This is like a less explicit 50 Shades of Grey mixed with a japanese "love-triangle"-school romance. Basically you have two guys with opposing characters battling over this one cute girl, who is way too eager to accept the advances of both of them. While ordinary japanese school romances are wholesome and deal with love and relationships, this movie is just obviously sexual. One of the guys calls her his slave and dog and wants her to do "submissive things". It's not as bad as any American movie in a sense that things are only implied here instead of shown, but I still found it off-putting. And the story itself is absolutely boring too.
3 Reviews
not good enough
PennyReviews5 November 2016
Warning: Spoilers
One thing someone who wants to watch this movie should take note is that you have to have watched the two episode drama before hand. Sure, the movie gives you a preview of what had taken place in the drama before the actual story kicks in, but still, for me, it loses some of the magic if you haven't watched the series first. And that's because you can't identify with the romance and the chemistry of the love triangle. The story focuses on a girl who is involved with two boys, an evil one who treats her like his slave and forces her to do his bindings, and an angel like boy, who becomes her knight on white horse. The story is okay, though you can figure it's outcome easy enough, as the girl claimers from the very beginning that the dark prince has a soft side. But still, you hope that she will realise that he only treats her violently and actually bullies her, and choose the guy that actually suits her. There are some twists with the concept of friendship being threaten because of love is being thrown in the mixture, and that was a nice touch that aided the otherwise so so plot. Finally, the performances were okay (I've learned afterwards that one of the boys is singer in a Japanese band, so I will not judge him too harshly for his acting skills), so 2 out of 10.
What Girl Wouldn't Want Such a Choice?
leahcubed26 December 2023
Warning: Spoilers
9/10 is my rating. This is a 2016 Japanese romance movie 1 hour and 32 minutes in length. There was a short, 2 episode , mini series released in 2015 which was meant to promote the film. It is based in a popular Shoji manga series, "Kurosaki-kun no Iinari ni Nante Naranai".
First I provide a Unique Synopsis then review
Synopsis
Yu Akabane (Voiced by: Mikako Komatsu; portrayed by: Nana Komatsu) changes not only schools but her entire demeanor after being bullied. Things do not exactly go smoothly at her new school as she immediately gets on the bad side of Haruto Kurosaki (Voiced by: Kaito Ishikawa; portrayed by: Kento Nakajima) when an accident leads her to cut some of his hair. Known as the black night, his punishment for Yu is to make her be he indentured servant. Annoyed with his constant arrogance and demands, Yu knicknames him black demon. Haruto's best friend, Takumi Shirakawa, (Voiced by: Kensho Ono; portrayed by: Yudai Chiba) is called the white knight because of his fairer looks and kind demeanor. Once he realizes Haruto is actually interested in Yu, he decides to compete for her favor. The boys have always competed with each other in things. What starts as a game becomes a more serious rivalry when both boys determine they have feelings for Yu.
Review
If you did not watch the 2 episode series, the movie seems to start abruptly and you may wonder if you skipped some scenes. While it is not necessary to watch the 2 episodes prior to the movie, it does explain where it picks up. But if you stick with the movie it does return to what happened before and you catch up.
Overall I enjoyed the movie and my main criticism is the abrupt way it begins. Even with the two episodes out, they could have duplicated the story from the 2 episodes in the opening of the movie.
It ended happy and well.
Spoilers
As with a lot of Japanese shows, it is much "sexier" than most Korean and Chinese shows. It was not over done though. There were some intense kissing scenes but nothing beyond that. Just enough shown in the shower scene to illustrate the physical attraction without showing too much and leaving you wondering if you are watching porn. I liked that about this one.
I appreciated that they valued their friendships enough to give up on their love if it meant ending a long term friendship. But I liked that the friends were not so selfish that they expected their friends to give up just because they too liked the person.
#TheBlackDevilandtheWhitePrince
#MikakoKamatsu
#NanaKomatsu
#KatoIshikawa
#KentoNakajima
#KenshoOno
#YudaiChiba.
First I provide a Unique Synopsis then review
Synopsis
Yu Akabane (Voiced by: Mikako Komatsu; portrayed by: Nana Komatsu) changes not only schools but her entire demeanor after being bullied. Things do not exactly go smoothly at her new school as she immediately gets on the bad side of Haruto Kurosaki (Voiced by: Kaito Ishikawa; portrayed by: Kento Nakajima) when an accident leads her to cut some of his hair. Known as the black night, his punishment for Yu is to make her be he indentured servant. Annoyed with his constant arrogance and demands, Yu knicknames him black demon. Haruto's best friend, Takumi Shirakawa, (Voiced by: Kensho Ono; portrayed by: Yudai Chiba) is called the white knight because of his fairer looks and kind demeanor. Once he realizes Haruto is actually interested in Yu, he decides to compete for her favor. The boys have always competed with each other in things. What starts as a game becomes a more serious rivalry when both boys determine they have feelings for Yu.
Review
If you did not watch the 2 episode series, the movie seems to start abruptly and you may wonder if you skipped some scenes. While it is not necessary to watch the 2 episodes prior to the movie, it does explain where it picks up. But if you stick with the movie it does return to what happened before and you catch up.
Overall I enjoyed the movie and my main criticism is the abrupt way it begins. Even with the two episodes out, they could have duplicated the story from the 2 episodes in the opening of the movie.
It ended happy and well.
Spoilers
As with a lot of Japanese shows, it is much "sexier" than most Korean and Chinese shows. It was not over done though. There were some intense kissing scenes but nothing beyond that. Just enough shown in the shower scene to illustrate the physical attraction without showing too much and leaving you wondering if you are watching porn. I liked that about this one.
I appreciated that they valued their friendships enough to give up on their love if it meant ending a long term friendship. But I liked that the friends were not so selfish that they expected their friends to give up just because they too liked the person.
#TheBlackDevilandtheWhitePrince
#MikakoKamatsu
#NanaKomatsu
#KatoIshikawa
#KentoNakajima
#KenshoOno
#YudaiChiba.
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