Jodan Ja Nai eps 1+2

Sigh, I was so looking forward to this show. Or maybe I should not have expected a different kind of show. When I read that the show was about Oda Yuji getting married to the daughter of his old flame, I thought that there was no way they could fuck this show up. Plus its goddamn time someone made a show about an older dude and really young chick.

Someone get the casting agent to recast my mom!

Its not that the show sucks that bad. Its just that it turns out to be your typical mother in law from hell show. OMFG, as if jdoramas need any more shows in this genre. See Erai Tokoro Shimatta and countless other MILFH shows. Seriously, its the hardest genre to do right because they're usually not very fun to watch. The only exception to this rule is probably Suekko Chounan Ane Sannin.

There goes his tax returns...

The biggest letdown for me is that Ueno Juri's mom is not hot. Seriously, its not so hard to get MILF actresses in Japan is it? FFS, they could have made had Ueno Juri at 20, maybe make the reason they broke up was that she had the child with another dude then they could easily cast a late 30s actress in the world.

Not even Ueno Juri can save this show.

The mom bores me to tears. I just wanna see the dichotomy between Oda Yuji and Ueno Juri's lives. He's been working for a long time and will be considered middle age and she's still studying. There's lots of fun stuff to be told. Like how they each think how each other situation is more fun, etc.

But no, they had to concentrate the story on the not hot and boring mom. I'd rather they cast Ijima Naoko as the mom instead of side story fodder. The show's in genre limbo. The comedy is not funny and the serious stuff is boring. Probably going to drop this series.