Rea(l)ove

The show is hilarious and well made.

Anyone who lived in Japan in the past must've watched the same genre of show being played in the middle of the night.

It's just different from what y'all are used to watch on Netflix. Just get over it.

Atsushi for example was always like that while playing manzaikonbi as London Boots comedian. Japanese people find hilarious when they make harsh comments. In Japanese culture, if you commit or did a bad thing in the past, you deserve to be mocked. You don't want people to make joke of you, don't get out of the line. Period.

That's one of japanese culture.

I liked the idea of the show, and some of the participants were interesting. However the two hosts of the show were absolutely insufferable. They kept making transphobic remarks, calling the transgender woman a man, mocking her voice, posture, basically anything insulting you can think of. If you're transgender and you don't want to feel uncomfortable watching a tv show, skip this one. It's very triggering and rage inducing.

This show has quite an interesting concept and it is entertaining. However, the way the topics are addressed is disrespectful and lackluster. The hosts are rude and make really inappropriate comments all the time. I found this show misogynistic and gender aggressive, sadly, this is a portray of the way Japanese society views certain themes in an old fashion manner.

Additionally, I can't believe how this show is on Netflix and there are no consequences on the hosts or how they treated the participants. Especially, Atsushi Tamura was painful to watch, he was cruel to the participants and disrespectful to Mari Yagushi reveling aspects of her personal life. The line between trying to be funny and be plain rude never felt so thin.

Honestly this show is so bad but also so disgustingly enjoyable to watch. I finished the whole thing in a night. Like the hosts and some of the contestants are actually insufferable. Its so cringeworthy you'll start to question out loud why on earth you're still watching it. It's just a bunch of troubled people sharing their "issues" for a tv show as opposed to going to therapy. But my god does it make for great viewing. The pacing was good too. The male host might be the worst and most insufferable host I've ever come across. I guess the casting was good for the show though because he fit right in with some of the worst in the show.

You genuinely cannot guess some of the secrets these people have. You think you'll guess right and then suddenly they throw this huge curveball at you that you didn't even consider. It's more fun to just make a game out of it. Sometimes they're much more tame than anticipating but some others you legitimately cannot fathom someone would admit to. It honestly makes you gasp out loud. One of the guys is a genuine menace and it's worthwhile watching for his reveal alone.

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------------------------------------------------------------- ::Spoiler warning:: I was genuinely happy for some of the contestants like the trans woman and the guy she was with and also scarf guy. Man I love scarf guy. I also really loved the mv debt girl, she was so cute I hope she's doing okay and escaped that creepy old guy. God that dude had the absolute worst personality I've ever come across. A legit potential offender. And also the ED guy.

The male host would insult all the female contestants until they cried, fantasising about sexual abuse and outright harassing them. It was even more disgusting to hear victims of abuse be told that it was their fault (if they were women). I hope he meets legal repercussions for his behaviour.

The show is tagged as LGBT on Netflix despite the hosts constantly ripping down a contestant for being trans and misgendering her. The program is a huge bummer as all the men on the show seem to do whatever they want at womens' expense. I completely understand why female sex workers refused to go through with participating on the program having seen how belittled and bullied the female contestants were for much less taboo secrets.