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“Chaser Game W2: Utsukushiki Tennyotachi” Series Review (Ep.1 to 8)

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After watching the second season, I felt the show was not up to my expectations. Compared to this season, I think I enjoyed the first season better as there was a little plot in the name of “Lovers to Enemies to Lover Again” trope but in the second season, I felt lots of awkwardness between both characters, irrelevant plots, and too many plot holes. The story seems to be a forced continuation, the miscommunication and misunderstanding between both characters seem irritating; because when Season One ended, I expected that there would be rapid development between Itsuki (Sugai Yuuka) and Fuyu (Nakamura Yurika). Fuyu’s marriage issue will be resolved, and she will accept herself but the way it was handled, and on top of that they introduced Itsuki’s ex which led to more problems between them.

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“Chaser Game W: Power Harassment Boss Is My Ex-Girlfriend” Series Review (Ep.1 to 8)

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Summary: Harumoto Itsuki works for Dynamic Dream, one of Japan’s leading game development companies. She has a good reputation for her work and has been appointed as the leader of a game project that collaborates with companies in Japan and China. However, her client from China turns out to be her former lover, Hayashi Fuyu, whom she broke up with in college. Hayashi Fuyu, who has held a grudge against Itsuki for abandoning her, decides to take the opportunity to control the project and impose unreasonable demands only on Itsuki. Meanwhile, Itsuki’s feelings for Fuyu begin to waver.

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“Love is Like a Poison” First Impressions (Ep.1 to 3)

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“All is fair in love and lies” seems to be the theme for TBS’s “Love is Like a Poison”. A mature Boys’ Love story between two men from the world of lawyers and legal cases. Young lawyer Shiba Ryoma played by Hama Shogo has been handed a hard case of proving whether a cryptocurrency company used an influencer’s likeness without his permission. Like a domino falling, he meets conman Haruto played by Hyodo Katsumi. Shiba has been unable to find any blatant legal ways to make his case. But like a second domino following the first, Haruto’s volunteered voice recordings bring the validity of the case before the judges. Despite Shiba’s misgivings and knowledge that Haruto is a conman, he still allows the man into his life and home.

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“Ayaka is in Love with Hiroko!” Series Review (Ep.3 to 8)

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“Ayaka is in Love with Hiroko!” (Ayaka-chan wa Hiroko-senpai ni Koishiteru) is an office romance between Ayaka (Kato Shiho) and her superior Hiroko (Mori Kanna). It starts off with Ayaka’s attempts to woo Hiroko and to get her to notice Ayaka’s feelings. Her initial attempts end up in comic failures because Hiroko presumes Ayaka is straight and her gestures don’t have any meaning behind them. As the show proceeds, we find that Hiroko’s supposed obliviousness is actually a defence mechanism of wilful ignorance that she puts up to shield herself.

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