Whenever a drama needs a shortcut to show that a particular character is succesful, they rely on what I call the “Affluent” apartment, an apartment set made to suggest wealth and/or success!
I first took notice of the place in the wildly fun drama “Oyabaka Seishun Hakusho” where novice youtuber Negoro (Junki Tozuka) has gone viral and hit it big. Suddenly loaded with dough, what better way to indicate his newfound status than a ritzy apartment?
I first took notice of the place in the wildly fun drama “Oyabaka Seishun Hakusho” where novice youtuber Negoro (Junki Tozuka) has gone viral and hit it big. Suddenly loaded with dough, what better way to indicate his newfound status than a ritzy apartment?
With these unique features, you had a very easily identifiable abode, one I instantly recognized next time I saw it in "Toshi no Sakon", where Wakana Aoi moved in with the highly succesful Terunosuke Takezai:
This one was a surprise-I did not realize til I re-watched the Ikuta Toma drama "Ore no Hanashi wa Negai" recently that the affluent Kana Kurashina lived in the same apartment as well!! Watching it, I jumped up, saying "Hey!! it's the affluent apartment!!!" LOL
...and when that fancy apartment made an appearance in the latest episode of the new "Hanasaki Mai ga Damattenai" series (as the home of the svelte Rinko Kikuchi), I just HAD to “speak out” about it finally!!!
I'm sure I've seen this place in many more dramas but just didn't recognize it, and I'm sure there's more to come as well!!! I'll certainly be on the lookout for it!
