
Will This Love Is a Checkmate?
2018
Synopsis
Tae Komada is 32 years old, well endowed as a woman and a Shogi chess player. She looks much younger than her age. However, she has neither love experience nor communication skills. Meanwhile, Taiga Kohinata is a 24-year-old salaryman and is still a virgin. Taiga happens to meet Tae and falls in love with her.
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Cast
Takumi Saitô
Professor Kato
Kentarô Itô
Taiga Kohinata
Yûma Yamoto
Tazaki Tadaru
Daisuke Kuroda
Administrator
Jun Murakami
Hiroto Yuki
Shinsuke Kato
Sakata
Yuki Kashiwagi
Tae Komada
Mao
Sanae Tashiro
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Comments
5 Comments
This is a 4 episode JDrama based on a manga of the same name (1 volume with very nice art-style)! Surprisingly, it feels more developed in some areas. You have a younger "cherry-boy" that is quite kind and superficially anti-social, with exaggerated childish reactions, but likeable. And an older female lead that is charming enough to fall in love with, but lacks a bit in presence (supporting actress Mao left more of an impression). The length still makes it front-loaded and short compared to what I'm used to. And while it has good pacing, the length and the content makes for a sequence of continuous high-points you'd see in a romance story.. almost like watching a recap. It doesn't necessarily feel relentless, as it is appreciatedly simple. Still, it's nice to see productions of smaller size, and specially one I found to be very enjoyable for what it provided.