SPOILERS AHEAD.
Of the numerous Japanese dramas which might be coming to Amazon Prime this month, ‘Tokyo Alice’ is the one to be careful for. The Japanese sequence is the most recent addition to the bevy of Japanese exhibits coming to Amazon Prime on June 21.
Based mostly on the Japanese romance Josei manga sequence written and illustrated by Toriko Chiya, the present has feminine friendships on the centre of it.
4 former college pals share an condo in Tokyo’s Daikanyama and pursue their very own happiness. Based on the present’s official synopsis, romantic drama follows the 4 pals as they dwell collectively within the shared home and navigate life, love and profession.
Mizuki Yamamoto performs the function of vogue fanatic Fū Arisugawa, additionally the lead protagonist of the present, who loves nothing greater than buying – to the extent that she exhausts most of her wage purchasing for extravagant gadgets. Till she meets her love curiosity in Shinji Okuzono (performed by Ryōhei Ōtani). The deal right here is: Okuzono will not be solely Fū’s love curiosity but in addition her boss. And in the course of the time that she will not be totally certain of her emotions in direction of him, she begins seeing Shun’ya Shiraishi, who performs the function of Odagiri Shun, a colleague at work.
One other twist: Odagiri is bodily repelled by intercourse – he actually throws up! And so, Fū finds herself in a soup: she is totally confused about her emotions in direction of her boss and is now additionally sexually annoyed as a result of she is seeing somebody who’s asexual and needs to marry her.
Life lesson #1: Keep away from workplace romances in any respect prices
(*Additionally, did not they get a office relationship and sexual harassment memo?)
Reina Triendl performs the function of a budding manga artist Mizuho Haneda – and is maybe probably the most delicate of the lot. Greater than the lead protagonist Arisugawa, we might say that Mizuho’s character arc is substantial. She begins the present on a sorry be aware – her boyfriend who she’d been rooting for and supporting for months breaks up together with her. Heartbroken and misplaced, she involves dwell together with her college pals. Actually, she spends the primary few episodes wallowing, however issues begin getting higher for Mizuho by the fifth episode.
Mizuho goes via all of the phases of grief. She additionally can not help however assume that she lacks one thing as a result of her love and work-life stability is nonexistent. Both approach, Mizuho retains at it. Actually, she simply retains at it and would not lose hope – clearly in between bouts of crying, however hey, that is all of us.
Life lesson #2: Simply be at it
Aya Asahina performs the preppy gallery assistant Sayuri Enjōji. She’s very wealthy and her grandmother owns the home the women dwell in. The women dwell in an association the place Fū and Mizuho pay her lease.
Enjōji is about to be (organized) married in a yr’s time. She would not battle her grandmother when she is solely handed the {photograph} of her fiance; she is aware of her destiny is about. As a substitute, and really stereotypically, Enjōji is about to expertise “every kind of eroticism”. That is the entire purpose she has moved into this home. Decided to bask in a sex-marathon the following yr, she invitations any Tom, Dick and Harry dwelling a lot to the embarrassment of her roommates.
Enjōji can also be drunk with satisfaction. That is all earlier than she finds herself falling in love with a mysterious man, Hiyama Akio performed by Daito Shunsuke, who would not look after her self-importance. And she or he is about to marry in a yr.
Life Lesson #3: With relationships, take it down a notch. Do not inform your grandmother you are chill once you’re not.
Rio Sakuragawa (performed by Maryjun Takahashi) would not dwell with the women. She practices psychosomatic drugs and appears like she has all of it collectively. On the hospital, she is relentlessly pursued by Izumi Atsuto (performed by Sugino Yosuke), who claims to like her. Rio would not reciprocate and retains placing it off. It’s stored below wraps for the longest time, however nonetheless made fairly clear: Rio is queer.
Calm and picked up, she goes about with out even discussing together with her girlfriends about her emotions.
However in Rio is the most effective good friend each lady needs she had.
Life lesson #4: Go discover that greatest good friend
