Liebe macht blind: Japan

It baffles me how polite they are, and communticate well with eachother with so much resepect.. yet still they struggle with the insecurety like lies and catfishing like personalities like portraying a better images of themselves. And even without this the still try to figuere eachother out without being intimate.. its like buying a car without trying it on the road, and yet alot of their parents are still together... its a special type of people these japanese... i would like to study them more :D.

I really enjoyed this series. As an American that has never been to Japan, I found it even more interesting to learn about the culture and how the contestants went about dating. The contestants led with their brain instead of their heart which is typically seen in American dating shows. I also enjoyed seeing the places that they visited for the getaway and the apartments that they lived in leading up to the wedding. Plus their budget is huge as shown by the design for the pods, living quarters, the flower filled bridge for where the couple meets if they get engaged and the hotel for the getaway!

The contestants took the experience seriously especially when compared to those on the American version. Although some of the contestants fell for the same person, there wasn't any animosity or drama over it. There were no cat fights and both the male and female groups provided a sense of support for one another. This show was filled with love and you can't but hope that everyone finds someone.

I liked that the couples who did get "married" or just walked down the aisle showed that it is possible to fall in love without seeing the other first. I enjoyed hearing about their reservations before the wedding and how they worked on them as a couple. All of the couples took the dating process more seriously and that is shown in the types of conversations that they had on the dates.

Everyone come from all walks of life. There is no perfect Prince Charming or princess. Everyone has their flaws and definitely their own charms. It is a really interesting and diversified show.

I like the premise of the first season of the American version, even though some of the contestants were disappointing in their behavior towards their partners. I had an inkling that the Japanese version of the show would be better than that first American version.

What really surprised me was the very healthy mix of contestants by the producers. Most of the contestants truly seemed more interested in being potential marital partners over promoting their own businesses or boosting their social media profiles.

In any matchmaking process, there are always going to be matches that don't work out along the way. An encouraging point is that these participants seem to have learned valuable lessons along the way, even if it didn't translate to forever love in front of the camera.

Not only did the people act in a much classier way (such as not swearing, not talking about their sex lives, wearing more modest clothes) but they acted nicer to each other and it showed in the friendships formed in the female/male groups. I felt I learned a lot about Japanese culture and how it has changed over the last decades. For example I was surprised that these couples easily wanted to live together immediately as I thought that was still kind of taboo in Japan. I really felt the emotions were very real in this show, especially when the men would cry / be upset. It made me sad when one of them was crying, man or woman and I felt sorry for the couples who broke up early on, but was glad it wasn't up at the alter like the American version. That made it also seem more realistic. And the couples that made it through were so adorable. I really hope there will be a season 2 of this version. My favorite part in each show is the wedding gown try ons and the wedding scenes, the women look so beautiful.