「結婚してくださいJAPAN」第1話、第2話、第3話、第4話感想＆レビュー＋韓国ドラマ比較

「結婚してくださいJAPAN」第1話、第2話、第3話、第4話感想＆レビュー＋韓国ドラマ比較

Hello people of the internet. It’s Samantha and if you’re new here on my channel, I usually talk about Japanese movies, dramas, entertainment. Sometimes I tap into other Asian pop culture topics as well. And for today’s video, we’re here to talk about a Japanese drama that is currently streaming. And I feel like everyone’s talking about it. Now, I’m also watching it and that’s the reason why I’m making a video about it as well. I’m talking about Watashinoto or Marry My Husband the Japanese version. Now, this was adapted from a Korean web tune which also had a Kdrama adaptation in 2023. I’ve seen the Kdrama version because I’ve seen Parkmanong’s other projects before. And so, when I saw that she was starring in this one and I saw it on my Prime Video subscription, I figured, you know what, let’s check it out. It was really intriguing because of the concept of, you know, your best friend and your husband betraying you. And that’s pretty much the premise of the entire thing, but she gets a second chance and she’s trying to redo her life based off of what she knows will happen in the future. And that’s pretty much, you know, the concept or the plot of this entire series. When it started streaming, I watched episodes one and two. They release episodes um uh two episodes per week on Prime Video and as I’m making this video, episodes 1, 2, 3, and four are already on the platform. So, I will just be covering that bulk. Um and we’ll probably do more videos as a series goes on, but it’s not going to be kind of like a per episode type of thing. So, we’ll see how this goes. But I just want to like throw in my first impressions of the drama so far. Um, and just generally everything that you know I know of the K drama and just some thoughts overall. So, you know how it is. Um, this channel like if you’re new here, we just sit down, chat, just like friends catching up on stuff that we’re watching. So, if you’re into that kind of vibe, then please keep on watching. Now, before I start talking about the Japanese version, let me give you some brief thoughts that I have about the Kdrama version because I don’t think I’ve made a video about this. Um, but one thing that I’ve always kind of like, as much as I enjoy Kdramas or some Kdramas, one of my biggest criticisms about it is that the standard 16 episodes, at least for most of them, just feels too long. And that results to a lot of like filler scenes, filler episodes. Sometimes they extend the plot longer than it should have. There’s some kind of formula in it where episodes 11, 12, and 13 is where kind of like the more more pivotal moments happen and then the rest of it is kind of like just a slow burn buildup of whatever it is that they want to do for the conclusion. I also think that a lot of K dramas um while it has its own kind of like main plot, it also introduces a lot of subplots involving the other side characters that would have their own arcs and that kind of like fills in the gap to make up the 16 episodes, which sometimes is fun, but sometimes it just takes away from the original plot and it just becomes stale, at least for me. And another thing is Kdramas are sometimes too crisp and stylized for my liking. Something happened around the time when the Hollywood wave kind of like kicked off that Kdramas at least the style and feel of them used to be very grounded as well when it comes to costumeuming when it comes to like the film style and everything and then it shifted into something that is too fashion ccentric that is too glossy that especially for stories where and I think this has become a joke on Tik Tok already where the female leads, you know, they will be posed as um struggling to pay their bills and whatever, but they’re clad in like designer clothes. They live in like a very nice stylized apartment and it everything just feels so curated and I don’t know I kind of like miss the older um Kdrama vibes of like I don’t know like when with Full House like even if the story of that is like too out there with like a celebrity share house you know living together fake marriage type of thing but at least like Seon Ko’s outfits in that particular drama while she was um I couldn’t I don’t even know her character’s Korean name because I’ve watched it in the original Tagalog or Filipino dub. She was named Jesse in the Filipino dub here for Full House and so but her outfits as Jesse is just I don’t know it feels like something that you would see someone ordinary or someone who fits her profile would wear. like they’re they’re kind of cute and quirky, but it fits her character and it still looks natural. But yeah, something just shifted around the 2010s when it comes to 2010s, 20 like something around that era 4K drama that everything just looks like it’s straight out of magazine or that there’s kind of like they’re they’re straight out of of fashion covers and whatever. and it it kind of like takes me out of the story. Um, and yeah, and I think that’s why for me that’s where the charm of J dramas are even up until now is there’s a sense of casualness in the way that people still look like people and not models when they’re portraying certain roles unless the role calls for them to look a certain way or to dress a certain way. Um like for example my when I watched like I forgot this drama with Nana and with um with Monet where she like Nana was a fashion editor and therefore she was dressing in you know branded clothing and but you still see like the growth of the characters fashion wise and it still speaks true to who they are. But with the Marry My Husband Korean version, um, when Park Minang’s character shifted from, you know, someone who was very meek and shy and then she suddenly wanted to show up and, you know, not be that character anymore. She started dressing too boldly or too, I don’t know, like it was such a major gap and transformation in style. Whereas I’m liking