“You love her but she loves him and he loves somebody else, you just can’t win”, and this is a tried and true trope of the everyday Japanese Rom-Com Love triangle!
Ex-Karate enthusiast Hanae and struggling songwriter Haruki are trying to make a go of a love relationship though neither has any experience.
As usual for a J-drama romcom, each has a certain someone who secretly holds a torch for them, in this case manager Yumiko Date pining for Haruki...
and childhood friend Shingo in love with Hanae...
But that triangle is squared when you add in Rin, a fellow orphanage friend, who is in love with Shingo, and has to sit by idly while the man she loves moons over Hanae.
Unlike Shingo, Rin’s affections seem to be pretty clear but Shingo has no interest in her and is constantly ignoring/shrugging off/oblivious to her advances...
I think it’s one thing when you see Shingo struggling with his unrequited love for Hanae, seeing as how Hanae’s such a sweetie, but when you see his disinterest in the beautiful, spunky and always reliable Rin, you wonder how thick he can be! Well a girl can only take so much and after three episodes of his indifference, Rin gives Shingo a taste of what he deserves!
LOLOL, All delivered with a dazzling smile on her face, no less!
Yeah, yeah, these two are probably gonna end up together by the drama's end but will we really believe in our hearts that Shingo has truly realized how great Rin is? Or will it be another "John Hughes Consolation Prize" send off?
PS: This is my second post in the "Girl Kicks a Johnny's Boy in the Butt" Series which began with Mirei Kiritani and Jun Matsumoto back in 2010....HAHAHA
