Just for a little while. Can we stay this way?

He's got blonde bangs, he's got a lot of piercings, but he's really attractive so everything looks good on him. Despite how he looks, he's a really nice guy.

Suzuki Nobuyuki Jitenshaya-san no Takahashi-kun (2022)

"Now you have someone to rely on. I'm happy for you." UCHIDA RIO as Hanno Tomoko and SUZUKI NOBOYUKI as Takahashi Ryohei Jitenshaya-san no Takahashi-kun自転車屋さんの高橋くん (2022)

suzuki nobuyuki & uchida rio jitenshaya-san no takahashi-kun (2022)

JAPANESE DRAMA (Subbing Projects - WINTER 2022)

Tsukuritai Onna to Tabetai Onna (She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat) 

Me no Doku Sugiru Shokuba no Futari (Two Office Workers Who Are Too Poisonous For One’s Eyes) 

Sister 

Jitenshaya-san no Takahashi-kun (Takahashi-kun from the Bicycle Shop) 

Goukon ni Ittara Onna ga Inakatta Hanashi (The Story of How I Went to a Mixer and There Were No Women There)

Sashidashinin wa Dare desu ka? (Who is the Sender?) 

A total of 19 subbing projects from this year alone!

i’ve started watching some japanese dramas last year, and here are some of my recs: ● Kikazaru Koi ni wa Riyuu ga Atte (There's a Reason Why I Dress Up For Love, 2021) ༉‧₊˚. starring Kawaguchi Haruna & Yokohama Ryusei ༉‧₊˚. subs by furritsubs ༉‧₊˚. absolute fave ♡ ● Talio Fukushu Daiko no Futari (Talio: Avenger Buddies, 2020) - starring Hamabe Minami & Okada Masaki ༉‧₊˚. starring ༉‧₊˚. subs by @aoinousagi ● Ore No Kawaii Wa Mousugu Shohikigen!? (My Cuteness is going to expire soon!?, 2022) ༉‧₊˚. starring Yamada Ryosuke & Yoshine Kyoko ༉‧₊˚. subs by Ellie08_19subs currently watching: ● Silent (2022) ༉‧₊˚. starring Kawaguchi Haruna & Meguro Ren ༉‧₊˚. subs by IrozukuSubs to watch: ● Keshigomu wo Kureta Joshi wo Suki ni Natta (I Fell in Love with the Girl who gave Me an Eraser, 2022) ༉‧₊˚. starring Ohashi Kazuya & Fukuchi Momoko ༉‧₊˚. subs by furritsubs ● Jitenshaya-san no Takahashi-kun (Takahashi-kun from the Bicycle Shop, 2022) ༉‧₊˚. starring Nobuyuki Suzuki & Rio Uchida ༉‧₊˚. subs by furritsubs ≡;- ꒰ °to be upated ꒱ ≡;- if you have recommendations, let me know ♡

2023 WATCHLIST

⤷ Jitenshaya-san no Takahashi-kun (2022)

Jitenshaya-san no Takahashi-kun (2022) Ep1

Suzuki nobuyuki x Uchida Rio x Seguchi Reiya

Dramas I watched this past month!

Overprotected Kahoko (jdrama) 8

I'm on a quest to find good jdramas because when they're bad, they're crazy bad, but when they're good, they become instant comfort. The vibes in this one are 100% there. Overprotected by her mother, a 22-year-old meets her complete opposite, and in the midst of falling in love, she decides she wants to become a real adult… all this around her messy (yet charming) relatives. It was a small cute, and heartwarming family drama. I don’t really have much to say other than that I love Kahoko, she’s the cutest.

Queen of the Ring (kdrama) 7?

FL puts on a ring that has the ability to make her crush see her as a beautiful girl. I watched this one because I loved Kim Seul Gi in Splash Splash Love and Ahn Hyo Seop was enough excuse to check it out. I kinda hated it but enjoyed it at the same time? It makes me mad to see how they judged everything by looks (especially both ML and FL) but let’s be honest, It was realistic. It was a bit hard to believe, though, because I didn’t think the FL was ugly at all. What didn’t convince me about this one was that most of the love story happens while she’s wearing the ring and so it kinda ruins it for me.

Jitenshaya-san no Takahashi-kun (jdrama) ?

Kinda good girl x bad boy trope? Except the bad boy isn't really a bad boy, he just looks like one.

