![]() ![]() With the imperfect (excuse me!) subtitles, sometimes you might not understand the comic scenes or kids’ slangs, though.īy the way, are there TV series in India which are “school drama”? I don’t watch TV, and have never heard of such dramas… My Skirt, Where Did It Go? (Ore No Sukato Doko Itta?)Ī middle-aged cross-dresser gay man, an ex-owner of a gay bar, becomes a high school teacher and educate students in his unique and honest way.Ī bit preachy, but it’s finely made as a classic school drama. I thought how the love started was problematic, and also felt the flow of characters’ feelings was a bit inconsistent. Yes, that’s really meaningful, and the story is fine, but I didn’t like it much. The first TV series made on “girls’ love” in Japan. Mike, a good Japanese speaker, was sincerely played by a foreign ex-Sumo wrestler. What is “normal family”? Is it worth seeking for “normal”? The show asks these questions. And he realises the bias of other people and his own. Gradually Yaichi opens up his heart to the gentle and kind Mike. Mike, the brother’s husband, comes to visit Yaichi from Canada after that. The brother went to Canada to study and then got married, but died there. His twin brother came out to him as gay when they were teenagers, but Yaichi couldn’t accept it and eventually grew apart from his brother. Yaichi lives with his daughter after getting divorced with his wife. This was made by the state channel NHK as well, based on an award-winning comic. NHK, the Japanese state channel, tackled the theme seriously and made this light-but-serious show. The series portrays not “a trans-woman” but “a woman called Miki”. Sometimes she realises her own bias, and updates her understanding about human nature and gains “experience points”. She’s very pop and “girl nowadays” type, but is fighting in her own way every day. No matter what others say, she never gives up what she likes. She observes the offender with a calm mind and returns the best counterblow. ![]() ![]() She’s used to be treated as a monster that she doesn’t get hurt any more. She goes to matchmaking parties to meet new women. Miki is a trans-woman who left her narrow-minded family and is working at an apparel company in the city. I saw some reviews from Japanese LGBTQ people as “finally Japanese TV series has reached to the level where audience pray for the success of love between two men!”ħ episodes of Season 1 with English subtitles This show was epoch-making which seriously did it with man-man lovers. The point of my review has shifted away and away.īut maybe the TV shows with such forced plot have been made for decades about man-woman lovers. Rather, gradually I grew tired of the one-on-one contracts like “this person and this person are a couple”, and started feeling “trying to make an exclusive relationship, beyond wanting to be close or feeling love toward a person, is making things complicated!”. I couldn’t follow the transformation of the characters’ feelings. Looks like it was so popular that it was made into a movie followed by Season 2.īut to be honest, I couldn’t soak in its world due to the high-handed plot/flow. But if you look closely, it is rather “different” than “ahead/backward”.įor you Indian people, especially the LGBTQ persons, it might be interesting to see a society of different situation through TV shows. How about in Japan? To describe very roughly, you can say “in the middle between India and the West”. But compared to the situation in India, some might feel that their situation - having a “normal” job while being open as one of LGBTQ, or LGB couple living together officially - is so much better. The West also have discrimination and harassments (often violent) towards LGBTQ people. The Indian people who’re fluent in English watch Western TV series on Netflix etc. Since there are many Japan-lovers among MIRCHI KOMACHI community, today I talk about such TV series with the links of the websites with English subtitles! I happened to know that lots of TV series with LGBTQ protagonists have been made in Japan recently. This is a bonus post for our previous blog post “ Why LGBTQ Inclusivity Matters To MIRCHI KOMACHI - What Is Feminism for?”. Japanese TV Series With LGBTQ Protagonists
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