like the Japanese version with what they’re doing with Fuka that um like she shifted her style a little bit. She started dressing in better colors, but the main formula of her outfits are still there. Like it’s still very simple. It’s still very kind of like um everyday modest, but also like just a tad bit stylish, but still nothing too far off from her original style. And but yeah, but again, bottom line is, you know, when it comes to these things, it’s still very much preferential. I know that some people prefer like the Kdrama treatment when it comes to just overall look and styling and just the crispness or the style of like direction and stuff like that. And for some people prefer the kind of like warmth and groundedness of J dramas. And I think this one like the Japanese version has a balance of both because it has a Korean director but a Japanese writer. So there are some elements in it that is very much present in terms of like something familiar that you see in K dramas like the umbrella scene as slow these kind of things. And even like the the color palette that is being used they don’t have that usual J drama brown filter or sepia filter. Um but there’s a certain way and familiarity in terms of the writing that is very much grounded to you know the like the J drama style. Um so yeah but again it all boils down to preference. I just prefer like the J drama treatment a lot but I still enjoy Kdramas to some extent. It’s just that there’s a sense of formulaicness in it that I usually lessens the rewatch value of something for me. So yeah, now that now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, um let’s talk about the Japanese drama or the Japanese adaptation. Now the thing with this is that again it follows the formula of the original story where um Koshibafuka plays the role of Visa and it starts off with a story of her having sama cancer. Um, she has a best friend, Raina, and they’ve been friends ever since she was young, played by Sherai Se. Um, and she like they’re kind of like two peas in a pod type of thing. Um, um, Misa was reminiscing about her life. She’s married to Tomoya, played by Yokoyu. Um, and she thinks that, you know, everything in her life so far is okay. Like even if she’s dealing with um having cancer, one light in her life is like having her best friend um through thick and thin with her and she couldn’t imagine just life without her. She’s happy that with her husband she found a new family because her parents already passed away. And that with um with Rea, you know, she has someone who she knows will always be by her side. And then um she she ends up getting you know like uh she was allowed to leave the hospital for a little bit to visit her husband because her husband hasn’t been dropping by a lot um because he was just starting off his his own business and and all these things. And Raina was telling them this to Misa. And so um when on her way home she was struggling to find like a cab to ride in but and then she she comes across this cab takes her home and brings her like the she talks to the cab driver telling him that you know you you remind me of my father you also used to be a cab driver etc etc. The cab driver was very very friendly. Didn’t take money from her at the end of it. Gave her sweets which is very similar to how her father was as as well. Um and she she and he to tells her that she will find people who love and cherish her eventually. And so, um, she comes home and she finds that her husband and her best friend are having an affair. And they were even planning out um, and they were even talking about how long she has um, and how much money they’re going to have once her insurance um, ends up with them. And so she hears everything, they fight and they it it results to her death. In her final moments, she wishes that she has one more chance. And so suddenly she wakes up on her desk at work and she was so confused by what she’s doing at the office. Um she ends up like seeing her husband who was also working in the same She ends up seeing her husband who also works in the same company as her and she was so scared, flustered and when she was running away from him, she also bumps into her best friend who was also working in the same company and she just runs out. And then she sees herself and realizes that she was back 10 years later um in 2015 and that she was a lot younger. She didn’t have like her cancer yet. And you know, she was so confused by everything by it. She thought that it was her life flashing before her eyes because she knows that she already died and all these things. And she there’s a lot of like really heartwarming moments about that particular sequence alone because she reverts back. She the first thing that she tries was the meal that she was wishing she could have when she was still in the hospital and she was so happy and I didn’t know that scene kind of like sent some warm moments. um it it just gave a very emotional call back to that particular moment which I really really loved. And then overall she the main premise of it is she started noticing you know the patterns between her friend and her future husband still then boyfriend that she was so frustrated about as to why she didn’t notice in the first place. Um it also like we also are introduced to the character of Suzuki Wataru played by Sato Takiru and um we kind of like see things from his p perspective as well in episode 2. We learn more about you know who he was and who he is in the life of Misa. And I like that little parallel that happened. I think in the K drama version that like the reveal about u Matar’s character happened way way way later but in this because of like I think it will like this adaptation will only have like 10 episodes and as usual with J dramas they have a way with like pacing things without it necessarily feeling like everything’s rushed. Um, so there is kind of like that development in terms of the character and the relationship between Misa and Wat’s character