Boys, Please Kiss Him Instead of Me (Watashi ga Motete Dousunda Wiki) based on manga /runtime: 1 hour 30 minutes
Kae Serinuma is a fujoshi. But then her favorite character dies causing her to lose weight. The boys she's been shipping with each other in her head... are now turning their attention to her instead.
Since it already had an anime it made sense for the movie not to faithfully follow the manga. It still retained some of the elements and also given a musical spin. I looove the catchy theme song. (see below) But if it was a TV series, now that would be a different story I would expect more. The storyline may be too abrupt for those who haven't watched the anime or read the manga. But from someone who watched the reverse harem anime, it was hard for me to sit down and watch it one go. It still took me days to finish it.
theme song MV
It's good that they used two actresses to portray the two versions of Kae. They don't necessarily look similar but they're both loveable. The losing of weight and gaining it and losing it again that fast is something I just accepted easily in the anime but seeing it now in the flesh... this is not believable. Fiiine... I'll go along with it.
TBH I dismissed the guys as forgettable when I first saw the news of Kiss Him movie. But while watching Mairunovich I recognized the two actors who played Igarashi and Nanashima. Not forgettable after all. They are the reason I finally picked this up. I live for these two guys now. Okay, Ito Asahi (Nanashima) is ahead of a few steps. But I'm not satisfied with the portrayal of my favorite character in the anime, Mutsumi. The diminishing of Shima's role is also disappointing. Shinomiya is okay. I don't necessarily like or hate him. The things they'll do for Kae's fantasies just cracked me up. And it's sweeter on how grateful she is for the fanservice.
This is just icing on the cake to complete the manga-anime-live action adaptations. Just like how I would feel with most film adaptations to franchises like Ouran, Hakuouki, and Uta no Prince Sama. The only exception is Ooku. Now boys and girls or whoever, please give us season two of the anime!
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