The Exceptional Drama

I was watching a drama today for my Japanese Studies module and I think its really really good. While the content may disturb a lot of people, the subtle messages sent inside were really very effective.

It makes me think, should you do what you want to do, even against society's expectations and pretty much shut down internally against everything as you stand to lose everything?

And, whilst its a drama and I'm not one to indulge in the escapism of drama, this drama is very real in the sense that there's no dramatic finding out of blood ties, no sudden protagonist getting banged down, no 'just passing each other' while they're frantically searching for each other, no slapstic humor, etc.

In fact, this drama is quite a serious one. It's really a pretty accurate depiction of a slice of life.

And while I may gush over one of the male leads because his character is so fascinating (and pretty warped at the same time), I realise that people are really so damn complicated. Put a person in a different situation and their personality will immediately change, whether for the better or the worst. And there's always that sense of having to conform and to follow society, against your own wishes.

2 thumbs up, really. This is one of the rare few dramas that don't turn me off.