First Impressions: Good Morning Call

*this review is spoiler free!*

This is a part of my series First Impressions, where I talk about my thoughts on a show after only watching a few episodes of it. In this case, I've seen 2 episodes so far.

I just started watching the Japanese drama Good Morning Call (2016). This show is about two high school students trying to live independently for the first time, however they get scammed into signing the same exact lease for the same apartment. In an effort to save money, they decide to stay in the apartment together and attempt to make this living situation work for them both. Perhaps romance will follow? (of course it will, this is a romcom)

Usually, I am a sucker for these kind of classic shoujo romcom shows. I am typically pretty open minded to questionable acting and writing choices in k/jdramas as long as the overall plot and dramatics are generally entertaining, but I am not sure yet how I feel about this one.

I think the protagonist Nao is kind hearted and cute, but she makes some very questionable decisions early on that make her very frustrating. To be honest, she's kind of a bad roommate! At least at the beginning. She directly disobeys multiple of the reasonable boundaries that Uehara sets, and has blatant communication issues, which makes it hard to root for her. And I have a higher tolerance than most when it comes to 'annoying' characters, so I can imagine other viewers might have even more negative feelings about Nao.

As for Uehara, I think he's a fairly standard 'cold' male love interest. He's actually a lot nicer and more reasonable than I expected him to be. When Nao disrespects one of his boundaries he doesn't even get as mad as I expected him to, or honestly as mad as I would have been if I were in his situation lol. I do think he could use a smidge more of a personality, although this may be an acting issue rather than a writing one.

I'm not yet at a point where I think I need to stop watching, but with every new episode I've been kind of on the verge of giving up. I think it's a strong concept with the potential to get better but I don't feel super drawn to any of the characters yet, which is a big indicator that this show might not be for me.

If this is a show you like and really think is worth the watch, please feel free to give me some spoiler free encouragement in the replies. Thanks for reading!

-threecheersforinking