they didn’t take full advantage of it. Neatly woven into each and every scene with complete submission to everything that’s happening no matter how small. Abrupt fades into distancing echoes at the look of a character’s finger, low undertones complimenting the body language and kept thoughts of the characters , you’ll be thanking yourself for watching just from how much effort was put into the audio design alone.


Okay uh, let’s see. Take a look at the poster. Take another. I’m curious as to what do you see? Lingering pain ? Burdening responsibility? Simply a young handsome man with tears running down? Well, i see the carrier of this show in its entirety. Not only was Sawada Takuto without a doubt the most complex and interesting character here but dear god did most of their budget had to go in getting this man to play him. With all due respect and excuse my ignorance, the unfortunate passing of some actors/actresses or really in any profession does lead to some sort of...inflation, towards the actual quality of their work. I can guarantee you that is FAR from the case here. Miura Haruma puts his soul into this role. He more than makes up and even blinds us of the mediocrity that surrounded him most of the time. Such masterful body language and expressions were delivered what seemed as effortlessly from this man, i can give nothing but admiration and my sincere condolences to Miura for this outstanding performance, truly a rare talent that has left us too early. Want to give it a go because of the praise that surrounded his performance here? It’s impossible to be disappointed then, feast away.

So, this’ll be quick and semi painless, again they were very aware of these shortcomings and played around with them, so if that’s your thing don’t bother with any more of this, thanks for reading. Extreme amounts of played out tropes dancing around in silly soundtracks as if i was to be amused by the clownery I’m witnessing before me, I wasn’t. Enough conveniently timed plot tools and interactions to make a grown man replace his carpet from clawing at it from cringe. Painfully mundane characters outside of the ML and FL that makes you constantly ask why they even bothered with half the screentime? Would it not have been much more tightly wrapped and better executed in a 5-6 episode mini series? This is another one of those that once you’ve eaten enough, don’t get greedy. Yes you can be of the majority that made it to up to the end with your eyes satisfied, don’t let the 1/10000 put you off the chances of you enjoying the series all the way through. There are several characters i feel would’ve been better off simply not being written in or even touched on, hell simply be in the background and progress the plot like the others.

Overall, Boku No Ita Jikan was worth my couple hours of investment, I’ve learned to not let my eyes be bigger than my stomach from previous titles. A powerful performance from Miura with a decent enough performance from the FL(the only other great character btw). A rather heavy story handled well enough with some valuable lessons to be worth even the most critical of watchers’ time.