May 06 2008
Zettai Kareshi - 04
Woooooww
they changed so many things around I have to rant. All the great things about the love of the “robot boyfriend” that were in the manga were basically thrown out in the drama. I mean really what’s the point of calling it “absolute boyfriend” when they coulda just called it “absolute robot lover” or something. He’s not Riko’s boyfriend in her eyes and never was since day one. Even when her “best friend” (which was demoted to “friend” this week) takes him, she goes off flirting with her boss. Wtf 
So basically the whole episode Night ends up chasing Mika. At first Riko tries to get him back by kissing him but only because she still has to pay for him even if he belongs to someone else!! In the manga she wanted him back because she truly loved him and thought of him as her boyfriend. But no, here its just some “responsibility” or “debt”. In the meantime she’s all like “yay I get to go on a date with the shacho and we get to make cream puffs together ^__^” Wtf. 
To make things worse, I thought that Night would return by remember about Riko while trying to save her. False hope. Riko ended up saving HIM because he was sitting in a burning restaurant waiting for Mika to show her whore ass up. So Riko got a call from Gaku who begged her to come help and she ran into the smoke filled place, and kissed him while he closed his eyes for a short moment. Immediately he was “reset” but what made it similar to the manga is he had restored all his memories with Riko. No seriously, wtf.
What is the point of this? I mean the entire thing was supposed to be about the love/relationship between Riko and Night…but it’s turning out to be the love between Riko and Soushi and Night is some kind of cockblocking side character. And the worst part is how Riko is totally forgiving to Mika for all of this even though Mika is a freaking man stealing whore…oh yes because Night’s a robot so stealing him is ok. Wtf. Also, where the hell were the firemen the whole time? It’s like they waited for Riko to come save Night while he sat there in a burning building and no one called or did anything?
Upcoming Attractions: Soushi confesses to Riko. Where the hell is this drama going?
Tags: fangirl rage, kissing, oh japan, rant, wtf
19 Responses to “Zettai Kareshi - 04”
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I didn’t read the manga, but I love the drama (probably because I can’t compare it). I actually like the idea of Riko and Soshi, he’s human at least, plus Hiro is hot!
Ugh, this Riko is really pissing me off, really, who the heck remains friends with some man-stealing whore.
The main appeal of the manga was the relationship that both Riko and Night developed even when knowing that he was a robot, and by throwing that out the charm the manga had is lost…
What the HELL?! This was one of my favorite chapters, and they RUINED it!
I loved it cuz Riko did do it because she felt lonely and really loved him. And when Riko was about to fall off the building, she’s like “Help me, Night!” and Night comes to her rescue. And Riko says “Night! I wanted to kiss you…” and so NIGHT is the one that kissed her purposely and he forgets all about the random whore.
WTF with the changes? This drama is starting to suck ass.
yeah, i’m so totally hating this episode! i like the manga better~ sad to say~ i cried reading the manga because Night and Riiko is the main characters and i liked that idea but since you’ve mentioned that this episode now focus on Soshi and Riiko~ i hate it!!! i want Riiko and Night the center of the story~ they should at least follow some on the manga~ at least not making it all new and confusing~ and the fact that Riiko is not Soshi’s childhood friend/neighbor , the mood now~ its totally different from the manga! they should follow the manga! i am fine with Riiko not as a HS student here~ i hope taiwan will make there own version based on the manga now~ i hate Mika~ she’s a cunning bitch here~~~pretending to be Riiko’s bestfriend /friend even in day one!!! ~she should cut off those friendship connections with Mika~ can somebody tell that to the scriptwriter~ this is totally wrong! i can’t forgive any of my friends if they’ll steal my man even if this one is just a robot or something!!!
lol awww….i guess in a way i’m “saved” because i didn’t actually read the manga. therefore, i’m not super keen on a love between a human and a robot either. i mean…looking at night (as a human) of course they make a hot couple but not so sure about that when i look at him as a pure robot..with fake skin and…heart and.. all.
anyhow, i totally get though that that’s the whole point of the manga! and for people who read it, this must be terribly disappointing for them. but for someone like me, i’m not so irked. i think soushi is a lovable character in the drama and should spice things up a bit between the two mains.
Geez, and here I thought they were going to fix all these things I didn’t like from the manga.
I still think there should’ve been an anime adaptation instead.
OMG they killed the whole essence of the goddamn manga. I downloaded the first ep of this series (yet to watch), but not gonna bother following it.
It seems that everyone wants it to go back to “Loli and her robot boyfriend”. Other than that, I’m enjoying watching nothing. It’s kinda disturbing to have free time to do everything else.
To hell obviously. And not coming back.
The men in the office are like so oblivious to (K)night. I mean he goes riding down the hall on a chair holding a bouquet of roses and Soushi is like ‘whatevs’. Hee
I’m getting so annoyed with this drama!
Most of all, I really dislike the main character Riko. Maybe I dislike both the character and the actress. So far I haven’t seen any chemistry between Night and Riko, and she’s a freakin idiot running around and ignoring Night. Probably the only character I even remotely like is Night… every other character I either dislike or don’t give a crap about. 
Yep as everyone says, the “essense” of the manga story has pretty much been thrown out
I like the drama, but I have problems with the changes. I know that turning a manga into a drama is not easy, but I think they’re changing too many things that didn’t have to be changed. And Soshi is so messed up. He’s nothing like in the manga. And I hate the fact that they’re making Night just some robot. Nothing else. In the manga he fell in love with Riko. That’s what made him special, not the “I was made to love you and be this way”. He was a different robot. He had feelings. Where are those feelings??
