Extremely Inappropriate! (2024) User Reviews

A fun bus ride to the polar extremes of political correctness

[International_Bright_Old_Thing · 8/10 · 20 April 2024]

A 1986/Showa era middle-aged man, Ichiro Ogawa, finds himself in 2024/Reiwa Japan. At first utterly baffled, almost every word out of his mouth causes offence, but he starts to learn about modern life and behaviours.

Much of the plot revolves around the Ogawa family's future - and past - and Ichiro's clumsy efforts to avert his teenage daughter's 'hanky-panky', as he bounces back and forward in time, with additional stories particularly in the modern timeline.

There are quite a few Japanese pop culture references, but the plot is never dependent on these, so no matter for other viewers. The series maintains a rapid pace, both comedic and dramatic. Just hold your nose so your ears don't go 'eeee' - it can be a bumpy ride, especially when they break into song, but it's warm-hearted at its core.

This was so much fun!

[TheodoraEh · 9/10 · 23 April 2024]

I started this reluctantly but it turned out so good! The first review before mine says it all basically.

I admire the Japanese so much for how crazy and funny they can be, like seriously surreal and hilarious. Plus they always add a humanity and morality factor, and there's always a deeper meaning behind even the wackiest scripts.

All the actors were really good, especially the least experienced younger ones, the random bursting into song was funny, the cultural references were very accurate universally not just in the Japanese context. There were parts I literally laughed out loud and there were even a couple parts I teared up a bit, which I was really not expecting. All in all, very entertaining!!

First it was Rumpy pumpy and then Hanky panky. This is so funny.

[kmhlbeavis · 9/10 · 28 April 2024]

This is the story of the father who falls asleep on the wrong bus and winds up in 2024. He tries to get back to 1986 to prevent his daughter from doing rumpy pumpy. He is so hilarious when he catches the daughter in the bed with a boy. She is the one being the aggressor and the boy just lays their helpless. He also meets his granddaughter in the future and finds out that he and his daughter died in a big earthquake. He tries very hard to figure out a way to keep his daughter from dying and not caring if he sacrifices himself. In the process he also meets his great grand child while also learning how to be a better person. This is definitely a must watch. The reason I only gave it a 9 is because the ending is inconclusive. This definitely needs a second season. Maybe the writer missed this but there is a way of keeping both of them from dying without changing the future. All they have to do is not to get on the train back to tokyo and stay there for awhile.