People complain about Kotoko wanting to be a nurse because of Naoki. But no one understands how much she has influenced his decisions. She is the reason he went to Tonan university, she is the reason he became a doctor. If anything she has influenced him more.
13:27 Not only the altar scene but also during their honeymoon, Kotoko did try to initiate intimacy. She was leaning in for a kiss, but Naoki didn't even budge and after that they received a call from Mari chan, which interfered with their intimate time. Also, Naoki not leaning in for the kiss, sends the message that he only gets intimate when he wants to.
I loved watching Playful kiss(Korean )a lot… this was before I got to watch Mischievous Kiss …(Japanese)Naoki and Kotoko are cute lovable adorable 🥰 and irresistible ❤❤❤❤❤
All of the version this is the best version.You will see how irie-kun show his affection to kotoko.Most of all they are seems inlove for each other ...I keep rewatching this all.over again everyday ....
Growing up i realized the things he does and the little details, the way he spoke down to Kotoko in front of the girl he was arranged to married was because he's making sire the girl doesn't like her and making her turned off.
Its interesting you brought this up because I really appreciate your insight in these characters because it is also helping learning more about myself. ❤
5:13 the way I saw it was him being narcissistic that he knows she is a pervert when I was younger , I don’t prefer Japanese dramas because I find it hard to understand what the characters truely think and sometimes I even misinterpreted scenes because of that , sometimes it is not the subtle emotions that I find hard to understand but the stoic/expressionless faces of the male actors that seems like their attempts to look cool and I quit lots of dramas because of this and this drama is one of them as I deemed it lack any actual acting from ml and the overwhelmingly cheerful acts from the fl , but your analysis (which btw I watched 3 of them in a row and enjoyed them) made the drama look much better!
what's funny is, @10:17 we all thought that he asked Kotoko how she was bc of the hectic schedule when in reality, he was checking on her because he knew he planted on her HWHWYAGAHHS
I love how he slowly paid more attention to her, asking her what’s her thoughts on this very difficult problem he had to solve, and how he put down his book he was interested in reading: from reading it, to staring at it to listen to her, then leaving his finger on the margin to not lose his place, to dropping his book all together to turn around to talk to her giving his full attention. Ugh it’s the small details 💞
controversial (not really) opinion but small talk is just code word for getting to know someone. If you do want to talk about deeper matters, is just deeper or just things you actually want to talk about with someone without actually acknowledging them? I think the series is more effective in showing smaller gestures but it still feels like they're trapped within a situation that they don't really want to be in, and Kotoko is groveling for even the smallest bit of affection (which if it weren't for the show playing it off as comedy, feels like a tragedy)
i personally think it's Yuki who he "accidentally" confessed his feeling about Kotoko to. He kissed his girl in front of Yuki, and the shh gesture plus his smile to Yuki -> not denying it and tell him to keep this a secret. Man i love him sm 😢
He was being chocked of course he's going to react. Most of the time people watch this from Kotoko's view and they miss the growth that Naoki goes through. Kotoko (and to some extent her group of friends who are influenced by her) is actually a rare unicorn in Japanese culture. She's direct and takes things almost too literally. It's unfortunate that unlike Kotoko, most of Japanese culture is very indirect and you have to know the culture to understand and read between the lines to understand what emotions and thoughts they are actually trying to communicate. It can be very, very frustrating for people who don't understand the culture or language. For example, in other languages the word 'love' gets thrown around so casually: I love the weather, I love her new shoes, I think I'm in love (as they eat some new food that fits their taste). Whereas in Japanese, rarely does the word 'love' get used; they'd rather strongly emphasize the word 'like' instead or use indirect phrases such as 'the moon is beautiful'. And honestly from an outsider's perspective, from a culture where one is more direct, looking in, one might feel like a lot could be solved if the Japanese commination culture was more direct. However, it's hard to change an entire community. Naoki very much embodies the culture of being indirect. Naoki also majorly lacks EQ but he realizes it and works to change himself to meet Kotoko in the middle. Honestly it's only in season 2 where we begin to see the sub level changes in Naoki from season one finally make it to the surface. He also learns how to communicate with others and how to ask for help. It's also because she's Kotoko that Kotoko is able to do the things that she did despite Naoki's initial denial and his painfully slow progress. It's not an easy task to love someone more than they might at first love you or maybe ever. But Kotoko was determined and Naoki, despite not knowing that he was doing it, refused to give up her influence in his life on multiple occasions. Kotoko's feats are not for the weak hearted.
@BookCrazedKitty being indirect or not it's rude even in Japan to drag or pull stuff off someone, especially it's a place where things are quite polite