I really don’t see this drama ending nicely in any way.
I’m finding this Riiko unbearably annoying. I went into this series feeling there was definite room for improvement over the manga, but they seem to be deteremined to change the drama in ways that cause the story and characters to make no sense. What the hell is the point of Night even being in the drama at this rate?
Oh wow I seem to be in a minority with this drama, I really enjoy it ^^ and I have read the manga. Wasn’t a huge fan to be fair cos of the whole human x robot thing. I am/was rooting for Soshi all the way.
True there have been a lot of changes but none have them have irked me too much to be fair. It did bug me a lil bit that Riiko was so nasty to Night and like in the manga I don’t enjoy Mika.
But apart from that… Fingers Crossed for Riiko and Sosho all the way ^-^
*Runs*
Personally, after Mika draped a blanket over Night, I was beginning to think that maybe /she/ was the one who would come around in lieu of Riko and then she’d get a cool side story where she learns to be a human being while learning that Night is not. Alas, tis not to be.
I don’t mind the changes to Soushi. I like manga!Soushi and just tend to think of the drama!Soushi as a different person entirely. Riko really, really annoys me though.
i haven’t seen episode five yet..but i will comment anyway.
it’s easy to write mika’s character off as a bitch/slut/man-stealing-whore etc. but recall the scene where she has just exited the car with her “boyfriend” who has not yet broken up with his real girlfriend to be with her, even though she asked him to. in trying to win mika over, night says something along the lines of: “she only acts this way because she’s only ever had to deal with people like you” [referring to the other man]“. it’s very easy to become jaded after being hurt repeatedly in relationships before, and mika is only mimicking the way she’s been treated in the past by others. it’s nothing sinister or scheming. she is a good friend– we see this when she calls up riko in the middle of the night to ask for her permission to fall in love with night. i think riko is justified in forgiving mika because she of all people understands what it’s like to be rejected by someone that she was devoted to.
i think mika’s flaws, like many other things in the drama, are more realistic and true to how people actually act. yes, i agree that the original spirit of the manga has been abandoned in this show. yet– i also would argue that the manga is naive. it’s a cute story, sure. but the drama has done a good job of humanizing a story as far-fetched as one about a robot-lover and making it accessible for an audience as something they can relate to.
you said yourself that riko is no longer a teenager in the drama. she’s an adult, and as a result is not as boy-centric nor are her hormones still rattling around like overexcited popcorn. it makes sense that she will not gravitate towards night right away, let alone fall in love with him at this point. having to date a robot, even if he is ‘ideal’ for you, is an admission of defeat in finding someone real and human to love you. it’s embarassing and depressing, not ‘ideal’ at all. you’re correct in saying that night is a bit of a cockblocker to the soushi/riko chemistry right now, but i’d be completely unconvinced if riko was even reluctantly falling for night at this point. they need more time together, and night is gradually becoming less ‘programmed’ and more genuine in his affections (first evidence of this: his memories of riko intact) riko will be doing the same soon.
where the hell is this drama going? someplace new. and someplace more positive. why are you all lamenting the loss of another sappy knight-in-shining armor rescuing the damsel-in-distress? i think the fact that it was riko’s begrudging kiss that saves night instead of a sappy rescue-embrace is far more empowering for her character. i also think its easy to pigeonhole characters like mika as a “bitch, slut, betrayer” when mika and riko are both doing the best they can in this relationship ‘game’ using rules that have long been established by a larger society and even being subversive whenever possible. riko isn’t taking night’s shit. he’s ideal, but he’s not yet genuine in his affections. (keyword- yet) if she starts to fall in love with him, it will be on her own terms– not his. so what exactly is wrong with this?
sorry for the rant, but i want to stick up for the drama because i think it has a lot going for it, even though it is straying from the original ideas in the manga. instead of watching this with the lens of “they changed this!” maybe ask “they changed this…why?” the answer may actually reveal that the show is not “going to hell” as an above commenter says, but just going someplace different. not necessarily a bad thing.
thoughts?
k-chan> You bring up a really good point and while I agree with you I think the “mindset” everyone (including myself) is having is that we liked the manga for what it was: a silly fantasy about a girl falling in love with the “perfect Boyfriend”. Since the drama is based ON the manga, we feel disappointed. However IF this drama was just “a drama about an OL who accidentally gets a robot boyfriend” I would view it from a completely different light. Perhaps those of us who liked the manga want to see that “fantasy in drama form” rather than a “realistic perspective on the robot boyfriend issue”.
hinano> yeah, i can definitely understand your disappointment there. and admittedly, i am looking at it from a perspective removed from any expectations about the manga.
still, i think the show, if it can endure the bad taste it has left in the fandom’s mouth, will do some neat, albeit non-manga-related things with these characters. as i previously rambled about, there is potential for night/riko chemistry in the future. it will just happen slower, in a way that makes the most sense in context of the drama where riko can actually hold her own. this appeals more to me than the manga version, i guess.
what bothers me most about the show is its fixation on baked goods. i’m considering making a spin-off series called “absolute cream puff.” man.
or you can just watch that drama called “Anitque” or something. Boy that was a snore