and I really really like that. We also have, you know, similar side characters as with the Kdrama version. So I assume they’re also in a web tune as well. Um, and so far like the building of the relationships I really really like. Again, I love the treatment of where this is going, the pacing, like it’s not really wasting a lot of time in exploring like different segways or subplots or whatever about the relationship of these characters because we pretty much know their dynamic based off of that opening scene. And we didn’t really have to reestablish all of that um eventually. Uh I like that. Um, I like that with with um with Misa’s character, she also acknowledges eventually in the this these like four episodes so far that because of the changes that she’s doing, there was this one scene where she looks at herself in the mirror and she said like after rejoicing in the misfortune that happened to Raina, which she pretty much deserves anyways, but because of of Misa’s actions and you know, she she kind of like looks at herself and and tells herself that like I’ve really become a horrible person, haven’t I? And I like that she acknowledges that because in the Kdrama I know that the other characters um deserved what they got um eventually in the second timeline, but the main female character also didn’t acknowledge the way that you know if you’re like she started off as like this really meek good person, but and that kind of like shift doesn’t really happen very very quickly. And I know for a fact I know that for a fact because I do have friends who are like so nice and kind to a fault. And usually just doing the slightest thing of of of kind of like fighting back for themselves or like be or speaking out for themselves really takes a toll on them. So just shifting things around. I like that they acknowledged that for Misa that she was kind of like seeing herself in a different light, but to her it still feels very horrible. Um, I love the I love how straightforward Watu’s character is. I like that shift of him just being so sharp tonged when it comes to and straightforward when it comes to like certain aspects. I love that they straight up called up called out Raina for her BS. Um, and I like that I like that they also acknowledged this thing where in the Kdrama they kind of like always constantly just refer to like the female leader who she was as this really nice kind person. But in the J drama, um, Motaru kind of like called out Misa as well. He said that, you know, if if Misa thinks that she’s all nice and and kind and whatever for taking in the things that or just accepting the things that other people are doing to her, then she’s overall a good person, but that’s not being good and kind. That’s just being naive. And to some extent, I do agree with him. Like there’s just some people who and I couldn’t blame them for being extra nice and kind, but at the same time there’s also like a certain level of that naivity and that that also needs to be acknowledged and called out cuz otherwise you’re just tolerating that kind of behavior of someone also allowing themselves to be like a doormat for other people. And I like that they had that kind of like confrontation of Misa also defending herself and finally learning from that experience and acknowledging herself that she also allowed this situation to happen to her and now she’s not. Um, another thing is with regards to the re reunion scene, as much as the Kdrama version is a lot more satisfying in terms of like just the revenge angle of it, I also like how they did it with the Japanese version of Misa still being very emotional about confronting her classmates. And again, it all boils down to a kind person or a nice person or a person who doesn’t really speak out for themselves just because they change their clothes, they put on makeup. It doesn’t change it they it doesn’t turn them into a completely different person altogether already. That kind of like personality shift takes a long time in terms of healing, in terms of understanding yourself. And the way that Misa reacted to that entire situation, even with all the changes in her clothes and her hair and her makeup, is still very much true to who she is as a character, and I really really love that. Um, and another thing that I enjoy more about the J Japanese version so far is that the focus isn’t really to isn’t really about revenge. I think eventually in the Kdrama they acknowledged this later on like like past 10 episodes or whatever that the ma the female lead was so fixated on the revenge of passing down her fate to her best friend that she just later talks about wanting to be happy or that her goal is actually like to become happy. But for the Japanese version, I like that even earlier on, the main point wasn’t really to exact revenge to these people, but for her to be happy. Like when when Tommoya proposed to Misa, the thing that she says to him is um is I’ll make sure that I will be happy. Like that’s what she tells him. And I like that. that that is the focal point of the story at the end of it. Like she’s still just doing things to make sure that people get what’s coming for them. But at the same time, the bottom line of the role is or the character is still to to kind of like make use of the gift that her father has given her um to become happy and to make better choices. And I really like that emphasis on that. I also like and I think this is something that is very evident when it comes to a lot of of Asian dramas generally, but something specific for this one because it’s something that I that I don’t think was made in the Korean version. the turtle kameichi. I like that it’s a recurring theme and it’s not necessarily just about the relationship of Wataru and Misa, but the turtle itself is also representative of Misa’s relationship with her father because again like her father with um with the origami of the um of the turtle that he gives her and also like with her relationship the with Kami