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Last Cinderella japanese drama review
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Last Cinderella
2 people found this review helpful
by khjfan01
Oct 23, 2014
11 of 11 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 7.0
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 9.5
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 7.0
I could have ended up really enjoying this drama, but ultimately, it's just average. I only gave Last Cinderella the rating I did because there were some elements in this drama I really enjoyed and appreciated. But overall, this drama just made me roll my eyes half the time, and I really hate that there was no character growth or development for the main character. Sakura is a 40yr old woman who is single, never married, and is just an all around slob. She talks like an old man, and doesn't really have any prospects of ever getting married. Not that there's anything wrong with that, more power to her. But she does want to eventually settle down and have a family. Nothings wrong with that either. This 22yr old guy named Hiroto starts to pursue a romantic relationship with her, under false pretenses that he's actually interested in her, when in fact his sister (or step-sister, w/e) put him up to it just so Sakura and Tachibana (the guy Hiroto's sister has a crush on) don't get closer. Ugh, this story already started to make me roll my eyes at this point. I don't want to end up summarizing this drama, but basically it's about a woman who's in the middle stages of adulthood finding love. And that's why this drama is just average, because who really cares. But I did enjoy the side stories. That was way more interesting to me. It's about Sakura's two friends. One is in a troubled marriage, and the other is a sex addict. I'm not gonna summarize, but trust me, their stories are much more interesting than Sakura's. Sakura herself is a likable character, I just don't agree with her decisions. The ending of this drama was highly disappointing (to me at least). And don't get me wrong, I love Miura Haruma to bits and pieces, but I didn't really enjoy his character here. Hiroto is not a bad guy, in fact, I do like him, but he has absolutely zero chemistry with Sakura (played by Shinohara Ryoko). There kissing/sex scenes were hot, because Miura Haruma is hot, but thts it. Not intriguing at all. And Hiroto's sister is hella annoying. Thts all I gotta say about this drama. Just meh. If ur a fan of Miura Haruma, and thts ur motive for watching this drama, then go ahead, but other than that I see no real reason to watch this. I guess if ur super bored, but there are plenty of better dramas out there. This was just meh.
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