Domestic Girlfriend [Blu-ray]

Grear

I’ve never been a fan of the term “guilty pleasure.” It’s entertainment. So, if it entertains you, why should you feel guilty? However, something like “Domestic Girlfriend” is so unapologetic with melodramatics that I feel like we should all apologize on its behalf.Right off the bat, the set-up sounds like some kind of implausible trash soap opera, setting up a love triangle with tortured teenage aspiring writer Natsuo and his two new step-sisters-- Hina & Rui. As an adult in my 30s, my instinct is to brush this off as insignificant teen angst. But where this series really sucker punches me in the heart is that I can still remember being that kind of soulful teenager, crippled by hormones and an unshakable conviction that I’m more mature than anyone gives me credit for. Natsuo is the kind of precocious, undiscovered genius that we all imagined that we were in high school. (He reminds me a bit of Max Fischer from “Rushmore,” but with more suave.)Flanking Natsuo on either side of this tragic triangle are Rui & Hina, two sisters who are each flawed in opposite ways. Rui is cold, socially awkward, and often puts up hostile barriers between herself and everyone around her. Hina is warm, lacking in boundaries, and overly affectionate with her students at the high school where she teaches. Of course, since this is an anime, the main question throughout the internet is: Who is “best girl”? This show gives a very complicated answer to that.Rui is certainly the more interesting and believable character. She’s consumed by just as many confusing teenage hormones as Natsuo is and she acts on them impulsively, not really thinking about what kind of awkward emotional situation she’s putting herself and everyone around her. Every time she kisses Natsuo or joins him in the bath, it feels like a massive mistake but it’s one that they’re both too young to truly understand. Their relationship makes perfect sense in the moment, even if the mature thing for both of them would be to walk away.Hina is the more outwardly charming character. She’s sweet and warm and vulnerable. It’s hard to imagine a man who wouldn’t fall in love with her. Of course Natsuo would be reduced to a blob of lovelorn putty in her hands! My own youth was smattered with charming, willowy older women that I would do anything for. But what makes Hina a less believable character is that she reciprocates Natsuo’s feelings so genuinely. While I can totally believe his crush on her, I really don’t see what a grown woman like that sees in a high schooler 8 years younger than her. (If I’m doing the math right, I think that Hina is about 24 while Natsuo & Rui are both about 16.) If you’re reading this and you do happen to be a lovelorn 16-year-old like I once was, I hate to shatter your fantasy, but that 24-year-old that you’re crushing on won’t see you as anything more than a naive child. NOT. GONNA. HAPPEN. Granted, there have been instances of female teachers becoming romantically involved with their students in real life, but those are emotionally damaged women who should be avoided. “Domestic Girlfriend” prefers to stick with portraying Hina as the epitome of romantic fantasy rather than doing any deep dive into what trauma made her so needy that she needs the attention of high schoolers.Given that Natsuo does eventually develop an intense, mutual relationship with Hina, it would be easy to dismiss this series as male wish-fulfillment. Except for the fact that the original manga was written by a woman, so she’s either got her own hang-ups or else she really knows what pushes the buttons of the male brain. But, either way, the angst of seeing these characters gripped into a vortex of love & longing that they can’t control is one of the most exquisite dramas that I’ve ever seen. My 37-year-old self is drained from marathoning the series in a week. If I’d actually been a teenager when I saw this, the ending would have left me completely wrecked, a blubbering mass on the floor, screaming as if Hina herself were literally carving out my heart with a chainsaw. Even now, I feel echoes of all the times that my heart was shattered by a woman that I thought I couldn’t live without. And I absolutely can’t wait for Season 2! Every twist and turn is like an exquisite cigarette burn on my soul and you will be amazed at how many lifetimes of drama are compacted into each 24 minute episode!

リージョンコードは詳しくないが、日本国内で販売されてブルーレイプレイヤーでは再生出来ない。馬鹿高く保証も適当なリージョンフリープレイヤーをワザワザ買う気もなかったので、古いps3を引っ張り出して、Wi-Fi繋いで、最新版のシステムアップデートで普通に再生出来た。FireーTVで低画質に慣れていたせいか、ブルーレイはとても画質が素晴らしいと思った。英語の字幕が消せればパーフェクトだが、とても良い買い物だと思った。

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他の方のレビューにもありましたが、自分の所もプレイヤーでは再生出来ずPS4で再生可。字幕もやはり、消せませんでした。原作もテレビ版も見てなかったのですが、自分的にはストーリーがめちゃんこ面白かったです！買って良かった〜(*'∀`)♪