Depressive Screenwriter

If it were any other romance drama, even if there were one or two episodes with such heart-wrenching scenes, everyone would think it was just the screenwriter's tactic of playing hard to get.

But with Su Yan, everyone feels uneasy.

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Su Yan has had a brilliant track record in the past six years.

Characters like Tomoe Yukishiro, who are highly popular heroines, are killed off without hesitation.

Wasn't April initially a story about youthful romance? It still turned tragic later on.

Madoka Magica starts off like a show for kids.

And "Kimi ni Todoke," although the first dozen or so episodes are pure love, it's not impossible for Su Yan to make it depressing from the fourteenth episode onwards.

After the fifteenth episode aired, the viewership rate rose slightly to 6.19%, but the online reviews completely changed.

Those who had been praising Su Yan online a few days ago because of the FSN promotion have now completely changed their tune and are starting to express neutral but skeptical and angry opinions.

Then, in late October, the sixteenth episode of "Kimi ni Todoke" aired.

In fact, the biggest plot device in "Kimi ni Todoke" is... misunderstandings.

Misunderstandings about the friendship between the female lead and her friends.

Misunderstandings about the romance between her and the male lead.

All the storylines from the first episode to now have been like this.

Whether it's Yano and Chizuru misunderstanding whether the female lead doesn't want to be friends with them, or the plot in the previous two weeks where the two like each other but misunderstandings lead to deepening rifts.

Then there's the sixteenth episode, where Kurumi is rejected by Shouta Kazehaya, and then Kurumi, after meeting Kento Miura, tells him a lot, including the information that Kazehaya has someone he likes.

But Miura absolutely can't guess that the person Kazehaya likes is Sawako Kuronuma, and he also guesses that Sawako likes Kazehaya, and he himself has feelings for the female lead, so to prevent the female lead from getting hurt in the end, he tells the female lead that the male lead has someone he likes, wanting her to give up on this doomed romance.

This plot is killing a group of Xia Guo (China) viewers.

This Miura Kento isn't a bad person, just stupid. Can't you use your imagination and imagine that Kazehaya might just like the female lead?

The scene where Sawako Kuronuma cries and walks away after learning that Kazehaya has someone he likes made a group of "Kimi ni Todoke" fans feel stomach pain that night.

The worst part is that Miura Kento realizes he's messed up at this time, and the scene where he comforts Sawako and even confesses his feelings is seen by Kazehaya, who arrives just in time.

A series of misunderstandings caused by one misunderstanding.

The female lead thinks the male lead has someone he likes, although she doesn't know who it is, it's definitely not her.

The male lead thinks the female lead likes Miura Kento.

Miura Kento thinks the male lead doesn't like Sawako Kuronuma, but always approaching her causes the girls in school to be hostile to the female lead, which is hurting her.

Then, the most classic scene of this episode appears.

The plot has shown before that whenever Kazehaya discovers that there is a misunderstanding between him and the female lead that cannot be resolved, he will directly lay his cards on the table.

He did this before when he was framed by Kurumi and mistakenly thought the female lead liked Ryu Sanada.

And this time, in this episode, Kazehaya continues to do so.

He speaks directly, without beating around the bush.

[Kuronuma, do you like me?]

Sawako Kuronuma just has tears streaming down her face, her cheeks a little shy as she nods.

[Yes.]

Kazehaya, seeing this, misunderstands because of the previous misunderstanding.

He thinks the "yes" she answered is just saying that she likes him as a friend, not understanding what he's referring to.

But in reality, what the male lead is referring to is whether she likes him, not as a friend, but as a lover.

He specifically emphasized this point, and then said.

[But, my liking, and your liking, Kuronuma, are not the same!]

The female lead completely believes it upon hearing this.

Kazehaya has someone he likes.

Because the "like" she answered before was the like between a man and a woman.

She believes that Kazehaya, such a smart person, must have seen her feelings for him, so since Kazehaya answered with "My liking for you, and your liking for me are not the same!"

That is to say, the meaning of Kazehaya's sentence automatically transforms in the female lead's eyes.

[I only treat you as a friend, definitely not in a romantic sense.]

After the sixteenth episode aired, Su Yan's online reputation exploded.

A group of "Kimi ni Todoke" viewers are about to develop high blood pressure.

They never thought that just by adding a new character, Miura Kento, this drama that had been pure love for thirteen episodes would completely reverse the views between the male and female leads in three episodes.

"So now Sawako Kuronuma thinks the male lead only likes her as a friend, and then the male lead also thinks Sawako Kuronuma likes him as a friend?"

"Why is this happening? Isn't this supposed to be pure love?"

"Does anyone understand! Seeing Sawako Kuronuma cry twice in this episode is really heartbreaking."

"Once because the female lead knows Sawako has someone she likes and cries, and once because the female lead confirms from the male lead that he doesn't like her and cries, really, can misunderstandings be created like this? Haven't these two liked each other since the first episode? What have I been watching for four months?!"

"It's so hard. Old Thief, are you even human!"

"This plot has left me dumbfounded."

"So cruel, I don't believe it, my stomach hurts. Is Su Yan really going to lead this drama in a super depressing direction?"

"Don't do that!"

"Damn it, I felt depressed after watching the sixteenth episode and didn't want to talk. My wife kicked the bathroom door in anger after watching it, and now her nail is flipped over. Su Yan, you really, are too much."

"Can anyone tell me, how do we solve this situation?"

"There's no solution. First of all, you need to know that the male and female leads' behavior patterns are based on their personalities. The two have already developed the misunderstanding that the other doesn't like them, so unless one of them directly expresses that their liking for the other is the kind of liking between lovers... but the problem is, the male lead is a gentle person, he thinks he has made himself clear, and the female lead isn't someone who argues unreasonably, so she will probably silently bless Shouta Kazehaya from behind from now on."

"Ah?"

"It feels even more painful than watching Tokyo Love Story back then!"

"Just in terms of plot twists and turns, I really think it's no less than Tokyo Love Story."

"I've always regarded this drama as pure love, what should I do now?"

"Won't the next episode be even more tragic?"

"Please, Su Yan, don't torture us anymore. If you want to make it tragic, just give us a heads up so I can be mentally prepared!"

"Believe in Su Yan, all we can do now is believe."

"I can't take it anymore, I'm also in Tokyo, I'm going to block Su Yan at the entrance of the Code Geass production team tomorrow, otherwise I really can't vent this anger."

"Everyone was saying before to let Su Yan push the main storyline, now good, everyone understands what the main storyline is, right?"

"This drama is definitely going in a depressing direction, I'll post this as proof, if the final ending isn't depressing, I'll directly eat [something unsaid]."

Only three episodes after the premiere in October, the plot of "Kimi ni Todoke" took a sharp turn, from the previous sweet pure love to a heart-wrenching and stomach-churning style.

But the effect of doing so is also extremely great.

After a night of scolding, the viewership rate of the sixteenth episode of "Kimi ni Todoke" rose again.

Closing at 6.23%.

The number of online broadcasts of "Kimi ni Todoke" on Sakura website has increased dramatically.

Those who were hoarding episodes couldn't sit still after seeing these comments online.

We just felt that this drama was too anxious to watch, and we were going to wait until it was finished before watching it all at once.

It's only been two or three weeks since we last watched it, what's going on?

Is Su Yan going to go in a depressing direction again?