Kichchi and the way that she kind of like when her father passed away and she was looking for the turtle at the dried up pond like there’s that connection of that turtle or the idea of the turtle was her comfort because of you know because of how it reminds her of her father and even when she got rid of all the stuff in her apartment that was from Raina she was wearing a turtle pullover And that was also very symbolic of how she’s freeing herself and even like with Kami Kichi being with Watu. Um it was because you know that like her key to happiness is not necessarily being in a relationship with him or being with him but it was because of f having someone who loves her as com like just as who she is as compared to you know in the previous timeline. What I love about these four episodes so far is that again there’s a certain warmth in terms of the interactions between Amataru and Amisa that I don’t know that was just very comforting in a sense like it’s still very true to their characters the way that they interact. Misa is a lot more outspoken in front of Watu as compared to say even the other characters in the series like how she interacts with others and with Watu as well like he he’s very cold and curt and strict with other people and that’s just his personality in general. It doesn’t make him an which I like. Um there is a difference between just being very straightforward and very real as compared to being an to other people and being good to your object of interest and that’s not really who he is with like just entire entirety of it all. He’s just very reserved and Takiru plays into that very well that there is a certain softness that he reserves for Misa but for the other people around him there’s still kind of like that it’s more of like an awkwardness and a curtness rather than just being arrogant and rude. Um which also separates how he reacts when it comes to Raina as well which I think is that separation between you know like the layers of it even if it’s not so loud is very very evident. Um, but I think what I love the most so far about this adaptation is the ending of episode 4. Now, I wouldn’t really spoil it, but I love that little I love it. I love little callbacks like that. Um, I love the I think I’ve talked about this in previous videos before, but the concept of a shekeov’s gun when it comes to, you know, elements that are put in there and they will have a payoff or serve or kind of like a purpose later on in the story, no matter how small they are, they there’s a there’s a sense of element to it that if you put something there, then it has to have a use, especially if you put some focus in it. And I really really like how that circles back especially like you know with the mik with the orange the turtle these types of like small elements and even the umbrella. Um yeah like I think these are very smart. Um, if you haven’t seen it yet or if if you’re doing a rewatch, just pay attention to these little objects, these little kind of like moments and it kind of like makes the storytelling even smarter and sharper in my opinion. And yeah, so far so good. I am really enjoying the series so far. And again, I understand it all boils down to preference. like whatever it is at the end of the day, whichever it is that you like, whether it’s a Korean version or Japanese version more, um I’m just I just even if it’s not adapted from one another, it is an adaptation of a similar story. And so, um I’m really kind of like interested in a lot of like adaptations just in general. I mean, I have an entire series about the whole Hanayor Dango, Meet Your Guardian voiceover flowers adaptations before. I’ve talked about variations of like I’ve I’ve done a review on She Was Pretty, the Japanese version, which also stars Kushibaf Fuka. Um, and I’m not really averse to like adaptations in general. I’m not that overly critical in terms of cross- referencing materials here and there. So, at the end of the day, I’m just saying that, you know, twice the fun. Up to you, whichever you prefer. I just personally am loving the way that Japanese stories have lesser episodes, lesser fluff in them, but there are some K dramas I genuinely enjoy too. And whichever version of this one you like, at least there are two versions of the story that you enjoy. And it’s also a a bit far off from each other elements wise that it also feels like you’re just watching two different dramas al together anyways. So yeah, it yeah, let’s talk about it in the comments below as usual. Have you seen it? Are you planning to see it? Um, any other thoughts that you want to kind of like just throw in there? Do you prefer the Korean version or are you loving the Japanese version so far? I know that a lot of people are watching this because of Takiru, but yeah. So, if you like this video, please give it a thumbs up. If you’re new to my channel and you would want to hear more from me, please subscribe. What was that? Please hit subscribe. Thank you so much for watching and I’ll be seeing you again soon in a new video. Bye.

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Based from a Korean webtoon of the same name, ‘Marry My Husband’ starring Koshiba Fuka, Satoh Takeru, Shiraishi Sei, and Yokoyama Yu follows the story of a woman getting a do-over following her death caused by her bestfriend and husband’s betrayal. The story was previously adapted as a K-drama in 2023 starring Park Min-Young.

Stripping away the glamour and crispness K-dramas typically have, this Japanese version gives its own touch to a revenge story by injecting a different sense of warmth into the narrative. Impeccable performances paired with smart recurring elements (see: orange, turtles, umbrellas) that play into the concept of ‘fate’, ‘Marry My Husband JAPAN’ is a refreshing take on an already told story, making it worth seeing whether or not your a fan of its preceding versions.

Watch ‘Marry My Husband JAPAN’ on Prime Video:
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