Currently watching Long Vacation, I Am Nobody + my progress on The Epoch of Miyu

It's been a while, I think. Just want to write a quick update. I've watched The Epoch of Miyu up to episode 22 but man each episode feels like a chore to finish nowadays. I had already expected this to happen as the genre of that drama is not my cup of tea. However, the first 10 episodes or so were pretty good and engaging which is why I thought that I might not drop it after all. But lately, I keep getting bored when I watch it and I suppose it's mainly due to the pacing?

When I look at it objectively, though the drama is predictable, its execution is pretty well done as all the events that happened so far in the story fall in a coherent and neat way but the presentation itself leaves much to be desired at times. This is quite disappointing for me as the earlier episodes laid a path for the series to be good. Unfortunately, halfway through the drama, it became quite dull at times and against the backdrop of a large hotel, Miyu's growth feels painfully slow (though I understand this is how she is written).

Anyway, my brain clearly wanted a change so I decided to check out Long Vacation, starring Takuya Kimura and Tomoko Yamaguchi, just for fun. This series is also in the slice of life genre so far (which is what The Epoch of Miyu also is currently, in a way) but wow it felt refreshing to watch it. The heroine, Minami, is such a fresh change from Miyu (although, I understand that these 2 characters are very different in their personalities and goals in life, but still) and I suddenly find myself interested in the lives of the main cast. I'm currently on episode 2 of this drama at the time of writing.

I Am Nobody is another drama that is on my watchlist for quite a while, and I finally watched the first episode just to see if it interests me and boy it had such a strong first episode that leaves me wanting more. So now, I ended with 3 dramas currently in progress....I may or may not drop The Epoch of Miyu for good. I really want to watch it until the end though because I love the cast, so I'll probably take some time to finish it. As of now, I'm more keen on watching Long Vacation and I Am Nobody, so I'm sure that I will finish either one or both of them before I finished The Epoch of Miyu.

On another note, I have just finished watching Cells at Work live-action movie today. I don't think I'm going to make a review about it but I'm just going to say that it is an OK movie with touching scenes and ending. I'm gonna give it a rating of 8/10.

So, that's all from me for now. See you in the next entry