Shoumonai Bokura no Renairon is a show about life and regrets starring Izakaya Shinkansen, Yada Akiko and Nakata Seina. Izakaya Shinkansen aka Mashima Hidekazu plays Takuro, a middle age single designer who has as all Japanese do this one childhood friend that he has been hanging out with for over 20 years in Yada Akiko.
One day Takuro gets a message on SNS from his old flame Anna. After worrying about whether to respond, he arranges a meeting and meets Anna's daughter Kurumi and finds out that Anna has passed away. Kurumi has found Takuro's things amongst her mother's belongings and wants to find out what her mother ever saw in Takuro.
Yada Akiko has been keeping her feelings from Takuro to not ruin their friendship and now a new rival appears.
I rather enjoyed the feel good atmosphere of Shoumonai Bokura no Renairon. Its got that laid back light comedy style as our 3 protagonist figure out what to do with their life. Its kind of sold as a love triangle and it is a fun one but at the heart of it is about deciding on one's next step.
Takuro is worried that he would lose his jobs to newer people and does not want to be more of a mentor in his company. Kurumi is worrying about what to study in her future and the future of her grandmother's cafe. Yada Akiko life is and career has been on hold for Takumi. A lot of the story is about Takuro's job as a designer which I find interesting such as designers don't do any drawings but rather designs a cover from available art.
Main reason I watched this is Yada Akiko. To me she is a legendary supporting actress and so many shows are memorable because of her. She has this ability to make the audience root for whatever character she plays.
Unfortunately the ending is very ugh. It almost nullifies the whole series. The ending does make the most sense when I think about it but it is not a fun nor satisfying ending to a feel good show. Watchable show with a bad ending. Watch if you are a fan of Yada Akiko or want a love story that is not really a love story. Shin subs has hardsubbed the series but I got the softsubs from drama-otaku,
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