I can’t really rate by number because it was too short and, to be honest, I got what I expected. Soft and simple. He fixes bikes and fixes her, they later begin to hang out and get closer. No serious drama, just two people starting a relationship.

Touch Your Heart (kdrama) 7.5

A rom-com drama with Lee Dong Wook and Yoo In Na’s amazing chemistry from Goblin sounds so good on paper. I feel like I should have watched this one right after I watched Goblin, but I never did.

Even though the chemistry between them was still there and strong, the show and both characters felt a bit stiff? They could have used them a lot better but were given a kind of meh storyline that bored me a little too much by episode 12. Still, they had their moments, and… it’s them 🥹 it’s impossible not to like (despite everything else).

D.P. Season 1 (kdrama) 10

I’ve been putting it off because, even though I knew it was going to be good, in drama world, I go to romance lol.

I 100% watched this because of Jung Hae In (and I was low-key curious about Koo Kyo Hwan after watching him in that episode of Attorney Woo.) Neither of them disappointed. In fact, they gave more than what I was expecting. Their dynamic and acting was impeccable. I really have nothing to say about this one because, yeah, it's a 10/10.

W: Two Worlds (kdrama) 8.5

Nothing beats a 2016 kdrama lol. I started obsessed with this one (even though I remember never adding it to my watchlist because I thought it wouldn't be my cup of tea, silly me). The storyline was extremely entertaining, although all in all, I'm not 100% sure it made sense.

I literally feel like I've lived so much watching it. I was on episode seven, and so many things had happened that I had no idea how they would continue it, and yet things KEPT HAPPENING, and plots kept getting twisted. Perhaps that's the reason why I binged the 12 eps of the drama, but it took me a while to finish the three last episodes. At some point, things started to lose sense, and I couldn't understand what was really going on, which resulted in me getting bored. All in all, it was a worth-it drama though. The romance was 11/10 (kept me on my knees) and the soundtrack 10/10 (old dramas have such bangers man)

Perfect Marriage Revenge (kdrama) 7.5/8

I usually don't like watching these types of drama because sinister family members who do shit just to hurt the leads make my blood boil. Like there's no way someone is THAT evil. I did enjoy this one, though. It was nothing out of the ordinary, but I really liked the love story, the ML's family, and the evil people getting what they deserve.

If you didn't like it, I'll apologize. I don't dislike it.

userdramas event 04: love

love actually, is all around. 💟

Uchida Rio | Jitenshaya-san no Takahashi-kun

Jitenshaya-san no Takahashi-kun 自転車屋さんの高橋くん | episode 8

year-end drama recommendation

She's back and she's ready to share. Welcome to my annual year-end drama recommendation project where I share my favourite Japanese dramas I've watched during the year.

I hope 2023 was kind to you all!

I'm certainly not ready to end my year yet. As you can see, I still have 3 dramas to recommend to you all. Starting from today, 29th of December, till 31st of December — New Year's Eve, I will post one review a day, as I do every year and I will continue to do so until the end of the world (or just about when the barely working letter v key finally drives me mad, so please do not mention when there's a v missing in my notes, it's just my keyboard). I hope my short 2023 list won't disappoint! Now, I proudly present

1. Takahashi-kun from the Bicycle Shop (2022)

8eps, 25min each

Short, but sweet love story between a classic shy OL female lead, struggling in a toxic work environment, and a bleached-hair yankee male lead, who works at the bicycle repair shop owned by his grandpa. Main characters bond over... you're not going to believe this— a bicycle.

The plot is basically it. A slightly bumpy bicycle ride love story. No more, no less. There are no convoluted issues, no deep misunderstandings, and no dramatic scenes. Main couple meets over a slipped chain on Tomoko's precious bicycle, Deep Impact. Later, it turns out that Ryohei hates her squeaky brakes with passion every time she passes by his shop on her way to work, and recommends her to drop by to get it fixed.

Initially, Tomoko is a people pleaser, too afraid to refuse, and giving off the impression of an overly shy person, while Ryohei is bold, brutally honest, and — frankly — scaring people away with his delinquent image. As the story progresses and the couple gets to know each other more, she learns from him and he learns from her. They are wonderful to each other and the communication between them is so clear. The shortness and simpleness of this drama did not deter me from it, and I'm so glad it didn't because the chemistry between the characters made my heart flutter.

Part 2 || Part 3