Ok it's already way past my planned bedtime but. I need to talk about this show.
Aizawa Riko is a struggling author who wrote a critically acclaimed first novel, but can't seem to find inspiration to write her second. As she walks out dejected after yet another unsuccessful meeting with her Editor, she meets Kei, a ghost.
Aizawa Riko: our author mc, who has little self confidence, and thinks the success of her first novel is solely due to luck and that she has no talent.
Kei: Ghost. Bright, sexy, kind,bisexual. Need I say more? No? But I will. She really does her best in helping Riko through her struggles which is super heartwarming to see.
Meanwhile Riko is like. *I am so gay😳*
The Editor: the editor. That's all u need to know.
This show — mini drama— can literally be injected in my veins plz and thank you. It's like, a speedrun of all the emotions that doesn't feel rushed at all.
It has tropes. So many tropes. Outgoing pretty girl falls for nerdy girl. Ghosts. Tilting ur head for a kiss. Cohabitation. Fake dating. AND I AM LIVING FOR IT. Somehow they are very well incorporated and it doesn't really feel like "I've seen this before?". And tbh even if they weren't, I wouldn't care *insert Will Smith meme here* pointing to GIRLS
Like yes please give me what 12-y/o me read in shojo mangas and daydreamed about but with GIRLS.
Now if I say Shojo mangas it's associated — falsely tbh the genre is like every genre diverse— with cutesy and lack of depth. It isn't. It's not cutesy at all for one, or like in a way that doesn't feel over the top. And really it pretty accurately for the short time it has describes problems writers/creative people might have with self doubt, and I definitely think that the writer(s) poured some of themselves into Riko and Kei because. Some lines hit home.
In the super short time it runs, it manages to have you invested and like the characters, be happy with them, feel the heart twinge, and hope for a good ending.
And also, it is so. BEAUTFUL. I mean LOOK AT THIS
Now here comes the crazy thing. Things.
It runs for exactly 4 less than 10 minute-long episodes.
How tf is that possible???
No need to create an account. No need to purchase a subscription on a platform you would use for literally no other show . It's just. Here. on YouTube. And yes, it's the official version.
If you are one of the ones that want more girl-focused stories in the drama framework we all know and love, all I ask is you give 7 minutes — the duration of the first episode — (7 minutes!!!! I can't get over it.) of your time to give this a shot.
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