At this point, I can pretty much ship Matsushita Kouhei with anyone pretty and available in this planet. Although my Kouhei Tao is still my ultimate Kouhei ship, sobs.

Anyway, when I first read the plot for this drama, I was not feeling it. And Matsushita Kouhei seems to be jumping from one slice-of-life to another. It was Ichiban Suki na Hana last year and now this? Can we just get a straight romance, Kouhei?

I like Kawaguchi Haruna enough to stay for her — been watching her since her Ouran days (welp that was 2011) — but I am not feeling her chemistry with Kouhei. Agh. 

The amnesia thing has been such an overused theme for the past decade that it’s getting old. Kotaro (Kouhei) does not need to have an amnesia to explain how he forgot his past — the script writer can just simply say that he chooses not to remember his past and that would be completely fine and possibly add more layers to the drama. 

Sadly, I couldn’t care less for the other sisters drama. The 39 year old’s divorce doesn’t resonate with me, even less so the 19 year old’s. And to be completely honest, I don’t care for 29 year old drama either.

I’ll see this for another couple of episodes. In the meantime, the ending of first episode made me went ‘lol that’s fast’

First Impression: 9 Border (2024)